With the Raiders moving to Las Vegas at the end of the season, I posed the trivia question to a few friends of mine as to what would be the closest two MLB and NFL franchises. After a decent back and forth in the group text, I set off to find the truth. I determined the best metric of distance to be from home plate in the MLB stadium to the middle of the 50 yard line in the NFL stadium, the relative “centers of action” of the respective sports.
The winner? Detroit’s Ford Field. The farthest (within one market — Green Bay and Milwaukee are separate for this exercise or else they’d win) well, it may surprise you. Here’s the full list:
Market | MLB Stadium | NFL Stadium | Distance from home plate to 50 yard line | Distance from edge to edge |
Detroit | Comerica Park | Ford Field | 900 feet | 100 feet |
Kansas City | Kauffman Stadium | Arrowhead Stadium | 1250 feet | 500 feet |
Seattle | T-Mobile Park | CenturyLink Field | 1500 feet | 620 feet |
Philadelphia | Citizens Bank Park | Lincoln Financial Field | 1750 feet | 950 feet |
Baltimore | Oriole Park at Camden Yards | M&T Bank Stadium | 2000 feet | 1400 feet |
Dallas | Globe Life Field | AT&T Stadium | 2575 feet | 1525 feet |
Pittsburgh | PNC Park | Heinz Field | 2650 feet | 2000 feet |
Cincinnati | Great American Ball Park | Paul Brown Stadium | 2675 feet | 2025 feet |
Cleveland | Progressive Field | FirstEnergy Stadium | 1.1 miles | 4600 feet |
Minneapolis | Target Field | US Bank Stadium | 1.2 miles | 1 mile |
Denver | Coors Field | Empower Field at Mile High | 1.6 miles | |
Chicago | Guaranteed Rate Field | Soldier Field | 2.4 miles | |
Los Angeles | Dodger Stadium | LA Memorial Coliseum | 5 miles | |
Houston | Minute Maid Park | NRG Stadium | 6 miles | |
Chicago | Wrigley Field | Soldier Field | 6.2 miles | |
New York | Yankee Stadium | MetLife Stadium | 7.8 miles | |
Washington | Nationals Park | Fedex Field | 8.1 miles | |
Atlanta | Suntrust Park | Mercedes-Benz Stadium | 10.1 miles | |
Miami | Marlins Park | Hard Rock Stadium | 12.5 miles | |
New York | Citi Field | MetLife Stadium | 12.6 miles | |
Phoenix | Chase Field | State Farm Stadium | 12.6 miles | |
Los Angeles | Dodger Stadium | Dignity Health Sports Park | 14.5 miles | |
Tampa | Tropicana Field | Raymond James Stadium | 17.1 miles | |
Boston | Fenway Park | Gilette Stadium | 19.5 miles | |
Los Angeles | Angel Stadium of Anaheim | Dignity Health Sports Park | 22.2 miles | |
Los Angeles | Angel Stadium of Anaheim | LA Memorial Coliseum | 27.5 miles | |
San Francisco | Oracle Park | Levi’s Stadium | 34.7 miles |