Polo Grounds

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baseball park defunct stadium sports stadium

Polo Grounds was a historic New York City sports stadium best known as the longtime home of the New York Giants baseball team and the site of numerous iconic moments in American sports history.

Aliases (2)

Polo Grounds III ×1
Polo Grounds IV ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	baseball park → defunct stadium → sports stadium →
alsoTenant	New York Brickley Giants (NFL) → New York Giants (NFL) → New York Mets (MLB) → New York Titans (AFL) → New York Yankees (MLB) →
alsoTenantFrom	1962 →
alsoTenantTo	1963 →
borough	Manhattan →
capacityPeak	over 50,000 →
centerFieldDistance	approximately 483 feet →
city	New York →
closed	1963 →
commemoratedBy	historical plaques at the former site →
country	United States →
currentSiteUse	public housing complex →
demolished	1964 →
era	dead-ball era → live-ball era →
feature	very deep center field → very short distances down the foul lines →
fieldShape	distinctive bathtub-shaped outfield →
hostedWorldSeries	multiple World Series games →
location	Manhattan → New York City →
neighborhood	Coogan's Hollow →
notableEvent	1951 National League tie-breaker playoff → Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World" → Willie Mays' over-the-shoulder catch in 1954 World Series → first home game in New York Mets history →
notableEventDate	1951-10-03 →
opened	1890 →
owner	New York Giants (various periods) →
predecessor	earlier Polo Grounds venues in upper Manhattan →
primaryTenant	New York Giants (MLB) →
primaryTenantFrom	1891 →
primaryTenantTo	1957 →
sport	American football → baseball → boxing → soccer →
state	New York →
successorVenueForGiants	Candlestick Park →
successorVenueForMets	Shea Stadium →
surface	natural grass →
YankeesTenantFrom	1913 →
YankeesTenantTo	1922 →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
New York Giants ("Polo Grounds III") → New York Giants ("Polo Grounds IV") →	ballparkUsed
1917 World Series →	ballparkNL
San Francisco Giants →	formerHomeStadium
1951 National League tie-breaker playoff →	GiantsHomeBallpark
Subway Series →	hasLocation
Subway Series →	historicalStadiumForGiants
New York Giants →	homeBallpark
1905 World Series →	homeBallparkOfGiants
Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World" →	location
1951 National League tie-breaker playoff →	locationOfGame2
1951 National League tie-breaker playoff →	locationOfGame3
1912 World Series →	NLHomeBallpark
New York Giants →	previousHomeStadium