The 1902 American League Champion Philadelphia Athletics
Philadelphia Athletics 1902 - Athletics win their first
American League Championship. Because of disputes with the rival
National League, the first World Series was not played until 1903.
The 1905 American League Champion Philadelphia Athletics
Philadelphia Athletics 1905 - The National League Champion
New York Giants, under their fiery manager, John McGraw defeat
Connie Mack's American League Champions Athletics in five games.
Left to right: Harry Barton, Jimmy Dygert, Danny Murphy,
Doc Powers, Topsy Hartsel, Monte Cross, Rube Oldring, Ossie Schreck,
Socks Seybold, Harry Davis, Jack Knight, Chief Bender, Rube Waddell,
Andy Coakley.
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The 1910 World Series Champion Philadelphia Athletics
1910 - Connie Mack's Athletics win their first World Series
Championship by defeating the Chicago Cubs in five games.
The 1911 World Series Champion Philadelphia Athletics
1911 - The Mackmen make it two in a row by defeating John
McGraws New York Giants in a very satisfying six game series.
The 1913 World Series Champion Philadelphia Athletics
1913 - After a one year absence, Mack's A's again defeat
McGraws Giant this time in five games . Remember, it was McGraw
who in earlier in the decade, in a sarcastic tone, labeled Connie
Mack's Athletics as "White Elephants".
The 1914 American League Champion Philadelphia Athletics
1914 - The Miracle Boston Braves swept Connie Mack's favored Athletics
in four games to complete one of Connie Mack's most devastating
losses.
The 1929 World Series Champion Philadelphia Athletics
1929 - What many baseball historians will argue as the greatest
team in baseball history, Connie Mack's 1929 championship team
defeats the National League Champion Chicago Cubs in five games,
highlighted by the A's record, 10 run 4th inning eruption in the
A's Game 4 win.
The 1930 World Series Champion Philadelphia Athletics
1930 - Making it two in a row for the second time in franchise
history, the A's defeat the National League Champion St.Louis
Cardinals in six games.
The 1931 American League Champion Philadelphia Athletics
1931 - What proved to be the Philadelphia A's last appearance
in a World Series, their attempt to make it a three peat was averted
by a better St. Louis Cardinals team in 7 games. Twenty three
years later, in 1954, the beloved Philadelphia Athletics would
play their last game in Philadelphia.
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