Philadelphia Athletics (American Association)

Philadelphia Athletics
Information
League	American Association
Founded	1882
Folded	1890
Former ballparks	Jefferson Street Grounds (1883–1890) Oakdale Park (1882)
Ownership	Bill Sharsig, H. C. Pennypacker & William Whitaker (1888–1890) Bill Sharsig, Lew Simmons & Charlie Mason (1881–1887)
Manager	Bill Sharsig (1888–1890) Charlie Mason (1887) Frank Bancroft (1887) Lew Simmons & Bill Sharsig (1886) Harry Stovey (1885) Lon Knight (1883–1884) Juice Latham (1882) Horace Phillips (1881)

The Philadelphia Athletics were a professional baseball team, one of six charter members of the American Association, a 19th-century major league, which began play in 1882 as a rival to the National League. The other teams were the Baltimore Orioles, Cincinnati Red Stockings, Eclipse of Louisville, Pittsburgh Alleghenys, and St. Louis Brown Stockings. The team took its name from a previous team, which played in the National Association from 1871 through 1875 and in the National League in 1876.