Eddie Pellagrini Diamond at John Shea Field

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
Closed	Open
Demolished	N/A
Tenants
Boston College Baseball (NCAA)

Eddie Pellagrini Diamond at John Shea Field is a baseball stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. It is the home field of the Boston College Eagles baseball team. The stadium holds 1,000 people and is 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]

Shea Field is also home to many tailgaters during home football games at Alumni Stadium.

References

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Located in: Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
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Athletics	Baseball Basketball Men's Women's Football Ice hockey Men's Women's Rugby ACC BC–VT rivalry Baldwin the Eagle Boston College Club Hockey Alumni Stadium Conte Forum/Kelley Rink Eddie Pellagrini Diamond at John Shea Field Yawkey Athletics Center Beanpot Green Line Rivalry Commonwealth Classic Holy War (vs. Notre Dame) Doug Flutie Hail Flutie Flutie effect Scanlan Award
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Founded: 1863

Baseball parks of the Atlantic Coast Conference
Atlantic Division	Shea Field (Boston College) Doug Kingsmore Stadium (Clemson) Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium (Florida State) Jim Patterson Stadium (Louisville) Doak Field (NC State) Frank Eck Stadium (Notre Dame) Gene Hooks Field at Wake Forest Baseball Park (Wake Forest)
Coastal Division	Jack Coombs Field (Duke) Russ Chandler Stadium (Georgia Tech) Mark Light Field at Alex Rodriguez Park (Miami) Bryson Field at Boshamer Stadium (North Carolina) Charles L. Cost Field at the Petersen Sports Complex (Pitt) Davenport Field (Virginia) English Field (Virginia Tech)

NCAA Division I college baseball venues in Massachusetts
America East	Edward A. LeLacheur Park (UMass Lowell)
A-10	Earl Lorden Field (UMass)
ACC	Eddie Pellagrini Diamond at John Shea Field (Boston College)
CAA	Parsons Field/Friedman Diamond (Northeastern)
Ivy	Joseph J. O'Donnell Field (Harvard)
PL	Fitton Field at Hanover Insurance Park (Holy Cross)

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