Baseball Field Lighting Requirement

 

Baseball fields have different lighting requirements. Minor league games don’t need as much light as the World Series. It is very important to stick to the recommended lighting requirements as it can lead to very poor lighting if you decide to focus on reducing costs. Baseball fields often require a higher level of lighting than other sports because game objects are small and move quickly. When it comes to sports lighting like baseball field lighting or tennis court lighting, the motion of small and fast-moving objects must be better lit than large and closely-moving objects such as basketball or footballs. Of course, professional football matches must have very high illumination requirements.

 

Classification of Play

As we mentioned before, higher-level games require higher lighting. A professional baseball diamond needs a uniform of 1,000 lumens anywhere on the field, or 1,000 lumens per square meter. 300 to 500 lux is generally sufficient for baseball fields in secondary schools, while this requirement is gradually reduced to 200 lux for training facilities and elementary schools. Please check below lux table.

 

Lux Requirement for Different Applications:

Class	Lighted Area	Lux	Foot Candles	Application
I	Infield	300	27.9	Amateur Leagues, High School, Training Facilities, Elementary School
	Outfield	200	18.6
II	Infield	500	46.5	Sports Clubs, Amateur Leagues, High School, Training Facilities
	Outfield	300	27.9
III	Infield	1000	92.9	College Sports, Semi-Professional, Sports Clubs, Amateur Leagues, High School
	Outfield	700	65.0
IV	Infield	1500	139.4	Professional Sports, College Sports,                      Semi-Professional, Sports Clubs
	Outfield	1000	92.9

 

Most of the action, and the fastest-paced ones, happen in the infield. This is where every shot has its maximum speed, with players’ reaction times barely a tenth of a second, and umpires and batsmen needing to think about how to handle one ball after another going over 90 mph.

Therefore, the infield needs to be brighter than the outfield. If you’ve ever watched a baseball game at night, you’ve probably noticed this. If you sit in the outfield, the infield looks like a stage play, it’s so bright. Conversely, if you’re sitting behind home plate, the outfielder might look like he’s in the shadows. This is not an optical illusion as the minimum lighting requirements for infield and outfield are different, which explains why a much smaller infield would be surrounded by more light poles and a much larger outfield would be surrounded by fewer light poles surrounded. The table below lists the lighting requirements for the infield and outfield for different levels of baseball.

 

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