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{{short description|Baseball stadium in Boston, Massachusetts}}
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| stadium_name = Fenway Park
| nickname = ''America's Most Beloved Ballpark''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fenway Park: Home of the Red Sox {{!}} Boston Red Sox |url=https://www.mlb.com/redsox/ballpark |access-date=2024-06-22 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref><br>''Friendly Fenway''<br>''The Cathedral of Baseball''
| logo_image = [[File:Fenway Park logo.svg|180px]]
| image = [[File:131023-F-PR861-033 Hanscom participates in World Series pregame events.jpg|250px]]
| caption = Fenway Park in 2013
| address = 4 [[Jersey Street (Boston)#Yawkey Way|Jersey Street]]<ref name=Address />
| location = [[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| country = [[United States]]
| coordinates = {{Coord|42|20|46.5|N|71|5|51.9|W|type:landmark|display=inline, title}}
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| pushpin_label = Fenway Park
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in [[Boston]]##Location in [[Massachusetts]]##Location in the [[United States]]
| broke_ground = {{Start date|September 25, 1911}}
| opened = {{Start date|April 20, 1912}}
| renovated = 1988, 2002–2011, 2017
| expanded = 1934, 1946, 2002–2011, 2017, 2022
| owner = Fenway Sports Group
| operator = [[Fenway Sports Group]] / Boston Red Sox
| surface = [[Kentucky Blue Grass]]
| architect = [[James E. McLaughlin]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Fenway Park Hits National Register of Historic Places|first=Greg|last=Turner|url=http://www.bostonherald.com/business/real_estate/view/20220307fenway_park_hits_national_register_of_historic_places/|newspaper=[[Boston Herald]]|date=March 7, 2012|access-date=March 8, 2012|archive-date=March 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313155811/http://www.bostonherald.com/business/real_estate/view/20220307fenway_park_hits_national_register_of_historic_places/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=ba>{{cite web |title=Fenway Park|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/stadium/fenway_park.shtml|work=Baseball Almanac|access-date=March 8, 2012}}</ref>
| project_manager =
| structural engineer = [[Osborn Engineering|Osborn Engineering Corp.]]<ref name=ba />
| services engineer =
| general_contractor = Charles Logue Building Company, Coleman Brothers, Inc.<ref name=ba />
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| record_attendance = 47,627 (September 22, 1935)<ref>{{cite news |title=Record crowd near 49,000 jams Fenway Park|first=Gerry|last=Moore|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/1935/09/23/record-crowd-near-jams-fenway-park/oB3FGWgUY0VWLEn9I1WaiI/story.html |newspaper=[[Boston Globe]]|date=September 23, 1935|access-date=October 24, 2018}}</ref>
| dimensions = {{ubl
|'''Left Field''': 310&nbsp;ft (94.5&nbsp;m)
|'''Deep Left-Center''': 379&nbsp;ft (115.5&nbsp;m)
|'''Center Field''': 389&nbsp;ft 9&nbsp;in (118.8&nbsp;m)
|'''Deep Right-Center''': 420&nbsp;ft (128&nbsp;m)
|'''Right Center''': 380&nbsp;ft (115.8&nbsp;m)
|'''Right Field''': 302&nbsp;ft (92&nbsp;m)
|'''Backstop''': 60&nbsp;ft (18.3&nbsp;m) [[File:FenwayParkDimensions.svg|200px]]
}}
| tenants = {{ubl
|'''[[Boston Red Sox]] ([[Major League Baseball|MLB]]) (1912–present)'''
|[[Boston Braves]] ([[Major League Baseball|MLB]]) (1914–1915)
|[[Boston Bulldogs (AFL)|Boston Bulldogs]] ([[American Football League (1926)|AFL]]) (1926)
|[[History of the Washington Commanders|Boston Redskins]] ([[National Football League|NFL]]) (1933–1936)
|[[Boston Shamrocks (AFL)|Boston Shamrocks]] ([[American Football League (1936)|AFL]]) (1936–1937)
|[[Boston Yanks]] ([[National Football League|NFL]]) (1944–1948)
|[[New England Patriots|Boston Patriots]] ([[American Football League|AFL]]) (1963–1968)
|[[Boston Beacons]] ([[North American Soccer League (1968–84)|NASL]]) (1968)
|[[Fenway Bowl]] ([[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]) (2022–present)
}}
| publictransit = {{rint|us|rail}} {{rint|boston|rail|framingham/worcester}}<br/>at [[Lansdowne station (MBTA)|Lansdowne]]<br/>{{rint|tram}} {{rint|boston|rail}} {{rint|boston|green}}<br/>at [[Kenmore station|Kenmore]] and [[Fenway station|Fenway]]
| construction_cost = US$650,000<br/>(${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|650000|1912}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}})
| former_names =
| seating_capacity = 37,305 (day)<br/>37,755 (night)<ref name="2018 Red Sox Media Guide">{{cite web|title=2018 Boston Red Sox Media Guide|url=http://pressroom.redsox.com/GetFile.ashx?&Location=MEDIA%20GUIDE/Media%20Guides/2018%20Boston%20Red%20Sox%20Media%20Guide.pdf|publisher=[[Major League Baseball Advanced Media]]|date=February 26, 2018|access-date=February 27, 2018|page=11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408074048/http://pressroom.redsox.com/GetFile.ashx?&Location=MEDIA%20GUIDE%2FMedia%20Guides%2F2018%20Boston%20Red%20Sox%20Media%20Guide.pdf|archive-date=April 8, 2018|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
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| refnum = 12000069<ref name=Weekly>{{cite web |title=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties:IES: 3/05/12 through 3/09/12|url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/20120316.htm|publisher=[[National Park Service]]|date=March 16, 2012|access-date=May 5, 2012}}</ref>
| added=March 7, 2012}}
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[[File:View of Fenway Park from the top of the Green Monster.jpg|alt=View of Fenway Park from the top of the Green Monster|thumb|321x321px|View of Fenway Park from atop the [[Green Monster]]]]
'''Fenway Park''' is a [[baseball stadium]] located in [[Boston]], Massachusetts, less than one mile from [[Kenmore Square]]. Since 1912, it has been the [[ballpark]] of [[Major League Baseball]]'s (MLB) [[Boston Red Sox]].   While the stadium was built in 1912, it was substantially rebuilt in 1934,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/redsox/ballpark/facts-figures|title = Facts and Figures| website=[[MLB.com]] }}</ref> and underwent major renovations and modifications in the 21st century.
It is the [[List of current Major League Baseball stadiums|oldest active ballpark]] in MLB.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ycn-8829437|title=Major League Baseball's five oldest ballparks|work=[[Yahoo! Sports]]|date=July 19, 2011|access-date=December 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424073639/https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ycn-8829437|archive-date=April 24, 2013|author=J.M. Soden}}</ref> Because of its age and constrained location in Boston's dense [[Fenway–Kenmore|Fenway–Kenmore neighborhood]], the park has many quirky features, including "The Triangle", Pesky's Pole, and the [[Green Monster]] in left field. It is the fifth-smallest among MLB ballparks by seating capacity, second-smallest by total capacity, and one of nine that cannot accommodate at least 40,000 spectators.
Fenway has hosted the [[World Series]] 11 times, with the [[Red Sox]] winning six of them and the [[Atlanta Braves|Boston Braves]] winning one.{{refn|group=note|[[1912 World Series|1912]] (defeated the [[New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]]), [[1914 World Series|1914]] (Braves defeated the [[Philadelphia Athletics]]), [[1918 World Series|1918]] (defeated the [[Chicago Cubs]]), [[1946 World Series|1946]] (lost to the [[St. Louis Cardinals]]), [[1967 World Series|1967]] (lost to the St. Louis Cardinals), [[1975 World Series|1975]] (lost to the [[Cincinnati Reds]]), [[1986 World Series|1986]] (lost to the [[New York Mets]]), [[2004 World Series|2004]] (defeated the St. Louis Cardinals), [[2007 World Series|2007]] (defeated the [[Colorado Rockies]]), [[2013 World Series|2013]] (defeated the St. Louis Cardinals) and [[2018 World Series|2018]] (defeated the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]]). The first, in the park's inaugural season, was in {{wsy|1912}} and the most recent is in {{wsy|2018}}.}} Besides baseball games, it has also been the site of many other sporting and cultural events including professional football games for the [[Boston Redskins]], [[Boston Yanks]], and the [[New England Patriots|Boston Patriots]]; concerts; soccer and hockey games (such as the [[2010 NHL Winter Classic]]); and political and religious campaigns.
On March 7, 2012 (Fenway's [[centennial]] year), the park was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="cent">{{cite web |url=http://www.wbur.org/2012/04/20/fenway-park-centennial | title=Red Sox, City Celebrate Fenway's 100th |work=WBUR |date=April 20, 2012 |access-date=November 22, 2014 |author=Swasey, Benjamin}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Fenway Park Is Listed in the National Register Of Historic Places |first=Chris |last=Reidy |url=http://www.boston.com/2012/03/07/fway/F0olOjrIlhumm3KFuHO12I/story.html |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=March 7, 2012 |access-date=March 8, 2013}}</ref> It is a landmark at the end of the [[Boston Irish heritage trail]]. Former pitcher [[Bill Lee (left-handed pitcher)|Bill Lee]] has called Fenway Park "a [[shrine]]".<ref>{{cite web |title=Writers Speaking About the Books They Write |url=http://www.fenwayparkwriters.org/fenway_park_writer_quotes.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071210151127/http://www.fenwayparkwriters.org/fenway_park_writer_quotes.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 10, 2007 |work=The Great Fenway Park Writers Series |year=2012 |access-date=April 20, 2012 }}</ref> It is a pending [[Boston Landmark]], which will regulate any further changes to the park.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bostonpreservation.org/advocacy-project/fenway-park |title=Fenway Park |website=bostonpreservation.org |date=2 May 2018 |access-date=October 8, 2020}}</ref> The ballpark is considered to be one of the most well-known sports venues in the world and a symbol of Boston.<ref>{{cite news |title=When Baseball Meets Football: Boston and Liverpool |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/9066194.stm |work=[[BBC]] |date=October 6, 2010 |access-date=October 9, 2010}}</ref>
==History==
[[File:Fenwaypark1.jpg|thumb|left|Fenway Park in 1915]]
In 1911, while the Red Sox were still playing on [[Huntington Avenue Grounds]], owner [[John I. Taylor]] purchased the land bordered by Brookline Avenue, [[Jersey Street (Boston)|Jersey Street]], Van Ness Street and Lansdowne Street and developed it into a larger baseball stadium known as Fenway Park.<ref name=Foulds/> Taylor claimed the name Fenway Park came from its location in the [[Fenway-Kenmore|Fenway neighborhood]] of Boston, which was partially created late in the nineteenth century by filling in marshland or "[[fen]]s",<ref name=Foulds>{{cite book |title=Boston's Ballparks & Arenas|author=Foulds, Alan E.|page=48|year=2005|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dQWzRxP-a7sC&pg=PA48|publisher=UPNE|isbn=1-58465-409-0}}</ref> to create the [[Back Bay Fens]] urban park. However, given that Taylor's family also owned the Fenway Realty Company, the promotional value of the naming at the time has been cited as well.<ref>{{cite book |title=Boston's Royal Rooters|author=Nash, Peter J.|year=2005|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=0-7385-3821-3|page=45|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fa4xVOCgtt4C&pg=PA45}}</ref>
Like many classic ballparks, Fenway Park was constructed on an asymmetrical block, with consequent asymmetry in its field dimensions.<ref>{{cite web |title=Friday Fantasies (Fantastic Fenway Edition)|url=http://thesecondempire.wordpress.com/2012/04/20/friday-fantasies-fantastic-fenway-edition/|work=The Second Empire|date=April 20, 2012|access-date=April 20, 2012}}</ref>  The park was designed by architect [[James E. McLaughlin]], and the General Contractor was the [[Charles Logue Building Company]].<ref name=logue>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/fenway1912birtho00stou_0|url-access=registration|title=Fenway 1912: The Birth of a Ballpark, a Championship Season, and Fenway's Remarkable First Year|first=Glenn |last=Stout | publisher = Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | date = October 11, 2011|isbn=9780547195629}}</ref>
The first game was played April 20, 1912, with mayor [[John F. Fitzgerald]] [[Ceremonial first pitch|throwing out the first pitch]] and Boston defeating the [[History of the New York Yankees|New York Highlanders]], 7–6 in 11 innings. Newspaper coverage of the opening was overshadowed by continuing coverage of the [[Sinking of the RMS Titanic|''Titanic'' sinking]] five days earlier.<ref>{{cite web|title=National Geographic Special: Inside Fenway Park: An Icon at 100|url=https://www.pbs.org/programs/inside-fenway-park-icon-100/|work=[[PBS]]|date=March 2012|access-date=March 28, 2012|archive-date=March 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327135616/http://www.pbs.org/programs/inside-fenway-park-icon-100/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In June 1919, a rally supporting Irish Independence turned out nearly 50,000 supporters to see the President of the Irish Republic, [[Éamon de Valera]], and was allegedly the largest crowd ever in the ballpark.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://coololdphotos.com/fenway-park-rally-supporting-irish-independence/|title=Fenway Park Rally Supporting Irish Independence|last=Tom|date=2015-03-04|website=Cool Old Photos|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-23|archive-date=2019-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223131526/https://coololdphotos.com/fenway-park-rally-supporting-irish-independence/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[File:Fenway Park Rally Supporting Irish Independence (1910s).jpg|alt=Fenway Park Rally Supporting Irish Independence (1910s)|left|thumb|Fenway Park Rally Supporting Irish Independence (1919)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://coololdphotos.com/fenway-park-rally-supporting-irish-independence/|title=Fenway Park Rally Supporting Irish Independence|last=Tom|date=2015-03-04|website=Cool Old Photos|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-23}}</ref>]]
The park's address was originally 24 [[Jersey Street (Boston)|Jersey Street]]. In 1977, the section of Jersey Street nearest the park was renamed [[Yawkey Way]] in honor of longtime Red Sox owner [[Tom Yawkey]], and the park's address was 4 Yawkey Way until 2018, when the street's name was reverted to Jersey Street in light of current Red Sox ownership distancing itself from Yawkey due to his history of racism (the Red Sox were the last team in Major League Baseball to integrate).<ref>{{cite news|date=August 18, 2017|title='Haunted' by past owner's history, Red Sox seek name change for Yawkey Way|newspaper=Boston Herald|url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2017/08/18/haunted-by-past-owners-history-red-sox-seek-name-change-for-yawkey-way/|access-date=March 29, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=23 Aug 2017, B2 - The Boston Globe at Newspapers.com |url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/444683010/ |access-date=2022-06-28 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref> The address is now 4 Jersey Street.<ref name=Address>{{cite news|title=So long Yawkey Way! Boston officially changes name of street outside Fenway Park|newspaper=WCVB-TV|date=May 3, 2018|url=http://www.wcvb.com/article/so-long-yawkey-way-boston-officially-changes-name-of-street-outside-fenway-park/20140579|access-date=May 3, 2018}}</ref>
[[File:Fenway-park-1914-world-series.jpg|thumb |left |500px |Fenway Park during the [[1914 World Series]]]]
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===Changes to Fenway Park===
[[File:Fenway Grandstands.jpg|thumb|right |The old wooden seats of Fenway's Grandstand section]]
Some of the changes include:<ref>{{cite web|title=Fenway Park|url=http://www.ballparktour.com/Fenway.html|work=BallparkTour|access-date=June 3, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923181806/http://www.ballparktour.com/Fenway.html|archive-date=September 23, 2015}}</ref>
* In 1926, a fire burned down Fenway Park's left field bleachers,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Slade |first=Jim |date=2018-09-08 |title=The Fires that changed Fenway Park |url=https://ballparkmuseum.com/the-fires-that-changed-fenway-park/ |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=National Ballpark Museum |language=en-US}}</ref> which were left in their empty & burned state until 1933.
