Kendrick Family Ballpark

Wagener Field at Kendrick Family Ballpark
	Wagener Field at Kendrick Family Ballpark
	Wagener Field at Kendrick Family Ballpark Location in West Virginia
Full name	Wagener Field at Kendrick Family Ballpark
Former names	Monongalia County Ballpark (2015-2022); Wagener Field at Monongalia County Ballpark (2022-2024);
Address	2040 Gyorko Drive; Morgantown, West Virginia 26534
Coordinates	39°38′41″N 79°59′45″W / 39.64472°N 79.99583°W
Owner	Monongalia County
Operator	West Virginia University
Executive suites	3
Capacity	3,500
Record attendance	4,614 vs. Pittsburgh Panthers (Apr 16, 2024)
Field size	Left Field – 325 ft.; Center Field – 400 ft.; Right Field – 325 ft.;
Surface	Astroturf 3D
Construction
Broke ground	October 17, 2013
Opened	April 10, 2015
Construction cost	$21 Million ; ($27.9 million in 2024 dollars)
Architect	DLA+ Architecture & Interior Design
Structural engineer	Allegheny Design Services
Services engineer	M–E Engineers, Inc.
General contractor	Mascaro Construction
Tenants
	West Virginia Mountaineers (NCAA) (2015-present)

Wagener Field at Kendrick Family Ballpark is a baseball stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia.^[4] The stadium, opened April 10, 2015, is the home of the West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team of West Virginia University (WVU), a member of the Big 12 Conference, and the West Virginia Black Bears, a collegiate summer baseball team of the MLB Draft League.

Name Change

In March of 2024, West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, in conjunction with the WVU Foundation, announced a generous gift from Ken Kendrick, Arizona Diamondbacks owner and WVU alumnus, supporter of the WVU Baseball program. This gift includes the renaming of Monongalia County Ballpark as the facility now will be known as Kendrick Family Ballpark at the Monongalia County Baseball Complex. ^[5]

Construction

Plans were announced to build a new stadium for the West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team in 2013.^[6] Ground was broken for the new ballpark at University Town Centre, an off-campus shopping and entertainment complex in Granville, adjacent to WVU's home city of Morgantown, on October 17, 2013. The ballpark has 2,500 fixed seats with additional hillside and club seating, a fan amenity deck, and a park that is open year-round.^[7] The field has a synthetic surface, other than the clay pitcher's mound.^[8]

In August 2014, the Jamestown Jammers of the Class A Short Season New York–Penn League, a Minor League Baseball affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball, announced that they would move to West Virginia, taking the name "West Virginia Black Bears", and use Monongalia County Ballpark as their home stadium.^[9]^[10] The Black Bears were affiliated with the Pirates from their inception until MLB's reorganization of the minors after the 2020 season. They then became a collegiate summer baseball team of the MLB Draft League.^[11]

As a result of inclement weather in February 2015, the scheduled opening of the stadium was pushed back to April 10, 2015.^[12]^[13]

Largest Crowds

Here are the top ten largest crowds of all time at Kendrick Family Ballpark. ^[14]

Rank	Attendance	Date	Game result
1	4,614	Apr 16, 2024	#22 West Virginia 6 Pittsburgh 3
2	4,387	May 6, 2023	#12 West Virginia 3 Oklahoma 6
3	4,355	May 31, 2019	#13 West Virginia 6 Fordham 2
4	4,258	Jun 1, 2019	#13 West Virginia 0 Duke 4
5	4,223	Apr 27, 2024	West Virginia 5 Baylor 2
6	4,070	May 3, 2023	#12 West Virginia 10 Pitt 0
7	3,913	Apr 13, 2024	West Virginia 7 #17 UCF 5
8	3,788	Jun 2, 2019	#13 West Virginia 10 #17 Texas A&M 11
9	3,712	Apr 26, 2024	West Virginia 18 Baylor 5
10	3,494	Apr 13, 2019	West Virginia 4 #11 Texas Tech 3

Milestones

Achievement	Record
Largest Attendance	4,614 April 26, 2024, vs. Pittsburgh^[15]
Overall Record in Facility	151-68*
Big 12 Record in Facility	62-49*
Record vs. Ranked Opponents	19-21*
Record vs. State Opponents	9-0*
1st Game	(April 10, 2015 vs. Butler)
1st Win	6-5 (13 innings) (April 10, 2015 vs. Butler)
1st Big 12 Win	6-5 (April 18, 2015 vs. #23 Oklahoma)
1st Win over Ranked Team	6-5 (April 18, 2015 vs. #23 Oklahoma)
1st Regional Hosted	May 31, 2019, vs. Fordham
*As of the 2025 season

Awards

• Best short season Single A ballpark in the country according to BallparkDigest.com in 2015.^[16]
• Ballpark of the Year in 2015 according to BaseballParks.com ^[17]

