Sportsman’s Park III, Busch Stadium I, St. Louis,MO, Ball Park First Game Date – 04/15/1909 (2) Starting Pitchers – Browns vs. Naps (Indians): 04/14/1909 Final Score 4-2 (CLE) Attendance – 21,357 Starting Pitchers Jack Powell (SLA); Addie Joss (CLE) First Batter – Nig Clarke (CLE) Result – Popped Out First Hits – Tom Jones (SLA),Doubled…
Shibe Park,Connie Mack Stadium,Philadelphia,PA Ball Park First Game Date – 05/29/1909 (11) Starting Pitchers – vs. Red Sox: 04/12/1909 Final Score 8-1 (PHA) Attendance – 30,162 Starting Pitchers Eddie Plank (PHA); Frank Arellanes (BOS) First Batter – Amby McConnell (BOS) Result – Grounded Out First Hits – Simon Nicholls (PHA),Singled First Run – Simon Nicholls…
History of the World Series – 1930 Seemingly. It wasn’t until 1925, in fact, that the Athletics reappeared in the American League’s first division. Rube Walberg had arrived in 1923, and Al Simmons came along in 1924 to bolster the Athletics. Mickey Cochrane, Lefty Grove and Jimmie Foxx (as a 17-year-old) joined the A’s in…
Special Memory or Event? Want to have some fun? Advertise your business? Dedicate this page Oct 2, 1930 – At Shibe Park, game two on the World Series, Flint Rhem is a surprise starter for the St Louis Cardinals but he fails to astonish the Athletics batters. He gives up 6 earned runs in…
Special Memory or Event? Want to have some fun? Advertise your business? Dedicate this page October 1, 1930 – The World Series opens with a Wednesday game at Philadelphia’s Shibe Park. The defending World Champion Athletics are held to 5 hits by Burleigh Grimes. Lefty Grove limits the St Louis Cardinals to a pair…
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