Ebbets

Ebbets is a surname that is most widely recognized in connection with Ebbets Field, the historic baseball stadium in Brooklyn, New York. The field served as the Brooklyn Dodgers’ home ballpark for several decades and became a defining landmark of the borough’s baseball history.

Ebbets Field opened in 1913 and remained the Dodgers’ home until the team moved to Los Angeles after the 1957 season. The stadium was demolished in 1960, and the site was subsequently redeveloped for housing and other urban purposes. The name of the stadium honors Charles Ebbets, an influential baseball executive associated with the Dodgers during the early 20th century.

Charles Ebbets (1869–1925) was an American baseball executive who served as president of the Dodgers and led the project to build Ebbets Field. His leadership and the stadium’s construction linked his name permanently to the team and to Brooklyn baseball history.

As a surname, Ebbets is borne by individuals beyond Charles Ebbets, though it remains relatively uncommon. The name is primarily encountered in historical discussions of early 20th-century American baseball and Brooklyn’s sports heritage.

For a similarly spelled but distinct term, Ebbetts Pass refers to a mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada, California.