Nickerson Field is built on the former site of Braves Field, home of the Boston Braves baseball team until 1952, when the team moved to Milwaukee. There was also a National Football League Franchise called the Boston Braves that played at Braves Field for one year in 1932 before changing its name to the Redskins the next year and moving to Fenway Park. There is a plaque outside the current Nickerson Field which marks the spot where home plate was located in the old Braves Field.