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Alliance and completed the 1877 season with a league record of 3–2 in the 13–team League Alliance. Hicks Hayhurst served as the Philadelphia Athletics manager. League Alliance members played most games against other teams in their region and not always against other league teams. Only five League Alliance teams played as many as 30 games against other League Alliance teams, with Philadelphia not among them. The Philadelphia Athletics folded from the league after the initial season.
422:, along with another Philadelphia team, nicknamed the "Phillies.". The Eastern Championship Association was founded on April 11, 1881 at a meeting in New York City. The "Athletic club of Philadelphia" sent a message to the meeting of their desire to join the league and their membership was approved. It was also announced the Philadelphia Athletics would play home games at
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After a two season hiatus, the
Philadelphia Athletics returned to Atlantic League play in 1900, which proved to be their final minor league season. The 1900 Philadelphia Athletics lasted only a partial season. On June 4, 1900, the Philadelphia Athletics had a 10–11 record when the franchise moved to
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Philadelphia Athletics played in two different leagues in 1896. The "Athletics" moniker returned, as Philadelphia continued play in the 1896 Pennsylvania State League. The Athletics had a record of 39–16, and were 2nd in the Pennsylvania League standings when league disbanded on June 11, 1896.
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Philadelphia team was simply called Philadelphia. The Defiance and Philadelphia teams possibly evolved into the "Athletics" moniker during the season or all the Philadelphia teams played games against the Athletics or both. The Philadelphia Athletics
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Philadelphia. A provision was stipulated that the Philadelphia and New York teams would play a "championship series" totaling 24 games. New York won the series which drew sizable crowds to the
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Philadelphia Athletics continued play in the 1897 Atlantic League. The Athletics ended the 1897 season with a record of 49–89, placing 7th in the Atlantic League standings, finishing 43.0 games behind the 1st place
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The second 1881 Philadelphia team, called the "Phillies" played briefly in the
Eastern Championship Association before relocating. The Phillies began the season with a 1–1 Eastern Association record before moving to
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Columbia Park (1866–1875) and Centennial Park (1875–1883), the ballpark was located at 24th Street & Ridge Avenue and 25th Street & Columbia Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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then finished the Pennsylvania State League season. The Easton/Philadelphia team ended the 1894 season with an overall record of 40–74, placing 8th in the Pennsylvania State League, playing under managers
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The minor league Philadelphia Athletics played in the same era as various major league Philadelphia teams, some also called the "Athletics." The minor league Athletics immediately followed the early
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had not been chosen as a franchise in the initial National League. The Pittsburgh franchise agreed to host and pay costs of the meeting. It was proposed before the meeting by Chicago owner
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moved to Philadelphia on July 4, 1894 with an 8–36 record. The
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The 1881 Philadelphia Athletics became charter members of the
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local newspapers indicate that all home games were played at
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The minor league Philadelphia teams played as members of the
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2589:"1900 Philadelphia Athletics/Harrisburg Ponies Statistics"
1955:"1881 Eastern Association (EA) Standings on StatsCrew.com"
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2610:"Hughie Jennings Minor Leagues Statistics & History"
2302:"1894 Easton/Philadelphia Colts Roster on StatsCrew.com"
2194:"Middle States League (MSL) Standings on StatsCrew.com"
1748:"Philadelphia Athletic Team History & Encyclopedia"
1730:"Philadelphia Athletic Team History & Encyclopedia"
2517:"1897 Atlantic League (AL) Standings on StatsCrew.com"
2481:"1896 Atlantic League (AL) Standings on StatsCrew.com"
1833:"1877 League Alliance (LA) Standings on StatsCrew.com"
2499:"1897 Philadelphia Athletics Roster on StatsCrew.com"
2356:"1896 Philadelphia Athletics Roster on StatsCrew.com"
2266:"1892 Eastern League (EL) Standings on StatsCrew.com"
2248:"1892 Philadelphia Athletics Roster on StatsCrew.com"
1919:"1881 Philadelphia Athletics Roster on StatsCrew.com"
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who began play in 1901 and evolved to become today's
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205:Philadelphia Phillies (minor league) (1881–1882)
438:. The Phillies team played at Recreation Park.
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2069:"1882 League Alliance (LA) on StatsCrew.com"
1815:"1877 League Alliance (LA) on StatsCrew.com"
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1686:Philadelphia Phillies (minor league) players
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2033:"1881 Philadelphia Roster on StatsCrew.com"
913:(1877) Inducted, Baseball Hall of Fame 1964
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2735:www.projectballpark.org
2700:Temple University Press
2692:Westcott, Rick (1996).
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747:Philadelphia Athletics
693:Philadelphia Ball Park.
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1115:Alex Ferson
1085:Dave Eggler
1001:Pete Childs
833:Independent
731:Independent
500:Independent
388:Al Spalding
82:Independent
2775:Categories
1717:References
1655:Tug Wilson
1631:Ed Whiting
1619:Sam Weaver
1583:Tom Stouch
1565:Joe Straub
1415:Sam Mertes
1313:Harry Luff
1289:Doc Landis
1283:Sam Kimber
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941:Joe Battin
917:Phil Baker
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580:Bill Parks
380:Pittsburgh
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1433:Ed Morris
1325:Andy Knox
1307:Con Lucid
1187:Bill Gray
1121:Jim Field
1097:Harry Ely
1091:Ben Ellis
1049:Ira Davis
1019:Bert Conn
590:Co–owner
353:in 1876.
185:Team data
1675:See also
1517:Ed Sales
1493:Al Reach
1193:Ed Green
1055:Bill Day
887:Class B
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752:1881 (1)
741:1877 (2)
722:1877 (1)
698:Timeline
538:in 1892,
510:and the
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231:Ballpark
1523:Lou Say
1373:Al Maul
860:Class B
854:1896(2)
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717:League
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565:of the
333:History
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76:Class A
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