Shibe Park
aka Connie Mack Stadium

1909 - 1970

Philadelphia, PA
Historic Aerials
What Was There

Team Years Games
Athletics
(1909 - 1954)
3497
Phillies
(1927 - 1970)
2558
First Game
4/12/1909: Athletics(8) vs. Red Sox (1)
Umpires:
Managers:
Starting Pitchers: Eddie Plank (PHA) vs Frank Arellanes (BOS)
First Pitch:
Attendance: 30,162
Time of Game:
Trivia
Among venues that opened in the 20th century and hosted at least 1,000 games, Shibe Park went the longest (10 games) before a home run was hit.


Batting Event First
First Batter Amby McConnell (BOS)
Hit Simon Nicholls (PHA) - Singled
Run Scored Simon Nicholls (PHA)
Run Batted In Danny Murphy (PHA)
Single
Double
Triple
Home Run Frank Baker (PHA) vs. Frank Arellanes (BOS) on 5/29/1909 (1st inning)
Grand Slam Duffy Lewis (BOS) vs. Boardwalk Brown (PHA) on 10/03/1912 (5th inning)
IPHR Danny Murphy (PHA) vs. Lou Fiene (CHA) on 6/3/1909 (5th inning)
Stolen Base
Sacrifice Hit
Sacrifice Fly
Cycle
Pitching Event First
Win Eddie Plank (PHA)
Loss Frank Arellanes (BOS)
Strikeout
Shutout
Shutout, SP
Shutout, RP
Shutout, RP
Shutout, RP
Save
Hit by Pitch
Wild Pitch
Balk
No-Hitter Chief Bender (PHA) vs. Naps on 5/12/1910
Last Game
Phillies vs. Expos: 10/1/1970
Umpires:
Managers:
Starting Pitchers: Barry Lersch (PHI) vs Carl Morton (MON)
First Pitch:
Attendance: 31,822
Time of Game:


Batting Event Last
Last Batter Oscar Gamble (PHI)
Hit Oscar Gamble (PHI) - Singled to CF (10)
Run Scored Tim McCarver (PHI)
Run Batted In Oscar Gamble (PHI)
Single
Double
Triple
Home Run John Bateman (MON) vs. Bill Laxton (PHI) on 9/29/1970 (9th inning)
Grand Slam Tony Taylor (PHI) vs. Mike Davison (SFN) on 8/2/1970 (9th inning)
IPHR Joe Pepitone (CHA) vs. Barry Lersch (PHI) on 9/26/1970 (7th inning)
Stolen Base
Sacrifice Hit
Sacrifice Fly
Cycle
Pitching Event Last
Win Dick Selma (PHI)
Loss Howie Reed (MON)
Strikeout Howie Reed (MON)/Dick Selma (PHI)
Shutout
Save
Hit by Pitch
Wild Pitch
Balk
No-Hitter Bill Stoneman (MON) vs. Phillies on 4/17/1969