Question: How many former Texas Rangers players were honored in designing the dimensions of Globe Life Field?
Answer: Specifically, four. The distance from home plate to the left-field foul pole is 329 feet (in honor of Adrian Beltre, No. 29), and it is 334 feet to the left-field seats (in honor of Nolan Ryan, No. 34). The distance to the home and visitors’ bullpens is 410 feet (in honor of Michael Young, No. 10), and the distance to straightaway center field is 407 feet (in honor of Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez, No. 7).
Additionally, the distance to the left-center field power alley is 372 feet (in honor of the franchise’s first season in Arlington in 1972), and the it is 374 feet to the right-center field power alley (in honor of the 1974 “Turnaround Gang”). The distance to the right-field foul pole is 326 feet (in honor of former manager Johnny Oates, No. 26), and it is 42 feet from home plate to the seats directly behind it (in honor of Jackie Robinson, who wore No. 42 for the Brooklyn Dodgers).
