TheOakland Athletics were aMajor League Baseball (MLB) team based inOakland, California . They played in theAmerican League West division. The club was founded inPhiladelphia in 1901, moved toKansas City, Missouri in 1955 and relocated to Oakland in 1968.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
During their time in Oakland, the A's home field was theOakland–Alameda County Coliseum , amulti-purpose stadium that has also been used for football, and soccer games. Commonly referred to as The Oakland Coliseum, or simply The Coliseum, it was formerly known as Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum (1966–1998, 2008–2011, 2016–2019, 2020, 2023–present), Network Associates Coliseum (1998–2004), McAfee Coliseum (2004–2008), Overstock.com Coliseum (2011), O.co Coliseum (2011–2016), and RingCentral Coliseum (2019–2020, 2020–2023)[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] Cashman Field inLas Vegas, Nevada while repairs at the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum were being completed, the first time in 39 years that a major league team played in a minor-league ballpark.[ 7]
In Oakland, the A's used 36 differentOpening Day starting pitchers in their 57 seasons. The 36 starters have a combined Opening Day record of 16 wins, 22 losses and 19no decisions . No decisions are only awarded to the starting pitcher if the game is won or lost after the starting pitcher has left the game or if the starting pitcher pitches fewer than five innings. Of the 19 no decisions, the A's went on to win nine and lose ten of those games, for a team record on Opening Day of 25 wins and 32 losses.[ 8]
The team played 41 of their Opening Day games at home: 37 at theOakland–Alameda County Coliseum , 3 in Tokyo, and once inLas Vegas . Of the 37 games played in Oakland, the A's starting pitchers have a record of 12 wins, 11 losses and 14 no decisions (the team won nine and lost five of these no decisions). The 1996 game at Las Vegas'Cashman Field was a loss for starterCarlos Reyes . The 2008 game in theTokyo Dome was a no decision for starterJoe Blanton that ended in an A's loss. The 2012 Tokyo Dome game resulted in a no decision for starterBrandon McCarthy and a loss for the team.Mike Fiers took the loss in the 2019 Tokyo Dome opener. Overall, the team's starting pitchers' record in home games is 12–13 (with 16 no decisions).[ 8]
The A's advanced to the playoffs 21 times while in Oakland, winning theAmerican League Championship Series six times and going on to win theWorld Series in1972 ,1973 ,1974 and1989 . In the 21 seasons that the A's advanced to the playoffs, the team's Opening Day starting pitchers have had a record of eight wins, five losses and eight no decisions; the team ultimately won five and lost three of the no decisions. The team's starters won four and lost one Opening Day game in the six seasons they advanced to the World Series.[ 8]
Catfish Hunter was the team's first Opening Day starter after the team moved to Oakland, taking a 3–1 loss to theBaltimore Orioles atMemorial Stadium in 1968.[ 8] [ 9]
Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum , home of the Athletic's since their arrival in Oakland in 1968Season Each year is linked to an article about that particular Athletics season. W Win L Loss ND (W) No decision by starting pitcher; Athletics won gameND (L) No decision by starting pitcher; Athletics lost game Final Score (#) Game score with Athletics runs listed first; Location Stadium in bold for home gamePitcher (#) Number of appearances as Opening Day starter with the Athletics * Advanced to thepost-season ** Won theAmerican League Championship Series *** World Series Champions
