Fenway Park Facts

• Fenway Park opened April 20, 1912 – five days after the sinking of the Titanic.
• Red Sox owner John I. Taylor named his new ballpark Fenway Park because of its location in the Fenway (“Fens”) section of Boston.
• Navin Field (home of the Detroit Tigers) opened the same day as Fenway Park.
• The current day game seating capacity of Fenway Park is 35,692.
• The current night game seating capacity of Fenway Park is 36,108.
• No player has ever hit a home run over the right field roof at Fenway Park.
• The Red Sox played at Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds (now part of Northeastern University) prior to moving to Fenway Park in 1912.
• While Braves Field was under construction, the “Miracle” Boston Braves played their 1914 World Series games at Fenway Park, sweeping the Philadelphia Phillies 4-0.
• Several professional football teams have played their home games at Fenway Park: the Boston Red Skins (1933-1936), the Boston Yanks (1944-1948) and the Boston Patriots (1963-1968).
• The Boston College and Boston University football teams at various times played their home games at Fenway Park.
• Fenway Park dimensions:

  Left field line – 310 feet
  Left center field – 379 feet
  Center field – 390 feet
  Deep center field – 420 feet
  Deep right field – 380 feet
  Right field line – 302 feet
  Left field wall – 37 feet high
  Center field wall – 17 feet high
  Bullpen fences – 5 feet high
  Right field fence – 3 to 5 feet high

• The scoreboard numbers used to display runs and hits measure 16 inches by 16 inches and weigh 3 pounds. The numbers used to display errors, innings and pitcher numbers measure 12 inches by 16 inches and weigh 2 pounds.
• The walls inside the “Green Monster” are covered with player signatures from over the years.
• The initials for team owners Tom and Jean Yawkey (“TAY” and “JRY”) are displayed on the scoreboard in vertical strips of Morse code.