Huntington Avenue Grounds

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baseball park sports venue

Huntington Avenue Grounds was an early 20th-century baseball park in Boston best known as the original home of the Boston Red Sox and the site of the first modern World Series in 1903.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	baseball park → sports venue →
builtFor	Boston Americans →
capacityApproximate	11000 →
category	Baseball venues in Massachusetts → Defunct Major League Baseball venues → Sports venues in Boston →
city	Boston →
cityArea	near Huntington Avenue →
closed	1911 →
commemoratedBy	home plate marker → pitcher’s mound monument → plaque at Northeastern University →
constructionCompleted	1901 →
country	United States →
demolished	1912 →
era	early 20th century →
eraCategory	1900s sports venues in the United States →
fieldOrientation	home plate in southwest →
firstWorldSeriesGameDate	1903-10-01 →
firstWorldSeriesOpponent	Pittsburgh Pirates →
historicalSignificance	original home of the Boston Red Sox → site of first modern World Series →
homeTeam	Boston Americans → Boston Red Sox →
league	American League →
location	Boston → Massachusetts →
neighborhood	Fenway–Kenmore area →
notableEvent	1903 World Series → first modern World Series →
opened	1901 →
outfieldFeature	distant center-field flagpole in play → very deep center field →
owner	Boston American League Baseball Company →
replacedBy	Fenway Park →
sport	baseball →
successorUseOfSite	Northeastern University campus →
surface	natural grass →
teamNameDuringTenancy	Boston Americans → Boston Red Sox →
tenantsEnd	Boston Red Sox 1911 →
tenantsStart	Boston Americans 1901 →
use	Major League Baseball games → college baseball games →
usedBy	Boston American League franchise →
usedByLeague	Major League Baseball →
worldSeriesGamesHosted	1903 World Series games →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
1903 World Series →	ballparkInBoston
1903 World Series →	game1Location
1903 World Series →	game8Location