Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds,,Boston,MA,US

Ball Park First Game
Date – 05/08/1901 (1)
Starting Pitchers – vs. Athletics: 05/08/1901
Final Score 12-4 (BOS)
Attendance – 11,500
Starting Pitchers Bill Bernhard (PHA); Cy Young (BOS)
First Batter – Jack Hayden (PHA) Result – Grounded to 3B
First Hits – Dave Fultz (PHA),Singled (1st)
First Run – Tommy Dowd (BOS)
First RBI – Jimmy Collins (BOS)
First Homerun – Buck Freeman (BOS) vs. Bill Bernhard (PHA) on 05/08/1901 (1st inning)
First Grandslam – Harry Davis (PHA) vs. Doc Adkins (BOS) on 07/08/1902 (6th inning)
First Inside Park Homerun – Buck Freeman (BOS) vs. Bill Bernhard (PHA) on 05/08/1901 (1st inning)
First No Hitter – Cy Young (BOS) vs. Athletics on 05/05/1904

Ball Park Lasts
Last Game – vs. Senators: 10/07/1911, Final Score – 8-1 (BOS)
Attendance – 840
Starting Pitchers – Carl Cashion (WS1); Charley Hall (BOS), Winning Pitcher – Charley Hall (BOS) Losing Pitcher – Carl Cashion (WS1)
Last Batter – Kid Elberfeld (WS1), result – Grounded to 3B
Last Hit – Germany Schaefer (WS1), Singled (9)
Last Run – Joe Riggert (BOS), Last RBI – Joe Riggert (BOS)
Last HR – Joe Riggert (BOS) vs. Charlie Becker (WS1) on 10/07/1911 (8th inning)
Last Grand Slam – Stuffy McInnis (PHA) vs. Charley Hall (BOS) on 06/24/1911 (9th inning)
Last Inside The Park Homerun – Joe Riggert (BOS) vs. Charlei Becker (WS1) on 10/07/1911 (8th inning)
Last No Hitter – Smoky Joe Wood (BOS) vs. Browns on 07/29/1911

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May 17, 1893

Phillies outfielder Billy Hamilton becomes the first player to have hit both a leadoff and walk-off home run in the same game when he blasts a two-run round-tripper off Al Maul, giving the team an 11-9 victory over Washington at the Philadelphia Baseball Grounds. The 27 year-old future Hall of Famer’s performance will not be duplicated again until Vic Power accomplishes the rare feat for the A’s in 1957.

August 9, 1901

Jack Dunn is knocked out in game one by a foul ball off his own bat

April 20, 1903

On Opening Day, before 8,376 fans at Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds, the Boston Americans defeat the Philadelphia Athletics in the morning game of a Patriots’ Day twin bill

September 17, 1903

Boston Americans clinch their first AL pennant

October 1, 1903

First World Series Game Played Boston vs Pittsburgh

October 3, 1903

Deacon Phillippe wins his second start in two days Pirates take lead in series

May 5, 1904

Boston ace Cy Young hurls a perfect game against the Philadelphia Athletics

April 17, 1906

Patsy Dougherty leads the Highlanders over the Americans

May 8, 1906

Future Hall of Fame hurler Chief Bender makes outfield debut and hits 2 inside the park homeruns

September 7, 1907

Walter Johnson tops the Red Sox, 1 – 0, for the first of his 38 career 1 – 0 wins

July 22, 1909

Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers steals second base, third base, and home plate during the seventh inning of a 6-0 win over the Boston Pilgrims

June 27, 1911

Stuffy McInnis  hits Ed Karger’s warm-up pitch for an inside-the-park home runwhile the Red Sox are still taking their positions