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Revision as of 17 : 23, 26 August 2017 by NatureBoyMD ( talk contribs ) ( Beane as presbo in infobox ) ( diff ) ← Previous revision Latest revision ( diff ) Newer revision → ( diff ) Oakland Athletics 2017 Oakland Athletics season Established in 1901 Based in Oakland since 1968 Team logo Cap insignia Major league affiliations American League ( 1901 -- present ) West Division ( 1969 -- present ) Current uniform Retired numbers 9 24 27 34 43 A 's 42 Colors Green, gold, white Name Oakland Athletics ( 1968 -- present ) Kansas City Athletics ( 1955 -- 1967 ) Philadelphia Athletics ( 1901 -- 1954 ) Other nicknames The A 's, The Swingin ' A 's, The White Elephants, The Elephants, The Green and Gold Ballpark Oakland -- Alameda County Coliseum ( 1968 -- present ) Municipal Stadium ( Kansas City ) ( 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 ( 16 ) 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1981 1988 1989 1990 1992 2000 2002 2003 2006 2012 2013 Wild card berths ( 2 ) 2001 2014 Front office Owner ( s ) John J. Fisher Manager Bob Melvin General Manager David Forst President of Baseball Operations Billy Beane The Oakland Athletics ( often abbreviated to 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 club plays its home games at the Oakland -- Alameda County Coliseum. The club has won nine World Series championships, the third most of all current Major League Baseball teams. The 2017 season will be the team 's fiftieth in Oakland. One of the American League 's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Philadelphia, in 1901 as the Philadelphia Athletics. They won three World Series championships from 1910 to 1913 and two in a row in 1929 and 1930. The team 's owner and manager for its first 50 years was Connie Mack and 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. They won three World Championships in a row from 1972 to 1974, led by players including Catfish Hunter, Reggie Jackson, ace reliever Rollie Fingers, and colorful owner Charlie O. Finley. After being sold by Finley to Walter A. Haas Jr., the team 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. The book Moneyball and its film adaptation show how the A 's used evidence - based sabermetrics to compete despite their financial limitations around the turn of the millennium. Contents 1 History 1.1 Team name 1.2 Elephant mascot 2 Team uniform 3 Stadium 3.1 New stadium proposals 3.1. 1 Fremont 4 Rivals 4.1 San Francisco Giants 4.2 Historic rivalries 4.2. 1 Philadelphia Phillies 5 Achievements 5.1 Awards 5.2 Hall of Famers 5.3 Ford C. Frick Award recipients 5.4 Retired numbers 5.5 Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame 5.6 Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame 5.7 Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame 5.8 Team captains 6 Season - by - season records 7 Current roster 8 Minor league affiliations 9 Radio and television 10 In popular culture 11 See also 12 References 13 Further reading 14 External links History Main articles : History of the Philadelphia Athletics and History of the Oakland Athletics The history of the Athletics Major League Baseball franchise spans the period from 1901 to the present day, having begun in Philadelphia before moving to Kansas City in 1955 and then to its current home in Oakland, California, in 1968. 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. Team name The Athletics ' name originated in the term `` Athletic Club '' for local gentlemen 's clubs -- dates to 1860 when an amateur team, the Athletic ( Club ) of Philadelphia, was formed. ( A famous image from that era, published in Harper 's Weekly in 1866, shows the Athletic players dressed in uniforms displaying the familiar blackletter `` A '' on the front. ) The team later turned professional through 1875, becoming a charter member of the National League in 1876, but were expelled from the N.L. after one season. A later version of the Athletics played in the American Association from 1882 -- 1891. Elephant mascot After New York Giants manager John McGraw told reporters that Philadelphia manufacturer Benjamin Shibe, who owned the controlling interest in the new team, had a `` white elephant on his hands '', 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. McGraw and Mack had known each other for years, and McGraw accepted it graciously. By 1909, the A 's were wearing an elephant logo on their sweaters, and in 1918 it turned up on the regular uniform jersey for the first time. Over the years the elephant has appeared in several different colors. It is currently white. In 1963, when the A 's were located in Kansas City, then owner Charlie Finley changed the team mascot from an elephant to a Missouri mule. 