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| Full name | Paul Owens Training Facility at Carpenter Complex |
|---|---|
| Former names | Carpenter Field |
| Location | 651 Old Coachman Road Clearwater, FL 33765 United States |
| Coordinates | 27°58′18″N 82°43′54″W / 27.97167°N 82.73167°W |
| Capacity | 500 |
| Field size | Left – 340 ft. Left-Center – 370 ft. |
| Surface | grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1966 |
| Opened | March 5, 1967 |
| Renovated | 1987, 2009 |
| Construction cost | $250,000 |
| Tenants | |
| Florida Complex League Phillies (FCL) (1984–present) | |
The Carpenter Complex is a complex of four baseball fields, training facilities, and offices in Clearwater, Florida. It opened as Carpenter Field in 1967. It is the Florida home of the Philadelphia Phillies baseball operations, spring training site for the Phillies’ minor league players, home to the Florida Complex League Phillies, and adjacent to BayCare Ballpark, spring training home of the Phillies and regular season home of the Clearwater Threshers. While the Complex is now adjacent to BayCare Ballpark, the Phillies, until 2004, played spring training games a short drive away, which gave the Complex its own identity in the Phillies organizational structure and the team's history.
The Complex has four fields, each named for Phillies Hall of Fame players (all of whom trained with the Phillies in Clearwater and also were the first four Phillies to have their uniform numbers retired), Rich Ashburn Field, Robin Roberts Field, Mike Schmidt Field, and Steve Carlton Field. In 2004, the Phillies officially renamed the Complex The Paul Owens Training Facility at Carpenter Complex, which honored Paul Owens' memory but also served to distinguish the training fields from the primary spring ballpark, BayCare Ballpark, which is also at Carpenter Complex.