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The NCAA's Baseball Rules do not set any standard for lighting.  As best I can tell, the only rule is that the umpire can suspend play if light conditions are unfit for play.

Lighting companies give information about lighting for MLB fields.  One indicates light polls are 100 to 180 feet tall.  At Petco Park, two poles are 205' tall with the others at 190'.

A similar situation is domed stadiums where hitting the roof or other structures is somewhat similar to the ball getting above the lights.  In 1974, an expected homer hit a speaker 117 feet above the field in the Astrodome.
Georgia Dome - 83.8 m (275 feet)
Skydome - 43.3 m (142 feet)
Astrodome - 63.4 m (208 feet)
Kingdome - 76.2 m (250 feet)
Superdome - 77.1 m (253 feet)


All right, geeks out there:  Someone with a recording of the game, count the frames from the bat hitting the ball and the ball hitting the ground.  Let's figure out how high that ball went. If it was higher than the lights, how long was it higher?

Stanford can probably tell us how high the lights are, and maybe more detail.  Is the height limited (because of the Palo Alto airport or other reasons)?

Is it likely that college players hit balls higher than pros (because of metal bats)?

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The NCAA's Baseball Rules do not set any standard for lighting.  As best I can tell, the only rule is that the umpire can suspend play if light conditions are unfit for play.

Lighting companies give information about lighting for MLB fields.  One indicates light polls are 100 to 180 feet tall.  At Petco Park, two poles are 205' tall with the others at 190'.

A similar situation is domed stadiums where hitting the roof or other structures is somewhat similar to the ball getting above the lights.  In 1974, an expected homer hit a speaker 117 feet above the field in the Astrodome.
Georgia Dome - 83.8 m (275 feet)
Skydome - 43.3 m (142 feet)
Astrodome - 63.4 m (208 feet)
Kingdome - 76.2 m (250 feet)
Superdome - 77.1 m (253 feet)


All right, geeks out there:  Someone with a recording of the game, count the frames from the bat hitting the ball and the ball hitting the ground.  Let's figure out how high that ball went. If it was higher than the lights, how long was it higher?

Stanford can probably tell us how high the lights are, and maybe more detail.  Is the height limited (because of the Palo Alto airport or other reasons)?

Is it likely that college players hit balls higher than pros (because of metal bats)?