Boston Sports Temples

In the Stands

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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

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Manager Billy Southworth autographing balls at Braves field

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

Boston Braves Manager Billy Southworth autographing boxes of baseballs in the clubhouse at Braves Field.

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During the outstanding 1948 season, Braves Field hosted the first and only World Series for the home team. The city of Boston came very close to hosting a “subway series” that year; across town, the Red Sox lost a heartbreaking one-game playoff to the Cleveland Indians for the American League title. 
Cleveland would go on to win the World Series championship over the Braves in six games.

Boston Braves (Baseball team); Braves Field (Boston, Mass.); Spahn, Warren, 1921-2003

(l to r:) Boston Braves pitchers Johnny Sain and Warren Spahn in dugout at Braves Field.

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Baseball players; Baseball umpires; Baseball

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

Chicago Cub Gene Mauch (#33) slides toward home plate in front of Boston Braves catcher Bill Salkeld (#15) and home plate umpire Lee Ballanfant as Cubs players Peanuts Lowrey and one other unknown Cub look on at Braves Field.

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Raising the Braves National League pennant at Braves Field

Boston Braves (Baseball team); Braves Field (Boston, Mass.); Frick, Ford C.

Officials pose with 1948 National League pennant prior to Marines raising the banner at Braves Field on Opening Day 1949. (l to r, on left of pennant) Braves co-owner Guido Rugo, general manager John Quinn, owner Joe Maney, (on right of pennant) owner Lou Perini, and National League president Ford Frick. Player representative Tommy Holmes and manager Billy Southworth are visible on right behind pennant.

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Boston Sports Temples

The 1948 Season

The 1948 Season