| Postseason: |
Won World Series (4-3) over Cincinnati Reds Won AL Championship Series (3-2) over Detroit Tigers |

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| Season Summary | 93-62, Final Rank:1, GB: 0.0 | |
| Days in First | 109 | last on Wednesday, Oct 4, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 133 | last on Oct 4, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | 8.5 | last on Wednesday, Jul 19, for days on which they played |
| Farthest Behind | 2.5 | last on Sunday, May 14, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 31 | last on Wednesday, Oct 4 |
| Most Games under .500 | never | |
| Longest Winning Streak | 8 | Saturday, Jun 3 to Saturday, Jun 10 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 4 | Sunday, Jun 11 to Wednesday, Jun 14 and Sunday, Aug 6 to Wednesday, Aug 9 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 16 | Friday, May 19 |
| Most Runs Scored | 12 | Friday, Sep 15 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 19 | Thursday, Aug 10 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 8 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 23 | |
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| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
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| 1 | 1 | Saturday, Apr 15 | boxscore | OAK | MIN | W | 4 | 3 | 11 | 1-0 | 1 | Tied | Locker | LaRoche | 2:32 | 9,912 | + | ||
| 2 | 2 | Sunday, Apr 16 | boxscore | OAK | MIN | L | 2 | 3 | 1-1 | 2 | 1.5 | Corbin | Hunter | Granger | 2:22 | 9,051 | - | ||
| 3 | 3 | Tuesday, Apr 18 | boxscore | OAK | KCR | W | 3 | 2 | 2-1 | 2 | 0.5 | McLain | Hedlund | Fingers | 2:18 | 4,494 | + | ||
| 4 | 4 | Wednesday, Apr 19 | boxscore | OAK | KCR | W | 4 | 0 | 3-1 | 1 | up 1.5 | Holtzman | Drago | 2:08 | 0 | ++ | |||
| 5 | 5 | Wednesday, Apr 19 | boxscore | OAK | KCR | W | 3 | 1 | 4-1 | 1 | up 1.5 | Locker | Dal Canton | Fingers | 2:34 | 5,671 | +++ | ||
| 6 | 6 | Sunday, Apr 23 | boxscore | OAK | @ | MIN | L | 4 | 8 | 4-2 | 1 | Tied | Blyleven | Holtzman | 2:02 | 17,876 | - | ||
| 7 | 7 | Tuesday, Apr 25 | boxscore | OAK | @ | NYY | W | 4 | 3 | 12 | 5-2 | 1 | Tied | Fingers | McDaniel | Locker | 2:48 | 8,334 | + |
| 8 | 8 | Wednesday, Apr 26 | boxscore | OAK | @ | NYY | L | 2 | 4 | 5-3 | 3 | 1.0 | Kekich | McLain | Beene | 2:37 | 6,193 | - | |
| 9 | 9 | Friday, Apr 28 | boxscore | OAK | @ | MIL | W | 5 | 1 | 6-3 | 2 | 0.5 | Holtzman | Slaton | 2:29 | 5,616 | + | ||
