Interesting Facts

  • Hadlock features a lighthouse in center field that rises above the stadium after a Sea Dogs home run or victory.
  • The Sea Dogs have one of two elevated bullpens in minor league baseball.
  • Although Fenway’s Green Monster is made of plastic, Hadlock’s replica wall is made of wood.
  • The Sea Dogs are one of three minor league sports affiliates in the city of Portland. The Portland Pirates (Buffalo Sabres) of the American Hockey League and the Maine Red Claws (Charlotte Bobcats, Boston Celtics) of the NBA D-League are also based in the city.
  • Livan Hernandez, of the Florida Marlins, former pitcher for the Portland Sea Dogs, was named the Most Valuable Player in the 1997 World Series.
  • At the team’s first home game on April 18, 1994, Kathie Lee Gifford sang the National Anthem and Frank Gifford threw out the game’s ceremonial first pitch.
  • The stadium has played host to the likes of former President George Bush, Bill Parcells, and Kathie Lee Gifford.
  • The Sea Dogs have sent 99 players to the big leagues.
  • The team has renamed its skyboxes after former Boston hitters such as Dwight Evans, Carlton Fisk, Carl Yastrzemski, and Ted Williams.
  • Former Sea Dogs pitcher Jon Lester, now with the Boston Red Sox, was the Eastern League Pitcher of the Year in 2005.
  • Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon was an All-Star starter for the team in 2005, recording 37 saves with a 1.85 ERA.
  • Red Sox starter Josh Beckett, who came to the Sox from the Florida Marlins, was minor league baseball’s Player of the Year in 2001 while in the Marlins’ minor league system as a member of the Sea Dogs. He was 4-0 in the 2001 postseason with a 1.20 ERA and 35 strikeouts in 30 innings.