Historical landmarkPhiladelphia · US
Shibe Park/Connie Mack Stadium Site
The corner of 21st Street and West Lehigh Avenue in North Philadelphia was once home to one of baseball's most storied ballparks — a place that hosted five World Series champions, three Negro League World Series, Lou Gehrig's four-homer game, and Ted Williams's final .400 season. Today, a Pennsylvania historical marker and a church are all that physically remain, but the surrounding row houses still trace the outline of a stadium that once held more than 30,000 fans. For baseball history pilgrims, this quiet residential intersection offers one of the most evocative disappearances in American sports — the ghost of a ballpark whose very footprint is embedded in the neighborhood's streets and rooftops.