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Classic Moments from
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A 30 foot high concrete wall dominated right field. For a comparison, Fenway's Green Monster was 5 feet closer and 7 feet higher. |
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The center field wall detoured around 5 houses and a huge tree in center, jutting into the field of play. |
| 1911 |
American League Park burns to the ground and a new steel and concrete stadium is built in time for Opening Day on April 12. The Senators win in the new facility 8-5 over the Boston Red Sox. |
| 1920 |
Officially renamed from League Park to Griffith Stadium in honor of Senators president Clark Griffith. |
| 1924 |
October 10: Eighth inning of the seventh and deciding game of the World Series, a potential double play ball hits a pebble and bounces over New York Giants third baseman Freddie Lindstrom's head allowing the tying runs to score. The Senators would go on to win in 12 innings. |
| 1926 |
April 13: Walter "Big Train" Johnson pitches his last Opening Day game for the Senators. The contest goes 15 innings with Johnson going the distance and winning 1-0. |
| 1937 |
July 7: Dizzy Dean gets hit on the foot off a line drive by Earl Averill and it fractures his toe in the All Star Game. The nagging injury ultimately ended his career prematurely. |
| 1941 |
The stadium's first night is spoiled as the New York Yankees defeat the Senators 6-5. |
| 1950 |
September 10: Joe Dimaggio becomes the first player to hit 3 home runs in one game at the famed stadium. The Yankees win the game 8-1. |
| 1953 |
April 17: Site of Mickey Mantle's 565 foot monster home run off Washington Senators pitcher Chuck
Stobbs. |
| 1954 |
September 7: The Senators host the A's and win 5-4. However, only 460 fans witness the game, the lowest attendance in the parks history. |
| 1961 |
September 21: The last game played at the stadium saw the Minnesota Twins beat the Senators 6-3 before a sparse crowd of 1,500. |
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