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{{short description|Baseball stadium}}
{{More citations needed|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox stadium
| stadium_name     = Alumni Baseball Diamond
| nickname         = 
| image            = [[Image:Fairfield Alumni Baseball Diamond.JPG|300px]]
| location         = [[Fairfield University]]<br>[[Fairfield, Connecticut]]
| broke_ground     = 
| opened           = 1951 
| closed           = 
| demolished       = 
| owner            = [[Fairfield University]]
| operator         = Fairfield University
| surface          = Natural grass
| construction_cost= 
| architect        = 
| tenants          = [[Fairfield Stags]] ([[NCAA]])<br>Fairfield Stallions ([[New England Collegiate Baseball League|NECBL]]) (1994)
| seating_capacity = 1,000
| dimensions       = Left field - 330 ft<br /> Center field - 400 ft<br /> Right field - 330 ft
}}

'''Alumni Baseball Diamond''' is a [[baseball]] [[stadium]] in [[Fairfield, Connecticut]]. It opened in 1951<ref name="ballparks">{{cite web |title=Alumni Diamond - In The Ballparks |url=http://www.intheballparks.com/ncaa/alumni?tmpl=%2Fsystem%2Fapp%2Ftemplates%2Fprint%2F&showPrintDialog=1 |website=www.intheballparks.com |accessdate=5 August 2020}}</ref> and is currently the home field of the [[Fairfield Stags baseball]] team representing [[Fairfield University]].<ref name="ballparks" />  

Former [[Major League Baseball]] player [[Keefe Cato]] of the [[Cincinnati Reds]] pitched on Alumni Baseball Diamond for the Fairfield Stags from 1976 to 1979 where he set 11 all-time program records.

Alumni Baseball Diamond also was the home field of the Fairfield Stallions of the [[New England Collegiate Baseball League]] during the inaugural [[1994 NECBL season]].  [[Major League Baseball]] player [[Joe Nathan]] of the [[Minnesota Twins]] pitched on Alumni Baseball Diamond for the Fairfield Stallions in 1994.

The field dimensions are 330 feet down the lines, 400 feet to center field and 370 feet in the power alleys. The facility includes batting cages and bullpens for both teams.

==See also==
* [[List of NCAA Division I baseball venues]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.fairfieldstags.com/sports/m-basebl/index Fairfield Stags baseball]
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080317132157/http://www.digitalballparks.com/NCAA/Fairfield.html Digital Ballparks Photo Tour of Alumni Baseball Diamond]}}

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[[Category:College baseball venues in Connecticut]]
[[Category:Fairfield Stags baseball]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in Connecticut]]
[[Category:Fairfield Stags sports venues]]
[[Category:Sports venues completed in 1951]]
[[Category:University and college buildings completed in 1951]]


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