Oriole Park (Baltimore,
1901-1902)
First game: Orioles 10, Boston 6 (April 26, 1901)
First-season attendance: 141,952
Hilltop Park (New
York, 1903-1912)
First game: Yankees 6, Washington 2 (May 1, 1903)
Capacity: 15,000
First-season attendance: 211,808
Polo Grounds (New
York, 1913-1922)
First game: Washington 9, Yankees 3 (April 17, 1913)
Capacity: 38,000
First-season attendance: 1,273,075
Stadium feats and factoids:
All World Series games in 1921 were played at Polo Grounds as Giants and Yankees meet in
Subway Series. . . .
Cleveland's Joe Jackson hits the first homer over the roof June 4, 1913.
Yankee Stadium (New
York, 1923-present)
First game: Yankees 4, Boston 1 (April 18, 1923)
Capacity: 57,545
First-season attendance: 1,007,066
Stadium feats and factoids:
Yankee Stadium was built in 185 working days. . . .
Babe Ruth appropriately hit the first home run in the stadium that became known as
"The House That Ruth Built". . . .
The park's original measurements were 296 feet to right field and 301 to left. The park's
deepest point was left-center field, 461 feet away. . . . Casey Stengel of the Giants hit
the first World Series home run at the stadium, an inside-the-park shot in Game 1 of the
1923 World Series. . .
Joe DiMaggio's famous 56-game hitting streak began at Yankee Stadium on May 15, 1941. . .
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Ruth hit his 60th home run of the 1927 season on September 30 to set a single-season
record. . . .
Roger Maris broke Ruth's record on October 1, 1961, the final day of the season, with his
61st homer. . . .
Mickey Mantle came the closest to hitting a ball out of Yankee Stadium. Mantle hit a fly
ball off the third-deck facade, 109 feet above the playing field and 374 feet from home
plate. One engineer estimated the homer would have traveled 620 feet. . . .
Don Larsen pitched the only perfect game in World Series history in Game 1 of the 1956
Series against the Dodgers. . . .
In 1946, $600,000 worth of renovations were made. Included were arc lights which team
officials said equaled the illumination of 5,000 full moons. . . .
Reggie Jackson hit three consecutive homers in Game 6 of the 1977 World Series. . . .
The stadium underwent a $100-million facelift after the 1973 season and was closed for two
seasons. . . .
Shea Stadium (New
York, 1974-1975)
First game: Yankees 6, Cleveland 1 (April 6, 1974)
Capacity: 55,101
First-season attendance: 1,273,075
Stadium factoids:
The Yankees played in the Mets' home for two seasons while Yankee Stadium was being
refurbished. . . .
The Yankees made a one-game cameo at Shea this year while renovations were being made
after a beam fell at Yankee Stadium. On April 15, the Yankees played the Angels in the
afternoon and the Mets played the Cubs in a night game -- the first time a double header
featured the Yankees and Mets in the same ballpark. . . .