* In 1933, a significant reconstruction of Fenway Park began after [[Tom Yawkey]] purchased the Red Sox and Fenway Park.
** Duffy's Cliff was leveled and no longer existed, with work started on what eventually became known as the [[Green Monster]].
** Two wooden bleacher sections were reconstructed.
** Multiple areas of the park were renovated or were new additions, including concessions, employee rooms, the press box, and the entrance to the team offices on Jersey Street.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Timeline: 1930-1939 {{!}} Fenway Park Living Museum {{!}} Boston Red Sox |url=https://www.mlb.com/redsox/ballpark/museum/timeline/1930-1939 |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref>
* By Opening Day 1934, the newly renovated Fenway Park had assumed the basic appearance, color (Dartmouth Green), and layout that exists to present day:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Timeline: 1930-1939 {{!}} Fenway Park Living Museum {{!}} Boston Red Sox |url=https://www.mlb.com/redsox/ballpark/museum/timeline/1930-1939 |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref>
** A large fire caused significant damage to new seating areas in left field and center field bleachers. These areas were reconstructed before opening day 1934.
** 7,000 new seats were added
** The Green Monster was completed at 37-feet high, replacing the 10 foot tall Duffy's Cliff and the original 25 foot wall.
** A hand-operated scoreboard was added, with (what was then considered cutting-edge technology) lights to indicate balls and strikes.<ref>{{cite web |title=What Makes Fenway ''Fenway''?|first=Kristen D.|last=Cornette|url=http://www.redsoxdiehard.com/fenway/unique.html|publisher=RedSoxDiehard|year=2008|access-date=March 8, 2013}}</ref> The scoreboard is still updated by hand today from behind the wall. The National League scores were removed in 1976, but restored in 2003 and still require manual updates from on the field.<ref>{{cite web|title=Scoreboard Operator: This Is My Job|first=Erin|last=Scottberg|url=http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4277444.html|work=Popular Mechanics|date=October 1, 2009|access-date=October 1, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604215519/http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4277444.html|archive-date=June 4, 2009}}</ref>
** Home run and foul distances were significantly altered:
*** From 320 feet to 312 in left
*** 468 feet to 420 in center
*** 358 feet to 334 in right
*** distance to the backstop was shortened from 68 feet to 60 feet
* In 1946, the first upper deck seats were installed.<ref name="facts1-51">{{cite web|title=100 Fenway Park Facts: 1-51|url=http://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/04/19/100-fenway-park-facts-1-51/|website=CBS Boston|publisher=[[WBZ-TV]]|date=April 19, 2012|access-date=November 25, 2014}}</ref>
* In 1947, [[Arc lamp|arc lights]] were installed at Fenway Park.<ref name="facts1-51" /> The Boston Red Sox were the third-to-last team out of 16 major league teams to have lights in their home park.
* In 1976, metric distances were added to the conventionally stated distances because it was thought at the time that the [[Metrication in the United States|United States would adopt the metric system]]. As of 2022, only Miami's [[LoanDepot Park]] and  Toronto's [[Rogers Centre]] list metric distances. Fenway Park retained the metric measurements until mid-season 2002, when they were painted over.<ref name=salute>{{cite book|last1=Powers|first1=John|last2=Driscoll|first2=Ron|title=Fenway Park: A Salute to the Coolest, Cruelest, Longest-running Major League Ballpark in America|date=2012|publisher=[[Running Press]]|isbn=9780762442041|page=[https://archive.org/details/fenwayparksalute0000powe/page/139 139]|url=https://archive.org/details/fenwayparksalute0000powe|url-access=registration|quote=fenway metric 1976.}}</ref> Also, Fenway's first electronic message board was added over the center field bleachers.
* In 1988, a glass-protected seating area behind home plate named ''The 600 Club'' was built. After [[Ted Williams]]' death in 2002, it was renamed the ''.406 Club'' in honor of his 1941 season in which he produced a .406 [[batting average (baseball)|batting average]]. The section was renamed again in 2006 to the ''EMC Club''.<ref name="facts1-51"/>
* In 1993 the public restrooms were renovated and the original trough urinals were removed from the men's rooms.
* In 1999 the auxiliary press boxes were added on top of the roof boxes along the first and third base sides of the field.<ref>{{cite web|title=1999|url=http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/fenwaypark100/timeline.jsp?year=1999|publisher=Boston Red Sox|access-date=November 25, 2014|archive-date=December 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141203150012/http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/fenwaypark100/timeline.jsp?year=1999|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* In 2000, a new video display from [[Daktronics]], measuring {{convert |23 |ft |m}} high by {{convert |30 |ft |m}} wide, was added in center field.
* Before the 2003 season, seats were added to the [[Green Monster]].<ref name=monseats>{{cite news|title=Fenway Park Adds Green Monster Seats, Red Sox' Revamped Offense Leads Boston to ALCS in 2003|url=http://nesn.com/2011/08/fenway-park-adds-green-monster-seats-red-sox-revamped-offense-leads-boston-to-alcs-in-2003/|work=[[New England Sports Network]]|date=August 27, 2011|access-date=November 25, 2014}}</ref>
* Before the 2004 season, seats were added to the right field roof, above the grandstand, called the [[Budweiser]] Right Field Roof. In December 2017 [[Boston Beer Company|Samuel Adams]] renamed the deck the "Sam Deck."<ref>{{cite web|title=2004|url=http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/fenwaypark100/timeline.jsp?year=2004|publisher=Boston Red Sox|access-date=November 25, 2014|archive-date=December 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141203153409/http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/fenwaypark100/timeline.jsp?year=2004|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Before the 2008 season, the Coke bottles, installed in 1997, were removed to return the light towers to their original state.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lamothe|first1=Dan|title=Coke overdose? Maybe, but say goodbye to those bottles|url=http://blog.masslive.com/redsoxmonster/2008/03/coke_overdose_maybe_but_say_go.html|publisher=Mass Live|date=March 3, 2008|access-date=November 25, 2014}}</ref> The temporary luxury boxes installed for the 1999 All-Star Game were removed and permanent ones were added to the State Street Pavilion level. Seats were also added down the left field line called the [[Coca-Cola]] Party-Deck.<ref>{{cite web|title=2008|url=http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/fenwaypark100/timeline.jsp?year=2008|publisher=Boston Red Sox|access-date=November 25, 2014|archive-date=December 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141203145741/http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/fenwaypark100/timeline.jsp?year=2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Before the 2011 season, three new scoreboards beyond right-center field were installed: a {{convert|38|x|100|foot|abbr=on}} scoreboard in right-center field, a {{convert|17|x|100|foot|abbr=on}} video screen in center field, a {{convert|16|x|30|foot|abbr=on}} video board in right field,<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Field of Dreams: Ballparks Unveil Tech Upgrades|first=Kyle|last=Stack|magazine=Wired|date=March 31, 2011|url=https://www.wired.com/2011/03/gallery-baseball-stadium-tech-upgrades}}</ref> along with a new video control room. The Gate D concourse has undergone a complete remodel with new concession stands and improved pedestrian flow. The wooden grandstand seats were all removed to allow the completion of the waterproofing of the seating bowl and completely refurbished upon re-installation.
===New Fenway Park===
On May 15, 1999, then-Red Sox CEO [[John Harrington (baseball)|John Harrington]] announced plans for a new Fenway Park to be built near the existing structure.<ref>{{cite web |title=New Fenway Park|url=http://www.ballparks.com/baseball/american/bosbpk.htm|publisher=Ballparks.com|access-date=March 8, 2013}}</ref> It was to have seated 44,130 and would have been a modernized replica of the current Fenway Park, with the same field dimensions except for a shorter right field and reduced foul territory. Some sections of the existing ballpark were to be preserved (mainly the original Green Monster and the third base side of the park) as part of the overall new layout. Most of the current stadium was to be demolished to make room for new development, with one section remaining to house a baseball museum and public park.<ref name="Storied">{{cite book |last=Smith|first=Curt|author-link=Curt Smith (author)|title=Storied Stadiums|url=https://archive.org/details/storiedstadiumsb00curt|url-access=registration|year=2001|publisher=Carroll & Graf|location=New York City|isbn=0-7867-1187-6}}</ref> The proposal was highly controversial; it projected that the park had less than 15 years of usable life, would require hundreds of millions of dollars of public investment, and was later revealed to be part of a scheme by current ownership to increase the marketable value of the team as they were ready to sell.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sportsmediaguide.com/announcements/he-saved-fenway-park/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202173342/http://sportsmediaguide.com/announcements/he-saved-fenway-park/|archive-date=2015-02-02|title=He Saved Fenway Park - Sports Media Guide|date=2 February 2015}}</ref> Several groups (such as "Save Fenway Park") formed in an attempt to block the move.<ref>{{cite web|title=Save Fenway Park!|url=http://www.savefenwaypark.com/news.cfm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000915162251/http://www.savefenwaypark.com/news.cfm|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 15, 2000|work=Save Fenway Park|year=2004|access-date=April 20, 2012}}</ref>
A significant renovation of Fenway Park stretched over a 10-year period beginning around 2002 headed by [[Janet Marie Smith]], then Vice President of Planning and Development for the Sox.  The [[The Boston Globe|Boston Globe]] has described Smith as "the architect credited with saving Fenway Park."<ref>{{Cite web|title=World Series a Celebration of Ballpark Architect Janet Marie Smith's Work|url=https://www.sporttechie.com/world-series-celebration-of-ballpark-architect-janet-marie-smith/|access-date=2021-07-19|website=www.sporttechie.com|language=en}}</ref>  At completion of the renovations, it was reported that Fenway Park remains usable until as late as 2062.<ref name="Abraham">{{cite news |title=Lucchino: Fenway Will Stand for Decades|first=Peter|last=Abraham|url=http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2011/02/lucchino_fenway.html|newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]]|date=February 19, 2011|access-date=February 20, 2011}}</ref>
==Capacity and sellout streak==
Fenway's capacity differs between day and night games because, during day games, the seats in center field (Section 35) are covered with a black tarp in order to provide a [[batter's eye]].
