page_title: Braves Field
section_title: World Series games
hierarchical_section_title: Braves Field / World Series games
caption_attribution_description: English: Title: Boston Braves Baseball Team of 1948 Description: Front L. to R. -- Sibby Sisti, Clyde Shoun, Bob Keely, Fred Fitzsimmons, Billy Southworth, Johnny Cooney, Bob Elliott, Red Barrett, Bill Salkeld, Vern Bickford, Phill Masi, Jim Russell. Second L. to R. -- George Young, Frank McCormick, Ernie White, Connie Ryan, John Sain, Bill Hogue, Mike McCormick, Clint Conatser, Jeff Heath, John Antonelli, Warren Spahn, Nelson Potter. Third L. to R. -- Bob Sturgeon, Si Johnson, Earl Torgeson, Al Dark, Tommy Holmes, Bill Voiselle, John Beazley, Al Lyons. Bat Boys L. to R. -- Charlie Chronopoulos, Tom Ferguson, Frank McNulty. Subjects: Baseball players; Boston Braves (Baseball team) Places: Massachusetts &gt; Suffolk (county) &gt; Boston Notes: Title from item. Extent: 1 print (postcard)&#160;: linen texture, color&#160;; 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. Accession #: 06_10_000019
context_page_description: Braves Field was a baseball park located in Boston, Massachusetts. Today the site is home to Nickerson Field on the campus of Boston University. The stadium was home of the Boston Braves of the National League from 1915–1952, prior to the Braves' move to Milwaukee in 1953. The stadium hosted the 1936 Major League Baseball All-Star Game and Braves home games during the 1948 World Series. The Boston Red Sox used Braves Field for their home games in the 1915 and 1916 World Series since the stadium had a larger seating capacity than Fenway Park. Braves Field was the site of Babe Ruth's final season, playing for the Braves in 1935. From 1929 to 1932, the Boston Red Sox played select regular season games periodically at Braves Field. On May 1, 1920, Braves Field hosted the longest major league baseball game in history – 26 innings, which eventually ended in a 1–1 tie.
  Braves Field was also home to multiple professional football teams between 1929 and 1948, including the first home of the National Football League franchise that became the Washington Football Team.
context_section_description: World Series games were played at Braves Field in 1915, 1916, and 1948. The Boston Red Sox played their home games in the 1915 and 1916 World Series at the new Braves Field, as its capacity at the time was larger than Fenway Park, while the Braves hosted three games of the 1948 World Series.
  The Red Sox defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 4 games to 1 to win the 1915 World Series. On Monday, October 11, the Red Sox won Game 3 at Braves Field, 2–1, in front of 42,300. The next day, the Red Sox won Game 4 in front of 41,096, also 2–1. As a young pitcher on the Red Sox, Babe Ruth only appeared in the series once, as a pinch hitter, going 0–1 in Game 1.
  The following year, the Red Sox played the Brooklyn Robins in the 1916 World Series. In Game 1, the Red Sox defeated Brooklyn, 6–5, at Braves Field in front of 36,117. On Monday, October 9, Boston left-hander Babe Ruth pitched against Sherry Smith in front of 47,373. Ruth and Smith dueled for 14 innings, before Ruth and the Red Sox won in the bottom of the 14th, 2–1. The Red Sox won their second consecutive World Series with a 4–1 victory in Game 5 at Braves Field, with 43,620 in attendance.
  In 1948, the Boston Braves captured the National League pennant with 91 wins. The Braves then played the Cleveland Indians in the World Series, losing 4 games to 2. Two future Hall-of-Famers led their teams as Managers, Lou Boudreau of Indians and Billy Southworth leading the Braves. The 1948 Braves were led by pitchers Johnny Sain and Hall-of-Famer Warren Spahn. In Game 1, on October 6, Sain beat Bob Feller of the Indians, 1–0, at Braves Field in front of 40,135. The Indians took Game 2, 4–1, the next day at Braves Field, with Bob Lemon beating Spahn with 39,633 in attendance. Game 2 also made television history when a live broadcast of the game was shown to passengers of the B&O Railroad's train traveling between Washington, D.C. and New York City. The Braves and Indians returned to Boston for Game 6 on Monday October 11, 1948. The Indians defeated the Braves, 4–3, in front of 40,103 to capture the championship.
caption: Boston Braves baseball team of 1948
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