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 Team Overview

  Team:   Birmingham Athletics  
  League Affiliation:   Southern League  
  Major League Affiliation:   Kansas City Athletics (1967)
Oakland Athletics (1968-1975)
 
  Years of Operation:   1967-1975  
  Stadium:   Rickwood Field  
  Owner:   Charles O. Finley  
  Managers:   John McNamara (1967)
Gus Niarhos (1968-1969)
Phil Cavaretta (1970-1972)
Harry Bright (1973-1974)
Harry Malmberg (1975)
 
   Notable Achievements:   Southern League champions (1967)
Dixie Series champions (1967)
 
  Yearly Record:  
1967     

 

     Southern League champions; Dixie Series champions.  
1968          
1969          
1970   73-65      
1971          
1972          
1973          
1974   54-81      
1975   65-69      
 
 
 

 Other Sites of Interest

   Southern League  
   Rickwood Field  
 
 

 Further Reading

   Good Wood: A Fan's History of Rickwood Field by Ben Cook, ISBN 0-9636128-3-2  
   The Southern League by Bill O'Neal, Eakin Press, ISBN 0-8901-5952-1  
 
 
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Last Update: May 25, 2008