MassLive traveled virtually everywhere with the Red Sox in 2024, bringing you coverage from 22 different ballparks, including Fenway Park, during the regular season. With three veteran baseball writers on staff — Chris Cotillo, Sean McAdam and Chris Smith — we thought it would be a good time to, once and for all, provide a definitive (yet extremely subjective) ranking of every ballpark in baseball.
All three writers ranked ballparks from best to worst and had to explain themselves on a two-part edition of the Fenway Rundown podcast, which dropped Thursday morning. You can listen to Part I here and Part II here. Note how the disparities in the rankings speak to the wide range of passionate opinions people have on this topic.
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Here are all three writers’ rankings, with a couple of caveats. Firstly, all three have only been to 29 of the 30 active ballparks (counting Oakland, not Sacramento), so the rankings will reflect that. Cotillo has never been to Arizona’s Chase Field, McAdam has not been to Cincinnati’s Great American Ball Park and Smith has never seen Pittsburgh’s PNC Park. Also, McAdam decided that he didn’t want Fenway Park to be part of his rankings, so he has just 28 on his list.
Without further ado, the lists — and a reminder you can hear all the reasonings and rationales on the podcast.
CHRIS COTILLO (has never been to Arizona’s Chase Field)
1. Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
2. Fenway Park, Boston
3. Wrigley Field, Chicago (Cubs)
4. Coors Field, Colorado
5. Oracle Park, San Francisco
6. Petco Park, San Diego
7. Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore
8. PNC Park, Pittsburgh
9. Target Field, Minnesota
10. Truist Park, Atlanta
11. T-Mobile Park, Seattle
12. Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City
13. Yankee Stadium, New York (Yankees)
14. Minute Maid Park, Houston
15. Citi Field, New York (Mets)
16. Comerica Park, Detroit
17. Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia (Editor’s note: After further review, this is definitely too low)
18. Rogers Centre, Toronto
19. American Family Field, Milwaukee
20. LoanDepot Park, Miami
21. Angel Stadium, Anaheim
22. Busch Stadium, St. Louis
23. Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati
24. Globe Life Field, Texas
25. Nationals Park, Washington DC
26. Progressive Field, Cleveland
27. Oakland Coliseum, Oakland
28. Tropicana Field, Tampa Bay
29. Guaranteed Rate Field, Chicago (White Sox)
SEAN MCADAM (has never been to Cincinnati’s Great American Ball Park; did not rank Fenway Park)
1. Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
2. Oracle Park, San Francisco
3. Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore
4. Target Field, Minnesota
5. PNC Park, Pittsburgh
6. T-Mobile Park, Seattle
7. Wrigley Field, Chicago (Cubs)
8. Petco Park, San Diego
9. Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia
10. Truist Park, Atlanta
11. Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City
12. Coors Field, Colorado
13. Angel Stadium, Anaheim
14. Citi Field, New York (Mets)
15. Guaranteed Rate Field, Chicago (White Sox)
16. Progressive Field, Cleveland
17. Yankee Stadium, New York (Yankees)
18. Busch Stadium, St. Louis
19. Nationals Park, Washington DC
20. Tropicana Field, Tampa Bay
21. American Family Field, Milwaukee
22. Comerica Park, Detroit
23. Globe Life Field, Texas
24. Rogers Centre, Toronto
25. Minute Maid Park, Houston
26. Oakland Coliseum, Oakland
27. LoanDepot Park, Miami
28. Chase Field, Arizona
CHRIS SMITH (has never been to Pittsburgh’s PNC Park)
1. Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City
2. Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore
3. T-Mobile Park, Seattle
4. Rogers Centre, Toronto
5. Oracle Park, San Francisco
6. Fenway Park, Boston
7. Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles (Dodgers)
8. Coors Field, Colorado
9. Petco Park, San Diego
10. Progressive Field, Cleveland
11. Wrigley Field, Chicago (Cubs)
12. Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia
13. Yankee Stadium, New York (Yankees)
14. Truist Park, Atlanta
15. Citi Field, New York (Mets)
16. Busch Stadium, St. Louis
17. Comerica Park, Detroit
18. Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati
19. Angel Stadium, Anaheim
20. Minute Maid Park, Houston
21. American Family Field, Milwaukee
22. Target Field, Minnesota
23. Guaranteed Rate Field, Chicago (White Sox)
24. Chase Field, Arizona
25. LoanDepot Park, Miami
26. Globe Life Field, Texas
27. Nationals Park, Washington DC
28. Tropicana Field, Tampa Bay
29. Oakland Coliseum, Oakland
