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Bookmark or Share- Kansas City Athletics Team HistoryThe Kansas City Athletics, previously known as the Philadelphia Athletics, was a Major League Baseball team that played in the American League from 1955 to 1967. The team was based in Kansas City, Missouri, and was owned by Arnold Johnson for most of its existence.
- History of the Athletics - WikipediaThe history of the Athletics Major League Baseball franchise spans the period from 1901 to the present day, having begun as a charter member franchise in the new American League in Philadelphia before moving to Kansas City in 1955 for 13 seasons and then to the San Francisco Bay in Oakland, California, in 1968 for 57 seasons.
- Kansas City Athletics - WikipediaThe Kansas City Athletics had an overall win–loss record of 829–1,224–7 (.404) during their 54 years in Kansas City. No former Kansas City Athletics players were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame .
- Kansas City Athletics | Missouri EncyclopediaBut before the Kansas City Royals, there were the Kansas City Athletics. The unillustrious A’s did not stay long, yet their thirteen seasons in Missouri embodied baseball’s expansion into truly nationwide major leagues and added a poignant chapter to its lore on hapless teams.
- October 1, 1967: Kansas City Athletics play their last gameIn the ninth inning the Athletics made a game effort to end their Kansas City tenure on a winning note. Rick Monday and Jim Gosger led off with singles. With runners at first and third, Steve Hamilton relieved Stottlemyre. Ramon Webster hit a run-scoring grounder to second.
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