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TheAthletics[a] (often referred to as theA's) are an American professionalbaseball team based inWest Sacramento, California.[5] The Athletics compete inMajor League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of theAmerican League (AL)West Division. The team plays its home games atSutter Health Park in West Sacramento, and isplanning to relocate to theLas Vegas metropolitan area in time for the 2028 season.[6] The franchise's nineWorld Series championships, fifteenpennants, and seventeen division titles are the second most in the AL after theNew York Yankees.
One of the AL's eight charter franchises, the team was founded inPhiladelphia in 1901 as thePhiladelphia Athletics. They won three World Series championships in1910,1911, and1913, and back-to-back titles in1929 and1930. The team's owner and manager for its first 50 years wasConnie Mack, andHall of Fame players includedChief Bender,Frank "Home Run" Baker,Jimmie Foxx, andLefty Grove. The team left Philadelphia forKansas City, Missouri in 1955 and became theKansas City Athletics before moving toOakland, California in 1968 and becoming theOakland Athletics. The Athletics played their home games at theOakland Coliseum from 1968 until 2024. Nicknamed the "Swingin' A's", under ownerCharlie O. Finley they won three consecutive World Series in1972,1973, and1974, led by players includingVida Blue,Catfish Hunter,Reggie Jackson, andRollie Fingers. After being sold by Finley toWalter A. Haas Jr., the team won three consecutive pennants and the1989 World Series behind the "Bash Brothers",Jose Canseco andMark McGwire, as well as Hall of FamersDennis Eckersley andRickey Henderson and managerTony La Russa. In 2002, the Athletics set an American League record for most consecutive wins in a season with twenty, marking the pioneering application ofsabermetrics in baseball. The streak record was later broken in 2017 by theCleveland Indians.
From 1901 through the end of 2025, the franchise's overall win–loss record is9,405–9,945–87 (.486), and a76–86 (.469) record since moving to West Sacramento in 2025.[7]
The history of the AthleticsMajor League Baseball franchise spans from 1901 to the present day, having begun inPhiladelphia before moving toKansas City in 1955 and then to its home inOakland, California, in 1968. The A's made theirBay Area debut on Wednesday, April 17, 1968, with a 4–1 loss to theBaltimore Orioles at theColiseum, in front of an opening-night crowd of 50,164.[8] With four locations, the A's have had the most home cities of any MLB team.[9]
The Athletics' name originated in the term "Athletic Club" for local gentlemen's clubs—dates to 1860 when an amateur baseball team, theAthletic (Club) of Philadelphia, was formed. The team later turned professional in 1875, becoming a charter member of theNational League in 1876, but were expelled from the N.L. after one season. A later version of the Athletics played in theAmerican Association from 1882 to 1891.[10]
AfterNew York Giants managerJohn McGraw told reporters that Philadelphia manufacturerBenjamin 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 the1905 World Series.[11] McGraw and Mack had known each other for years, and McGraw accepted it graciously. By1909, the A's were wearing an elephant logo on their sweaters, and in1918 it turned up on the regular uniform jersey for the first time.[12]
In 1963, when the A's were located in Kansas City, then-ownerCharlie Finley changed the team mascot from an elephant to amule, 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 predominantlyDemocrats at the time. (Traditionally, the symbol for theRepublican Party is anelephant, while the Democratic Party's symbol is adonkey.)[13] From1988, the Athletics' 21st season in Oakland, through their final season in Oakland in 2024, anillustration of an elephant adorned the left sleeve of the A's home and road uniforms. Ahead of the team's first season in Sacramento, the elephant patch was removed and replaced with one depicting Sacramento'sTower Bridge.[14]
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 singerHarry Belafonte.[15] In1997, he becameStomper, debuting Opening Night on April 2.[16][17]
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, ownerCharles 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 kelly green and gold.[18] 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 theHaas family, the team changed its primary color to a more subdued forest green in 1982 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.
From 1994 until 2013, the A's wore greenalternate 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.[19] 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 theCommissioner's Trophy, given out annually to the winner of baseball'sWorld 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 leagueOakland 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.