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. ) 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. In 1997, he took his current form, Stomper. Team uniform Through the seasons, the Athletics ' uniforms have usually paid homage to their amateur forebears to some extent. Until 1954, when the uniforms had `` Athletics '' spelled out in script across the front, the team 's name never appeared on either home or road uniforms. Furthermore, neither `` Philadelphia '' nor the letter `` P '' ever appeared on the uniform or cap. The typical Philadelphia uniform had only a script `` A '' on the left front, and likewise the cap usually had the same `` A '' on it. In the early days of the American League, the standings listed the club as `` Athletic '' rather than `` Philadelphia '', in keeping with the old tradition. Eventually, the city name came to be used for the team, as with the other major league clubs. After buying the team in 1960, owner Charles O. Finley introduced new road uniforms with `` Kansas City '' printed on them, as well as an interlocking `` KC '' on the cap. Upon moving to Oakland, the `` A '' cap emblem was restored, although in 1970 an `` apostrophe - s '' was added to the cap and uniform emblem to reflect the fact that Finley was in the process of officially changing the team 's name to the `` A 's. '' The Athletics logo ( 1983 -- 1992 ) Also while in Kansas City, Finley changed the team 's colors from their traditional red, white and blue to what he termed `` Kelly Green, Wedding Gown White and Fort Knox Gold. '' It was also here that he began experimenting with dramatic uniforms to match these bright colors, such as gold sleeveless tops with green undershirts and gold pants. The innovative uniforms only increased after the team 's move to Oakland, which also came at the time of the introduction of polyester pullover uniforms. During their dynasty years in the 1970s, the A 's had dozens of uniform combinations with jerseys and pants in all three team colors, and in fact did not wear the traditional gray on the road, instead wearing green or gold, which helped to contribute to their nickname of `` The Swingin ' A 's. '' After the team 's sale to the Haas family, the team changed its primary color to a more subdued forest green and began a move back to more traditional uniforms. Justin Duchscherer pitched for the Oakland Athletics Currently, the team wears home uniforms with `` Athletics '' spelled out in script writing and road uniforms with `` Oakland '' spelled out in script writing, with the cap logo consisting of the traditional `` A '' with `` apostrophe - s. '' The home cap is green with a gold bill and white lettering, while the road cap, debuting in 2014, is all green with `` A 's '' in white with gold trim. Regardless of road or home games, the batting helmets used are green with gold brim. However, before 2009, when the black A 's helmets appeared, road helmets were green with green brim. From 1994 until 2013, the A 's wore green alternate jerseys with the word `` Athletics '' in gold. It was used on both road and home games. During the 2000s, the Athletics introduced black as one of their colors. They began wearing a black alternate jersey with `` Athletics '' written in green. After a brief discontinuance, the A 's brought back the black jersey, this time with `` Athletics '' written in white with gold highlights. Commercially popular but rarely chosen as the alternate by players, in 2011 they were replaced by a new gold alternate jersey with `` A 's '' in green on the left chest. With the exception of several road games during the 2011 season, the Athletics ' gold uniforms are used as the designated home alternates. A green version of their gold alternates was introduced for the 2014 season to replace their previous green alternates. The new green alternates feature the piping, `` A 's '' and lettering in white with gold trim. The nickname `` A 's '' has long been used interchangeably with `` Athletics '', dating to the team 's early days when headline writers wanted a way to shorten the name. From 1972 through 1980, the team nickname was officially `` Oakland A 's '', although, during that time, the Commissioner 's Trophy, given out annually to the winner of baseball 's World Series, still listed the team 's name as the `` Oakland Athletics '' on the gold - plated pennant representing the Oakland franchise. According to Bill Libby 's Book, Charlie O and the Angry A 's, owner Charlie O. Finley banned the word `` Athletics '' from the club 's name because he felt that name was too closely associated with former Philadelphia Athletics owner Connie Mack, and he wanted the name `` Oakland A 's '' to become just as closely associated with him. The name also vaguely suggested the name of the old minor league Oakland Oaks, which were alternatively called the `` Acorns. '' New owner Walter Haas restored the official name to `` Athletics '' in 1981, but retained the nickname `` A 's '' for marketing purposes. At first, the word `` Athletics '' was restored only to the club 's logo, underneath the much larger stylized - `` A '' that