Boston, MA
Boston is the state capital and largest city in Massachusetts, located at the mouth of the Charles River and its junction with the Mystic River as it empties into Massachusetts Bay. Boston is the only city to host major league baseball without interruption since the founding of the National Association in 1871.
Teams that have played here[edit]
- Boston Red Stockings, National Association (1871-1875)
- Boston Red Caps, National League (1876-1882)
- Boston Beaneaters, National League (1883-1906)
- Boston Reds, Union Association (1884)
- Boston Reserves, Massachusetts State Association (1884)
- Boston Blues, New England League (1886-1887)
- Boston Resolutes, League of Colored Baseball Clubs (1887)
- Boston Reds, Players League (1890)
- Boston Reds, American Association (1891)
- Boston Reds (NEL), New England League (1893)
- Boston Americans, American League (1901-1906)
- Boston Red Sox, American League (1907-present)
- Boston Doves, National League (1907-1908)
- Boston Pilgrims, National League (1909-1911)
- Boston Braves, National League (1912-1935, 1941-1952)
- Boston Bees, National League (1936-1940)
- Boston Royal Giants, Negro Major League (1942)
Persons who were born here[edit]
- Carlos Alonso, minor league infielder
- Bill Anderson, pitcher
- Ray Arra, college coach
- Jeff Bagwell, infielder
- Ted Barnicle, minor league pitcher
- Dan Barry, umpire
- Joe Bean, infielder
- John Bergh, catcher
- Frank Blake, pitcher
- George Bonhag, USA national team infielder
- Henry Bostick, infielder
- C.E. Brickley, United States Olympic team catcher
- Bob Brown, pitcher
- George Brown, minor league pitcher
- Tom Burke, minor league outfielder
- John Butler, catcher
- Kid Butler, outfielder
- Ed Callahan, outfielder; umpire
- Paul Carey, infielder
- Ken Carlyle, minor league pitcher
- Joe Casey, catcher
- Carlos Castillo, pitcher
- Dick Clegg, umpire
- Alex Cobb, pitcher
- Joe Coleman, pitcher
- Tom Connolly, infielder
- Bill Cooney, pitcher/outfielder
- Dan Cotter, pitcher
- Ed Crane, pitcher/outfielder
- Dan Cronin, infielder/outfielder
- Sammy Curran, pitcher
- Claude Davidson, infielder
- Daisy Davis, pitcher
- Jason Delaney, minor league outfielder
- Manny Delcarmen, pitcher
- Steve Dignan, outfielder
- James Donnelly, infielder
- Dick Donovan, pitcher
- Cameron Drew, outfielder
- Matt Duffy, infielder
- Chris Dwyer, pitcher
- John Eagan, umpire
- Ryan Edell, minor league pitcher
- Charles Einstein, author
- Chuck Essegian, outfielder
- George Fair, infielder
- Zak Farkes, minor league infielder
- Turk Farrell, pitcher
- John Freeman, pitcher
- Sal Frelick, outfielder
- Ed Gallagher, pitcher
- Sean Gallagher, pitcher
- Gid Gardner, outfielder/pitcher
- Hank Garrity, catcher
- A. Bartlett Giamatti, Commissioner
- Bob Giggie, pitcher
- Tom Gleason, Australian baseball pioneer
- Cheever Goodwin, umpire
- Dick Grant, minor league infielder
- Kenny Greer, pitcher
- Donna Halper, author
- Bob Hansen, infielder
- Pat Hartnett, infielder
- Richie Hebner, infielder
- Fred Hoey, broadcaster
- Herb Hunter, infielder
- Jerry Hurley, catcher
- Kyle Hurst, minor league pitcher
- Clif Keane, writer
- Dick Kelley, pitcher
- John Kiely, pitcher
- Harry Lamb, umpire
- Henry Lampe, pitcher
- Ed Linn, author
- Skip Lockwood, pitcher
- Walter Lonergan, infielder
- Dan Long, outfielder
