Original center field distance of parks built between 1909 and 1913: Shibe Park: 509’ Forbes Field: 435’ League Park: 460’ Comiskey Park: 420’ Griffith Stadium: 421’ Tiger Stadium: 425’ Crosley Field: 420’ Ebbets Field: 508’ Fenway Park: 488’ ..And this was the dead ball era.
@MLBcathedrals Polo Grounds dimensions were wild
@someBKLYNguy @MLBcathedrals It’s cause this was never meant to be a baseball stadium. The original Polo Grounds, opened in 1876 and demolished in 1889, was built for the sport of polo
@someBKLYNguy @MLBcathedrals It looks like a pinball machine
@someBKLYNguy @MLBcathedrals The most insane thing ever, would love to have seen a game there
@someBKLYNguy @MLBcathedrals Kinda makes you wonder how many of those short porch homers Willie Mays hit during his early years while playing for the NY Giants, huh?