had come to represent the team since the early days. By 1987, however, the word returned, in script lettering, to the front of the team 's jerseys. The A 's are the only MLB team to wear white cleats, both at home and on the road, another tradition dating back to the Finley ownership. Stadium The Oakland Alameda Coliseum -- originally known as the Oakland -- Alameda County Coliseum, and later named as Network Associates, McAfee and Overstock.com Coliseum -- was built as a multi-purpose facility. Louisiana Superdome officials pursued negotiations with Athletics officials during the 1978 -- 79 baseball offseason about moving the Athletics to the Superdome in New Orleans. The Athletics were unable to break their lease at the Coliseum, and remained in Oakland. After the Oakland Raiders football team moved to Los Angeles in 1982, many improvements were made to what was suddenly a baseball - only facility. The 1994 movie Angels in the Outfield was filmed in part at the Coliseum, filling in for Anaheim Stadium. Then, in 1995, a deal was struck whereby the Raiders would move back to Oakland for the 1995 season. The agreement called for the expansion of the Coliseum to 63,026 seats. The bucolic view of the Oakland foothills that baseball spectators enjoyed was replaced with a jarring view of an outfield grandstand contemptuously referred to as `` Mount Davis '' after Raiders ' owner Al Davis. Because construction was not finished by the start of the 1996 season, the Athletics were forced to play their first six - game homestand at 9,300 - seat Cashman Field in Las Vegas. Although official capacity was stated to be 43,662 for baseball, seats were sometimes sold in Mount Davis as well, pushing `` real '' capacity to the area of 60,000. The ready availability of tickets on game day made season tickets a tough sell, while crowds as high as 30,000 often seemed sparse in such a venue. On December 21, 2005, the Athletics announced that seats in the Coliseum 's third deck would not be sold for the 2006 season, but would instead be covered with a tarp, and that tickets would no longer be sold in Mount Davis under any circumstances. That effectively reduced capacity to 34,077, making the Coliseum the smallest stadium in Major League Baseball. Beginning in 2008, sections 316 -- 318 were the only open third - deck sections 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 are the only remaining MLB team still sharing a stadium with an NFL team on a full - time basis. The Athletics ' Spring training facility is Hohokam Stadium, located in Mesa, Arizona. From 1982 to 2014, their spring training facility was Phoenix Municipal Stadium, located in Phoenix, Arizona. Previous spring - training sites since they moved to Oakland in 1968 were Yuma and Mesa, Arizona, as well as Las Vegas, Nevada, all in the 1970s. New stadium proposals Main article : Cisco Field Since the mid-2000s the A 's have been in talks with Oakland and other Northern California cities about building a new baseball - only stadium. One planned stadium, Cisco Field, was originally intended to be built in Fremont, California ( a location that has since been abandoned ). As it stands, there are no talks of moving the team to San Jose after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the Athletics move. Staying in Oakland The most recent stadium happenings includes a proposal to move out of the Coliseum and build a new A 's stadium on the waterfront at the Port of Oakland. The proposed site is located at Howard Terminal at the Port of Oakland by the Jack London Square District. The Howard Terminal site is just one of five listed in a 21 - page report that features at least 4 other sites in Oakland. Other sites being considered are the current Coliseum site and Peralta near Laney College. Team president Dave Kaval stated that the location should be announced by the end of 2017. Fremont After the city of Oakland failed to make any progress toward a stadium, the A 's began contemplating a move to the Warm Springs district of suburban Fremont. Fremont is about 25 miles south of Oakland ; many nearby residents are already a part of the current Athletics fanbase. On November 7, 2006, many media sources announced the Athletics would be leaving Oakland as early as 2010 for a new stadium in Fremont, confirmed the next day by the Fremont City Council. The plan was strongly supported by Fremont Mayor Bob Wasserman. The team would have played in what was planned to be called Cisco Field, a 32,000 - seat, baseball - only facility. The proposed ballpark would have been part of a larger `` ballpark village '' which would have included retail and residential development. On February 24, 2009, however, Lew Wolff released an open letter regarding the end of his efforts to relocate the A 's to Fremont, citing `` real and threatened '' delays to the project. 