After the team's departure from Oakland, the existing uniform set was mostly retained aside from the wordmark on the road uniform being changed from "Oakland" to "Athletics". The gold alternate uniform also returned after it was last worn in 2018.[20] From 2025 to 2027, while the team temporarily plays its home games in West Sacramento, all of its uniforms feature the "Athletics" wordmark, with no mention of a home city. However, all uniforms feature a green logo patch on one sleeve depicting one of the towers of the SacramentoTower Bridge and "Sacramento" written under it in yellow text to commemorate the team's temporary home.[3] On the other sleeve, an ad patch sponsoring theLas Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority ("LAS Vegas" tourism logo) was added; both patches are worn interchangeably depending on a player's handedness, with the ad patch typically the more visible mark when a player bats.[21]
The Athletics updated their gold alternate uniform with a script "Sacramento" on the chest, which they would wear starting in 2026. They plan to wear the uniform every Friday home game, with the option to wear them on other days as well.[22]
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 asJed Lowrie's green cleats.
Following theCalifornia Golden Seals' relocation to Cleveland in 1976, theGolden State Warriors' move across the bay toSan Francisco in 2019, and theOakland Raiders'move to the Las Vegas metropolitan area in 2020, the Athletics were left as the sole remainingmajor professional sports team in Oakland. However, on April 20, 2023, the Athletics announced they had entered a land purchase agreement withRed Rock Resort located near Las Vegas to build anew ballpark on theLas Vegas Strip, finalizing their plans to relocate to the Las Vegas area.[23][24][25][26] On May 9, 2023, the Athletics switched their planned location in the Las Vegas area to the site of theTropicana Las Vegas hotel and casino, which was subsequently demolished in October 2024, to construct a 33,000-seat partially retractable ballpark and a 1,500-room hotel and casino.[27][28][29] By June 15, 2023, Nevada governorJoe Lombardo signed an MLB stadium funding bill known as SB1 into law after the bill was approved by theNevada Legislature, and the Athletics officially announced they would begin the relocation process.[30]
On November 16, 2023, the Athletics' move to Las Vegas was unanimously approved by MLB team owners.[31] According to the team, the new Las Vegas ballpark will not be completed until 2028. The lease to theOakland Coliseum expired after the 2024 season. Before the scheduled move to Las Vegas in 2028, the team is playing inWest Sacramento, California, atSutter Health Park (home of theSan Francisco Giants'Triple-A affiliate, theSacramento River Cats) for the 2025–2027 seasons (with an option for the 2028 season if necessary).[32] While in West Sacramento the team is referred to as simply the "A's" and "Athletics," with no city name attached.[4] The relocation marks the first move by an MLB team since theMontreal Expos moved toWashington, D.C., becoming theWashington Nationals in 2005.
The Athletics are scheduled to play in Las Vegas for the first time in 2026, with six games scheduled in June atLas Vegas Ballpark.[33]
The Bay Bridge Series was the name of a series of games played between the A's andSan Francisco Giants of theNational League. The series took its name from theSan Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge which links the cities ofOakland andSan Francisco. Although competitive, the regional rivalry between the A's and Giants was considered by some a friendly one with mutual companionship between the fans, as opposed toWhite Sox–Cubs, orYankees–Mets games where animosity runs high. Hats displaying both teams on the cap were sold from vendors at the games, and once in a while the teams would both dress in original team uniforms from the early era of baseball.
The series was also sometimes referred to as the "BART Series" for theBay Area Rapid Transit system that links Oakland and San Francisco. However, the name was never popular beyond a small selection of history books and national broadcasters and had fallen out of favor. Bay Area locals almost exclusively referred to the rivalry as the "Battle of the Bay".[34]
Originally, the term described a series of exhibition games played between the two clubs after the conclusion of spring training and immediately prior to the start of the regular season. It was first used to refer to the1989 World Series in which the Athletics won their most recent championship and the first time the teams had met since they moved to theSan Francisco Bay Area (and the first time they had met since the A's also defeated the Giants in the1913 World Series). Later it referred to games played between the teams during the regular season from the commencement ofinterleague play in 1997 through the 2024 regular season. At the conclusion of the rivalry, due to the Athletics relocating out of the Bay Area, the Athletics had won 76 games and the Giants had won 72 contests.[35]
The A's also had the edge on the Giants in terms of overall postseason appearances (21–13), division titles (17–10) and World Series titles (4–3) since both teams had 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.[36]
In 2018, the Athletics and Giants started battling for a "Bay Bridge" Trophy[37] made from steel taken from theold east span of the Bay Bridge, which was taken down after the new span was opened in 2013.[38][39] The A's won the inaugural season with the trophy, allowing them to place their logo atop its Bay Bridge stand.[40] When the A's left Oakland, the Giants had won the trophy 4 times, to the A's 3.
