Oakland Athletics

Previously known as Philadelphia Athletics (1901-1954), Kansas City Athletics (1955-1967) Franchise Record: (1901-2020) 9,9210-9,654-87 (.488) (1968-2020) 4,495-4,182-1 (.518) Post Season Record: (1905-2020) 85-82 (.509) (1968-2020) 61-63 (.492) World Series Titles: 9 (1910, 1911, 1913, 1929, 1930, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1989) American League Pennants: 15 (1902, 1905, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1988, 1989, 1990) Postseasons: 29 (1905, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1981, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020) Ballparks: Oakland Coliseum (April 17, 1968-) (48,219) Franchise Players: Eddie Collins, Eddie Plank, Chief Bender, Home Run Baker, Jimmie Foxx, Lefty Grove, Mickey Cochrane, Al Simmons, Reggie Jackson, Catfish Hunter, Rollie Fingers, Sal Bando, Vida Blue, Rickey Henderson, Dennis Eckersley, Jose Canseco, Mark McGwire, Dave Stewart, Jason Giambi, Eric Chavez Retired Numbers: 9 - Reggie Jackson; 24 - Rickey Henderson; 27 - Catfish Hunter; 34 Rollie Fingers and Dave Stewart; 42 - Jackie Robinson (retired throughout Major League Baseball); 43 - Dennis Eckersley

Oakland Athletics logo

Awards

• American League MVP:
  • Eddie Collins - 1914
  • Mickey Cochrane - 1928
  • Lefty Grove - 1931
  • Jimmie Foxx - 1932 & 1933
  • Bobby Shantz - 1952
  • Vida Blue - 1971
  • Reggie Jackson - 1973
  • Jose Canseco - 1988
  • Rickey Henderson - 1990
  • Dennis Eckersley - 1992
  • Jason Giambi - 2000
  • Miguel Tejada - 2002

• American League Cy Young Award:
  • Vida Blue - 1971
  • Catfish Hunter - 1974
  • Bob Welch - 1990
  • Dennis Eckersley - 1992
  • Barry Zito - 2002

• American League Rookie of the Year Award:
  • Harry Byrd - 1952
  • Jose Canseco - 1986
  • Mark McGwire - 1987
  • Walt Weiss - 1988
  • Ben Grieve - 1998
  • Bobby Crosby - 2004
  • Huston Street - 2005
  • Andrew Bailey - 2009

• American League Manager of the Year Award:
  • Billy Martin - 1981 (Major League)
  • Tony LaRussa - 1988 & 1992
  • Bob Melvin - 2012 & 2018

Famous Feats

• Perfect game:
  • Catfish Hunter: May 8, 1968
  • Dallas Braden: May 9, 2010

• No-hitter:
  • Weldon Henley: July 22, 1905
  • Chief Bender: May 12, 1910
  • Joe Bush: August 26, 1916
  • Dick Fowler: September 9, 1945
  • Bill McCahan: September 3, 1947
  • Catfish Hunter: May 8, 1968
  • Vida Blue: September 21, 1970
  • Vida Blue, Glenn Abbott, Paul Lindblad and Rollie Fingers: September 28, 1975
  • Mike Warren: September 29, 1983
  • Dave Stewart: June 29, 1990
  • Dallas Braden: May 9, 2010
  • Sean Manaea: April 21, 2018
  • Mike Fiers: May 7, 2019

• Unassisted Triple Play:
  • Randy Velarde: May 29, 2000

• Four home runs in one game:
  • none

• Two home runs in one inning:
  • Mark McGwire: September 22, 1996

• Hitting for the Cycle:
  • Harry Davis: July 10, 1901 (first in American League history)
  • Nap Lajoie: July 30, 1901
  • Danny Murphy: August 25, 1910
  • Frank Baker: July 3, 1911
  • Mickey Cochrane: July 22, 1932
  • Mickey Cochrane: August 2, 1933
  • Pinky Higgins: August 6, 1933
  • Jimmie Foxx: August 14, 1933
  • Doc Cramer: June 10, 1934
  • Sam Chapman: May 5, 1939
  • Elmer Valo: August 2, 1950
  • Tony Phillips: May 16, 1986
  • Mike Blowers: May 18, 1998
  • Eric Chavez: June 21, 2000
  • Miguel Tejada: September 29, 2001
  • Eric Byrnes: June 29, 2003
  • Mark Ellis: June 4, 2007

Further Reading

• Mike Axisa: "A's stadium proposal moves forward with City Council vote, but team's future in Oakland remains uncertain", cbssports.com, July 20, 2021. [1]
• Nancy Finley: Finley Ball: How two outsiders turned the Oakland A's into a dynasty and changed the game forever, Regnery History, Washington, DC, 2016. ISBN 978-1-62157-477-4
• Martín Gallegos: "A's to explore relocation amid stadium push", mlb.com, May 11, 2021. [2]
• Martín Gallegos: "A's ballpark plan takes 'giant leap forward' after city council vote", mlb.com, February 18, 2022. [3]
• Martín Gallegos: "A’s purchase land in Las Vegas for new ballpark", mlb.com, April 20, 2023. [4]
• Chip Greene, ed.: Mustaches and Mayhem, Charlie O's Three-Time Champions: The Oakland Athletics 1972-74, SABR, Phoenix, AZ, 2015. ISBN 978-1-943816-07-1
• David M. Jordan: The A's: A Baseball History, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2014. ISBN 978-0-7864-7781-4
• Jane Lee: "A's plan to build ballpark at Howard Terminal", mlb.com, November 28, 2018. [5]
• Michael Lewis: Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, NY, 2003. ISBN 978-0393057652
• Bruce Markusen: Baseball's Last Dynasty: Charlie Finley's Oakland A's, Masters Press, Dallas, TX, 1998.
• Jorge L. Ortiz: "How the Raiders' L.A. limbo impacts the Oakland Athletics", USA Today Sports, January 13, 2016. [6]
• Liz Roscher: "Oakland A's agree to purchase land for $1.5B Las Vegas ballpark", Yahoo! Sports, April 20, 2023. [7]* Dale Tafoya: Billy Ball: Billy Martin and the Resurrection of the Oakland A's, Lyons Press, Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, MD, 2020. ISBN 978-1493043620
• Jason Turbow: Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic: Reggie, Rollie, Catfish, and Charlie Finley’s Swingin’ A’s, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston, MA, 2017. ISBN 9780544303171

Sources:

• Peter Filichia: Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebrations of All 273 Major League and Negro League Ballparks Past and Present, Addison Wesley Publishing Company, March 1993
• John Thorn: Total Baseball, Total Sports Publishing, 1989, 1995.
• http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/51706640-79/overstock-coliseum-oakland-naming.html.csp