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| Location | 734 East Port Avenue Corpus Christi, Texas United States |
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| Coordinates | 27°48′34.5″N 97°23′58.9″W / 27.809583°N 97.399694°W |
| Owner | City of Corpus Christi[3] |
| Operator | Corpus Christi Baseball Club LP |
| Capacity | 7,679 (5,679 seats plus 2,000 in berms) [8] |
| Field size | Left field – 315 feet (96 m) Left-center – 375 feet (114 m) Center field – 400 feet (122 m) Right-center – 375 feet (114 m) Right field – 325 feet (99 m) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | April 8, 2004[1] |
| Opened | April 17, 2005[2] |
| Construction cost | US$27.7 million[4] ($43.2 million in 2023 dollars[5]) |
| Architect | HKS, Inc., WKMC Architects, Inc. (associate)[3] |
| Project manager | AG/CM Inc.[3] |
| Structural engineer | Kleinfelder[6] |
| Services engineer | Blum Consulting Engineers, Inc.[7] |
| General contractor | Fulton-Coastcon-Hunt[3] |
| Tenants | |
| Corpus Christi Hooks (TL/Double-A Central) 2005–present | |
Whataburger Field is a minor league baseball stadium located in Corpus Christi, Texas, United States. It is home to the Corpus Christi Hooks, the Double-A affiliate of the Houston Astros. It also serves as a secondary home to the Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders college baseball team in addition to their own on-campus Chapman Field.[9]
- ^ "Today Is The Day". Corpus Christi Hooks. April 8, 2004. Archived from the original on May 3, 2004. Retrieved April 9, 2004.
- ^ "Hooks 2005 Schedule Released". Corpus Christi Hooks. June 28, 2004. Archived from the original on July 8, 2004. Retrieved March 12, 2005.
- ^ a b c d Knight, Graham (August 24, 2010). "Whataburger Field – Corpus Christi Hooks". Baseball Pilgrimages. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
- ^ Mock, Joe. "Whataburger Field: What-A-Ballpark!". Baseball Parks. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "State & Local Government". Kleinfelder. Archived from the original on April 3, 2012. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
- ^ "Whataburger Field". Blum Consulting Engineers, Inc. June 4, 2009. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
- ^ Goldberg-Strassler, Jesse. "Whataburger Field / Corpus Christi Hooks". Ballpark Digest. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ^ "Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Athletic Facilities". Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Athletics. Retrieved April 8, 2015.