1903 World Series

Huntington Avenue American League Base Ball Grounds is the full name of a baseball stadium that formerly stood in Boston, Massachusetts. Home to the Boston Red Sox (known simply as 'Boston', or the 'Boston Americans' before 1908) from 1901-1911, the stadium sat 11,500. The stadium was located across the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad tracks from the South End Grounds, home of the Boston Braves. Image File history File links WorldSeries1903-640. ... Image File history File links WorldSeries1903-640. ... A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium II St. ... Telstra Stadium in Sydney, Australia is capable of being converted from a rectangular rugby football field to an oval for cricket and Australian rules football games A modern stadium (plural stadiums or stadia in English) is a place, or venue, for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts or other events, consisting of... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub of the Universe (The State House, according to Oliver Wendell Holmes, is the hub of the Solar System), Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area    - City 232. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1 • 4 • 8 • 9 • 27 Name Boston Red Sox (1907–present) See Nicknames before Red Sox for disputed nicknames Ballpark Fenway Park (1912–present) Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds (1901-1911) Major league titles World Series... The following are the baseball events of the year 1901 throughout the world. ... The following are the baseball events of the year 1911 throughout the world. ... The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (AAR reporting mark NH) was a railroad that operated in the northeast United States. ... South End Grounds is the most commonly used informal name for a major league baseball park that was the home ground to the Boston entry, first in the National Association of Professional Baseball Players, and then in the National League, from 1871-1914. ... Major league affiliations National League (1876–present) East Division (1994–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 3,21,35,41,42,44 Name Atlanta Braves (1966–present) Ballpark Turner Field (1997–present) Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (1966-1996) Milwaukee County Stadium (Milwaukee) (1953-1965) Braves Field (Boston) (1915-1952) Fenway Park...

The stadium was the site of the first World Series game in 1903, and also saw the first perfect game in the modern era, thrown by Cy Young on May 5, 1904. The playing field was fairly large by modern standards. Sources say that it was 350 feet to left field, 440 feet to left center field, 530 feet to center field in 1901 and 635 feet to center field in 1908, and 280 feet to right field in 1901 and 320 feet to right field in 1908. The field had many quirks not seen in modern baseball stadiums, including patches of sand in the outfield where grass would not grow, and a tool shed in deep center field that was actually in play. For other events named World Series, see World Series (disambiguation). ... Births June 19 - Lou Gehrig - Hall of Fame First baseman ... This article or section needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ... May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (126th in leap years). ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The Huntington Avenue Grounds was demolished after the Red Sox left at the beginning of the 1912 season to play at Fenway Park. Solomon Court at Cabot Center, an indoor athletic venue belonging to Northeastern University, now stands on the site. A plaque and a statue of Cy Young commemorate the history of this ballpark in what is now called World Series Way. The following are the baseball events of the year 1912 throughout the world. ... Fenway Park is the home ballpark of the Boston Red Sox baseball club. ... Solomon Court at Cabot Center is the home of several indoor athletic teams of Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. ... Northeastern University (NU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, in the New England region of the United States. ...

External links

• Ballpark Digest Article on Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds
• Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds at Baseball Almanac
• Info at Ballparks.com