List of Oakland Athletics Opening Day starting pitchers
Opening Day results

List of Oakland Athletics Opening Day starting pitchers

Section Title: Opening Day results
Table Section Text: None

Season	Pitcher	Decision	Final score	Opponent	Location	Attendance	Ref.

1968	Catfish Hunter	L	1–3	Baltimore Orioles	Memorial Stadium	22,050

1969	Blue Moon Odom	W	5–2	Chicago White Sox	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	23,610

1970	Blue Moon Odom (2)	W	6–4	Kansas City Royals	Municipal Stadium	18,127

1971*	Vida Blue	L	0–8	Washington Senators	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium	45,061

1972***	Ken Holtzman	ND (W)	4–3	Minnesota Twins	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	9,912

1973***	Catfish Hunter (2)	L	3–8	Minnesota Twins	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	38,207

1974***	Catfish Hunter (3)	W	7–2	Oakland Athletics	Arlington Stadium	21,907

1975	Vida Blue (2)	W	3–2	Chicago White Sox	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	17,477

1976	Mike Torrez	W	5–2	California Angels	Angel Stadium	30,194

1977	Mike Torrez (2)	W	7–2	Minnesota Twins	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	12,562

1978	Rick Langford	L	0–1	California Angels	Angel Stadium	28,194

1979	Rick Langford (2)	L	3–5	Minnesota Twins	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	10,387

1980	Rick Langford (3)	ND (L)	7–9	Minnesota Twins	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	33,196

1981	Mike Norris	W	5–1	Minnesota Twins	Metropolitan Stadium	42,658

1982	Rick Langford (4)	ND (W)	3–2 (11)	California Angels	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	51,513

1983	Rick Langford (5)	L	5–3	Cleveland Indians	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	34,831

1984	Steve McCatty	ND (W)	6–5	Milwaukee Brewers	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	45,398

1985	Chris Codiroli	L	3–6	Seattle Mariners	Kingdome	37,161

1986	Chris Codiroli (2)	L	2–3	Cleveland Indians	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	44,726

1987	Curt Young	ND (L)	4–5	Minnesota Twins	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	43,548

1988**	Dave Stewart	W	4–1	Seattle Mariners	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	45,333

1989***	Dave Stewart (2)	W	3–2	Seattle Mariners	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	46,163

1990**	Dave Stewart (3)	W	8–3	Minnesota Twins	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	48,219

1991	Dave Stewart (4)	W	7–2	Minnesota Twins	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	44,373

1992*	Dave Stewart (5)	ND (W)	5–3	Kansas City Royals	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	44,078

1993	Bob Welch	W	9–4	Detroit Tigers	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	43,370

1994	Bobby Witt	ND (L)	7–11	Milwaukee Brewers	Milwaukee County Stadium	52,012

1995	Dave Stewart (6)	L	1–13	Toronto Blue Jays	SkyDome	50,426

1996	Carlos Reyes	L	6–9	Toronto Blue Jays	Cashman Field	7,294

1997	Ariel Prieto	ND (L)	7–9	Toronto Blue Jays	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	41,235

1998	Tom Candiotti	L	0–2	Boston Red Sox	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	36,915

1999	Gil Heredia	L	5–11	Detroit Tigers	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	46,650

2000*	Kevin Appier	ND (W)	5–3	New York Yankees	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	46,380

2001*	Tim Hudson	ND (L)	4–5	Seattle Mariners	Safeco Field	45,911

2002*	Mark Mulder	W	8–3	Texas Rangers	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	43,908

2003*	Tim Hudson (2)	W	5–0	Seattle Mariners	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	41,723

2004	Tim Hudson (3)	ND (W)	5–4	Texas Rangers	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	45,122

2005	Barry Zito	L	0–4	Baltimore Orioles	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	48,271

2006*	Barry Zito (2)	L	2–15	New York Yankees	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	35,077

2007	Dan Haren	L	0–4	Seattle Mariners	Safeco Field	46,003

2008	Joe Blanton	ND (L)	5–6	Boston Red Sox	Tokyo Dome	44,628

2009	Dallas Braden	L	0–3	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	Angel Stadium of Anaheim	43,220

2010	Ben Sheets	ND (L)	3–5	Seattle Mariners	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	30,686

2011	Trevor Cahill	ND (L)	2–6	Seattle Mariners	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	36,067

2012	Brandon McCarthy	ND (L)	1–3	Seattle Mariners	Tokyo Dome	44,227

2013	Brett Anderson	L	0–2	Seattle Mariners	O.co Coliseum	36,067

2014	Sonny Gray	ND (L)	0–2	Cleveland Indians	O.co Coliseum	36,067

2015	Sonny Gray (2)	W	8–0	Texas Rangers	O.co Coliseum	36,067

2016	Rich Hill	L	3–4	Chicago White Sox	Oakland Coliseum	35,067

2017	Kendall Graveman	W	4–2	Los Angeles Angels	Oakland Coliseum	36,067

2018	Kendall Graveman (2)	ND (W)	6–5	Los Angeles Angels	Oakland Coliseum	27,764

2019	Mike Fiers	L	6–9	Seattle Mariners	Tokyo Dome	45,787

Sentence(s)

At the 2008 Oakland Athletics Opening Day, at Tokyo Dome, there was a no decision for starter, Joe Blanton, which ended in an loss.

final_sentence: At the 2008 Oakland Athletics Opening Day, at Tokyo Dome, there was a no decision for starter, Joe Blanton, which ended in an loss.