1911 Philadelphia Athletics season
The 1911 Philadelphia Athletics season was a season in American baseball. The A's finished first in the American League with a record of 101 wins and 50 losses, then went on to defeat the New York Giants in the 1911 World Series, four games to two, for their second straight World Championship.
L to R: outfielders Bris Lord, Rube Oldring, Danny Murphy in 1911.
Philadelphia Athletics on field at the Polo Grounds, 1911 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. Following another move in 1967, the team became the Oakland Athletics. In 2025 the franchise will move temporarily to Sacramento before permanently moving to Las Vegas.
Longtime manager Connie Mack, pictured in 1911
The signature tower and cupola entrance to Shibe Park, 1909
Jimmie Foxx, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Al Simmons