====== September 27, 1902 ======

===== News =====

•	Closing out the 1902 season, the Athletics dropped both ends of a double header to [[Twins|Washington]] at Columbia Park

•	Right-hander [[Tad Quinn]] made his major league debut, pitching the first game for the A's and losing 9-4

•	Philadelphia-born [[Tom Walker]] made his major league debut in the afternoon game, pitching for the A's and losing 7-5

•	[[Dave Fultz]] left the team before the day's games to assume football coaching duties at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, and [[Harry Davis]] sat out the game just to rest

•	[[Rube Waddell]] was absent from the team as well, having "gone fishing" according to the //Inquirer//

•	The A's finished with an 83-53 record, five games ahead of the second place [[Orioles|St Louis Browns]]

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