Editing Forbes Field (section)

==Events==

===Baseball===
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|+Seating capacity for baseball:<ref name=ZZAlm>{{Cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/stadium/st_forbes.shtml|title = Forbes Field History &#124; Baseball Almanac}}</ref>
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! scope="row" style="{{Baseball primary style|Pittsburgh Pirates}};"| Years
! scope="row" style="{{Baseball primary style|Pittsburgh Pirates}};"| Capacity
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! scope="row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|Pittsburgh Pirates}};"|1909–1914
| {{center|23,000}}
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! scope="row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|Pittsburgh Pirates}};"|1915–1924
| {{center|25,000}}
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! scope="row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|Pittsburgh Pirates}};"|1925–1937
| {{center|41,000}}
|-
! scope="row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|Pittsburgh Pirates}};"|1938
| {{center|40,000}}
|-
! scope="row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|Pittsburgh Pirates}};"|1939–1941
| {{center|33,537}}
|-
! scope="row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|Pittsburgh Pirates}};"|1942–1946
| {{center|33,467}}
|-
! scope="row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|Pittsburgh Pirates}};"|1947–1952
| {{center|33,730}}
|-
! scope="row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|Pittsburgh Pirates}};"|1953–1959
| {{center|34,249}}
|-
! scope="row" style="{{Baseball secondary style|Pittsburgh Pirates}};"|1960–1970
| {{center|35,000}}
|}
In 1909, Forbes Field's opening season, the Pirates beat the Detroit Tigers in the [[1909 World Series|World Series]]. It was the only meeting of eventual [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Hall of Famers]] [[Honus Wagner]] and [[Ty Cobb]].<ref>{{harvnb|Cicotello|2007|p=18|Ref=none}}</ref>

On October 2, 1920, Forbes Field hosted the last [[Doubleheader (baseball)#Tripleheaders|triple-header]] in MLB history.<ref name=Ball53/>

On August 5, 1921, Forbes Field was the site of the first [[Major League Baseball on the radio|live radio broadcast of a Major League Baseball game]] in the United States.<ref name=Ball53/> [[Harold Arlin]] announced the play-by-play action between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Philadelphia Phillies over [[KDKA (AM)|KDKA]] from a box seat next to the first-base dugout.<ref name=GBU104>{{harvnb|McCollister|2008|p=104|Ref=none}}</ref>  Regular broadcasts of Pirates games began over KDKA in 1936, announced by [[Rosey Rowswell|A. K. "Rosey" Rowswell]], a local humorist and friend of team owner [[Bill Benswanger]].  Rowswell is quoted as describing his broadcasting with, "It's not just play-by-play that matters.  It's what you say in between the pitches that counts."  His style influenced junior partner [[Bob Prince]], who began broadcasting in 1948. Rowswell broadcast games at Forbes Field until his death in 1955.<ref name="BonkDan" />

In 1925, the Pirates became the first team to come back from a three-game to one deficit to defeat the [[Washington Senators (1901–60)|Washington Senators]] and win the [[1925 World Series|World Series]].<ref>{{harvnb|Cicotello|2007|p=21|Ref=none}}</ref> Pittsburgh's third and final World Series championship while they played at Forbes Field came in 1960. [[Bill Mazeroski]] hit the first home run to end a World Series, the only [[walk-off home run]] in World Series Game 7 history.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bill Mazeroski|url=http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers/detail.jsp?playerId=118497|publisher=Baseball Hall of Fame|access-date=September 6, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705061101/http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers/detail.jsp?playerId=118497|archive-date=July 5, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>  These two World Series victories mark the only times that the Pirates clinched a championship at home, with Forbes Field hosting both.

Two [[unassisted triple play]]s were turned at Forbes Field. The first took place on May 7, 1925, when Pittsburgh's [[Glenn Wright]] achieved the feat. Two seasons later, in 1927, [[Jimmy Cooney (1920s shortstop)|Jimmy Cooney]]—who had been a victim of the first triple play—also acquired three outs by himself.<ref name=Ball53/>

[[File:Forbes Field from bleachers.jpg|thumb|Forbes Field in its early years.]]
On May 25, 1935, at Forbes Field, [[Babe Ruth]] hit the last three home runs of his career as his Boston Braves lost to the Pirates, 11–7. His last home run cleared the right field stands roofline, making him the first player to ever do so.