Fenway's lowest attendance was recorded on October 1, [[1964 Boston Red Sox season|1964]], when a game against the [[Cleveland Indians]] drew only 306 paid spectators.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100168509/record-low-attendance-at-red-sox-game/ "306 Watch Red Sox Edge Indians, 4-2"], ''[[The Boston Globe]]'', October 2, 1964. Accessed April 21, 2022, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "With only 306 customers in the stands, the Red Sox Thursday defeated the Indians, 4 to 2, to snap a six-game losing streak.... The 306 paid was the smallest crowd in Fenway Park history.... Previous low was 674 for a Kansas City game last season..."</ref><ref>Simmons, James. [https://calltothepen.com/2020/07/07/boston-red-sox-low-point-attendance-fenway-park/ "Boston Red Sox: The low point of attendance at Fenway Park"], Fansided, July 7, 2020. Accessed April 21, 2022. "Rock bottom hit during game 160 of the year. Riding a six-game losing streak, with just three games left on the schedule, Red Sox pitcher Ed Connely scattered eight hits and seven walks over 6.1 innings to beat the Cleveland Indians 4-2. The game was played in under two and a half hours and in front of 306 fans."</ref><ref>Nowlin, Bill. [https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/october-1-1964-the-lowest-documented-attendance-at-fenway-park/ "October 1, 1964: Red Sox-Indians game draws 306 fans, lowest documented attendance at Fenway Park"], [[Society for American Baseball Research]]. Accessed April 21, 2022. "Sources agree that a mere 306 fans turned out for the game on Thursday afternoon, October 1, 1964, at Boston's Fenway Park. It can stand as the lowest documented attendance of a game at the ballpark, though there was a game there in 1922 which the Chicago Tribune claimed drew only, precisely, 68.... The ''Boston Globe'', however, provided a count of 2,800 for the 1922 game, leaving one to wonder how there could be such a discrepancy."</ref>
On May 15, 2003, the Red Sox game against the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] sold out, beginning a sellout streak that lasted until 2013. On September 8, 2008, when the Red Sox hosted the [[Tampa Bay Rays]], Fenway Park broke the all-time Major League record for consecutive sellouts with 456, surpassing the record previously held by [[Jacobs Field]] in [[Cleveland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Fenway Sells Out for Record 456th Straight Time|first=Howard|last=Ulman|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2008-09-08-1185934874_x.htm |newspaper=[[USA Today]]|date=September 8, 2008|access-date=September 8, 2008}}</ref> On June 17, 2009, the park celebrated its 500th consecutive Red Sox sellout. According to WBZ-TV, the team joined three NBA teams which achieved 500 consecutive home sellouts.<ref name="herald-500sellout">{{cite news |title=Fenway Sellout Streak Hits 500|first=Michael|last=Silverman|url=http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20090618-SPORTS-906180416|newspaper=[[Boston Herald]]|date=June 18, 2009|access-date=June 21, 2009}}</ref> The sellout streak ended on April 10, 2013 (with an attendance of 30,862) after the Red Sox sold out 794 regular season games and an additional 26 postseason games.<ref>{{cite news |title=As Red Sox' Attendance Streak Ends, What's Next?|first=Nick|last=Cafardo|author-link=Nick Cafardo|url=http://bostonglobe.com/sports/2013/04/10/attendance-streak-over-finally/vNPGUaflCUHRzRhXql9wjP/story.html|newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]]|date=April 11, 2013|access-date=April 11, 2013}}</ref>
[[File:Fenway Park.jpg|thumb |right |A view of Fenway Park and the surrounding neighborhood, as seen from the [[Prudential Tower]]]]
[[File:Fenway Park seen from Prudential Skywalk.jpg|thumb|Fenway in 2012, with additions to the left field grandstand]]
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:490px"
|-
! rowspan="2" style="{{Baseball primary style|Boston Red Sox|border=2}};|Year(s)
! colspan="2" style="{{Baseball primary style|Boston Red Sox|border=2}};|Seating Capacity
! rowspan="2" style="{{Baseball primary style|Boston Red Sox|border=2}};|Year(s)
! colspan="2" style="{{Baseball primary style|Boston Red Sox|border=2}};|Seating Capacity
|- style="text-align: center"
! style="{{Baseball primary style|Boston Red Sox|border=2}};|Day
! style="{{Baseball primary style|Boston Red Sox|border=2}};|Night
! style="{{Baseball primary style|Boston Red Sox|border=2}};|Day
! style="{{Baseball primary style|Boston Red Sox|border=2}};|Night
|- style="text-align: center"
| 1912–1946
| colspan="2"| 35,000
| 1992
| colspan="2"| 33,925
|- style="text-align: center"
| 1947–1948
| colspan="2"| 35,500
| 1993–1994
| colspan="2"| 34,218
|- style="text-align: center"
| 1949–1952
| colspan="2"| 35,200
| 1995–2000
| 33,455
| 33,871
|- style="text-align: center"
| 1953–1957
| colspan="2"| 34,824
| 2001–2002
| 33,577
| 33,993
|- style="text-align: center"
| 1958–1959
| colspan="2"| 34,819
| 2003
| 34,482
| 34,898
|- style="text-align: center"
| 1960
| colspan="2"| 33,368
| 2004–2005
| 34,679
| 35,095
|- style="text-align: center"
| 1961–1964
| colspan="2"| 33,357
| 2006
| 35,692
| 36,108
|- style="text-align: center"
| 1965–1967
| colspan="2"| 33,524
| 2007
| 36,109
| 36,525
|- style="text-align: center"
| 1968–1970
| colspan="2"| 33,375
| 2008<ref name="2008 cap">{{cite news |title=Red Sox Preserving Fenway's Winning Appeal|first=Harvey|last=Araton|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/26/sports/baseball/26araton.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 26, 2009|access-date=September 24, 2011}}</ref>
| 36,945
| 37,373
|- style="text-align: center"
| 1971–1975
| colspan="2"| 33,379
| 2009<ref name="2009 cap">{{cite web |title=Fenway Park|url=http://www.seamheads.com/ballparks/ballpark.php?parkID=BOS07|work=Seamheads|access-date=September 21, 2011}}</ref>
| 36,984
| 37,400
|- style="text-align: center"
| 1976
| colspan="2"| 33,437
| 2010<ref>{{cite news |title=Rays 6, Red Sox 5|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SDGB|newspaper=[[The Daily Gazette]]|location=Schenectady, New York|date=April 19, 2010|access-date=September 24, 2011}}</ref>
| 36,986
| 37,402
|- style="text-align: center"
| 1977–1978
| colspan="2"| 33,513
| 2011<ref>{{cite news |title=99 and Counting: Fenway Park in Its Centennial Season|first=Seth|last=Livingstone|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/al/redsox/2011-04-20-fenway-park-cathedral_N.htm|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|date=April 20, 2011|access-date=March 25, 2015}}</ref>
| 37,065
| 37,493
|- style="text-align: center"
| 1979–1980
| colspan="2"| 33,538
| 2012<ref>{{cite news |title=As Red Sox Sputter Early, Sellout Streak in Jeopardy|first=Peter|last=Schworm|url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2012/04/13/red_sox_ticket_sales_dip_putting_sellout_streak_in_jeopardy_sales_slow_amid_slow_start/|newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]]|date=April 13, 2012|access-date=May 30, 2012}}</ref>
| 37,067
| 37,495
|- style="text-align: center"
| 1981–1982
| colspan="2"| 33,536
| 2013–2014<ref>{{cite web |title=2013 American League Attendance Projections|first=Maury|last=Brown|url=https://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19774|work=[[Baseball Prospectus]]|date=March 4, 2013|access-date=March 8, 2013}}</ref>
| 37,071
| 37,499
|- style="text-align: center"
| 1983–1984
| colspan="2"| 33,465
| 2015<ref name="2015 Boston Red Sox Media Guide">{{cite web|title=2015 Boston Red Sox Media Guide|url=http://pressroom.redsox.com/GetFile.ashx?&Location=MEDIA%20GUIDE/Media%20Guides/2015%20Boston%20Red%20Sox%20Media%20Guide%20(low%20res).pdf|publisher=[[Major League Baseball Advanced Media]]|date=March 12, 2015|access-date=March 25, 2015|page=11}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| 37,227
| 37,673
|- style="text-align: center"
| 1985–1988
| colspan="2"| 33,583
| 2016<ref name="2016 Boston Red Sox Media Guide">{{cite web |title=2016 Boston Red Sox Media Guide|url=http://fullcount.weei.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/MediaGuide.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219113558/http://fullcount.weei.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/MediaGuide.pdf |archive-date=2017-02-19 |url-status=live|publisher=[[Major League Baseball Advanced Media]]|date=February 16, 2016|access-date=February 18, 2017|page=11}}</ref>
| 37,497
| 37,949
|- style="text-align: center"
| 1989–1990
| colspan="2"| 34,182
| 2017<ref name="2017 Red Sox Media Guide">{{cite web|title=2017 Boston Red Sox Media Guide|url=http://pressroom.redsox.com/GetFile.ashx?&Location=MEDIA%20GUIDE/Media%20Guides/2017%20Boston%20Red%20Sox%20Media%20Guide.pdf|publisher=[[Major League Baseball Advanced Media]]|date=February 21, 2017|access-date=February 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223130848/http://pressroom.redsox.com/GetFile.ashx?&Location=MEDIA%20GUIDE%2FMedia%20Guides%2F2017%20Boston%20Red%20Sox%20Media%20Guide.pdf|archive-date=February 23, 2017|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| 37,281
| 37,731
|- style="text-align: center"
| 1991
| colspan="2"| 34,171
| 2018–present<ref name="2018 Red Sox Media Guide"/>
| 37,305
| 37,755
|- style="text-align:center; word-wrap:break-word"
| colspan="6"| <small>Unless noted otherwise, all capacity figures are from ''Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebrations of All 273 Major League and Negro League Ballparks Past and Present'' by Philip Lowry</small><ref name="Green">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Afo5vtVTz4wC|last=Lowry|first=Philip|title=Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebrationsof All 273 Major League and Negro League Ballparks Past and Present|year=2006|publisher=Addison Wesley Publishing Company|location=New York City|isbn=0-201-62229-7}}</ref>
|}
==Features==
The park is located along Lansdowne Street and Jersey Street in the Kenmore Square area of Boston. The area includes many buildings of similar height and architecture and thus it blends in with its surroundings. When pitcher [[Roger Clemens]] arrived in Boston for the first time in 1984, he took a taxi from [[Logan Airport]] and was sure the driver had misunderstood his directions when he announced their arrival at the park. Clemens recalled telling the driver "No, Fenway Park, it's a baseball stadium&nbsp;... this is a warehouse." Only when the driver told Clemens to look up and he saw the light towers did he realize he was in the right place.<ref name=Nowlin>{{cite book |last1=Nowlin |first1= Bill |last2=Prime |first2=Jim |year=2005 |title=Blood Feud: The Red Sox, the Yankees and the Struggle of Good Vs. Evil |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m9-oC_bVnC0C |publisher=Rounder Records |isbn=978-1-57940-111-5}}</ref>
[[File:FenwayPark 1917.jpg|thumb|left |1917 map of Fenway Park]]
Fenway Park is one of the two remaining [[Baseball park#Jewel box ballparks|jewel box]] ballparks still in use in Major League Baseball, the other being [[Wrigley Field]]; both have a significant number of obstructed view seats, due to pillars supporting the upper deck. These are sold as such, and are a reminder of the architectural limitations of older ballparks.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Worst Seats at Fenway |first=Stan |last=Grossfeld |url=http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2005/06/17/the_worst_seats_at_fenway/ |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=June 17, 2005 |access-date=June 17, 2005}}</ref>
[[George Will]] asserts in his book ''[[Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball|Men at Work]]'' that Fenway Park is a "hitters' ballpark", with its short right-field fence (302&nbsp;feet), narrow foul ground (the smallest of any current major league park), and generally closer-than-normal outfield fences. By Rule 1.04, Note(a),<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Rules |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/official_rules/foreword.jsp |publisher=[[Major League Baseball Advanced Media]] |year=2012 |access-date=April 20, 2012}}</ref> all parks built after 1958 have been required to have foul lines at least {{convert |325 |ft |m}} long and a center-field fence at least {{convert |400 |ft |m}} from home plate.  (This rule had the unintended consequence of leading to the "Cookie-Cutter Stadium" era, which ended when Camden Yards opened in 1992.) Regarding the narrow foul territory, Will writes:
{{blockquote|text=The narrow foul territory in Fenway Park probably adds 5 to 7 points onto [[batting average (baseball)|batting average]]s. Since World War II, the Red Sox have had 18 batting champions (through 1989)... Five to 7 points are a lot, given that there may be only a 15- or 20-point spread between a good hitting team and a poor hitting team.<ref name=menatwork>{{cite book |first=George |last=Will |author-link=George Will |publisher=MacMillan |year=1990 |title=Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball|isbn=9780026284707 |url=https://archive.org/details/menatworkcrafto00will |url-access=registration }}</ref>{{rp |p. 175}}}}
Will states that some observers might feel that these unique aspects of Fenway give the Red Sox an advantage over their opponents, given that the Red Sox hitters play 81 games at the home stadium while each opponent plays no more than seven games as visiting teams but Will does not share this view.<ref name=menatwork/>{{rp |p. 177}}
Fenway Park's bullpen wall is much lower than most other outfield walls; outfielders are known to end up flying over this wall when chasing balls hit that direction, such as with [[Torii Hunter]] when chasing a [[David Ortiz]] game-tying [[grand slam (baseball)|grand slam]] that direction in game 2 of the [[2013 American League Championship Series|2013 ALCS]].
===The Green Monster===
[[File:Green Monster at Fenway Park, 2013.JPG|thumb|The Green Monster measures {{convert |37.167 |ft |m}} tall.]]