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 In 2009, the City of San Jose attempted open negotiations with the team regarding a move to the city. Although parcels of land south of Diridon Station would be acquired by the city as a stadium site, the San Francisco Giants ' claim on Santa Clara County as part of their home territory would have to be settled before any agreement could be made. By 2010, San Jose was `` aggressively wooing '' A 's owner Lew Wolff. Wolff referred to San Jose as the team 's `` best option '', but Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig said he would wait on a report on whether the team could move to the area because of the Giants conflict. In September 2010, 75 Silicon Valley CEOs drafted and signed a letter to Bud Selig urging a timely approval of the move to San Jose. In May 2011, San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed sent a letter to Bud Selig asking the commissioner for a timetable of when he might decide whether the A 's can pursue this new ballpark, but Selig did not respond. Selig addressed the San Jose issue via an online town hall forum held in July 2011, saying, `` Well, the latest is, I have a small committee who has really assessed that whole situation, Oakland, San Francisco, and it is complex. You talk about complex situations ; they have done a terrific job. I know there are some people who think it 's taken too long and I understand that. I 'm willing to accept that. But you make decisions like this ; I 've always said, you 'd better be careful. Better to get it done right than to get it done fast. But we 'll make a decision that 's based on logic and reason at the proper time. '' On June 18, 2013, the City of San Jose filed suit against Selig, seeking the court 's ruling that Major League Baseball may not prevent the Oakland A 's from moving to San Jose. Wolff criticized the lawsuit, stating he did not believe business disputes should be settled through legal action. 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 count that MLB illegally interfered with an option agreement between the city and the A 's for land. 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. On October 5, 2015 the United States Supreme Court rejected San Jose 's bid on the Athletics. Rivals San Francisco Giants See also : Bay Bridge Series The Bay Bridge Series is the name of a series games played between ( and the rivalry of ) the A 's and San Francisco Giants of the National League. The series takes its name from the San Francisco -- Oakland Bay Bridge which links the cities of Oakland and San Francisco. Although competitive, the regional rivalry between the A 's and Giants is considered a friendly one with mostly mutual companionship between the fans, as opposed to White Sox -- Cubs, or Yankees -- Mets games where animosity runs high. Hats displaying both teams on the cap are sold from vendors at the games, and once in a while the teams both dress in uniforms from a historic era of their franchises. The series is also occasionally referred to as the `` BART Series '' for the Bay Area Rapid Transit system that links Oakland to San Francisco. However, the name `` BART Series '' has never been popular beyond a small selection of history books and national broadcasters and has fallen out of favor. Bay Area locals almost exclusively refer to the rivalry as the `` Battle of the Bay ''. Originally, the term described a series of exhibition games played between the two clubs after the conclusion of spring training, immediately prior to the start of the regular season. It was first used to refer to the 1989 World Series in which the Athletics won their most recent championship and the first time both teams had met since they moved to the San Francisco Bay Area. Today, it also refers to games played between the teams during the regular season since the commencement of interleague play in 1997. Through the 2017 regular season, the A 's have won 59 games, and the Giants have won 55 contests : The A 's have held the head - to - head edge in this inter-league matchup for the past 12 years. The A 's also have edges on the Giants in terms of overall postseason appearances ( 18 - 11 ), division titles ( 16 - 8 ) 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. Historic rivalries Philadelphia Phillies See also : City Series ( Philadelphia ) The City Series was the name of a series of baseball games played between the Athletics and the Philadelphia Phillies of the National League that ran from 1903 through 1955. After the A 's move to Kansas City in 1955, the City Series rivalry came to an end. The teams have since faced each other in interleague play ( since its introduction in 1997 ) but the rivalry has effectively died in the intervening years since the A 's left Philadelphia. In 2014, when the A 's faced the Phillies in inter-league play at the Oakland Coliseum, the Athletics did n't 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. The first City Series was held in 1883 between the Phillies