Wagener Field at Kendrick Family Ballpark is a baseball stadium in Granville, West Virginia. The stadium, which opened April 10, 2015, is the home of the West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team of West Virginia University (WVU), a member of the Big 12 Conference, and the West Virginia Black Bears, a collegiate summer baseball team of the MLB Draft League.

Construction Plans were announced to build a new stadium for the West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team in 2013. Ground was broken for the new ballpark at University Town Centre, an off-campus shopping and entertainment complex in Granville, adjacent to WVU's home city of Morgantown, on October 17, 2013. The ballpark has 2,500 fixed seats with additional hillside and club seating, a fan amenity deck, and a park that is open year-round. The field has a synthetic surface, other than the clay pitcher's mound.

In August 2014, the Jamestown Jammers of the Class A Short Season New York–Penn League, a Minor League Baseball affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball, announced that they would move to West Virginia, taking the name "West Virginia Black Bears", and use Monongalia County Ballpark as their home stadium. The Black Bears were affiliated with the Pirates from their inception until MLB's reorganization of the minors after the 2020 season. They then became a collegiate summer baseball team of the MLB Draft League.

As a result of inclement weather in February 2015, the scheduled opening of the stadium was pushed back to April 10, 2015.

Name change In 2024, West Virginia University officially renamed its baseball stadium Kendrick Family Ballpark at the Monongalia County Baseball Complex in honor of alumnus and Arizona Diamondbacks owner Ken Kendrick, following a major gift from the Kendrick family. The donation supports facility upgrades, most notably the construction of a new 8,200-square-foot indoor pitching and hitting facility, which opened in March 2025. The facility will feature two regulation-size pitching lanes, two full-size batting cages, a soft toss area, and state-of-the-art Trackman technology for performance analytics.

Attendance

Top 30 single-game attendance at Kendrick Family Ballpark Source: RankAttendance Date Game Result Notes 1 4,675 June 6, 2026 #9 West Virginia 17 Cal Poly 1 2nd game of the 2026 NCAA Morgantown Super Regional. 2 4,629 April 2, 2025 #25 West Virginia 11 Pitt 1 Largest Regular Season Game at Kendrick Family Ballpark. 3 4,614 April 16, 2024 #22 West Virginia 6 Pitt 3 4 4,564 June 5, 2026 #9 West Virginia 12 Cal Poly 2 1st game of the 2026 NCAA Morgantown Super Regional. 5 4,387 May 6, 2023 #12 West Virginia 3 Oklahoma 6 Largest Big 12 Conference Regular Season Game at Kendrick Family Ballpark. 6 4,355 May 31, 2019 #13 West Virginia 6 Fordham 2 NCAA Morgantown Regional 7 4,289 April 18, 2025 #24 West Virginia 6 Cincinnati 4 8 4,258 June 1, 2019 #13 West Virginia 0 Duke 4 NCAA Morgantown Regional 9 4,223 April 27, 2024 West Virginia 5 Baylor 2 10 4,084 May 16, 2025 #16 West Virginia 5 Kansas 8 11 4,070 May 3, 2023 #12 West Virginia 10 Pitt 0 12 4,062 May 17, 2025 West Virginia 0 Kansas 7 13 3,913 April 13, 2024 West Virginia 7 #17 UCF 5 14 3,848 May 3, 2025 #16 West Virginia 4 Texas Tech 6 15 3,788 June 2, 2019 #13 West Virginia 10 #17 Texas A&M 11 NCAA Morgantown Regional 16 3,776 April 22, 2025 #24 West Virginia 10 Cincinnati 5 17 3,748 May 8, 2024 West Virginia 18 Penn State 5 18 3,716 May 15, 2024 #16 West Virginia 0 Kansas 3 19 3,712 April 26, 2024 West Virginia 4 Baylor 3 20 3,631 May 11, 2024 West Virginia 5 Kansas State 2 21 3,494 April 13, 2019 West Virginia 4 #11 Texas Tech 3 22 3,487 April 3, 2019 West Virginia 7 Pitt 5 23 3,475 April 25, 2023 #18 West Virginia 14 Penn State 2 24 3,451 April 14, 2024 West Virginia 18 #17 UCF 5 25 3,441 April 21, 2023 West Virginia 5 TCU 4 26 3,417 April 5, 2025 West Virginia 6 Utah 4 27 3,415 April 15, 2017 West Virginia 4 #2 TCU 3 28 3,411 May 5, 2023 #12 West Virginia 9 Oklahoma 3 29 3,384 April 5, 2025 #16 West Virginia 5 Texas Tech 0 30 3,370 April 17, 2025 #24 West Virginia 3 Cincinnati 2

Yearly attendance at Kendrick Family Ballpark YearHome Games Total Attendance Natl. Rankby Total AverageAttendance Natl. Rankby Average20152233,158601,5074420163040,390491,3464920172240,613501,8463720182335,101561,5264720192341,253481,79437202032,1741427257720212715,845495874920222250,058432,2753120232459,894412,4963220242367,084382,9172720252477,877353,24527 Attendance 2020 season cancelled due to COVID-19

Milestones and facts West Virginia's records at Kendrick Family Ballpark since 2015. AchievementRecordLargest Attendance4,675 – June 6, 2026, vs. Cal PolyOverall Record in Facility162–80 ()*Big 12 Record in Facility72–51 ()*Record vs. Ranked Opponents23–24 ()*Record vs. State Opponents10–0 ()*Record vs. Rivals24–5 ()*1st GameApril 10, 2015, vs. Butler1st Win6–513 April 10, 2015, vs. Butler1st Big 12 Win6–5 April 18, 2015, vs. #23 Oklahoma1st Win over Ranked Team6–5 April 18, 2015, vs. #23 Oklahoma1st Regional HostedMay 31, 2019, vs. Fordham*

Wagener Field at Kendrick Family Ballpark v. Hawley Field

+ Wagener Field at Kendrick Family Ballpark v. Hawley Field Kendrick Family Ballpark Section Hawley Field 3,500 Seating 1,500 Restrooms Concessions Suites N/A Club Lounge N/A Team Area Press Area

Climate

Awards Best short season Single A ballpark in the country according to BallparkDigest.com in 2015. Ballpark of the Year in 2015 according to BaseballParks.com

See also List of NCAA Division I baseball venues

References

External links West Virginia Black Bears: Ballpark Information West Virginia University: Monongalia County Ballpark