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No Known Restrictions Polo Grounds during World Series Game, 1913 from the Bain Collection (LOC) (434431507)
The Polo Grounds during a World Series game in 1913.

The Polo Grounds was a famous sports stadium in New York City. It wasn't just one stadium, but actually four different ones, all called the Polo Grounds and located in New York.

The first Polo Grounds was home to the New York Metropolitans baseball team from 1880 to 1885. The New York Giants baseball team also played there. When this first stadium was destroyed in 1889, the Giants moved to a new stadium. They decided to call this one the Polo Grounds too!

Finally, in 1890, the Giants moved to the last and most famous version of the Polo Grounds. They played there for a very long time, until 1957. After the Giants moved to San Francisco, the New York Mets baseball team used the Polo Grounds for two years.

Many other famous teams played at the Polo Grounds. The New York Giants and New York Jets football teams played their games there. Even the legendary New York Yankees baseball team played at the Polo Grounds before their own stadium, Yankee Stadium, was built. The Polo Grounds was torn down in 1964, and now apartment buildings stand where the stadium once was.

Images for kids

  • Polo Grounds original

    The first Polo Grounds, Opening Day, 1888.

  • Yale-Princeton May 30 1882

    Earliest known image of Polo Grounds I, from 1882

  • Manhattan Field ca1901

    Manhattan Field c. 1901 with Polo Grounds outfield in background. High Bridge crossing the Harlem River at about 173rd Street is in the background. The bridge's center spans over the river itself were replaced by a large single span in the 1920s. The tower on the left is Highbridge Water Tower.

  • Merkles Boner game Polo Grounds Sept23 1908

    Fans on Coogan's Bluff watch the infamous Merkle's Boner game between the Giants and Cubs, September 23, 1908.

  • Polo Grounds Manhattan Field

    Polo Grounds (III) (left) and Manhattan Field (aka Polo Grounds II) (right) c.1900

  • Polo grounds panorama

    Polo Grounds c.1905. The Morris-Jumel Mansion is on the upper right on top of Coogan's Bluff

  • Polo Grounds Fire

    Giants players inspecting the burned ruins at the Polo Grounds, April 14, 1911

  • Polo Grounds 1923

    Polo Grounds expansion in progress during the 1923 season

  • Polo Grounds grandstands

    Seating diagram of the Polo Grounds, circa 1923

  • Polo Grounds 1961 from Harlem River-B

    The Polo Grounds in 1961, seen from the Harlem River.

  • Army - Navy football at Polo Grounds

    1916 Army–Navy Game at the Polo Grounds.

  • Verdi's Requiem - Zenatello, Lawrence, Gay, and Rothier, 1916

    The performance of Verdi's Requiem at the Polo Grounds in 1916

  • Mays 19540929

    Dusty Rhodes rounding first after hitting a home run over the short right field fence (rear) in the second game of the 1954 World Series

  • Polo Grounds 1910

    Panoramic view of the Polo Grounds, October 13, 1910.

  • Jake Stahl 1912 World Series

    The Polo Grounds during the 1912 World Series.

  • 1913WorldSeriesBleachers

    Fans in the Polo Grounds bleachers during the 1913 World Series.

  • Halchasefielding

    Hal Chase fielding, 1913.

  • Polo Grounds outside

    Exterior of the Polo Grounds with Harlem River Speedway in foreground, circa 1915. Note vacant lot, site of Manhattan Field.

  • Polo Grounds 1913 World Series CROPPED

    View of the field from the grandstand.

  • Polo Grounds outfield 1923

    Opening Day in 1923, with the newly built Yankee Stadium visible in the distance.

  • Polo Grounds after 1911

    Polo Grounds - 1921

See also

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