Best MLB ballparks rated and ranked
There’s just something magical about baseball. There would be no "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" musical institution without the ballpark itself and no one to buy peanuts and cracker jacks for without the fans. On that lyrical cue, we dive into the top 10 baseball stadiums for those very butts in the seats.
Which MLB Team Has the Best Ballpark?
So how does one pick the best stadium in Major League Baseball? Places like Fenway Park and Wrigley Field have history and nostalgia on their side. Globe Life Field, home of the Texas Rangers, has that brand new car smell going for it and all the modern luxuries of baseball's newest stadium, welcoming fans for the first time in 2020.
We ranked the top ten based on reviews, capacity, online buzz, and of course, food and drink. Points are awarded from 0-10 for worst to best. After all, if you aren’t sitting behind home plate with a hot dog in one hand and a beer in the other, you're doing something wrong on a sunny July day.
| MLB Team | Ballpark | Visitors | Online Interest | Food and Drink | Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Los Angeles Dodgers Dodger Stadium |
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| 69.6 |
 | Chicago Cubs Wrigley Field |
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| 56.8 |
 | New York Yankees Yankee Stadium |
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| 56.5 |
 | Colorado Rockies Coors Field |
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| 51.6 |
 | Arizona Diamondbacks Chase Field |
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| 51.0 |
 | Boston Red Sox Fenway Park |
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| 48.3 |
 | Houston Astros Minute Maid Park |
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| 48.0 |
 | Seattle Mariners T-Mobile Park |
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| 47.1 |
 | Toronto Blue Jays Rogers Centre |
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| 45.1 |
 | San Diego Padres Petco Park |
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| 45.1 |
 | St. Louis Cardinals Busch Stadium |
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| 45.0 |
 | Detroit Tigers Comerica Park |
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| 44.7 |
 | Los Angeles Angels Angel Stadium |
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| 44.3 |
 | Pittsburgh Pirates PNC Park |
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| 44.0 |
 | San Francisco Giants Oracle Park |
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| 43.8 |
 | Minnesota Twins Target Field |
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| 42.9 |
 | New York Mets Citi Field |
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| 41.0 |
 | Philadelphia Phillies Citizens Bank Park |
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| 40.8 |
 | Texas Rangers Globe Life Field |
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| 40.5 |
 | Milwaukee Brewers American Family Field |
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| 39.6 |
 | Washington Nationals Nationals Park |
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| 39.2 |
 | Cincinnati Reds Great American Ball Park |
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| 37.2 |
 | Baltimore Orioles Oriole Park at Camden Yards |
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| 35.5 |
 | Atlanta Braves Truist Park |
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| 35.0 |
 | Miami Marlins loanDepot park |
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| 33.6 |
 | Cleveland Guardians Progressive Field |
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| 33.4 |
 | Tampa Bay Rays Tropicana Field |
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| 32.9 |
 | Chicago White Sox Guaranteed Rate Field |
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| 31.7 |
 | Kansas City Royals Kauffman Stadium |
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| 25.1 |
 | Oakland Athletics RingCentral Coliseum |
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| 17.5 |
The Top 10 Best Ballparks for MLB Fans
Dodger Stadium - 69.6/100
Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles, CA
It's only fitting the team with a league title, three World Series appearances in the past five years, and the second-highest team salary in the bigs to be atop our list.
The 56,000-seat venue has been around since the early '60s and is the oldest ballpark west of the Mississippi River. Housing the best home record last season, Dodger Stadium is the third-oldest park in the league behind only Boston's Fenway Park and Wrigley Field in Chicago.
Although an elder statesman of the league, this is definitely not your grandparents' ballyard pick. Dodger Stadium scored exceptionally high among Tik Tokers and Instagram enthusiasts and in online searches. It helps that most of those virtual viewers are present in real life as LA's home is the only park on the list to score perfect 10s in both attendance and capacity.
Wrigley Field - 56.8/100
Chicago Cubs, Chicago, IL
That National League also boasts the silver medalist on our list as the oldest stadium on the Senior Circuit takes the runner-up nod. Wrigley Field on the North Side of Chicago is one of the most unique places you will ever watch a baseball game.
What Wrigley lacks in capacity (3.2/10 score) with just over 41,000 seats it more than makes up for in quaint and nostalgic charm. Where else in the big leagues can a ground-rule double result from the outfielder losing the ball in the ivy-covered brick wall.
The hand-turned scoreboard and its location in a fun-filled residential area affectionally called Wrigleyville just adds to the appeal. When wind-aided home runs can hit a car driving outside the stadium, there's something beyond cool about that.
Much like a homer landing on Waveland Ave, being named a National Historic Landmark only helps Wrigley's street cred. The fact they only added lights for night games in 1988 and still regularly play day games during the week make it a top must-see for any true baseball fan.
Yankee Stadium - 56.5/100
New York Yankees, New York, NY
From the city “so nice they named it twice” comes the second version of the stadium that could only have one name - Yankee Stadium.
Yankee Stadium version 2.0 opened the gates in 2009 and is just a block away from the site of the original Yankee Stadium. The House that Ruth Built spawned the modern park, the sixth-largest stadium in baseball as far as seating capacity (8.2/10 score) goes. While the capacity is large, the dimensions are... not so much. In its first year of existence, the club record for most home runs hit in a single season was smashed, and nothing brings fans out more than the long ball.
While you may think everything is more expensive in New York, you can get a pretty cheap hot dog in the Bronx. Yankee Stadium boasted the most affordable frankfurter of our top three at a cost more than half the price of a Dodger dog or at Wrigley.
