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Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds

Boston, MA · 1901–1911

Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds
Photo: Public domain
836
Games on file
1901
First
1911
Last

Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds was a ballpark in Boston, MA. The first major-league game the register places here was on May 8, 1901 and the last on October 7, 1911. The register files it under the American League.

835 major-league games in this archive were played here, between 1901 and 1911. The game logs list the Boston Red Sox as the home club here. 1 game played here has a page of its own in this archive: Cy Young's Perfect Game in 1904.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on May 8, 1901, when the Boston Americans beat the Philadelphia Athletics 12–4. Bill Bernhard started for the Philadelphia Athletics and Cy Young for the Boston Americans. Jack Haskell was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on October 7, 1911, when the Boston Red Sox beat the Washington Senators 8–1. Carl Cashion started for the Washington Senators and Charley Hall for the Boston Red Sox. Frederick Westervelt was the plate umpire. The largest announced attendance in the available logs was 33,904, for a game between the Detroit Tigers and the Boston Red Sox on August 5, 1911.

The major leagues also played in Boston, MA at South End Grounds I (1871–1887), Dartmouth Grounds (1884–1884), South End Grounds II (1888–1894), Congress Street Grounds (1890–1894), and South End Grounds III (1894–1914), and 2 other grounds.

Home clubs

Games remembered here

1904

Cy Young's Perfect Game

Young retires all twenty-seven Philadelphia batters at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, the first perfect game of the modern era.

1903

The First Modern World Series Game

The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Boston Americans 7–3 in the first game of the first modern World Series, a best-of-nine matchup between the champions of the National and American Leagues.

1903

The First World Series Champions

The Boston Americans beat the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game of the best-of-nine 1903 World Series, becoming the first champions of the modern World Series.

1905

Bill Dinneen's No-Hitter

Bill Dinneen started as the Boston Americans held the Chicago White Sox without a hit on September 27, 1905, winning 2–0.

1911

Smoky Joe Wood's No-Hitter

Smoky Joe Wood started as the Boston Red Sox held the St. Louis Browns without a hit on July 29, 1911, winning 5–0.