Miami Stadium

Miami Stadium was dedicated on August 31, 1949 and demolished in 2001. It was the home of several Minor League teams and was also home to Major League Spring Training. Most notably, it was the spring home of the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers (for select "A" exhibition games only) from 1950 to 1958 and to the Baltimore Orioles from 1959 to 1990.

One view of the stadium.

In 1987 the stadium was renamed Bobby Maduro Miami Stadium after Bobby Maduro, owner of the Havana Sugar Kings. The ballpark was also briefly used by the Gold Coast Suns of the short-lived Senior Professional Baseball Association in the late 1980s. In 1991 the stadium was the host to the Caribbean Series, marking only the second time the event had been played outside the Caribbean. (It was played at Miami's Orange Bowl football stadium in 1990.)

Minor league teams who played there were:

• Miami Sun Sox, Florida International League (1949-1954)
• Miami Marlins, International League (1956-1960)
• Miami Marlins, Florida State League (1962-1970, 1982-1988)
• Miami Orioles, Florida State League (1971-1981)
• Miami Amigos, Inter-American League (1979)
• Gold Coast Suns, Senior Professional Baseball Association (1989/1990)

Related Sites

• Digitalballparks: Miami Stadium
• My Life at Miami Stadium