Ebbets Field
Brooklyn Dodgers
NL EastBrooklyn, NYNational LeagueClosed 1957
Ebbets Field is the most mourned ballpark in baseball history. For 44 seasons it was the beating heart of Brooklyn, where Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier in 1947 and the 'Boys of Summer' Dodgers played before heartbroken fans watched them depart for Los Angeles after 1957.
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Stadium Stats
Capacity
31,902
Year Opened
1913
Surface
Natural Grass
Roof Type
Open
Coordinates
40.6706, -73.9497
Did You Know?
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Jackie Robinson played his first MLB game here on April 15, 1947 — a date now retired across all of baseball.
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The ballpark was demolished in 1960 and replaced by the Ebbets Field Apartments, still standing today.
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The Dodger Sym-Phony band, a ragtag group of five fans, played sardonic music every time an opposing batter struck out.