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Dodger Stadium
From BR Bullpen
Home of the Los Angeles Dodgers, 1962 to present
Home of the Los Angeles Angels, 1962 to 1965
(also known as Chavez Ravine)
BUILT: 1962
CAPACITY: 56,000
FIRST GAME: April 10, 1962 vs. the Cincinnati Reds (Reds 6, Dodgers 3)
- Johnny Podres (L) vs. Bob Purkey (W), Jim Brosnan (Sv); HR: Wally Post
- First Hit (Double): Eddie Kasko
- First Single: Vada Pinson
- First Triple: Daryl Spencer
- First HR: Wally Post
- First Run: Eddie Kasko
- First RBI: Vada Pinson
DIMENSIONS:
- Left-field: 330 feet
- Center-field: 395 feet
- Right-field: 330 feet
LONGEST HOME RUN: 506 ft. completely out of the stadium (one of only four ever to do so) by Willie Stargell
GOOGLE EARTH: View Dodger Stadium in Google Earth
Dodger Stadium is the current home of the Los Angeles Dodgers. It is regularly among the leaders in attendance in Major League Baseball, often around 3 million. It is the site of the Kirk Gibson home run off Dennis Eckersley in the 1988 World Series. It is also known as Chavez Ravine, because of the former neighborhood on which the ballpark sits.
Chavez Ravine was a shantytown neighborhood inhabited by Mexican Americans when the city of Los Angeles identified the site for development. using eminent domain powers, the city expropriated the inhabitants in order to use the land for "public purposes". In fact, most of the land was turned over to Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley to build a ballpark, while O'Malley gave the city Wrigley Field in return, which was demolished and whose land could be put to use by the city.
[edit] Further reading
- Robert A. James: "Field of Liens: Real-Property Development in Baseball", The Baseball Research Journal, SABR, Vol. 39, Number 2 (Fall 2010), pp. 116-121.
| Current ballparks in Major League Baseball | ||
| National League | American League | |
|---|---|---|
| AT&T Park | Busch Stadium | Chase Field | Citi Field | Citizens Bank Park | Coors Field | Dodger Stadium | Great American Ball Park | Marlins Park | Miller Park | Minute Maid Park | Nationals Park | PETCO Park | PNC Park | Turner Field | Wrigley Field | Ameriquest Field | Angel Stadium of Anaheim | The Coliseum | Comerica Park | Fenway Park | Kauffman Stadium | New Yankee Stadium | Oriole Park at Camden Yards | Progressive Field | Rogers Centre | Safeco Field | Target Field | Tropicana Field | U.S. Cellular Field | |
