Moorpark Hotel

San Jose Municipal Stadium is the home of the Single-A San Jose Giants baseball team. It was completed in 1942 of reinforced concrete at a cost of just 80,000 dollars. The grass surface is a beautifully maintained Baby Bermuda Grass that is soft as pillows under the feet, while the infield clay in packed hard, creating a beautiful playing surface.

While the stadium has historically seen few changes, in the past few years some significant improvements have occurred. In 1994 the bathrooms and clubhouses were renovated, in 1996 three new rows of box seats were built, in 1997 the dugouts were expanded, in 2005 the video screen was installed, and in 2007 the outfield fences were moved in 10 to 20 feet. If you park around back you might be surprised at how bad of shape the old outfield fence was in... it's full of holes from spikes, and has lots of dents from ball in its aluminum panels--I'm amazed it lasted as long as it did! The stadium has just one set of restrooms, along with a few beer and food stands, including Turkey Mikes BBQ.

The San Jose Giants have called the stadium home since 1988. Since then, about 20 percent of well over 500 of the team's players have played at least once game in th big leagues and at least 12 former SF Giants have played in the World Series. Furthermore numerous MLB Hall of Famers have played here in San Jose including Dennis Eckersley, Rollie Fingers, Reggie JAckson, Don Drysdale, Kirby Puckett, Joe Morgan, and Don Sutton, as well as future HOFers Ken Griffey Jr, Pedro Martinez, and Mike Piazza.