# How many different baseball teams have you seen play in their home stadiums? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 15, 2016, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-baseball-teams-have-you-seen-play-in-their-home-stadiums/766002 "2016-09-15T13:26:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-baseball-teams-have-you-seen-play-in-their-home-stadiums/766002/21 "2016-09-15T15:30:15Z")
Cubs, both Sox, Orioles, Royals. Somehow, I have yet to make it to see the Brewers up in Milwaukee, even though we find ourselves there often enough. Plus I saw that game about a decade ago where two non-home teams played here at Sox Park/the Cell. I can’t remember who the teams were or the exact circumstances. Was it a hurricane out East? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-baseball-teams-have-you-seen-play-in-their-home-stadiums/766002/22 "2016-09-15T15:33:42Z")
Ah, it was Marlins-Expos back in Sept of '04, due to hurricane Ivan. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-baseball-teams-have-you-seen-play-in-their-home-stadiums/766002/23 "2016-09-15T15:53:10Z")
Red Sox and A’s. I never made to a Giants game when I lived in the Bay Area. They were always sold out. But I lived one Bart stop from the Oakland Colluseum for about a year. I used to pop over for a game just because there wasn’t anything else to do at 5he moment. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-baseball-teams-have-you-seen-play-in-their-home-stadiums/766002/24 "2016-09-15T15:55:12Z")
Mets (1 --my first MLB Game) Yankees (1) White Sox (1 or 2) Cubs (2 or 3) Brewers (1) Orioles (many at Memorial Stadium, none at Camdem Yards) Mariners (dozens at Kingdome and the new baseball stadium which shall remain nameless) \*Rockies (spring training game) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-baseball-teams-have-you-seen-play-in-their-home-stadiums/766002/25 "2016-09-15T15:58:04Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > According to the OP, these should have been checked under Washington and Texas (or possibly Minnesota), respectively. Sorry, refuse to acknowledge that Texas team. Twins don’t really make sense. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-baseball-teams-have-you-seen-play-in-their-home-stadiums/766002/26 "2016-09-15T16:08:22Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Sorry, refuse to acknowledge that Texas team. Twins don’t really make sense. If you saw the Senators in 1960 or earlier, you saw the franchise which moved to Minnesota and became the Twins. If you saw the Senators in 1961 through 1971, you saw the expansion franchise which became the Rangers. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-baseball-teams-have-you-seen-play-in-their-home-stadiums/766002/27 "2016-09-15T16:27:06Z")
Indians, I dunno, 150-200 times? I saw the Expos play in Montreal 3 times in their last year, in a series against the Indians. So I voted for the Nationals. Thus ends my baseball road tripping. On a side note I have toured Wrigley Field! Without a game, though. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-baseball-teams-have-you-seen-play-in-their-home-stadiums/766002/28 "2016-09-15T16:31:59Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > If you saw the Senators in 1960 or earlier, you saw the franchise which moved to Minnesota and became the Twins. If you saw the Senators in 1961 through 1971, you saw the expansion franchise which became the Rangers. I meant the second coming, 61-71, but you just reminded me that I did go to a game in either 59 or 60 with the originals. I have very little memory of it, even if it was in 60 I probably was not yet 4 years old. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_the_turtle/32/2926_2.png) [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-baseball-teams-have-you-seen-play-in-their-home-stadiums/766002/29 "2016-09-15T16:46:02Z")
17 for me. Only multiples would be Orioles, Angels. All others were 1 time (or maybe twice). ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-baseball-teams-have-you-seen-play-in-their-home-stadiums/766002/30 "2016-09-15T17:12:42Z")
Mariners - 6 or 7 times (at the Kingdome; haven’t been to their new park but would like to, someday) Red Sox - 4 or 5 Orioles - 1 I’ve been to minor league games in Tacoma and Harrisburg. > [@racer72](#): > > Didn’t see the Pilots on the list. Saw them twice back in 1969. Impressive. That team seems to be pretty much an afterthought in MLB history. I saw a book once that claimed to document every major league stadium, past and present; I looked, and Sicks’ Stadium wasn’t in it. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-baseball-teams-have-you-seen-play-in-their-home-stadiums/766002/31 "2016-09-15T17:25:52Z")
