Athletics (baseball)

Oakland Athletics
2024 Oakland Athletics season
Logo Cap insignia
Established in 1901 'Based in Oakland since 1968'
Major league affiliations
American League (1901–present) West Division (1969–present)
Current uniform
Retired numbers	9 · 24 · 27 · 34 · 42 · 43 · A's
Colors
Hunter green, California gold, white
Name
Oakland Athletics (1968–present) Kansas City Athletics (1955–1967) Philadelphia Athletics (1901–1954)
Other nicknames
The A's, The Swingin' A's, The White Elephants, The Elephants, The Green and Gold
Ballpark
O.co Coliseum (1968–present) a.k.a. Overstock.com Coliseum (2011–present) a.k.a. Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum (1966—1998, 2008–2011) a.k.a. McAfee Coliseum (2004–2008) a.k.a. Network Associates Coliseum (1998–2004) Municipal Stadium (Kansas City) (1955–1967) Shibe Park (1909–1954) a.k.a. Connie Mack Stadium (1953–1954) Columbia Park (1901–1908)
Major league titles
World Series titles (9)	1989 · 1974 · 1973 · 1972 · 1930 · 1929 · 1913 · 1911 · 1910
AL Pennants (15)	1990 · 1989 · 1988 · 1974 · 1973 · 1972 · 1931 · 1930 · 1929 · 1914 · 1913 · 1911 · 1910 · 1905 · 1902
West Division titles (16)	2013 · 2012 · 2006 · 2003 · 2002 · 2000 · 1992 · 1990 · 1989 · 1988 · 1981 · 1975 · 1974 · 1973 · 1972 · 1971
Wild card berths (1)	2001
Front office
Principal owner(s)	Lew Wolff & John J. Fisher
President of baseball operations	Michael Crowley
General manager	Billy Beane
Manager	Bob Melvin

The Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From 1968 to the present, the Athletics have played in the Oakland Coliseum since moving to Oakland. Overall, the A's have won nine World Series championships, the third-best total in Major League Baseball (trailing only the New York Yankees and the St. Louis Cardinals).

The "Athletics" name originates from the late 19th century "athletic clubs", specifically the Philadelphia Athletics baseball club. They are most prominently nicknamed "the A's", in reference to the Gothic script "A", a trademark of the team and the old Athletics of Philadelphia. This has gained very prominent use, and in some circles is used more frequently than the full "Athletics" name. They are also known as "the White Elephants" or simply "the Elephants", in reference to then New York Giants' manager John McGraw's calling the team a "white elephant". This was embraced by the team, who then made a white elephant the team's mascot, and often incorporated it into the logo or sleeve patches. During the team's 1970s heyday, management often referred to the team as The Swingin' A's, referencing both their prodigious power and to connect the team with the growing disco culture.

One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1901 as the Philadelphia Athletics. The team had some prominent success in Philadelphia, winning three of four World Series from 1910 to 1913 and two in a row in 1929 and 1930. The team's owner and manager for its first 50 years was Connie Mack, and its Hall-of-Fame players included Chief Bender, Frank "Home Run" Baker, Jimmie Foxx and Lefty Grove. After two decades of decline, however, the team left Philadelphia for Kansas City in 1955 and became the Kansas City Athletics.

After 13 mostly uneventful seasons in the Midwest, the team moved to Oakland in 1968. There a dynasty soon emerged, with three World Championships in a row from 1972 to 1974 led by players including Catfish Hunter, Reggie Jackson, ace reliever Rollie Fingers, and colorful owner Charlie O. Finley. After being sold by Finley to Walter A. Haas, Jr., the team eventually won three consecutive pennants and the 1989 World Series behind the "Bash Brothers", Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire, as well as Hall-of-Famers Dennis Eckersley and Rickey Henderson. In more recent years, the A's have often been playoff contenders but have not returned to the World Series since 1990. In 2002, the A's won 20 games in a row, which broke an AL record, as shown in the film Moneyball. The movie, and the book which the movie was derived, showcased how the A's were able to compete and thrive despite their financial limitations.

