A timeline of artificial turf use in Major League Baseball:

1966 – 1 of 20 stadiums have turf – Added to Houston’s
Astrodome.

1969 – 2 of 24 – Added to Chicago’s Comiskey Park infield.

1970 – 6 of 24 – Added to San Francisco’s Candlestick Park and
St. Louis’ Busch Stadium. Installed in Cincinnati’s new
Riverfront Stadium and Pittsburgh’s new Three Rivers Stadium.

1971 – 7 of 24 – Installed in Philadelphia’s new Veterans
Stadium.

1973 – 8 of 24 – Installed in Kansas City’s new Royals Stadium.

1977 – 10 of 26 – Installed in Montreal’s new Olympic Stadium.
Seattle’s Kingdome and Toronto’s Exhibition Stadium join AL as
expansion stadiums with artificial turf. Removed from Comiskey
Park.

1979 – 9 of 26 – Removed from Candlestick Park.

1982 – 10 of 26 – Installed in Minnesota’s new Metrodome.

1995 – 9 of 28 – Removed from Kansas City’s Kaufmann Stadium.

1996 – 8 of 28 – Removed from Busch Stadium.

1998 – 9 of 30 – Tampa Bay, playing at Tropicana Field, joins AL
as expansion stadium with artificial turf.

1999 – 8 of 30 – Seattle moves to Safeco Field.

2000 – 7 of 30 – Houston moves to The Ballpark at Union Station.

2001 – 5 of 30 – Removed from Cincinnati’s Cinergy Field.
Pittsburgh moves to PNC Park.

2004 – 4 of 30 – Philadelphia moves to Citizens Bank Park.

2005 – 3 of 30 – Montreal moves to Washington’s RFK Stadium.

2010 – 2 of 30 – Minnesota moves to Target Field.