Polo Grounds

The Polo Grounds was the name given to four different stadiums in New York City used by Major League Baseball's New York Giants from 1883 until 1957, New York Metropolitans from 1883 until 1885, the New York Yankees from 1912 until 1922, and by the New York Mets in their first two seasons of 1962 and 1963.

Dimensions

Compiled from various photos, baseball annuals, and Green Cathedrals by Phil Lowry.

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1890

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• Left Field Line - 335 ft. (not posted)
• Center Field - 500 ft. (not posted)
• Right Field Line - 335 ft. (not posted)

1911-1922

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• Left Field Line - 277 ft. (not posted)
• Center Field - 433 ft. (not posted)
• Right Field Line - 258 ft. (not posted)

1923-1957

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• Left Field Line - 279 ft. (not posted)
• Left Field Upper Deck Overhang - about 250 ft.
• Shallow Left Center - 315 ft.
• Left Center 1 - 360 ft.
• Left Center 2 - 414 ft.
• Deep Left Center - 447 ft. left of bullpen curve
• Deep Left Center - 455 ft. right of bullpen curve
• Center Field - approx. 425 ft. (unposted) corners of runways
• Center Field - 483 ft. posted on front of clubhouse balcony, sometimes 475 ft.
• Center Field - 505 ft. (unposted) sometimes given as total C.F. distance
• Deep Right Center - 455 ft. left of bullpen curve
• Deep Right Center - 449 ft. right of bullpen curve
• Right Center 2 - 395 ft.
• Right Center 1 - 338 ft.
• Shallow Right Center - 294 ft.
• Right Field Line - 257 ft. 3 3/8 in. (not posted)
• Backstop - 65 ft. sometimes also given as 74 ft.