Oakland Athletics

Major League Baseball franchise in Oakland, California

"A's" redirects here. For the Latin character, see A. For other uses, see AS (disambiguation) and A (disambiguation).

Oakland Athletics

2024 Oakland Athletics season

* Established in 1901
* Based in Oakland, California since 1968

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Team logo| Cap insignia
Major league affiliations

* American League (1901–present)
* West Division (1969–present)

Current uniform
Retired numbers|

* 9
* 24
* 27
* 34
* 34
* 43
* A's
* 42

Colors

* Green, gold, white[a][2][3]

Name

* Oakland Athletics (1968–present)
* Kansas City Athletics (1955–1967)
* Philadelphia Athletics (1901–1954)

Other nicknames

* The A's
* Swingin' A's (1971–1981)
* The Green Elephants
* The Elephants
* The Green and Gold

Ballpark

* Oakland Coliseum (1968–present)
* Cashman Field (1996)[b]
* Municipal Stadium (1955–1967)
* Shibe Park (1909–1954)
* Columbia Park (1901–1908)

Major league titles
World Series titles (9)|

* 1910
* 1911
* 1913
* 1929
* 1930
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1989

AL Pennants (15)|

* 1902
* 1905
* 1910
* 1911
* 1913
* 1914
* 1929
* 1930
* 1931
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990

West Division titles (17)|

* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1981
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1992
* 2000
* 2002
* 2003
* 2006
* 2012
* 2013
* 2020

Wild card berths (4)|

* 2001
* 2014
* 2018
* 2019

Front office
Principal owner(s)| John Fisher
President| Dave Kaval
General manager| David Forst
Manager| Mark Kotsay
Website| mlb.com/athletics

The Oakland Athletics (often referred to as the Oakland A's) are an American professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West Division. The team currently plays its home games at the Oakland Coliseum, with plans to temporarily move to Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, California, for the 2025–2027 seasons (with an option for the 2028 season), prior to their permanent move to Las Vegas.[4] The relocation will mark the first move by an MLB team since the Montreal Expos moved to Washington, D.C., becoming the Washington Nationals. The nine World Series championships, fifteen pennants, and seventeen division titles that the A's have won throughout their history is the second-highest in the American League after the New York Yankees.

One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the team was founded in Philadelphia in 1901 as the Philadelphia Athletics. They won three World Series championships in 1910, 1911, and 1913, and back-to-back titles in 1929 and 1930. The team's owner and manager for its first 50 years was Connie Mack, and Hall of Fame players included Chief Bender, Frank "Home Run" Baker, Jimmie Foxx, and Lefty Grove. The team left Philadelphia for Kansas City in 1955 and became the Kansas City Athletics before moving to Oakland in 1968. Nicknamed the "Swingin' A's", under owner Charlie O. Finley they won three consecutive World Series in 1972, 1973, and 1974, led by players including Vida Blue, Catfish Hunter, Reggie Jackson, and Rollie Fingers. After being sold by Finley to Walter A. Haas Jr., the team 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, Rickey Henderson and manager Tony La Russa. In 2002, the Athletics set the record for most consecutive wins in a season with twenty, an event that would go on to be the pioneering step in the application of sabermetrics in baseball.

Following the California Golden Seals' relocation to Cleveland in 1976, the Golden State Warriors' move across the bay to San Francisco in 2019, and the Oakland Raiders' move to Las Vegas in 2020, the Athletics were left as the sole remaining professional sports team in Oakland. However, on April 20, 2023, the Athletics announced they had entered a land purchase agreement with Red Rock Resort located near Las Vegas, Nevada to build a new ballpark on the Las Vegas Strip, finalizing the Athletics' plans to relocate from Oakland to the Las Vegas Valley.[5][6][7][8] On May 9, 2023, the Athletics switched their planned location in the Las Vegas area to the site of the Tropicana Las Vegas hotel and casino, which will be demolished to construct a 33,000-seat partially retractable ballpark and a 1,500-room hotel and casino.[9] By June 15, 2023, Nevada governor Joe Lombardo signed an MLB stadium funding bill known as SB1 into law after the bill was approved by the Nevada Legislature, and the Athletics officially announced they would begin the relocation process.[10] On November 16, 2023, MLB owners unanimously approved the Athletics' request to relocate to the Las Vegas area.[11][12] Before the scheduled move to Las Vegas in 2028, the team will play in West Sacramento, California at Sutter Health Park (home of the San Francisco Giants' Triple-A affiliate, the Sacramento River Cats) for the 2025–2027 seasons (with an option for the 2028 season if necessary).[13] While in West Sacramento, the team plans on being referred to as simply the "A's" and "Athletics," with no city name attached.[14]

From 1901 through the end of 2023, the franchise's overall win–loss record is 9,260–9,766–87 (.487). Since moving to Oakland in 1968, the Athletics have an overall win–loss record of 4,545–4,294 (.514) through the end of 2023.[15]

## History

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Main articles: Philadelphia Athletics, Kansas City Athletics, and History of the Oakland Athletics

The history of the Athletics Major League Baseball franchise spans from 1901 to the present day, having begun in Philadelphia before moving to Kansas City in 1955 and then to its home in Oakland, California, in 1968. The A's made their Bay Area debut on Wednesday, April 17, 1968, with a 4–1 loss to the Baltimore Orioles at the Coliseum, in front of an opening-night crowd of 50,164.[16] With four locations, the A's have had the most homes of any MLB team.[17]

### Team name and "A" logo

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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. 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 to 1891.[18]

The familiar blackletter "A" is one of the oldest sports logos still in use. An image in Harper's Weekly with the rival Brooklyn Atlantics shows that the "A" appeared on the original Athletics' uniform as early as 1866.[19]

### Elephant mascot

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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", team manager Connie 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.[20] 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.[21]

In 1963, when the A's were located in Kansas City, then-owner Charlie Finley changed the team mascot from an elephant to a mule, the state animal of Missouri. This is rumored to have been done by Finley in order to appeal to fans from the region who were predominantly Democrats at the time. (The traditional Republican Party symbol is an elephant, while the Democratic Party's symbol is a donkey.)[22] Since 1988, the Athletics' 21st season in Oakland, an illustration of an elephant has adorned the left sleeve of the A's home and road uniforms. Beginning in the mid-1980s, the on-field costumed incarnation of the A's elephant mascot went by the name Harry Elephante, a play on the name of singer Harry Belafonte.[23] In 1997, he became Stomper, debuting Opening Night on April 2.[24][25]

## Uniforms

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Over the seasons, the Athletics' uniforms have paid homage to their amateur forebears. 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" appeared on the uniform or cap. The 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 road uniforms with "Kansas City" printed on them, with an interlocking "KC" on the cap. Upon moving to Oakland, the "A" cap emblem was restored, and in 1970 an "apostrophe-s" was added to the cap and uniform emblem to reflect that Finley was officially changing the team's name to the "A's".

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 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 uniform innovations increased after the team's move to Oakland, which came with 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 never wore 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.

The 2023 team wore 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, which was also the team's road cap until 1992, is forest green with a gold bill and white lettering. This design was also the basis of their batting helmet, which is used both at home and on the road. The road cap, which initially debuted in 1993, is all-forest green. The first version had the white "A's" wordmark before it was changed to gold the following season. An all-forest green batting helmet was paired with this cap until 2008. In 2014, the "A's" wordmark returned to white but added gold trim.

The Athletics logo (1983–1992)

From 1994 until 2013, the A's wore green alternate jerseys with the word "Athletics" in gold, for 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. The cap paired with this jersey is all-black, initially with the green and white-trimmed "A's" wordmark, before switching to a white and gold-trimmed "A's" wordmark. Commercially popular but rarely chosen as the alternate by players, the black uniform was retired in 2011 in favor of a gold alternate jersey.

The gold alternate has "A's" in green trimmed in white on the left chest. With the exception of several road games during the 2011 season, the Athletics' gold uniforms were used as the designated home alternates. A green version of their gold alternates was introduced for the 2014 season, serving as a replacement to the previous green alternates. The new green alternates featured the piping, "A's" and lettering in white with gold trim.

In 2018, as part of the franchise's 50th anniversary since the move to Oakland, the A's wore a kelly green alternate uniform with "Oakland" in white with gold trim, and was paired with an all-kelly green cap.[26] This set was later worn with an alternate kelly green helmet with gold visor. This uniform eventually supplanted the gold alternates by 2019, and in 2022, after the forest green alternate was retired, it became the team's only active alternate uniform.

The nickname "A's" has long been used interchangeably with "Athletics", dating to the team's early days when headline writers used it to shorten the name. From 1972 through 1980, the team name was officially "Oakland A's", although 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. 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.

From 2025 to 2027, while the team temporarily plays its home games in West Sacramento, all of its uniforms would feature the "Athletics" wordmark.

