(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 1901 1910 1911 – 1913 1929 1930 1954 Philadelphia Athletics Team Formation Philadelphia had a new franchise created to compete with the National League’s Philadelphia Phillies. Phillies minority owner Ben Shibe as well as others to invest in the team, which would be called the Philadelphia Athletics. Mack himself bought a 25 percent interest, while …