This day in baseball
Posted: September 8, 2013 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: American League, Baseball, history, Major League Baseball, MLB, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Athletics, Shibe Park, sports, Wally Schang 1 CommentOn 8 September 1916, the smallest crowd in American League history, a whopping twenty-three fans, watched the Yankees take on the A’s at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. During the game, A’s switch-hitter Wally Schang became the first player in Major League history to homer from both sides of the plate in the same game.
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