Origins

Origin of the team name

The Athletics' name originated in the term "Athletic Club" for local gentlemen's clubs—dates to 1860 when an amateur team, the Athletic (Club) of Philadelphia, was formed. (A famous image from that era, published in Harper's Weekly in 1866, shows the Athletic players dressed in uniforms displaying the familiar blackletter "A" on the front). The team later turned professional through 1875, becoming a charter member of the National League in 1876, but were expelled from the N.L. after one season. A later version of the Athletics played in the American Association from 1882–1891.

Uniform emblem

Through the seasons, the Athletics' uniforms have usually paid homage to their amateur forebears to some extent. Until 1954, when the uniforms had "Athletics" spelled out in script across the front, the team's name never appeared on either home or road uniforms. Furthermore, neither "Philadelphia" nor the letter "P" ever appeared on the uniform or cap. The typical Philadelphia uniform had only a script "A" on the left front, and likewise the cap usually had the same "A" on it. In the early days of the American League, the standings listed the club as "Athletic" rather than "Philadelphia", in keeping with the old tradition. Eventually, the city name came to be used for the team, as with the other major league clubs.

After buying the team in 1960, owner Charles O. Finley introduced new road uniforms with "Kansas City" printed on them, as well as an interlocking "KC" on the cap. Upon moving to Oakland, the "A" cap emblem was restored, although in 1970 an "apostrophe-s" was added to the cap and uniform emblem to reflect the fact that Finley was in the process of officially changing the team's name to the "A's."

Also while in Kansas City, Finley changed the team's colors from their traditional red, white and blue to what he termed "Kelly Green, Wedding Gown White and Fort Knox Gold." It was also here that he began experimenting with dramatic uniforms to match these bright colors, such as gold sleeveless tops with green undershirts and gold pants. The innovative uniforms only increased after the team's move to Oakland, which also came at the time of the introduction of polyester pullover uniforms. During their dynasty years in the 1970s, the A's had dozens of uniform combinations with jerseys and pants in all three team colors, and in fact did not wear the traditional gray on the road, instead wearing green or gold, which helped to contribute to their nickname of "The Swingin' A's." After the team's sale to the Haas family, the team changed its primary color to a more subdued forest green and began a move back to more traditional uniforms.

Justin Duchscherer pitches for the Oakland Athletics

Currently, the team wears home uniforms with "Athletics" spelled out in script writing and road uniforms with "Oakland" spelled out in script writing, with the cap logo consisting of the traditional "A" with "apostrophe-s." The home cap is green with a gold bill and white lettering, while the road cap, debuting in 2014, is all green with "A's" in white with gold trim. Regardless of road or home games, the batting helmets used are green with gold brim.

From 1994 until 2013, the A's wore green alternates jerseys with the word "Athletics" in gold. It was used on both road and home games. During the 2000s, the Athletics introduced black as one of their colors. They began wearing a black alternate jersey with "Athletics" written in green. After a brief discontinuance, the A's brought back the black jersey, this time with "Athletics" written in white with gold highlights. Commercially popular but rarely chosen as the alternate by players, in 2011 they were replaced by a new gold alternate jersey with "A's" in green on the left chest. With the exception of several road games during the 2011 season, the Athletics' gold uniforms are used as the designated home alternates. A green version of their gold alternates was introduced for the 2014 season to replace their previous green alternates. The new green alternates feature the piping, "A's" and lettering in white with gold trim.

The nickname "A's" has long been used interchangeably with "Athletics," dating to the team's early days when headline writers wanted a way to shorten the name. From 1972 through 1980, the team nickname was officially "Oakland A's," although, during that time, the Commissioner's Trophy, given out annually to the winner of baseball's World Series, still listed the team's name as the "Oakland Athletics" on the gold-plated pennant representing the Oakland franchise. According to Bill Libby's Book, Charlie O and the Angry A's, owner Charlie O. Finley banned the word "Athletics" from the club's name because he felt that name was too closely associated with former Philadelphia Athletics owner Connie Mack, and he wanted the name "Oakland A's" to become just as closely associated with him. The name also vaguely suggested the name of the old minor league Oakland Oaks, which were alternatively called the "Acorns." New owner Walter Haas restored the official name to "Athletics" in 1981, but retained the nickname "A's" for marketing purposes. At first, the word "Athletics" was restored only to the club's logo, underneath the much larger stylized-"A" that had come to represent the team since the early days. By 1987, however, the word returned, in script lettering, to the front of the team's jerseys.

