Fenway Fun Facts

Fenway Facts:

• Fenway park opened five days after the sinking of The Titanic.

• Red Sox dugout is on the 1st base side. The bullpens are located behind the right field fence.

• Elevation: 20 feet above sea level.

• Seats made of oak.

• 43 private 28-seat rooftop boxes added in 1984.

• Behind the manual scoreboard in left field is a room where the walls are covered with signatures of players that have played left field through the years.

• Infield grass was transplanted from Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds to Fenway in 1912.

• In 1936 a 23-foot, 7-inch net was placed atop the wall in left to protect
windows on Landsdowne Street.

• In 1940, in an effort to help Ted Williams hit home runs, the Red Sox added the right-field bullpens, known as Williamsburg, which reduced the distance to the fence by 23 feet.

• A seat in the right field bleachers is painted red to mark the spot where longest measurable home run ever hit inside Fenway Park landed. Ted Williams hit the home run on June 9, 1946 off Fred Hutchinson of the Detroit Tigers. It was measured at 502 feet and supposedly crashed through the straw hat of the man sitting in the seat (Section 42, Row 37, Seat 21).

• The 1946 roof boxes were replaced in 1982.

• The screen behind home plate, designed to protect fans and allow foul balls to roll back down onto the field of play, was the first of its kind in the majors.

• Left-field scoreboard, installed on the wall in 1934, moved 20 feet to the right in 1976.

• The low concrete base of the left- and center-field walls was padded after the 1975 World Series, during which Fred Lynn crashed into the concrete wall in center.

• On June 13, 2005, in a ceremony before the Red Sox played the Cincinnati Reds at Fenway Park for the first time since the 1975 World Series, the left field foul pole was named "Fisk Pole." The ceremony honored Carlton Fisk, who hit the famous home run just inside the pole to win the 6th game of the series.