On October 8, 1946, six months before his major league debut, [[Jackie Robinson]] played with his African American all-stars against [[Honus Wagner]]'s all-stars.<ref>{{cite news |title='History Detectives' Episode About Forbes Field Game Airs Aug. 23|first=William|last=Loeffler|url=http://triblive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/ae/more/s_694818.html#axzz2TKHK21jq|newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]]|date=August 13, 2010|access-date=June 3, 2014}}</ref>

Most of the game-action scenes from the 1951 film ''[[Angels in the Outfield (1951 film)|Angels in the Outfield]]'' were filmed at the stadium.<ref name=Ball53/>

On May 28, 1956, [[Dale Long]] of the Pirates took what one author has stated was the first-ever [[curtain call]] in baseball history, after hitting home runs in eight consecutive games caused fans to cheer for five minutes.<ref name=GBU104/>

The [[Homestead Grays]] of the [[Negro league baseball|Negro leagues]] played all home games at Forbes Field from 1922 to 1939.<ref name=FF55>{{harvnb|Cicotello|2007|p=55|Ref=none}}</ref> Grays owner [[Cumberland Posey]] became friends with Dreyfuss, who rarely missed a Grays game.<ref>{{harvnb|Cicotello|2007|pp=55, 64|Ref=none}}</ref> In 1930, [[Josh Gibson]] made his premiere for the Grays at Forbes Field.<ref>{{harvnb|Cicotello|2007|p=58|Ref=none}}</ref> Also in 1930, the Grays and the [[Kansas City Monarchs]] played the first baseball game at night in Pittsburgh on July 18, 1930. A crowd of over 15,000 was expected.<ref>{{cite news|title=First Night Baseball Game at Forbes Field|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wIFRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mWgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4031%2C3643297|newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|date=July 18, 1930|page=15|access-date=October 7, 2022}}</ref> Floodlights were installed the day before the game after they were transported from [[Cleveland]], where the Grays and Monarchs had played on July 16.<ref>{{cite news |title=Install Lights at Forbes Field|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ffgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4381,3874307|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714143210/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ffgMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mWgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4381,3874307|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 14, 2012|newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|date=July 17, 1930|access-date=April 29, 2009}}</ref> Six members of the Grays' 1936 team have been inducted into the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Chapter Three: The Negro Leagues|url=http://explorepahistory.com/story.php?storyId=2&chapter=4|series=Baseball in Pennsylvania|publisher=WITF, Inc.|access-date=April 29, 2009}}</ref> Beginning in 1937, the Grays won nine consecutive [[Negro National League (1933–1948)|Negro National League]] championships.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chapter One: Baseball in Pittsburgh|url=http://explorepahistory.com/story.php?storyId=2&chapter=2|series=Baseball in Pennsylvania|publisher=WITF, Inc.|access-date=April 29, 2009}}</ref>

The University of Pittsburgh's [[Pittsburgh Panthers baseball|baseball team]] also often used Forbes Field for home games.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=pittyearbooks&cc=pittyearbooks&idno=1960e49702&node=1960e49702%3A13&frm=frameset&view=image&seq=242|title=The Owl|publisher=University of Pittsburgh|pages=238–239|year=1960|access-date=May 20, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=pittyearbooks;cc=pittyearbooks;rgn=full%20text;idno=1961e49702;didno=1961e49702;view=image;seq=216;page=root;size=s;frm=frameset|title=The Owl|year=1961|publisher=University of Pittsburgh|page=212|access-date=May 20, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=pittyearbooks;cc=pittyearbooks;idno=1962e49702;node=1962e49702%3A16;frm=frameset;view=image;seq=205;page=root;size=s |title=The Owl|publisher=University of Pittsburgh|year=1962|pages=200–201|access-date=May 20, 2010}}</ref>

