Winter Home of the Blue Jays



Revamped entrance to Grant Field, Jun-2023.

The seating area as seen from down the third-base line.

The view from behind the plate during a Florida State League game.

Chronological Tour: Stop 40
Quick Facts: Rating: 2 baseballs
Dunedin Stadium is one of three minor league parks within close proximity to each other on Florida’s Gulf Coast, the others being in Clearwater and in Tampa, just across the bay.

In fact, I was actually trying to make a game at the old park in Clearwater the night I was in the Tampa Bay area in 1993. However, I missed a turn and wound up here when I followed the light stanchions. I wasn’t disappointed, as the Dunedin Blue Jays beat the Fort Myers Miracle, 14-6.

In the spring, the field hosts the Toronto Blue Jays training camp; this means ads for Canadian businesses are on the wall here, and also that Canadian beer is served. How can you go wrong?

During spring training 2004, the park acquired its first corporate name. I returned that summer to attempt to photograph the park’s interior, but the D-Jays were on the road and I had no access. The park acquired a new naming sponsor in 2010, but that arrangement ended after the 2017 season. After the 2019 renovation (see below), it acquired another naming sponsor, as Toronto Dominion, the financial institution, put its name on the ballpark.

Following 2019 spring training, the ballpark underwent a significant renovation that included the addition of a wrap-around concourse and outfield berm seating areas. This has expanded capacity to roughly 8,500, though the number of fixed seats was not increased greatly. The Dunedin Blue Jays played the bulk of their 2019 home games at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, three miles south. The park reopened in time for spring training in February 2020, which made it available when the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent closure of the US-Canada border to casual traffic forced the Toronto Blue Jays to open their 2021 season here.

One thing I do not care for about the park is the relative lack of legroom. The 2020 renovation kept the same concrete superstructure, which left the stadium with tread (room between seating rows) that is much narrower than at many more recently built parks.

This has been a city park since 1938, when it opened as Grant Field, named for the mayor at the time. Thanks to that status, Dunedin High School is able to play many of its home games on the field. The Falcons have seen considerable success, most recently finishing second in Class 6A in the 2019 state tournament.


