Hanwha Life Eagles Park

36°19′01.7″N 127°25′44.7″E / 36.317139°N 127.429083°E / 36.317139; 127.429083OwnerDaejeon Metropolitan CityOperatorHanwha EaglesCapacity13,000Field sizeLeft Field Line – 100 m (328 ft)
Left-Center – 112 m (367 ft)
Center Field – 122 m (400 ft)
Right-Center – 112 m (367 ft)
Right Field Line – 100 m (328 ft)
Outfield Wall Height – 3.2 m (10.5 ft)AcreagePlaying Field – 11,385 m² (2.81 acres)
Total Acreage – 22,550 m² (5.57 acres)SurfaceGrassConstructionBroke groundSeptember 1959 (1959-09)^[1]OpenedAugust 1963 (1963-08) (exhibition game)^[2]
January 1964 (1964-01) (completion)^[3]RenovatedMarch 1996 (1996-03)
May 2012 (2012-05)ExpandedMay 2012 (2012-05)^[4]Construction cost12.6 billion wonTenantsOB Bears (1982–1984)
Hanwha Eagles (1986–present)

Hanwha Life Eagles Park
Hangul	대전 한밭종합운동장 야구장
Hanja	大田 한밭綜合運動場 野球場
Revised Romanization	Daejeon Hanbat Undongjang Yagujang
McCune–Reischauer	Taejŏn Hanbat Undongjang Yagujang

The Daejeon Hanbat Baseball Stadium (Korean: 대전 한밭종합운동장 야구장), also known as the Hanwha Life Eagles Park due to sponsorship reasons, is a baseball park in Daejeon, South Korea. The stadium is located in the vicinity of Daejeon Station. Located in Daejeon Hanbat Sports Complex with other main sports facilities in Daejeon, it is currently used as the primary home ballpark of Hanwha Eagles of the KBO League.

Built in 1964, the ballpark was once nicknamed as the "Ping-Pong Table"^[5] for having the smallest outfield dimension among professional ballparks in South Korea. But the ballpark underwent a series of large scale renovations with capacity extension from 2011 winter to 2012 spring, and outfield expansion in the winter of 2012.^[6] After the renovation, the ballpark had a second-largest outfield dimension in South Korea at the time, and a seating capacity of 13,000.^[7]

From 1982 to 1984, it was the home ballpark of the OB Bears. In 1986, the Binggrae Eagles debuted as the KBO's seventh franchise, and they took on Daejeon Hanbat Baseball Stadium as their home.

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