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Originally Posted by bk400
Hmm, I read the opposite. The Polo Grounds was 258 feet to right field, and the House that Ruth Built was 295 to right field. It seems to be the case that dead center field in certain parks were deeper that it is today, but that's likely more than made up for by ridiculously short fences to right.
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If you hit the ball exactly down the foul line and off the foul pole, yes but if you hit the ball just a few sections over you had to hit the ball 344 feet. If you hit the ball to right center on the wrong side of the bullpen it had to go at least 407 feet.
The dimensions of old Yankee Stadium make what DiMaggio did seem incredible. Any ball pulled into the left field bullpen had to go at least 400 feet.