Shibe Park greatest games – Society for American Baseball Research

From Shibe Park to Connie Mack Stadium: Great Games in Philadelphia’s Lost Ballpark, edited by Gregory H. Wolf

April 12, 1909: Shibe Park opens to celebration and sorrow

His major league career was essentially over when he pitched for the Hog Island team in 1918.

May 12, 1910: Charles Bender tosses first no-hitter in Shibe Park history

August 25, 1910: Philadelphia native Danny Murphy cycles but Athletics fall to Browns

August 26, 1910: Jack Coombs fans 14 in four-hit shutout for A’s

October 17, 1910: Charles Bender baffles Cubs in World Series opener

October 18, 1910: Jack Coombs, Eddie Collins lead Athletics over Cubs

September 26, 1911: Frank Baker’s homers help Athletics clinch second straight pennant

October 16, 1911: Home Run Baker’s bash knots World Series in Game 2

Courtesy of Trading Card DB

October 24, 1911: ‘What’s the matter with Baker? He’s all right’ as A’s take Game 4

His major league career was essentially over when he pitched for the Hog Island team in 1918.

October 26, 1911: Bender tosses 4-hitter as A’s crush Giants to capture second straight championship

May 18, 1912: Tigers stage baseball’s first player strike in support of Ty Cobb

September 27, 1912: Hall of Fame pitchers’ duel as Senators beat A’s in 19-inning marathon

September 23, 1913: A’s clinch AL pennant, then put on offensive clinic

October 8, 1913: Mathewson outduels Plank in extra-inning classic

October 10, 1913: A’s rejoice in ‘the mighty shout of victory’ after Game 4

October 9, 1914: Rudolph outpitches Bender in World Series opener

October 10, 1914: Bill James outduels Eddie Plank in Game Two

Joe Bush, pitching for the “Red Sox” versus Hilldale, tried to use a damaged ball in the ninth inning. When that ball was thrown (liter- ally) out of the game, he purposefully spiked a new ball, prompting Hilldale to call for a forfeit. (TRADING CARD DB)

August 26, 1916: Bullet Joe Bush fires no-hitter for A’s

September 28, 1916: Jack Nabors finishes season with a 1-20 record

May 20, 1918: Four late-game comebacks result in dizzying victory for A’s

September 27, 1919: Bob Shawkey fans 15 and wins 20th for Yankees

July 3, 1922: Bob Meusel hits for the cycle in Yankees’ 12-1 romp over A’s

September 30, 1922: Eddie Rommel wins 27th game for 65-win A’s team

September 4, 1923: All smiles: Sad Sam Jones tosses no-hitter for Yankees