{{Main |Green Monster}}
The [[Green Monster]] is the nickname of the {{convert |37.167 |ft |m}}<ref>{{cite news |title=A Southern California Guide to Fenway Park |first=Tom |last=Hoffarth |url=http://www.insidesocal.com/tomhoffarth/archives/2008/08/a-southern-cali.html |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Daily News]] |date=August 5, 2008 |access-date=November 9, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081021220715/http://www.insidesocal.com/tomhoffarth/archives/2008/08/a-southern-cali.html |archive-date=October 21, 2008 }}</ref> left field wall in the park. It is located {{convert |310 |to |315 |ft |m}} from home plate; this short distance often benefits right-handed hitters.<ref name="perfect">{{cite book|last1=Paper|first1=Lew|title=Perfect: Don Larsen's Miraculous World Series Game and the Men Who Made it Happen|date=29 September 2009|publisher=[[Penguin Publishing]]|isbn=9781101140451|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UQuJbTdov2gC&q=fenway+green+monster+right+handed+hitters&pg=PT162|access-date=December 3, 2014}}</ref>
Part of the original ballpark construction of 1912, the wall is made of wood, but was covered in tin and concrete in 1934, when [[Green Monster#Scoreboard|the scoreboard]] was added. The wall was covered in hard plastic in 1976. The [[scoreboard]] is manually updated throughout the game. If a ball in play goes through a hole in the scoreboard while the scorers are replacing numbers, the batter is awarded a [[ground rule double]].<ref>{{cite web |title=5 Things You Didn't Know About Fenway Park |url=https://boston.cbslocal.com/top-lists/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-fenway-park/ |access-date=21 January 2022 |date=20 October 2013}}</ref> Similarly, if a batter hits a ball into the balls, strikes, and out lights, it is also ruled a ground rule double.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mlb.com/news/kyle-isbel-breaks-light-on-green-monster-scoreboard | title=Lights out! Ball breaks bulb, gets stuck inside Green Monster | website=[[MLB.com]] }}</ref>
The inside walls of the Green Monster are covered with players' signatures from over the years. Despite the name, the Green Monster was not painted green until 1947; before that, it was covered with [[advertising|advertisements]]. The ''Monster'' designation is relatively new; for most of its history, it was simply called "the wall."<ref>{{cite web |title=Fenway Park Timeline – 1947 |url=http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/fenwaypark100/timeline.jsp?year=1947 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball Advanced Media]] |access-date=March 8, 2013 |archive-date=February 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201082237/http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/fenwaypark100/timeline.jsp?year=1947 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2003, terrace-style seating was added on top of the wall.<ref name=monseats />
==="The Triangle"===
[[File:Fenway Park03.jpg|thumb|right |The Triangle]]
[[File:Red Sox Yankees Game Boston July 2012-6.jpg|thumb|right |The screen above the Triangle]]
"The Triangle" is a region of center field where the walls form a triangle whose far corner is {{convert |420 |ft |m}} from home plate. That deep right-center point is conventionally given as the center field distance. The true center is unmarked, {{convert |390 |ft |m}} from home plate, to the left of "the Triangle" when viewed from home plate.<ref name="parkstats">{{cite web|title=Facts and Figures|url=http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/ballpark/information/index.jsp?content=facts|website=Boston Red Sox|access-date=December 4, 2014|archive-date=May 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501162058/http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/ballpark/information/index.jsp?content=facts|url-status=dead}}</ref>
There was once a smaller "Triangle" at the left end of the bleachers in center field, posted as {{convert |388 |ft |m}}. The end of the bleachers form a right angle with the [[Green Monster]] and the flagpole stands within that little triangle. That is not the true power alley, but deep left-center. The true power alley distance is not posted. The foul line intersects with the Green Monster at nearly a right angle, so the power alley could be estimated at {{convert |336 |ft |m}}, assuming the power alley is 22.5° away from the foul line as measured from home plate.<ref name="triangle">{{cite magazine |title=The Great Wall Of Boston |first=Jack |last=Mann |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1965/06/28/608075/the-great-wall-of-boston |date=June 28, 1965 |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |access-date=December 2, 2014}}</ref>
==="Williamsburg"===
"Williamsburg" was the name, invented by sportswriters, for the bullpen area built in front of the right-center field bleachers in 1940. It was built there primarily for the benefit of [[Ted Williams]], to enable him and other left-handed batters to hit more [[home run]]s, since it was {{convert |23 |ft |m}} closer than the bleacher wall.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fenway Park Timeline – 1940 |url=http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/fenwaypark100/timeline.jsp?year=1940 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball Advanced Media]] |access-date=March 8, 2013 |archive-date=February 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201082221/http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/fenwaypark100/timeline.jsp?year=1940 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===The Lone Red Seat===
The lone red seat in the right field bleachers (Section 42, Row 37, Seat 21) signifies the longest home run ever hit at Fenway. The home run, hit by [[Ted Williams]] on June 9, 1946,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/1946/06/10/ted-williams-blasts-longest-home-run-fenway-park/hxBBYnDyeKBTwrNuhhY0XJ/story.html |title=Ted Williams blasts longest home run in Fenway Park |first=Harold |last=Kaese |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |url-access=limited |date=June 10, 1946 |access-date=April 20, 2019 }}</ref> was officially measured at {{convert|502|ft}}, well beyond "Williamsburg". According to Hit Tracker Online, the ball, if unobstructed, would have flown {{convert |520 |to |535 |ft |m}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Highlight Home Runs |first=Greg |last=Rybarczyk |url=http://www.hittrackeronline.com/historic.php?id=1946_2 |publisher=[[ESPN]] |year=2009 |access-date=April 20, 2012 |archive-date=July 20, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060720231221/http://www.hittrackeronline.com/historic.php?id=1946_2 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The ball landed on Joseph A. Boucher, penetrating his large [[straw]] hat and hitting him in the head. A confounded Boucher was later quoted as saying:
{{blockquote|How far away must one sit to be safe in this park? I didn't even get the ball. They say it bounced a dozen rows higher, but after it hit my head, I was no longer interested. I couldn't see the ball. Nobody could. The sun was right in our eyes. All we could do was duck. I'm glad I did not stand up.<ref>{{Citation| last = Shaughnessy| first = Dan| title = Long Ago It Went Far Away| newspaper = [[The Boston Globe]]| location = [[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]]| date = June 9, 1996}}</ref>}}
There have been other home runs hit at Fenway that have contended for the distance title. In the 2007 book ''[[The Year Babe Ruth Hit 104 Home Runs]]'', researcher Bill Jenkinson found evidence that on May 25, 1926, [[Babe Ruth]] hit one in the pre-1934 bleacher configuration which landed five rows from the top in right field. This would have placed it at an estimated {{Convert|545|ft}} from home plate.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uzbYAAAAMAAJ |first=William |last=Jenkinson |title=The Year Babe Ruth Hit 104 Home Runs |year=2007 |publisher=Carroll & Graf |isbn=978-0-7867-1906-8}}</ref> On June 23, 2001, [[Manny Ramirez]] hit one that struck a light tower above the Green Monster, which would have cleared the park had it missed. The park's official estimate placed the home run one foot short of Williams' record at {{convert|501|ft|sigfig=4}}.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ramirez Hits Fenway's Second-Longest Homer |agency=Associated Press |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/news/2001/06/23/ramirez_homers_ap/ |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |date=June 23, 2001 |access-date=April 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911152948/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/news/2001/06/23/ramirez_homers_ap/|archive-date=September 11, 2013}}</ref> An April 2019 home run by [[Rowdy Tellez]] of the [[Toronto Blue Jays]] was initially reported as {{convert|505|ft|m}}, but later found to be significantly shorter, approximately {{convert|433|ft|m}}.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://bosoxinjection.com/2019/04/12/red-sox-pitcher-nathan-eovaldi-didnt-longest-home-run-fenway-history/ |title=Red Sox: Nathan Eovaldi didn't give up the longest home run in Fenway Park history |first=Sean |last=Penney |website=bosoxinjection.com |date=April 12, 2019 |access-date=April 20, 2019}}</ref>
[[File:The Lone Red Seat.jpg|alt=The Red Seat is seen completely surrounded by dark green seats in center field and right field in Fenway Park.|thumb|The Red Seat is seen completely surrounded by dark green seats in center field and right field in Fenway Park.]]
===Foul poles===
[[File:Dsc 6431 Pesky's Pole.jpg|thumb|right |Although it is only 302&nbsp;feet to "Pesky's Pole", the fence directly behind it sharply curves away.]]
[[Image:Pesky Pole 3.jpg|upright|thumb|The bottom portion of Pesky's Pole, with the [[Green Monster]] in the background and Fenway Park's right field seats in the foreground]]
[[Image:Pesky Pole 2.jpg|upright|thumb|Pesky's Pole during a night game in 2007]]
'''Pesky's Pole''' is the name for the [[foul pole|pole]] on the right field foul line, which stands {{convert |302 |ft |m}} from home plate,<ref name="parkstats" /> the shortest outfield distance (left or right field) in Major League Baseball.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Spirito|first1=Lou|title=Baseball's Many Physical Dimensions|url=http://visual.ly/baseballs-many-physical-dimensions|website=visual.ly|access-date=December 3, 2014|format=Image|date=March 27, 2014}}</ref> Like the measurement of the left-field line at Fenway Park, this has been disputed. Aerial shots show it to be noticeably shorter<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thecomeback.com/mlb/didi-gregorius-hit-home-run-statcast-estimated-295-feet.html |title=Yankees' shortstop Didi Gregorius hit a 295-foot home run, one of the shortest ever |last=Bucholtz |first=Andrew |date=16 July 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718234835/https://thecomeback.com/mlb/didi-gregorius-hit-home-run-statcast-estimated-295-feet.html |archive-date=2017-07-18 |access-date=2018-10-24 }}</ref> than the (actual) 302 foot line in right field, and Pesky has been quoted as estimating it to be "around 295 feet". There is no distance posted on the wall.
Despite the short wall, home runs in this area are relatively rare, as the fence curves away from the foul pole sharply. The pole was named after [[Johnny Pesky]], a light-hitting shortstop and long-time [[Coach (baseball)|coach]] for the Red Sox, who hit some of his six home runs at Fenway Park around the pole but never off the pole. Pesky (playing 1942 to 1952, except for 1943 to 1945) was a [[contact hitter]] who hit just 17 home runs in his career (6 at Fenway Park).<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/peskyjo01.shtml| title = Pesky at Baseball Reference}}</ref> It's not known how many of these six actually landed near the pole. The Red Sox give credit to pitcher (and later, Sox broadcaster) [[Mel Parnell]] for coining the name. The most notable for Pesky is a two-run homer in the eighth inning of the 1946 Opening Day game to win the game. According to Pesky, Mel Parnell named the pole after Pesky won a game for Parnell in {{Baseball year|1948}} with a [[home run]] down the short right field line, just around the pole. However, Pesky hit just one home run in a game pitched by Parnell, a two-run shot in the first inning of a game against Detroit played on June 11, 1950. The game was eventually won by the visiting Tigers in the 14th inning on a three-run shot by Tigers right fielder Vic Wertz and Parnell earned a no-decision that day.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.redsoxconnection.com/peskypole.html |title=Pesky Pole at Fenway Park |publisher=redsoxconnection.com |access-date=2009-08-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016060228/http://www.redsoxconnection.com/peskypole.html |archive-date=2008-10-16 }}</ref>
The term, though it had been in use since the 1950s, became far more common when Parnell became a Red Sox broadcaster in 1965. [[Mark Bellhorn]] hit what proved to be the game-winning home run off of [[Julián Tavárez]] in game 1 of the [[2004 World Series]] off that pole's screen.
On September 27, 2006, Pesky's 87th birthday, the Red Sox officially dedicated the right field foul pole as "Pesky's Pole", with a commemorative plaque placed at its base.<ref>{{cite video|url=http://www.truveo.com/Peskys-Pole-Ceremony/id/3528387500|title=Pesky Pole Ceremony|medium=Streaming Video|publisher=Trueveo|date=September 27, 2006|access-date=September 27, 2006|archive-date=August 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808003516/http://www.truveo.com/Peskys-Pole-Ceremony/id/3528387500|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The seat directly on the foul side of Pesky's Pole in the front row is Section 94, Row E, Seat 5 and is usually sold as a lone ticket.
In a ceremony before the Red Sox' 2005 game against the [[Cincinnati Reds]], the pole on the left field foul line atop the [[Green Monster]] was named the [[Carlton Fisk#The Fisk Foul Pole|Fisk Foul Pole]], or ''Pudge's Pole'', in honor of [[Carlton Fisk]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sox Honor Fisk with Left-Field Foul Pole|first=Mike|last=Petraglia|url=http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050613&content_id=1088701|publisher=[[Major League Baseball Advanced Media]]|date=June 13, 2005|access-date=May 11, 2012|archive-date=April 1, 2016|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20160401135634/http://m.mlb.com/news/article/1088701|url-status=dead}}</ref> Fisk provided one of baseball's most enduring moments in Game 6 of the [[1975 World Series]] against the Reds. Facing Reds right-hander Pat Darcy in the 12th inning with the score tied at 6, Fisk hit a long fly ball down the left field line. It appeared to be heading foul, but Fisk, after initially appearing unsure of whether or not to continue running to first base, famously jumped and waved his arms to the right as if to somehow direct the ball fair. It ricocheted off the foul pole, winning the game for the Red Sox and sending the series to a seventh and deciding game the next night, which Cincinnati won. Like Johnny Pesky's No. 6, Carlton had his No. 27 player number retired by the team.
==="Duffy's Cliff"===
[[File:Green Monster 1914.jpg|thumb|right|The original ad-covered Green Monster in 1914, with "overflow" fan seating in ''front'' of the wall's base, atop "Duffy's Cliff" (seen in the distance, nearest the flagpole)]]
[[File:Fenway Park Boston diagram 1912 10 04.jpg|thumb|left|Fenway Park diagram for the 1912 World Series]]
From 1912 to 1933, there was a {{convert|10|ft|m|adj=on}} high incline in front of the then {{convert |25|ft|m|adj=on}}-high left field wall at Fenway Park, extending from the left-field foul pole to the center field flag pole (and thus under "The Triangle" of today). As a result, a left fielder had to play part of the territory running uphill (and back down). Boston's first star left fielder, [[Duffy Lewis]], mastered the skill so well that the area became known as "Duffy's Cliff".<ref name=Foulds/>
The incline served two purposes: it was a support for a high wall and it was built to compensate for the difference in grades between the field and Lansdowne Street on the other side of that wall. The wall also served as a spectator-friendly seating area during the [[dead ball era]] when overflow crowds, in ''front'' of the later [[Green Monster]], would sit on the incline behind ropes.<ref>{{cite news |title=A Baseball Showcase in Football Land |first=Dan |last=Shaughnessy |author-link=Dan Shaughnessy |url=http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/articles/2005/10/25/a_baseball_showcase_in_football_land/ |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=October 25, 2005 |access-date=October 25, 2005}}</ref>
As part of the 1934 remodeling of the ballpark, the bleachers, and the wall itself, Red Sox owner [[Tom Yawkey]] arranged to flatten the ground along the base of the wall, so that Duffy's Cliff no longer existed. The base of the left field wall is several feet below the grade level of Lansdowne Street, accounting for the occasional rat that might spook the scoreboard operators.<ref>{{cite book |first1=Bill |last1=Nowlin |first2=Cecilia |last2=Tan |url=https://archive.org/details/fenwayprojectjun00nowl |url-access=registration |title=The Fenway Project:June 28, 2002 : a Project of the Society for American Baseball Research and SABR Boston |isbn=978-1-57940-091-0 |year=2004 |publisher=Rounder Books}}</ref>
There has been debate as to the true left field distance, which was once posted as {{convert|315|ft}}. A reporter from ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' was able to sneak into Fenway Park and measure the distance. When the paper's evidence was presented to the club in 1995, the distance was remeasured by the Red Sox and restated at {{convert|310|ft}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Facts and Figures |url=http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/ballpark/facts.jsp |publisher=[[Major League Baseball Advanced Media]] |access-date=March 8, 2013 |archive-date=March 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304184936/http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/ballpark/facts.jsp |url-status=dead }}</ref> The companion {{convert|96|m|adj=on|sp=us}} sign remained unchanged until 1998, when it was corrected to {{convert|94.5|m|sp=us}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fenway Park |url=http://www.sports-venue.info/MLB/BOS_Fenway_Park.html |publisher=Sportsvenue.info |access-date=March 8, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602162706/http://www.sports-venue.info/MLB/BOS_Fenway_Park.html |archive-date=June 2, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===Dell EMC Club===
In 1983, private suites were added to the roof behind home plate. In 1988, 610 stadium club seats enclosed in glass and named the "600 Club", were added above the home plate grandstand replacing the existing press box. The press box was then added to the top of the 600 Club.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fenway Park Information – Milestones |url=http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/ballpark/information/index.jsp?content=milestones |publisher=[[Major League Baseball Advanced Media]] |year=2012 |access-date=May 11, 2012 |archive-date=November 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125101843/http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/ballpark/information/index.jsp?content=milestones |url-status=dead }}</ref> The 1988 addition has been thought to have changed the air currents in the park to the detriment of hitters.<ref name="EMC"/> In 2002, the organization renamed the club seats the ".406 Club" (in honor of [[Ted Williams]]' batting average in 1941).<ref name="EMC">{{cite web |title=Red Sox EMC Club Tickets |url=http://www.fenwayticketking.com/red_sox_emc_club_tickets.html |publisher=Fenway Ticket King |year=2012 |access-date=May 11, 2012 |archive-date=May 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504064024/http://www.fenwayticketking.com/red_sox_emc_club_tickets.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Between the 2005 and 2006 seasons the existing .406 club was rebuilt as part of the continuing ballpark expansion efforts. The second deck now features two open-air levels: the bottom level is the new "[[Dell EMC]] Club" featuring 406 seats and [[Concierge|concierge services]] and the upper level, the State Street Pavilion, has 374 seats and a dedicated standing room area. The added seats are wider than the previous seats.<ref name="EMC"/>
{{wide image|Fenway10.jpg|900px|align-cap=center| Fenway Park during a 2010 game vs. the [[Philadelphia Phillies]].}}
===Statues===
Outside Gate 5 is ''[[The Teammates (statue)|The Teammates]]'' statue, by Antonio Tobias Mendez, which depicts Red Sox players [[Bobby Doerr]], [[Dom DiMaggio]], [[Ted Williams]], and [[Johnny Pesky]]. It was unveiled in 2010.<ref>{{cite news |title='Teammates' unveiled |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/boston/red-sox/print/_/id/3534 |work=[[ESPN]] |date=June 9, 2010}}</ref>
There is also a solo statue of Williams, unveiled in 2004, depicting him placing his cap on the head of a young boy.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fernandes |first1=Doug |title=Williams statue unveiled |url=https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2004/04/16/williams-statue-unveiled/28800521007/ |work=[[Sarasota Herald-Tribune]] |date=April 16, 2004}}</ref>
===Program hawkers===
In 1990, Mike Rutstein started handing out the first issue of ''Boston Baseball Magazine'' (originally called ''Baseball Underground'') outside of the park.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/north/2017/09/22/rutstein-finds-sea-his-calling/UXmae6yaOl7Vk5pXzPZenN/story.html |title=Rutstein finds the sea is his calling - the Boston Globe |website=[[The Boston Globe]] |access-date=2019-02-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212070618/https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/north/2017/09/22/rutstein-finds-sea-his-calling/UXmae6yaOl7Vk5pXzPZenN/story.html |archive-date=2019-02-12 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He was frustrated with the quality of the program being sold inside the park, which also came out once every two months.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/05/24/Underground-Red-Sox-program-finding-a-niche/8428643521600/|title = Underground' Red Sox program finding a niche}}</ref> The program was sold for $1, half the cost of the programs inside the park. To sell the program, Rutstein's employees would stand outside the park wearing bright red shirts and greet fans by holding a program up and shouting "Program, Scorecard, One Dollar!".<ref>{{cite book |title=Outside Pitch: Twenty Years of Boston Baseball |author=Rutstein, Mike |year=2009 |publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |isbn=978-1449524791}}</ref> By 1992, the Red Sox organization filed complaints with the city code enforcement arguing that the scorecard inside the magazine was not covered under the [[First Amendment]] protecting magazines and that Rutstein's employees were operating on the streets without a permit.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/take-these-sox-and-shove-it-198040|title = Take These Sox and Shove It|website = [[Newsweek]]|date = 9 August 1992}}</ref> Despite a lot of attention in the news, Rutstein said the charges were not pursued and no further legal action was taken.<ref name="yawkeywayreport.com">{{Cite web|url=http://yawkeywayreport.com/meet-the-staff/ceo-sly-egidio/|title=CEO Sly Egidio|access-date=2019-02-11|archive-date=2019-02-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212130941/http://yawkeywayreport.com/meet-the-staff/ceo-sly-egidio/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2012, one of Rutstein's long time employees Sly Egidio<ref name="yawkeywayreport.com" /> quit Boston Baseball to start "The Yawkey Way Report" named after [[Yawkey Way]]. By that time, Boston Baseball was selling for $3 per program, $2 cheaper than the in-park programs selling for $5. The Yawkey Way Report cost $1 and Egidio stationed his hawkers close to Boston Baseball's hawkers, starting a "hawker war."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/09/10/fenway-scene-war-among-rival-hawkers-game-programs/eTsR16JIvyshTp3S7tLhEJ/story.html|title=Fenway program hawkers' rivalry fuels competition |website=[[The Boston Globe]]}}</ref> The Yawkey Way Report also came with baseball cards, ponchos and tote bags, which caused Rutstein to file his own complaints with Boston city code enforcement. Despite the rivalry, both programs continue to be hawked outside of Fenway Park and are often the first thing fans see when they approach the stadium on game-day.
