1960 Event Demolition begins on Brooklyn's Ebbets Field (opened in 1913) 1957 Event Brooklyn Dodgers play last game at Ebbets Field, defeat Pirates 2-0 1957 Event Duke Snider's 39th and 40th home runs are last hit at Ebbets Field 1957 Event Brooklyn Dodgers sign a new 3 year lease for Ebbets Field 1956 Event Dodgers sell Ebbets Field to a real estate group They agree to stay until 1959, with an option to stay until 1961 1955 Event Willie Mays hits record tying 9th home run at Ebbets Field (ties Joe Adcock) 1949 Event 16th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-7 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn 1948 Event Leo Durocher returns to Ebbets Field as a New York Giant 1946 Event Cards beat Dodgers 8-4 at Ebbets Field to win NL playoffs 2-0 1946 Event Braves Bama Rowell double shatters Bulova clock in Ebbets Field 1945 Event Scheduled demonstrations at Polo Grounds and Ebbets Field to end segregation in organized baseball are called off 1938 Event 1st night game at Brooklyn Ebbets Field (Reds 6, Dodgers 0) as Cincinnati Red Johnny Vander Meer hurls unprecedented 2nd consecutive no-hitter 1938 Event Dodgers announce contracts to install lights at Ebbets Field 1927 Birthday Joe Adcock, born in Coushatta, Louisiana, first baseman, outfielder, played for Cincinnati Reds, homered four times in a single game against Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field 1925 Event No baseball games played in NL due to Charles Ebbets' funeral 1925 Death Charles Ebbets, Dodgers President, dies 1922 Event Charles Ebbets proposes putting numbers on players' sleeves or caps 1916 Event In Game 3, Charlie Ebbets becomes the 1st owner to raise the price of World Series grandstand seats to $5-up from $3 1916 Event NL votes down Charlie Ebbets proposal to limit 25 cents seats 1913 Event Brooklyn Dodger's Ebbets Field opens, Phillies win 1-0 1911 Event Brooklyn Dodgers President Charles Ebbets announces purchase of grounds to build a new concrete-and-steel stadium to seat 30,000 1859 Birthday Charles Ebbets, namesake of Ebbets Field, Brooklyn
