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The former Mets home from 1962-1963.

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  • Polo Grounds
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  • The former Mets home from 1962-1963.
  • To all those classic American pastime fans, presenting the old stadium that ran from 1911-1963, the Polo Grounds! Most famously home to the New York (now San Francisco) Giants. Time Of Day: Day/Night Cycle Weather: Sunny Location: Manhattan, NY Arena Size: Stadium (Probably Large Building) This Arena May Benefit: Baseball Players, Plant Users, Earth Users This Arena May Impair: N/A Items: Baseballs, Baseball Bats File:Baseball "Take Me Out to The Ball Game" (1908)
  • The Polo Grounds was the name given to four different stadiums in New York City used by [[Major League Baseball|Major League Baseball]]'s New York Giants from 1883 until 1957, New York Metropolitans from 1883 until 1885, the New York Yankees from 1912 until 1922, and by the New York Mets in their first two seasons of 1962 and 1963. It also hosted the 1934 and 1942 Major League Baseball All-Star Games. The park was noted for its distinctive bathtub shape, with very short distances to the left and right field walls, but an unusually deep center field.
  • The Polo Grounds was the name given to four different stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City, used by baseball's New York Metropolitans from 1880 until 1885, New York Giants from 1883 until 1957, the New York Yankees from 1912 until 1922, by the New York Mets in their first two seasons of 1962 and 1963, the New York Giants of the National Football League from 1925 to 1955 and by the New York Titans in the American Football League 1960 until 1962 and the successor New York Jets of the American Football League in 1963. It also hosted the 1934 and 1942 Major League Baseball All-Star Games.
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Former names
  • Brotherhood Park , Brush Stadium
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demolished
  • 1964-04-10(xsd:date)
Dimensions
  • Center Field - 483 ft
  • Left Field - 279 ft
  • Left-Center - 450 ft
  • Right Field - 258 ft
  • Right-Center - 449 ft
expanded
  • 1923(xsd:integer)
Closed
  • December, 1963
Align
  • right
Caption
  • The Polo Grounds during the 1913 World Series between the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Athletics
  • The John T. Brush stairway
broke ground
  • 1890(xsd:integer)
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Width
  • 215(xsd:integer)
stadium name
  • Polo Grounds
Operator
  • New York Giants
direction
  • vertical
Surface
  • Grass
renovated
  • 1911-06-28(xsd:date)
Image
  • John T Brush Stairway.JPG
  • John T Brush Stairway2.JPG
seating capacity
  • 34000(xsd:integer)
  • 55000(xsd:integer)
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Architect
  • Henry B. Herts
Opened
  • 1890-04-19(xsd:date)
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