Exterior, 2011 ... Interior, 2011 ... Home plate view, 2011
More photos from 2020 in this Facebook album (public, no account required)
Game Date League Level Result
89 Thu 12-Aug-1993 Florida State A+ DUNEDIN 14, Fort Myers 6
1142 Wed 10-Aug-2011 Florida State A+ Brevard County 9, DUNEDIN 2
65 Tue 10-Mar-2020 PCAC HS DUNEDIN 6, Largo 0
1933 Sat 10-Apr-2021 Major MLB TORONTO 15, LA Angels 1
1936 Wed 14-Apr-2021 Major MLB TORONTO 5, NY Yankees 4
1942 Wed 28-Apr-2021 Major MLB Washington 8, TORONTO 2
1944 Fri 30-Apr-2021 Major MLB TORONTO 13, Atlanta 5
1945 Sat 1-May-2021 Major MLB TORONTO 6, Atlanta 5, 10 inn
1957 Sat 15-May-2021 Major MLB TORONTO 4, Philadelphia 0
1965 Mon 24-May-2021 Major MLB Tampa Bay 14, TORONTO 8, 11 inn
1972 Thu 3-Jun-2021 Low-A Southeast A Bradenton 9, DUNEDIN 7
1973 Fri 4-Jun-2021 Low-A Southeast A DUNEDIN 12, Bradenton 2
1974 Sat 5-Jun-2021 Low-A Southeast A Bradenton 11, DUNEDIN 1
1986 Sat 19-Jun-2021 Low-A Southeast A DUNEDIN 9, Clearwater 4
1987 Sun 20-Jun-2021 Low-A Southeast A Clearwater 9, DUNEDIN 3
2028 Fri 13-Aug-2021 Low-A Southeast A DUNEDIN 2, St Lucie 0
2029 Sat 14-Aug-2021 Low-A Southeast A DUNEDIN 5, St Lucie 2, 1st
2030 Sat 14-Aug-2021 Low-A Southeast A DUNEDIN 5, St Lucie 3, 2d
2034 Wed 18-Aug-2021 Low-A Southeast A Fort Myers 6, DUNEDIN 2
2036 Thu 19-Aug-2021 Low-A Southeast A DUNEDIN 2, Fort Myers 0, 2d
2037 Fri 20-Aug-2021 Low-A Southeast A DUNEDIN 5, Fort Myers 4, 10 inn
2039 Sat 21-Aug-2021 Low-A Southeast A DUNEDIN 4, Fort Myers 3
2057 Thu 2-Sep-2021 Low-A Southeast A DUNEDIN 4, Palm Beach 1, 1st
2058 Thu 2-Sep-2021 Low-A Southeast A DUNEDIN 7, Palm Beach 1, 2d
71 Wed 2-Mar-2022 PCAC HS DUNEDIN 7, Largo 5
2152 Fri 10-Jun-2022 Florida State A Lakeland 7, DUNEDIN 1
2153 Sat 11-Jun-2022 Florida State A DUNEDIN 8, Lakeland 1
2221 Sat 20-Aug-2022 Florida State A DUNEDIN 6, Jupiter 5, 11 inn
2242 Thu 8-Sep-2022 Florida State A DUNEDIN 4, Palm Beach 3, 10 inn
2244 Fri 9-Sep-2022 Florida State A Palm Beach 8, DUNEDIN 1
2246 Tue 13-Sep-2022 Florida State A DUNEDIN 6, Fort Myers 4
2248 Sun 18-Sep-2022 Florida State A St Lucie 6, DUNEDIN 5
79 Tue 14-Mar-2023 PCAC HS DUNEDIN 9, Tarpon Springs 0
81 Tue 21-Mar-2023 PCAC HS DUNEDIN 14, Boca Ciega 4, 6 inn
82 Tue 28-Mar-2023 Nonconference HS DUNEDIN 6, River Ridge 5
86 Thu 6-Apr-2023 Nonconference HS Calvary Christian 8, DUNEDIN 1
2314 Fri 12-May-2023 Florida State A Clearwater 9, DUNEDIN 3, 8 inn, rain
2315 Sat 13-May-2023 Florida State A Clearwater 8, DUNEDIN 3
2316 Sun 14-May-2023 Florida State A DUNEDIN 6, Clearwater 3
2370 Wed 19-Jul-2023 Florida State A DUNEDIN 9, Lakeland 8, 10 inn
2409 Thu 24-Aug-2023 Florida State A DUNEDIN 9, St Lucie 5, completion
2411 Sat 26-Aug-2023 Florida State A DUNEDIN 6, St Lucie 5, 11 inn
2425 Sat 9-Sep-2023 Florida State A Jupiter 4, DUNEDIN 1
93 Thu 7-Mar-2024 PCAC HS DUNEDIN 8, St Petersburg 2
95 Wed 20-Mar-2024 PCAC HS DUNEDIN 8, East Lake 0
2455 Fri 5-Apr-2024 Florida State A Lakeland 5, DUNEDIN 1
2465 Wed 17-Apr-2024 Florida State A Clearwater 10, DUNEDIN 1
2468 Fri 19-Apr-2024 Florida State A Clearwater 10, DUNEDIN 7
2469 Sat 20-Apr-2024 Florida State A Clearwater 2, DUNEDIN 0
2478 Wed 1-May-2024 Florida State A Tampa 5, DUNEDIN 4
2493 Wed 15-May-2024 Florida State A DUNEDIN 5, Jupiter 0
2533 Fri 21-Jun-2024 Florida State A Daytona 6, DUNEDIN 5, 10 inn
2560 Mon 22-Jul-2024 Florida Complex R FCL Tigers 7, FCL BLUE JAYS 2
2562 Tue 23-Jul-2024 Florida State A Fort Myers 2, DUNEDIN 1, 6 inn, rain
2564 Wed 24-Jul-2024 Florida State A Fort Myers 8, DUNEDIN 1
2596 Tue 27-Aug-2024 Florida State A Lakeland 8, DUNEDIN 3
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