Ballpark
Forbes Field
Pittsburgh · 1909–1970 · config 1970
Favors pitchers
(-0.1 runs for the away team)
Dimensions
LF 365′ · LFA 406′ · LC 406′ · CF 435′ · RC 408′ · RFA 408′ · RF 300′
Walls LF 14′ · CF 12′ · RF 28′
Vast center — triples alley
Cavernous foul ground
Capacity 35,000
Huge. Gap power over cheap homers.
Overhead diagram
Photograph
About this park
Forbes Field was vast — a triples alley in the gaps, deep center that swallowed pride, and a pitcher-leaning cathedral in Oakland. Mazeroski's swing lives in October lore; the geometry underneath rewarded gap power over cheap porches. Walking onto that grass meant choosing patience.