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What Became of the Louiville A's?

Frustrated with dwindling attendance in Kansas City, A’s owner Charles Finley signed an agreement in January of 1964 that would have paved the way to move his team to Louisville.

You don’t remember the Louisville Athletics? Or even the Kentucky Colonels (a name change Finley favored in order to keep the “KC” logo on the players’ ball caps)?

There’s a good reason for not remembering.

It never happened.

The A’s never played a single regular season game in Louisville, as the other American League owners blocked Finley’s attempt to move his franchise.

Of course, Finley’s attempts to transplant the A’s did nothing to endear him or his team to the Kansas City fans. Attendance continued to decline over the next four years, until Finley finally convinced the other American League owners that it was in everyone’s best interest for the A’s to find a new home.

In 1968, they found that home in their inaugural season in Oakland. One year later, Kansas City replaced the A’s
with the expansion Royals.