the philadelphia athletics moved to kansas city in 1954.
the philadelphia athletics moved to kansas city in 1954.
when did the philadelphia athletics move to kansas city?
1954
bullet::::- 1953 – boston braves move to milwaukee









































bullet::::- 1954 – st. louis browns move to baltimore and become the orioles









































bullet::::- 1955 – philadelphia athletics move to kansas city









































bullet::::- 1958 – new york giants move to san francisco; brooklyn dodgers move to los angeles









































bullet::::- 1961 – washington senators move to minneapolis–saint paul and become the minnesota twins; new washington senators (al) and los angeles angels (al) created as expansion teams









































bullet::::- 1962 – houston astros (nl) and new york mets (nl) created as expansion teams









































bullet::::- 1966 – milwaukee braves move to atlanta
history of baseball in the united states
lefty grove and alex kellner had the most opening day starts for the philadelphia and kansas city athletics with four. grove made four opening day starts for the philadelphia athletics in 1925, 1927, 1928 and 1930. kellner made two opening day starts for the philadelphia athletics in 1952 and 1953, and two opening day starts for the kansas city athletics in 1955 and 1956. eddie plank (1904, 1909, 1910), chief bender (1905, 1906, 1911), jack coombs (1907, 1912, 1913), scott perry (1919–1921) and phil marchildon (1942, 1947, 1948) each made three opening day starts for the philadelphia and kansas city athletics. the other pitchers who made multiple opening day starts for the philadelphia and kansas city athletics are bullet joe bush, sugar cain, chubby dean, lum harris, slim harriss and bobby shantz. catfish hunter made one opening day start for the kansas city athletics, but later made three opening day starts for the oakland athletics, giving him a total of four for the franchise.
list of philadelphia and kansas city athletics opening day starting pitchers