The Philadelphia Athletics

For some reason, I decided to look up the last game the Philadelphia Athletics played in Philly in 1954 before heading to Kansas City for the 1955 season.
Well, the A's final home game on September 19 was played before a whopping 1,715 spectators, or basically 1,001 more fans than Babe Ruth home runs.
In that game, there were 4 future Hall-of-Famers, all with the Yankees. Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Phil Rizzuto and Enos Slaughter whose best days were with the Cardinals. The Athletics had no future Hall members play that day. The Yankees won that game at Connie Mack Stadium 4-2, thanks to a 3-run 8th inning homer by Gil McDougald.
The final game in Philadelphia Athletics history was a week later on Sunday September 26, also against the Yankees but this time at Yankee Stadium. The Athletics actually won this game 8-6 before a gathering of 11,670.
The last Philadelphia Athletic to get a hit? Eddie Joost, who singled in the 9th and also was the team's manager. Joost, who is still alive at age 94, was one of the players in Dave Frishberg's classic baseball song "Van Lingle Mungo," which is my favorite baseball song.
The last winning pitcher for the Philly A's? Art Ditmar who later pitched for the Yankees. The last game for the Philadelphia Athletics was also the first career win for Ditmar who ended the season 1-4 and finished with a career record of 72-77. Ditmar is also still kicking at 81 years of age.
The last home run by a Philadelphia Athletic was hit by Lou Limmer the day before on September 25. It was Limmer's 14th home run of the season and the 19th and last of his career. He passed away on April 1st, 2007 at the age of 82. Of note, Limmer was born in the Bronx and that is where he hit his last big league homer.
Anyway, sorry if this post bored you, but I dig this kind of stuff.