Forbes Field photos on Twitter

Cathedral of learning in the background while the Pirates play at Forbes Field pic.twitter.com/QnHSfQYvPo

— Baseball In Pics (@baseballinpix) May 20, 2022

Pie Traynor, Glenn Wright, George Grantham, and Joe Harris before Game 1 of the 1927 World Series between the Pirates and New York Yankees at Forbes Field on October 5, 1927 pic.twitter.com/yqtitJBW3I

— Pittsburgh Pirates History (@HistoryPirates) May 20, 2022

University of Pittsburgh students watch game 7 of the 1960 World Series from the Cathedral Of Learning pic.twitter.com/CizrE5GcZP

— Baseball In Pics (@baseballinpix) May 21, 2022

Babe Ruth's last hit was the first ball ever to clear the right field roof at Forbes Field, a 500 footer in 1935. He was 40 years old. pic.twitter.com/e52dGkpR3Q

— DonPJenn (@DonPJenn) May 16, 2022

and remember, when Barney Dreyfuss built Forbes Field in 1909, almost NONE of this was here. You can see the ballpark hemmed in by a still growing Oakland (and Univ of Pgh) that wanted the land it occupied. https://t.co/mxZf07dZE1

— PittsburghsHistoricBallparks (@PghBallparks) May 16, 2022

OK, last one. Here's famed skater Sonja Henie getting ready to throw out the first ball at a #Steelers home game at Forbes Field in 1940. On the left is her hubby, Dan Topping, who owned the visiting Brooklyn Dodgers (and later the baseball Yankees). https://t.co/yKIt2XYzeS pic.twitter.com/DmOGUFARr5

— Dan Daly (@dandalyonsports) May 19, 2022

The Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph had a helluva sports section. Have I ever mentioned that? Btw, how great is this shot? Brooklyn Dodgers coach Jock Sutherland (R) is sitting on the bench at Forbes Field in 1940 with the Pitt Cathedral rising in the distance. #Steelers pic.twitter.com/7oiGfvaOvM

— Dan Daly (@dandalyonsports) May 19, 2022

Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, May 20, 1945 – The winning run crosses home plate as the Crawfords beat the visiting Brooklyn Brown Dodgers 7-6 in bottom of 10th inning in Negro League action. It was first game of a doubleheader and Crawfords lost nightcap 8-2 as 2,500 were on hand pic.twitter.com/xJEyIVrcjM

— Old-Time Baseball Photos (@OTBaseballPhoto) May 20, 2022

When you can't afford a ticket, you gotta get creative! The Post Clock rose beyond RF at Forbes Field from 1922 until 1927 when the paper merged into the Post-Gazette and the clock was abandoned. pic.twitter.com/b4aQpVJcJv

— PittsburghsHistoricBallparks (@PghBallparks) May 19, 2022

1943 Crawfords at Forbes Field. Note the US Marine billboard in LCF, between the 2 players on the right. Part of the war Bonds effort, it only appeared in 1943. The Negro Nat'l League Crawfords folded in 1940, but this may be Aug 22 exhibition for IBPOEW Elks convention. pic.twitter.com/URCBW5t3y5

— PittsburghsHistoricBallparks (@PghBallparks) May 17, 2022

I'll see your Yankees and raise you some 1950s Pirates, including The Great One. At Forbes Field. pic.twitter.com/EBYqm9Os3s

— PittsburghsHistoricBallparks (@PghBallparks) May 20, 2022

Enjoying the sweet sounds of a Pirates game outside Forbes Field (230 South Bouquet St,), Pittsburgh, 1940s. pic.twitter.com/GuRNhUWZMi

— Bill Lucey (@wplucey) May 20, 2022

Using kerosene to help dry the field at Forbes Field pic.twitter.com/dQSeZUfqJW

— BaseballHistoryNut (@nut_history) September 20, 2022

Beautiful aerial shot of Forbes Field! Home of the Pittsburgh Pirates. You can almost picture Clemente climbing the right field wall to rob someone of a HR – or Stargell hitting a blast over the RF roof. pic.twitter.com/q06udGbuGl

— Lost Ballparks (@lost_ballparks) October 31, 2022