Polo Grounds

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Polo Grounds was a historic New York City sports stadium best known as the longtime home of the New York Giants baseball team and the site of numerous iconic moments in American sports history.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Polo Grounds canonical 33
Polo Grounds III 2
Polo Grounds IV 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf baseball park
defunct stadium
sports stadium
alsoTenant New York Brickley Giants (NFL)
New York Giants (NFL)
linked to: New York Giants

New York Mets (MLB)
linked to: New York Mets

New York Titans (AFL)
linked to: New York Jets

New York Yankees (MLB)
linked to: New York Yankees
alsoTenantFrom 1962
alsoTenantTo 1963
borough Manhattan
capacityPeak over 50,000
centerFieldDistance approximately 483 feet
city New York
linked to: New York City
closed 1963
commemoratedBy historical plaques at the former site
country United States
currentSiteUse public housing complex
demolished 1964
era dead-ball era
linked to: Dead-ball era

live-ball era
feature very deep center field
very short distances down the foul lines
fieldShape distinctive bathtub-shaped outfield
hostedWorldSeries multiple World Series games
location Manhattan
New York City
neighborhood Coogan's Hollow
notableEvent 1951 National League tie-breaker playoff
Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World"
Willie Mays' over-the-shoulder catch in 1954 World Series
first home game in New York Mets history
notableEventDate 1951-10-03
opened 1890
owner New York Giants (various periods)
linked to: New York Giants
predecessor earlier Polo Grounds venues in upper Manhattan
primaryTenant New York Giants (MLB)
linked to: New York Giants
primaryTenantFrom 1891
primaryTenantTo 1957
sport American football
baseball
boxing
soccer
state New York
successorVenueForGiants Candlestick Park
successorVenueForMets Shea Stadium
surface natural grass
YankeesTenantFrom 1913
YankeesTenantTo 1922

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New York Giants previousHomeStadium Polo Grounds
1912 World Series NLHomeBallpark Polo Grounds
Subway Series hasLocation Polo Grounds
1917 World Series ballparkNL Polo Grounds
New York Giants homeBallpark Polo Grounds
New York Giants ballparkUsed Polo Grounds III
linked to: Polo Grounds
New York Giants ballparkUsed Polo Grounds IV
linked to: Polo Grounds
Coogan's Hollow associatedWith Polo Grounds
Coogan's Hollow containsFormerSiteOf Polo Grounds III
linked to: Polo Grounds
Coogan's Hollow containsFormerSiteOf Polo Grounds IV
linked to: Polo Grounds
Coogan's Hollow currentLandUse Polo Grounds Towers
linked to: Polo Grounds
New York Gothams homeBallpark Polo Grounds
New York Gothams hasNotableVenue Polo Grounds
1913 World Series ballpark Polo Grounds
1911 World Series ballpark Polo Grounds
1924 World Series venue Polo Grounds
Ray Chapman injuryOccurredAt Polo Grounds
New York Highlanders successorBallpark Polo Grounds (as New York Yankees)
linked to: Polo Grounds
Shot Heard Round the World (baseball) ballpark Polo Grounds
subject linked to: Shot Heard Round the World
1921 World Series title ballpark Polo Grounds
1922 World Series title ballpark Polo Grounds
1951 World Series ballpark Polo Grounds
1951 World Series gameLocation Polo Grounds