Philadelphia Athletics : 1902

2002-Sep-20 Hatboro Pa

The Philadelphia Athletics were a Major League Baseball team that played in Philadelphia from 1901 to 1954, when they moved to Kansas City, Missouri, and became the Kansas City Athletics. In the early years, the A's established themselves as one of the dominant teams in the new league, winning the A.L. pennant six times (1902, 1905, 1910, 1911, 1913, and 1914), and winning the World Series in 1910, 1911, and 1913.

 

Philadelphia-Kansas City-Oakland Athletics

1955-Apr-12 Kansas City MO - Lou Bodreau autograph

Detroit Tigers 2 - 6 Kansas City Athletics

DET RBI: Bill Tuttle, Red Wilson

KCA RBI: Don Bollweg 2, Joe DeMaestri, Gus Zernial, Bill Wilson, Elmer Valo

Pitching: DET - Ned Garver L(6-innings) KCA - Alex Kellner W(6-innings)

April 17, 1993 Oakland, Ca - 25th Anniversary

The Oakland Athletics history began with the franchise of the Philadelphia Athletics moving to Kansas City in 1955 and then to Oakland in 1968. The Athletics played their first game in Oakland on April 17, 1968 with a 4-1 loss to the Baltimore Orioles at the Coliseum

On this day in 1993: the A's would lose to the Milwaukee Brewers, 6-3 at Milwaukee County Stadium

Philadelphia

1960 Kansas City

1973 World Champions meter

1974 - Oakland

2010

2018

Ty Cobb

April 21, 1991 American Flag first day cover, with Ty Cobb cachet from the Button Gwinnett Stamp Club, Stone Mountain, Ga

Ty Cobb, "The Georgia Peach" was born in Narrows, Georgia. He spent 22 seasons with the Detroit Tigers before finishing his career with the Philadelphia Athletics. Elected to the first calls of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936 receiving more votes than any other player

Gameday Postmark - This Day in Baseball

1928-Jun-29 New York

National Merchandise Fair slogan postmark

Philadelphia Athletics 9-10 New York Yankees

Yankee Stadium

Athletics RBI: Frank Welch 2, Chick Galloway 2, Did Matthews, Al Kellett

Yankees RBI: Joe Dugan 2 (HR), Bullet Joe Bush 2 (HR), Aaron Ward, Fred Hofmann, Whitey Witt (HR), Ernie Johnson, Bob Meusel

Athletics Triples: Chick Galloway, Harry Riconda, Frank Welch

Athletics Stolen Base: Jimmy Dykes

Yankees Stolen Base: Babe Ruth

Athletics Pitching: Rube Wallburg - starter, Al Kellett -L

Yankees Pitching: Bullet Joe Bush - starter, Waite Hoyt - W

Howard Ehmke

May 28, 2004 Silver Creek, NY

Howard Ehmke was a right handed pitcher for the Buffalo Blues (1915) Detroit Tigers (1916-1917, 1919-1920) Boston Red Sox (1923-1926) Philadelphia Athletics (1926-1930)

Career record 166-166, 3.75 ERA. Ehmke achieved great success with the Boston Red Sox, throwing a no-hit game (Sept 7, 1923) and a 23-win season in 1923

Was the surprise starter in the 1929 World Series game 1 for the Athletics at age 35 (old for the time).  Ehmke would pitch a complete game with 13 strikeouts in the 3-1 victory. The Athletics would win the series against the Chicago Cubs

Ehmke was inducted into the Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame, 1983

1939 Baseball FDC (Heritage Auctions website) signed by members of the 1939 Philadelphia Old-Timers including Howard Ehmke (under the word Athletics)

Article announcing Ehmke release from the Athletics -- 1971 Fleer World Series card

Jimmy Foxx - 1997

Jimmy Foxx the "Suddlersville Slugger" remains in the hearts of Sudlersville residents. The Foxx Memorial statue, erected in 1997, is located at the intersection of Main and Church Streets, Sudlersville, Md

Sudlersville Train Station Museum

Jimmy Foxx played for the Philadelphia Athletics (1925-1935) Boston Red Sox (1936-1942) Chicago Cubs (1942, 1944) Philadelphia Phillies (1945) 

Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame 1951

Foxx was a 9-time All-Star, 2-time World Series Champion, 3-time AL MVP, 2-time AL Batting Champion, 4-time AL Home run leader, 3-time AL RBI leader.

Elected to the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame and the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame

Philadelphia Athletics

April 29, 2001 Hatboro, Pa

October 21, 2006 Hatboro, Pa

When the Western League had been renamed the American League by league president Ban Johnson in 1900, several teams were formed to compete with the existing National League. One of these were the Philadelphia Athletics. Veteran catcher Connie Mack was brought in to manage the club.

The Athletics became one of the dominant teams of the new league winning the American League pennant 6-times (1902, 1905, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914). The team won the World Series in 1910, 1911, 1913).

In January 1995, Ted Taylor wrote in his Philadelphia Daily News column about a large amount of people who still cared about the old Philadelphia Athletics. The Philadelphia team would relocate in Kansas City in 1955 and finally relocate to Oakland in 1968. In his article Taylor referred to these people as the Secret Society of A's Fans. From this article sprung the Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society.

A storefront existed in Hatboro, Pa, but closed on 2013 due to expenses and a dwindling fan base.

March 9, 2006

But-Mont Stamp Show, Warminster, Pa

show cover honoring George Kell, played for the Philadelphia Athletics 1943-1946.

Kell also played for the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles.

Kell was inducted into Baseball's Hall of Fame in 1983.

2007 postmark

June 28, 2008 Wilmington Delaware

Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame

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1912

1934

1939 - Baseball Centennial

1944

1945

1952

1954

Philadelphia Athletics stationery - found on auction sites and cleaned up for presentation purposes