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The Philadelphia
Athletics - Philadelphia's
Most Winning Sports Franchise - Winners of Nine American League
Championships and Five World Series Championships!
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- 19 to 21…No,
that’s not how many times the Best Pitcher in Baseball
has been available via trade
- 19 to 21…No,
that’s not how many games out of fourth the Nationals
might finish
- 1947
Memorial Day Shibe Park Philadelphia, PA
- A’s
Get Bested by the Best – Cy Young’s Perfect
Game
- 19 to 21…No,
that’s not how many years Jamie Moyer has pitched
-
19 to 21…No,
that’s not how many people have been given credit
for inventing baseball (but it’s close…)
- 19 to 21…No,
that’s not how teams might be able to use Tom Glavine
-
19 to 21…No,
that’s not how many left-handed pitchers have won
300 games
- 19 to 21…No,
that’s not how many minor leaguers the Pirates have
traded for in the last year
- 19 to 21…No,
that’s not how many pitchers the Phillies are going
to audition for Brett Myers’ spot in the rotation
- TAPED
BASEBALL A NATURAL IN ITS TIME
- 19 to 21…No,
that’s not how many Knickerbockers had a hand in the
first rules of baseball
-
19 to 21…Let’s
start with the 19th Century and move forward
- 19 to 21…No,
not that many books have been written about the 2008 World
Series
-
A's Society
Secretary John Patton 1970's summer time trip
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19 to 21…Far
more than that have been done too soon.
-
19 to 21…Well,
yes, that’s how long people have been trying to
pick pennant races
-
19 to 21…Yes,
those are the centuries of baseball
- Shibe
Park/Connie Mack Stadium Centennial Anniversary 1909 - 2009
-
Inaugural
Season: The 1883 Phillies
-
19 to 21…No,
that’s not how many teams really have a shot at
the World Series this year
-
19 to 21…No,
that’s not exactly how much Ryan Howard will make
this year
- Yes, this is the
first installment of 19 to 21 for 2009
- An Old Joke, But
True!
-
Baseball... Then
and Now Volume 5, #48
-
Baseball... Then
and Now Volume 5, #47
-
Baseball... Then
and Now Volume 5, #46
- Spring
Training 1944
- Bill Werber:
Running the Good Race
-
Baseball... Then
and Now Volume 5, #41
-
Maje McDonnell
- Baseball...
Then and Now Volume 5, #38
- Baseball...
Then and Now Volume 5, #36
-
Baseball...
Then and Now Volume 5, #33
- Baseball... Then and
Now Volume 5, #30
- Gus Zernial:
A Tale of Two Cities
- A Record with
Legs: Most Double Plays Turned in a Season
- The 1915 Philadelphia
Phillies: National League Champions!
- Can you name the
A's personnel in this photograph?
- Can you name the Athletic
players in this photo?
- Old Man Booze
at Shibe Park/Connie Mack Stadium
- Rube Waddell vs.
Cy Young
- An Election Eve
Gathering of Philadelphia Sports’ Leaders
- Columbia Park
was the first home of the Athletics
- MAX BISHOP: CAMERA
EYE
- Connie
Mack Statute
- The Phillies
Leave Baker Bowl
- Baseball Clowns
at the 1930 World Series
- John Shibe –
A Biographic Sketch
- JOOST AND
COMPANY SET RECORD
- Hard Work and Hard
Play Made Marion Fricano a Good Ballplayer and Good Citizen
- Worst Team Ever
- The
Golden Age of Baseball in Philadelphia
- EDDIE
COLLINS: WHITE ELEPHANTS AND BLACK SOX
- 1930 Philadelphia
Athletics Tribute
- The Babe’s
Last Game
- Vincent Gohl Sr, Ottawa
Canada circa 1951-54
- GEORGE EARNSHAW
- THE RIGHT HALF OF MOSE AND MOOSE
- JIMMY DYKES…A
PHILADELPHIA STORY
- The Summer of
41
- Connie Mack Gone
Fifty Years
- 1954 photograph
is long time A's radio announcer Byrum Saam
- Lancaster
Athletics 1938 Champion
- 300,000 Hail Connie
Mack: He Gets His City's Merit Award
- Testimonial
Dinner in Honor of Connie Mack Program
- Meet Rusty Peters...In
Pursuit of a Baseball Dream
