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Tropicana Field

St. Petersburg, FL · 1998–present

Tropicana Field
Photo: EaglesFanInTampa, CC BY-SA 3.0
2,128
Games on file
1998
First
2024
Last

Tropicana Field is a ballpark in St. Petersburg, FL. The register's first major-league date here is March 31, 1998. The register files it under the American League.

2,151 major-league games in this archive were played here, between 1998 and 2024. The game logs list the Tampa Bay Rays, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and the Houston Astros as home clubs here. Its recorded capacity is 45,369. 13 games played here have a page of their own in this archive, among them Wade Boggs's 3,000th Hit in 1999, Edwin Jackson's No-Hitter in 2010, and Matt Garza's No-Hitter in 2010.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on March 31, 1998, when the Detroit Tigers beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 11–6. Justin Thompson started for the Detroit Tigers and Wilson Álvarez for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Rich Garcia was the plate umpire. The announced attendance was 45,369. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on September 22, 2024, when the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4–3. Ryan Burr started for the Toronto Blue Jays and Shane Baz for the Tampa Bay Rays. Nate Tomlinson was the plate umpire.

Home clubs

Games remembered here

1999

Wade Boggs's 3,000th Hit

Wade Boggs homers for his 3,000th hit, the first player to reach the milestone that way, a day after Tony Gwynn got there.

2010

Edwin Jackson's No-Hitter

Edwin Jackson threw a no-hitter for the Arizona Diamondbacks against the Tampa Bay Rays on June 25, 2010, winning 1–0.

2010

Matt Garza's No-Hitter

Matt Garza threw a no-hitter for the Tampa Bay Rays against the Detroit Tigers on July 26, 2010, winning 5–0.

2006

Carlos Guillén Hits for the Cycle, 2006

Carlos Guillén hit for the cycle for the Detroit Tigers against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on August 1, 2006.

2009

B. J. Upton Hits for the Cycle, 2009

B. J. Upton hit for the cycle for the Tampa Bay Rays against the New York Yankees on October 2, 2009.

2019

Shohei Ohtani Hits for the Cycle, 2019

Shohei Ohtani hit for the cycle for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim against the Tampa Bay Rays on June 13, 2019.

2001

Carlos Delgado's Three-Home-Run Game, 2001

Carlos Delgado hit three home runs for the Toronto Blue Jays against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on April 4, 2001.

2005

Jonny Gomes's Three-Home-Run Game, 2005

Jonny Gomes hit three home runs for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays against the Kansas City Royals on July 30, 2005.

2008

Evan Longoria's Three-Home-Run Game, 2008

Evan Longoria hit three home runs for the Tampa Bay Rays against the Minnesota Twins on September 18, 2008.

2012

B. J. Upton's Three-Home-Run Game, 2012

B. J. Upton hit three home runs for the Tampa Bay Rays against the Texas Rangers on September 9, 2012.

2012

Evan Longoria's Three-Home-Run Game, 2012

Evan Longoria hit three home runs for the Tampa Bay Rays against the Baltimore Orioles on October 3, 2012.

2016

Danny Valencia's Three-Home-Run Game, 2016

Danny Valencia hit three home runs for the Oakland Athletics against the Tampa Bay Rays on May 15, 2016.

2022

Isaac Paredes's Three-Home-Run Game, 2022

Isaac Paredes hit three home runs for the Tampa Bay Rays against the New York Yankees on June 21, 2022.

Further reading: Wikipedia