Prior to the mid-2010s, the A's had a long-standing tradition of wearing white cleats team-wide (in line with the standard MLB practice that required all uniformed team members to wear a base cleat color), which dated to the Finley ownership. Since the mid-2010s, however, MLB has gradually relaxed its shoe color rules, and several A's players began wearing cleats in non-white colors, such as Jed Lowrie's green cleats.

Home uniform, worn by Sean Doolittle

Road uniform, worn by Frankie Montas

Alternate kelly green uniform, worn by Lou Trivino

Former alternate forest green uniform (2014–2021), worn by Matt Olson

Former alternate gold uniform, worn by Sean Doolittle

Former alternate forest green uniform (1994–2013), worn by Josh Outman

Former alternate black uniform, worn by Gregorio Petit

## Ballpark history and future

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The Oakland Coliseum—originally the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, and later named as Network Associates, McAfee, Overstock.com/O.co and RingCentral 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 their facility in New Orleans. The Athletics were unable to break their lease at the Coliseum, and remained in Oakland.[27]

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.

The Coliseum in its original configuration before being enclosed

In 1995, the Raiders moved back to Oakland. The Coliseum was expanded 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, Nevada.[28]

Although official capacity was listed as 43,662 for baseball, seats were sometimes sold in Mount Davis, pushing actual capacity to nearly 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 lowest-capacity stadium in Major League Baseball. Beginning in 2008, sections 316–318 immediately behind home plate were the only third-deck sections open for A's games, which brought the total capacity to 35,067 until 2017, when new team president Dave Kaval took the tarps off of the upper deck, increasing capacity to 47,170. The Athletics were the last MLB team to share a stadium full-time with an NFL team, a situation that ended when the Raiders moved to Las Vegas in 2020.

The Athletics' spring training facility is Hohokam Stadium, in Mesa, Arizona. From 1982 to 2014, their spring training facility was Phoenix Municipal Stadium, in Phoenix, Arizona; they also spent time playing in Scottsdale, Arizona.[29][30]

### Improvements to the Coliseum

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Oakland Coliseum, the 5th oldest MLB stadium

#### New areas

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In 2017, the team created an outdoor plaza in the space between the Coliseum and Oracle Arena. The grassy area is open to all ticketed fans, and it features food trucks, seating and games like corn hole for every Athletics home game.[31][32] The following year, the team introduced The Treehouse, a 10,000-square-foot (930 m2) area open to all fans with two full-service bars, standing-room and lounge seating, numerous televisions with pre-game and postgame entertainment. The A's Stomping Ground transformed part of the Eastside Club and the area near the right-field flag poles into a fun and interactive space for kids and families. The inside section features a stage and video wall for interactive events, a digital experience that lets youngsters race their favorite Athletics players, replica team dugouts, a simulated hitting and pitching machine, foosball, and a photo booth. The outside area includes play areas, a grassy seating area, drink rails for parents, and picnic tables, a miniature baseball field and spiderweb play area.[33]

#### Premium spaces

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The team added three new premium spaces, including The Terrace, Lounge Seats, and the Coppola Theater Boxes, to the Coliseum for the 2019 season. The new premium seating options offer fans a high-end game-day experience with luxury amenities. The team also added two new group spaces – the Budweiser Hero Deck and Golden Road Landing – to the Coliseum.[34]

#### Other additions

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In addition, the tarps on the upper deck were removed; a modern version of the beloved mechanical Harvey the Rabbit to deliver the first pitch ball was re-introduced, while the playing surface at the Coliseum was renamed "Rickey Henderson Field". The team held the first free game in MLB history for 46,028 fans on April 17, 2018, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Athletics first game in Oakland.[35] The team tried a new concept in season ticketing in the A's Access plan that involved "general admission access to every home game with a set number of reserved-seat upgrades allotted", which was meant to replace previous attempts at subscription-based services that they tried with Ballpark Pass and Treehouse Pass.[36] On July 21, 2018, the Athletics set a Coliseum record for the largest attendance with a crowd of 56,310 when the team hosted to the San Francisco Giants.[36][37]

### Prior stadium proposals

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#### Oakland

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Main article: Oakland Ballpark

Since the early 2000s, the A's have been in talks with Oakland and other Northern California cities about building a new baseball-only stadium. The team had said it wanted to remain in Oakland. A 2017 plan would have placed a new 35,000 seat A's stadium near Laney College and the Eastlake neighborhood on the site of the Peralta Community College District's administration buildings. The plan was announced by team president Dave Kaval in September 2017.[38] However, three months later, negotiations abruptly ended.[39] On November 28, 2018, the Athletics announced that the team had chosen to build its new 34,000-seat ballpark at the Howard Terminal site at the Port of Oakland. The team also announced its intent to purchase the Coliseum site and renovate it into a tech and housing hub, preserving Oakland Arena and reducing the Coliseum to a low-rise sports park as San Francisco did with Kezar Stadium.[40] In April 2023, the City of Oakland ended discussions with the Athletics organization after the announcement of a new ballpark in Las Vegas, amid widespread claims that the team was not negotiating in good faith and was using the proposed site in Oakland to leverage a better deal in Las Vegas instead of any real intention to stay within the city.[41]

#### Fremont

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On November 7, 2006, the news media 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.[42] The team would have played in Cisco Field, a 32,000-seat, baseball-only facility.[43] 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 announcing the end of his efforts to relocate the A's to Fremont, citing "real and threatened" delays to the project.[44] The project faced opposition from some in the community who thought the relocation of the A's to Fremont would increase traffic problems in the city and decrease property values near the ballpark site.

#### San Jose

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In 2009, the City of San Jose attempted to open negotiations with the team regarding a move to the city. Although 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.[45]

By 2010, San Jose was "aggressively wooing" A's owner Lew Wolff, the city as the team's "best option", but Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig said he would await a report on whether the team could move to the area, because of the Giants conflict.[46] 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.[47] 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.[48]

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."[49]

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.[50] Wolff criticized the lawsuit, stating he did not believe business disputes should be settled through legal action.[51]

Most of the city's claims were dismissed in October 2013, but a U.S. District Judge ruled that San Jose could move forward with its claim that MLB illegally interfered with a land agreement between the city and the A's. On January 15, 2015, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that the claims were barred by baseball's antitrust exemption, established by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1922 and upheld in 1953 and 1972. San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo commented that the city would seek a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court.[52] On October 5, 2015, the United States Supreme Court rejected San Jose's case.[53]

## Planned relocation to Las Vegas

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Main articles: New Las Vegas Stadium and Oakland Athletics relocation to Las Vegas

On November 16, 2023, the Athletics' move to Las Vegas was unanimously approved by MLB team owners.[54] According to the team, the new Las Vegas ballpark will not be completed until 2028. The lease to the Oakland Coliseum expires after the 2024 season. Before the scheduled move to Las Vegas in 2028, the team will play in West Sacramento, California at Sutter Health Park (home of the San Francisco Giants' Triple-A affiliate, the Sacramento River Cats) for the 2025–2027 seasons (with an option for the 2028 season if necessary).[13] While in West Sacramento the team plans on being referred to as simply the "A's" and "Athletics," with no city name attached.[14]

On May 23, the city of Oakland officially announced its plan to sell its one-half share in the existing 155-acre Oakland Coliseum complex for a minimum of $105 million to the African American Sports & Entertainment Group, whose plans for the site include residential and commercial uses.[55]

## Rivalries

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### San Francisco Giants

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See also: Bay Bridge Series

The Bay Bridge Series is the name of a series of 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 original team uniforms from the early era of baseball. 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".[56]

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 the teams had met since they moved to the San Francisco Bay Area (and the first time they had met since the A's also defeated the Giants in the 1913 World Series). Today, it also refers to games played between the teams during the regular season since the commencement of interleague play in 1997. Through the 2021 regular season, the Athletics have won 71 games, and the Giants have won 65 contests.[57]

Through the 2021 season, the A's also have edges on the Giants in terms of overall postseason appearances (21–13), division titles (17–10) and World Series titles (4–3) since both teams moved to the Bay Area, even though the Giants franchise moved there a decade earlier than the A's did.

On March 24, 2018, the Oakland A's announced that for the Sunday, March 25, 2018, exhibition game against the San Francisco Giants, A's fans would be charged $30 for parking and Giants fans would be charged $50. However, the A's stated that Giants fans could receive $20 off if they shout "Go A's" at the parking gates.[58]

In 2018, the Athletics and Giants started battling for a "Bay Bridge" Trophy[59] made from steel taken from the old east span of the Bay Bridge, which was taken down after the new span was opened in 2013.[60][61] The A's won the inaugural season with the trophy, allowing them to place their logo atop its Bay Bridge stand.[62]

### Los Angeles Angels

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See also: Angels–Athletics rivalry

The A's have held a rivalry with the Los Angeles Angels since their relocation to California and to the AL West in 1969. The A's and Angels have often competed for the division title.[63] The peak of the rivalry was during the early part of the millennium as both teams were perennial contenders. During the 2002 season, the A's famous "Moneyball" tactics led them to a league record 20-game winning streak, knocking the Angels out of the first seed in the division. The A's finished 4 games ahead while the Angels secured the Wild Card berth.[64] Despite the 103-win season for Oakland, they lost to the underdog Minnesota Twins in the ALDS. The Angels beat the heavily favored New York Yankees, then beat the Twins, and then won the 2002 World Series. During the 2004 season, the teams were tied for wins headed into the final week of September with the last three games being played in Oakland against the Angels.[65] Both teams were battling to secure the lowest remaining wild card spot. Oakland lost two of the three games to the Angels, and they were eliminated from the playoff hunt. The Angels were swept in the playoffs by the eventual champion Boston Red Sox.[66] The Athletics lead the series 527–479, and the two teams have yet to meet in the postseason.

