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21-606: The Boston Reds may refer to the following: Boston Reds (1890–1891) - Major League Baseball team that played in the Players' League in 1890, and in the American Association in 1891. Boston Reds (1884) - Major League Baseball team that played in the Union Association in 1884. Boston Reds (minor league) - Minor league baseball team that played in
42-622: A county fair grounds. Behind the right field area were residences and other buildings, and a narrow road called Berlin Street. Columbus Avenue had not yet been extended as far as the ball park. The Red Stockings dominated the National Association , finishing just two games behind the leaders in 1871, then winning four straight pennants to close out the NA. They joined the newly formed National League in 1876 and won three championships over
63-670: A pennant. At the conclusion of the 1891 season, the National League pressed for the consolidation of the American Association with the National League. Part of the posturing included the National League directing its champion Boston not to play the Reds in a World Series . The leagues settled, adding four AA clubs to a combined circuit. As part of the settlement, the owners of the four clubs not joining
84-586: A scaled-down version of the Polo Grounds , it was sometimes said that the South End had no right or left field, only a center field. South End Grounds was rebuilt twice during its lifetime, the first time by choice and the second time by necessity. The first game at the South End Grounds was played on May 16, 1871. The original stands were small and rectangular, not unlike the seating area at
105-481: A small fire beneath the right field bleachers, and which spread and destroyed the stadium and 117 other buildings. During the rebuilding process, the Bostons played their home games at Congress Street Grounds . The third South End Grounds was built in 10 weeks on the site of the old stand and opened on July 20, 1894. Because the previous structure had not been sufficiently insured, there wasn't enough money to rebuild
126-536: A very popular decoration on public seating structures of the 1880s and 1890s. The ballpark seated 6,800 by one estimate. It was the only double-decked baseball stadium ever built in Boston, apart from the rooftop seating which has turned the single-decked Fenway Park into a de facto double-deck ballpark. The stadium was destroyed in the Great Roxbury Fire of May 16, 1894, which began when children started
147-534: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Boston Reds (1890%E2%80%931891) The Boston Reds were a 19th-century baseball team located in Boston, Massachusetts that played in the Players' League in 1890 and in the American Association in 1891. They played in the Congress Street Grounds in the 1890s. The team took its name from
168-468: Is still the longest tenure of the Braves club at any of their various ballparks and cities since 1914. At least in its third edition, the formal name of the park—as indicated by the sign over its entrance gate—was Boston National League Base Ball Park. It was located on the northeast corner of Columbus Avenue and Walpole Street (now Saint Cyprian's Place), just southwest of Carter Playground. Accordingly, it
189-544: The New England League in 1893. Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Boston Reds . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Boston_Reds&oldid=545618011 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
210-473: The New York Giants and fellow future Baseball Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson . The Braves, as they had been rechristened in 1912, moved out of the South End Grounds after their game on August 11, 1914, to accommodate larger crowds during the "stretch drive" of the 1914 pennant race. The team continued to play at Fenway Park until Braves Field was completed during the 1915 season. In contrast to
231-721: The St. Louis Browns (now the Cardinals). The Boston Reds are one of two major league teams to win back-to-back pennants spanning two different leagues. The Brooklyn Dodgers did it also, winning the AA pennant in 1889 and the NL pennant in 1890, while football's Cleveland Browns won the AAFC championship in 1949 and the NFL championship in 1950. The Reds are also the only Major League team that never failed to win
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#1732791102517252-554: The "Red Stockings," because four of its key players had come from the famous 1869–1870 barnstorming team known as the Cincinnati Red Stockings and took the nickname with them to Boston. Over time the team acquired other informal nicknames, such as "Beaneaters," "Red Caps," "Rustlers" and "Doves." This team eventually adopted the official nickname "Braves," just a few years before abandoning South End Grounds. With its tight foul lines and expansive center field, like
273-566: The 11-year lifespan of the Huntington Avenue Grounds, the South End Grounds was the National Association / National League club's home for parts of 44 seasons, a longer time span than any subsequent Braves' home fields. The Red Stockings / Beaneaters / Braves played their home games in various ballparks and cities, and the South End Grounds remains their longest-used home field in their history: The stadium
294-428: The combined circuit, including the Reds, were paid $ 135,000 and their players dispersed to the surviving clubs. Their abandoned ballpark was revived for use by the National League club in 1894, during the weeks that South End Grounds was being rebuilt following a fire. The Congress Street Grounds, with its close left field foul line, quickly gained some more history, as Bobby Lowe hit four home runs in one game there,
315-521: The first 12 NL seasons. The last game at this version of the grounds came on September 10, 1887. The ballpark's stands were demolished later that month to make way for a new structure. The second South End Grounds was opened on May 25, 1888. Sometimes referred to as the "Grand Pavilion," it consisted of a large double-decker grandstand behind home plate and uncovered stands stretching down the right and left field lines, as well as bleachers in right-center field. The medieval-style "witch's cap" turrets were
336-469: The first player to accomplish that feat. South End Grounds South End Grounds refers to any one of three baseball parks on one site in Boston, Massachusetts . They were home to the franchise that eventually became known as the Boston Braves , first in the National Association and later in the National League , from 1871 through part of the 1914 season. That stretch of 43 1/2 seasons
357-482: The one showing the opening game of the 1903 World Series , with the Huntington Avenue Grounds in the foreground; and the South End Grounds in the background, its season over, partially hidden by smoke from the rail yards. That image can be seen beside this text. On September 12, 1911, 44-year-old legend Cy Young pitched the final home game of his career in a Boston uniform at the grounds against
378-427: The stands according to its old plans, and a smaller structure was built. One result of the fire was a reconfiguration of the buildings and streets in the area. Berlin Street disappeared, and Columbus Avenue was constructed, running just outside the right field area, replacing wooden buildings that had once stood there. Few photographs of this ballpark seem to be in circulation. In one sense, the best known photo might be
399-457: The successful Boston club of the National Association and National League often known as the (Boston) Red Stockings . The club lasted only two seasons, but in those two seasons they were league champions. In 1890 the Reds won the Players' League pennant when they finished first ahead of the New York Giants , and then won the American Association pennant when they finished first ahead of
420-469: Was also known over the years as Walpole Street Grounds; two other names were Union Base-ball Grounds and Boston Baseball Grounds. The ballpark was across the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad tracks, to the south, from the eventual site of the Huntington Avenue Grounds , home field of Boston's American League team prior to the building of Fenway Park . The Boston club was initially known as
441-661: Was demolished after the Braves left. The former site of the grandstand and the infield is located where Northeastern University 's Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex (ISEC) currently stands, between the Columbus Parking Garage and Ruggles Station of the Orange Line of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority . The outfield was located where the garage stands. A historical marker commemorating
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