April 20, 1912: Date of first game played in Fenway Park
7-6: Score of that game, in which the Red Sox defeated the New York Highlanders (later named the Yankees)
11: Number of innings in that game
27,000: Number of fans at the game
37 feet: Height of the left field wall, also known as the Green Monster
1907: Year that the Boston Pilgrims were renamed the Red Sox
47,627: The biggest baseball crowd at Fenway, for a Yankees doubleheader on Sept. 22, 1935
33,871: Fenway’s current capacity*, the lowest in the Major Leagues
1945: Year that a throw by Athletics outfielder Hal Peck hit a pigeon flying over Fenway Park
*After World War II, more stringent fire laws and league rules prohibited the overcrowding that was common in the 1930s.
Source: http://boston.redsox.mlb.com
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