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Oakland Athletics
From BR Bullpen
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Previously known as Kansas City Athletics and Philadelphia Athletics Franchise Record: (through 2012) 8,438-8,908-87 Post Season Record: 80-72 World Series Titles: 9 (1910, 1911, 1913, 1929, 1930, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1989) American League Pennants: 15 (1902, 1905, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1988, 1989, 1990) Playoffs: 24 (1905, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1981, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, ALDS) Ballparks: Oakland Coliseum (April 17, 1968-) (48,219) Franchise Players: Eddie Collins, Eddie Plank, Chief Bender, Home Run Baker, Jimmie Foxx, Lefty Grove, Mickey Cochrane, Al Simmons, Reggie Jackson, Catfish Hunter, Rickey Henderson, Dennis Eckersley, Jose Canseco, Mark McGwire |
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[edit] Team History
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[edit] Further Reading
- Michael Lewis: Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, NY, 2003. ISBN 978-0393057652
- Bruce Markusen: Baseball's Last Dynasty: Charlie Finley's Oakland A's, Masters Press, Dallas, TX, 1998.
Sources:
- Peter Filichia: Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebrations of All 273 Major League and Negro League Ballparks Past and Present, Addison Wesley Publishing Company, March 1993
- John Thorn: Total Baseball, Total Sports Publishing, 1989, 1995.
- http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/51706640-79/overstock-coliseum-oakland-naming.html.csp
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