Roosevelt Stadium
Jersey City, NJ · 1956–1957
Roosevelt Stadium was a ballpark in Jersey City, NJ. The first major-league game the register places here was on April 19, 1956 and the last on September 3, 1957. The register files it under the National League.
15 major-league games in this archive were played here, between 1956 and 1957. The game logs list the Brooklyn Dodgers as the home club here. Its recorded capacity is 24,000.
The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on April 19, 1956, when the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5–4. Murry Dickson started for the Philadelphia Phillies and Carl Erskine for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Augie Donatelli was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on September 3, 1957, when the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 3–2. Jack Sanford started for the Philadelphia Phillies and Don Drysdale for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Tony Venzon was the plate umpire. The largest announced attendance in the available logs was 26,385, for a game between the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers on August 15, 1956.
The major leagues also played in Jersey City, NJ at Oakdale Park (1889–1889).
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Further reading: Wikipedia