Eddie Pellagrini Diamond at John Shea Field

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Eddie Pellagrini Diamond at Shea Field
Construction


Location	Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States
Owner	Boston College
Capacity	1,000
Field size	Left Field - 330 ft Center Field - 400 ft Right Field - 320 ft
Surface	Grass
Opened	1961
Closed	May 20, 2017
Demolished	June 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. 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.

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.

References

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

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Boston College

Located in: Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

Academics

Constituent schools & colleges	Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Carroll School of Management Boston College Law School Intellectual Property and Technology Forum Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy Lonergan Institute Lynch School of Education Connell School of Nursing Graduate School of Social Work School of Theology and Ministry Woods College of Advancing Studies
Research	Centers & institutes Journals & publications

Athletics

Teams	Baseball Basketball Men's Women's Football Ice hockey Men's Women's Lacrosse Women's Rugby Soccer Men's Women's Softball
Venues	Alumni Stadium Conte Forum Newton Campus Soccer Field Yawkey Athletics Center Harrington Athletics Village Eddie Pellagrini Diamond
Related	ACC BC–VT rivalry Baldwin the Eagle Beanpot Green Line Rivalry Commonwealth Classic Holy War (vs. Notre Dame) Doug Flutie Hail Flutie Flutie effect

Campus

Student life & traditions

People

Founded: 1863

v t e Boston College Eagles baseball
Venues	Eddie Pellagrini Diamond at John Shea Field (1961–2017) Eddie Pellagrini Diamond at Harrington Athletics Village (2018–present)
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
College World Series appearances in italics

42°20′03.4″N 71°09′47.2″W / 42.334278°N 71.163111°W / 42.334278; -71.163111

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