and the American Association Philadelphia Athletics. When the Athletics first joined the American League, the two teams played each other in a spring and fall series. No City Series was held in 1901 and 1902 due to legal warring between the National League and American League. Achievements Awards Main article : Oakland Athletics award winners and league leaders Catfish Hunter Award ( 2004 -- present ) Hall of Famers 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 Eddie Collins Jimmy Collins Stan Coveleski Elmer Flick Nellie Fox Jimmie Foxx Lefty Grove Waite Hoyt George Kell Nap Lajoie Connie Mack * Herb Pennock Eddie Plank * Al Simmons Tris Speaker Rube Waddell * Zack Wheat Kansas City Athletics Luke Appling Lou Boudreau Whitey Herzog Tommy Lasorda Satchel Paige Enos Slaughter Oakland Athletics Orlando Cepeda Dennis Eckersley Rollie Fingers Goose Gossage Rickey Henderson Catfish Hunter * * Reggie Jackson Tony La Russa Willie McCovey Joe Morgan Mike Piazza Tim Raines Don Sutton Frank Thomas Billy Williams Dick Williams Players and managers listed in bold are depicted on their Hall of Fame plaques wearing a Athletics cap insignia. * -- depicted on Hall of Fame plaque without a cap or cap insignia ; Hall of Fame recognizes Athletics as `` Primary Team '' * * -- Catfish Hunter could not decide between the Yankees and Athletics, and so opted to wear no insignia on his cap upon his induction. − inducted as player ; managed Athletics or was player - manager -- inducted as manager ; played for Athletics or was player - manager Ford C. frick award recipients Oakland Athletics Ford C. Frick Award recipients Affiliation according to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Harry Caray Herb Carneal Bill King By Saam Lon Simmons Names in bold received the award based primarily on their work as broadcasters for the Athletics. Retired numbers See also : List of Major League Baseball retired numbers The Athletics have retired six numbers, and honored one additional individual with the letter `` A ''. 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 Fame members 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. ) Reggie Jackson RF Retired May 22, 2004 Rickey Henderson LF Retired August 1, 2009 Catfish Hunter P Retired June 9, 1991 Rollie Fingers P Retired July 5, 1993 Dennis Eckersley P Retired August 13, 2005 Walter A. Haas, Jr. Owner Honored 1995 Jackie Robinson All MLB Retired April 15, 1997 Bay Area sports Hall of Fame 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. A 's in the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame No. Player Position Tenure Notes 12 Dusty Baker OF 1985 -- 1986 35 Vida Blue P 1969 -- 1977 19 Bert `` Campy '' Campaneris SS 1968 -- 1976 12 Orlando Cepeda 1B 1972 Elected mainly on his performance with San Francisco Giants 14 Sam Chapman CF 1938 -- 1941 1945 -- 1951 Born and raised in Tiburon, California 43 Dennis Eckersley P 1987 -- 1995 Grew up in Fremont 34 Rollie Fingers P 1968 -- 1976 -- Walter A. Haas, Jr. Owner 1981 -- 1995 Grew up in San Francisco, attended UC Berkeley 27 Catfish Hunter P 1968 -- 1974 9 Reggie Jackson RF 1968 -- 1975 1987 1 Eddie Joost SS Manager 1947 -- 1954 1954 Born and raised in San Francisco 10 Tony La Russa IF Manager 1963 1968 -- 1971 1986 -- 1995 1 Billy Martin Manager 1980 -- 1982 Elected mainly on his performance with New York Yankees, Born in Berkeley 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 19 Dave Righetti P 1994 Born and raised in San Jose 34 Dave Stewart P 1986 -- 1992 1995 Born and raised in Oakland Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame 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, 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. 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 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 8 Ferris Fain 1B 1947 -- 1952 1997 3 Jimmie Foxx 1B 1925 -- 1935 1979 10 Lefty Grove P 1925 -- 1933 1980 4 `` 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 27 Bing Miller RF 1922 -- 1926 1928 -- 1934 1998 2 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 30 Bobby Shantz P 1949 -- 1954 1994 7 Al Simmons LF Coach 1924 -- 1932 1940 -- 1941, 1944 1940 -- 1945 1981 38 Elmer Valo RF 1940 -- 1954 1990 -- Rube Waddell P 1902 -- 1907 1986 12 Rube Walberg P 1923 -- 1933 2002 6 Gus Zernial LF 1951 -- 1954 2001 Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame Main article : Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame A 's in the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame No. Name Position Tenure Inducted Notes -- Connie Mack Manager Owner 1901 -- 1950 1901 -- 1954 2004 3 Jimmie Foxx 1B 1925 -- 1935 2004 10 Lefty Grove P 1925 -- 1933 2005 7 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 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 Team captains 6 Sal Bando, 3B, 1969 -- 1976 Season - by - season records 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 2007 76 86. 