Heaton Stadium

Heaton Stadium
	Heaton Stadium Location within Georgia
Address	78 Milledge Road; Augusta, GA 30904
Location	Augusta, Georgia
Coordinates	33°29′42″N 82°0′2″W / 33.49500°N 82.00056°W
Capacity	3,600
Record attendance	6,231 (August 16, 1991)
Surface	Grass
Construction
Built	1988
Opened	April 12, 1988
Closed	September, 1994
Tenants
	Augusta Pirates (SAL) 1988–1993; Augusta GreenJackets (SAL) 1994

Heaton Stadium was a baseball stadium in Augusta, Georgia, United States. It was the home field of the Augusta Pirates/Augusta GreenJackets Minor League Baseball team of the Class A South Atlantic League from 1988 to 1994. After the 1994 season the site was redeveloped as the GreenJackets' next home, Lake Olmstead Stadium.^[3]

Heaton Stadium was named for Bill Heaton, a retired Army lieutenant colonel and partner in the team ownership who worked for six years to bring a minor league club to Augusta.^[5] Heaton reportedly built the stadium with his own money,^[6] assembling bleachers bought from other locations^[7] with the help of volunteers and high school workers paid minimum wage.^[7]^[8]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Byler, Billy (May 31, 2009). "Rehabbing stars play major roles in minors". The Augusta Chronicle. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Hart, John (May 14, 2017). "Leaving The Lake: Looking back at 30 Years of baseball at Lake Olmstead Stadium". WJBF. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Sanders, Steve (July 29, 2007). "Similar proposal for a new home was made in '93". The Augusta Chronicle. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
^ Sanders, Steve (July 29, 2007). "It would be 'more than just a stadium'". The Augusta Chronicle. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
^ "Macon Baseball Franchise to Move to Augusta". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. October 11, 1987. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
^ Mullins, Robert A. (May 2014). 12 Monkeys & a Green Jacket. Xlibris Corporation. p. 197. ISBN 9781493189717. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Kirby, Bill (September 3, 2017). "WAY WE WERE: Bill Heaton builds a ballfield, lures a team". The Augusta Chronicle. Archived from the original on September 4, 2017. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
^ Boyette, John (August 8, 2017). "Bill Heaton, who brought minor league baseball back to Augusta, dies". The Augusta Chronicle. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2018.

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[rehabbing-1] Byler, Billy (May 31, 2009). "Rehabbing stars play major roles in minors". The Augusta Chronicle. Retrieved November 11, 2018.

[Leaving-2] Hart, John (May 14, 2017). "Leaving The Lake: Looking back at 30 Years of baseball at Lake Olmstead Stadium". WJBF. Retrieved November 11, 2018.

[Similar-3] Sanders, Steve (July 29, 2007). "Similar proposal for a new home was made in '93". The Augusta Chronicle. Retrieved November 11, 2018.

[4] Sanders, Steve (July 29, 2007). "It would be 'more than just a stadium'". The Augusta Chronicle. Retrieved November 11, 2018.

[5] "Macon Baseball Franchise to Move to Augusta". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. October 11, 1987. Retrieved November 11, 2018.

[6] Mullins, Robert A. (May 2014). 12 Monkeys & a Green Jacket. Xlibris Corporation. p. 197. ISBN 9781493189717. Retrieved November 11, 2018.

[heaton-builds-7] Kirby, Bill (September 3, 2017). "WAY WE WERE: Bill Heaton builds a ballfield, lures a team". The Augusta Chronicle. Archived from the original on September 4, 2017. Retrieved November 11, 2018.

[8] Boyette, John (August 8, 2017). "Bill Heaton, who brought minor league baseball back to Augusta, dies". The Augusta Chronicle. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2018.

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