Boston Sports Temples

Fenway Park

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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

Boston Garden

Suffolk Downs

Braves and opponents line up on field before the game

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

Boston Braves (on third base line) and Brooklyn Dodgers (on first base line) line up for the playing of the national anthem by a military honor guard on Opening Day of the 1952 season at Braves Field.

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Boston Public Library

Digital Commonwealth

Attendance at Boston Braves games dwindled to a mere 281,000 in 1952; only two games during the 1952 season saw 10,000 or more fans in the nearly empty stands. Still, fans and players alike were shocked when the ownership suddenly sold the Braves to Milwaukee during spring training in Florida in 1953. 
The team never returned to Boston, and Braves Field was sold to Boston University and renamed. In 1955, a major portion of the field was torn down to make space for dormitories.

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

Boston Braves Indian chief mascot with Braves owner Lou Perini (second from left in top coat) and other dignitaries throwing out the ceremonial first pitch on Opening Day at Braves Field.

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

(l to r:) Milwaukee Braves Warren Spahn, Vern Bickford, and Sibby Sisti on the dugout steps at Braves Field.

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View of partially demolished facade from inside Braves Field concourse.

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Boston Sports Temples

The Braves Move On

The Braves Move On