History of the World Series – 1930 Seemingly. It wasn’t until 1925, in fact, that the Athletics reappeared in the American League’s first division. Rube Walberg had arrived in 1923, and Al Simmons came along in 1924 to bolster the Athletics. Mickey Cochrane, Lefty Grove and Jimmie Foxx (as a 17-year-old) joined the A’s in…