- Jim Lovett, umpire
- Jimmy Macullar, infielder
- Bunny Madden, catcher
- Mike Mahoney, infielder
- Bill Marshall, infielder
- Doc Martel, catcher/infielder
- Don Mason, infielder
- Bill McCarthy, catcher
- Tommy McCarthy, outfielder; manager; Hall of Fame
- Jeep McClain, infielder
- Bill McGunnigle, outfielder/pitcher, manager
- Alex McKinnon, infielder
- Lennie Merullo, infielder
- Bill Mills, catcher
- Dick Mills, pitcher
- Jim Moroney, pitcher
- John Morrill, infielder; manager
- Matt Murray, pitcher
- Miah Murray, catcher; umpire
- Packy Naughton, pitcher
- Fred Newman, pitcher
- Tom O'Connell, college coach
- Charlie O'Malley, college coach
- Javier Ortiz, outfielder
- Mike Palm, pitcher
- Eddie Pellagrini, infielder
- Chris Petersen, infielder
- Al Pierotti, pitcher
- Mickey Pina, minor league outfielder
- Tony Plansky, minor league outfielder
- Ron Polk, college coach
- A.J. Quinn, umpire
- Joe Quinn, catcher
- Tom Raftery, outfielder
- Joe Reardon, minor league pitcher
- Bob Reed, pitcher
- George Rogers, umpire
- Sy Rosenthal, outfielder
- Gus Salve, pitcher
- Jack Satter, owner
- Marty Shay, infielder
- Clayton Sheedy, minpr league infielder
- Dan Simonds, minor league catcher
- Jack Slattery, catcher; manager
- Mike Slattery, outfielder
- Art Smith, pitcher
- Tom Smith, pitcher
- Adam Sorgi, minor league infielder
- Andy Spognardi, infielder
- Ed Sprague, pitcher
- H.D. Stanwood, umpire
- Dick Stello, umpire
- Allie Strobel, infielder
- Chub Sullivan, outfielder
- Denny Sullivan, infielder
- Mike Sullivan, pitcher
- Tom Sullivan, pitcher
- James Sumner, umpire
- Jerry Sweeney, infielder
- Frederick Thayer, college coach, inventor
- Bill Tierney, infielder
- George Twombly, outfielder
- Columbus Tyler, umpire
- Mike Vasil, minor league pitcher
- Jim Wallace, outfielder
- Joe Walsh, infielder
- Jim Ward, catcher
- Steve White, pitcher
- Ed Wineapple, pitcher
- Nick Wise, catcher/outfielder
- Rhett Wiseman, minor league outfielder
- Herman Young, infielder
Persons who died here[edit]
- Charles Adams, owner
- Dan Barry, umpire
- John Bergh, catcher
- Dennis Berran, outfielder
- Dave Birdsall, outfielder
- Tommy Bond, pitcher
- Don Brennan, pitcher
- Dick Bresciani, executive
- Lew Brown, catcher
- George Bryant, infielder
- John Butler, catcher
- Kid Butler, outfielder
- Nixey Callahan, outfielder/pitcher; manager
- Bullet Campbell, pitcher
- Hugh Canavan, pitcher
- Lefty Capers, pitcher
- Larry Claflin, writer
- Dick Clegg, umpire
- Bob Coleman, catcher; manager
- Eddie Collins, infielder; manager; Hall of Fame
- Frank Connaughton, infielder
- Tom Connolly, infielder
- Dan Cotter, pitcher
- Dan Cronin, infielder/outfielder
- Sammy Curran, pitcher
- Charlie Daniels, pitcher
- Pep Deininger, outfielder
- Steve Dignan, outfielder
- John Donahue, outfielder
- Timothy Donovan, umpire
- Hugh Duffy, outfielder; manager; Hall of Fame
- John Eagan, umpire
- Clyde Engle, infielder
- Frank Fahey, outfielder/pitcher
- Duke Farrell, catcher
- Alex Ferson, pitcher
- John Fitzgerald, pitcher
- Tom Fleming, outfielder
- Curry Foley, outfielder/pitcher
- John Fox, pitcher
- Emil Fuchs, manager
- Hank Garrity, catcher
- Hank Garrity, college coach
- Chippy Gaw, pitcher
- Gene Good, outfielder
- Mike Gordon, catcher
- Lou Gorman, General Manager
- George Haddock, pitcher
- Jim Halpin, infielder
