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.
Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds
Boston, MA · 1901–1911
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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.