### Philadelphia Phillies (historic)

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See also: City Series (Philadelphia)

The City Series was the name of baseball games played between the Philadelphia 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. Since the introduction of interleague play in 1997, the teams have since faced each other during the regular season (with the first games taking place in 2003) but the rivalry had effectively died in the intervening years since the A's left Philadelphia. In 2014, when the A's faced the Phillies in inter-league play at the Oakland Coliseum, the Athletics did not bother to mark the historical connection, going so far as to have a Connie Mack promotion the day before the series while the Texas Rangers were in Oakland.[67]

The first City Series was held in 1883 between the Phillies and the American Association Philadelphia Athletics.[68] 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.

## Achievements

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### Awards

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Main article: Oakland Athletics award winners and league leaders

* The Athletics give out an award named the Catfish Hunter Award since 2004 for the most inspirational Athletic.

### Hall of Famers

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Main article: List of members of the Baseball Hall of Fame

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 *

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Eddie Collins
Jimmy Collins
Stan Coveleski
Elmer Flick

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Nellie Fox
Jimmie Foxx *
Lefty Grove *
Waite Hoyt
George Kell

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Nap Lajoie
Connie Mack *
Herb Pennock
Eddie Plank *

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Al Simmons *
Tris Speaker
Rube Waddell *
Zack Wheat

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Luke Appling

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Lou Boudreau

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Whitey Herzog
Tommy Lasorda

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Satchel Paige

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Enos Slaughter

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Harold Baines
Orlando Cepeda
Dennis Eckersley *
Rollie Fingers *

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Goose Gossage
Rickey Henderson *
Catfish Hunter *

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Reggie Jackson *
Tony La Russa
Willie McCovey

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Joe Morgan
Mike Piazza
Tim Raines

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Frank Thomas
Billy Williams
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* * Philadelphia / Kansas City / Oakland Athletics listed as primary team according to the Hall of Fame
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### Ford C. Frick Award recipients

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Oakland Athletics Ford C. Frick Award recipients

Affiliation according to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

Harry Caray
Herb Carneal

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Bill King

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Lon Simmons

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### Retired numbers

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See also: List of Major League Baseball retired numbers

The Athletics have retired six numbers; additionally, Walter A. Haas, Jr., owner of the team from 1980 until his death in 1995, was honored by the retirement of the letter "A". Of the six players with retired numbers, five were retired for their play with the Athletics and one, 42, was universally retired by Major League Baseball when they honored the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's breaking the color barrier. 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. The A's have retired only the numbers of Hall-of-Famers who played large portions of their careers in Oakland. The Athletics have all of the numbers of the Hall-of-Fame players from the Philadelphia Athletics displayed at their stadium, as well as all of the years that the Philadelphia Athletics won World Championships (1910, 1911, 1913, 1929, and 1930). Dave Stewart was about to have his #34 jersey retired by the Oakland Athletics in 2020, but the ceremony was postponed until further notice, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Questions were raised if there would be a formal ceremony after no news about a reschedule happened in 2021 before it was announced in April 2022 that Stewart would have his jersey retired on September 11, 2022.[69][70] Stewart broke the A's tradition in that his number was a re-retirement, as well as his not being in the Hall of Fame.

Reggie
Jackson

Retired May 22, 2004

Rickey
Henderson

Retired August 1, 2009

Catfish
Hunter

Retired June 9, 1991

Rollie
Fingers

Retired July 5, 1993

Dave
Stewart

Retired September 11, 2022

Dennis
Eckersley

Retired August 13, 2005

Walter A.
Haas, Jr.
Owner

Honored
1995

Jackie
Robinson
All MLB

Retired April 15, 1997

### Athletics Hall of Fame

[edit]

On September 5, 2018, the Athletics held a ceremony to induct seven members into the inaugural class of the team's Hall of Fame. Each member was honored with an unveiling of a painting in their likeness and a bright green jacket. Hunter, who died in 1999, was represented by his widow, while Finley, who died in 1996, was represented by his son. If the team ever gets a new stadium, a physical site will be designated for the Hall of Fame, as the Coliseum does not have enough space for a full-fledged exhibit.[71] In August 2021, it was announced that players Sal Bando, Eric Chavez, Joe Rudi, director of player development Keith Lieppman, and clubhouse manager Steve "Vuc" Vucinich would be part of the class of 2022; in November 2021, Ray Fosse, who had died the previous month, was posthumously inducted into the Hall of Fame.[72][73] The Athletics Hall of Fame class of 2023, to be inducted August 6, featured players Jason Giambi, Carney Lansford and Gene Tenace, and longtime public address announcer Roy Steele.[74]

Key  Bold | Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame

|

| Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame as an Athletic
Bold | Recipient of the Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award
Athletics Hall of Fame

Year  | No.  | Player  | Position  | Tenure
2018 | 43 | Dennis Eckersley† | P | 1987–1995
32, 38, 34 | Rollie Fingers† | P | 1968–1976
39, 35, 22, 24 | Rickey Henderson† | LF | 1979–1984
1989–1993
1994–1995
1998
27 | Catfish Hunter | P | 1965–1974
9, 44 | Reggie Jackson | RF | 1967–1975
1987
34, 35 | Dave Stewart | P | 1986–1992
1995
— | Charlie Finley | Owner
General Manager | 1960–1981
2019 | 10, 11, 22, 29, 42 | Tony La Russa | IF
Manager | 1963
1968–1971
1986–1995
14, 17, 21, 28, 35 | Vida Blue | P | 1969–1977
19 | Bert "Campy" Campaneris | SS | 1964–1976
25 | Mark McGwire | 1B | 1986–1997
— | Walter A. Haas, Jr. | Owner | 1981–1995
2021 | — | City of Oakland | Fans | 1968–present
2022 | 30, 3 | Eric Chavez | 3B | 1998–2010
6 | Sal Bando | 3B | 1966–1976
15, 45, 8, 36, 26 | Joe Rudi | LF / 1B | 1967–1976
1982
10 | Ray Fosse | C
Broadcaster | 1973–1975
1986–2021
— | Keith Lieppman | Director of Player Development | 1971–present
— | Steve Vucinich | Clubhouse manager | 1966–present
2023 | 16 | Jason Giambi | LF / 1B | 1995–2001
2009
5, 4 | Carney Lansford | 3B | 1983–1992
24, 38, 18 | Gene Tenace | C / 1B | 1969–1976
— | Roy Steele | Public address announcer | 1968–2005
2007–2008

### Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame

[edit]

Dave Stewart, Oakland Athletics pitcher from 1986 to 1992 and 1995

Main article: Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame

17 members of the Athletics organization have been honored with induction into the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame.

Athletics in the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame

No.  | Player  | Position  | Tenure  | Notes
12 | Dusty Baker | OF | 1985–1986 |
14, 17, 21, 28, 35 | Vida Blue | P | 1969–1977 |
19 | Bert "Campy" Campaneris | SS | 1964–1976 |
12 | Orlando Cepeda | 1B | 1972 | Elected mainly on his performance with San Francisco Giants
4, 6, 10, 14 | Sam Chapman | CF | 1938–1941
1945–1951 | Born and raised in Tiburon, California
43 | Dennis Eckersley | P | 1987–1995 | Grew up in Fremont, California
32, 34, 38 | Rollie Fingers | P | 1968–1976 |
— | Walter A. Haas, Jr. | Owner | 1981–1995 | Grew up in San Francisco, California, attended UC Berkeley
24 | Rickey Henderson | LF | 1979–1984
1989–1993
1994–1995
1998 | Raised in Oakland, California
27 | Catfish Hunter | P | 1965–1974 |
9, 31, 44 | Reggie Jackson | RF | 1968–1975
1987 |
1 | Eddie Joost | SS
Manager | 1947–1954
1954 | Born and raised in San Francisco, California
10, 11, 22, 29, 42 | Tony La Russa | IF
Manager | 1963
1968–1971
1986–1995 |
1, 4 | Billy Martin | 2B
Manager | 1957
1980–1982 | Elected mainly on his performance with New York Yankees, Born in Berkeley, California
44 | Willie McCovey | 1B | 1976 | Elected mainly on his performance with San Francisco Giants
8 | Joe Morgan | 2B | 1984 | Elected mainly on his performance with Cincinnati Reds, raised in Oakland, California
19 | Dave Righetti | P | 1994 | Born and raised in San Jose, California
34 | Dave Stewart | P | 1986–1992
1995 | Born and raised in Oakland, California

### Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame

[edit]

See also: Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame

The Athletics have all of the numbers of the Hall-of-Fame players from the Philadelphia Athletics displayed at their stadium, as well as all of the years that the Philadelphia Athletics won World Championships (1910, 1911, 1913, 1929, and 1930).