- Pat Hartnett, infielder
- Willard Hershberger, catcher
- Shanty Hogan, catcher
- Paul Howard, outfielder
- Eddie Hurley, umpire
- Jerry Hurley, catcher
- John Irwin, infielder
- Hal Janvrin, infielder
- Pearley Johnson, infielder
- Bill Jones, outfielder
- Ike Kamp, pitcher
- Clif Keane, writer
- Bill Kearns, scout
- King Kelly, catcher/outfielder; manager; Hall of Fame
- Fred Lake, catcher; manager
- Henry Lampe, pitcher
- Frank Leja, infielder
- Andy Leonard, outfielder
- Toby Lyons, pitcher
- Freddie Maguire, infielder
- Mike Mahoney, infielder
- Joe Maney, owner
- Jack Manning, outfielder/pitcher, manager
- Bill McCarthy, pitcher
- Tommy McCarthy, outfielder; manager; Hall of Fame
- Jim McKeever, catcher
- Larry McLean, catcher
- Peter Mullen, umpire
- Tim Murnane, infielder; manager; umpire
- Bill Murray, infielder
- Miah Murray, catcher; umpire
- Buck O'Brien, pitcher
- Silk O'Loughlin, umpire
- John O'Rourke, outfielder
- Louis Coues Page, owner
- Paul Radford, outfielder/infielder
- Tom Raftery, outfielder
- Jerry Remy, infielder
- Art Rico, catcher
- Sy Rosenthal, outfielder
- Guido Rugo, owner
- Jack Ryan, catcher
- Clement Schwener, official
- Francis Seastrand, minor league infielder
- William Selden, Negro League pitcher
- Frank Shannon, infielder
- Dave Shean, infielder
- Jack Slattery, catcher; manager
- Mike Slattery, outfielder
- Pop Smith, infielder
- Tom Smith, pitcher
- Bill Stewart, umpire
- Chub Sullivan, outfielder
- Denny Sullivan, infielder
- Mike Sullivan, pitcher
- Tom Sullivan, pitcher
- Jerry Sweeney, infielder
- John Taber, pitcher
- Fred Tenney, infielder; manager
- Bill Tierney, infielder
- Jim Walsh, pitcher
- Joe Walsh, infielder
- Jim Ward, catcher
- Bobby Wheelock, infielder
- Tom Whelan, infielder
- Lawrence Whitney, United States Olympic team outfielder
- Nick Wise, catcher/outfielder
- Red Woodhead, infielder
- George Wright, infielder; manager; Hall of Fame
- Sam Wright, infielder
- Tom Yawkey, owner; Hall of Fame
- Stan Yerkes, pitcher
Educational institutions located here[edit]
- Boston College
- Boston College High School
- Boston Latin School
- Boston University
- Bunker Hill Community College
- Burdett College
- Dorchester High School
- Emerson College
- English High School of Boston
- Fisher College
- Huntington School for Boys
- Hyde Park High School
- John D. O'Bryant School of Mathematics & Science
- Lowell Institute
- Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
- Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions
- New England College of Optometry
- Northeastern University
- Simmons College
- Suffolk University
- University of Massachusetts Boston
- Wentworth Institute of Technology
Further Reading[edit]
- Charlie Bevis: Red Sox vs. Braves in Boston: The Battle for Fans’ Hearts, 1901–1952, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2017. ISBN 978-0-7864-9664-8
- Peter Morris et al.: Base Ball Founders: The Clubs, Players and Cities of the Northeast That Established the Game, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2013. ISBN 978-0-7864-7430-1
- Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith: War Fever: Boston, Baseball, and America in the Shadow of the Great War, Basic Books, New York, NY, 2020. ISBN 9781541672666
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