Philadelphia Athletics (minor league)

Philadelphia Athletics
Minor league affiliations
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  • Philadelphia Defiance (1877)
  • Philadelphia Athletics (minor league) (1877, 1881)
  • Philadelphia Phillies (minor league) (1881–1882)
  • Philadelphia Giants (1889)
  • Philadelphia Athletics (1892)
  • Philadelphia Colts (1894)
  • Philadelphia Athletics (1896–1897, 1900)
BallparkOakdale Park (1881)
Recreation Park (1882)
Philadelphia Ball Park (1892, 1900)

The Philadelphia Athletics was the primary moniker of the minor league baseball teams based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The minor league Philadelphia teams played various seasons in Philadelphia between 1877 and 1900.

The minor league Philadelphia teams played as members of the League Alliance (1877), Eastern Championship Association (1881), League Alliance (1882), Middle States League (1889), Eastern League (1892), Pennsylvania State League (1894, 1896) and Atlantic League (1896–1897, 1900).

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 major league Philadelphia Athletics (1860–1876), overlapping with the major league Philadelphia Athletics (American Association), the major league Philadelphia White Stockings and the major league Philadelphia Athletics (1890–91).

The minor league Philadelphia Athletics directly preceded the major league Philadelphia Athletics who began play in 1901 and evolved to become today's Oakland Athletics. In addition, the minor league Philadelphia Phillies played in 1881–1882 and directly preceded the major league Philadelphia Phillies who began play in 1883.