2017 Oakland Athletics

2017 Oakland Athletics / Franchise: Oakland Athletics / BR Team Page

Record: 75-87, Finished 5th in AL Western Division (2017 AL)

Managed by Bob Melvin

Coaches: Mike Aldrete, Garvin Alston, Darren Bush, Scott Emerson, Chip Hale, Marcus Jensen, Mark Kotsay, Gil Patterson and Curt Young

Ballpark: O.co Coliseum

History, Comments, Contributions

On June 24th, the 2017 Oakland Athletics did something that had not been seen for over a hundred years when three different players hit their first career home run in a 10-2 win over the Chicago White Sox. Matt Olson hit the first two long balls of his career, Jaycob Brugman also went deep, as did Franklin Barreto, who was making his major league debut. Not to be outdone, pitcher Daniel Gossett recorded his first career win that year. The last major league team to have three players hit their first homer in the same game were the Kansas City Packers of the Federal League, on April 26, 1914.

Awards and Honors

• All-Star: Yonder Alonso

Further Reading

• Rob Neyer: Power Ball: Anatomy of a Modern Baseball Game, HarperCollins Publishers, New York NY, 2018. ISBN 978-0-0628-5361-5

2017 MLB season by team