Albert Brancato (May 29, 1919 – June 14, 2012) was a shortstop and third baseman for the A’s from 1939 to 1941 and again in 1945. He was known to have one of the strongest arms in the American League. Brancato died on June 14, 2012, at age 93 at Sunrise at Granite Run, an […]
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I am 52 years old. grew up in Philadelphia my entire life. When I was a child I discovered and adored the Phillies, going to games at Connie Mack. I heard my mother and uncle tell me how they use to work for Jerrold’s Electronics and it was located across the street from Baker Bowl, […]
The Philadelphia Athletics cruised to the American League pennant in 1911, beating out the second-place Detroit Tigers by 13 and a half games. Led by the pitching of Jack Coombs (28 wins), Eddie Plank (22 wins), Chief Bender (17 wins), and Cy Morgan (15 wins), and the bats of Eddie Collins (.365 BA), Frank Baker […]
The Mack-Carter TV Interview – A Baseball First? By Bob Warrington Collecting baseball photography has grown in popularity in recent years. All of the major auction houses feature baseball photography in their catalogues, and prices can range from quite modest for images of ordinary players to incredibly expensive for photos of major stars of yesteryear. […]
Bill White, center, a former Major League baseball player with the Giants, Cardinals and Phillies, and former president of the National League from 1989 to 1994, listens intently as a fan describes one of his favorite memories during a book-signing event Saturday sponsored by the Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society at the Days Inn in Horsham. […]
Commissioner Carl Goldberg has accepted his appointment as chairman of the formal fund raising committee. His duties will require him to make contact with celebrities from all walks of life who will be willing to assist us on a pro bono basis as the Society continues its efforts to continue to perpetuate the memory of […]
by Bob Warrington Introduction Connie Mack’s biographer, Frederick G. Lieb, had this to say about the Philadelphia Athletics’ 1908 season, “The A’s went into a sharp tailspin.” After a second place finish in 1907 with an 88-57 record, the team dropped to 68-85 in 1908, earning the A’s sixth place at season’s end—the lowest the […]
by Dale B. Smith “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”. Charles Dickens could easily have been referring to the 1914 season of the Philadelphia Athletics. For Connie Mack, 1914 meant both another American League pennant and the destruction of his Athletics family. It was a year of bitter disappointment […]
We are proud to present a replica of the same design of the Athletics “A” logo that has appeared on Philadelphia Athletics home uniform for their entire 50 + years in Philly. Consisting of a cloth material, sew on type design measuring at the bottom spread 6 3/4″x 5 1/4 “.
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