Braves Field greatest games – Society for American Baseball Research

August 18, 1915: Braves Field opens in Boston

October 11, 1915: Red Sox squeeze by Pete Alexander’s Phillies in Game Three

October 12, 1915: Ernie Shore leads Red Sox to Game Four victory

June 13, 1916: Braves, Reds play longest scoreless duel in MLB history

June 16, 1916: Salida Tom Hughes no-hits Pirates at Braves Field

October 7, 1916: Red Sox win a World Series home game — a mile away from home

October 9, 1916: Red Sox win Game 2 on a loaned diamond; Babe Ruth goes the distance in 14

Ernie Shore (SABR-Rucker Archive)

October 12, 1916: Red Sox claim championship on adopted turf

May 5, 1918: Breaking the Sabbath: Navy Yard stars win exhibition at Braves Field

May 7, 1918: Boston Braves blow out Brooklyn, 16-0

September 2, 1918: Braves, Giants finish a season cut short by war

May 24, 1919: Hank Gowdy Day at Braves Field

May 1, 1920: An extreme exercise in futility: Braves, Dodgers play 26 innings to no decision

December 4, 1920: Big-time college football comes to Braves Field

May 9, 1921: Collegians versus the Pros: BC’s Jimmy Fitzpatrick stymies Boston Braves

October 6, 1923: Ernie Padgett’s unassisted triple play

April 11, 1925: Braves, Red Sox resume City Series in Boston

April 14, 1925: First radio broadcast from Braves Field

May 8, 1925: Braves, Cubs celebrate National League’s Golden Jubilee

July 7, 1925: Bernie Neis’s historic clout leaves Braves Field

December 9, 1925: Red Grange, Chicago Bears bring professional football to Boston

October 9, 1926: Red Grange returns to Boston with upstart pro football league

June 2, 1928: Les is more: Braves’ Bell wallops three home runs

September 15, 1928: Braves play the last of record nine straight doubleheaders