Brooklyn’s Jake Daubert sets a National League record with four sacrifices in one game. The first baseman’s efforts aren’t enough when the Dodgers drop an 8-7 decision to Philadelphia at Ebbets Field.
1913 – For the second time in two weeks, a Brooklyn player hits two inside-the-park homers. This time it is Bob Fisher in a nitecap 14 – 5 win at St. Louis. Brooklyn also beats the Cards in the opener, 1 – 0.
In a game against the Superbas (Dodgers), Slim Sallee becomes the first pitcher in Cardinal history to steal home. In the third inning, the Redbird southpaw scores the first run in St. Louis’s 3-1 victory over Brooklyn at Ebbets Field.
On April 9, 1913, the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies play the first game in the history of Ebbets Field. A crowd of 10,000 watches the Phillies win, 1-0. The new ballpark is named after Brooklyn owner Charles Ebbets.
On April 5, 1913, in Brooklyn Dodger history, in 1913 Genevieve Ebbets, daughter of the club president, throws out the first ball before 25,000 as the new $750,000.00 Ebbets Field opens in Brooklyn. Nap Rucker pitched the 3-2 win over the New York Yankees and Casey Stengel of the Dodgers hits the first inside the…
In Brooklyn, the cornerstone is put in place and construction on Ebbets Field begins.
In 1912 Charles Ebbets turns over the first silver spadeful of frosty soil as ground is broken in the Pigtown section of Brooklyn for the new stadium. It’s scheduled to be called Washington Park, but Len Wooster of the TIMES said, Hell, that name won’t mean anything out here. Why don’t you call it Ebbets…
On January 2, 1912, Brooklyn Dodgers president Charles Ebbets announces his intention to purchase 4.5 acres of land in the Pigtown section of Brooklyn on which a new 23,000-seat stadium. The stadium will be built with concrete and steel will be built. Construction on the ballpark will start on March 14th. Ebbets decides to name the ballpark…
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