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Ebbets Field was a Major League Baseball stadium in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York. It is mainly known for having been the home of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team of the National League
Ebbets 1913Opening Day
Ray Caldwell pitching in the first exhibition game at Ebbets Field, April 5, 1913. The dirt walkway visible between the mound and the plate disappeared after the 1910s.
Charles Ebbets' daughter throws out the first pitch, at an exhibition game on April 5, 1913.
Game 1, 1920 World Series
Charles Ebbets
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Charles Henry Ebbets, Sr. was an American sports executive who served as co-owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1897 to 1902 before becoming majority owner of the team, doing so until his death in 1925
Ebbets Field
…west of Bedford Avenue. After locating the prospective new site to build a permanent stadium to replace the old wooden Washington Park, Dodgers' owner Charles Ebbets acquired the property over several years, starting in 1908, by buying lots until he owned the entire block. Ebbets Field was bounded by Bedford Avenue…
Ebbets Sr., circa 1915
Drawing of Ebbets in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle in 1895, at the time of the founding of the American Bowling Congress. Ebbets was prominent in the early days of organized ten-pin bowling.