The A's are the only MLB team to wear white cleats, both at home and on the road, another tradition dating back to the Finley ownership.

Elephant mascot

After New York Giants manager John McGraw told reporters that Philadelphia manufacturer Benjamin Shibe, who owned the controlling interest in the new team, had a "white elephant on his hands," Mack defiantly adopted the white elephant as the team mascot, and presented McGraw with a stuffed toy elephant at the start of the 1905 World Series. McGraw and Mack had known each other for years, and McGraw accepted it graciously. By 1909, the A's were wearing an elephant logo on their sweaters, and in 1918 it turned up on the regular uniform jersey for the first time. Over the years the elephant has appeared in several different colors.if you like the a's you should follow me on ig @realjakemccarty It is currently white.

The elephant was replaced as the team mascot in 1963 by then-owner Charles O. Finley in favor of a Missouri mule (it was also rumored to have been done by Finley in order to attract fans from the then heavily Democratic constituents of Missouri by replacing the traditional Republican mascot to one associated with Democrats). In 1988, the elephant was restored as the symbol of the Athletics and currently adorns the left sleeve of home and road uniforms. The elephant mascot returned briefly in the mid-'80s, under the name Harry Elephante. In 1997, the elephant returned, taking its current form, Stomper.

Franchise history

Main articles: History of the Philadelphia Athletics and History of the Oakland Athletics

The history of the Athletics Major League Baseball franchise spans the period from 1901 to the present day, having begun in Philadelphia before moving to Kansas City in 1955 and then to its current home in Oakland, California in 1968.

Stadium

The O.co Coliseum—originally known as the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, and later named as Network Associates, McAfee and Overstock.com Coliseum—was built as a multi-purpose facility. Louisiana Superdome officials pursued negotiations with Athletics officials during the 1978–79 baseball offseason about moving the Athletics to the Superdome in New Orleans. The Athletics were unable to break their lease at the Coliseum, and remained in Oakland.

After the Oakland Raiders football team moved to Los Angeles in 1982, many improvements were made to what was suddenly a baseball-only facility. The 1994 movie Angels in the Outfield was filmed in part at the Coliseum, filling in for Anaheim Stadium.

Then, in 1995, a deal was struck whereby the Raiders would move back to Oakland for the 1995 season. The agreement called for the expansion of the Coliseum to 63,026 seats. The bucolic view of the Oakland foothills that baseball spectators enjoyed was replaced with a jarring view of an outfield grandstand contemptuously referred to as "Mount Davis" after Raiders' owner Al Davis. Because construction was not finished by the start of the 1996 season, the Athletics were forced to play their first six-game homestand at 9,300-seat Cashman Field in Las Vegas.

Although official capacity was stated to be 43,662 for baseball, seats were sometimes sold in Mount Davis as well, pushing "real" capacity to the area of 60,000. The ready availability of tickets on game day made season tickets a tough sell, while crowds as high as 30,000 often seemed sparse in such a venue. On December 21, 2005, the Athletics announced that seats in the Coliseum's third deck would not be sold for the 2006 season, but would instead be covered with a tarp, and that tickets would no longer be sold in Mount Davis under any circumstances. That effectively reduced capacity to 34,077, making the Coliseum the smallest stadium in Major League Baseball. As of 2008, sections 316–318 are the only open third-deck sections for A's games, bringing the total capacity to 35,067.

The Athletics are the only remaining MLB team still sharing a stadium with an NFL team on a full-time basis. However, Toronto's Rogers Centre is shared by the Blue Jays and the Canadian Football League's Toronto Argonauts, and is also used by the Buffalo Bills for one regular season on annual basis and a biannual preseason game.

In 2011, the Athletics had the lowest attendance in baseball, with an average attendance of 18,232.

New stadium proposals

Main article: Cisco Field

Since the mid-2000s the A's have been in talks with Oakland and other Northern California cities about building a new baseball-only stadium. One planned stadium, Cisco Field, was originally intended to be built in Fremont, California (a location that has since been abandoned). There were talks about it remaining in Oakland and there are currently talks about building it in San Jose.

