Where is the home baseball team's dugout typically located? First or third base? How is it determined?

Question

Are there any rules in major league baseball to determine if the home team's dugout is along the first base side or thrid base side?

STL Cardinals: first base
Chicago Cubs: thrid base

Answer 1

There are no official rules on the subject, but before, teams east of the Mississippi had their dugout on the first base side while teams to the west had their dugout on the third base side. That has since changed, and it's scattered throughout the MLB.

Home dugouts on first base side:
* Atlanta Braves (Turner Field)
* Baltimore Orioles (Oriole Park at Camden Yards)
* Boston Red Sox (Fenway Park)
* Cincinnati Reds (Great American Ball Park)
* Colorado Rockies (Coors Field)
* Florida Marlins (Dolphins Stadium)
* Houston Astros (Minute Maid Park)
* Kansas City Royals (Kauffman Stadium)
* Milwaukee Brewers (Miller Park)
* New York Mets (Shea Stadium)
* New York Yankees (Yankee Stadium)
* Philadelphia Phillies (Citizens Bank Park)
* San Diego Padres (PETCO Park)
* Seattle Mariners (Safeco Field)
* St. Louis Cardinals (Busch Stadium)
* Tampa Bay Devil Rays (Tropicana Field)
* Texas Rangers (Ameriquest Field in Arlington)


Home dugouts on third base side:
* Arizona Diamondbacks (Chase Field)
* Chicago Cubs (Wrigley Field)
* Chicago White Sox (U.S. Cellular Field)
* Cleveland Indians (Jacobs Field)
* Detroit Tigers (Comerica Park)
* Los Angeles Angels (Angel Stadium of Anaheim)
* Los Angeles Dodgers (Dodger Stadium)
* Minnesota Twins (Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome)
* Oakland A's (McAfee Coliseum)
* Pittsburgh Pirates (PNC Park)
* San Francisco Giants (AT&T Park)
* Toronto Blue Jays (Rogers Centre)
* Washington Nationals (Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium)

Answer 2

The Nationals home dugout at Nationals Park is on the first base line. I used to go to about 20 games a year when I lived there so I'm sure that's correct. Furthermore, their seating chart confirms it.

Answer 3

Home Team Dugout

Answer 4

It's up to the home team. In most cases, the home team's dugout is on the first base side, but a few are on the third base side.

Edit: Most home teams' dugouts are on the first base side, but the split is not as lopsided as I originally thought. Right now, 17 parks have the home dugout on the first base side, 13 on the third base side. See the link.

Answer 5

It's all up to the team...there are no rules about it. I know Red Sox and Yankees are both on the 1st base side while Cubs and White Sox are both on the third base side...I don't know how the teams choose but I am sure there must be some rhyme and reason to it.

Answer 6

The best answer above is correct. The Florida Marlins dugout was on first base side. The Maimi Marlins dugout is on the third base side at the new Marlins Park.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

The baseball "dugout" is a team's bench area and is located in foul territory between home plate and either first or third base. There are two dugouts, one for the home team and one for the visiting team. The term dugout refers to the area being slightly depressed below field level, as is common in professional baseball. On community diamonds, where there is no change in ground level, the dugout may just be referred to as the bench. With the exception of relief pitchers in the bullpen, players who are not on the field, and coaches, watch the play from the dugout.

Which team occupies the dugout on the first-base side or the third-base side is purely arbitrary. The Major League Baseball Rulebook is silent on the subject. There are many anecdotal reasons why one dugout is chosen over the other.[citation needed] One is that in the early days of the game the manager also served as the third base coach, so occupying the third base dugout meant less walking for the manager between innings. Another reason for choosing the third as opposed to the first base side of the field is that during day games the sun shines directly into the first base dugout, blinding the players sitting there. Contrarily, the thought is that since more close plays occur at first base than third, the first base dugout is preferred. However, the most likely theory is simply that the home team chooses the better clubhouse and the dugout on that side of the field.

In the National League, far more are on the first-base side (10 to 6). In the American League, though, it's split evenly, with seven on each side of the field. Even the two oldest parks still in use differ on this point: the Cubs sit on the third-base side at Wrigley while the Red Sox inhabit the first-base dugout at Fenway. However, the three parks that have opened most recently (Cincinnati, San Diego and Philadelphia) all have the home dugouts on the first-base side. The new Washington Nationals stadium will continue that trend, as the team will move to the first-base side when the park opens in 2008.



source(s): wikipedia.com


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Answer 9

It is usually on the first base side. I don't know how they determine it..i guess it's just up to the team. Though their are a few who have in on the 3B side.

Answer 10

The rule is unwritten, but everyone knows it. The home team gets the third base dugout.

It is because the sun is usually shining in the faces of the first base dugout during the late afternoon and early evening when most baseball games are played.