Hi Corbett Field is a baseball field located in Tucson, Arizona. The stadium holds 9,500 people. It is the spring training home of the Colorado Rockies.

Built in 1937, Hi Corbett Field was originally called Randolph Field. It was renamed in honor of Hiram Stevens (Hi) Corbett (1996-1967), an Arizona state senator who was instrumental in bringing spring training to Tucson.^*

Hi Corbett was remodeled in 1972 and renovated in 1992, 1997 and 1999. It is part of a larger city park complex, Reid Park (which also includes the Reid Park Zoo) and Randolph Park, located between Broadway Boulevard and 22nd Street in midtown Tucson.

Hi Corbett served as the spring training home of the Cleveland Indians from 1945 through 1992. Parts of the 1989 movie Major League were filmed at Hi Corbett Field. This production used members of the University of Arizona baseball team as extras. In 1993, Hi Corbett became the pre-season home of the expansion Colorado Rockies, who moved into Hi Corbett with their inaugural spring training.

Hi Corbett is also closely associated with minor league baseball. The Tucson Cowboys baseball team (Class C; Arizona/Texas League) played at Hi Corbett for parts of the 1930s to 1950s. Another early team to play there was the Tucson Lizards (Class D; Arizona/Texas League). The Tucson Toros (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) played there from their inception in 1969 until 1997, after which they were renamed the Tucson Sidewinders and moved to Tucson Electric Park.

In 2004 Hi Corbett became home to the Arizona Heat women's pro softball team. Their season runs from June to August, at the height of the "Arizona heat."

Hi Corbett's dimensions are as follows: 348 feet in Right Field, 392 feet in Center Field, and 366 feet in Left Field, with a "Green Monster" fence in Center Field. The ballpark currently has a capacity of 9,500, including 598 box seats, 8,350 reserved seats, and 562 bleacher seats.

The largest Tucson Toros crowd at Hi Corbett was 12,863 on May 17, 1981 against Salt Lake City.

References

• Tucson Toros 1997 Media Guide (Tucson: Tucson Toros Baseball Club, 1997).
• Spring Training 2006: Colorado Rockies.
• Colorado Rockies 2007 Spring Training, Spring Training Online.

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