Davis was the starting first baseman and first captain of manager Connie Mack 's Philadelphia Athletics from 1901 to 1910. In 1905 he led the American league in home runs, RBI, runs and doubles, and led the Athletics to the 1905 World Series against the New York Giants.

Jan 4, 2012 · Hand picked by Connie Mack, he was the heart and soul of the early Philadelphia Athletics teams who dominated the newly formed A.L., winning six titles and three World Series.

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.

May 30, 2018 · What follows below is an all-time roster of the Philadelphia Athletics. The team was selected via a combination of factors, but their WAR (wins above replacement) total while …

Apr 27, 2023 · PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – It was a great day to be a Jasper on the opening day of the Penn Relays. RJ Decker will be returning to Riverdale with a bronze medal in the weight …

The Athletics have rightfully been proclaimed "Philadelphia's Most Successful Sports Franchise". The Athletics played at Columbia Park at 29th and Columbia in North Philadelphia before opening Shibe Park in April 1909 at 21st and Lehigh Avenue in …

The Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society (PAHS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of the Philadelphia Athletics baseball team. Founded in Hatboro, Pennsylvania, in 1974, PAHS is composed of dedicated members who share a passion for the heritage of t...

Oct 6, 2021 · At an opening-day game in Washington against the Philadelphia Athletics on April 14, 1910, he threw out the first pitch before taking his seat in a box near the field. In the middle of the...

Dec 1, 2021 · Weldon Henley grew up playing ball around Jasper before enrolling at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta in 1898. 2 Georgia Tech had been established only 13 years earlier, and Weldon almost instantly became the first star for their fledgling baseball program.

In 1860, James N. Kerns formed a club, simply named "Athletic Base Ball Club", that soon dominated amateur play in the area (Jordan 1999). Harper's Weekly chronicled a match between Athletic and Atlantic of Brooklyn for the baseball championship in 1866.