Eddie Pellagrini Diamond at John Shea Field

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Coordinates: 42°20′03.4″N 71°09′47.2″W / 42.334278°N 71.163111°W / 42.334278; -71.163111
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Eddie Pellagrini Diamond at Shea Field
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LocationChestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States
OwnerBoston College
Capacity1,000
Field sizeLeft Field - 330 ft
Center Field - 400 ft
Right Field - 320 ft
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Opened1961
ClosedMay 20, 2017
DemolishedJune 2017
Tenants
Boston College Eagles baseball (1961-2017)

Eddie Pellagrini Diamond at John Shea Field was a baseball stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. It was the home field of the Boston College Eagles baseball team from 1961 to 2017. The stadium held 1,000 people and was named after Commander John Joseph Shea, USN, a former football player (1916–1917) at Boston College, who died on September 15, 1942, when the aircraft carrier USS Wasp was torpedoed and sunk during the Guadalcanal Campaign in World War II.[1] In 1997, the diamond was named for Eddie Pellagrini, head coach of the Eagles for 31 years and the coach of the team when the field opened in 1961.[2]

Shea Field was also home to many tailgaters during home football games at the adjacent Alumni Stadium.

The Boston College baseball team played its final game at Shea Field on May 20, 2017. The team moved to a new baseball stadium, on nearby Brighton Campus, in spring 2018. Boston College's new Athletics Field House, an indoor practice facility for football and other varsity and intramural sports, is currently being constructed on the site of the former Shea Field. It is expected to open in August 2018.[3]

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  1. ^ "Pellagrini Diamond at Shea Field". Boston College. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
  2. ^ "Shea Field's Last Game". Boston College. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
  3. ^ "Campus Construction Update". Boston College. Retrieved 2018-02-22.

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