Baker Bowl

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baseball stadium defunct stadium sports venue

Baker Bowl was a historic early 20th-century baseball stadium in Philadelphia best known as the longtime home of the Phillies and for its unusually short right-field dimensions.

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The Baker Bowl 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf baseball stadium ⓘ
defunct stadium ⓘ
sports venue ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Baker Bowl ⓘ
surface form: The Baker Bowl
architecturalStyle steel-and-concrete grandstand ⓘ
capacity 20000 ⓘ
city Philadelphia ⓘ
closed 1938 ⓘ
constructionMaterial brick ⓘ
steel ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
demolished 1950 ⓘ
era early 20th century ⓘ
fireIncident 1894 grandstand fire ⓘ
formerName National League Park ⓘ
Philadelphia Base Ball Grounds ⓘ
hasScoreboard yes ⓘ
historicalSignificance known for hitter-friendly right field ⓘ
longtime home of the Philadelphia Phillies ⓘ
homeTeamOf Philadelphia Phillies ⓘ
hosted 1923 World Series games ⓘ
league Major League Baseball ⓘ
leagueParkFor National League ⓘ
locatedIn Pennsylvania ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
mainTenantPeriod Philadelphia Phillies 1887–1938 ⓘ
namedAfter William F. Baker ⓘ
notableFeature high right-field wall ⓘ
short right-field fence ⓘ
opened 1887 ⓘ
outfieldWallHeight about 60 feet in right field ⓘ
owner Philadelphia Phillies ⓘ
primaryUsePeriod 1887–1938 ⓘ
renovated 1894 ⓘ
1913 ⓘ
replacedBy Shibe Park ⓘ
rightFieldDistance about 280 feet ⓘ
sport baseball ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
demolished ⓘ
surface natural grass ⓘ
tenant Philadelphia Eagles ⓘ
Philadelphia Phillies ⓘ
usedBy Philadelphia Eagles ⓘ
usedFor football ⓘ
professional baseball games ⓘ

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Baker Bowl → alsoKnownAs → Baker Bowl ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Baker Bowl