Brown-Stroud Field

BROWN-STROUD Field HOME OF THE NORTHWESTERN STATE DEMONS

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 Demons in the 1997 and 98 seasons before anchoring the San Diego Padres starting rotation in the early-to-mid-2000s.

Cracker Brown (second from right) is one of the stadium namesakes for Brown-Stroud Field. He is standing with three other namesakes (L-R) Walter P. Ledet (track complex), Harry Turpin (football stadium), H. Lee Prather (basketball coliseum)

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

BROWN-STROUD ATTENDANCE RECORDS Att. Date Opp. Score 1. 4,214 4-18-01 LSU W 10-8 2. 3,240 3-12-19 LSU W 3-2 3. 2,329 4-9-03 LSU L 6-4 4. 2,136 3-6-14 LSU L 8-1 5. 1,835 4-9-91 LSU L 7-3 6. 1,478 2-17-17 Cincinnati L 3-2 (10) 7. 1,374 4-8-03 Alabama L 12-8 8. 1,263 5-15-94 *McNeese L 8-3 9. 1,173 5-25-05 *Southeastern La. L 3-0 10. 1,112 2-26-92 UL Lafayette L 10-7 * - SLC Tournament Game

OVERALL & SLC HOME RECORD (1981-2017) Year Overall SLC 1981 14-22 1982 11-10 1983 17-10 1984 11-17 1985 12-17 1986 9-19 1987 11-14 1988 13-15 1989 15-8 7-4 1990 25-7 4-5 1991 21-7 6-3 1992 16-7 3-6 1993 25-6 10-2 1994 27-7 7-3 1995 20-3 10-2 1996 19-12 8-7 1997 19-8 11-3 1998 20-6 9-4 1999 19-5 9-3 2000 17-8 9-6 2001 21-8 8-4 2002 23-4 12-6 Year Overall SLC 2003 19-5 9-3 2004 17-7 10-4 2005 21-4 11-1 2006 19-6 10-5 2007 13-11 8-7 2008 19-11 9-6 2009 14-8 9-4 2010 21-8 13-5 2011 11-14 4-10 2012 14-19 10-8 2013 7-18 2-13 2014 17-11 10-5 2015 17-7 10-4 2016 18-7 11-4 2017 13-14 5-10 2018 19-9 10-5 2019 21-8 10-5 Totals 665-387 264-157 (.632) (.627)