Opened:April 20, 1912
Field Dimensions:310 ft down left field
379 ft in left center field
390 ft in center field
420 ft down the right field line
380 ft in deep right field
302 ft down right field line
Green Monster: 37 ft high
Center Field Wall: 17 ft high
Bullpen Fences: 5 ft
Right Field Fence: 3-5 ft high
Largest Crowd: 47,627 people during a Yankees doubleheader on September 22,1935.
Random Red Seat in Bleachers: Marks the spot where the longest home run was ever hit
inside Fenway. It was hit by Ted Williams on June 9th,
1946 and measured 502 ft.
The seat is located in Section42, Row 37, Seat 21.
Pesky's Pole: Named after Johnny Pesky after hitting a winning homerun in the 1950's,
his fellow teammate Mel Parnell was the one to come up with it.
Before Fenway Park existed home games took place at the Huntington Avenue Grounds which is now a part of Northeastern University. Its was an all wooden structure and had a seating capacity of 9,000. The first game ever held there was back in May 8 th of 1901 with an audience of 11,500. At that game Cy Young pitched as the Sox earned a 12-4 victory over the Philly Athletics.
Fenway was built in the Fens part of Boston. Therefore the Red Sox owner at the time, John I. Taylor decided to name it Fenway Park. Also an interesting fact, John also changed the original team name from the Pilgrims to the Red Sox in 1907.