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4 unusual facts about Earle Mack


Earle Mack

During the 1937 and 1939 seasons, Mack managed the Athletics when his father (by then in his mid-70s) was ill.

He played only five games for the Athletics between 1910 and 1914, at third base, first base, and catcher.

Eventually, the Mack brothers were forced to sell, and the team relocated to Kansas City in 1954.

Russ Christopher

The following season, Christopher was part of an optimistic 1945 Athletics team, so much so that coach Earle Mack felt that Christopher, Black, Newsom and Jesse Flores were the best quartet of starting pitchers in the league.



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