SHIBE PARK PICTURES

Shibe Park (also known later as Connie Mack Stadium) was home of the Philadelphia Athletics from 1909-1954 and the Philadelphia Phillies from 1938-1970.

Field dimensions (1909)
Left Field - 360 ft (Opening day), 378 ft (Late 1909)
Center Field Corner - 515 ft
Right Field - 340 ft

(1925)
Left Field - 334 ft
Center Field Corner - 468 ft
Right Field - 331 ft

(1950)
Left Field - 334 ft
Deep Left Center - 420 ft
Center Field - 447 ft
Deep Right Center - 405 ft
Right Field - 329 ft

(1968)
Left Field - 334 ft
Deep Left Center - 387 ft
Center Field - 410 ft
Deep Right Center - 390 ft
Right Field - 329 ft

Shibe Park in 1909. Somebody's in a rundown!



Game 2, 1913 World Series. Christy Mathewson on the mound. Mathewson and Eddie Plank each went 10 innings, with Mathewson and Giants prevailing in 10 innings. The A's would win the series.



Game 2, 1913 World Series from the stands. Game took place on October 8, my birthday!



Game 4, 1913 World Series. Chief Bender on the mound, pitching to pinch-hitter Doc Crandall. Crandall would ground out to second, and the A's would win 6-5. Jack Barry at SS, Frank 'Home Run' Baker at 3b, Wally Schang at C.



Game 1 of the 1930 World Series between A's and Cardinals. Lefty Grove is on the mound. Jimmy Dykes also pictured at 3b. Grove and A's win game 5-2.



Hank Greenberg scores for the Tigers vs. the A's in Shibe Park, 1940



Dolph Camilli congratulated after a Shibe Park home run



Shibe in the 1960s



Shibe in the 1960s



Shibe aerial view

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