Fenway Park
1912 - Present
Boston, MA
Historic Aerials
What Was There
| Team | Years | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Red Sox |
(1912 - 2025) |
8846 |
| Braves |
(1913 - 1946) |
87 |
First Game
4/20/1912: Red Sox 7, Yankees 6, 11 inningsUmpires: HP - Tommy Connolly, 1B - Bertie Hart, 2B - (none), 3B - (none)
Managers: Jake Stahl (BOS), Harry Wolverton (NYA)
Starting Pitchers: Buck O'Brien (BOS), Ray Caldwell (NYA)
First Pitch: Boston Mayor John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald
Attendance: 24,000
Time of Game: 3:10
Trivia
- In the first regular season game at Fenway Park, Red Sox players lost potential triples and home runs thanks to an overflow crowd that was roped off in the outfield as hits into the crowd were ruled doubles.
- The first homer at Fenway Park was the last of Hugh Bradley's career and the Boston Globe insisted the drive was the hardest ever hit in Boston and would have landed high in the center field bleachers at the old Huntington Avenue Grounds and possibly landed on Huntington Ave.
- The first grand slam at Fenway Park was hit by Boston Braves shortstop Rabbit Maranville and was the last of his career. It was the first time that a park's regular home team didn't account for a first (both grand slam and no-hitter).
- Red Sox second baseman Steve Yerkes had five hits, the most ever for a park's first game.
- Buck O'Brien is the only pitcher to record an active park's first wild pitch and balk.
| Batting Event | First |
|---|---|
| First Batter | Guy Zinn (NYA) walk |
| Hit | Harry Wolter (NYA) single to 1B vs. Buck O'Brien (1st inning) - Single on an attempted sacrifice bunt (1st inning) |
| Run Scored | Guy Zinn (NYA) on Roy Hartzell single to LF vs. Buck O'Brien (1st inning) |
| Run Batted In | Roy Hartzell (NYA) single to LF scored Guy Zinn vs. Buck O'Brien (1st inning) |
| Single | Harry Wolter (NYA) on an attempted sacrifice bunt (1st inning) |
| Double | Steve Yerkes (BOS) to LF vs. Ray Caldwell (1st inning) |
| Triple | Walter Johnson (WS1) to CF vs. Eddie Cicotte (BOS) on 4/24/1912 (2nd inning, Game No. 3) |
| Home Run | Hugh Bradley (BOS) to LCF vs. Lefty Russell (PHA) on 4/26/1912 (7th inning, Game No. 5) |
| Grand Slam | Rabbit Maranville (BSN) to RF vs. Hippo Vaughn (CHN) on 9/26/1914: 1B-Red Smith, 2B-Charles Schmidt, 3B-George Whitted (4th inning, Game No. 225) |
| IPHR | Sam Crawford (DET) to RF vs. Buck O'Brien on 5/10/1912 (9th inning, Game No. 11) |
| Stolen Base | Hal Chase, 3B and Bert Daniels, 2B (NYA) on double steal vs. Buck O'Brien/Les Nunamaker (4th inning) |
| Sacrifice Hit | Hal Chase (NYA) bunted Gus Zinn to 3B and Bert Daniels to 2B vs. Buck O'Brien (4th inning) |
| Sacrifice Fly | Duffy Lewis (BOS) to CF scored Tris Speaker vs. George Mullin (DET) on 5/7/1912 (6th inning, Game No. 9) |
| Cycle | Moose Solters (BOS): 8/19/1934 vs. PHA (2B in 4th, 3B in 5th, 1B in 8th, HR in 9th) (Game No. 1,812) |
| Pitching Event | First |
| Win | Charley Hall (BOS): 7 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 0 HR, 0 HBP, 28 BF, 13 GB, 7 FB, 1 LD, 0 PU, 3 Unk |
| Loss | Hippo Vaughn (NYA): 2 1/3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 0 HR, 0 HBP, 12 BF, 3 GB, 4 FB, 1 LD, 0 PU, 2 Unk |
| Strikeout | Buck O'Brien (BOS) struck out Dutch Sterrett (1st inning) |
| Shutout | Smoky Joe Wood (BOS) on 5/20/1912 (Game No. 18) |
| Shutout, SP | Wood: 9 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, 0 HR, 0 HBP, 31 BF, 14 GB, 4 FB, 1 LD, 1 PU, 4 Unk, 84 GSc |
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| Shutout, RP | Save | Hugh Bedient (BOS) vs. STA on 5/13/1912: 2 1/3 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 3 K, 11 BF (Game No. 13) |
| Hit by Pitch | Buck O'Brien (BOS) hit Cozy Dolan (1st inning) |
| Wild Pitch | Buck O'Brien (BOS) sent Cozy Dolan to 3B with Gabby Street at bat (3rd inning) |
| Balk | Buck O'Brien (BOS) sent Roy Hartzell to 2B with Bert Daniels at bat (3rd inning) | No-Hitter | Iron Davis (BSN) vs. PHI on 9/19/1914: 9 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 5 BB, 4 K, 0 HR, 0 HBP, 32 BF, 86 GSc (Game No. 244) |
| No-Hitter, SP | No-Hitter, RP | No-Hitter, RP |
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| Balk | No-Hitter |