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Huntington Avenue Grounds - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (302 words) |
 | Huntington Avenue American League Base Ball Grounds is the full name of a baseball stadium that formerly stood in Boston, Massachusetts. |
| The stadium was located across the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad tracks from the South End Grounds, home of the Boston Braves. |
| The Huntington Avenue Grounds was demolished after the Red Sox left at the beginning of the 1912 season to play at Fenway Park. |
| Huntington Avenue Grounds (1628 words) |
| The plot was located at the intersection of Huntington Avenue and Rogers (present day Forsyth) Street and was in the same neighborhood, but on the other side of the railroad tracks, as the South End Grounds (1871-1915), home of the Boston National League team. |
| When it was completed, the ballpark dubbed Huntington Avenue Grounds seated 9,000 fans, with room for thousands more standing behind ropes in the outfield and the ample foul territory, where 90 feet separated the stands from the diamond. |
| The wood-framed Huntington Avenue Grounds proved to be a success for the first-year franchise in the new league, as estimates placed between 289,000 and 322,000 fans through the sole turnstile, twice as many paid admissions garnered by the previously established Boston National League team. |
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