Griffith Stadium

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baseball park defunct stadium sports venue

Griffith Stadium was a historic baseball park in Washington, D.C., best known as the longtime home of the Washington Senators and a prominent venue for Major League Baseball in the early to mid-20th century.

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Label Occurrences
Griffith Stadium canonical 16
Griffith Stadium (with Homestead Grays, Washington, D.C. home games) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf baseball park ⓘ
defunct stadium ⓘ
sports venue ⓘ
architecturalFeature asymmetrical outfield dimensions ⓘ
deep center field ⓘ
left-field notch around a nearby house ⓘ
capacity approximately 27,000 ⓘ
city Washington, D.C. ⓘ
closed 1961 ⓘ
coordinateLocation 38.917°N 77.020°W ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
demolished 1965 ⓘ
district Northwest Washington, D.C. ⓘ
era early 20th century ⓘ
mid 20th century ⓘ
formerName American League Park ⓘ
National Park ⓘ
historicalSignificance important home field for Negro League baseball ⓘ
longtime home of the Washington Senators ⓘ
major venue for Major League Baseball in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
homeTeam Homestead Grays ⓘ
Washington Senators (1901–1960) ⓘ
surface form: Washington Senators
league Major League Baseball ⓘ
Negro National League ⓘ
location Washington, D.C. ⓘ
namedAfter Clark Griffith ⓘ
near Howard University ⓘ
notableEvent 1924 World Series games ⓘ
1925 World Series games ⓘ
1933 World Series games ⓘ
1937 MLB All-Star Game ⓘ
1948 Negro World Series games ⓘ
opened 1911 ⓘ
owner Washington Senators ownership ⓘ
replaced earlier wooden ballpark destroyed by fire in 1911 ⓘ
replacedBy RFK Stadium ⓘ
surface form: D.C. Stadium
sport American football ⓘ
baseball ⓘ
successorVenue RFK Stadium ⓘ
surface form: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
surface natural grass ⓘ
tenant Homestead Grays ⓘ
Washington Commanders ⓘ
surface form: Washington Redskins

Washington Senators (1901–1960) ⓘ
surface form: Washington Senators
usedFor Negro League games ⓘ
World Series games ⓘ
boxing matches ⓘ
college football games ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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Washington Senators (1961–1971) → homeBallpark → Griffith Stadium ⓘ
Washington Senators (1901–1960) → homeBallpark → Griffith Stadium ⓘ
NFL Championship Game 1940 → stadium → Griffith Stadium ⓘ
subject surface form: 1940 NFL Championship Game
1940 NFL Championship Game 73–0 win over Washington Redskins → location → Griffith Stadium ⓘ
Nationals → homeBallpark → Griffith Stadium ⓘ
subject surface form: Washington Senators (1901–1960)
Homestead Grays → homeBallpark → Griffith Stadium ⓘ
1925 World Series games → ballpark → Griffith Stadium ⓘ
subject surface form: 1925 World Series
1925 World Series games → game3Location → Griffith Stadium ⓘ
subject surface form: 1925 World Series
1925 World Series games → game4Location → Griffith Stadium ⓘ
subject surface form: 1925 World Series
1925 World Series games → game5Location → Griffith Stadium ⓘ
subject surface form: 1925 World Series
1937 MLB All-Star Game → stadium → Griffith Stadium ⓘ
1924 World Series → decidingGameVenue → Griffith Stadium ⓘ
1924 World Series → venue → Griffith Stadium ⓘ
1925 World Series → ballpark → Griffith Stadium ⓘ
Josh Gibson → playedHomeGamesAt → Griffith Stadium ⓘ
this entity surface form: Griffith Stadium (with Homestead Grays, Washington, D.C. home games)
73–0 game → location → Griffith Stadium ⓘ
demonstrated tactical superiority of T-formation offense → location → Griffith Stadium ⓘ