| 10 | 10 | Saturday, Apr 29 | boxscore | OAK | @ | MIL | W | 2 | 1 | 7-3 | 2 | 0.5 | Hunter | Lockwood | Fingers | 2:27 | 6,119 | ++ | |
| 11 | 11 | Sunday, Apr 30 | boxscore | OAK | @ | MIL | L | 1 | 3 | 7-4 | 2 | 1.0 | Brett | McLain | Sanders | 2:19 | 6,714 | - | |
| 12 | 12 | Friday, May 5 | boxscore | OAK | NYY | W | 3 | 1 | 8-4 | 2 | 1.5 | Holtzman | Peterson | 1:47 | 6,398 | + | |||
| 13 | 13 | Saturday, May 6 | boxscore | OAK | NYY | W | 4 | 1 | 9-4 | 2 | 1.5 | Hunter | Kekich | Locker | 2:12 | 12,937 | ++ | ||
| 14 | 14 | Sunday, May 7 | boxscore | OAK | NYY | W | 7 | 5 | 10-4 | 2 | 1.5 | Horlen | Kline | Knowles | 2:23 | 12,347 | +++ | ||
| 15 | 15 | Tuesday, May 9 | boxscore | OAK | MIL | W | 10 | 2 | 11-4 | 2 | 0.5 | Holtzman | Slaton | 1:57 | 0 | ++++ | |||
| 16 | 16 | Tuesday, May 9 | boxscore | OAK | MIL | W | 3 | 0 | 12-4 | 2 | 0.5 | Odom | Lockwood | Fingers | 2:23 | 12,552 | +++++ | ||
| 17 | 17 | Wednesday, May 10 | boxscore | OAK | MIL | L | 0 | 4 | 12-5 | 2 | 1.5 | Brett | Hunter | 1:48 | 3,079 | - | |||
| 18 | 18 | Friday, May 12 | boxscore | OAK | BOS | L | 6 | 7 | 12 | 12-6 | 2 | 1.5 | Lee | Fingers | Tatum | 2:54 | 8,147 | -- | |
| 19 | 19 | Saturday, May 13 | boxscore | OAK | BOS | L | 6 | 9 | 12-7 | 2 | 2.5 | Peters | Holtzman | 2:38 | 20,567 | --- | |||
| 20 | 20 | Sunday, May 14 | boxscore | OAK | BOS | W | 6 | 5 | 13-7 | 2 | 2.5 | Locker | Tatum | 2:24 | 9,734 | + | |||
| 21 | 21 | Monday, May 15 | boxscore | OAK | @ | CAL | W | 2 | 1 | 14-7 | 2 | 1.5 | Odom | Ryan | 2:12 | 6,596 | ++ | ||
| 22 | 22 | Tuesday, May 16 | boxscore | OAK | @ | CAL | L | 2 | 4 | 14-8 | 2 | 1.5 | Clark | Segui | Allen | 2:34 | 5,033 | - | |
| 23 | 23 | Wednesday, May 17 | boxscore | OAK | @ | CAL | W | 4 | 0 | 15-8 | 2 | 1.5 | Holtzman | May | 2:01 | 5,118 | + | ||
| 24 | 24 | Thursday, May 18 | boxscore | OAK | @ | CAL | L | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15-9 | 2 | 2.0 | Barber | Shaw | 2:59 | 5,035 | - | |
| 25 | 25 | Friday, May 19 | boxscore | OAK | @ | KCR | L | 1 | 16 | 15-10 | 3 | 2.0 | Splittorff | Odom | 2:41 | 11,364 | -- | ||
| 26 | 26 | Saturday, May 20 | boxscore | OAK | @ | KCR | W | 8 | 5 | 16-10 | 3 | 1.0 | Fingers | Fitzmorris | 2:53 | 9,559 | + | ||
| 27 | 27 | Sunday, May 21 | boxscore | OAK | @ | KCR | W | 5 | 2 | 17-10 | 2 | 0.5 | Holtzman | Hedlund | Locker | 2:47 | 20,625 | ++ | |
| 28 | 28 | Monday, May 22 | boxscore | OAK | CAL | W | 6 | 3 | 18-10 | 2 | 0.5 | Hunter | Ryan | 2:40 | 14,383 | +++ | |||
| 29 | 29 | Tuesday, May 23 | boxscore | OAK | CAL | W | 3 | 2 | 19-10 | 2 | 0.5 | Fingers | Fisher | 2:05 | 2,860 | ++++ | |||
