DeVault Memorial Stadium

Coordinates: 36°36′07″N 82°11′57″W / 36.601968°N 82.199251°W / 36.601968; -82.199251 DeVault Memorial Stadium is a stadium in Bristol, Virginia. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Bristol Pirates minor league baseball team. Also, home to the Virginia High School baseball team. Virginia High won the 1993 and 1996 Virginia state baseball championships at this location. It was built in 1969. It holds 2,000 people.

The stadium is named for Charlton Ross ("Chauncey") DeVault, Sr. (1910–1980), of Bristol, Tennessee. DeVault was President of the Appalachian League from its revival in 1957 until his death in 1980. DeVault Field at Emory & Henry College in Emory, Virginia, is also named after him.

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Current ballparks in the Appalachian League

East Division	American Legion Field Bowen Field Burlington Athletic Stadium Calfee Park H. P. Hunnicutt Field

West Division	DeVault Memorial Stadium Hunter Wright Stadium Joe O'Brien Field Pioneer Park TVA Credit Union Ballpark

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