Nicknamed the ' Swingin' A's', they won three consecutive World Series in 1972, 1973, and 1974, led by players including Vida Blue, Catfish Hunter, Reggie Jackson, Rollie Fingers, and owner Charlie O. The team left Philadelphia for Kansas City in 1955 and became the Kansas City Athletics before moving to Oakland in 1968. The team's owner and manager for its first 50 years was Connie Mack, and Hall of Fame players included Chief Bender, Frank 'Home Run' Baker, Jimmie Foxx, and Lefty Grove. They won three World Series championships in 1910, 1911, and 1913, and back-to-back titles in 19. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the team was founded in Philadelphia in 1901 as the Philadelphia Athletics. The nine World Series championships, fifteen pennants, and seventeen division titles that the A's have won throughout their history is the second-highest in the American League after the New York Yankees. The team plays its home games at the Oakland Coliseum. The Athletics compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division.
The Oakland Athletics (often referred to as the Oakland A's) are an American professional baseball team based in Oakland.
