Washington Post, March 23rd, 1959
Baseball, Owners Reach Landmark Agreement
Major League Baseball came to an agreement today with the four owners who have filed a suit in federal court attempting to keep the league from blocking their planned relocation.
Under the agreement, The Washington Senators and Philadelphia A's will, starting in 1961, play their games in Oakland and Baltimore respectively. The move was precipitated by an agreement with Los Angeles business man Gene Autry to buy an expansion franchise in LA, set to begin play in 1961.
Baseball would not agree to the move unless A second team could be placed on the west coast. The league also granted a second expansion franchise for the 1961 season to the city of Minnesota.
In a more contentious agreement, the league has agreed to allow the Dodgers and Giants to move west beginning in the 1962 season. The agreement comes only after New York businessman George Weiss agreed to buy an expansion franchise in the city, with the caveat that the team be allowed to pick 3 players from each of the Giants and Dodgers, at the end of the 1961 season.
The league also plans to add a 3rd California based team in 1962, granting an expansion franchise to the city of San Diego and mogul Ray Crock.