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How far was center field in the Polo Grounds?
483 ft
Polo Grounds
| Owner | New York Giants |
| Operator | New York Giants |
| Capacity | 34,000 (1911) 55,000 (1923) |
| Field size | Left Field: 279 ft (85 m) Left-Center: 450 ft (137 m) Center Field: 483 ft (147 m) Right-Center: 449 ft (136 m) Right Field: 258 ft (78 m) |
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Who hit the most home runs in the Polo Grounds?
The Chicago record of batting 130 fourbaggers at home in 56 games, stood until the New York Giants hit 131 at the Polo Grounds in 1947 when they hit 221 for the season….Major league players batting 200 career home runs in one park, through 1971.
| Player | Stadium | HR total |
|---|---|---|
| Melvin Ott, New York, NL, 1926-47 | Polo Grounds | 323 |
Has anyone hit a home run to center field at Polo Grounds?
These idiosyncrasies should have made this stadium a pitcher’s delight. So the Polo Grounds’ hitter/pitcher alignment depended on where the ball was hit. Only four people ever hit home runs into center field: Luke Easter in a Negro Leagues game, Hank Aaron and Lou Brock, on consecutive days, and Joe Adcock.
What is the longest HR ever hit?
Mickey Mantle once hit a 565-foot moonshot at Griffith Stadium. There are so many star players and fascinating stories behind the game’s longest home runs, including blasts off scoreboards, rooftops, in the playoffs and with exit velocities that would make your head spin.
Has anyone hit a dead center homerun at Polo Grounds?
POLO GROUNDS Just hitting a home run over the center-field fence at the New York Giants’ quirky ballpark was a Herculean feat. It was 483 feet to dead center, and only four people ever did it — Luke Easter in a Negro Leagues game, Hank Aaron, Lou Brock and Adcock.
What’s the longest home run ever hit at Polo Grounds?
POLO GROUNDS Just hitting a home run over the center-field fence at the New York Giants’ quirky ballpark was a Herculean feat. It was 483 feet to dead center, and only four people ever did it — Luke Easter in a Negro Leagues game, Hank Aaron, Lou Brock and Adcock.
What are the dimensions of the Polo Grounds?
Polo Grounds. Dimensions: 279 left foul line, 258 right field foul line, 447 right nook, 440 left nook, 483 dead center (Upper deck overhung field fence, therefore a home run could be shorter than the marked distance.)
Are there more than one Polo Grounds in New York?
There was more than one Polo Grounds. The one that we know and love, the immortal home of the New York Giants (and temporary homes of the New York Yankees and New York Mets ), was the fourth incarnation of the Grounds, and only the original one had actually been used to play polo.
How tall is the dead center wall at polo field?
All the years I researched parks, no one has ever hit a ball, home run that left the playing field in dead center at the Polo. Dead center was 483 feet and a wall maybe 20 or more feet high.