Also, from 1978 to 2003 (except 1983), 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. 25 Athletics have been honored. 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,[75][76][77] 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.[78][79]

Key  Year  | Year inducted

|

Bold | Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame

| Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame as a member of the A's
Bold | Recipient of the Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award
Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame

No.  | Player  | Position  | Tenure  | Inducted
— | Frank "Home Run" Baker† | 3B | 1908–1914 | 1993
— | Charles "Chief" Bender† | P | 1903–1914 | 1991
4, 6, 10, 14 | Sam Chapman | CF | 1938–1951 | 1999
2 | Mickey Cochrane | C | 1925–1933 | 1982
— | Eddie Collins | 2B | 1906–1914
1927–1930 | 1987
— | Jack Coombs | P | 1906–1914 | 1992
5 | Jimmy Dykes | 3B/2B
Coach
Manager | 1918–1932
1940–1950
1951–1953 | 1984
11 | George Earnshaw | P | 1928–1933 | 2000
5, 8 | Ferris Fain | 1B | 1947–1952 | 1997
2, 3, 4 | Jimmie Foxx | 1B | 1925–1935 | 1979
10 | Lefty Grove | P | 1925–1933 | 1980
4, 7, 26 | "Indian Bob" Johnson | LF | 1933–1942 | 1989
1 | Eddie Joost | SS
Manager | 1947–1954
1954 | 1995
— | Connie Mack† | Manager
Owner | 1901–1950
1901–1954 | 1978
9, 27 | Bing Miller | RF | 1922–1926
1928–1934 | 1998
1, 2, 9, 19 | Wally Moses | RF | 1935–1941
1949–1951 | 1988
— | Rube Oldring | CF | 1906–1916
1918 | 2003
— | Eddie Plank† | P | 1901–1914 | 1985
14 | Eddie Rommel | P | 1920–1932 | 1996
21, 30 | Bobby Shantz | P | 1949–1954 | 1994
6, 7, 28, 32 | Al Simmons† | LF
Coach | 1924–1932
1940–1941, 1944
1940–1945 | 1981
10, 15, 21, 35, 38 | Elmer Valo | RF | 1940–1954 | 1990
— | Rube Waddell† | P | 1902–1907 | 1986
12 | Rube Walberg | P | 1923–1933 | 2002
6, 19, 30 | Gus Zernial | LF | 1951–1954 | 2001

### Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame

[edit]

Main article: Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame

Athletics in the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame

No.  | Name  | Position  | Tenure  | Inducted  | Notes
— | Connie Mack | Manager
Owner | 1901–1950
1901–1954 | 2004 |
2, 3, 4 | Jimmie Foxx | 1B | 1925–1935 | 2004 |
10 | Lefty Grove | P | 1925–1933 | 2005 |
6, 7, 28, 32 | Al Simmons | LF
Coach | 1924–1932
1940–1941, 1944
1940–1945 | 2006 |
2 | Mickey Cochrane | C | 1925–1933 | 2007 |
— | Eddie Collins | 2B | 1906–1914
1927–1930 | 2009 |
21, 30 | Bobby Shantz | P | 1949–1954 | 2010 |
5 | Jimmy Dykes | 3B/2B
Coach
Manager | 1918–1932
1940–1950
1951–1953 | 2011 | Born in Philadelphia
— | Eddie Plank | P | 1901–1914 | 2012 |
— | Charles "Chief" Bender | P | 1903–1914 | 2014 |
— | Herb Pennock | P | 1912–1915 | 2014 | Elected mainly on his performance with New York Yankees
— | By Saam | Broadcaster | 1938–1954 | 2014 |
4, 7, 26 | Bob Johnson | LF | 1933–1942 | 2017 |
— | Home Run Baker | 3B | 1908–1914 | 2019 |

### Team captains

[edit]

* 6 Sal Bando, 3B, 1969–1976

## Season-by-season records

[edit]

Main article: List of Oakland Athletics seasons

The records of the Athletics' last ten seasons in Major League Baseball are listed below.

Season  | Wins  | Losses  | Win %  | Place  | Playoffs

|
|
|
|
|

2014 | 88  | 74  | .543  | 2nd in AL West  | Lost ALWC vs. Kansas City Royals, 9–8
2015 | 68  | 94  | .420  | 5th in AL West  |
2016 | 69  | 93  | .426  | 5th in AL West  |
2017 | 75  | 87  | .463  | 5th in AL West  |
2018 | 97  | 65  | .599  | 2nd in AL West  | Lost ALWC vs. New York Yankees, 7–2
2019 | 97  | 65  | .599  | 2nd in AL West  | Lost ALWC vs. Tampa Bay Rays, 5–1
2020 | 36  | 24  | .600  | 1st in AL West  | Lost ALDS vs. Houston Astros, 3–1
2021 | 86  | 76  | .531  | 3rd in AL West  |
2022 | 60  | 102  | .370  | 5th in AL West  |
2023 | 50  | 112  | .309  | 5th in AL West  |
10-Year Record | 822  | 858  | .489  | —  | —
All-Time Record | 9,260  | 9,766  | .487  | —  | —

### Philadelphia

[edit]

* Columbia Park (1901–1908)
* Shibe Park (1909–1954)

### Kansas City

[edit]

* Municipal Stadium (1955–1967)

### Oakland

[edit]

* Oakland Coliseum (1968–present)
* Cashman Field in Las Vegas, Nevada (April 1996 for six games due to renovations at Oakland Coliseum)

## Roster

[edit]

See also: Oakland Athletics all-time roster

Oakland Athletics roster

* v
* t
* e

Active roster  | Inactive roster  | Coaches/Other

Pitchers
Starting rotation

* 68 Joey Estes
* 63 Hogan Harris
* 38 JP Sears
* 40 Mitch Spence

Bullpen

* 29 Austin Adams
* 54 Scott Alexander
* 45 Osvaldo Bido
* 70 Lucas Erceg
* 65 Tyler Ferguson
* 48 T. J. McFarland
* 39 Kyle Muller
* 47 Michel Otañez

Closer(s)

* 19 Mason Miller

|  |

Catchers

* 23 Shea Langeliers
* 52 Kyle McCann

Infielders

* 20 Zack Gelof
* 77 Brett Harris
* 26 Tyler Nevin
* 12 Max Schuemann
* 5 Jacob Wilson

Outfielders

* 22 Miguel Andújar
* 33 JJ Bleday
* 15 Seth Brown
* 4 Lawrence Butler
* 28 Daz Cameron

Designated hitters

* 25 Brent Rooker

|  |

Pitchers

* 66 Brady Basso
* 35 Joe Boyle
* 56 Dany Jiménez
* 46 Luis Medina
* 37 Jack O'Loughlin
* 81 Royber Salinas
* 36 Ross Stripling

Catchers

* 21 Tyler Soderstrom

Infielders

* 10 Nick Allen
* 50 Armando Alvarez
* 49 Ryan Noda
* 31 Abraham Toro

Outfielders

* 1 Esteury Ruiz

|  |

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)

60-day injured list

* 58 Paul Blackburn
* 17 Trevor Gott
* 2 Darell Hernáiz
* 30 Ken Waldichuk
* 57 Alex Wood

Restricted list

* 47 Michael Kelly

* 26 active, 13 inactive
* 7-, 10-, or 15-day injured list
* # Personal leave
* Roster and coaches updated July 19, 2024
* Transactions • Depth chart
* → All MLB rosters

## Minor league affiliations

[edit]

Main article: List of Oakland Athletics minor league affiliates

The Oakland Athletics farm system consists of six minor league affiliates.[80]

Class  | Team  | League  | Location  | Ballpark  | Affiliated

|
|
|
|
|

Triple-A | Las Vegas Aviators | Pacific Coast League | Summerlin, Nevada | Las Vegas Ballpark | 2019
Double-A | Midland RockHounds | Texas League | Midland, Texas | Momentum Bank Ballpark | 1999
High-A | Lansing Lugnuts | Midwest League | Lansing, Michigan | Jackson Field | 2021
Single-A | Stockton Ports | California League | Stockton, California | Banner Island Ballpark | 2005
Rookie | ACL Athletics | Arizona Complex League | Mesa, Arizona | Fitch Park | 1988
DSL Athletics | Dominican Summer League | Boca Chica, Santo Domingo | Juan Marichal Complex  | 1989

## Radio and television

[edit]

See also: List of Oakland Athletics broadcasters

As of the 2020 season, the Oakland Athletics have had 14 radio homes.[81] The Athletics' flagship radio station is KNEW and the team has a free live 24/7 exclusive A's station branded as A's Cast to stream the radio broadcast within the Athletics market and other A's programming via iHeartRadio.[82] Going into the 2020 season, the Athletics had a deal with TuneIn for A's Cast and no flagship radio station in the Bay Area but changed their plans due to the COVID-19 pandemic keeping fans from attending games.[83] The announcing team features Ken Korach and Vince Cotroneo.