Opening Day results [ edit ] Season Pitcher Decision Final Opponent Location Attendance Ref.[ 8] 1968 Catfish Hunter L 1–3 Baltimore Orioles Memorial Stadium 22,050 [ 9] 1969 Blue Moon Odom W 5–2 Chicago White Sox Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 23,610 [ 10] 1970 Blue Moon Odom W 6–4 Kansas City Royals Municipal Stadium 18,127 [ 11] 1971 *Vida Blue L 0–8 Washington Senators Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium 45,061 [ 12] 1972 ***Ken Holtzman ND (W) 4–3 Minnesota Twins Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 9,912 [ 13] 1973 ***Catfish Hunter L 3–8 Minnesota Twins Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 38,207 [ 14] 1974 ***Catfish Hunter W 7–2 Oakland Athletics Arlington Stadium 21,907 [ 15] 1975 Vida Blue W 3–2 Chicago White Sox Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 17,477 [ 16] 1976 Mike Torrez W 5–2 California Angels Angel Stadium 30,194 [ 17] 1977 Mike Torrez W 7–2 Minnesota Twins Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 12,562 [ 18] 1978 Rick Langford L 0–1 California Angels Angel Stadium 28,194 [ 19] 1979 Rick Langford L 3–5 Minnesota Twins Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 10,387 [ 20] 1980 Rick Langford ND (L) 7–9 Minnesota Twins Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 33,196 [ 21] 1981 Mike Norris W 5–1 Minnesota Twins Metropolitan Stadium 42,658 [ 22] 1982 Rick Langford ND (W) 3–2 (11)California Angels Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 51,513 [ 23] 1983 Rick Langford L 5–3 Cleveland Indians Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 34,831 [ 24] 1984 Steve McCatty ND (W) 6–5 Milwaukee Brewers Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 45,398 [ 25] 1985 Chris Codiroli L 3–6 Seattle Mariners Kingdome 37,161 [ 26] 1986 Chris Codiroli L 2–3 Cleveland Indians Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 44,726 [ 27] 1987 Curt Young ND (L) 4–5 Minnesota Twins Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 43,548 [ 28] 1988 **Dave Stewart W 4–1 Seattle Mariners Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 45,333 [ 29] 1989 ***Dave Stewart W 3–2 Seattle Mariners Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 46,163 [ 30] 1990 **Dave Stewart W 8–3 Minnesota Twins Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 48,219 [ 31] 1991 Dave Stewart W 7–2 Minnesota Twins Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 44,373 [ 32] 1992 *Dave Stewart ND (W) 5–3 Kansas City Royals Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 44,078 [ 33] 1993 Bob Welch W 9–4 Detroit Tigers Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 43,370 [ 34] 1994 Bobby Witt ND (L) 7–11 Milwaukee Brewers Milwaukee County Stadium 52,012 [ 35] 1995 Dave Stewart L 1–13 Toronto Blue Jays SkyDome 50,426 [ 36] 1996 Carlos Reyes L 6–9 Toronto Blue Jays Cashman Field 7,294 [ 37] 1997 Ariel Prieto ND (L) 7–9 Toronto Blue Jays Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 41,235 [ 38] 1998 Tom Candiotti L 0–2 Boston Red Sox Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 36,915 [ 39] 1999 Gil Heredia L 5–11 Detroit Tigers Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 46,650 [ 40] 2000 *Kevin Appier ND (W) 5–3 New York Yankees Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 46,380 [ 41] 2001 *Tim Hudson ND (L) 4–5 Seattle Mariners Safeco Field 45,911 [ 42] 2002 *Mark Mulder