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5 unusual facts about Connie Mack


Agnes Allen

Her biggest experience was pitching a game in the old Yankee Stadium and meeting the legendary Connie Mack.

Edward L. Bader

He also played a year for a professional football team operated by Philadelphia Athletics owner Connie Mack.

Eiji Sawamura

Connie Mack, who was managing the American team, was so impressed by Sawamura's performance that he tried to sign him to a Major League contract.

Sam Felton

After graduating from Harvard, Felton declined a record offer to play Major League Baseball for Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics.

Upon his graduation from Harvard in 1913, Connie Mack offered Felton a three-year contract to pitch for the Philadelphia Athletics for $15,000 per year.


Arnold Johnson

The Athletics of Connie Mack had once been one of the pillars of the American League, with nine pennants and five World Series wins to their credit; however, the team's chronic failures on the field since the early 1930s and its lack of resources undermined it.

Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1937

Connie Mack and John McGraw, who had been excellent players in the 1890s and had gone on to be the winningest managers in their respective leagues - Mack with 9 American League pennants and 5 World Series titles, and McGraw with 10 National League pennants and 3 World Series titles;

Bay Bridge Series

Hall of Famers such as John McGraw, Roger Bresnahan, Christy Mathewson, Joe McGinnity and Rube Marquard took part on the Giants side while the Athletics had Connie Mack, Chief Bender, Eddie Plank, Rube Waddell, Frank Baker and Eddie Collins.

Mitch Bainwol

After his studies, Bainwol became a member of staff for various Republican political figures from 1977 until 2003 (Robin Beard, Connie Mack, Bill Frist and the RNC) before founding the Bainwol Group, a Washington, D.C. based lobby group.

Richard S. Arnold

Morris Sheppard was also the grandfather of former U.S. Senator Connie Mack, III, a Florida Republican banker.


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