Northwestern State Demon Baseball 2020
BROWN-STROUD
Field
H O M E O F T H E N O R T H W E S T E R N S TAT E D E M O N S BUILT IN 1939...
Named for the first two head baseball coaches in school history -- C.C. Stroud (1912-30) and H. Alvin “Cracker” Brown (1949-66) -Brown-Stroud Field has been the home to nine Southland Conference championship teams. The facility has undergone significant changes in the past three seasons, culminating with the addition of two suites, a reconfigured press box and additional chairback seating for the 2019 season. Along with a grandstand that seats 1,200, there is hillside seating along both baselines, giving fans some of the best sightlines in the Southland Conference. Fitting for a program that relishes high-level competition, Brown-Stroud Field has hosted College World Series programs LSU, Alabama, Arkansas, TCU, UL Lafayette, Nebraska and Missouri State as well as Missouri, Houston, Kansas State, Oral Roberts. Brown-Stroud also was home to Brian Lawrence, who pitched for the Cracker Brown (second from right) is one of the stadium namesakes for Brown-Stroud Field. He is Demons in the 1997 and 98 seasons before anchoring the San Diego standing with three other namesakes (L-R) Walter P. Ledet (track complex), Harry Turpin (football stadium), H. Lee Prather (basketball coliseum) Padres starting rotation in the early-to-mid-2000s.
Stadium Infomation
Seating Capacity.................................................... 1,200 Built 1939 Playing Field Distance Left Field Foul Line........................................... 320 Left Field Gap................................................... 360 Center Field...................................................... 405 Right Field Gap................................................. 365 Right Field Foul Line......................................... 340 Playing Surface..................Turf (infield), Grass (outfield) Press Box Number.................................... 318-357-4606 All-Time Record (since 1981)..............................644-379 Southland Conference Record....................254-152 nsudemons.com // @NSUDemonsBsB
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SLC Championships: 1991 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1997 1998 • 2001 • 2002 • 2005