References

^ https://wvusports.com/facilities/monongalia-county-ballpark/11
^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
^ https://www.dlaplus.com/pages/monongalia-county-ballpark
^ https://wvusports.com/facilities/kendrick-family-ballpark-at-the-monongalia-county-baseball-complex/11
^ https://wvusports.com/news/2024/3/7/baseball-facility-renamed-kendrick-family-ballpark.aspx
^ "WVU Board Approves Land Buy for Baseball Stadium". WBOY. Morgantown. Associated Press. June 6, 2013. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
^ "New Ballpark". West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on October 7, 2014. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
^ Dovey, Grant (August 21, 2014). "New Ballpark Construction Update". West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
^ Vingle, Mitch (August 23, 2014). "Morgantown Lands NY-Penn League Baseball Team". The Charleston Gazette. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
^ "New NYPL club to be called the Black Bears". Minor League Baseball. October 22, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
^ "Black Bears retain affiliation with MLB, are founding member of Major League Baseball Draft League". West Virginia Black Bears. Minor League Baseball. November 20, 2020. Archived from the original on November 30, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
^ Fragale, Michael (March 5, 2015). "Inclement Weather Delays Scheduled WVU Ballpark Opening". West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
^ Cassazza, Mike (April 9, 2015). "Wind, Outfield Walls Among Quirks of Monongalia County Ballpark". Charleston Daily Mail. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
^ https://wvusports.com/facilities/kendrick-family-ballpark-at-the-monongalia-county-baseball-complex/11
^ Dovey, Grant (April 10, 2015). "Baseball Opens New Ballpark with Walk-off Win". West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
^ Fitzsimmons, Jack (27 June 2015). "Monongalia County Ballpark Voted the Best in Short-Season Single A". WBOY. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
^ https://wvusports.com/facilities/kendrick-family-ballpark-at-the-monongalia-county-baseball-complex/11

External links

[1] ttps://wvusports.com/facilities/monongalia-county-ballpark/11

[inflation-US-2] 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.

[3] ttps://www.dlaplus.com/pages/monongalia-county-ballpark

[4] ttps://wvusports.com/facilities/kendrick-family-ballpark-at-the-monongalia-county-baseball-complex/11

[5] ttps://wvusports.com/news/2024/3/7/baseball-facility-renamed-kendrick-family-ballpark.aspx

[newvenue1-6] "WVU Board Approves Land Buy for Baseball Stadium". WBOY. Morgantown. Associated Press. June 6, 2013. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2013.

[2013newpark-7] "New Ballpark". West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on October 7, 2014. Retrieved August 21, 2014.

[8] Dovey, Grant (August 21, 2014). "New Ballpark Construction Update". West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved August 21, 2014.

[9] Vingle, Mitch (August 23, 2014). "Morgantown Lands NY-Penn League Baseball Team". The Charleston Gazette. Retrieved August 25, 2014.

[10] "New NYPL club to be called the Black Bears". Minor League Baseball. October 22, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2015.

[11] "Black Bears retain affiliation with MLB, are founding member of Major League Baseball Draft League". West Virginia Black Bears. Minor League Baseball. November 20, 2020. Archived from the original on November 30, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2020.

[12] Fragale, Michael (March 5, 2015). "Inclement Weather Delays Scheduled WVU Ballpark Opening". West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved May 28, 2015.

[13] Cassazza, Mike (April 9, 2015). "Wind, Outfield Walls Among Quirks of Monongalia County Ballpark". Charleston Daily Mail. Retrieved April 15, 2015.

[14] ttps://wvusports.com/facilities/kendrick-family-ballpark-at-the-monongalia-county-baseball-complex/11

[record_capacity-15] Dovey, Grant (April 10, 2015). "Baseball Opens New Ballpark with Walk-off Win". West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved May 28, 2015.

[Voted_the_Best-16] Fitzsimmons, Jack (27 June 2015). "Monongalia County Ballpark Voted the Best in Short-Season Single A". WBOY. Retrieved 28 June 2015.

[17] ttps://wvusports.com/facilities/kendrick-family-ballpark-at-the-monongalia-county-baseball-complex/11

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v t e West Virginia University
Located in: Morgantown, West Virginia
Academics	Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources College of Creative Arts and Media John Chambers College of Business & Economics College of Education & Human Resources College of Physical Activity & Sports Sciences Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design Eberly College of Arts & Sciences Honors College School of Nursing School of Pharmacy College of Law School of Dentistry School of Medicine School of Public Health
Campus facilities	Boreman Hall Creative Arts Center Coliseum Core Arboretum Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium Downtown Library Monongalia County Ballpark Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit Mountaineer Field Mountainlair Oglebay Hall Stansbury Hall J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital
Divisions and affiliates	WVU Institute of Technology Potomac State College WVU Medicine
Athletics	Mountaineers Baseball Basketball men women Football Rifle Soccer men women Hail, West Virginia
People	Notable alumni Presidents
History	History of WVU M.B.A. controversy
Founded: 1867

v t e West Virginia Mountaineers baseball
Venues	Hawley Field (1971–2014) GoMart Ballpark (Alt. 2012–2014) Linda K. Epling Stadium (Alt. 2012–2014) Monongalia County Ballpark (2015–present)
People	Head coaches
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