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Ebbets Field

Ebbets Field was a Major League Baseball stadium in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York. It is mainly known for having been the home of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team of the National League (1913–1957). It was also home to five professional football teams, including three NFL teams (1921–1948). Ebbets Field was demolished in 1960 and replaced by the Ebbets Field Apartments, the site's current occupant.[7]

For the former military airfield in Arkansas, see Eberts Field.

Location

55 Sullivan Place
Brooklyn, New York

40°39′54″N 73°57′29″W / 40.66500°N 73.95806°W / 40.66500; -73.95806

Brooklyn Dodgers (1913–1956)
Marvin Kratter (1956–1957)

Brooklyn Dodgers

18,000 (1913)[1]
30,000 (1914–1923)[1]
26,000 (1924–1925)[1]
28,000 (1926–1931)[1]
32,000 (1932–1936)[1]
35,000 (1937–1945)[1]
34,219 (1946–1949)[1]
32,111 (1949–1954)[1]
31,902 (1955–1957)[1]

Left field: 348 ft
Left-center: 351 ft
Center field: 399 ft
Right-center: 344 ft
Right field: 297 ft

Natural Grass

March 4, 1912[2]

April 9, 1913

January 1958

February 23, 1960

US$750,000[3][4]
($23.1 million in 2023 dollars[5])

Clarence Randall Van Buskirk

Castle Brothers, Inc.[6]

Green Cathedrals, by Phil Lowry.

Ballparks of North America, by Michael Benson.

Old Ballparks, by Lawrence Ritter.

The Zodiacs, by Jay Neugeboren.

The Greatest Ballpark Ever: Ebbets Field and the Story of the Brooklyn Dodgers, by Bob McGee.

Ebbets Field Information

YouTube Video Saying Goodbye to Ebbets Field

Personal papers of Walter O'Malley, former Dodger owner

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