Boston Sports Temples

The Braves Move On

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Opened in 1915, Braves Field was designed by the same firm that had built Fenway Park three years earlier. Constructed on the site of a former golf course in Allston, Massachusetts, the stadium was the largest baseball park built at that time, with a capacity of more than 46,000 fans.

View of field and crowd in grandstand behind home plate at Braves Field.

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Remarkable crowd at Braves' new field in Allston

Crowd in third base grandstand at newly constructed Braves Field.

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Street scene of crowd departing Braves Field after game.

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Braves Field

Fenway Park

Boston Garden

Suffolk Downs

Braves Field (Boston, Mass.); Yawkey, Thomas A., 1903-1976; Landis, Kenesaw Mountain, 1866-1944

Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Landis leaning on the railing at Braves Field with Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey seated in the background.

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Even with the new stadium, Braves game attendance lagged far behind that of Boston's perenially popular American League team, the Red Sox. However, the Braves did boast a loyal corps of fans who supported the team, season after season.
To boost ticket sales, publicity director Billy Sullivan—future owner of the Patriots professional football team—introduced a variety of new marketing strategies, including night baseball games featuring players wearing special satin uniforms to increase visibility, fan appreciation days, and the first color highlight films.

Bees players with their wives at Braves Field

Boston Braves (Baseball team); Braves Field (Boston, Mass.)

(l to r:) Boston Bees players Ralph Hodgin (sitting on wall between women), Buddy Hassett, Max West, and unknown surrounded by a group of women along the third base railing at Braves Field.

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Hopkins, far right holding megaphone, was the founding member of a group of female Boston Braves fans called the LollyPops.

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Boston Sports Temples

In the Stands

In the Stands