Facts

Facts about Connie Mack Stadium

Location	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Broke ground	1908
Opened	April 12, 1909
Closed	October 1, 1970
Demolished	1976
Owner	Connie Mack & Ben Shibe
Operator	Athletic Grounds Co.
Surface	Grass
Costst	$457,167 USD
Architect	William Steele and Sons
Former names	Shibe Park (1909-1953) Connie Mack Stadium (1953-1976)
Tenants	Philadelphia Athletics (AL) (1909-1954) Philadelphia Phillies (NL) (1938-1970) Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) (1940, 1942-1957)
Capacity	23,000 (1909) 33,608 (1970)
Dimensions	(1909) Left Field - 360 ft (Opening day), 378 ft (Late 1909) Center Field Corner - 515ft Right Field - 340ft (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

FIRSTS at SHIBE PARK Game
04/12/1909	Red Sox 1, Athletics 8
Umpires	Tommy Connolly, Tim Hurst
Managers	Connie Mack, Athletics
	Fred Lake, Red Sox
Starting Pitchers	Eddie Plank, Athletics
	Frank Arellanes, Red Sox
Ceremonial Pitch	Philadelphia Mayor Reyburn
Attendance	30,162
Batting
Batter	Amby McConnell (ground out)
Hit	Simon Nicholls (single)
Run	Simon Nicholls
RBI	Danny Murphy
Single	Simon Nicholls
Double	Danny Murphy
Triple	Amby McConnell (04/13/1909)
Home Run	Home Run Baker (05/29/1909)
Grand Slam	Duffy Lewis (10/03/1912)
IPHR	Danny Murphy (06/03/1909)
Stolen Base	Harry Davis
Sacrifice Hit	Tris Speaker
Sacrifice Fly	Hamilton Patterson (06/15/1909)
Cycle	Danny Murphy (08/25/1910)
Pitching
Win	Eddie Plank
Loss	Frank Arellanes
Shutout	Lew Brockett (04/16/1909)
Save	N/A
Hit by Pitch	Jack Ryan hit Harry Davis
Wild Pitch	Eddie Plank
Balk	Chief Bender (08/03/1909)
No-Hitter	Chief Bender (05/12/1910)
Primary research by Jim Herdman & David Vincent Courtesy of Retrosheet.

Other Facts: Seating

By - Richie from www.CollectibleStadiumSeats.com

There were several different styles of seats employed in Shibe Park/Connie Mack Stadium during her many years of service. I am not aware who the manufacturer was who created both the original 1909 style 'slant arm' & 'double ribbon' arm style seats (the tall steel framed seats that have three back slats), though Heywood Wakefield would be an educated guess. The shorter steel framed curved back seats with two back slats were definitely manufactured by Heywood Wakefield. The rear mount curved back rear mount seats with cast iron frames were manufactured by American Seating.