Following the Athletics' temporary relocation to West Sacramento in 2025, the series began to be referred to as the "Interstate 80 Series", after the highway connecting San Francisco with Sacramento.[41]
The A's have held a rivalry with theLos Angeles Angels since their relocation to California in 1968, and the charter membership of both teams in the AL West in 1969. The A's and Angels have often competed for the division title.[42] The peak of the rivalry was during the early part of the millennium as both teams were perennial contenders. During the2002 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.[43] Despite the 103-win season for Oakland, they lost to the underdog Minnesota Twins in theALDS. The Angels beat the heavily favored New York Yankees, then beat the Twins, and then won the2002 World Series. During the2004 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.[44] Both teams were battling to secure the division championship. 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.[45] The Athletics lead the series 541–491, and the two teams have yet to meet in the postseason.
The City Series was the name of baseball games played between the Philadelphia Athletics and thePhiladelphia Phillies of theNational League, that ran from 1903 through 1955. After the A's move toKansas 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.[46]
The first City Series was held in 1883 between thePhillies and theAmerican AssociationPhiladelphia Athletics.[47] When the Athletics first joined theAmerican League, the two teams played each other in a spring and fall series. No City Series was held in 1901 and 1902 because of legal warring between the National League and American League.
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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 Athletics in 2020, but the ceremony was postponed until further notice, due to theCOVID-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.[48][49] 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.
On August 14, 2018, the team publicly announced the creation of a team Hall of Fame, complete with the first seven names to be inducted.[50] On September 5, the Athletics held a ceremony to induct seven members into the inaugural class. 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.[51] In August 2021, it was announced that playersSal 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.[52][53] The 2023 & 2024 classes were inducted in August of each respective year.[54][55]
| Bold | Member of theBaseball Hall of Fame |
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† | Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame as an Athletic |
| Bold | Recipient of the Hall of Fame'sFord 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 | — | Connie Mack† | Manager Owner | 1901–1950 1901–1954 |
| — | Eddie Collins | 2B | 1906–1914 1927–1930 | |
| — | Frank "Home Run" Baker† | 3B | 1908–1914 | |
| — | Charles "Chief" Bender† | P | 1903–1914 | |
| 2 | Mickey Cochrane | C | 1925–1933 | |
| 2, 3 | Jimmie Foxx | 1B | 1925–1935 | |
| 10 | Lefty Grove | P | 1925–1933 | |
| — | Eddie Plank† | P | 1901–1914 | |
| 6, 7, 28, 32 | Al Simmons† | LF Coach | 1924–1932 1940–1941, 1944 1940–1945 | |
| — | Rube Waddell† | P | 1902–1907 | |
| 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 |
| 26, 7, 4 | Bob Johnson | LF | 1933–1942 | |
| 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 | |
| 2024 | 33 | Jose Canseco | RF /DH | 1985–1992 1997 |
| 1 | Eddie Joost | SS Manager | 1947–1954 1954 | |
| 36 | Terry Steinbach | C | 1986–1996 | |
| 4 | Miguel Tejada | SS | 1997–2003 | |
| 23 | Dick Williams† | LF /3B Manager | 1959–1960 1971–1973 | |
| — | Bill King | Broadcaster | 1981–2005 | |
| 2025 | 52, 15 | Tim Hudson | P | 1999–2004 |
| 20 | Mark Mulder | P | 2000–2004 | |
| 53, 75 | Barry Zito | P | 2000–2006 | |
| — | Monte Moore | Broadcaster | 1962–1992 | |
17 members of the Athletics organization have been honored with induction into theBay 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 withSan Francisco Giants |
| 4, 6, 10, 14 | Sam Chapman | CF | 1938–1941 1945–1951 | Born and raised inTiburon, California |
| 43 | Dennis Eckersley | P | 1987–1995 | Grew up inFremont, California |
| 32, 34, 38 | Rollie Fingers | P | 1968–1976 | |
| — | Walter A. Haas, Jr. | Owner | 1981–1995 | Grew up in San Francisco, California, attendedUC Berkeley |
| 24 | Rickey Henderson | LF | 1979–1984 1989–1993 1994–1995 1998 | Raised inOakland, 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 withNew York Yankees, Born inBerkeley, California |
| 44 | Willie McCovey | 1B | 1976 | Elected mainly on his performance withSan Francisco Giants |
| 8 | Joe Morgan | 2B | 1984 | Elected mainly on his performance withCincinnati Reds, raised inOakland, California |
| 19 | Dave Righetti | P | 1994 | Born and raised inSan Jose, California |
| 34 | Dave Stewart | P | 1986–1992 1995 | Born and raised inOakland, California |