- Bob Neighbors:
A Hero Remembered
- Gene Bearden
-- The Unsinkable Man in Brown
- Hal Epps -- Flychaser
Supreme
- “Black
Saturday”: Philadelphia’s Deadliest Sports Disaster
- The Phillies’
Inaugural Opening Day
- The 1913 World Champion
Athletics
- Shibe
Park’s Scoreboard
- Hey Mom, I've
Got Pennant Fever
- Crash Davis on
meeting Mr. Mack
- Evoluton
of Shibe Park
- Philly’s
Links to the Black Sox Scandal
- Connie Mack
Day Remembered
- The Single Toughest
Decision Connie Mack Made
- A President Makes
His Picks
- A 1944 Tribute
to Connie Mack
- Bing Miller:
“Old Reliable”
-
Virgil
Trucks: Throwing
Heat was Fire's Deparment
- George Kell: A Tiger
in A’s Clothing
- The Unsinkable Bullet
Joe Bush
- The Story of the
1902 American League Champion Athletics
- Philadelphia's
Most Storied Ballpark
- Connie Mack’s Days as
a Player With The Washington Nationals
- The Single Toughest
Decision Connie Mack Made
- A President Makes
His Picks
- Connie Mack's First
Book
- Rube Oldring:
“The Pride of the Left Field Stands”
- Lou Limmer, One of Baseball’s
Nice Guys
- Woody Wheaton Remembered
- And the Winner
is...Indian Bob
- Why the A's were called
White Elephants
- Vic Power: A Baseball
Odyssey
- Baker Bowl: A Historical
Sketch of Baker Bowl
- The 1905 Athletics:
American League Champions!
- 1964 Phillies Press Guide
- An Interview With Eddie
Mayo
- Bucketfoot Al
- Dick Fowler: A Pitcher
of Note
- The Saga of "Alabama"
Pitts
- Nellie Fox - The One That
Got Away
- What Would Have Happened
If the War Hadn’t Intervened
- An Interview with Lum
Harris
- Father Jerome Romanowski,
"The Baseball Padre"
- A Wet Day in Motown
- Connie Mack’s First
Book
- Greek George: A
Slam-Bang Way To Go Out
- The Story of the 1964
Phillies Press Guide
- Connie Mack’s Days
as a Player Part II: The Pittsburgh Years
- The Story Behind the
White Elephant
- Crash Davis, A Legend
in His Own Time, Dead at 82
- The Fight for
Sunday Baseball in Philadelphia
- Shibe Park’s Grand Opening
- Fact of the Day ...
A Story About John "Stuffy" McInnis
- Charles Albert “Chief”
Bender - A Biographic Profile
- Philadelphia Athletics
Championship Teams
- WE WUZ' ROBBED! The Pennant
Race of 1907
- Twilight Teams - The
Unthinkable
- Little Nel - The Nellie
Fox Story
- Lefty Grove Triumphs
- An Athletics and Phillies World Series:
How Close Did They Come?
- A Special Tribute to Our WWII Veterans
- Rube Waddell: Strikeout King
- A's Fans Quickly Lost Interest After
Move to K.C.
Do you have a question about someone who had a professional
career in baseball and you would like to know more about his
statistics, teams, league, and teammates? If he ever played
in professional baseball, we will try and answer your question,
free of any charge as part of our commitment to share the
history of professional baseball in America. Include his name
and as much as you know about his career.
Thank you,
Max Silberman, Society VP History & Research
1526 Brookhaven Road
Wynnewood, PA 19096
Email: max120@comcast.net
Our Free Library located in downtown Hatboro, PA is also
available for your use in performing similar research at your
leisure.
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A's
Society rededicates Veterans Stadium Athletics Wall of Fame plaques

SHIBE PARK STADIUM BRICK
The
Connie Mack Wall of Fame Perpetual Plaque

1908: A Year of
Transition

The
Saga of "Alabama" Pitts

Athletics History
Major League Baseball Goes
to War

Lou Brissie Visits Vets

Click here for more.
SEPTEMBER 19, 1954 Yankees
4 Athletics 2

It is Sunday September
19, 1954 and the Philadelphia Athletics are coming off the field
at Connie Mack Stadium (AKA Shibe Park) for their final turn at
bat in the bottom of the ninth inning trailing the NY Yankees by
a score of 4-2. |