Oakland Oaks

• Location: Oakland, CA
• League: Pacific Coast League 1903-1955
• Affiliation: New York Yankees 1935-1937
• Ballpark: Freeman's Park 1903-1911 (many later "home" games played in San Francisco, CA); Oakland Ball Park 1912-1955

Team History

The Oakland Oaks were a member of the Pacific Coast League from 1903 to 1955. The Oaks won the league pennant in 1912, 1927, 1948 (the team of the famous Nine Old Men), 1950 and 1954.

1927 Oakland Oaks champions.

Minor league legend Buzz Arlett was an Oak from 1918-1930, starting out as a pitcher then converting to the outfield. Frenchy Uhalt roamed the outfield from 1929-1936. Bill Raimondi was the catcher from 1932-1949, and he played all 9 positions in the last game of the 1943 season. Jimmie Reese was the 2B from 1923-1929 after a cup of coffee in 1923. Harry Krause pitched from 1917-1928, winning 20 three times. The 1946-1948 Oaks were managed by future Hall of Famer Casey Stengel. Lefty O'Doul managed the club in 1955.

After the 1955 season, the Oaks relocated to Vancouver, BC, Canada, and Oakland was without professional baseball until the Oakland Athletics of the American League began play in 1968, after relocating from Kansas City. An oddity occured when a later Vancouver team, the Canadians, was relocated to Sacramento, CA in 1999 and became the Oakland Athletics' AAA affiliate. With the RiverCats' new homepark, Raley Field, not yet completed the team played its first homestand in Oakland. Although it was at McAfee Coliseum rather than Oaks Park and a different Vancouver franchise, it still reversed a 44-year-old move.

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs
1903	89-126	6th	Pete Lohman	none
1904	116-109	4th	Pete Lohman	none
1905	103-119	4th	Pete Lohman / George Van Haltren	none
1906	77-110	5th	George Van Haltren	none
1907	97-101	3rd	George Van Haltren	none
1908	83-116	4th	George Van Haltren	none
1909	88-125	5th	George Van Haltren (14-26) / Bill Reidy (74-99)	none
1910	122-98	2nd	Harry Wolverton	none
1911	111-99	3rd	Harry Wolverton	none
1912	120-83	1st	Bud Sharpe	none League Champs
1913	90-120	6th	Honus Mitze / Art Devlin	none
1914	79-133	6th	Art Devlin (25-37) / Tyler Christian (54-96)	none
1915	93-113	5th	Tyler Christian (39-42) / Rowdy Elliott (54-71)	none
1916	72-136	6th	Rowdy Elliott (43-72) / Del Howard (29-64)	none
1917	103-108	5th	Del Howard	none
1918	40-63	6th	Del Howard	League suspended operations July 14
1919	86-96	5th	Del Howard	none
1920	95-103	6th	Del Howard	none
1921	101-85	5th	Del Howard	none
1922	88-112	6th	Del Howard	none
1923	91-111	7th	Ivan Howard	none
1924	103-99	4th	Ivan Howard	none
1925	88-112	6th	Ivan Howard	none
1926	111-92	2nd	Ivan Howard	none
1927	120-75	1st	Ivan Howard	none League Champs
1928	91-100	5th	Ivan Howard	none
1929	111-91	4th	Ivan Howard	none
1930	97-103	5th	Carl Zamloch	none
1931	86-101	5th (t)	Carl Zamloch
1932	80-107	7th	Carl Zamloch	none
1933	93-92	5th	Ray Brubaker	none
1934	90-98	5th	Ray Brubaker
1935	91-83	3rd	Oscar Vitt
1936	95-81	2nd (t)	Bill Meyer	Lost League Finals
1937	79-98	7th	Bill Meyer
1938	65-113	8th	Dutch Zwilling
1939	78-98	7th	Johnny Vergez
1940	94-84	3rd	Johnny Vergez	Lost in 1st round
1941	81-95	5th (t)	Johnny Vergez
1942	85-92	6th	Johnny Vergez
1943	73-82	5th (t)	Johnny Vergez
1944	86-83	3rd (t)	Dolph Camilli	Lost in 1st round
1945	90-93	5th	Dolph Camilli (36-36) / Bill Raimondi (54-57)
1946	111-72	2nd	Casey Stengel	Lost League Finals
1947	96-90	4th	Casey Stengel	Lost League Finals
1948	114-74	1st	Casey Stengel	League Champs
1949	104-83	2nd	Chuck Dressen	Lost in 1st round
1950	118-82	1st	Chuck Dressen	none League Champs
1951	80-88	5th	Mel Ott
1952	104-76	2nd	Mel Ott	none
1953	77-103	7th	Augie Galan	none
1954	85-82	3rd	Chuck Dressen	League Champs
1955	77-95	7th	Lefty O'Doul	none

External Links

• Old movie footage of the 1918 season opener (silent)