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Phone: 423-224-2626

Field Facts
Outfield Dimensions
LF: 330'   CF: 410'   RF: 330'

Playing Surface
Natural grass

Home Dugout
3rd Base

Team Info
Level: Rookie
League: Appalachian
Affiliate: New York Mets
2019 K-Mets Schedule

Stadium Attendance
Year Total Average
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
28,928
29,742
27,990
31,086
30,464
23,476
26,408
31,988
28,822
33,691
38,589
  904
  901
  903
  942
  952
  757
  911
  941
  901
1,087
1,169


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Hunter Wright Stadium


800 Granby Road
Kingsport, TN  37660
Opened:
  1995
Capacity:
  2,500
Elevation:
  1,389'
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Hunter Wright Stadium in Kingsport

Hunter Wright Stadium Facts & Figures


  • Construction cost: approximately $2 million
  • Named after Hunter W. Wright, who served five terms (10 years) as Kingsport's mayor, with his tenure spanning from 1985-1995. The city's Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted to approve a citizen's petition to name the stadium in Wright's honor in a meeting held on April 18, 1995. The petition was backed by 500 people and approved by the seven-member board in a 4-0 vote with three abstentions.
  • Owned by the City of Kingsport.
  • Located 1¼ miles from I-26 and 4 miles from the Tennessee-Virginia border.
  • Also serves as the home field for the Gate City (VA) High School Blue Devils baseball team.
  • Replaced J. Fred Johnson Stadium as the home for professional baseball in Kingsport. The old stadium, which dates to around 1939, still stands and is used as it's found on the campus of Dobyns-Bennett High School and their baseball team, nicknamed the Indians, plays home games there. (Of note, the Dobyns-Bennett program is recognized as the all-time winningest high school baseball team in the USA.) Johnson Stadium is roughly five miles southeast of Hunter Wright Stadium.


    Stadium Firsts


  • The first game played here was a college one, as Tennessee and Virginia Tech met on April 25, 1995 before a sellout crowd of 3,000. The Volunteers beat the Hokies, 10-8, in what was dubbed the Hokie-Smokey Classic, with future Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey starting and earning the win for Tennessee, which scored one of its runs when future major league star Todd Helton stole home. Dickey also gave up the ballpark's first home run, to Virginia Tech's Bo Durkac in the bottom of the 1st inning (the Hokies were the home team), and shortly afterwards a power outage caused by a blown fuse delayed the game for 20 minutes in the 2nd inning.
  • First pro game: June 27, 1995; the Kingsport Mets beat the River City Rumblers, 3-0, with 1,523 as the announced attendance. The game was played in an even 2 hours.
  • The first two games the Kingsport Mets were scheduled to play in the stadium (on June 21-22, 1995) were postponed due to rain. The Bristol White Sox were the opponent for the two openers that never were.

    Official stadium firsts (all of which occurred on 6/27/95, unless noted):
    Pitch Batter Home Run (6/28) Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save
    Hans Beebe Gerald Roberson Jarrod Patterson Hans Beebe Scott Adair Michael Blang


  • Hunter Wright Stadium grandstand

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