Coors Field - 51.6/100
Colorado Rockies, Denver, CO
Much like its homerun haven counterpart in the American League, Coors Field has historically been known as a park the ball routinely flies out of.
While the Yankees hold the major league record with 19 years of 200+ home field long balls, Colorado holds the NL mark with nine seasons under its much younger belt, having only been around since 1995. The Rockies also hold the NL record with 149 round-trippers at Coors Field in 1996.
They see so many home runs in Denver's thin air that their baseballs are stored in a humidor to make them drier and less likely to travel as far.
Coors Field has the least expensive tour price on our list so far and scores very high among TripAdvisor raters.
Chase Field - 51.0/100
Arizona Diamondbacks, Phoenix, AZ
The third NL West park and second '90s expansion team hits our list at number five. Much like their fellow expansion team, Rockies, it's all about affordability one state away in Arizona.
Chase Field boasts by far the best rating for tour pricing (9.6) at $14 per adult. If that alone doesn’t have you booking a trip to Phoenix, you'll need less than half of that for a ballgame meal. Six bucks will get you a beer ($4), and a dog ($2) as the D-backs have held the title of cheapest baseball experience since 2009.
If you need more than a reasonable price, the relatively young team already has etched its way into baseball lore. Arizona became the fastest expansion team in major league history to win a championship after their 2001 World Series win, taking the title in just its fourth year of existence.
Fenway Park - 48.3/100
Boston Red Sox, Boston, MA
For years some wondered which would fall first, the Red Sox World Series drought or the oldest stadium in the league - Fenway Park.
Fenway opened its barn doors back in 1912, but until 2004 the Red Sox had not won a World Series since 1918.
The park may have outlasted the drought by its sheer originality. Pesky Pole, "The Triangle," and the Green Monster, a 37-foot wall that the hitters must clear to launch the ball out in left field, are just a few of Fenway's nuances.
It’s the fifth-smallest among MLB ballparks by seating capacity, giving it the lowest score in that category (1.3/10) of any park in our top ten. Fenway is one of just eight MLB stadiums that seats less than 40,000 spectators.
The Boston institution makes up some ground with a 9.6 score from TripAdvisor and a boatload of history.
Minute Maid Park - 48.0/100
Houston Astros, Houston, TX
What the Astros' home field lacks in online interest, it makes up for in food options and prices.
With a name like Minute Maid Park, food and drink almost have to be top of mind, and promos like dollar dog Tuesdays certainly fit the bill. The Houston stadium ranks second in all of baseball (9.1/10) in food venue average rating with offerings like prime rib steak sandwiches, tacos, and nachos.
Victory is also regularly on the menu at this stadium. In the past five years, Houston has captured four division titles, three AL pennants, and the franchise's first and only World Series championship in 2017.
With all that success, the replica locomotive that goes for a ride after every Astros' homerun has been wearing out the track in the past few years.
T-Mobile Park - 47.1/100
Seattle Mariners, Seattle, WA
The team that finished second in the AL West to the Astros last year plays second-fiddle to Houston once again. The Mariners slide in behind their division rivals with the former Safeco Field, now known as T-Mobile Park.
Much like in the Southwest, it’s all about the eats in the Pacific Northwest as T-Mobile is tied with Minute Maid with a 9.1 rating for food venues. In addition to the traditional ballpark fare, Seattle serves up seafood, sushi, and even toasted grasshoppers for baseball's bravest.
The retractable roof helps in the rainy climate, and luxury suites are just a part of the near 48,000 seats.
Rogers Centre - 45.1/100
Toronto Blue Jays, Toronto, Ontario
Mariners' expansion cousin and the lone Canadian edition from north of the border invades this list of the top venues for America's Game.
Once upon a time, called the Skydome, Toronto's Rogers Centre boasts back-to-back World Series winners in 1992 and 1993. Joe Carter hit one of the most iconic walk-off home runs in league history to capture the '93 title and send the city rocking into the night.
The Rogers Centre is off the water and right downtown, next to the CN Tower, a massive building that was the world's tallest free-standing structure up until 2007. It was the first stadium to have a fully retractable motorized roof, and also features a 348-room hotel attached to it with 70 rooms overlooking the field.
Petco Park - 45.1/100
San Diego Padres, San Diego, CA
Another park off the water rounds out the list, although the Pacific Ocean might have a thing or two on Lake Ontario. The mighty Pacific gives Petco some of the best views in all of baseball. If that's not enough, the Padres' stadium also has a little beach complete with lounge chairs to watch the game.
One of the coolest features at Petco is The Park at the Park. It's a grassy slope above the outfield fence where fans can sit and watch games for just $10. The nearly three-acre park features trees and a picnic area that just screams small park feel in the big city.
Mexican offerings, seafood, and a rum bar are only a few of the reasons why Petco ranks near the top of the league (8.9/10) in food venue ratings.
Methodology
It wasn't easy picking some of the best ballparks in North America, so we narrowed them down using these categories.
Capacity
Attendance
TripAdvisor Rating
Official Tour Prices
Global Searches
Instagram Tags
TikTok Views
Food Venues/1000 people (capacity)
Food Venue Average Rating
Hotdog Cost
We used 10 different factors that contribute to the overall MLB fan experience for each ballpark. To standardize the results and find the overall score, all 10 factors have been evenly ranked between 0-10. The lowest possible score is 0 and the highest possible score is 10, using the formula Score (i)=10 . ( ( (x(i) – x (min) ) / ( (x(max) – x(min) ) )
For a full breakdown of the research and sources, please click here.
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