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The article considers the history of Fenway Park baseball field in Boston, Massachusetts from its opening in 1912 to 1919. Notable events other than baseball games staged at the field are considered including football games, circuses, and a speech by Irish political leader Eamon de Valera. It is noted that the Boston Red Sox appeared in four World Series during this period. A riot which occurred during a June 16, 1917 game between the Red Sox and Chicago White Sox started by gamblers attending the game is discussed.

A caption is presented to an action photograph of baseball player Carl Yastrzemski taken during the 1967 World Series in a game played at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts The photograph is used as an example of Yastrzemski's extraordinary success during the Series, in which he had a batting average over .400 and hit three home runs, all of them at Fenway Park. It is noted that the next time the Boston Red Sox were in the World Series in 1975, Yastrzemski had a batting average of .333 at Fenway Park.

A caption is presented to an action photograph of baseball players Roy Partee of the Boston Red Sox and catcher Joe Garagiola of the St. Louis Cardinals and of umpire Lee Ballanfant taken during a play at home plate in the fifth game of the 1946 World Series played at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. Partee was safe at home with what became the winning run of the game. It is noted that the Red Sox led the Series three games to two after the fifth game, and that attendance for the game was 35,982.

A caption is presented to a photograph of Fenway Park baseball field taken during the 1914 World Series. It is noted that the stadium was serving as the home field of the Boston Braves baseball team during the World Series as it had a larger seating capacity than the South End Grounds, the Braves home field of that period, although Fenway was customarily the home field of the Boston Red Sox. The Braves defeated the Philadelphia Athletics in the Series by winning all four games of the World Series.