Hilltop Park
From SoSH
| Location: | Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York |
| Opened: | April 30, 1903 |
| Owner: | Greater New York Baseball Club |
| Surface: | Grass |
| Architect: | Bernstein & Bernstein |
| Current Capacity: | 16,000 plus standing (additional 15,000) |
| Build Cost: | $30,350.00 |
| Tenants: | New York Yankees (1903-1912) |
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Stadium History
Frank Farrell and Bill Devery, owners of the Baltimore Orioles, moved their baseball team to Manhattan, New York in 1903. The team was originally known as the New York Highlanders when first moved to New York and became the New York Yankees a couple of years later. Hilltop Park was constructed in only six weeks.
Near the start of the 1911 season, the Polo Grounds where the New York Giants played, burned to the ground. The Giants and Yankees shared Hilltop Park for over two months. In 1912, the Yankees moved to the new Polo Grounds IV with the Giants and remained in that stadium until 1923 when Yankee Stadium was built.
Hilltop Park was torn down in 1914. The Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center was built on the property in the 1920s and remains there today.
Trivia
Field Dimensions
| Left Field | Center Field | Right Field |
| 365' | 542' | 400' |
