Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park is home to Red Raider Baseball. After undergoing a $5 million renovation from August 2011-February 2012, Texas Tech has one of the premier facilities in the country. Rip Griffin Park also sports a renovated clubhouse with luxurious locker rooms and a lounge. The indoor facility also includes a study room, athletic training facilities and three full-length batting cages that allow for batting pratice or bullpen sessions.
Facility Naming Rights
Texas Tech had its $5 million renovation funded solely by private donations. Among those involved was longtime supporter of Texas Tech baseball Rip Griffin. A Lubbock High School graduate in 1948 and Texas Tech alum, Griffin was one of several private donors who made the renovation possible.
MAJOR RENOVATIONS TIMELINE:
1988 - Became Dan Law Field, lighting system installed, first night game ever played.
1990 - Formerly an all grass field saw installation of Astro Turf 8 to Dan Law Field infield.
1992 - Concession stand, ticket booth, restrooms installed.
1993 - Message board added to scoreboard structure.
1994 - Original locker rooms built on first and third base side.
1996 - 14 luxury skyboxes installed.
1999 - New infield turf installed.
2001 - Addition of a new clubhouse, outfield fence complete with major-league style bullpens, an interior brick facade and new exterior fence.
2004 - LED Video Board (15' X 20') installed.
2007 - FieldTurf installed.
2009 - Clubhouse renovations that include 67-inch, high definition television along with theater style seating, wireless Internet, individual seating at each locker and game tables.
2011 - Announced plans for a $5 million renovation with a new press box and suites and addition of a club level with outdoor seating. A new shading structure will cover the area in the center portion of the grandstand and will rise above the new suites and press box. Shading structure will be directly overhead 1,154 individual chair-back seats that will be installed at Dan Law Field for the first time in the history of the stadium.
2011 - Announced stadium name change to Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park.
2012 - Began play at the renovated Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park.
2015 - Installed a new FieldTurf surface and replaced video board with an updated version that previously occupied Jones AT&T Stadium.
2016 - Installed a new outfield padded fence, keeping the dimensions to the walls the same and dropping the height of the fence to 7'6".
NCAA ACTION IN LUBBOCK
NCAA Regionals: 2019, 2018, 2017 2016, 1999, 1997, 1996
The 2017 regional hosted capacity crowds of 4,732 for all four contests for a total of 18,928 fans to see the No. 5 overall seed Red Raiders welcome Arizona, Sam Houston State, and Delaware to Lubbock.
The 1999 four-team regional ranked sixth among the 16 regionals in attendance as the tourney drew 19,869 fans to see Texas Tech, Rice, Rutgers and UW-Milwaukee. The average attendance was 2,838 during the seven-game tournament.
The 1997 regional drew 23,407 fans, averaging 2,304 fans per game.
The 1996 regional saw Dan Law Field average 2,808 fans per game as Texas Tech hosted a six-team regional in Lubbock
NCAA Super Regionals: 2019, 2018, 2016, 2014
In 2019, Texas Tech made its first back-to-back College World Series appearances in program history and its fourth in the last six years as the Red Raiders swept the NCAA Lubbock Regional and topped Big 12 foe Oklahoma State in a memorable slugfest. As the No. 8 national seed, Tech hosted Dallas Baptist, Florida and Army in front of 13,776 fans over the weekend for an average of 4,592 fans per game. The inter-conference Super Regional series topped the 2018 Duke series as the second-highest attended three-game series at Rip Griffin Park with 4,782 fans per contest. The second game of the series drew a Rip Griffin Park record 4,833 fans.
In 2018, Texas Tech won the NCAA Lubbock Regional as the No. 9 national seed and went on to host Duke in the Super Regional round. An average of 4,511 fans packed Rip Griffin Park for the regional as Tech hosted Louisville, New Mexico State and Kent State. The Red Raiders went on to host Duke in the Super Regional with 14,110 Tech fans piling in to Rip Griffin Park for an average of 4,703 per contest, which ranked as the second-highest total for a three-game series in Rip Griffin Park history.
The atmosphere powered Tech past the Blue Devils for its third College World Series appearance in five years.
In 2016, the Red Raiders earned the program’s first national seed, checking in at No. 5, which earned Tech the right to host the NCAA Regional & Super Regional rounds. Both series featured record crowds of 4,732 (Regional) and 4,817 (Super Regional), as Tech hosted New Mexico, Fairfield and Dallas Baptist in the Regional and East Carolina in the Super Regional. The sell-out crowds were integral to the Red Raiders reaching their second trip to the College World Series in three years.
In 2014, the Texas Tech baseball program made history on its home field by advancing to the NCAA College World Series after back-to-back 1-0 shutouts over No. 16 College of Charleston. The Red Raiders, who were hosting an NCAA Super Regional for the first time in program history, tied a school record for wins at home (33) in 2014, while hosting 4,811 Red Raider fans back-to-back days during Tech’s Road to Omaha.
RIP GRIFFIN PARK FACTS:
All-Time Record (2012-19): 199-63
First Game: February 17, 2012 vs. No. 31 Missouri State (W, 4-1)
Largest Crowd: 4,833 - June 8, 2019 (NCAA Super Regional); Oklahoma State 6, Texas Tech 5
BASEBALL STADIUM FACTS:
Current Capacity: 4,432
All-Time Record (1926-2019): 975-465-5 (.677)
Most Wins: 33 (1993)
Best Winning Percentage: .943 (1993, 33-2)
First Game:1926 - Daniel Baker 3, Texas Tech 3 (11 inn.)
First Win: - 1926 - Daniel Baker 11, Texas Tech 14
First Night Game: March 16, 1988 - Wichita State 2, Texas Tech 6
First Game on "Astro-Turf 8": February 2, 1990 - New Mexico 6, Texas Tech 15
First Game on FieldTurf: March 4, 2008 - Central Arkansas 6, Texas Tech 15
First Game at newly renovated Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park: February 17, 2012 - No. 31 Missouri State 1, Texas Tech 4
Largest Crowd: 5,814 - May 26, 1996 (NCAA Central Regional); Southern California (USC) 13, Texas Tech 10
YEAR-BY-YEAR AVERAGE ATTENDANCE:
1988 - 580
1989 - 567
1990 - 572
1991 - 722
1992 - 743
1993 - 946
1994 - 621
1995 - 1,185
1996 - 1,545
1997 - 2,122
1998 - 3,831
1999 - 3,946
2000 - 3,330
2001 - 2,691
2002 - 2,866
2003 - 2,716
2004 - 2,748
2005 - 2,350
2006 - 2,606
2007 - 1,877
2008 - 2,262
2009 - 2,431
2010 - 2,491
2011 - 2,771
2012 - 2,853
2013 - 2,527
2014 - 2,553
2015 - 3,655
2016 - 3,851
2017 - 4,143
2018 - 4,142
2019 - 3,901
YEAR-BY-YEAR HOME RECORD:
1988 - 26-11
1989 - 25-10
1990 - 23-12
1991 - 30-8
1992 - 24-10
1993 - 33-2
1994 - 25-6
1995 - 29-3
1996 - 32-6
1997 - 29-7
1998 - 28-5
1999 - 28-5
2000 - 25-7
2001 - 25-7
2002 - 28-5
2003 - 25-11
2004 - 26-10
2005 - 23-9
2006 - 22-8-1
2007 - 19-12
2008 - 15-11
2009 - 15-7
2010 - 20-11
2011 - 21-12
2012 - 21-11
2013 - 19-10
2014 - 33-4
2015 - 20-10
2016 - 25-9
2017 - 23-6
2018 - 28-6
2019 - 30-7