Additionally there have been some proposals about moving the team to Sacramento and renovating that city's minor league stadium.

Fremont

After the city of Oakland failed to make any progress toward a stadium, the A's began contemplating a move to the Warm Springs district of suburban Fremont. Fremont is about 25 miles south of Oakland; many nearby residents are already a part of the current Athletics fanbase.

On November 7, 2006, many media sources announced the Athletics would be leaving Oakland as early as 2010 for a new stadium in Fremont, confirmed the next day by the Fremont City Council. The plan was strongly supported by Fremont Mayor Bob Wasserman. The team would have played in what was planned to be called Cisco Field, a 32,000-seat, baseball-only facility. The proposed ballpark would have been part of a larger "ballpark village" which would have included retail and residential development. On February 24, 2009, however, Lew Wolff released an open letter regarding the end of his efforts to relocate the A's to Fremont.

Sacramento

If negotiations within the Bay Area fail, Sacramento is considered a possible destination for the team. Sacramento is the home of the team's AAA affiliate, the River Cats. The River Cats' stadium, Raley Field, would need to increase seating capacity to accommodate a major league team.

San Jose

In 2009, the City of San Jose attempted open negotiations with the team regarding a move to the city. Although parcels of land south of Diridon Station would be acquired by the city as a stadium site, the San Francisco Giants' claim on Santa Clara County as part of their home territory would have to be settled before any agreement could be made.

By 2010, San Jose was "aggressively wooing" A's owner Lew Wolff. Wolff referred to San Jose as the team's "best option," but Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig said he would wait on a report on whether the team could move to the area because of the Giants conflict. In September 2010, 75 Silicon Valley CEOs drafted and signed a letter to Bud Selig urging a timely approval of the move to San Jose. In May 2011, San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed sent a letter to Bud Selig asking the commissioner for a timetable of when he might decide whether the A's can pursue this new ballpark, but Selig did not respond.

Selig addressed the San Jose issue via an online town hall forum held in July 2011, saying, "Well, the latest is, I have a small committee who has really assessed that whole situation, Oakland, San Francisco, and it is complex. You talk about complex situations; they have done a terrific job. I know there are some people who think it's taken too long and I understand that. I'm willing to accept that. But you make decisions like this; I've always said, you'd better be careful. Better to get it done right than to get it done fast. But we'll make a decision that's based on logic and reason at the proper time."

On June 18, 2013, the City of San Jose filed suit against Selig, seeking the court's ruling that Major League Baseball may not prevent the Oakland A's from moving to San Jose. Wolff criticized the lawsuit, stating he did not believe business disputes should be settled through legal action.

Rivals

San Francisco Giants

See also: Bay Bridge Series

The Bay Bridge Series is the name of a series games played between (and the rivalry of) the A's and San Francisco Giants of the National League. The series takes its name from the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge which links the cities of Oakland and San Francisco. Although competitive, the regional rivalry between the A's and Giants is considered a friendly one with mostly mutual companionship between the fans, as opposed to White Sox–Cubs, or Yankees–Mets games where animosity runs high. Hats displaying both teams on the cap are sold from vendors at the games, and once in a while the teams both dress in uniforms from a historic era of their franchises.

The series is also occasionally referred to as the "BART Series" for the Bay Area Rapid Transit system that links Oakland to San Francisco. However, the name "BART Series" has never been popular beyond a small selection of history books and national broadcasters and has fallen out of favor. Bay Area locals almost exclusively refer to the rivalry as the "Battle of the Bay".

Originally, the term described a series of exhibition games played between the two clubs after the conclusion of spring training, immediately prior to the start of the regular season. It was first used to refer to the 1989 World Series in which the Athletics won their most recent championship and the first time both teams had met since they moved to the San Francisco Bay Area. Today, it also refers to games played between the teams during the regular season since the commencement of interleague play in 1997. Through May 30, 2013, the A's have won 50 games, and the Giants have won 46 contests, and the A's have held their head-to-head edge in this interleague matchup for the past 11 years.