Television coverage is exclusively on NBC Sports California. Some A's games air on an alternate feed of NBCS, called NBCS Plus, if the main channel shows a Sacramento Kings or San Jose Sharks game at the same time. On TV, Jenny Cavnar covers play-by-play, and Dallas Braden provides color commentary. Some games would feature Chris Caray on play-by-play; Caray is a fourth-generation baseball announcer that included great-grandfather Harry Caray, grandfather Skip Caray, and father Chip Caray.

## In popular culture

[edit]

The 2003 Michael Lewis book Moneyball chronicles the 2002 Oakland Athletics season, with a focus on Billy Beane's economic approach to managing the organization under significant financial constraints. Beginning in June 2003, the book remained on The New York Times Best Seller list for 18 consecutive weeks, peaking at number 2.[84][85] In 2011, Columbia Pictures released a film adaptation based on Lewis' book, which featured Brad Pitt playing the role of Beane. On September 19, 2011, the U.S. premiere of Moneyball was held at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland, which featured a green carpet for attendees to walk, rather than the traditional red carpet.[86]

The blog that spawned the full-fledged popular sports blog site SBNation was dedicated to the Oakland Athletics.[87][88]

Eric Shaun Lynch, a former member of The Howard Stern Show's Wack Pack who went by the name "Eric the Actor" (and previously, "Eric the Midget"), was a huge fan of the Athletics and would occasionally talk about them on Stern's show. Following his death in September 2014, the team broadcasters offered a tribute by using Lynch's signature sign off "bye for now" at the end of an Athletics game broadcast. During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, when American baseball teams were using cutouts of fans to show solidarity in their absence, the Athletics placed a cutout of Lynch among other cutouts of the team's fans.

## See also

[edit]

* Oakland Athletics award winners and league leaders
* List of Oakland Athletics first-round draft picks
* List of Oakland Athletics managers
* List of Oakland Athletics no-hitters
* List of Oakland Athletics Opening Day starting pitchers
* List of Oakland Athletics owners and executives
* List of Oakland Athletics team records

## Explanatory notes

[edit]

1. ^ The team's official colors are green and gold, according to the official website of the team's mascot, Stomper.[1]
2. ^ Six games in April 1996.

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## Further reading

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* 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, Massachusetts, 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.
* Slusser, Susan. 100 Things A's Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die. Triumph Books, Chicago, 2015. ISBN 978-1629370682.

## External links

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Oakland Athletics at Wikipedia's sister projects

* Media from Commons
* Data from Wikidata

* Oakland Athletics official website
* Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society
* Oakland Athletics stats and minor league statistics Archived July 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
* Sports E-Cyclopedia
* Oakland A's prospect information

Awards and achievements

Preceded by

Pittsburgh Pirates
1909

|  World Series champions
Philadelphia Athletics
1910–1911 | Succeeded by

Boston Red Sox
1912

Preceded by

Boston Red Sox
1912

|  World Series champions
Philadelphia Athletics
1913 | Succeeded by

Boston Braves
1914

Preceded by

New York Yankees
1927–1928

|  World Series champions
Philadelphia Athletics
1929–1930 | Succeeded by

St. Louis Cardinals
1931

Preceded by

Pittsburgh Pirates
1971

|  World Series champions
Oakland Athletics
1972–1974 | Succeeded by

Cincinnati Reds
1975–1976

Preceded by

Los Angeles Dodgers
1988

|  World Series champions
Oakland Athletics
1989 | Succeeded by

Cincinnati Reds
1990

Preceded by

Chicago White Sox
1901

|  American League champions
Philadelphia Athletics
1902 | Succeeded by

Boston Americans
1903

Preceded by

Boston Americans
1903

|  American League champions
Philadelphia Athletics
1905 | Succeeded by

Chicago White Sox
1906

Preceded by

Detroit Tigers
1907–1909

|  American League champions
Philadelphia Athletics
1910–1911 | Succeeded by

Boston Red Sox
1912

Preceded by

Boston Red Sox
1912

|  American League champions
Philadelphia Athletics
1913–1914 | Succeeded by

Boston Red Sox
1915

Preceded by

New York Yankees
1926–1928

|  American League champions
Philadelphia Athletics
1929–1931 | Succeeded by

New York Yankees
1932

Preceded by

Baltimore Orioles
1969–1971

|  American League champions
Oakland Athletics
1972–1974 | Succeeded by

Boston Red Sox
1975

Preceded by

Minnesota Twins
1987

|  American League champions
Oakland Athletics
1988–1990 | Succeeded by

Minnesota Twins
1991

* v
* t
* e

Oakland Athletics

* Established in 1901
* Formerly the Philadelphia Athletics and the Kansas City Athletics
* Based in Oakland, California (Bay Area)

Franchise|

* History
* in Philadelphia
* in Kansas City
* in Oakland
* pending relocation to Las Vegas
* Seasons
* Records
* No-hitters
* Players
* Owners and executives
* Managers
* Broadcasters
* Radio network
* Award winners and league leaders
* First-round draft picks
* Opening Day starting pitchers

Ballparks|

* Columbia Park
* Shibe Park
* Municipal Stadium
* Oakland Coliseum
* Sutter Health Park (temporary 2025–2027)
* New Las Vegas Stadium (proposed)

Spring training
Latta Park Baseball Field
Barrs Field
Cramton Bowl
Terry Park Ballfield
Wilmington Park
McCurdy Field
Connie Mack Field
McKechnie Field
Rendezvous Park
Scottsdale Stadium I
Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Hohokam Stadium

Culture|

* Philadelphia Athletics (football)
* Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame
* The Baseball Bug
* Champagne and Baloney
* Charlie-O
* Dick Callahan
* Stomper
* $100,000 infield
* "Holy Toledo!"
* Swingin' A's
* Billyball
* Big Three
* Highway to Heaven
* Moneyball
* book
* film
* Mount Davis
* Hal the Hot Dog Guy
* The Mustache Gang
* Oakland Ballpark

Lore|

* The Mack Attack
* Grandstand Managers Night
* Perfect games
* Catfish Hunter
* Dallas Braden
* Bash Brothers
* 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
* 20 game win streak
* MLB Japan Opening Series 2008
* Philadelphia Athletics 18, Cleveland Indians 17 (1932)

Rivalries|

* Los Angeles Angels
* Philadelphia Phillies
* San Francisco Giants

Key personnel|

* Owners: John Fisher
* President: Dave Kaval
* Executive vice president: Billy Beane
* General manager: David Forst
* Manager: Mark Kotsay

Important figures|

| Hall of Fame
members|

* Home Run Baker
* Chief Bender
* Mickey Cochrane
* Eddie Collins
* Dennis Eckersley
* Rollie Fingers
* Jimmie Foxx
* Lefty Grove
* Rickey Henderson
* Catfish Hunter
* Reggie Jackson
* Nap Lajoie
* Connie Mack
* Eddie Plank
* Al Simmons
* Rube Waddell
* Dick Williams

|

Wall of Fame
members|

* Sam Chapman
* Jack Coombs
* Jimmy Dykes
* George Earnshaw
* Ferris Fain
* Bob Johnson
* Eddie Joost
* Bing Miller
* Wally Moses
* Rube Oldring
* Bobby Shantz
* Eddie Rommel
* Elmer Valo
* Rube Walberg
* Gus Zernial

World Series
Champions (9)|

* 1910
* 1911
* 1913
* 1929
* 1930
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1989

American League
Championships (15)|

* 1902
* 1905
* 1910
* 1911
* 1913
* 1914
* 1929
* 1930
* 1931
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990

AL West Division
Championships (17)|

* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1981
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1992
* 2000
* 2002
* 2003
* 2006
* 2012
* 2013
* 2020

AL Wild Card (4)|

* 2001
* 2014
* 2018
* 2019

Minors|

Triple-A
Las Vegas Aviators
Double-A
Midland RockHounds
High-A
Lansing Lugnuts
Single-A
Stockton Ports
Rookie
ACL Athletics
DSL Athletics

Seasons (124)

1900s|

* 1900 ·  1901
* 1902
* 1903
* 1904
* 1905
* 1906
* 1907
* 1908
* 1909

1910s|

* 1910
* 1911
* 1912
* 1913
* 1914
* 1915
* 1916
* 1917
* 1918
* 1919

1920s|

* 1920
* 1921
* 1922
* 1923
* 1924
* 1925
* 1926
* 1927
* 1928
* 1929

1930s|

* 1930
* 1931
* 1932
* 1933
* 1934
* 1935
* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939

1940s|

* 1940
* 1941
* 1942
* 1943
* 1944
* 1945
* 1946
* 1947
* 1948
* 1949

1950s|

* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959

1960s|

* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969

1970s|

* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979

1980s|

* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989

1990s|

* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999

2000s|

* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009

2010s|

* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019

2020s|

* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

Links to related articles

* v
* t
* e

Oakland Athletics retired numbers

* 9 Reggie Jackson
* 24 Rickey Henderson
* 27 Catfish Hunter
* 34 Rollie Fingers and Dave Stewart
* 43 Dennis Eckersley
* HAAS Walter A. Haas Jr.

Championship navigation boxes

* v
* t
* e

Philadelphia Athletics 1902 American League champions

* Lou Castro
* Lave Cross
* Monte Cross
* Harry Davis
* Dave Fultz
* Topsy Hartsel
* Bert Husting
* Fred Mitchell
* Danny Murphy
* Eddie Plank
* Doc Powers
* Ossee Schreckengost
* Socks Seybold
* Rube Waddell
* Highball Wilson

* Manager
* Connie Mack

Regular season

* v
* t
* e

Philadelphia Athletics 1910 World Series champions

Frank Baker
Jack Barry
Chief Bender
Eddie Collins
Jack Coombs
Harry Davis
Claud Derrick
Topsy Hartsel
Harry Krause
Jack Lapp
Paddy Livingston
Bris Lord
Cy Morgan
Danny Murphy
Eddie Plank
Amos Strunk
Ira Thomas

Manager
Connie Mack

Regular season

* v
* t
* e

Philadelphia Athletics 1911 World Series champions

Frank Baker
Jack Barry
Chief Bender
Eddie Collins
Jack Coombs
Dave Danforth
Harry Davis
Claud Derrick
Harry Krause
Jack Lapp
Paddy Livingston
Bris Lord
Doc Martin
Stuffy McInnis
Cy Morgan
Danny Murphy
Rube Oldring
Eddie Plank
Amos Strunk
Ira Thomas

Manager
Connie Mack

Regular season
Athletics–Giants rivalry

* v
* t
* e

Philadelphia Athletics 1913 World Series champions

Frank Baker
Jack Barry
Chief Bender
Boardwalk Brown
Joe Bush
Eddie Collins
Jack Coombs
Harry Davis
Byron Houck
Jack Lapp
Doc Lavan
Stuffy McInnis
Danny Murphy
Eddie Murphy
Rube Oldring
Billy Orr
Herb Pennock
Eddie Plank
Wally Schang
Bob Shawkey
Amos Strunk
Ira Thomas
Jimmy Walsh
Weldon Wyckoff

Manager
Connie Mack

Regular season
Athletics–Giants rivalry

* v
* t
* e

Philadelphia Athletics 1929 World Series champions

Max Bishop
Joe Boley
George Burns
Mickey Cochrane
Eddie Collins
Jim Cronin
Jimmy Dykes
George Earnshaw
Howard Ehmke
Jimmie Foxx
Walter French
Lefty Grove
Mule Haas
Bing Miller
Jack Quinn
Eddie Rommel
Al Simmons
Homer Summa
Rube Walberg

Manager
Connie Mack
Assistant Manager
Earle Mack

Regular season

* v
* t
* e

Philadelphia Athletics 1930 World Series champions

Max Bishop
Joe Boley
Mickey Cochrane
Eddie Collins
Jimmie Dykes
George Earnshaw
Jimmie Foxx
Lefty Grove
Mule Haas
Eric McNair
Bing Miller
Jimmy Moore
Jack Quinn
Bill Shores
Al Simmons
Rube Walberg

Manager
Connie Mack

Regular season

* v
* t
* e

Oakland Athletics 1972 World Series champions

1 Dick Green
2 Ángel Mangual
4 Don Mincher
5 Mike Epstein
6 Sal Bando
9 Reggie Jackson
10 Dave Duncan
11 Ted Kubiak
12 Gonzalo Márquez
13 Blue Moon Odom
14 Matty Alou
16 Tim Cullen
19 Bert Campaneris
20 Mike Hegan
21 Dal Maxvill
22 Joe Horlen
24 Allan Lewis
25 George Hendrick
26 Joe Rudi
27 Catfish Hunter
30 Ken Holtzman
33 Dave Hamilton
34 Rollie Fingers
35 Vida Blue
36 Bob Locker
38 Gene Tenace (World Series MVP)

Manager
23 Dick Williams

Coaches
40 Bill Posedel
41 Jerry Adair
43 Irv Noren
44 Vern Hoscheit

Regular season
American League Championship Series

* v
* t
* e

Oakland Athletics 1973 World Series champions

* 1 Dick Green
* 2 Ángel Mangual
* 4 Bill North
* 6 Sal Bando
* 7 Deron Johnson
* 9 Reggie Jackson (AL and World Series MVP)
* 10 Ray Fosse
* 11 Ted Kubiak
* 13 Blue Moon Odom
* 14 Vida Blue
* 16 Billy Conigliaro
* 17 Mike Andrews
* 18 Gene Tenace
* 19 Bert Campaneris
* 22 Jesús Alou
* 24 Allan Lewis
* 25 Paul Lindblad
* 26 Joe Rudi
* 27 Catfish Hunter
* 28 Horacio Piña
* 30 Ken Holtzman
* 32 Darold Knowles
* 34 Rollie Fingers
* 37 Vic Davalillo
* 38 Pat Bourque

Manager
23 Dick Williams

Coaches
40 Wes Stock
41 Jerry Adair
43 Irv Noren
44 Vern Hoscheit

Regular season
American League Championship Series

* v
* t
* e

Oakland Athletics 1974 World Series champions

* 1 Dick Green
* 2 Ángel Mangual
* 3 Herb Washington
* 4 Billy North
* 6 Sal Bando
* 8 Manny Trillo
* 9 Reggie Jackson
* 10 Ray Fosse
* 12 Larry Haney
* 13 Blue Moon Odom
* 14 Vida Blue
* 15 Claudell Washington
* 16 Dal Maxvill
* 18 Gene Tenace
* 19 Bert Campaneris
* 22 Jesús Alou
* 25 Paul Lindblad
* 26 Joe Rudi
* 27 Catfish Hunter (AL CYA)
* 30 Ken Holtzman
* 32 Darold Knowles
* 33 Dave Hamilton
* 34 Rollie Fingers (World Series MVP)
* 37 Glenn Abbott
* 38 Jim Holt

Manager
5 Alvin Dark

Coaches
40 Wes Stock
41 Jerry Adair
43 Bobby Winkles
44 Bobby Hofman

Regular season
American League Championship Series

* v
* t
* e

Oakland Athletics 1989 World Series champions

2 Tony Phillips
4 Carney Lansford
7 Walt Weiss
9 Mike Gallego
12 Lance Blankenship
14 Storm Davis
19 Gene Nelson
20 Matt Young
21 Mike Moore
24 Rickey Henderson (ALCS MVP)
25 Mark McGwire
27 Ron Hassey
28 Stan Javier
33 Jose Canseco
34 Dave Stewart (World Series MVP)
35 Bob Welch
36 Terry Steinbach
39 Dave Parker
40 Rick Honeycutt
42 Dave Henderson
43 Dennis Eckersley
44 Ken Phelps
54 Todd Burns

Manager
10 Tony La Russa

Coaches
5 Art Kusnyer (Bullpen)
8 Dave McKay (First Base)
15 Rene Lachemann (Third Base)
18 Dave Duncan (Pitching)
45 Merv Rettenmund (Hitting)
46 Tommie Reynolds (Bench)

Regular season
American League Championship Series
Bay Bridge Series

* v
* t
* e

Major League Baseball

2024 season

American League|

| East|

* Baltimore Orioles
* Boston Red Sox
* New York Yankees
* Tampa Bay Rays
* Toronto Blue Jays

|

Central|

* Chicago White Sox
* Cleveland Guardians
* Detroit Tigers
* Kansas City Royals
* Minnesota Twins

West|

* Houston Astros
* Los Angeles Angels
* Oakland Athletics
* Seattle Mariners
* Texas Rangers

National League|

| East|

* Atlanta Braves
* Miami Marlins
* New York Mets
* Philadelphia Phillies
* Washington Nationals

|

Central|

* Chicago Cubs
* Cincinnati Reds
* Milwaukee Brewers
* Pittsburgh Pirates
* St. Louis Cardinals

West|

* Arizona Diamondbacks
* Colorado Rockies
* Los Angeles Dodgers
* San Diego Padres
* San Francisco Giants

| Schedule|

* Spring training
* Opening Day
* Jackie Robinson Day
* Civil Rights Game
* All-Star Game
* Interleague play
* International games
* London
* Mexico City
* Seoul
* Little League Classic
* Field of Dreams Game
* Rickwood Field Game
* Players Weekend
* World Baseball Classic

|

Postseason|

* World Series
* Champions
* AL
* AL champions
* ALCS
* ALDS
* NL
* NL champions
* NLCS
* NLDS
* Wild Card Game/Series
* Appearances
* Streaks
* Droughts
* Series
* Game 7s

