[2] The ground was home to the Boston Reds,[3] that played in the Players' League in 1890 and the American Association in 1891.

Despite its success, the club was dropped during the NL-AA merger of 1892, as there was already an NL entry in Boston.

It had a close left field fence, which benefited Boston's Bobby Lowe just a couple of weeks later, on May 30, 1894, as he became the first batter to hit four home runs in a single game, all of them down the line in left field.

In parts of the years between 1892 and autumn of 1896, the field was used for various local sports, including Gaelic football, hurling, and track-and-field events.

The location is now occupied by several office buildings, and the alley behind them, which would go through the area of the outfield, was used in the 2006 film The Departed, in a key scene where Martin Sheen's character is pushed off a roof.