January 5 in Oakland Athletics History: Philadelphia Athletics purchase future Hall of Famer Nap Lajoie (1915)

[adrotate banner=”42″] On January 5, 1915, the Philadelphia Athletics purchase future Hall of Famer Nap Lajoie from the Cleveland Indians . Lajoie slumped to a .258 average in 1914. Thirteen years after a U.S. District Court decision for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia effective

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