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13. Oakland Athletics

verfasst von : Frank P. Jozsa Jr.

Erschienen in: American League Franchises

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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An original team in the American League (AL), the Philadelphia Athletics won nine pennants and five World Series between 1902 and 1932. During the next 23 years, however, the club finished above fourth once but only seventh or eighth in 14 Major League Baseball (MLB) regular seasons. After purchasing the Athletics from the Mack family in 1954, American industrialist and sportsman Arnold Johnson moved the team from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Kansas City, Missouri.

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Vorheriges Kapitel Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Nächstes Kapitel Seattle Mariners

For the history of A’s teams in Philadelphia, Kansas City, and Oakland, see Frank P. Jozsa Jr., Major League Baseball Expansions and Relocations: A History, 1876–2008 (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2009), and James Quirk and Rodney D. Fort, Pay Dirt: The Business of Professional Team Sports (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1992).

The Athletics’ franchise timeline, by years and team performances, is online to review and study at http://www.oakland.athletics.mlb.com.

Among sources for team highlights in this chapter are Frank P. Jozsa Jr., Baseball, Inc.: The National Pastime as Big Business (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2006), and the Official Major League Baseball Fact Book 2005 Edition (St. Louis, MO: Sporting News, 2005)

Through 2014, Athletics’ MVPs were hitters Miguel Tejada, Jose Canseco, and Rickey Henderson and pitchers Dennis Eckersley and Vida Blue.

Oakland’s Cy Young Award winners, as of 2014, include pitchers Barry Zito, Eckersley, Bob Welch, Catfish Hunter, and Vida Blue.

“Lew Wolff,” http://www.oakland.athletics.mlb.com

See “The Business of Baseball,” http://www.forbes.com, cited 28 January 2015, and “Major League Baseball Valuations,” http://www.bloomberg.com, cited 2 February 2015.

Paul Swaney, “2014 MLB Ballpark Experience Rankings,” http://www.stadiumjourney.com, cited 23 February 2015

This information is published in “MLB Team Loyalty Winners and Losers,” http://www.brandkeys.com, cited 14 February 2015, and Barry Janoff, “Report: When It Comes to 2014 MLB Fans, the Most Loyal Group is the Cards.” http://www.nysportsjournalism.com, cited 23 February 2015.

Two recent articles about the Athletics franchise are Brian Costa, “Baseball’s Battle for Silicon Valley,” Wall Street Journal (28 June 2013): D8, and “Oakland A’s Agree to 10-Year Lease to Stay at Coliseum,” Wall Street Journal (22 July 2014): 1.

Titel: Oakland Athletics
verfasst von: Frank P. Jozsa Jr.
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Buch: American League Franchises
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-25995-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-25996-3

Copyright-Jahr: 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25996-3_13