James J. McCann Baseball Field
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| Location | Poughkeepsie, NY, United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°43′06″N 73°56′02″W / 41.718431°N 73.934°W |
| Owner | Marist College |
| Operator | Marist College |
| Capacity | 350 |
| Field size | 337 ft. (LF) 377 ft. (LCF) 414 ft. (CF) 377 ft. (RCF) 330 ft. (RF) |
| Surface | Bluegrass, rye, and fescue mix |
| Scoreboard | Electronic |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1991 |
| Opened | March 29, 1992 |
| Renovated | 2007 |
| Tenants | |
| Marist Red Foxes baseball (1992–present) | |
James J. McCann Baseball Field is a baseball venue in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. It is home to the Marist Red Foxes baseball team of the NCAA Division I Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). The facility has a seated capacity of 350 spectators. It opened in 1992.[1] The field's namesake is James J. McCann, a Poughkeepsie native and supporter of Marist athletics.[2]
In the early 1990s, Marist trustee John J. Gartland Jr. and the McCann Foundation worked with Marist to raise funding for a baseball facility that would allow the school to compete at the Division I level. In 1991, after funding was raised, McCann Baseball Field was built. It hosted its first game on March 29, 1992, an 8–4 Marist win over Fairleigh Dickinson.[1]
In 2005, the facility hosted the Empire State Games baseball tournament.[1]