The A's also have significant edges on the Giants in terms of overall postseason appearances (17 to 10), division titles (16 to 8) and World Series titles (4 to 2) since both teams moved to the region (the Giants in 1958, the A's in 1968). In addition, Oakland leads the rivalry in terms of league pennants (6 to 5) won since both franchises moved to California, despite being there ten fewer seasons.

Historic rivalries

Philadelphia Phillies

See also: City Series (Philadelphia)

The City Series was the name of a series of baseball games played between the Athletics and the Philadelphia Phillies of the National League that ran from 1903 through 1955. After the A's move to Kansas City in 1955, the City Series rivalry came to an end. The teams have since faced each other in interleague play (since its introduction in 1997) but the rivalry has effectively died in the intervening years since the A's left Philadelphia.

The first City Series was held in 1883 between the Phillies and the American Association Philadelphia Athletics. When the Athletics first joined the American League, the two teams played each other in a spring and fall series. No City Series was held in 1901 and 1902 due to legal warring between the National League and American League.

Season records

This table is a partial list of the seasons completed by the Athletics. For full season records see List of Oakland Athletics seasons.

Season	Wins	Losses	Win %	Place	Playoffs
2000	91	70	.565	1st in AL West	Lost ALDS to New York Yankees, 2–3.
2001	102	60	.630	2nd in AL West	Lost ALDS to New York Yankees, 2–3.
2002	103	59	.636	1st in AL West	Lost ALDS to Minnesota Twins, 2–3.
2003	96	66	.593	1st in AL West	Lost ALDS to Boston Red Sox, 2–3.
2004	91	71	.562	2nd in AL West
2005	88	74	.543	2nd in AL West
2006	93	69	.574	1st in AL West	Won ALDS vs. Minnesota Twins, 3–0. Lost ALCS vs. Detroit Tigers, 0–4.
2007	76	86	.469	3rd in AL West
2008	75	86	.466	3rd in AL West
2009	75	87	.463	4th in AL West
2010	81	81	.500	2nd in AL West
2011	74	88	.457	3rd in AL West
2012	94	68	.580	1st in AL West	Lost ALDS to Detroit Tigers, 2–3.
2013	96	66	.593	1st in AL West	Lost ALDS to Detroit Tigers, 2–3.
All-Time Record	8344	8840	.486

Quick facts

Founded in Philadelphia in 1901 when the A.L. became a Major League. Moved to Kansas City in 1955 and to Oakland in 1968.

Current uniform colors: green, gold and white: 1963–present, Only MLB team that wears white cleats

Previous uniform colors: blue and white: 1901–04, 1909–49, 1951–53, 1961; blue, red and white: 1905–08, 1954–60, 1962; Blue, gold and white: 1950,

Logo design: A blackletter "A's". The team also uses an elephant logo.

Team motto: Green Collar Baseball

Playoff appearances (25): 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

Local television: CSN California

Local radio: KGMZ

Mascot: Stomper

Spring-training facility: Phoenix Municipal Stadium, Phoenix, AZ

The spring-training facility in Phoenix, Arizona, has been the home of the Oakland A's since 1982. Previous spring-training sites since they moved to Oakland in 1968 were Yuma, Arizona, and Las Vegas, Nevada, both in the 1970s.

