McKechnie Field, baseball field located in Bradenton, Florida

McKechnie Field is a baseball stadium in Bradenton, Florida, serving spring training games since 1923 and standing as the oldest facility in the Grapefruit League. The venue holds about 8,500 spectators and primarily hosts the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Bradenton Marauders, a minor league team.

The ballpark opened in 1923 on a site that had held Ninth Street Park, the Manatee County fairgrounds and a nine-hole golf course. Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis attended the opening, flown in on a biplane that landed in the outfield. The St. Louis Cardinals trained here first, followed by the Philadelphia Phillies (to 1928) and the Boston Red Sox (to 1930); the Pittsburgh Pirates arrived in 1969 and in 2018 agreed to stay through 2037.

The ballpark was renamed McKechnie Field for Bradenton resident Bill McKechnie, a Hall of Fame manager who led the Pirates to the 1925 World Series title and the Cincinnati Reds to the 1940 title. Since 1979, volunteers from the Bradenton Boosters, about 120 members, have worked spring training games as ushers, program sellers, security and press box attendants.

The ballpark sits in a city neighbourhood, with the main grandstand behind home plate and covered bleachers over the reserved seats. The Bradenton Boosters, a volunteer club of about 120 members, run the gates on spring training game days as ushers, program and merchandise sellers, security and press box attendants.

The outfield once held a par-5 golf hole: when the park opened in 1923, Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis flew in on a biplane piloted by Harry Land and landed on it. City engineers had also found second base 14 inches lower than home plate, with the outfield two feet lower still.