
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…

August 26, 1916: Bullet Joe Bush fires no-hitter for A’s
“Such a brand of revenge was never seen before,” gushed…

October 10, 1913: A’s rejoice in ‘the mighty shout of victory’ after Game 4
No matter how much the residents around Shibe Park loved…

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…

September 27, 1912: Hall of Fame pitchers’ duel as Senators beat A’s in 19-inning marathon
Eddie Plank won 326 games in the major leagues – and a game…

October 26, 1911: Bender tosses 4-hitter as A’s crush Giants to capture second straight championship
“The old White Elephant stands above the great throbbing…

October 24, 1911: ‘What’s the matter with Baker? He’s all right’ as A’s take Game 4
The Philadelphia Athletics were on Cloud Nine as they pulled…

October 16, 1911: Home Run Baker’s bash knots World Series in Game 2
The World Series returned to Philadelphia for the second…

September 26, 1911: Frank Baker’s homers help Athletics clinch second straight pennant
Heading into the 1911 season, the Philadelphia Athletics were…

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…

August 25, 1910: Philadelphia native Danny Murphy cycles but Athletics fall to Browns
The league-leading Philadelphia Athletics saw their six-game…

May 12, 1910: Charles Bender tosses first no-hitter in Shibe Park history
“Bender's control, his absolute mastery over the batters…

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…