Current roster

Athletics 2025 spring training roster
40-man roster				Non-roster invitees		Coaches/Other
Pitchers 66 Brady Basso 45 Osvaldo Bido -- Ryan Cusick 68 Joey Estes 65 Tyler Ferguson 70 J. T. Ginn 63 Hogan Harris -- Gunnar Hoglund 67 Grant Holman 64 Will Klein -- Jacob Lopez -- Anthony Maldonado -- T. J. McFarland 46 Luis Medina 19 Mason Miller -- Noah Murdock 47 Michel Otañez 38 JP Sears 40 Luis Severino 28 Mitch Spence -- Jeffrey Springs -- Justin Sterner 30 Ken Waldichuk		Catchers 23 Shea Langeliers 52 Kyle McCann 21 Tyler Soderstrom Infielders -- CJ Alexander 20 Zack Gelof 77 Brett Harris  2 Darell Hernáiz 12 Max Schuemann -- Gio Urshela  5 Jacob Wilson Outfielders 22 Miguel Andújar 33 JJ Bleday 15 Seth Brown  4 Lawrence Butler -- Denzel Clarke  1 Esteury Ruiz Designated hitters 25 Brent Rooker				Manager  7 Mark Kotsay Coaches 18 Mike Aldrete (hitting) 51 Darren Bush (bench) 90 Wilkin Castillo (bullpen catcher) 41 Chris Cron (assistant hitting)  8 Bobby Crosby (first base) 14 Scott Emerson (pitching) 88 Ramón Hernández (coach and interpreter) 71 Dan Hubbs (bullpen) 91 Dustin Hughes (bullpen catcher) 59 Marcus Jensen (quality control)  3 Eric Martins (third base) Restricted list 47 Michael Kelly 40 active, 0 inactive, 0 non-roster invitees 7-, 10-, or 15-day injured list * Not on active roster † Suspended list Roster, coaches, and NRIs updated December 22, 2024 Transactions • Depth chart → All MLB rosters

Baseball Hall of Famers

Oakland Athletics Hall of Famers
Affiliation according to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Philadelphia Athletics Home Run Baker Chief Bender Ty Cobb Mickey Cochrane Eddie Collins Jimmy Collins Stan Coveleski Elmer Flick Nellie Fox Jimmie Foxx Lefty Grove Waite Hoyt George Kell Nap Lajoie Connie Mack* Herb Pennock Eddie Plank* Al Simmons Tris Speaker Rube Waddell* Zack Wheat Kansas City Athletics Luke Appling1 Lou Boudreau1 Whitey Herzog2 Tommy Lasorda2 Satchel Paige Enos Slaughter Oakland Athletics Orlando Cepeda Dennis Eckersley Rollie Fingers Goose Gossage Rickey Henderson Catfish Hunter** Reggie Jackson Tony La Russa2 Willie McCovey Joe Morgan Don Sutton Frank Thomas Billy Williams Dick Williams2 Players and managers listed in bold are depicted on their Hall of Fame plaques wearing a Athletics cap insignia. * – depicted on Hall of Fame plaque without a cap or cap insignia; Hall of Fame recognizes Athletics as "Primary Team" ** – Catfish Hunter could not decide between the Yankees and Athletics, and so opted to wear no insignia on his cap upon his induction. 1 – inducted as player; managed Athletics or was player-manager 2 – inducted as manager; played for Athletics or was player-manager

Ford C. Frick Award recipients

Oakland Athletics Ford C. Frick Award recipients
Affiliation according to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Harry Caray Herb Carneal By Saam Lon Simmons Names in bold received the award based primarily on their work as broadcasters for the Athletics.

Team honors

Retired numbers

See also: List of Major League Baseball retired numbers

The numbers honored are as follows:

Reggie Jackson OF   Retired May 22, 2004 Rickey Henderson OF Retired August 1, 2009 Catfish Hunter P   Retired June 9, 1991 Rollie Fingers P   Retired  July 5, 1993 Dennis Eckersley P   Retired August 13, 2005 Walter A. Haas, Jr. Owner   Retired  1995 Jackie Robinson – All MLB Honored April 15, 1997

No A's player from the Philadelphia era has his number retired by the organization. Though Jackson and Hunter played small portions of their careers in Kansas City, no player that played the majority of his years in the Kansas City era has his number retired either. As of 2012, the A's have retired only the numbers of members of the Hall of Fame who played large portions of their careers in Oakland.