===Football===
The [[Pittsburgh Panthers football|University of Pittsburgh's football team]] moved from [[Exposition Park (Pittsburgh)|Exposition Park]] into Forbes Field upon its opening in 1909 and played there until 1924 when it moved into the larger [[Pitt Stadium]] only a few blocks away.<ref name=FF68>{{harvnb|Cicotello|2007|p=68|Ref=none}}</ref> In their first game at Forbes Field on October 16, 1909, the Panthers defeated [[Bucknell University]] 18–6.<ref name=FF69>{{harvnb|Cicotello|2007|p=69|Ref=none}}</ref> In 1910, Pitt's second year at Forbes Field, the Panthers went undefeated without allowing a single point. The Panthers had several successful seasons while playing at Forbes Field, including five in which they went undefeated<ref>{{harvnb|Cicotello|2007|p=223|Ref=none}}</ref> and were awarded [[NCAA Division I FBS National Football Championship|national championship]] titles in 1910, 1915, 1916, 1917, and 1918.<ref name=FF68/><ref>{{cite web|title=College Football Data Warehouse: Pittsburgh Total National Championships |url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigeast/pittsburgh/all_national_champs.php |publisher=College Football Data Warehouse |access-date=September 7, 2008 |format=pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704202839/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigeast/pittsburgh/all_national_champs.php |archive-date=July 4, 2008 }}</ref> During their years at Forbes Field, Pitt's teams were led by [[College Football Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] coaches [[Joseph H. Thompson|Joe Thompson]], [[Glenn Scobey Warner|Glenn "Pop" Warner]] and [[Jock Sutherland]].<ref>{{harvnb|Cicotello|2007|pp=68–9|Ref=none}}</ref> Forbes Field was the site of yet another broadcasting first when on October 8, 1921, Harold W. Arlin announced live play-by-play action of the Pitt-West Virginia football game on radio station KDKA, the [[1921 West Virginia vs. Pittsburgh football game|first live radio broadcast]] of a college football game in the United States.  Duquesne University also played many of their home games there in the 1930s and 1940s.

The [[1926 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team]] pulled off one of the greatest upsets in sports history by defeating the 8–0 Notre Dame Fighting Irish, shutting them out, 19–0. Legendary ND head coach, Knute Rockne, thought the Pittsburgh team would be easily defeated and did not show up for the game.

Pittsburgh native, [[Art Rooney]] founded his NFL team under the name the Pittsburgh Pirates, on July 8, 1933, for $2,500 (${{formatnum:{{inflation|US|2500|1933}}}} in present-day terms).<ref name=HOFfacts>{{cite web |title=Pittsburgh Steelers: Firsts, Records, Odds & Ends|url=http://www.profootballhof.com/history/team.jsp?franchise_id=25|publisher=National Football League|access-date=June 21, 2008}}</ref><ref name=Chief16>{{harvnb|O'Brien|2001|p=16|Ref=none}}</ref> The franchise's first game, against the [[New York Giants]], was held on September 20, 1933,<ref>{{cite web|title=74 Years with the Steelers |url=http://news.steelers.com/MediaContent/2007/08/22/06/Year-by-Year_Results_80326.pdf |publisher=Pittsburgh Steelers |date=August 22, 2007 |access-date=June 21, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112051739/http://news.steelers.com/MediaContent/2007/08/22/06/Year-by-Year_Results_80326.pdf |archive-date=November 12, 2007 }}</ref> at Forbes Field.<ref name=FF85>{{harvnb|Cicotello|2007|p=85|Ref=none}}</ref> The Giants won the game 23–2 in front of 25,000&nbsp;people.<ref name=FF85/><ref name=SteelHouse95>{{harvnb|Wiebusch|p=95|Ref=none}}</ref> Rooney wrote of the game, "The Giants won. Our team looks terrible. The fans didn't get their money's worth."<ref>{{harvnb|O'Brien|2001|p=17|Ref=none}}</ref> The Pirates rebounded to gain their first ever franchise victory a week later at Forbes Field, against the [[Chicago Cardinals]].<ref name=SteelHouse95/> The NFL's Pirates were renamed the Steelers in 1940, and otherwise struggled during much of their three-decades of tenancy at Forbes. The club achieved its first winning record in [[1942 Pittsburgh Steelers season|1942]]; its tenth season of existence.<ref>{{cite web|title=Steelers' History |url=http://news.steelers.com/MediaContent/2007/08/22/05/Steelers_History_80311.pdf |publisher=Pittsburgh Steelers |date=August 22, 2007 |access-date=April 27, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528074040/http://news.steelers.com/MediaContent/2007/08/22/05/Steelers_History_80311.pdf |archive-date=May 28, 2008 }}</ref> On November 30, 1952, the Steelers met the New York Giants at Forbes Field for a snowy afternoon game. Pittsburgh entered the game with a 3–6 record, but went on to set multiple team records, including scoring nine touchdowns, to win the game 63–7. Excited by their team's play, the 15,140&nbsp;spectators ran onto the field and began to tear the [[Field goal (football)|field goal posts]] out of the ground.<ref>{{harvnb|Cicotello|2007|p=87|Ref=none}}</ref> The University of Pittsburgh's acquisition of Forbes Field in 1958 gave the Steelers some options, and they began transferring some of their home games to the much larger Pitt Stadium that year. The Steelers played their final game at Forbes Field on December 1, 1963. The franchise moved to Pitt Stadium exclusively the following season.
[[File:Forbes Field football.jpg|thumb|900px|center|Pittsburgh Panthers game against [[Washington & Jefferson Presidents football|Washington & Jefferson College]] – 1915]]

