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Athletics in The Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame

See: Members of the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame

The Athletics have made no public recognition of Philadelphia Athletics players at the Overstock.com Coliseum. From 1978 to 2003 (except 1983), however, the Philadelphia Phillies inducted one former Athletic (and one former Phillie) each year into the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame at the then-existing Veterans Stadium. In March 2004, after Veterans Stadium was replaced by the new Citizens Bank Park, the Athletics' plaques were relocated to the Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society in Hatboro, Pennsylvania, and a single plaque listing all of the A's inductees was attached to a statue of Connie Mack that is located across the street from Citizens Bank Park.

  • -- Frank "Home Run" Baker, 3B, 1908–1914
  • -- Charles "Chief" Bender, P, 1903–1914
  • 6 Sam Chapman, CF, 1938–1951
  • 2 Mickey Cochrane, C, 1925–1933
  • -- Eddie Collins, 2B, 1906–1914, 1927–1930
  • -- Jack Coombs, P, 1906–1914
  • 5 Jimmy Dykes, 3B/2B, 1918–1932; Coach, 1940–1950; MGR, 1951–1953 (Philadelphia native)
  • 11 George Earnshaw, P, 1928–1933
  • 5/8 Ferris Fain, 1B, 1947–1952
  • 3 Jimmie Foxx, 1B, 1925–1935
  • 10 Lefty Grove, P, 1925–1933
  • 4 “Indian Bob” Johnson, LF, 1933–1942
  • 1 Eddie Joost, SS, 1947–1954; MGR, 1954
  • -- Connie Mack, MGR, 1901–1950; Team Owner, 1901–1954
  • 9 Bing Miller, RF, 1922–1926, 1928–1934
  • 1 Wally Moses, RF, 1935–1941, 1949–1951
  • -- Rube Oldring, CF, 1906–1916, 1918
  • -- Eddie Plank, P, 1901–1914 (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania native)
  • 14 Eddie Rommel, P, 1920–1932
  • 30 Bobby Shantz, P, 1949–1954 (Pottstown, Pennsylvania native)
  • 7 Al Simmons, LF, 1924–1932, 1940–1941, 1944; Coach 1940–1945
  • 10 Elmer Valo, RF, 1940–1954
  • -- Rube Waddell, P, 1902–1907 (Bradford, Pennsylvania native)
  • 12 Rube Walberg, P, 1923–1933
  • 19 Gus Zernial, LF, 1951–1954

Mack, Foxx, Grove and Cochrane have also been inducted into the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame.

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