Ebbets Field

Location:

Brooklyn, NY

Arena type:

Baseball Stadium

Surface:

Grass

Owner(s):

Charley Ebbets Sr., Walter O'Malley

Tenant(s):

Brooklyn Dodgers (1913-1957)

Broke ground:

March 4, 1912

Opened:

April 9, 1913

Demolished:

February 23, 1960

Cost:

$750,000

Capacity:

25,000 (1913), 32,000 (1934)

Dimensions:

(All dimensions from 1957) Left field pole - 348 ft. Left-center field - 365 ft. Deep left-center - 393 ft. Deep right-center - 395 ft. Right-center, scoreboard edges - 344 ft. and 318 ft. Right field pole - 297 ft.

World Series:

1916, 1920, 1941, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956

All-Star Games:

1949