Primarily used for College of the Holy Cross sporting events, the baseball stadium also served as the home field for the Can-Am League Worcester Tornadoes, and the current home of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League Worcester Bravehearts.

The stadium is named after the Reverend James Fitton, who donated land to the Archdiocese of Boston to found the college.

In September 1903, the football team played the first intercollegiate game on the site of today's Hanover Insurance Park, then known simply as Holy Cross Field.

The renamed Hanover Insurance Park featured upgraded seating and lighting, and a capacity of approximately 3,000 spectators.

Babe Ruth played at Fitton Field for the Boston Braves in a 1935 exhibition game against Holy Cross.