Business|

* Authentication Program
* Business rules
* Draft
* Rule 5
* Highest-paid players
* Hot stove league
* Luxury tax
* Lockouts/strikes
* Media
* Logo
* Radio
* Television
* MLB.com
* MLB Advanced Media
* MLB Network
* Minor League Baseball
* MLB Draft League
* Players Association
* World Baseball Classic Inc.
* Transactions
* Free agency
* Valuations
* Winter Meetings

Miscellaneous|

* Instant replay
* Team uniforms (2024 controversy)
* Stadiums
* Mascots
* Rivalries
* Comparison with Nippon Professional Baseball

History|

* History
* AL
* Seasons
* Tie-breakers
* Tie-breaking procedures
* All-time win–loss records
* Records
* Awards
* Retired numbers
* Hall of Fame
* members
* National Baseball Commission
* Continental League
* Organized baseball
* Baseball color line
* First black players in MLB
* Negro leaguers who played in MLB

| Predecessors|

* National Association
* American Association
* Union Association
* Players' League
* Federal League
* Major Negro leagues
* Negro National League (I)
* Eastern Colored League
* American Negro League
* East–West League
* Negro Southern League
* Negro National League (II)
* Negro American League

|

Steroid usage|

* Drug policy
* suspensions
* Mitchell Report
* Biogenesis scandal
* BALCO scandal
* Barry Bonds perjury case

Timeline|

* Timeline of Major League Baseball
* History of team nicknames
* Dead-ball era
* Live-ball era
* Golden age of baseball
* Defunct and relocated teams
* Relocations of the 1950s–1960s
* Expansion
* 1961
* 1962
* 1969
* 1977
* 1993
* 1998
* Potential
* Contraction attempt

* Commissioner: Rob Manfred
* League Presidents
* AL
* NL

* v
* t
* e

American League

Organization|

* Parent league: Major League Baseball
* Partner league: National League
* Origins: (History
* Western League)
* Presidents

Current teams|

| East|

* Baltimore Orioles
* Boston Red Sox
* New York Yankees
* Tampa Bay Rays
* Toronto Blue Jays

|

Central|

* Chicago White Sox
* Cleveland Guardians
* Detroit Tigers
* Kansas City Royals
* Minnesota Twins

West|

* Houston Astros
* Los Angeles Angels
* Oakland Athletics
* Seattle Mariners
* Texas Rangers

Former, relocated,
and disestablished teams|

* Baltimore Orioles (1901–1902)
* Kansas City Athletics (1955–1967)
* Milwaukee Brewers I (1901)
* Milwaukee Brewers II (1970–1997)
* Philadelphia Athletics (1901–1954)
* Seattle Pilots (1969)
* St. Louis Browns (1902–1953)
* Washington Senators I (1901–1960)
* Washington Senators II (1961–1971)

Championship play|

* Champions
* Championship Series
* Division Series
* Wild Card Game
* Wild Card winners

Related articles|

* Professional baseball

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* e

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Baseball|

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Oakland Athletics
San Francisco Giants

San Jose Giants
PIO
Oakland Ballers
PEC
Dublin Leprechauns
Martinez Sturgeon
San Rafael Pacifics
Vallejo Seaweed

Basketball|

NBA
Golden State Warriors
WNBA
Golden State Valkyries (2025)

Santa Cruz Warriors
ABA
Bay Area Matrix
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American football|

NFL
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IFL
Bay Area Panthers

Ice hockey|

NHL
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AHL
San Jose Barracuda

Soccer|

MLS
San Jose Earthquakes
NWSL
Bay FC
USLC
Oakland Roots SC
USL2
Project 51O
San Francisco City FC
San Francisco Glens SC
NPSL
El Farolito SC
Napa Valley 1839 FC
Sonoma County Sol

Esports|

OWL
San Francisco Shock

Roller derby|

WFTDA
Bay Area Derby
Silicon Valley Roller Girls
Sonoma County Roller Derby

Rugby League|

NARL
San Francisco Rush

Ultimate|

AUDL
Oakland Spiders

College athletics
(NCAA Div. I)|

California
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Australian rules
football|

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Baseball|

MLB
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Oakland Athletics
San Diego Padres
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PCL
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Fresno Grizzlies
Inland Empire 66ers
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PEC
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Dublin Leprechauns
Martinez Sturgeon
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San Rafael Pacifics
Vallejo Seaweed

Basketball|

NBA
Golden State Warriors
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Sacramento Kings
WNBA
Golden State Valkyries (2025)
Los Angeles Sparks
G League
San Diego Clippers
Santa Cruz Warriors
South Bay Lakers
Stockton Kings
ABA
Team Trouble

Esports|

CDL
Los Angeles Guerrillas
Los Angeles Thieves
OWL
Los Angeles Gladiators
Los Angeles Valiant
San Francisco Shock

American
football|

NFL
Los Angeles Chargers
Los Angeles Rams
San Francisco 49ers
IFL
Bay Area Panthers
San Diego Strike Force
WFA
Central Cal War Angels
Inland Empire Ravens
Kern County Crusaders
Los Angeles Warriors
Ventura County Wolfpack
IWFL
Carson Bobcats
North County Stars
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X League
Los Angeles Black Storm

Ice hockey|

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Anaheim Ducks
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San Jose Sharks
AHL
Bakersfield Condors
Coachella Valley Firebirds
Ontario Reign
San Diego Gulls
San Jose Barracuda
USPHL
Anaheim Avalanche
Fresno Monsters
San Diego Sabers
WSHL
Valencia Flyers

Roller derby|

WFTDA
Angel City Derby Girls
Bay Area Derby
Central Coast Roller Derby
Derby Revolution of Bakersfield
Humboldt Roller Derby
Sacramento Roller Derby
Santa Cruz Derby Girls
Silicon Valley Roller Girls
Sonoma County Roller Derby
RDCL
Los Angeles Derby Dolls
Orange County Roller Girls
San Diego Derby Dolls

Rugby league|

CRL
Los Angeles Mongrels
Oakland Originals
Sacramento Immortals
San Francisco Savage

Rugby union|

MLR
LA Giltinis
San Diego Legion
PRP
Golden Gate RFC
Old Mission Beach Athletic Club
Santa Monica Rugby Club
Belmont Shore RFC
Olympic Club
SCRFU
Finlander Rugby Club
SDSU Aztecs

Soccer|

MLS
LA Galaxy
Los Angeles FC
San Diego FC (2025)
San Jose Earthquakes
NWSL
Angel City FC
Bay FC
San Diego Wave FC
USLC
Monterey Bay FC
Oakland Roots SC
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Sacramento Republic FC
MLSNP
LAFC2
The Town FC
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USL1
AV Alta FC (2025)
Central Valley Fuego FC
Santa Barbara Sky FC (2025)
NISA
Albion San Diego
Capo FC
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Los Angeles Force
USL2
Academica SC
Almaden FC
AMSG FC
Capo FC
Coachella FC
Davis Legacy SC
Marin FC Legends
Monterey Bay F.C. 2
Project 51O
Redlands FC
San Francisco City FC
San Francisco Glens SC
Southern California Seahorses
Ventura County Fusion
NISA Nation
Chula Vista FC
FC Golden State Force
NPSL
A.S. Los Angeles
Contra Costa FC
FC Davis
El Farolito SC
High Desert Elite FC
Napa Valley 1839 FC
Sacramento Gold FC
Sonoma County Sol
Temecula FC
UPSL
Santa Ana Winds FC
L.A. Wolves FC
La Máquina FC
FC Santa Clarita
Del Rey City SC
Real San Jose
Oakland Stompers
Oakland Pamperos
Aguiluchos U-23
Orange County FC 2
San Diego Internacional FC
WPSL
UWS
Santa Clarita Blue Heat
SoCal Crush FC
MASL
Empire Strykers
San Diego Sockers

Empire Jets
San Diego Sockers 2
Turlock Cal Express

Ultimate|

UFA
Los Angeles Aviators
Oakland Spiders
San Diego Growlers
WUL
Los Angeles Astra
San Diego Super Bloom
San Francisco Falcons

Lacrosse|

NLL
San Diego Seals
PLL
California Redwoods

Volleyball|

PVF
San Diego Mojo
NVA
Los Angeles Blaze
Ontario Matadors
Orange County Stunners
San Diego Wild

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Oakland, California

Economy|

* Oakland Seaport
* List of companies

Education|

| Higher|

* California College of the Arts
* Laney College
* Lincoln University
* Merritt College
* Mills College
* Samuel Merritt University
* Patten University

|

Primary and
secondary|

* Oakland USD
* Castlemont High
* Coliseum College Prep Academy
* Fremont High
* McClymonds High
* MetWest High
* Oakland High
* Oakland Technical High
* Skyline High
* American Indian Model Schools
* High School
* The Crucible
* Bishop O'Dowd High School
* The College Preparatory School
* Head-Royce School
* Oakland School for the Arts
* St. Elizabeth High School