W 8–3 Texas Rangers Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 43,908 [ 43] 2003 *Tim Hudson W 5–0 Seattle Mariners Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 41,723 [ 44] 2004 Tim Hudson ND (W) 5–4 Texas Rangers Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 45,122 [ 45] 2005 Barry Zito L 0–4 Baltimore Orioles Oriole Park at Camden Yards 48,271 [ 46] 2006 *Barry Zito L 2–15 New York Yankees Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 35,077 [ 47] 2007 Dan Haren L 0–4 Seattle Mariners Safeco Field 46,003 [ 48] 2008 Joe Blanton ND (L) 5–6 Boston Red Sox Tokyo Dome 44,628 [ 49] 2009 Dallas Braden L 0–3 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,220 [ 50] 2010 Ben Sheets ND (L) 3–5 Seattle Mariners Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 30,686 [ 51] 2011 Trevor Cahill ND (L) 2–6 Seattle Mariners Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 36,067 [ 52] 2012 *Brandon McCarthy ND (L) 1–3 Seattle Mariners Tokyo Dome 44,227 [ 53] 2013 *Brett Anderson L 0–2 Seattle Mariners O.co Coliseum 36,067 [ 54] 2014 *Sonny Gray ND (L) 0–2 Cleveland Indians O.co Coliseum 36,067 [ 55] 2015 Sonny Gray W 8–0 Texas Rangers O.co Coliseum 36,067 [ 56] 2016 Rich Hill L 3–4 Chicago White Sox Oakland Coliseum 35,067 [ 57] 2017 Kendall Graveman W 4–2 Los Angeles Angels Oakland Coliseum 36,067 [ 58] 2018 *Kendall Graveman ND (W) 6–5 Los Angeles Angels Oakland Coliseum 27,764 [ 59] 2019 *Mike Fiers L 6–9 Seattle Mariners Tokyo Dome 45,787 [ 60] 2020 *Frankie Montas ND (W) 6–3 Los Angeles Angels Oakland Coliseum N/A[ a 1] [ 8] [ 61] 2021 Chris Bassitt L 1–8 Houston Astros RingCentral Coliseum 10,436 [ 62] 2022 Frankie Montas L 5–9 Philadelphia Phillies Citizens Bank Park 44,232 [ 63] 2023 Kyle Muller ND (W) 2–1 Los Angeles Angels RingCentral Coliseum 26,805 [ 64] 2024 Alex Wood L 0–8 Cleveland Guardians Oakland Coliseum 13,522 [ 65]
Opening Day starting pitchers listed in descending order by the number of Opening Day starts for the A's in Oakland:
Pitcher Starts Wins Losses No Decisions Winning % Seasons Dave Stewart 6 4 1 1 .800 1988,[ 29] [ 30] [ 31] [ 32] [ 33] [ 36] Rick Langford 5 0 3 2 .000 1978,[ 19] [ 20] [ 21] [ 23] [ 24] Catfish Hunter [a] 3 1 2 0 .333 1968,[ 9] [ 14] [ 15] Tim Hudson 3 1 0 2 1.000 2001,[ 42] [ 44] [ 45] Blue Moon Odom 2 2 0 0 1.000 1969,[ 10] [ 11] Vida Blue 2 1 1 0 .500 1971,[ 12] [ 16] Mike Torrez 2 2 0 0 1.000 1976,[ 17] [ 18] Chris Codiroli 2 0 2 0 .000 1985,[ 26] [ 27] Barry Zito 2 0 2 0 .000 2005,[ 46] [ 47] Sonny Gray 2 1 0 1 .500 2014,[ 55] [ 56] Kendall Graveman 2 1 0 1 .500 2017,[ 58] [ 59] Frankie Montas 2 0 1 1 .000 2020,[ 61] [ 63] Ken Holtzman 1 0 0 1 .000 1972[ 13] Mike Norris 1 1 0 0 1.000 1981[ 22] Steve McCatty 1 0 0 1 .000 1984[ 25] Curt Young 1 0 0 1 .000 1987[ 28] Bob Welch 1 1 0 0 1.000 1993[ 34] Bobby Witt 1 0 0 1 .000 1994[ 35] Carlos Reyes 1 0 1 0 .000 1996[ 37] Ariel Prieto 1 0 0 1 .000 1997[ 38] Tom Candiotti 1 0 1 0 .000 1998[ 39] Gil Heredia 1 0 1 0 .000 1999[ 40] Kevin Appier 1 0 0 1 .000 2000[ 41] Mark Mulder 1 1 0 0 1.000 2002[ 43] Danny Haren 1 0 1 0 .000 2007[ 48] Joe Blanton 1 0 0 1 .000 2008[ 49] Dallas Braden 1 0 1 0 .000 2009[ 50] Ben Sheets 1 0 0 1 .000 2010[ 51] Trevor Cahill 1 0 0 1 .000 2011[ 52] Brandon McCarthy 1 0 0 1 .000 2012[ 53] Brett Anderson 1 0 1 0 .000 2013[ 54] Rich Hill 1 0 1 0 .000 2016[ 57] Mike Fiers 1 0 1 0 .000 2019[ 60] Chris Bassitt 1 0 1 0 .000 2021[ 62] Kyle Muller 1 0 0 1 .000 2023[ 64] Alex Wood 1 0 1 0 .000 2024[ 65]
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