==Use==
===Baseball===
[[File:View of Fenway Park from the press box in July 2022.jpg|alt=Fenway Park in July 2022|thumb|Fenway Park in July 2022]]
The Red Sox' one-time cross-town rivals, the [[Boston Braves (baseball)|Boston Braves]], used Fenway Park for the [[1914 World Series]] and the 1915 season until [[Braves Field]] was completed; ironically, the Red Sox would then use Braves Field – which had a much higher seating capacity – for their own World Series games in [[1915 World Series|1915]] and [[1916 World Series|1916]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Fenway Park Information – Facts and Figures|url=http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/ballpark/information/index.jsp?content=facts|publisher=[[Major League Baseball Advanced Media]]|year=2012|access-date=May 11, 2012|archive-date=May 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501162058/http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/ballpark/information/index.jsp?content=facts|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Since 1990 (except in 2005 when, because of field work, it was held in a minor league ballpark, and 2020, as the tournament was cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]), Fenway Park has also hosted the final round of a Boston-area intercollegiate baseball tournament called the Baseball Beanpot, an equivalent to the more well-known [[Beanpot (ice hockey)|hockey Beanpot tourney]]. The teams play the first rounds in minor league stadiums before moving on to Fenway for the final and a consolation game.<ref name="Beanpot teams">{{cite web |title=Lowell Spinners hosts 2012 Baseball Beanpot|url=http://www.bostoncentral.com/events/sports/p25035.php|work=Boston Central|access-date=May 5, 2012}}</ref> [[Boston College]], [[Harvard University]], [[Northeastern University]], and the [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]] compete in the four-team tournament.<ref name="NESN Beanpot">{{cite web |title=Boston College, Harvard Baseball Teams Square Off at Fenway Park for Baseball's Beanpot|url=http://www.nesn.com/2011/04/boston-college-harvard-baseball-teams-square-off-at-fenway-park-for-baseballs-beanpot.html|work=[[NESN]]|date=April 29, 2011|access-date=May 5, 2012}}</ref>
[[File:Fenway Park01.jpg|thumb |right |The front of Fenway Park facing [[Jersey Street (Boston)|Jersey Street]]]]
Since at least 1997 [[Neil Diamond]]'s "[[Sweet Caroline]]" has been played at Fenway Park<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.mlb.com/news/article/45075964/fenway-parks-anthem-started-innocuously|title=Fenway Park's anthem started innocuously|first=Ian|last=Browne|publisher=Major League Baseball Advanced Media|date=April 17, 2013|access-date=April 20, 2016|archive-date=April 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428140656/http://m.mlb.com/news/article/45075964/fenway-parks-anthem-started-innocuously|url-status=dead}}</ref> during Red Sox games, in the middle of the eighth inning since 2002.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2005/05/29/another_mystery_of_the_diamond_explained_at_last/|newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]]|title=Another mystery of the Diamond, explained at last|date=May 29, 2005|first=Stephanie|last=Vosk|access-date=November 19, 2016|archive-date=June 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627090623/http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2005/05/29/another_mystery_of_the_diamond_explained_at_last/|url-status=dead}}</ref> On opening night of the 2010 season at Fenway Park, the song was performed by Diamond himself in the middle of the eighth inning.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Pahigian |first1=Josh |title=The Ultimate Baseball Road Trip |last2=O'Connell |first2=Kevin |publisher=[[Lyons Press]] |year=2012 |isbn=978-0-7627-7340-4 |edition=2nd |pages=16}}</ref>
Beginning in 2006, the Red Sox have hosted the "[[Futures at Fenway]]" event, where two of their [[Minor League Baseball|minor-league affiliates]] play a regular-season [[doubleheader (baseball)|doubleheader]] as the "home" teams. Before the Futures day started, the most recent minor-league game held at Fenway had been the [[Eastern League (1938–2020)|Eastern League]] All-Star Game in 1977.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fenway Park to host Minor League doubleheader Aug. 26, 2006|url=http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/content/printer_friendly/bos/y2005/m12/d15/c1282437.jsp|publisher=[[Major League Baseball Advanced Media]]|date=December 15, 2005|access-date=April 20, 2012|archive-date=August 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825020522/http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/content/printer_friendly/bos/y2005/m12/d15/c1282437.jsp|url-status=dead}}</ref>
From 1970 to 1987, the [[Cape Cod Baseball League]] (CCBL) played its annual all-star game at various major league stadiums. The games were interleague contests between the CCBL and the [[Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League]] (ACBL). The 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985 and 1987 games were played at Fenway. The MVP of the 1977 contest was future major league slugger [[Steve Balboni]], who clobbered two home runs over the Green Monster that day. The CCBL returned to Fenway in 2009, 2010 and 2011 for its intraleague all-star game matching the league's East and West divisions. The 2009 game starred East division MVP and future Boston Red Sox [[Chris Sale]] of [[Florida Gulf Coast University]]. The CCBL also holds an annual workout day at Fenway where CCBL players are evaluated by major league scouts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capecodbaseball.org/news/season/index.html?article_id=2266 |title=Under Armour CCBL All-Star Game at Fenway Park |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |access-date=August 16, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capecodbaseball.org/news/league-news/index.html?article_id=279 |title=Cape Leaguers work out at Fenway Park |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |access-date=August 16, 2019}}</ref>
==== Baseball Records and Events of Note ====
* Red Sox [[First baseman|First Baseman]] [[Hugh Bradley (baseball)|Hugh Bradley]] hit the first [[home run]] at Fenway Park on April 26, 1912.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Holtzman |first=Jerome |title=Jerome Holtzman on Baseball: A History of Baseball Scribes |publisher=[[Sports Publishing]] |year=2005 |location=Champaign, Illinois |pages=202}}</ref>
* The first [[Grand slam (baseball)|Grand slam]] hit at Fenway Park was by [[Rabbit Maranville]] of the [[Boston Braves]] in a 6–2 victory over the [[Chicago Cubs]] on September 26, 1914.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fields |first=Dan |title=The Miracle Braves of 1914: Boston's Original Worst-to-First World Series Champions |publisher=[[Society for American Baseball Research]] |year=2014 |editor-last=Nowlin |editor-first=Bill |location=Phoenix, Arizona |pages=380 |chapter=By the Numbers}}</ref>
* On June 21, 1916, [[Rube Foster (AL pitcher)|Rube Foster]] pitches the first no-hitter at Fenway in a 2–0 victory over the [[New York Yankees|Yankees]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Frommer |first1=Harvey |title=Red Sox vs. Yankees: The Great Rivalry |last2=Frommer |first2=Frederic J. |publisher=[[Taylor Trade Publishing]] |year=2014 |isbn=978-1-58979-918-9 |location=Lanham, Maryland |pages=23}}</ref>
* On August 4, 1959, [[Pumpsie Green|Elijah "Pumpsie" Green]] became the first African-American player in the Red Sox lineup to play at Fenway.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sinibaldi |first=Raymond |title=Fenway Park |publisher=[[Arcadia Publishing]] |year=2018 |isbn=978-1-4671-2827-8 |location=Charleston, South Carolina |pages=32}}</ref>
* On August 19, 1967, Red Sox [[Switch hitter|switch-hitter]] [[Reggie Smith]] became the first player in Fenway Park to hit a home run from both sides of the plate.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Stout |first1=Glenn |title=Red Sox Century: One Hundred Years of Red Sox Baseball |last2=Johnson |first2=Richard A. |publisher=[[Houghton Mifflin]] |year=2000 |location=New York, New York |pages=325}}</ref>
===Boxing===
On October 9, 1920, Fenway Park was the site of the first open-air boxing show in Boston. The card featured four bouts. Although Eddie Shevlin and Paul Doyle fought in the feature bout, Daniel J. Saunders of the ''Boston Daily Globe'' described heavyweights Battling McCreery and John Lester Johnson as "the only boxers who caused any excitement". McCreery, who according to Saunders, "was to take a flop in five rounds", won by judge's decision in ten rounds. After the fight, Johnson punched McCreery while McCreery was trying to shake his hand. McCreery then knocked Johnson out of the ring and hit him over the head with his chair. The card drew 5,000 spectators (half of what was expected) and brought in $6,100 (several thousand less than what was promised to the fighters).<ref>{{cite news|last=Saunders|first=Daniel J.|title=Fenway Park Fans See Mill Not on the Card|work=The Boston Daily Globe|date=October 10, 1920}}</ref>
In 1928, New England Welterweight Champion [[Al Mello]] headlined three cards at Fenway. He defeated Billy Murphy in front of a crowd of 12,000 on June 26, Charlie Donovan on August 31, and Murphy again on September 13.<ref>{{cite news|last=Egan|first=David F.|title=Mello Victor in Stirring 10 Rounds|work=The Boston Daily Globe|date=June 27, 1928}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Egan|first=David F.|title=Mello Scores Technical Knockout At Fenway Park|work=The Boston Daily Globe|date=September 1, 1928}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Egan|first=David F.|title=Mello Stops Murphy in the Fifth Round|work=The Boston Daily Globe|date=September 14, 1928}}</ref>
On July 2, 1930, future World Heavyweight Champion [[James J. Braddock]] made his debut in that weight class. He defeated Joe Monte in ten rounds.<ref>{{cite news|last=Egan|first=David F.|title=Braddock Smashes His Way to Victory|work=The Boston Daily Globe|date=July 3, 1930}}</ref>
On September 2, 1930, Babe Hunt defeated [[Ernie Schaaf]] in what ''The Boston Daily Globe'' described as a "dull bout" and a "big disappointment". The undercard included future light heavyweight champion [[George Nichols (boxer)|George Nichols]], who defeated Harry Allen of [[Brockton, Massachusetts]] in ten rounds.<ref>{{cite news|last=Egan|first=David F.|title=Hunt Victor in Dull Bout|work=The Boston Daily Globe|date=September 3, 1930}}</ref>
In 1932, Eddie Mack promoted ten cards at Fenway Park. The August 2 card featured World Light Heavyweight Champion [[Maxie Rosenbloom]] defeating Joe Barlow of Roxbury and [[Taunton, Massachusetts|Taunton]]' Henry Emond defeating The [[Cocoa Kid]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Egan|first=David F.|title=Barlow No Match For Rosenbloom|work=The Boston Daily Globe|date=August 3, 1932}}</ref> On August 23, [[Dave Shade]] defeated Norman Conrad of [[Wilton, New Hampshire]] in front of 3,500 attendees.<ref>{{cite news|last=Egan|first=David F.|title=Shade Outsmarts Boy From Wilton, NH|work=The Boston Daily Globe|date=August 24, 1932}}</ref> The September 6 card was headlined by World junior lightweight champion [[Kid Chocolate]], who defeated Steve Smith.<ref>{{cite news|last=Egan|first=David F.|title=Kid Chocolate an Easy Winner|work=The Boston Daily Globe|date=September 7, 1932}}</ref>
On June 25, 1936, former world heavyweight champion [[Jack Sharkey]] defeated Phil Brubaker in what would be his final career victory.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sharkey is Victor; Defeats Brubaker|work=The New York Times|date=June 26, 1936}}</ref>
In 1937, Rip Valenti and the Goodwin Athletic Club promoted five cards at Fenway. Three of these were headlined by New England Heavyweight Champion [[Al McCoy (boxer)|Al McCoy]]. On June 16 McCoy defeated Natie Brown in front of a crowd of 4,516.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ralby|first=Herbert|title=McCoy Goes 10 to Beat Brown|work=The Boston Daily Globe|date=June 17, 1937}}</ref> On July 29 he knocked out Jack McCarthy in the third round.<ref>{{cite news|last=Fitzgerald|first=Tom|title=McCoy Stops His Foe Early|work=The Boston Daily Globe|date=July 30, 1937}}</ref> On August 24 he and Tony Shucco fought to a draw.<ref>{{cite news|last=Fitzgerald|first=Tom|title=Shucco Gets Draw, Throng Goes Wild|work=The Boston Daily Globe|date=August 25, 1937}}</ref> Future WBA featherweight champion [[Sal Bartolo]] fought one of his first professional fights on the May 24 undercard.<ref>{{cite news|last=Fitzgerald|first=Tom|title=Fuller Winner of Callahan|work=The Boston Daily Globe|date=May 25, 1937}}</ref>
On June 25, 1945, [[Tami Mauriello]] knocked out [[Lou Nova]] in 2:47. An estimated crowd of 8,000 was in attendance.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mauriello Stops Nova in the 1st Round|work=The New York Times|date=June 26, 1945}}</ref>
On July 12, 1954, [[Tony DeMarco]] knocked out [[George Araujo]] 58 seconds into the fifth round in front of 12,000 spectators.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tony DeMarco Stops Araujo in the Fifth|work=The New York Times|date=July 13, 1954}}</ref>
The most recent boxing event at Fenway took place on June 16, 1956. The undercard consisted of Eddie Andrews vs. George Chimenti, Bobby Courchesne vs. George Monroe for the New England Lightweight Championship, and Barry Allison vs. Don Williams for the New England Middleweight Championship. In the main event, Tony DeMarco defeated Vince Martinez by decision. An estimated 15,000 were in attendance - far below promoter Sam Silverman's expectations.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ahern|first=John|title=DeMarco's Wild Rally Beats Martinez in 10|work=The Boston Daily Globe|date=June 17, 1956}}</ref>
===Soccer===
On October 17, 1925, the [[Boston Soccer Club]] and the [[Fall River F.C. (1922–1931)|Fall River F.C.]] of the [[American Soccer League (1921–33)|American Soccer League]] played a scoreless tie before 4,000 fans.<ref>{{cite news|title=Boston and Fall River Play to Scoreless Tie at Fenway Park|work=The Boston Daily Globe|date=October 18, 1925}}</ref> Boston also hosted the [[Providence F.C.|Providence Clamdiggers]] and [[Indiana Flooring]] at Fenway later that season.<ref>{{cite news|title=Boston Defeats Providence, 2-1|work=The Boston Daily Globe|date=November 1, 1925}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Indiana Flooring Eleven to Meet Woodsies Here Saturday|work=The Boston Daily Globe|date=November 4, 1925}}</ref> On June 18, 1928, Boston played [[Rangers F.C.]] to a 2–2 tie in front of a crowd of 10,000.<ref>{{cite news|last=Collins|first=George M.|title=Loud in Praise of Hub Team|work=The Boston Daily Globe|date=June 19, 1928}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Unheralded Rivalry|work=Boston Herald|date=January 4, 2001}}</ref> In 1929, Boston hosted two more matches at Fenway Park; a 3–2 victory over the [[New Bedford Whalers]] on August 10 and a 3–2 loss to Fall River on August 17.<ref>{{cite news|last=Collins|first=George M.|title=Wonder Workers Trim the Whalers|work=The Boston Daily Globe|date=August 11, 1929}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Collins|first=George M.|title=Marksmen Carry Away Two Points|work=The Boston Daily Globe|date=August 18, 1929}}</ref>