469 3rd in AL West 2008 75 86. 466 3rd in AL West 2009 75 87. 463 4th in AL West 2010 81 81. 500 2nd in AL West 2011 74 88. 457 3rd in AL West 2012 94 68. 580 1st in AL West Lost ALDS vs. Detroit Tigers, 2 -- 3 2013 96 66. 593 1st in AL West Lost ALDS vs. Detroit Tigers, 2 -- 3 2014 88 74. 543 2nd in AL West Lost ALWC vs. Kansas City Royals, 8 -- 9 2015 68 94. 420 5th in AL West 2016 69 93. 426 5th in AL West 10 - Year Record 796 823. 492 -- -- All - Time Record 8,759 9,235. 487 -- -- Current roster See also : Oakland Athletics all - time roster Oakland Athletics roster Active roster Inactive roster Coaches / Other Pitchers Starting rotation 45 Jharel Cotton 48 Daniel Gossett 49 Kendall Graveman 55 Sean Manaea Bullpen 64 Michael Brady 46 Santiago Casilla 67 Simón Castro 35 Daniel Coulombe 66 Ryan Dull 44 Chris Hatcher 31 Liam Hendriks 56 Chris Smith 39 Blake Treinen Catchers 12 Dustin Garneau 13 Bruce Maxwell Infielders 20 Mark Canha 26 Matt Chapman 8 Jed Lowrie 18 Chad Pinder 10 Marcus Semien Outfielders 2 Khris Davis 23 Matt Joyce 28 Matt Olson 3 Boog Powell Designated hitters 25 Ryon Healy Pitchers 40 Chris Bassitt 58 Paul Blackburn 32 Jesse Hahn 33 Daniel Mengden -- Sam Moll 47 Frankie Montas 57 Josh Smith Catchers 19 Josh Phegley Infielders 1 Franklin Barreto -- Jorge Mateo 84 Yairo Muñoz 52 Joey Wendle Outfielders 38 Jaycob Brugman Designated hitters 22 Renato Núñez Manager 6 Bob Melvin Coaches 14 Mike Aldrete ( first base ) 41 Garvin Alston ( bullpen ) 51 Darren Bush ( hitting ) 90 Jeremy Dowdy ( bullpen catcher ) 65 Scott Emerson ( pitching ) 4 Chip Hale ( third base ) 59 Marcus Jensen ( assistant hitting / catching ) 7 Mark Kotsay ( bench ) 88 Philip Pohl ( bullpen catcher ) 60 - day disabled list -- Dustin Fowler 5 Jake Smolinski 60 Andrew Triggs 63 Bobby Wahl 25 active, 14 inactive 7 - or 10 - day disabled list Suspended list Personal leave Roster and coaches updated August 25, 2017 Transactions Depth chart → All MLB rosters Minor League affiliations Main article : List of Oakland Athletics minor league affiliates First Tennessee Park in Nashville, Tennessee, home of the Nashville Sounds, the Athletics ' Triple - A affiliate The Oakland Athletics farm system consists of seven minor league affiliates. Level Team League Location Triple - A Nashville Sounds Pacific Coast League Nashville, Tennessee Double - A Midland RockHounds Texas League Midland, Texas Class A-Advanced Stockton Ports California League Stockton, California Class A Beloit Snappers Midwest League Beloit, Wisconsin Class A Short Season Vermont Lake Monsters New York -- Penn League Burlington, Vermont Rookie AZL Athletics Arizona League Mesa, Arizona DSL Athletics Dominican Summer League Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic Radio and television See also : List of Oakland Athletics broadcasters As of 2011, the Athletics ' flagship radio station is KGMZ 95.7 FM. The current announcing team is Ken Korach and Vince Cotroneo. Television coverage is exclusively on 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 game at the same time. On TV, Glen Kuiper covers play - by - play, and Ray Fosse typically provides color commentary. Beginning in 2015, color commentary is provided during select games by Mark Mulder. Fosse also provides radio color commentary when Mulder is on TV or when the A 's are televised nationally on Fox or ESPN. Additionally, Fosse covers radio play by play duties during Spring training games. It was announced in February 2014 that Shooty Babitt would join Kuiper as the color commentator for 20 games in the 2014 season In popular culture The 2003 Michael Lewis book Moneyball chronicles the 2002 Oakland Athletics season, with a specific focus on Billy Beane 's economic approach to managing the organization under significant financial constraints. Beginning in June 2003, the book remained on The New York Times Best Seller list for 18 consecutive weeks, peaking at number 2. 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. See also Baseball portal California portal List of Oakland Athletics team records List of Oakland Athletics no - hitters List of Oakland Athletics owners and executives List of Oakland Athletics managers Oakland Athletics award winners and league leaders List of Oakland Athletics first - round draft picks List of Oakland Athletics Opening Day starting pitchers References Jump up ^ Boxscore from Baseball-Reference.com `` Wednesday, April 17, 1968, 7 : 46PM, Oakland -- Alameda County Coliseum '' Jump up ^ `` Logos and Mascots ''. MLB.com. Retrieved September 26, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Mascots you do n't see on sports sidelines ''. May 22, 2007. Jump up ^ `` Stomper 's Place ''. Oakland Athletics. Jump up ^ United Press International ( January 30, 1979 ). `` Yankees, Twins still dickering ''. 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Answer: Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum