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1903 Philadelphia Athletics Season
The 1903 Philadelphia Athletics season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 75 wins and 60 losses, 14½ games behind the 1903 Boston Americans season, Boston Americans. Offseason * February 1903: Ollie Pickering was purchased by the Athletics from the Cleveland Naps. Preseason 1903 Philadelphia City Series The A's had begun play in 1901 but National League and American League teams did not play each other in 1901 or 1902 as the leagues warred over markets and customers. The leagues made peace after 1902 and the Phillies and Athletics scheduled a preseason City Series (Philadelphia), series for the local championship. The Player League’s Philadelphia Athletics (1890-1891), Philadelphia Athletics and American Association Philadelphia Athletics (American Association), Athletics had contested the local championship with the Phillies between 1883 and 1890. Prior to the start of the series, the Athletics players thre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbia Park
Columbia Park or Columbia Avenue Grounds was a baseball park in Philadelphia. It was built in 1901 as the first home of the Philadelphia Athletics, who played there for eight seasons, including two games of the 1905 World Series. Columbia Park fell into disuse after the Athletics' move in 1909 to the larger Shibe Park, and was demolished in the 1910s. Home of the Philadelphia Athletics During their tenure at Columbia Park, the Athletics won the American League pennant twice. The first time was in 1902, before the institution of the modern World Series. Columbia Park was built in 1901 by the Philadelphia Athletics when the team was established, in the creation of the American League. The site was a vacant lot on which manager and part-owner Connie Mack obtained a ten-year lease. It occupied the block bordered by North 29th Street, West Oxford Street, North 30th Street, and Columbia Avenue (later renamed Cecil B. Moore Avenue, in honor of the civil rights leader). The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
