# Distance from the outfield wall to back of stadium **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 23, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distance-from-the-outfield-wall-to-back-of-stadium/693879 "2014-07-23T21:48:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distance-from-the-outfield-wall-to-back-of-stadium/693879/1 "2014-07-23T21:48:45Z")
In baseball stadiums, typically how far is the outside wall from the outfield wall? ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distance-from-the-outfield-wall-to-back-of-stadium/693879/2 "2014-07-23T22:42:33Z")
I doubt there’s a typical number. In Fenway Park the Green Monster is the outside wall of the stadium. In old Cleveland Municipal stadium It must have been over 100 feet from the outfield fence to the back wall of the bleachers. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distance-from-the-outfield-wall-to-back-of-stadium/693879/3 "2014-07-23T22:49:22Z")
It’s different for each and often varies even in one stadium. In Shea Stadium, for instance, most of the outfield fence was the outside wall, but there were stands at the corners near the foul pole. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distance-from-the-outfield-wall-to-back-of-stadium/693879/4 "2014-07-23T22:55:13Z")
I assumed it wasn’t standard. Seems 100 feet is a rough avg. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distance-from-the-outfield-wall-to-back-of-stadium/693879/5 "2014-07-23T23:08:24Z")
Here’s a site where you can look at diagrams of current and past stadiums. They have home plate to fence distances listed so you can estimate the distance to the outer walls. [http://www.andrewclem.com/Baseball/Stadium\_lists.html](http://www.andrewclem.com/Baseball/Stadium_lists.html) ---
**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distance-from-the-outfield-wall-to-back-of-stadium/693879/6 "2014-08-03T14:18:13Z")
> [@OldGuy](#): > > I doubt there’s a typical number. In Fenway Park the Green Monster is the outside wall of the stadium. . Then what’s with the rows of seats with spectators, that I have seen behind the Green Monster? [Green Monster](http://northcoastsportsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/fenway-park.jpg) Not a lot… but there is stadium seating behind the wall ---
**Author:** ![Obeseus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbce88/32.png) [@Obeseus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Obeseus)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distance-from-the-outfield-wall-to-back-of-stadium/693879/7 "2014-08-03T22:23:14Z")
Fenway Park’s left field wall is several feet thick. There are scoreboard operators inside it during the games. The wall, however, is not as thick as the seating above it implies, as seen in this photo. [https://www.google.com/search?q="green+monster"+view+from+street&tbm=isch&imgil=y4OEZiuITfEonM%253A%253BfyrdM6S17ZXqOM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.fuzzytravel.com%25252Fwantzloeben%25252Fpictures%25252Ffenway-park%25252F270759-street-view.html&source=iu&usg=\_\_poYAJ0J7Sy8gZhdh-J4CBciWsAs%3D&sa=X&ei=QLXeU4SxH8epyATixoGoCg&ved=0CDIQ9QEwAg&biw=1920&bih=877#facrc=\_&imgdii=\_&imgrc=y4OEZiuITfEonM%253A%3BfyrdM6S17ZXqOM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Faws.fuzzytravel.com%252Fwantzloeben%252Fpictures%252F270759.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.fuzzytravel.com%252Fwantzloeben%252Fpictures%252Ffenway-park%252F270759-street-view.html%3B512%3B384](https://www.google.com/search?q=%22green+monster%22+view+from+street&tbm=isch&imgil=y4OEZiuITfEonM%253A%253BfyrdM6S17ZXqOM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.fuzzytravel.com%25252Fwantzloeben%25252Fpictures%25252Ffenway-park%25252F270759-street-view.html&source=iu&usg=__poYAJ0J7Sy8gZhdh-J4CBciWsAs%3D&sa=X&ei=QLXeU4SxH8epyATixoGoCg&ved=0CDIQ9QEwAg&biw=1920&bih=877#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=y4OEZiuITfEonM%253A%3BfyrdM6S17ZXqOM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Faws.fuzzytravel.com%252Fwantzloeben%252Fpictures%252F270759.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.fuzzytravel.com%252Fwantzloeben%252Fpictures%252Ffenway-park%252F270759-street-view.html%3B512%3B384)