Polo Grounds V
aka Brush Stadium
1911 - 1963
New York, NY
Historic Aerials
What Was There
| Team | Years | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Giants |
(1911 - 1957) |
3565 |
| Yankees |
(1912 - 1922) |
764 |
| Mets |
(1962 - 1963) |
161 |
First Game
6/28/1911: Giants (3) vs. Rustlers (0)Umpires:
Managers:
Starting Pitchers: Christy Mathewson (NY1) vs Al Mattern (BSN)
First Pitch:
Attendance: 10,000
Time of Game:
Trivia
The Giants lost game two of a doubleheader to the Boston Braves on September 30, 1916 to snap their record-setting 26-game winning streak. On August 1, 1945 Mel Ott homered in the third inning off Boston Braves hurler Johnny Hutchings and became the third member of the 500 home run club. | Batting Event | First |
|---|---|
| First Batter | Bill Sweeney (BSN) |
| Hit | Bill Sweeney (BSN) - Singled (1st) |
| Run Scored | Larry Doyle (NY1) |
| Run Batted In | Larry Doyle (NY1) |
| Single | |
| Double | |
| Triple | |
| Home Run | Larry Doyle (NY1) vs. Al Mattern (BSN) on 6/28/1911 (6th inning) |
| Grand Slam | Chief Meyers (NY1) vs. Slim Sallee (SLN) on 6/3/1912 (3rd inning) |
| IPHR | Josh Devore (NY1) vs. Hank Griffin (BSN) on 7/1/1911 (6th inning) |
| Stolen Base | |
| Sacrifice Hit | |
| Sacrifice Fly | |
| Cycle | |
| Pitching Event | First |
| Win | Christy Mathewson (NY1) |
| Loss | Al Mattern (BSN) |
| Strikeout | Al Mattern (BSN)/Josh Devore (NY1) |
| Shutout | |
| Shutout, SP | |
| Shutout, RP | |
| Shutout, RP | |
| Shutout, RP | Save |
| Hit by Pitch | |
| Wild Pitch | |
| Balk | No-Hitter | Rube Marquard (NY1) vs. Robins on 4/15/1915 |
| No-Hitter, SP | No-Hitter, RP | No-Hitter, RP |
| Batting Event | Last |
|---|---|
| Last Batter | Ted Schreiber (NYN) |
| Hit | Chico Fernandez (NYN) - Singled to LF (9) |
| Run Scored | Wes Covington (PHI) |
| Run Batted In | Clay Dalrymple (PHI) |
| Single | |
| Double | |
| Triple | |
| Home Run | Jim Hickman (NYN) vs. Chris Short (PHI) on 9/18/1963 (4th inning) |
| Grand Slam | Jim Hickman (NYN) vs. Lindy McDaniel (CHN) on 8/9/1963 (9th inning) |
| IPHR | Billy Williams (CHN) vs. Galen Cisco (NYN) on 6/26/1963 (14th inning) |
| Stolen Base | |
| Sacrifice Hit | |
| Sacrifice Fly | |
| Cycle | |
| Pitching Event | Last |
| Win | Chris Short (PHI) |
| Loss | Craig Anderson (NYN) |
| Strikeout | Chris Short (PHI)/Frank Thomas (NYN) |
| Shutout | |
| Save | |
| Hit by Pitch | |
| Wild Pitch | |
| Balk | No-Hitter | Rex Barney (BRO) vs. Giants on 9/9/1948 |