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GeoJSON-Ballparks

Note: The project is going to shift how ballparks are maintained. See this blog post to learn more.

Ballparks of Professional teams in GeoJSON.

Back in early 2014, Steve Pousty asked me if I had Lat/Longs for Major/Minor League ballparks. I pushed up a Gist and then realized this was a project worth putting effort into and defined the original goal to get all professional baseball team ballparks in GeoJSON format. I'm using Wikipedia to define "Professional Baseball" but it is only for a guide. My initial goal was to get all the North and South American teams (majors to rookie) mapped and then top tier teams from around the world.

In 2021, Major League Baseball reorganized all the Minor League Baseball Teams. This basically affected over half of the ballparks mapped. Mostly the league and class, but teams have left previous leagues and others have been eliminated or have gone on to independent leagues. Because of this, I am reviewing all the ballparks and instituing a new structure that has an array of teams at each stadium.

Below is a list of teams that have been mapped, ones that are currently being worked on and a to-do list. The new stadiums date from April 2, 2021. Anything older would be in the legacy ballparks Gist. If you know of any teams outside of the the Americas that haven't been mapped or isn't in the list below, I encourage you to add it so we can get it in. Right now we're only using points to map the stadiums.

There are over 450 ballparks around the world included. If you find a league I haven't added yet, please fork and add it in yourself.

Baseball Leagues and Last Updated Dates

Major and Minor League Baseball Update Date
Major League Baseball (American League and National League) April 2, 2021
Arizona Cactus League (Spring Training) April 2, 2021
Florida Grapefruit League (Spring Training) April 6, 2021
Arizona League (Rookie) April 6, 2021
Pacific Coast League (Triple-A) May 23, 2022
International League (Triple-A) May 23, 2022
Eastern League (Double-A) May 23, 2022
Southern League (Double-A) May 23, 2022
Texas League (Double-A) May 23, 2022
Northwest League (High-A) June 1, 2022
Midwest League (High-A) June 1, 2022
South Atlantic League (High-A) June 1, 2022
California League (Low-A) June 6, 2021
Carolina League (Low-A) June 6, 2021
Florida State League (Low-A) June 6, 2021
Arizona Complex League (Fall) August 9, 2021
Florida Complex League (Rookie) August 9, 2021
Collegiate Summer Baseball Update Date
Appalachian League (Rookie Advanced) August 10, 2021
Independent Baseball Update Date
Pioneer League (Rookie Advanced) March 22, 2020
Caribbean/Latin America Update Date
Mexican League (Independent) July 22, 2021

Legacy (to be reviewed - see referenced Gist above)

North America Old Update Date
American Association of Independent Professional Baseball (Independent) March 22, 2020
Atlantic League of Professional Baseball (Independent) March 22, 2020
Empire Professional Baseball League (Independent) March 24, 2020
Frontier League (Independent) March 22, 2020
Pacific Association of Professional Baseball Clubs (Independent) March 22, 2020
Pecos League (Independent) March 20, 2020
United Shore Professional Baseball League (Independent) March 26, 2020
The Western League (Independent) March 23, 2020
Alaska Baseball League (Amateur Collegiate Summer Baseball League) March 5, 2020
Cape Cod Baseball League (Amateur Collegiate Summer Baseball League) March 12, 2020
Coastal Plain League (Amateur Collegiate Summer Baseball League) March 19, 2020
Pac-12 Conference Baseball (College) March 18, 2020
East Asia/Australia Update Date
Australian Baseball League (Australia) March 8, 2020
Baseball Philippines - Partial, still tracking down teams (Philippines) March 21, 2020
China Baseball League (China) March 18, 2020
Chinese Professional Baseball League) (Taiwan) March 8, 2020
KBO League (South Korea) March 12, 2020
Nippon Professional Baseball (Japan) March 12, 2020
Caribbean/Latin America Update Date
Colombian Professional Baseball League (Columbia) March 19, 2020
Cuban National Series (Cuba) March 22, 2020
Dominican Professional Baseball League (Dominican Republic) March 20, 2020
Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente (Puerto Rico) March 20, 2020
Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League (Nicaragua) March 21, 2020
Panamanian Professional Baseball League (Panama) March 22, 2020
Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (Venezuela) March 19, 2020
Europe Update Date
Bundesliga (Germany) March 26, 2020
Honkbal Hoofdklasse (Netherlands) March 18, 2020
Italian Baseball League (Italy) March 23, 2020

Defunct Leagues no Longer in Dataset

League Status
Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball (Independent) Merged with Frontier League in 2019
Mount Rainier Professional Baseball League League ran out of money
North Country Baseball League League folded when teams moved to Empire Professional Baseball League
Thoroughbred League League folded do to financial issues
United League Baseball League declared bankruptcy
International League (Class Triple-A) Replaced by Triple-A East
Pacific Coast League (Class Triple-A) Replaced by Triple-A West and Low-A West
Eastern League (Class Double-A) Replaced by Double-A Northeast
Southern League (Class Double-A) Replaced by Double-A South
Texas League (Class Double-A) Replaced by Double-A Central
Northwest League (A Short) Replaced by Northwest League
Midwest League (Class A) Replaced by Midwest League and South Atlantic League
South Atlantic League (Class A) Replaced by South Atlantic League and Low-A East
New York-Penn League (A Short) Replaced by South Atlantic League, Perfect Game League, MLB Draft League, Futures Collegiate Baseball League and Frontier League
Carolina League (Class A-Advanced) Replaced by South Atlantic League, Low-A East and MLB Draft League
California League (Class A-Advanced) Replaced by Low-A West
South Atlantic League (Class A) Replaced by South Atlantic League, Low-A East and Atlantic League of Professional Baseball
Florida State League (Class A-Advanced) Replaced by Low-A Southeast

To-Do

Suggestions