Fenway Park

By Joseph_G

  • First Professional Baseball Game

    First Professional Baseball Game
    It was the first professional game that was played in Fenway which the Red Sox won.

  • Shared.

    Shared.
    The Red Sox shared the baseball field with the Boston Braves.

  • Fire!

    Fire!
    There was a fire that occured on the left field line that destroyed bleachers.

  • Lefty 300th.

    Lefty 300th.
    Lefty Grove won his 300th game which he also had a 21 consecutive home game win streak.

  • No hitter.

    No hitter.
    Dave Morehead threw a no hitter against Luis Tiantwinning the game 2-0.

  • Change.

    Change.
    The Red Sox changed the area under the center-field and converted them into pitching tunnels and could be changed into batting cages too.

  • Scoreboard.

    Scoreboard.
    In center-field they put a new electronic scoreboard and they also put glass on the pressboxes.

  • Carl Yastrzemski

    Carl Yastrzemski
    Carl hit his 400th homerun at fenway then 5 day later he became the only player in the American player to hti 400 homeruns and have 3000 hits.

  • Coke bottles.

    Coke bottles.
    Before 1997 season they add the 3 gaint coke bottles to one of the left-field light towers above the Green Monster.

  • Hockey.

    Hockey.
    The NHL Winter Classic was played at Fenway Park between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Boston Bruins.