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

Skipper Miller Huggins's Yankees had rolled over competition…

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

In a career that included 13 seasons as a major-league pitcher…

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

Before the Yankees-Athletics doubleheader on September 27,…

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

The 1918 season did not start well for either the Philadelphia…

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

The 1916 Philadelphia Athletics were the worst major-league…
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

“Such a brand of revenge was never seen before,” gushed…

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

It was the “most wonderful pitchers' battle ever in a World…

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

As the 1913 regular season neared its end on Tuesday, September…

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

The World Series returned to Philadelphia for the second…

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

After Philadelphia defeated the Chicago Cubs 4-1 in Game One…

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

Skipper Connie Mack was tired of waiting. Eleven days after…

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

Jack Coombs was in the midst of one of the most spectacular…
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

“Bender's control, his absolute mastery over the batters…
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

Philadelphia resident George McFadden was there bright and…

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

The story of the Philadelphia Athletics’ 24-2 shellacking of…

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

On the eve of Independence Day 1922, the New York Yankees exploded…

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

On an unusually warm October day in Philadelphia in front of…

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

The upstart Boston Braves surprised the defending World Series…