On May 30, 1931, 8,000 fans were on hand to see the American Soccer League champion [[New York Yankees (soccer)|New York Yankees]] defeat [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] 4–3.<ref>{{cite news|last=Collins|first=George M.|title=Yankees Pin Defeat on Glasgow Celtics|work=The Boston Daily Globe|date=May 31, 1931}}</ref> The Yankees goalkeeper, [[Johnny Reder]], would later return to play for the [[Boston Red Sox]]. During 1968, the park was home to the [[Boston Beacons]] of the now-defunct [[North American Soccer League (1968–84)|NASL]].<ref name="SA-FaF">{{cite web |title=Soccer Goes Mainstream at Fenway |first=Paul |last=Kennedy |url=http://www.socceramerica.com/article/39010/soccer-goes-mainstream-at-fenway.html |work=Soccer America |access-date=October 14, 2011 |date=July 22, 2010}}</ref>
On July 21, 2010, Fenway hosted an exhibition game between European soccer clubs Celtic F.C. and [[Sporting Clube de Portugal|Sporting C.P.]] in an event called "Football at Fenway". A crowd of 32,162 watched the two teams play to a 1–1 draw. Celtic won 6–5 on penalty shoot out, winning the first ''Fenway football challenge Trophy''.<ref name="SA-FaF"/> Recent matches have taken place between [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]], an English [[Premier League]] club owned by [[Fenway Sports Group]], and [[A.S. Roma]], an Italian [[Serie A]] club owned by FSG partner [[Thomas R. DiBenedetto]]. The July 25, 2012 match ended in a 2–1 win for AS Roma before a crowd of 37,169.<ref>{{cite web |title=Roma Tops Liverpool at Fenway Park |url=https://www.espn.com/boston/soccer/story/_/id/8200627/michael-bradley-roma-defeat-liverpool-fenway-park |work=[[ESPN|ESPN Boston]] |date=July 26, 2012 |access-date=July 26, 2012}}</ref> AS Roma also won the rematch on July 23, 2014, by a score of 1–0.<ref>{{cite web |title=AS Roma Beats Liverpool at Fenway |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2014/07/23/roma-beats-liverpool-fenway/Yml2NnM4JuYUHxGTvOvnYO/story.html |work=[[Boston Globe]] |date=July 24, 2014 |access-date=August 6, 2014}}</ref>  On July 21, 2019, Liverpool returned to Fenway for a preseason match against Sevilla, the Spanish team won 2–1 at the end of full-time.
===American football===
[[File:Holy Cross vs Boston College (Fenway Park 1916).jpg|left|thumb|[[College of the Holy Cross|Holy Cross]] takes on [[Boston College]] in 1916 at Fenway Park. BC won the game, 17–14.]]
Football has been played at Fenway since 1912, the year the venue opened.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mlb.com/redsox/fenway-bowl/the-game/history |title=Football at Fenway Through the Years |website=MLB.com |accessdate=December 24, 2023}}</ref> In 1926, the [[Boston Bulldogs (AFL)|Boston Bulldogs]] of the first [[American Football League (1926)|American Football League]] played at both Fenway and [[Braves Field]]; the [[Boston Shamrocks (AFL)|Boston Shamrocks]] of the second [[American Football League (1936)|American Football League]] did the same in 1936 and 1937. The [[Boston Redskins]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL) played at Fenway for four seasons (1933–1936) after playing their inaugural season in 1932 at Braves Field as the Boston Braves. The [[Boston Yanks]] played there in the 1940s; and the [[Boston Patriots]] of the 1960s [[American Football League]] called Fenway Park home from 1963 to 1968 after moving there from [[Nickerson Field]]. At various times in the past, [[Dartmouth College]], [[Boston College]], [[Brown University]], and [[Boston University]] teams have also played football games at Fenway Park.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/colleges/2017/11/10/dartmouth-beats-brown-battle-fenway-park/Gw0q1LLoKM49CrXrhI59GL/story.html|title=Dartmouth beats Brown in battle at Fenway Park |work=[[The Boston Globe]]|access-date=2017-12-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213092628/https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/colleges/2017/11/10/dartmouth-beats-brown-battle-fenway-park/Gw0q1LLoKM49CrXrhI59GL/story.html|archive-date=2017-12-13|url-status=dead}}</ref> Boston College and [[University of Notre Dame|Notre Dame]] played a game at Fenway in 2015 as part of Notre Dame's Shamrock Series.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fenway Park to host BC-Notre Dame football in 2015|url=http://www.csnne.com/boston-red-sox/fenway-park-host-bc-notre-dame-football-2015|work=Comcast Sportsnet|access-date=December 22, 2013|date=December 20, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224112245/http://www.csnne.com/boston-red-sox/fenway-park-host-bc-notre-dame-football-2015|archive-date=December 24, 2013}}</ref> The annual [[Harvard–Yale football rivalry|Harvard–Yale game]] in November 2018 was played at Fenway.<ref>[http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/11/30/harvard-yale-fenway/ Harvard Yale Game Will Be Played In Fenway in 2018] Retrieved March 20, 2018</ref>
In September 2019, it was announced that the [[Fenway Bowl]], a postseason [[bowl game]], would be played at Fenway Park beginning in 2020, pitting a team from the [[Atlantic Coast Conference]] against a team from the [[American Athletic Conference]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/article/New-bowl-game-at-Fenway-Park-to-match-teams-from-14443108.php|title=New bowl game at Fenway Park to match teams from ACC, AAC|newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|date=September 16, 2019|access-date=September 16, 2019}}{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> However, both the 2020 and 2021 games were canceled, due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. The bowl was finally played for the first time in December 2022, as [[Louisville Cardinals football|Louisville]] defeated [[Cincinnati Bearcats football|Cincinnati]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/louisville-dominates-cincinnati-in-fenway-bowl-to-retain-keg-of-nails/ar-AA15oVJv |title=Louisville dominates Cincinnati in Fenway Bowl to retain Keg of Nails |first=Alexis |last=Cubit |website=[[Louisville Courier Journal]] |via=MSN.com |date=December 17, 2022 |accessdate=December 17, 2022}}</ref>
====Team records at Fenway====
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!style="text-align:center; {{Baseball primary style|Boston Red Sox|border=2}};"|Team
!style="text-align:center; {{Baseball primary style|Boston Red Sox|border=2}};"|No. of Games
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| Boston College Eagles || 78 || 57–17–5
|}
===Professional wrestling===
On July 9, 1929, [[World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (original version)|World Heavyweight Champion]] [[Gus Sonnenberg]] defeated [[Ed Lewis (wrestler)|Ed "Strangler" Lewis]] in front of a crowd of 25,000 at Fenway Park.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sonnenberg Keeps World's Mat Title |work=The Boston Globe |date=July 10, 1929}}</ref>
In 1932, Charlie Gordon promoted shows at Fenway Park. On June 16, 1932, a card headlined by "The Georgia Leech" Paul Adams and George Myerson drew 8,000 spectators.<ref>{{cite news |title=Paul Adams Victor in Rough Mat Bout |work=The Boston Globe |date=June 16, 1932}}</ref> 10,000 people turned out on July 6, 1932, to see a show main evented by Ted Germaine and Stewart Spears.<ref>{{cite news |title=Throng of 10,000 Sees Germaine Win |work=The Boston Globe |date=July 7, 1932}}</ref> The following week, Steve Passas handed German wrestler Mephisto his first loss in the United States at Fenway.<ref>{{cite news |title=Steve Passas Pins Mephisto on Mat |work=The Boston Globe |date=July 14, 1932}}</ref> The next week's card was headlined by Myerson and Germaine. Myerson was knocked unconscious, but was declared the winner after referee Joe Beston disqualified Germaine for using a choke hold.<ref>{{cite news |title=Unconscious Man Mat Bout Victor |work=The Boston Globe |date=July 21, 1932}}</ref> The card scheduled for July 27 was postponed until August 3 due to rain.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fenway Park Mat Card Postponed One Week |work=The Boston Globe |date=July 28, 1932}}</ref> It rained again on August 3 and the card was pushed back another week. However, due to a schedule conflict, Steve Passas, was forced to withdraw from his main event bout with Fred Bruno.<ref>{{cite news |title=Gordon's Wrestling Show Again Postponed By Rain |work=The Boston Globe |date=August 4, 1932}}</ref> On August 10, 1932, Adams defeated Louis Poplin in front of 8,000 fans in the substitute main event.<ref>{{cite news |title=Paul Adams Tosses Poplin in Mat Bout |work=The Boston Globe |date=August 11, 1932}}</ref>
On August 18, 1934, a crowd of 30,000 turned out for a card headlined by [[AWA World Heavyweight Championship (Boston version)|AWA World Heavyweight Champion]] [[Ed Don George]] and [[World Heavyweight Championship (National Wrestling Association)|NWA World Heavyweight Champion]] [[Jim Londos]]. The fight ended in a draw after 3:14:13.<ref>{{cite news |title=Wrestling Champs Still Divide Crown |work=The Boston Globe |date=July 19, 1934}}</ref>
On June 27, 1935, [[Danno O'Mahony]] captured the NWA World Heavyweight Championship from Londos in front of 30,000 fans.<ref>{{cite news |last1=O'Leary |first1=James |title=30,000 See Danno Pin Londos |work=The Boston Globe |date=June 28, 1935}}</ref>
On July 18, 1935, Ed Don George defeated [[Frank Sexton]] in an exhibition bout during a musical and athletic carnival benefiting Boston's department of public welfare that also featured a five-mile race, firearms exhibition drill, a boxing exhibition, tug of war contest, and a baseball game. Due to rain, only 5,000 attended the event and the ball game was called off after three innings.<ref>{{cite news |last1=O'Leary |first1=James |title=Kelley of Arlington Wins Five Mile Race |work=The Boston Globe |date=July 10, 1935}}</ref>
On September 10, 1935, O'Mahony successfully defeated his title against George in front of an estimated crowd of 25,000. The bout, the second between O'Mahony and George, was refereed by [[List of world heavyweight boxing champions|world heavyweight boxing champion]] [[James J. Braddock]]. The [[Paul Bowser]]-promoted card also featured Ed "Strangler" Lewis, Frank Sexton, [[Jack Spellman]], and [[Karl Pojello]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Victor |title=Danno Triumphs and Keeps Title |work=The Boston Globe |date=September 12, 1935}}</ref> During the main event, a spectator suffered a heart attack and died. It was the eighth such death at a Boston wrestling bout in the past two years.<ref>{{cite news |title=Spectator at Mat Title Battle Dies |work=The Boston Globe |date=September 12, 1935}}</ref>
On June 29, 1937, around 7,000 spectators saw [[Steve Casey]] defeat Ed Don George in a card that also featured Danno O'Mahony, [[Tor Johnson]], and [[William "Wee Willie" Davis]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fitzgerald |first1=Tom |title=Casey Tosses Ed Don George |work=The Boston Globe |date=June 30, 1937}}</ref> On July 20, 1937, Casey defeated another former world heavyweight champion, Danno O'Mahony, in front of 8,000.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fitzgerald |first1=Tom |title=Casey Defeats O'Mahony Before 8000 at Fenway |work=The Boston Globe |date=July 21, 1937}}</ref> On July 26, 1938, Casey successfully defended his AWA World Heavyweight Championship against [[Dick Shikat]] before a crowd of 5,000.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fitzgerald |first1=Tom |title=Casey Retains Championship After Battering by Shikat in Hectic Match at Fenway Park |work=The Boston Globe |date=July 27, 1938}}</ref>
The [[WWE]] (then the World Wide Wrestling Federation), hosted its only event at Fenway Park on June 28, 1969. 17,000 turned out to see [[WWE Championship|WWWF World Heavyweight Champion]] [[Bruno Sammartino]] defeat [[Killer Kowalski]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Stretcher match|stretcher match]] and an undercard that featured a steel cage match between [[The Sheik (wrestler)|The Sheik]] and [[Bulldog Brower]], a ten-man battle royal won by [[Mitsu Arakawa]], a six-man [[midget wrestling]] tag match, a best three out of five falls six woman tag team match
between [[The Fabulous Moolah]], [[Donna Christanello]], and [[Toni Rose]] and [[Vivian Vachon]] and Rita and [[Bette Boucher]], and singles matches between [[George Steele]] and [[Victor Rivera (wrestler)|Victor Rivera]], [[Tony Parisi (wrestler)|Antonio Pugliese]] and [[Mikel Scicluna|Baron Mikel Scicluna]], [[Dominic DeNucci]] and [[Lou Albano]], and Ricky Sexton and Duke Savage.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gammons |first1=Peter |title=17,000 See Bruno Gain His Revenge |work=The Boston Globe |date=June 29, 1969}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=WWWF Event |url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=22929 |website=Cagematch.net |access-date=20 December 2023}}</ref>
===Hockey===
[[File:Panorama of 2010 NHL Winter Classic.jpg|300px|thumb |right |The rink layout for the [[2010 NHL Winter Classic]]]]
Fenway Park has hosted ice hockey games on five separate occasions, beginning in 2010 when the third annual [[NHL Winter Classic]] was held at the stadium on [[New Year's Day]].<ref name="nhl-rosen">{{cite web |title=Flyers-Bruins to Hit the Ice at Boston's Fenway Park |first=Dan |last=Rosen |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=442699 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |date=July 15, 2009 |access-date=July 17, 2009}}</ref> The [[2009–10 Boston Bruins season|Boston Bruins]] beat the [[2009–10 Philadelphia Flyers season|Philadelphia Flyers]] 2–1 in [[sudden-death overtime]], securing the first home-team victory in the relatively short history of the annual series. The 2010 Winter Classic paved the way for further use of the stadium for ice hockey, as the "Frozen Fenway" series was introduced. Frozen Fenway is a semi-annual series of collegiate and amateur games featuring ice hockey teams from local and regional high schools, colleges, and universities. Division I matches between [[Hockey East]] rivals have been a staple of the Frozen Fenway series, which has seen games played in 2012, 2014, 2017, and 2023 at the ballpark. When not in use for games, the rink is also opened to the public for free ice skating.<ref name="HDH Frozen Fenway">{{cite news |title=Public Skating at Fenway Park to Begin in Jan. |url=http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/bruins/BO131810/ |work=[[WHDH-TV|WHDH]] |location=Boston |date=January 12, 2009 |access-date=May 5, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117214628/http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/bruins/BO131810 |archive-date=January 17, 2012 }}</ref> Fenway Park became the first stadium to host two Winter Classic games in January 2023, as the Boston Bruins once again secured a 2–1 victory, this time defeating the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]].
