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Both the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Giants had disappointing 1948 seasons. The Phillies won 66 games and lost 88 while finishing sixth in the National League. This was the 16th consecutive losing season for the Phillies, a streak that began in 1933. The Giants did better, finishing fifth with a 78-76 record. Still, both […]

After a regular season in which the Negro American League’s Cleveland Buckeyes and Negro National League’s New York Cubans dominated their respective competition, they met in a Negro League World Series that proved to be the next to last postseason series in league history. When former Negro League star Jackie Robinson made his groundbreaking major-league […]

Of all the games played at Shibe Park, few were more unusual or less predictable than the meeting on August 15, 1946, between the Boston Red Sox and the Philadelphia Athletics. It was a game in which a woeful team beat the best in the league in an upset of mammoth proportions. The game pitted […]

The Homestead Grays were a dynasty in Negro League baseball in the 1940s. They had won back-to-back world championships in 1943-1944 and seven Negro National League pennants in eight years. Their roster was full of a who’s who of Negro League stars, several of whom would one day be recognized for their greatness in the […]

The Saturday matinee was a matchup between the first-place Detroit Tigers, who entered play with a three-game lead over the Washington Senators in a tightly contested American League pennant race, and the homestanding Philadelphia Athletics, who were mired in last place, 17½ games behind the Tigers.1 The 4,526 fans in attendance at Shibe Park that […]

The late-season doubleheader between the St. Louis Cardinals and homestanding Philadelphia Phillies at Shibe Park was a matchup between two teams at opposite ends of the standings. Entering play, the first-place Cardinals, who had already clinched the National League championship and punched their ticket to the 1944 World Series, had a record of 99-46 and […]

The Thursday afternoon doubleheader between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Cincinnati Reds at Shibe Park featured a little bit of everything for the fans in attendance. The first game was an offensive struggle in which the teams combined for 27 hits and 12 runs. The Reds came away with a 7-5 win as Johnny Vander […]

During the 1942 season, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Philadelphia Phillies finished at opposite ends of the National League. The Phillies finished in the basement, while the Cardinals won the pennant on their way to another World Series title. On June 28 the two teams faced off in a doubleheader at Shibe Park. While […]

The nation’s eyes were turned westward on a June Friday morning, toward a small island 1,300 miles northwest of Honolulu, as the Battle of Midway was underway. After attacking Pearl Harbor six months earlier, the Japanese Imperial Fleet dominated the Pacific Ocean with intentions of now destroying the remaining US Pacific Fleet near Midway Island.1 […]

In mid-August of 1940, Jimmie Foxx went on a homer-hitting spree, banging out four-base hits five games in a row, hitting seven home runs in a seven-day stretch from August 13 through 19. On August 16 he hit a home run in the first inning and another – a game-winner– in the bottom of the […]