Calfee Park

Calfee Park
Press box at Calfee Park, 2015
Map
Location700 South Washington Ave, Pulaski, Virginia, 24301
OwnerShelor Motor Mile
OperatorCalfee Park Baseball, Inc.
Capacity3,200
Field sizeLeft Field: 338 feet
Center Field: 405 feet
Right Field: 301 feet with 19 foot wall
Motor Mile Field
Calfee Park is located in Virginia
Calfee Park
Location in Virginia
Calfee Park is located in the United States
Calfee Park
Location in United States
LocationWashington and Pierce Aves., SE, Pulaski, Virginia
Area15 acres (6.1 ha)
Built1935
ArchitectMillirons, Edgar Hampton Millirona
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals
NRHP reference No.00001432[1]
VLR No.125-0102
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 22, 2000
Designated VLRSeptember 13, 2000[2]
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Opened1935
Renovated2015
Main contractorsWorks Progress Administration
Tenants
  • Pulaski Counts (1942, 1946–1950)
  • Pulaski Phillies (1952–1955)
  • Pulaski Cubs (1957–1958)
  • Pulaski Phillies (1969–1977)
  • Pulaski Braves (1982–1992)
  • Pulaski Rangers (1997–2002)
  • Pulaski Blue Jays (2003–2006)
  • Pulaski Mariners (2008–2014)
  • Pulaski Yankees (2015–2020)
  • Pulaski River Turtles (from 2021)

Calfee Park is a stadium in Pulaski, Virginia, United States. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home ballpark of the Pulaski River Turtles in the Appalachian League, a summer collegiate baseball league. It was built in 1935 as a Works Progress Administration project, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Calfee Park was named after the mayor of Pulaski in 1935, Ernest W. Calfee. It holds approximately 3,200 people. Calfee Park is owned and operated by David Hagan and Larry Shelor, owners of Shelor Motor Mile. Calfee Park was voted the best rookie-level ballpark in America in 2019 and 2020 by a fan vote in Ballpark Digest's annual Best of the Ballparks competition.

The park is set off of U.S. Route 11 in a valley within a residential neighborhood. As a result, a number of houses that surround the park have good views of games. The park had major renovations prior to the 1999 season, with a new grandstand behind the plate and along the first-base side as well as “open-air suites” (railed-in areas with picnic tables) farther down on the first-base line. A new scoreboard was also installed.

After the Shelor ownership group purchased Calfee Park from the Town of Pulaski in 2015, over $9 million in renovations were made to the historic park. The park has received a new press box and VIP towers, renovated home clubhouse, new visiting clubhouse, a jumbotron, 18 additional outdoor suites, new concession stand, upgraded souvenirs, additional general admission seating, upgraded padded club seating, renovated ticket offices, and several additional parking lots. Additional renovations since the 2015 season have included a picnic pavilion, three-tiered party deck in left field, and walk-in retail store.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System – (#00001432)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 5 June 2013.