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 |
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 |