The Yankees hit eight home runs in the first game of a doubleheader with the A’s, and five more in the nightcap. Both are major league records, as are the 53 total bases in a doubleheader. Joe DiMaggio, Babe Dahlgren and Joe Gordon each hit three homers. The Yankees win the opener, 23 – 2, and take the nightcap, 10 – 0.
The Yankees play their first night game in franchise history, losing to Connie Mack’s A’s, 3-2, at Philadelphia’s Shibe Park, where the first-ever American evening tilt took place last month. The Bronx Bombers will not play their first home game under the lights for another seven years.
On May 16, 1939, Four years after the Senior Circuit began playing evening tilts the Cleveland Indians and Philadelphia Athletics play the first night game in American League history. A gathering of 15,109 fans watches the contest at Philadelphia’s Shibe Park, which becomes the third major league park to feature lights. The cold weather halved…
1938 – On Connie Mack Day at Shibe Park, the A’s win a doubleheader from the White Sox, setting a league record by playing their seventh successive twin bill in 8 days.
Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees hits the 23rd and final grand slam of his career
On September 13, 1936, At Shibe Park, 17-year-old Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians strikes out 17 Philadelphia A’s in a 5-2 victory. Feller breaks the American League record for most strikeouts in a single game, and matches the major league mark. After the season, “Bullet Bob” will return to his Van Meter, Iowa…
Tony Lazzeri sets an AL record with 11 RBIS On May 24, 1936, At Shibe Park, New York Yankee second baseman Tony Lazzeri batting eight becomes the first major league player to hit two grand slams in the same game when the Yankees annihilate the A’s, 25-2. Lazzeri adds a third homerun and a triple…
Tony Lazzeri hits 3 home runs‚ 2 in the nitecap‚ good for 4 RBI as the visiting Yankees pound the Athletics‚ 12 – 6 and 15 – 1. The crowd of 24‚240‚ one of the largest in several seasons‚ pelts the field with cushions‚ bottles and other articles‚ making play difficult. Bill Dickey‚ Ben Chapman‚ Red Rolfe‚ and Frank Crosetti also homer for New York.
The A’s Doc Cramer has a 6-for-6 game, tying the American League mark for the second time. He had also done it in 1932.
Schoolboy Rowe, after sixteen straight victories, finally loses when the A’s chase him after seven innings in a 13-5 final at Philadelphia’s Shibe Park. In his last start, the Tiger right-hander tied the American League record for consecutive wins shared by Smoky Joe Wood, Walter Johnson, and Lefty Grove.
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