Editing Wrigley Field (section)

===Dimensions===

The distances from home plate to various points in the outfield have remained essentially unchanged since the bleachers were remodeled during the 1937 season. They were originally marked by wooden numbers cut from plywood, painted white, and placed in gaps where the ivy was not allowed to grow. Since the early 1980s, the numbers have been painted directly on the bricks, in yellow. Although the power-alley dimensions are relatively cozy, the foul lines are currently the deepest in the major leagues.
It is {{convert|355|ft|1}} to the notch in the wall just beyond the left field foul pole.<ref name="dimensions">{{cite web |url=https://baseballfielddimensions.net/nl-stadium-dimensions/wrigley-field-dimensions |title=Wrigley Field Dimensions |date=September 24, 2022 |publisher=Baseball Field Dimensions |access-date=October 31, 2022 |archive-date=October 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031235148/https://baseballfielddimensions.net/nl-stadium-dimensions/wrigley-field-dimensions/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The point where the bleacher wall begins to curve inward in left-center field, one of the two "wells", is an unmarked {{convert|357|ft|1}}. The front part of the left-center "well" is the closest point in the outfield, about {{convert|360|ft|1}}. The marked left-center field distance is {{convert|368|ft|1}}.<ref name="dimensions" /> It is closer to true center field than its right-center counterpart is. True center field is unmarked and is about {{convert|390|ft|1}}. The center field marker, which is to the right of true center field and in the middle of the quarter-circle defining the center field area, is {{convert|400|ft|1}} and is the deepest point in the outfield. Right-center field is {{convert|368|ft|1}}, the notch of the right-center "well" is an unmarked {{convert|363|ft|1}}, and the right field foul line is {{convert|353|ft|1}}. As of 2004, the [[Backstop (baseball)|backstop]] is listed in media sources as {{convert|55|ft}} behind home plate.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Seamheads.com Ballparks Database |url=https://www.seamheads.com/ballparks/ballpark.php?parkID=CHI11 |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=www.seamheads.com}}</ref>  Although that distance is standard, the relatively small foul ground area in general gives an advantage to batters. The ivy-covered walls in the left and right field corners were reduced from 15 to 11 feet in height prior to the 2015 season as part of phase one of the 1060 project.  At around the same time, advertising signs above the corners of the left and right field wall were installed, raising the bleachers by about three feet.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Clem |first=Andrew |title=Wrigley Field* Home of the Chicago Cubs (1916-)** |url=http://www.andrewclem.com/Baseball/WrigleyField.html#diag |website=Clem's Baseball Blog}}</ref> It is a widespread misconception that the recently added signage are in-play and a part of the wall, neither of which are correct. The distance from where the front row bleachers are to the field, including the newly placed signs, is still 15 feet.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wrigley Field History {{!}} History {{!}} Information {{!}} Ballpark {{!}} Chicago Cubs |url=https://www.mlb.com/cubs/ballpark/information/history |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref>