ADDRESS: 9999 Charles Blvd. - Greenville, NC 27858-4353

Quick Facts:

Opened: 2005
Capacity: 5,000
Left Field: 320 ft.
Center Field: 400 ft.
Right Field: 320 ft.
First game: March 4, 2005 (ECU 2, Michigan 1)

Clark-LeClair Stadium Firsts

Built in 2004, Lewis Field at Clark-LeClair Stadium, which rates as one of the top collegiate baseball facilities in the nation and boasts one of the best atmospheres in the country, is the home of the ECU baseball team. Construction began in May of 2004 and was completed in March of 2005.

The design plan for the facility, which was built on the old site of Harrington Field, increased the seating capacity to 3,000 (permanent seating) and can hold upwards of 2,000 additional spectators in the elevated berm area known as the “Williams Jungle.”

With an estimated price tag of $12 million, Clark-LeClair Stadium, which was named after Pirate alumnus and key contributor Bill Clark and former Pirate skipper Keith LeClair, nearly doubled Harrington Field’s capacity of approximately 1,750 (excluding outfield areas). Field area was named after E.R. Lewis Construction.

The playing surface consists of Celebration Bermuda turf while the infield is a clay base and the warning track will be composed of crushed brick. Among the features are indoor and outdoor batting cages, a VIP booth, picnic areas, coaches’ offices and a video scoreboard (which was installed in February 2004). Player amenities include a spacious clubhouse and locker room, onsite equipment and training rooms and video system to study player mechanics.

To accommodate the writers and broadcasters covering the nationally-ranked Pirates, a state-of-the-art press box features a main writing level and two overflow areas that can seat 30 media members comfortably, a TV broadcast location, two radio booths, a Pirate Club (fundraising/hospitality) suite and a viewing suite for the LeClair family. In addition to housing the video operations that streams all of ECU’s home games live online, it is also the stadium operations control center for all of the marketing promotions efforts.

Recent additions to Clark-LeClair Stadium include a new batter’s eye, outfield fence with black padded walls and protective netting down the first, and third base bleachers in 2007 to enhance the aesthetic appeal of the playing area. In the winter of 2009 field turf was installed behind the plate with the words “Pirates” inscribed and before the 2017 season, turf was added down the right and leftfield foul lines, along with a new graphics on the concourse level, padded walls behind home plate, a new state of the art scoreboard and sound system. In the summer of 2019, a new 7,125-square foot hitting facility was completed down the right field line costing right a $1 million. It features three cages for hitting, state of the art pitching machines and surround sound system along with central heat and air. It is laid with top of the line field turf and retractable netting to allow for throwing, ground balls, defensive drills, etc.

On April 22, 2009 the Pirates set the then state record for largest crowd to witness a college baseball game on campus when they played host to No. 1 North Carolina cruising to a 4-0 win over its in-state rival. They would later set the school-record for attendance Feb. 24, 2023 in a 6-5 win over the No. 12 Tar Heels before a gathering of 6,003. In fact, the 2023 campaign saw four of the top-10 crowds in facility history, including the top three.

The Pirates have hosted the 2007 Conference USA Tournament, six NCAA Regionals (2009, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2024) and their first-ever on-campus NCAA Super Regional in 2022 against Texas.

Year	Dates	Total	NR	Avg.	NR
Lewis Field at Clark-LeClair Stadium Year-By-Year Attendance
2005	27	87,261	21st	3,424	15th
2006	36	102,475	17th	2,847	18th
2007	42	123,213	13th	2,934	18th
2008	30	93,490	19th	3,116	16th
2009	38	120,846	12th	3,180	15th
2010	35	113,699	15th	3,249	16th
2011	34	99,526	19th	2,926	22nd
2012	31	83,250	26th	2,685	25th
2013	33	81,387	25th	2,466	28th
2014	28	69,241	32nd	2,471	31st
2015	33	74,388	29th	2,254	32nd
2016	30	81,895	26th	2,730	24th
2017	32	97,299	22nd	3,041	20th
2018	33	98,186	22nd	2,975	22nd
2019	32	110,304	14th	3,447	16th
*2020	10	32,972	22nd	3,297	17th
2021	33	36,620	23rd	1,110	24th
2022	37	137,252	14th	3,709	18th
2023	34	149,652	14th	4,402	13th
2024	35	170,277	12th	4,865	13th
2025	30	135,461	15th	4,515	15th

NR - National Rank; COVID-19 Pandemic*

No.	Att.	Opponent	Date
Top Clark-LeClair Stadium Crowds
1.	6,054	NC State	4/23/24
2.	6,017	North Carolina	2/25/24
3.	6,003	North Carolina	2/24/23
4.	5,998	Charlotte	4/13/24
5.	5,997	NC State	4/4/23
6.	5,991	North Carolina	5/3/23
7.	5,807	Texas	6/11/22
8.	5,787	Texas	6/12/22
9.	5,723	Texas	6/10/22
10.	5,705	Wake Forest	6/1/24

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