Government|

* Mayors
* City Hall
* City Council
* Fire Department
* Police Department
* Port of Oakland

History
(Timeline)|

* Oakland Railroad Company
* Oakland Army Base
* Key System
* Naval Supply Depot
* Black Panther Party
* 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
* Firestorm of 1991
* Oscar Grant shooting
* Shootings of police officers
* Riders scandal
* Your Black Muslim Bakery
* Occupy Oakland
* Oakland Tribune
* 2012 Oikos University shooting
* Ghost Ship warehouse fire

Sports|

* Oakland Athletics
* Oakland Ballers
* Oakland Roots SC
* Oakland Spiders

Transportation|

* San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge
* SR 24
* Caldecott Tunnel
* Posey and Webster Street Tubes
* MacArthur Maze
* Interstate 580
* Interstate 880
* Cypress Street Viaduct
* Interstate 980
* Warren Freeway
* International Boulevard
* Oakland – Jack London Square station
* Oakland International Airport
* AC Transit
* Eastmont Transit Center

| BART stations|

* 12th Street Oakland City Center
* 19th Street Oakland (Uptown Transit Center)
* Coliseum
* Lake Merritt
* MacArthur
* OAK
* Rockridge
* West Oakland

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Other|

* Designated Landmarks
* Neighborhoods
* Notable people
* Tallest buildings
* Children's Hospital
* Mountain View Cemetery
* Lake Merritt
* Temescal Creek
* Sausal Creek
* Crime

Related|

* Alameda County
* San Francisco Bay Area
* California
* United States

* Category

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Attractions in Oakland, California

Landmarks|

* Cathedral of Christ the Light
* Chapel of the Chimes
* City Hall
* County Courthouse
* Dunsmuir House
* Evergreen Cemetery
* Fairyland
* Federal Building
* Kaiser Center
* Lake Merritt
* Leimert Bridge
* Jack London Square
* Mountain View Cemetery
* Oakland Tech
* Oakland Temple
* Pardee Home
* USS Potomac
* Preservation Park
* Rockridge Market Hall
* Tribune Tower
* Unitarian Church
* YWCA

Museums|

* African American Museum
* Chabot Space and Science Center
* Oakland Aviation Museum
* Oakland Museum of California

Zoos and parks|

* Anthony Chabot Regional Park
* Frog Park
* Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve
* Joaquin Miller Park
* Knowland Park
* Lake Temescal
* Leona Canyon Regional Open Space Preserve
* Morcom Rose Garden
* Mosswood Park
* Oakland Zoo
* Redwood Regional Park
* Robert Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve
* Temescal Regional Park

Entertainment|

* Kaiser Convention Center
* Grand Lake Theater
* Oakland East Bay Symphony
* Paramount Theater
* Fox Theater
* Yoshi's
* Art Murmur

Sports|

* Oakland Athletics
* Oakland Roots SC
* RingCentral Coliseum
* Oakland Arena

Shopping districts|

* Oakland City Center
* Rockridge

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Defunct sports teams based in Pennsylvania

Baseball|

Major leagues
American League
Philadelphia Athletics
American Association
Philadelphia Athletics
Federal League
Pittsburgh Rebels
NABBP
Athletic of Philadelphia
National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
Philadelphia White Stockings
Philadelphia Centennials
Negro leagues
Harrisburg Giants
Hilldale Daisies
Homestead Grays
Philadelphia Giants
Philadelphia Pythians
Philadelphia Stars
Philadelphia Tigers
Pittsburgh Crawfords
Pittsburgh Keystones
Players' League
Philadelphia Quakers
Pittsburgh Burghers
Union Association
Altoona Mountain Citys
Philadelphia Keystones
Pittsburgh Stogies

Minor Leagues
Atlantic League
Lehigh Valley Black Diamonds
Pennsylvania Road Warriors
Blue Ridge League
Chambersburg Maroons
Chambersburg Young Yanks
Gettysburg Patriots
Gettysburg Ponies
Hanover Hornets
Hanover Raiders
Waynesboro Villagers
Waynesboro Red Birds
Eastern League
Allentown Brooks
Allentown Cardinals
Allentown Chiefs
Allentown Red Sox
Hazleton Red Sox
Johnstown Johnnies
Johnstown Red Sox
Lancaster Red Roses
Reading Brooks
Reading Red Sox
Scranton Miners
Scranton Red Sox
Wilkes-Barre Indians
York Pirates
York White Roses
Interstate League
Reading Chicks
Sunbury Senators
Sunbury Indians
Sunbury Yankees
Sunbury Reds
Sunbury A's
York Bees
International Association for Professional Base Ball Players
Pittsburgh Allegheny
New York–Penn League
Bradford Blue Wings
Erie Cardinals
Erie Orioles
Erie Sailors
Erie Tigers
Williamsport Astros
Williamsport Red Sox
Northern League
Allentown Ambassadors

Basketball|

NBA
Philadelphia Warriors
ABA
Pittsburgh Pipers
Pittsburgh Condors
ABL
Pittsburgh Rens
ABA (est. 2000)
Pittsburgh Phantoms
BAA
Pittsburgh Ironmen
CBA
Allentown Jets
Lancaster Red Roses
Pittsburgh Piranhas
Pittsburgh Xplosion
Scranton Miners
Wilkes-Barre Barons
NABL
Philadelphia Tapers
USBL
Northeast Pennsylvania Breakers
Philadelphia Aces
Philadelphia Spirit
Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs

Football|

NFL
Frankford Yellow Jackets
Pennsylvania Keystoners
Pottsville Maroons
NFL World War II Mergers
Phil-Pitt "Steagles" (1943)
Chicago-Pittsburgh "Card-Pitt" (1944)
AFL (1926)
Philadelphia Quakers
AFL (1936)
Pittsburgh Americans
USFL
Philadelphia Stars
Pittsburgh Maulers
World Football League
Philadelphia Bell
NFL (1902)
Philadelphia Athletics
Philadelphia Phillies
Pittsburgh Stars

Bethlehem Bulldogs
Wilkes-Barre Bullets
Erie Vets

Coaldale Big Green
Gilberton Cadamounts
Shenandoah Yellow Jackets
Wilkes-Barre Barons
ELPF
Bethlehem Bears
All-Lancaster Red Roses
Mount Carmel Wolverines
Shenandoah Red Jackets
EPFL
Hazleton Redskins
Reading/Shenandoah Rams
Wilkes-Barre Panthers
Scranton Miners
Independents
Allegheny Athletic Association
Conshohocken Athletic Club
Duquesne Country and Athletic Club
Franklin Athletic Club
Glassport Odds
Greensburg Athletic Association
Holmesburg Athletic Club
Homestead Library & Athletic Club
Jeannette Athletic Club
J.P. Rooneys
Latrobe Athletic Association
McKeesport Olympics
Oil City Athletic Club
Pitcairn Quakers
Pittsburgh Athletic Club
Pittsburgh Lyceum
Union Club of Phoenixville
Union Quakers of Philadelphia
Arena-Indoor Football
AFL
Pittsburgh Gladiators
Pittsburgh Power
AIFA/AIFL/AIF
Central Penn Capitals
Erie Freeze
Pittsburgh RiverRats / Erie Explosion
Johnstown Riverhawks
Harrisburg Stampede
Philadelphia Yellow Jackets
Reading Express
NIFL
Johnstown J Dogs

Hockey|

NHL
Philadelphia Quakers
Pittsburgh Pirates
AHL
Erie Blades
Philadelphia Firebirds
Philadelphia Arrows
Philadelphia Ramblers
Philadelphia Rockets
Pittsburgh Hornets
EHL
Johnstown Jets
Johnstown Red Wings
ECHL
Erie Panthers
Johnstown Chiefs
MAHL
Mon Valley Thunder
IHL
Pittsburgh Shamrocks
Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets
IPHL
Pittsburgh Professionals
WPHL
Duquesne Athletic Club
Duquesne Country and Athletic Club
Pittsburgh Athletic Club
Pittsburgh Bankers
Pittsburgh Keystones
Pittsburgh Lyceum
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pittsburgh Victorias
NAHL
Keystone Ice Miners
Pittsburgh Forge
RHI
Philadelphia Bulldogs
Pittsburgh Phantoms
USAHA
Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets
Fort Pitt Hornets

Lacrosse|

NLL
Pittsburgh Bulls
Pittsburgh CrosseFire

Soccer|

USL-2
Philadelphia Freedom
MISL
Philadelphia Fever
Pittsburgh Spirit
CSL
Pittsburgh Stingers
NPSL
Philadelphia Spartans
Pittsburgh Phantoms
NASL
Philadelphia Atoms
Philadelphia Fury

Australian rules
football|

USAFL
Lehigh Valley Crocs
Pittsburgh Wallabies

Category: Defunct sports clubs and teams in Pennsylvania

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International|

* VIAF

National|

* Germany
* Israel
* United States
* Czech Republic

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