Griffith Stadium
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Griffith Stadium stood in Washington, D.C., from 1911 to 1965, between Georgia Avenue and 5th Street, and between W Street and Florida Avenue NW.
Griffith Stadium in 1960
1937 All Star managers
Right field seats and row houses with "bootleg bleachers" before the high fence was installed
The new left field grandstand (in foul territory), with a higher roof than the original
The Washington Senators were a professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C. The Senators competed in Major League Baseball as one of the American League's first expansion franchises. The club
Griffith Stadium
…Stadium for Washington Senators owner Clark Griffith in 1923. The stadium was home to the American League Senators from 1911 through 1960, and to an expansion team of the same name for their first season in 1961. The venue hosted the All-Star Game in 1937 and 1956 and World Series games in 1924, 1925, and 1933. It served as home…
The Washington Senators played at RFK Stadium from 1962 to 1971.
U.S. President Richard Nixon throwing the Opening Day ceremonial first pitch at RFK Stadium on April 7, 1969, with Ted Williams (left) and Bob Short (right, partially obscured by Ralph Houk)
A Senators home uniform from 1963 to 1968.