Awards

Main article: Oakland Athletics award winners and league leaders

• Catfish Hunter Award (2004–present)

Athletics in the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame

Main article: Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame

• 35, 14 Vida Blue, P, 1969–1977
• 19 Bert "Campy" Campaneris, SS, 1968–1976
• 12 Orlando Cepeda, 1B, 1972
•  4 Sam Chapman, CF, 1938–1941, 1945–1951 (Tiburon native)
•  1 Eddie Joost, SS, 1947–1954, Mgr, 1954 (San Francisco native)
• 43 Dennis Eckersley, P, 1987–1995 (born in Oakland, grew up in Fremont)
• 34 Rollie Fingers, P, 1968–1976
• 27 Catfish Hunter, P, 1968–1974
•  9 Reggie Jackson, OF, 1968–1975, 1987
•  1 Billy Martin, MGR, 1980–1982 (Berkeley native)
• 44 Willie McCovey, 1B, 1976
•  8 Joe Morgan, 2B, 1984 (grew up in Oakland)
• 34 Dave Stewart, P, 1986–1992, 1995 (Oakland native)

Athletics in the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame

See: Members of the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame

The Athletics have made no public recognition of Philadelphia Athletics players at their stadium. From 1978 to 2003 (except 1983), however, the Philadelphia Phillies inducted one former Athletic (and one former Phillie) each year into the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame at the then-existing Veterans Stadium. In March 2004, after Veterans Stadium was replaced by the new Citizens Bank Park, the Athletics' plaques were relocated to the Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society in Hatboro, Pennsylvania, and a single plaque listing all of the A's inductees was attached to a statue of Connie Mack that is located across the street from Citizens Bank Park.

•  -- Frank "Home Run" Baker, 3B, 1908–1914
•  -- Charles "Chief" Bender, P, 1903–1914
•  6 Sam Chapman, CF, 1938–1951
•  2 Mickey Cochrane, C, 1925–1933
•  -- Eddie Collins, 2B, 1906–1914, 1927–1930
•  -- Jack Coombs, P, 1906–1914
•  5 Jimmy Dykes, 3B/2B, 1918–1932; Coach, 1940–1950; MGR, 1951–1953 (Philadelphia native)
• 11 George Earnshaw, P, 1928–1933
• 5/8 Ferris Fain, 1B, 1947–1952
•  3 Jimmie Foxx, 1B, 1925–1935
• 10 Lefty Grove, P, 1925–1933
•  4 "Indian Bob" Johnson, LF, 1933–1942
•  1 Eddie Joost, SS, 1947–1954; MGR, 1954
•  -- Connie Mack, MGR, 1901–1950; Team Owner, 1901–1954
•  9 Bing Miller, RF, 1922–1926, 1928–1934
•  1 Wally Moses, RF, 1935–1941, 1949–1951
•  -- Rube Oldring, CF, 1906–1916, 1918
•  -- Eddie Plank, P, 1901–1914 (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania native)
• 14 Eddie Rommel, P, 1920–1932
• 30 Bobby Shantz, P, 1949–1954 (Pottstown, Pennsylvania native)
•  7 Al Simmons, LF, 1924–1932, 1940–1941, 1944; Coach 1940–1945
• 10 Elmer Valo, RF, 1940–1954
•  -- Rube Waddell, P, 1902–1907 (Bradford, Pennsylvania native)
• 12 Rube Walberg, P, 1923–1933
• 19 Gus Zernial, LF, 1951–1954

Mack, Foxx, Grove and Cochrane have also been inducted into the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame.

Franchise records

Main article: Oakland Athletics team records

Season records

• Highest batting average: .426, Nap Lajoie (1901)
• Most runs: 152, Al Simmons (1930)
• Most hits: 253, Al Simmons (1925)
• Highest slugging %: .749, Jimmie Foxx (1932)
• Most doubles: 53, Al Simmons (1926)
• Most triples: 21, Frank Baker (1912)
• Most home runs: 58, Jimmie Foxx (1932)
• Most grand slams: 4, Jason Giambi (2000)
• Most RBIs: 169, Jimmie Foxx (1932)
• Most stolen bases: 130, Rickey Henderson (1982)
• Most wins: 31, Jack Coombs (1910) and Lefty Grove (1931)
• Lowest ERA: 1.30, Jack Coombs (1910)
• Strikeouts: 349, Rube Waddell (1904)
• Complete games: 39, Rube Waddell (1904)

Minor league affiliations

Level	Team	League	Location
AAA	Sacramento River Cats	Pacific Coast League	West Sacramento, CA
AA	Midland RockHounds	Texas League	Midland, TX
Advanced A	Stockton Ports	California League	Stockton, CA
A	Beloit Snappers	Midwest League	Beloit, WI
Short Season A	Vermont Lake Monsters	New York-Penn League	Burlington, VT
Rookie	AZL Athletics	Arizona League	Phoenix, AZ
	DSL Athletics	Dominican Summer League	Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic

Radio and television

See also: List of Oakland Athletics broadcasters

As of 2011, the Athletics' flagship radio station is KGMZ 95.7 FM. The current announcing team is Ken Korach and Vince Cotroneo.