===Boxing and other events===
Boxing bouts were held at Forbes Field from the 1910s to the 1950s, attracting crowds of over 15,000&nbsp;people.<ref>{{harvnb|Cicotello|2007|pp=76–84|Ref=none}}</ref> On June 23, 1919, [[Harry Greb|Harry "The Pittsburgh Windmill" Greb]]—the only boxer to beat [[Gene Tunney]]—defeated [[Mike Gibbons (boxer)|Mike Gibbons]] in a ten-round bout at Forbes Field.<ref name=FF85/> On July 18, 1951, the heavyweight boxing championship was held at the stadium. In seven rounds, [[Ezzard Charles]] was knocked out by [[Jersey Joe Walcott]].<ref>{{harvnb|Cicotello|2007|p=224|Ref=none}}</ref> Another bout on September 25, 1939, was attended by 17,000&nbsp;people including Art Rooney and [[Pie Traynor]]. Pittsburgh native [[Billy Conn]] defended his light heavyweight title against [[Melio Bettina]], whom he had beaten months earlier. Conn won the bout by decision in 15&nbsp;rounds.<ref>{{harvnb|Cicotello|2007|p=81|Ref=none}}</ref> Two years later, on June 18, 1941, Conn fought [[Joe Louis]] at New York City's [[Polo Grounds]], in an attempt to become the world [[List of heavyweight boxing champions|heavyweight champion]]. The Pirates and the [[History of the New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]], who were playing at Forbes Field, were called into their dugouts while the 24,738&nbsp;fans in attendance listened to the radio broadcast of the hour-long bout. Conn led the bout into the final round, but fought for the knockout and was knocked out himself.<ref>{{harvnb|Cicotello|2007|p=82|Ref=none}}</ref>

On Sunday, October 17, 1909, at 3:00&nbsp;p.m. a communion service was held at Forbes Field as the culmination of the International Centennial Celebration and Conventions of the Disciples of Christ<ref>"Program: International Centennial Celebration and Conventions of the Disciples of Christ", (https://www.mun.ca/rels/restmov/texts/jhgarrison/ccp/CCP201.HTM)</ref> marking the 100th anniversary of the signing of the [[Declaration and address|"Declaration and Address"]] by [[Thomas Campbell (clergyman)|Thomas Campbell]] in September 1809.  Campbell was a founding father of the [[Restoration Movement|American Restoration Movement]] (Disciples of Christ, Christian Church, Churches of Christ).  Delegates and members of churches from all over the world were present.

The [[Mine Safety and Health Administration]] hosted a [[mine rescue]] and safety demonstration at Forbes on October 30, 1911.<ref name=msha>{{cite web|title=In the Beginning ... The Early Days of Mine Rescue |url=http://www.msha.gov/minerescue/early.htm |publisher=[[Mine Safety and Health Administration]] |access-date=April 18, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090506011341/http://www.msha.gov/MineRescue/EARLY.htm |archive-date=May 6, 2009 }}</ref> The event included first-aid and rescue demonstrations. Around 15,000 attended the event, including President [[William H. Taft]].<ref name=msha/> Forbes Field also hosted [[circus]]es and concerts.<ref name=wqed>{{cite web |title=As American as Baseball and Apple Pie..|url=http://www.wqed.org/education/pghist/units/fun/fun3.shtml|publisher=WQED Pittsburgh|access-date=April 29, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080716115703/http://www.wqed.org/education/pghist/units/fun/fun3.shtml|archive-date=July 16, 2008}}</ref>