Baseball stadiums by the board The Cubs are the only major league club without a giant video screen. About half of all clubs have replaced large video boards in the past five years. Most teams have additional displays. The Cubs landmark, hand-operated scoreboard is small compared with video screens in other ballparks.
LARGEST VIDEO BOARDS BY TEAM With year board was added or most recently updated; size in square feet
Seattle Mariners (2013) 11,425 square feet BY WHEN SCREEN WAS ADDED OR UPDATED Kansas City Royals (2008) 8,736 Philadelphia Phillies (2010) 7,372 1996-’99: 1 2000-’05: 6 2006-’09: 12 2010-’13: 10 Houston Astros (2011) 6,696 Arizona Diamondbacks (2008) 6,256 Detroit Tigers (2012) 6,096 BY LOCATION Center field: New York Yankees (2009) 5,959 IN STADIUM Left field: Right field: Milwaukee Brewers (2011) 5,940 14 Minnesota Twins (2010) 5,757 8 6 Atlanta Braves (2005) 5,609 Cincinnati Reds (2009) 5,382 Cleveland Indians (2004) 5,364
Miami Marlins (2012) 5,100 Note: A’s and Dodgers have Texas Rangers (2011) 5,040 equal-size scoreboards in Washington Nationals (2008) 4,811 left and right fields. Boston Red Sox (2011) 3,800 Toronto Blue Jays (2005) 3,630 BY SCOREBOARD-MAKER Mitsubishi New York Mets (2009) 3,600 Diamond Los Angeles Angels (2004) 3,256 Vision: 8 San Francisco Giants (2007) 3,244 Los Angeles Dodgers (2013) 2,964 Pittsburgh Pirates (2007) 2,870 Other: Daktronics: Colorado Rockies (2007) 2,360 3 18 SLUG: ct-biz-0414-diamondvision-gfx Tampa Bay Rays (2007) 2,240 Size of center- DESCRIPTION: Up to three lines about graphic Baltimore Orioles (2009) 2,034 field wooden Up to three lines about graphic scoreboard: Up to three lines about graphic Chicago Cubs 2,025 TEAM: helbach 4332 St. Louis Cardinals (2006) 1,664 Name x0000 San Diego Padres (2004) 1,590 WIDTH: 00p0 Chicago White Sox (2003) 1,484 DEPTH: 00p0 Oakland Athletics (1996) 727 STORY FOLDER: CT-BIZ-0414-DIAMONDVISION PUB DATE: 00-00-2012 SOURCES: Daktronics, ANC, the teams TRIBUNE