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), thePhiladelphia Phillies inducted one former Athletic (and one former Phillie) each year into the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame at the then-existingVeterans Stadium. 25 Athletics have been honored. In March 2004, after Veterans Stadium was replaced by the newCitizens Bank Park, the Athletics' plaques were relocated to the Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society inHatboro, Pennsylvania,[56][57][58] and a single plaque listing all of the A's inductees was attached to a statue ofConnie Mack that is located across the street from Citizens Bank Park.[59][60]
| Year | Year inducted |
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| Bold | Member of theBaseball Hall of Fame |
† | Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame as a member of the A's |
| Bold | Recipient of the Hall of Fame'sFord 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 |
| 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 withNew York Yankees |
| — | By Saam | Broadcaster | 1938–1954 | 2014 | |
| 4, 7, 26 | Bob Johnson | LF | 1933–1942 | 2017 | |
| — | Home Run Baker | 3B | 1908–1914 | 2019 | |
The records of the Athletics' last ten seasons inMajor League Baseball are listed below.
| Season | Wins | Losses | Win % | Place | Playoffs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | LostALWC vs.New York Yankees, 7–2 |
| 2019 | 97 | 65 | .599 | 2nd in AL West | LostALWC vs.Tampa Bay Rays, 5–1 |
| 2020 | 36 | 24 | .600 | 1st in AL West | LostALDS 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 | |
| 2024 | 69 | 93 | .426 | 4th in AL West | |
| 10-Year Record | 707 | 811 | .466 | — | — |
| All-Time Record | 9,329 | 9,859 | .486 | — | — |
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The Athleticsfarm system consists of sixminor league affiliates.[61]
As of the 2020 season, the Athletics have had 14 radio homes.[62] The Athletics'flagship radio station isKSTE[63] and the team has a free live 24/7 exclusive A's station branded asA's Cast to stream the radio broadcast within the Athletics market and other A's programming viaiHeartRadio.[64] Going into the 2020 season, the Athletics had a deal withTuneIn for A's Cast and no flagship radio station in the Bay Area; due to theCOVID-19 pandemic keeping fans from attending games, the team changed their plans and namedKNEW as flagship.[65] The announcing team featuresKen Korach andJohnny Doskow.
Television coverage is exclusively onNBC Sports California. Some A's games air on an alternate feed of NBCS, called NBCS Plus, if the main channel shows aSacramento Kings orSan Jose Sharks game at the same time. On TV,Jenny Cavnar coversplay-by-play, andDallas Braden providescolor commentary. Some games would featureChris Caray on play-by-play; Caray is a fourth-generation baseball announcer that included great-grandfatherHarry Caray, grandfatherSkip Caray, and fatherChip Caray.
How many big league teams do you know that wear green and yellow, the most fantastic color scheme in the world? Exactly: Only one.
To commemorate the club's inaugural season in our state's capital region, the A's will wear a newly designed sleeve patch featuring a depiction of the iconic Tower Bridge, which is located behind the ballpark in right field, as well as the word "Sacramento" in script, all in the team's classic green and gold color scheme.
Before Finley came on board, the then-Kansas City A's wore baseball's standard blue-and-red combination. In 1963, that all changed as Finley outfitted the team in glorious gold (Finley said it was the same shade the United States Naval Academy used) and kelly green for the very first time.
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| Preceded by | World Series champions Philadelphia Athletics 1910–1911 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | World Series champions Philadelphia Athletics 1913 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | World Series champions Philadelphia Athletics 1929–1930 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | World Series champions Oakland Athletics 1972–1974 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | World Series champions Oakland Athletics 1989 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | American League champions Philadelphia Athletics 1902 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | American League champions Philadelphia Athletics 1905 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | American League champions Philadelphia Athletics 1910–1911 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | American League champions Philadelphia Athletics 1913–1914 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | American League champions Philadelphia Athletics 1929–1931 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | American League champions Oakland Athletics 1972–1974 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | American League champions Oakland Athletics 1988–1990 | Succeeded by |
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