Just two, but I’ve seen each one in two different stadiums. I’ve seen the Pirates in Forbes Field and Three Rivers Stadium. And I’ve seen the Rockies in the old Mile High Stadium and in Coors Field. As an “almost counts,” I’ve seen the Indians when they used to train in Tucson. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-baseball-teams-have-you-seen-play-in-their-home-stadiums/766002/32 "2016-09-15T17:26:31Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > That team seems to be pretty much an afterthought in MLB history. About the only thing I know about the Pilots, other than Bud Selig buying them and moving them to Milwaukee just as the 1970 season started, was from reading Jim Bouton’s “Ball Four” when I was in high school. In that book, we learned that Pilots manager Joe Schultz made liberal use of the obscenities “shitfuck” and “fuckshit.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![appleaday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/41988e/32.png) [@appleaday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleaday)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-baseball-teams-have-you-seen-play-in-their-home-stadiums/766002/33 "2016-09-15T17:38:56Z")
Mariners, once. Would like to go again someday. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-baseball-teams-have-you-seen-play-in-their-home-stadiums/766002/34 "2016-09-15T18:07:36Z")
I know it’s still early, but I’m a little surprised by some of the results. I’m not at all surprised that Wrigley and Fenway are leading, but I am a little surprised that the Orioles are in third place. I wonder if it’s just that a lot of Dopers live or have lived in the area, or if people have made a specific pilgrimage. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-baseball-teams-have-you-seen-play-in-their-home-stadiums/766002/35 "2016-09-15T18:11:01Z")
There was a radio ad for the Giants a few years back that went something like this: “So I told my wife we were going to pack up the RV and follow the Giants around to every single game on their schedule. And she looked at me, and she asked… ‘Have you been drinking?’” ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-baseball-teams-have-you-seen-play-in-their-home-stadiums/766002/36 "2016-09-15T18:13:15Z")
Giants - probably 30 games between Candlestick and AT&T Park. Nationals - 2 games. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-baseball-teams-have-you-seen-play-in-their-home-stadiums/766002/37 "2016-09-15T18:26:58Z")
Giants: can’t count the number of games I’ve seen at Candlestick and AT&T (formerly Pac Bell). Got engaged at Candlestick. A’s: I’ve been to a number of A’s games, as Oakland is not far and I have friends who are A’s fans. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-baseball-teams-have-you-seen-play-in-their-home-stadiums/766002/38 "2016-09-15T18:36:47Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > I know it’s still early, but I’m a little surprised by some of the results. I’m not at all surprised that Wrigley and Fenway are leading, but I am a little surprised that the Orioles are in third place. > > I wonder if it’s just that a lot of Dopers live or have lived in the area, or if people have made a specific pilgrimage. I’m surprised too, especially that they are leading the Yankees. Maybe it’s because for many years they drew on the fan bases of both Baltimore and DC. Yankees: Many dozens, at both the original and new stadiums. Mets: Probably around a dozen, at both Shea and Citi Field. Orioles: Maybe six or seven when I lived in DC, before the Nationals arrived, at both Memorial Stadium and Camden Yards. Red Sox: Three games, I think. Dodgers: One game. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-baseball-teams-have-you-seen-play-in-their-home-stadiums/766002/39 "2016-09-15T18:45:47Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > I know it’s still early, but I’m a little surprised by some of the results. I’m not at all surprised that Wrigley and Fenway are leading, but I am a little surprised that the Orioles are in third place. > > I wonder if it’s just that a lot of Dopers live or have lived in the area, or if people have made a specific pilgrimage. I don’t think it’s surprising. I’m not a baseball fan but I’ve heard of Camden Yards; it’s a tourist destination. ---
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> [@Asimovian](#): > > I know it’s still early, but I’m a little surprised by some of the results. I’m not at all surprised that Wrigley and Fenway are leading, but I am a little surprised that the Orioles are in third place. > > I wonder if it’s just that a lot of Dopers live or have lived in the area, or if people have made a specific pilgrimage. I’m not surprised. Baltimore was the one nearest MLB yard for a pretty large number of people for a pretty long time, before Washington sliced into that. It’s a relatively easy trip for visiting-team fans down from Philly, New York, Boston (take the train). And the Orioles have had periods both of sustained excellence, and of having a recognized jewel of a new ballpark (maybe not at the same time) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-baseball-teams-have-you-seen-play-in-their-home-stadiums/766002.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-baseball-teams-have-you-seen-play-in-their-home-stadiums/766002.md?page=3)