Television coverage is exclusively on Comcast SportsNet California. Some A's games air on an alternate feed of CSN, called CSN Plus, if the main channel shows a Sacramento Kings game at the same time. On TV, Glen Kuiper covers play-by-play, and Ray Fosse typically provides color commentary. Beginning in 2012, color commentary is provided during select games by Scott Hatteberg. Fosse also provides radio color commentary when Hatteberg is on TV or when the A's are televised nationally on Fox or ESPN. Additionally, Fosse covers radio play by play duties during Spring Training games.

In Popular Culture

The 2003 Michael Lewis book, Moneyball, chronicles the 2002 Oakland Athletics season, with a specific focus on Billy Beane's economic approach to managing the organization under significant financial constraints. Beginning in June 0f 2003, the book remained on the The New York Times Best Seller list for 18 consecutive weeks, peaking at number 2. In 2011, Columbia Pictures released the film based on Lewis' book, which featured Brad Pitt playing the role of Beane. On September 19, 2011, the US premiere of Moneyball was held at the Paramount Theare in Oakland, which featured a green carpet for attendees to walk, rather than the traditional red carpet.

In The Simpsons episode, Regarding Margie, Homer Simpson writes "74 Oakland A's - Best Team Ever" on the curb in front of his house, just as a car featuring 5 members of the 1974 Athletics is driving by. Former Athletics Sal Bando and Gene Tenace voice themselves in the episode.

In the NBC television series, Highway To Heaven, Mark Gordan (played by Victor French) is an fan of the Oakland Athletics. He usually wears an Oakland Athletics Hat and makes occasional references about his favorite baseball team on the show.

On the NBC television series, Parenthood, Crosby Braverman (played by Dax Shepard) is a fan of the Athletics. In the season 1 episode "Rubber Band Ball", Crosby insists that his son's birthday party should be "an A's-themed party, and not a Giants (themed-party)".

See also

• Athletics statistical records and milestone achievements
• Managers and ownership of the Oakland Athletics
• Oakland Athletics all-time roster

Further reading

• Bergman, Ron. Mustache Gang: The Swaggering Tale of Oakland's A's. Dell Publishing Co., New York, 1973.
• Dickey, Glenn. Champions: The Story of the First Two Oakland A's Dynasties—and the Building of the Third. Triumph Books, Chicago, 2002. ISBN 1-57243-421-X
• Jordan, David M. The Athletics of Philadelphia: Connie Mack's White Elephants, 1901–1954. McFarland & Co., Jefferson NC, 1999. ISBN 0-7864-0620-8.
• Katz, Jeff. "The Kansas City A's & The Wrong Half of the Yankees." Maple Street Press, Hingham, MA, 2006. ISBN 978-0-9777436-5-0.
• Kuklick, Bruce. To Everything a Season: Shibe Park and Urban Philadelphia 1909–1976. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ, 1991. ISBN 0-691-04788-X.
• Lewis, Michael. Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game. W. W. Norton & Co., Inc., New York, 2003. ISBN 0-393-05765-8.
• Markusen, Bruce. Baseball's Last Dynasty: Charlie Finley's Oakland A's. Master Press, Indianapolis, 1998.
• Peterson, John E. The Kansas City Athletics: A Baseball History 1954–1967. McFarland & Co., Jefferson NC, 1999. ISBN 0-7864-1610-6.
• 2005 Oakland Athletics Media Guide

External links

• Athletics (baseball) official website
• Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society
• Oakland Athletics stats and minor league statistics
• Sports E-Cyclopedia
• Eddie Plank
• Oakball Forums
• Oakland A's Minor League Information
• Athleticscast: The Voice of Die-hard A's Fans
• Oakland A's 2013 Home Game Schedule

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