Shibe Park

Shibe Park was a ballpark in Philadelphia, PA. The first major-league game the register places here was on April 12, 1909 and the last on October 1, 1970. It was also known as Connie Mack Stadium.

6,077 major-league games in this archive were played here, between 1909 and 1970. The game logs list the Philadelphia Athletics, the Philadelphia Phillies, and the Philadelphia Blue Jays as home clubs here. Its recorded capacity is 23,000. 31 games played here have a page of their own in this archive, among them Bullet Joe Bush's No-Hitter in 1916, Sad Sam Jones's No-Hitter in 1923, and Howard Ehmke's No-Hitter in 1923.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on April 12, 1909, when the Philadelphia Athletics beat the Boston Red Sox 8–1. Frank Arellanes started for the Boston Red Sox and Eddie Plank for the Philadelphia Athletics. Tim Hurst was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on October 1, 1970, when the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Montreal Expos 2–1. Carl Morton started for the Montreal Expos and Barry Lersch for the Philadelphia Phillies. John Kibler was the plate umpire. The largest announced attendance in the available logs was 42,000, for a game between the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Athletics on April 27, 1929.

The major leagues also played in Philadelphia, PA at Jefferson Street Grounds (1871–1890), Centennial Park (1875–1875), Oakdale Park (1882–1882), Recreation Park (1883–1886), and Keystone Park (1884–1884), and 8 other grounds.