===Hurling and Gaelic football===
Fenway has hosted Gaelic games over the years. On June 6, 1937, [[Mayo county football team|Mayo]], the [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship|All-Ireland Football champions]], defeated a Massachusetts team, 17–8,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25523636/mayos_every_bit_champs/ |title=Mayos Every Bit Champs |first=Victor O. |last=Jones |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |page=24 |date=June 7, 1937 |access-date=November 19, 2018 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25523636/mayos_every_bit_champs/ |title=Mayo Wins in Boston |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |newspaper=[[The Record (Bergen County)|The Record]] |location=[[Hackensack, New Jersey]] |page=18 |date=June 7, 1937 |access-date=November 19, 2018 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> and on November 8, 1954, [[Cork county hurling team|Cork]], the [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|All-Ireland Hurling champions]], defeated an American line-up, 37–28.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25519490/irish_hurling_team_shows_lethal_style/ |title=Irish Hurling Team Shows Lethal Style in Boston |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |page=15 |date=November 8, 1954 |access-date=November 18, 2018 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> In more recent times, the Fenway Hurling Classic for the [[Players Champions Cup]] has been staged, first in November 2015 when [[Galway county hurling team|Galway]] defeated [[Dublin county hurling team|Dublin]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the42.ie/dublin-galway-fight-boston-2460579-Nov2015/ |title=Exhibition match? Dublin and Galway take chunks out of each other in mass brawl|date=23 November 2015|work=The 42|access-date=1 November 2017}}</ref> and subsequently in November 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/clare-beat-galway-to-fenway-hurling-classic-title-in-boston-1.3297834 |title=Clare beat Galway to Fenway Hurling Classic title in Boston|date=20 November 2017|work=Irish Times|access-date=20 November 2017}}</ref> and November 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/allireland-champions-limerick-round-off-glorious-year-with-fenway-classic-win-37541085.html |title =All-Ireland champions Limerick round off glorious year with Fenway Classic win|date=18 November 2018|work=Irish Independent|access-date=20 November 2018}}</ref>
===Concerts===
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[[File:Fenway N1 005.jpg|thumb|Dave Matthews Band in concert, 2006]]
Fenway has been home to various concerts beginning in 1973 when [[Stevie Wonder]] and [[Ray Charles]] first played there.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fenway rocks as concert venue |url=https://www.boston.com/uncategorized/noprimarytagmatch/2013/02/28/fenway-rocks-as-concert-venue |website=Boston Globe |access-date=18 December 2019}}</ref> No further concerts were played there until 2003 when [[Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band]] played a leg of their [[The Rising Tour]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Fenway Park Concert Tickets |url=http://www.fenwayticketking.com/fenway_park_concert_schedule.html |publisher=Fenway Ticket King |access-date=July 9, 2012 |archive-date=June 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623162738/http://www.fenwayticketking.com/fenway_park_concert_schedule.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Since 2003, there has been at least one concert every year at Fenway by such artists as [[Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band]], [[Jimmy Buffett]], [[Billy Joel]], [[Shakira]], [[Journey (band)|Journey]], [[Def Leppard]], [[The Rolling Stones]], [[Neil Diamond]], [[The Police]], [[Jason Aldean]], [[Mötley Crüe]], [[Dave Matthews Band]], [[Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers]], [[Aerosmith]], [[Phish]], [[Roger Waters]], [[Paul McCartney]], [[James Taylor]] (2015–2017 consecutively: 2015 & 2017 with [[Bonnie Raitt]], 2016 with [[Jackson Browne]]), [[Pearl Jam]], [[Foo Fighters]], [[Dead & Company]] and [[New Kids On The Block]] 2011 (with Backstreet Boys), 2017 and 2021.
In 2017, [[Lady Gaga]] brought her [[Joanne World Tour]] to the stadium,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Johnston |first1=Maura |author-link=Maura Johnston |title=Lady Gaga makes a powerful statement at Fenway |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2017/09/02/lady-gaga-makes-powerful-statement-fenway/1UEKRBhn048rpCZiNsV8FL/story.html |website=Boston Globe |date=2 September 2017 |access-date=18 December 2019}}</ref> making her the first woman to headline a concert there. In 2022, she returned with [[The Chromatica Ball]]. In 2019, [[The Who]] played their first ever show at the stadium with the [[Boston Symphony Orchestra]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Slane |first1=Kevin |title=The Who will play Fenway Park this summer |url=https://www.boston.com/culture/entertainment/2019/01/14/the-who-will-play-fenway-park-this-summer |website=Boston Globe |access-date=18 December 2019}}</ref> On August 3, 2021, [[Guns N' Roses]] played a show as a part of their [[Guns N' Roses 2020 Tour|2020 Tour]], where they revealed a new song [[Absurd (song)|"Absurd"]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bernstein |first1=Scott |title=Guns N' Roses Unveils 'New' Song 'Absurd' At Fenway Park |url=https://www.jambase.com/article/guns-n-roses-new-song-absurd-fenway-park-boston |publisher=jambase.com |access-date=August 28, 2021}}</ref> [[Aerosmith]] returned for their 50th-anniversary celebrations on September 8, 2022, and the show labeled the venue's highest ticket sales to date.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Austin |first=Jen|title=Aerosmith and Extreme Rock Fenway Park: Photo Gallery |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/aerosmith-fenway-park-2022/ |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |date=9 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
On July 31 and August 1, 2023, [[Pink (singer)|Pink]] performed at the stadium as part of her [[Summer Carnival (tour)|Summer Carnival]] tour, and broke the record for biggest two-day attendance.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Andersen |first1=Travis |last2=Sweeney |first2=Emily |title=Pink breaks Fenway Park concert attendance records: 'I am so beyond grateful' - The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/08/03/arts/pink-breaks-fenway-park-concert-attendance-record/ |access-date=August 31, 2023 |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=August 3, 2023 |location=United States |issn=0743-1791 |oclc=66652431}}</ref>
===Ski and snowboard===
[[File:Ski Jump Fenway Park Boston.jpg|thumb|right |A 140 foot tall ski jump from center field to the pitcher's mound.]]
[[Polartec Big Air at Fenway|Polartec Big Air At Fenway]] is the first [[big air]] snowboarding and skiing competition that was held on February 11–12, 2016. This event was part of the U.S. Grand Prix Tour and the [[International Ski Federation]]'s World Tour.  Notable winter athletes that competed are [[Ty Walker (snowboarder)|Ty Walker]], [[Sage Kotsenburg]], and [[Joss Christensen]]. The big air jump was constructed to be about {{convert|140|ft}} tall, standing above the lights of the stadium.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newbostonpost.com/2016/01/21/fenway-park-is-morphing-into-a-gigantic-ski-slope-for-february-competition/ |title=Fenway Park is morphing into a gigantic ski slope for February competition |last=Treffeisen |first=Beth |date=January 21, 2016 |website=NewBostonPost |access-date=April 12, 2016}}</ref> <!--- NOTE: this is not meant to be an exhaustive list. It is only a representative sampling and therefore does not need to be updated. --->
==Public address announcers==
[[File:Fenway Park04.jpg|thumb|right |The press box]]
[[Frank Fallon]] was the first [[public address system|public address]] (PA) announcer for the Red Sox, and held the job from 1953 to 1957. [[Fred Cusick]], better known for his career of announcing [[Boston Bruins]] hockey games, joined him in 1956 and also left after 1957.<ref name="histpa">{{cite web | url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2013/02/03/red-sox-search-for-new-voice-fenway-park/GkQfCJ5LPsqWZZmWCOFIIL/story.html | title=Red Sox still searching for a new PA voice | work=The Boston Globe | date=February 3, 2013 | access-date=November 22, 2014 | author=Cafardo, Nick}}</ref> Jay McMaster took over in 1958, until his replacement by [[Sherm Feller]] in 1967.<ref name=Ballou>{{cite news |title=Red Sox Remember Carl Beane as 'Icon' |first=Bill |last=Ballou |url=http://www.telegram.com/article/20120511/NEWS/105119693/1009/sports |newspaper=[[Telegram & Gazette]] |location=Worcester, Massachusetts |date=May 11, 2012 |access-date=May 20, 2012}}</ref> Feller served as the announcer for 26 years until his death after the 1993 season.<ref name="feller">{{cite news | title=Sherm Feller Was Fenway Park's Voice of the Boston Red Sox. | work=The Boston Globe | date=January 29, 1994 | author=Long, Tom | page=26}}</ref> He was known for beginning his games by welcoming the fans with "Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. Welcome to Fenway Park", and ending them by saying "Thank you."<ref name="brbeane">{{cite web | url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1178530-remembering-carl-beane-the-voice-of-the-boston-red-sox-he-will-be-missed | title=Remembering Carl Beane: "The Voice" of the Boston Red Sox Will Be Missed | work=[[Bleacher Report]] | date=May 9, 2012 | access-date=November 22, 2014 | author=Frommer, Harvey}}</ref> Leslie Sterling took the job for the 1994 season, becoming the second female PA announcer in the history of Major League Baseball.<ref name="histpa"/> Ed Brickley took over in 1997, and was replaced by [[Carl Beane]] in 2003.<ref name="histpa"/><ref name="Ballou"/> Beane was regarded as an "iconic" announcer, and served until his death in 2012, which was caused by a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] suffered while driving.<ref name="brbeane"/><ref name="beanedeath">{{cite web | url=http://www.wcvb.com/sports/-Voice-of-Fenway-dies-after-heart-attack-behind-wheel/12989876 | title='Voice of Fenway' dies after heart attack behind wheel | work=WCBV | date=May 10, 2012 | access-date=November 22, 2014}}</ref> Fenway used a series of guest announcers to finish the 2012 season{{refn|group=note|Guest announcers included Henry Mahegan, Jim Martin, Brian Maurer, James Demler, Jim Murray, Billy Lanni, [[Dick Flavin (poet)|Dick Flavin]], Jon Meterparel, Mike Riley, Tom Grilk, David Wade, Kelly Malone, Dean Rogers, John Dolan, Jonathan Hardacker, David Cook, Charlie Bame-Aldred, Matt Goldstein, Travis Jenkins, [[Bob Lobel]], [[Gordon Edes]], [[Peter King (sportswriter)|Peter King]], [[Eddie Palladino]], and [[Andy Jick]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Voices Line up for Red Sox Announcer Job |first=Beth |last=Teitell |url=http://articles.boston.com/2012-06-13/lifestyle/32198733_1_public-address-announcers-bob-sheppard-carl-beane |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=June 13, 2012 |access-date=June 16, 2012 |archive-date=January 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130118074537/http://articles.boston.com/2012-06-13/lifestyle/32198733_1_public-address-announcers-bob-sheppard-carl-beane |url-status=dead }}
* {{cite news |title=Red Sox Talent Show is All Wrong |first=Eric |last=Wilbur |url=http://articles.boston.com/2012-05-31/sports/31927960_1_talent-show-lucchino-nesn |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=May 31, 2012 |access-date=June 16, 2012 |archive-date=January 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130118075159/http://articles.boston.com/2012-05-31/sports/31927960_1_talent-show-lucchino-nesn |url-status=dead }}
* {{cite news |title=Red Sox to Have Tryouts for New Fenway Park PA Announcer to Replace Carl Beane |first=Steve |last=Silva |url=http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2012/05/red_sox_to_have.html |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=May 30, 2012 |access-date=June 16, 2012 }}
* {{cite news |title=WBZ TV's David Wade Gets a Turn as Red Sox PA Announcer Friday Night |url=http://boston.cbslocal.com/video/7477975-wbz-tvs-david-wade-gets-turn-as-red-sox-pa-announcer-friday-night/ |work=[[WBZ-TV|WBZ]] |location=Boston |date=July 9, 2012 |access-date=July 9, 2012 |archive-date=June 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609063702/http://boston.cbslocal.com/video/7477975-wbz-tvs-david-wade-gets-turn-as-red-sox-pa-announcer-friday-night/ |url-status=dead }}
* {{cite web |title=Carl Beane Tough to Get Over |first=Gordon |last=Edes |url=http://espn.go.com/espnw/8092807/boston-red-sox-no-rush-name-full-time-pa-announcer |publisher=[[ESPN]]W |access-date=July 9, 2012 }}
* {{cite news |title=On Baseball: Baseball Binds Father, Son |first=Kevin |last=Thomas |url=http://www.pressherald.com/sports/baseball-binds-father-son_2012-06-16.html?pageType=mobile&id=2 |newspaper=[[Portland Press Herald]] |date=June 17, 2012 |access-date=July 9, 2012 }}</ref>}} before hiring Henry Mahegan, [[Bob Lobel]], and [[Dick Flavin (poet)|Dick Flavin]] for 2013.<ref name="three for PA">{{cite web |title=Red Sox tab three for Fenway PA duties |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/boston/red-sox/post/_/id/26140/red-sox-tab-three-for-fenway-pa-duties |work=ESPN Boston |date=5 April 2013 |access-date=April 12, 2013}}</ref> Flavin died after the 2022 season.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stoico |first1=Nick |title=Dick Flavin, Fenway Park announcer and poet laureate of the Red Sox, dies at 86 |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/12/28/metro/dick-flavin-fenway-park-announcer-poet-laureate-red-sox-dies-86/ |access-date=December 29, 2022 |publisher=The Boston Globe |date=December 29, 2022}}</ref>
==Retired numbers==
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There are eleven [[List of Major League Baseball retired numbers|retired numbers]] above the right field grandstand. The numbers retired by the Red Sox are red on a white circle. [[Jackie Robinson]]'s 42, which was retired by Major League Baseball, is blue on a white circle. The two are further delineated through the font difference; Boston numbers are in the same style as the Red Sox jerseys, while Robinson's number is in the more traditional "block" numbering found on the Dodgers jerseys.
