Iconic MLB seats every baseball fan should add to their stadium bucket list

There’s nothing quite like watching baseball at the ballpark, especially when every stadium across Major League Baseball has its own quirks, views and traditions. From historic landmarks to sections where home run balls seem to rain down, certain seats offer experiences fans simply can’t get anywhere else. 

As the Official Ticketing Partner of MLB, SeatGeek helps fans get closer to those unforgettable moments. If you’re planning a baseball trip this season, there are several iconic seats that should be at the top of your ballpark bucket list.

Bucket list MLB seats every baseball fan should experience

One of the best parts of baseball is how different every stadium feels. Each ballpark has its own layout, traditions and atmosphere that give fans a completely unique experience.

Traveling to and taking in a game at all 30 clubs’ stadiums is a goal for many baseball fans, but that may not necessarily be in the cards for some. We’ve put together five bucket list MLB seat experiences that every baseball fan should try.

The Green Monster

Let’s start off with a simple classic here in. Fenway Park is baseball’s oldest stadium, having debuted in 1912, and the field’s layout is historic in its own right with deep valleys, a long way to straightaway right field and, of course, the fabled Green Monster in left field—baseball’s marquee stadium attraction across all 30 ballparks.

Fenway seats just over 37,000 per game, and roughly 400 of that capacity comes atop the Green Monster, which stands over 37 feet tall. Seeing a game from that high up while still being in prime home run territory is hardly normal across MLB parks, and the fact that the left field foul pole is just 310 feet from home plate makes it a marquee target for right-handed hitters. 

No MLB bucket list is complete without a trip to Fenway Park on it, and sitting atop the Green Monster to watch the Red Sox is arguably the biggest seating attraction of any MLB stadium. The blend of history, views and quirkiness makes this the ideal bucket list item for any MLB fan.

The Crawford Boxes

We’ll stick with left field seating for a moment here and go from Boston’s Fenway Park to Houston’s Daikin Park. While Fenway’s Green Monster is a hulking presence at 37+ feet tall, nullifying some home run aspects of the short distance between it and home plate, Houston’s Crawford Boxes are the premier home run spot for right-handed hitters in MLB.

For reference, the Green Monster is 310 feet from home plate, while the Crawford Boxes are 315 feet away. Additionally, the wall is roughly half the size of the Green Monster at 19 feet tall. 

With five sections, the Crawford Boxes offer plenty of seating options for fans, and there’s a case to be made that it’s the best section in all of MLB when it comes to home run potential. Routine flyouts at other stadiums leave the yard in Houston thanks to the Crawford Boxes’ short porch, and who doesn’t want to try and catch a home run ball?

The Astros used to have maybe the strangest field quirk in Tal’s Hill, a literal hill in straightaway center field, but with that now long gone, the Crawford Boxes are arguably the biggest seating attraction in Houston. If you sit here, bring a glove. 

Wrigley Field bleachers

You can’t have an MLB stadium bucket list without including a Chicago trip to historic Wrigley Field, baseball’s second-oldest stadium and certainly one of the more unique parks around. 

From its ivy-coated outfield walls to watching fielders deal with potentially swirling wind gusts to the famous singing of “Take Me Out To The Ballgame” every seventh-inning stretch, catching a Cubs game at Wrigley is truly unlike watching a game anywhere else. 

There’s really no bad option when it comes to watching a game at Wrigley Field, but perhaps the most iconic seating experience is sitting in any of the outfield bleacher sections. The center field bleachers are a famous historic landmark given that Babe Ruth’s 1932 “called shot” landed there, and the stadium’s bleachers are arguably the most historic bleacher experience in all of MLB. The bleacher seats have a reputation for getting rowdy, which isn’t necessarily for everyone. But if that’s up your alley, the blend of atmosphere, history and views makes Wrigley’s bleacher seats hard to top. 

The Kauffman Fountains

For whatever reason, Kansas City’s Kauffman Stadium doesn’t get as much love as other older stadiums in MLB. I’ve always personally been drawn to it, in large part because of the waterfalls and fountains in the outfield. They’re actually 322 feet wide, making them the largest privately-funded fountains in the world.

If you watch a Royals game, you’ll instantly be drawn to the fountains. Fans congregate on the walkways along the large water structure, and it’s a popular landing spot for home runs. There are waterfalls that run constantly, and there are regular “shows” from the fountains both after big moments in games as well as between innings. When it gets dark, the fountains also light up, making for a beautiful display and elite photo op. 

This isn’t necessarily a “seating” bucket list item so much as it is a stadium bucket list item in general. Kansas City is known as the “City of Fountains,” so why not take in a massive and beautiful fountain structure while catching a game? 

Right field at Yankee Stadium

If you’re a baseball fan, you’ve likely heard over and over again about Yankee Stadium’s notorious “short porch” in right field. While that sentiment has been a bit overblown, in my opinion, if you’re someone looking to take in a game in both an exciting atmosphere while also having a higher chance than usual of catching a home run ball, right field at Yankee Stadium is the spot for you. 

Be it lefties pulling the ball in the air or right-handed sluggers like Aaron Judge going the other way, right field at Yankee Stadium sees more than its fair share of homers. The environment at Yankee Stadium is already very intense, excitable and unique, and perhaps no area of the park better exemplifies that than right field. 

This area of the park is also known to the “Bleacher Creatures,” a rowdy and passionate group of New Yorkers in section 203. This group leads the famous “roll call,” where they chant each Yankee defender’s name until they get a tip of the cap or a wave, after which they move on to the next player. You don’t have to sit in 203 to take part in the roll call, of course, and being in that surrounding area is an experience in and of itself. This group also leads various other chants throughout the game.