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  1. Mar 28, 2022 · According to Baseball Almanac, Negro League slugger Luke Easter did it in 1948, Joe Adcock of the Milwaukee Braves accomplished the feat in 1953, Lou Brock of the Chicago Cubs did it in 1962 and Hank Aaron of the Braves also blasted the ball out in center field in 1962. Steve Silverman is an award-winning writer, covering sports since 1980.

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    • Citizens Bank Park (Phillies) Measurements, in feet (L-R, dead center in bold): 329, 374, 409, 401, 369, 330. Philly has an outfield feature unlike any other park in baseball: a centerfield wall that’s dramatically shorter than the rest of the fences.
    • Petco Park (Padres) Measurements, in feet (L-R, dead center in bold): 334, 357, 390, 396, 391, 382, 322. Petco Park has something no other stadium in baseball has.
    • Globe Life Field (Rangers) Measurements, in feet (L-R, dead center in bold): 329, 372, 407, 374, 326. At first glance, there’s nothing noteworthy about the outfield at the new Rangers ballpark.
    • Chase Field (Diamondbacks) Measurements, in feet (L-R, dead center in bold): 330, 374, 413, 407, 413, 374, 334. Oh, your team’s park has a high fence near one of the foul poles?
  2. 100005739 [7] Wrigley Field / ˈrɪɡli / is a ballpark on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is the home ballpark of Major League Baseball 's Chicago Cubs, one of the city's two MLB franchises. It first opened in 1914 as Weeghman Park for Charles Weeghman 's Chicago Whales of the Federal League, which folded after the 1915 baseball season ...

  3. Jul 23, 2024 · Coors Field has the deepest outfield walls in MLB at 415 feet. Fenway Park's outfield walls are the closest at 390 feet. One of the most interesting differences between Major League Baseball and other professional sports is that in MLB, teams get to choose how their home field will be shaped. While there always has to be 90 feet between the ...

  4. Apr 4, 2023 · The deepest part of the ballpark in left-center field had once been 490 feet before being brought in to 461 feet in 1937. In the renovated ballpark, Death Valley now measured 417 feet (and would be moved in even closer to 408 feet in the late 1980s). 35 In the old ballpark, Death Valley contained the monuments of Gehrig, Ruth, and Miller Huggins, which had stood in the field of play along with ...

  5. The deepest part of any baseball outfield is known as the ‘centerfield’ which typically measures at least 400ft/121.92 vertically from the home plate on most MLB fields. Comerica Park in Detroit has the deepest centerfield fence in the MLB at 420ft/128m and Fenway Park in Boston has the shallowest centerfield fence at 390ft/118.9m.

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  7. Sep 15, 2021 · This Day In History: 08/26/1939 - First Televised MLB Game. 1. Baker Bowl in Philadelphia | 1904-1938. ODDITY: Towering right field wall. The original wooden Baker Bowl, destroyed in an 1895 fire ...

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