The numbers originally hung on the right-field facade in the order in which they were retired: 9-4-1-8. [[Dan Shaughnessy]] pointed out that the numbers, when read as a date (9/4/18), marked the eve of the first game of the 1918 World Series, the last championship that the Red Sox won before 2004.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wisnia |first1=Saul |title=Who Will Be Next Boston Red Sox To Have His Number Retired at Fenway Park? |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/954957-who-will-be-next-boston-red-sox-to-have-his-number-retired-at-fenway-park |website=Bleacher Report |access-date=21 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref> After the facade was repainted, the numbers were rearranged in numerical order.<ref>{{cite news |title=Boston Notes Fenway 100th; Yearlong Celebration Planned |first=Jimmy |last=Golen |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Boston+notes+Fenway+100th%253B+Yearlong+celebration+planned.-a0254542756 |newspaper=[[Telegram & Gazette]] |location=Worcester, Massachusetts |date=April 21, 2011 |access-date=April 21, 2011}}</ref> The numbers remained in numerical order until the 2012 season, when the numbers were rearranged back into the order in which they were retired by the Red Sox.
[[File:Red Sox panorama.jpg|thumb|upright=2 |right |Retired numbers on the outside of the stadium in 2010]]
The Red Sox policy on retiring uniform numbers was once one of the most stringent in baseball—the player had to be elected to the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|National Baseball Hall of Fame]], play at least 10 years with the team, and retire as a member of the Red Sox. The final requirement was waived for Carlton Fisk as he had finished his playing career with the [[Chicago White Sox]]. However, Fisk was assigned a Red Sox front office job and effectively "finished" his baseball career with the Red Sox in this manner.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sea Dogs Try to Get the Boot |first=Andrew |last=Neff |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UgE1AAAAIBAJ&pg=4968,4397347 |newspaper=[[Bangor Daily News]] |date=June 30, 2005 |page=C5 |access-date=March 8, 2013}}</ref> In 2008, the ownership relaxed the requirements further with the retirement of [[Johnny Pesky]]'s number 6. Pesky has not been inducted into the Hall of Fame, but in light of his over 50 years of service to the club, the management made an exception. Pesky would have had 10 seasons, but he was credited with the three seasons he served as an Operations Officer in the U.S. Navy during World War II.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pesky Makes Honor Roll |first=Michael |last=Vega |url=http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2008/09/24/pesky_makes_honor_roll/ |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=September 24, 2008 |access-date=September 25, 2008}}(Pay wall)</ref> The most recent number retired was 34, worn by [[2013 World Series]] Most Valuable Player [[David Ortiz]].
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|colspan=6 style="text-align:center" style="{{Baseball primary style|Boston Red Sox}}; |'''Red Sox retired numbers'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Retired Uniform Numbers in the American League |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats10.shtml |publisher=Baseball Almanac |access-date=September 26, 2008}}</ref>
|-
! style="{{Baseball secondary style|Boston Red Sox}};|No.
! style="{{Baseball secondary style|Boston Red Sox}};|Player
! style="{{Baseball secondary style|Boston Red Sox}};|Position
! style="{{Baseball secondary style|Boston Red Sox}};|Red Sox Years
! style="{{Baseball secondary style|Boston Red Sox}};|Date Retired
! style="{{Baseball secondary style|Boston Red Sox}};|Notes
|-
|align="center" style="color:#ed171f; background-color:#fff;" |'''1'''
|[[Bobby Doerr]]
|2B
|1937–44<br>1946–51
|May 21, 1988
|US Army, 1945
|-
|align="center" style="color:#ed171f; background-color:#fff;" |'''4'''
|[[Joe Cronin]]
|SS
|1935–45
|May 29, 1984
|Player-Manager
|-
|align="center" style="color:#ed171f; background-color:#fff;" |'''6'''
|[[Johnny Pesky]]
|SS, 3B, 2B
|1942, 46–52
|September 28, 2008
|US Navy, 1943–45
|-
|align="center" style="color:#ed171f; background-color:#fff;" |'''8'''
|[[Carl Yastrzemski]]
|LF, 1B, DH
|1961–83
|August 6, 1989
|AL MVP (1967)<br>Triple Crown (1967)
|-
|align="center" style="color:#ed171f; background-color:#fff;" |'''9'''
|[[Ted Williams]]
|LF
|1939–42<br>1946–60
|May 29, 1984
|US Marines, 1943–45, 52–53
|-
|align="center" style="color:#ed171f; background-color:#fff;" |'''14'''
|[[Jim Rice]]
|LF, DH
|1974–89
|July 28, 2009
|AL MVP (1978)
|-
|align="center" style="color:#ed171f; background-color:#fff;" |'''26'''
|[[Wade Boggs]]
|3B
|1983–1992
|May 26, 2016
|
|-
|align="center" style="color:#ed171f; background-color:#fff;" |'''27'''
|[[Carlton Fisk]]
|C
|1969, 71–80
|September 4, 2000
|AL Rookie of the Year (1972)
|-
|align="center" style="color:#ed171f; background-color:#fff;" |'''34'''
|[[David Ortiz]]
|DH
|2003–2016
|June 23, 2017
|3× World Series Champion (2004, 2007, 2013)<br>2004 ALCS MVP<br>2013 World Series MVP
|-
|align="center" style="color:#ed171f; background-color:#fff;" |'''45'''
|[[Pedro Martínez]]
|P
|1998–2004
|July 28, 2015
|World Series Champion ({{wsy|2004}})
|-
|align="center" style="color:#083884; background-color:#fff;" |'''42'''
|[[Jackie Robinson]]
|colspan=4 align="center" |[[Brooklyn Dodgers]] 1947–1956, retired by Major League Baseball, April 15, 1997
|}
==Ground rules==
* A ball going through the scoreboard, either on the bounce or fly, is a [[ground rule double]].
* A fly ball striking left-center field wall to right of or on the line behind the flag pole is a home run.
* A fly ball striking wall or flag pole and bouncing into bleachers is a home run.
* A fly ball striking line or right of same on wall in center is a home run.
* A fly ball striking wall left of line and bouncing into bullpen is a home run.
* A ball sticking in the bullpen screen or bouncing into the bullpen is a ground rule double.
* A batted or thrown ball remaining behind or under canvas or in tarp cylinder is a ground rule double.
* A ball striking the top of the scoreboard in left field in the ladder below top of wall and bouncing out of the park is a ground rule double.
* A fly ball that lands above the red line on top of the Green Monster and bounces onto the field of play is ruled a home run.<ref name="Ground rules"/>
* A fly ball that hits the rail in the right-center triangle is a home run.
It is a misconception among fans that a fly ball that gets stuck in the ladder above the scoreboard on the left field wall is ruled a ground rule triple. There is no mention of it in the Red Sox ground rules list.<ref name="Ground rules">{{cite web |title=Ballpark: Ground Rules |url=http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/ballpark/groundrules.jsp |publisher=[[Major League Baseball Advanced Media]] |access-date=March 8, 2013 |archive-date=February 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206100146/http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/ballpark/groundrules.jsp |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Access and transportation==
* Fenway Park can be reached by the [[Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority]] (MBTA) [[Green Line (MBTA)|Green Line]] subway's [[Kenmore station]] on the "B", "C" and "D" branches, as well as [[Fenway station]] on the "D" branch.<ref name="access-subway">{{cite web |title=Directions to Fenway Park – Subway |url=http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/ballpark/directions_subway.jsp |publisher=[[Major League Baseball Advanced Media]] |access-date=July 16, 2009 |archive-date=October 10, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091010053822/http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/ballpark/directions_subway.jsp |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Lansdowne station (MBTA)|Lansdowne station]] is served by all MBTA [[Framingham/Worcester Line]] commuter rail trains.<ref name="access-yawkey">{{cite web |title=MBTA Schedules and Maps – Commuter Rail – Yawkey |url=http://www.mbta.com/schedules_and_maps/rail/lines/stations/?stopId=239 |publisher=[[Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority]] |access-date=March 10, 2014}}</ref> This line provides service from [[South Station]] or [[Back Bay (MBTA station)|Back Bay]] and points west of Boston. In 2014, the new station was completed with full-length platforms, elevators, and access to Brookline Avenue and Beacon Street.<ref name="commuter-rail-schedule">{{cite web |title=MBTA Schedules and Maps – Commuter Rail – Framingham/Worcester |url=http://www.mbta.com/schedules_and_maps/rail/lines/?route=WORCSTER |publisher=[[Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority]] |access-date=March 10, 2014}}</ref>
* Another option is taking the [[Orange Line (MBTA)|Orange Line]] or [[MBTA Commuter Rail|commuter rail]] to [[Back Bay (MBTA station)|Back Bay]] or [[Ruggles (MBTA station)|Ruggles]]. The stations are a 30-minute walk to Fenway.
* Although the [[Massachusetts Turnpike]] passes close to Fenway Park, there is no direct connection. Motorists are directed to use [[Storrow Drive]] to access the park.<ref name="access-auto">{{cite web |title=Directions to Fenway Park – Automobile |url=http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/ballpark/directions_automobile.jsp |publisher=[[Major League Baseball Advanced Media]] |access-date=July 16, 2009 |archive-date=October 10, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091010041212/http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/ballpark/directions_automobile.jsp |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==See also==
{{Portal|Baseball|American football}}
* [[List of Major League Baseball stadiums]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Boston, Massachusetts]]
* [[Cask'n Flagon]]
* [[Lists of stadiums]]
==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Fenway Park}}
* [https://www.mlb.com/redsox/ballpark/ Stadium site on MLB.com]
* [http://www.preciseseating.com/index.php Fenway Park Seating Chart] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130104111123/http://www.preciseseating.com/index.php |date=2013-01-04 }} at Precise Seating
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090214004901/http://ballparkdigest.com/visits/index.html?article_id=795 Fenway Park info, including information on visiting]
* [http://www.ballparks.com/baseball/american/fenway.htm Fenway Park facts, photos, statistics and trivia]
* [http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/ballpark/history.jsp Boston Ballpark History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606231647/http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/ballpark/history.jsp |date=2011-06-06 }}. ''MLB.com''.
* [http://www.andrewclem.com/Baseball/FenwayPark.html Fenway Park dynamic diagram] at Clem's Baseball
* [https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=42.346458,-71.097261&spn=0.005536,0.007693&t=k&hl=en Google Maps Aerial view]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120501113531/http://www.visitingfan.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=36%3Aamerican-league&id=50%3ABoston-Red-Sox-Fenway-Park&Itemid=59 VisitingFan.com: Reviews of Fenway Park]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150118072959/http://wheresmyseat.net/fenway-park-boston-ma/ Fenway Park Seating Chart]
* [http://mlb.mlb.com/bos/fenwaypark100/index.jsp Fenway Park 100th Anniversary page] ''MLB.com''
* [http://www.stadiumjourney.com/stadiums/fenway-park-s1 Fenway Park at Stadium Journey]
* [https://archive.today/20131024164943/http://www.sportlistings.com/Venues/North-America/USA/Fenway-Park/Fenway-Park-l5575.html Fenway Park at Sportlistings directory]
* [https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3764bm.g03693191402/?sp=117&r=-0.218,-0.652,1.436,2.74,90 Sanborn map showing Fenway Park, 1914]
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