The Athletics’ franchise was established in 1901in Philadelphia as one of the charter teams of Major League Baseball 's new American League. Commonly referred to simply as “the A's,” the Athletics were based in Pennsylvania from 1901 until 1954. During that time, the team won three out of four World Series championships between 1910 and 1913 and then another two back-to-back in 1929 and 1930. The team won one more World Series title in Philadelphia, in 1930, before being relocated to Kansas City in 1955. There, the Athletics were largely unsuccessful, winning neither a single American League Pennant nor World Series. So in 1968, the franchise made its final move out to Oakland on the west coast. Finding Success Again in Oakland After arriving in Oakland, the A's wasted little time before returning to the dominance that they had in their early days in Philadelphia. The team, led by players like “Catfish” Hunter and Reggie Jackson, established themselves as a force to be reckoned with and won three consecutive World Series Championships in 1972, 1973, and 1974. Again winning not just one but a series of titles, Oakland claimed the American League Pennant for three straight seasons between 1988 and 1990, hitting another peak in 1989 with the franchise’s ninth World Series title. And in 2002, with the sixth-lowest payroll in baseball, the team won an AL-record-setting 20 games in a row, finishing the season with 103 total victories. Save on Oakland Athletics Tickets As history has shown, once the A’s find success, they are an extremely difficult team to stop. Playing their home games at the O.co Coliseum, there is room for just over 35,000 fans at every home game. Make sure one of those seats is your by purchasing discounted Oakland Athletics tickets using ScoreBig.com, and watch one of baseball’s great franchises give it their all next season.