Ebbets Field
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Ebbets Field located in Brooklyn, New York, was the home of the Brooklyn Dodgers (under various names) from 1913 until their departure for Los Angeles after the 1957 season.
- Opened: April 9, 1913
- First night game: June 15, 1938
- Last game: September 24, 1957
- Demolished: February 23, 1960
- Capacity: 25,000 (1913); 32,000 (1932)
Ebbets Field was known for its extraordinarily short dimensions in its later years. Not a single dimension exceeded 390 feet.
The park was also home of the Brooklyn Eagles of the Negro National League in 1935.
[edit] Further Reading
- Rory Costello: "Twilight at Ebbets Field", in The National Pastime - A Review of Baseball History, Society for American Baseball Research, Cleveland, OH, number 26 (May, 2006), pp. 104-109.
- Joseph McCauley: Ebbets Field: Brooklyn's Baseball Shrine, AuthorHouse, Bloomington, IN, 2004.
- Bob McGee: The Greatest Ballpark Ever: Ebbets Field and the Story of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Rutgers University Press, Piscataway, NJ, 2005.
