Three Rivers Stadium

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Contents 1 Stadium History 2 Trivia 3 Field Dimensions 4 Wall Height 5 External Links

Stadium History

Three Rivers Stadium's name referred to where it sat, where the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers join to form the Ohio River. It sat almost precisely on the site of Exposition Park, which housed the Pirates for 19 years from 1891-1909. The stadium was scheduled to open for the start of the 1970 season, but unlike Forbes, which had been built in four months, construction at the new site dragged on. The stadium wasn’t ready on Opening Day, nor was it ready for its revised target date of May 29, because the lights had yet to be put in place. Finally, on July 16, the new stadium was ready.

Trivia

• Roberto Clemente statue dedicated here in 1994.
• Numbers painted on seats in right-field upper deck where Willie Stargell’s homers landed.
• After 61 years without a no-hitter at Forbes Field, a no-hitter was pitched at Three Rivers Stadium less than a year after it opened by the St. Louis Cardinals’ Bob Gibson, on August 14, 1971.
• The Honus Wagner statue, which used to stand outside of Forbes Field, stood outside of Three Rivers Stadium.
• An 8-by-12-foot area of the 406 marker section of the Forbes Field brick wall, 12 Romanesque window frames, and the Babe Ruth plaque showing where his 714th home run landed were in the Allegheny Club at Three Rivers.
• Site of the 1994 and 1974 All-Star games.

Field Dimensions

Left Field	Left Center	Center Field	Right Center	Right Field
335'	375'	400'	373'	335'

Wall Height

Left Field	Center Field	Right Field
10’	10’	10’

External Links

• Stadium Profile - Courtesy of Ballparks.com
• Stadium Facts - Courtesy of Ballparks of Baseball.com