| 30 | 30 | Wednesday, May 24 | boxscore | OAK | CAL | L | 5 | 6 | 19-11 | 2 | 1.5 | Rose | Blue | Barber | 2:37 | 3,042 | - | ||
| 31 | 31 | Friday, May 26 | boxscore | OAK | CHW | W | 4 | 2 | 20-11 | 2 | 0.5 | Holtzman | Wood | 2:03 | 6,666 | + | |||
| 32 | 32 | Saturday, May 27 | boxscore | OAK | CHW | W | 6 | 3 | 21-11 | 1 | up 0.5 | Hunter | Bahnsen | 2:35 | 37,444 | ++ | |||
| 33 | 33 | Sunday, May 28 | boxscore | OAK | CHW | W | 5 | 4 | 10 | 22-11 | 1 | up 1.0 | Fingers | Kealey | 3:01 | 32,602 | +++ | ||
| 34 | 34 | Monday, May 29 | boxscore | OAK | @ | TEX | W | 4 | 1 | 23-11 | 1 | up 2.0 | Horlen | Broberg | 2:14 | 0 | ++++ | ||
| 35 | 35 | Monday, May 29 | boxscore | OAK | @ | TEX | W | 7 | 1 | 24-11 | 1 | up 2.0 | Hamilton | Shellenback | Fingers | 2:17 | 16,207 | +++++ | |
| 36 | 36 | Tuesday, May 30 | boxscore | OAK | @ | TEX | L | 2 | 3 | 24-12 | 1 | up 1.0 | Hand | Holtzman | Pina | 2:11 | 6,875 | - | |
| 37 | 37 | Wednesday, May 31 | boxscore | OAK | @ | TEX | W | 5 | 1 | 25-12 | 1 | up 1.0 | Hunter | Bosman | 2:35 | 12,251 | + | ||
| 38 | 38 | Friday, Jun 2 | boxscore | OAK | @ | BAL | L | 1 | 5 | 25-13 | 1 | up 1.5 | Palmer | Blue | 2:19 | 32,278 | - | ||
| 39 | 39 | Saturday, Jun 3 | boxscore | OAK | @ | BAL | W | 4 | 2 | 26-13 | 1 | up 2.5 | Holtzman | Dobson | 2:15 | 8,498 | + | ||
| 40 | 40 | Sunday, Jun 4 | boxscore | OAK | @ | BAL | W | 2 | 0 | 27-13 | 1 | up 3.5 | Hunter | Cuellar | 1:55 | 0 | ++ | ||
| 41 | 41 | Sunday, Jun 4 | boxscore | OAK | @ | BAL | W | 2 | 0 | 28-13 | 1 | up 3.5 | Hamilton | Alexander | Knowles | 2:11 | 22,381 | +++ | |
| 42 | 42 | Monday, Jun 5 | boxscore | OAK | @ | CLE | W | 3 | 2 | 10 | 29-13 | 1 | up 4.0 | Odom | Perry | Knowles | 2:25 | 7,863 | ++++ |
| 43 | 43 | Tuesday, Jun 6 | boxscore | OAK | @ | CLE | W | 7 | 2 | 30-13 | 1 | up 4.0 | Fingers | Mingori | Locker | 2:35 | 9,424 | +++++ | |
| 44 | 44 | Wednesday, Jun 7 | boxscore | OAK | @ | CLE | W | 10 | 4 | 31-13 | 1 | up 5.0 | Holtzman | Tidrow | 2:46 | 4,720 | ++++++ | ||
| 45 | 45 | Friday, Jun 9 | boxscore | OAK | @ | DET | W | 10 | 5 | 32-13 | 1 | up 5.0 | Knowles | Seelbach | Fingers | 2:56 | 34,953 | +++++++ | |
| 46 | 46 | Saturday, Jun 10 | boxscore | OAK | @ | DET | W | 5 | 2 | 33-13 | 1 | up 5.0 | Hamilton | Lolich | Locker | 2:22 | 32,079 | ++++++++ | |
| 47 | 47 | Sunday, Jun 11 | boxscore | OAK | @ | DET | L | 2 | 3 | 33-14 | 1 | up 3.5 | Seelbach | Holtzman | 2:12 | 40,411 | - | ||
| 48 | 48 | Monday, Jun 12 | boxscore | OAK | BAL | L | 0 | 1 | 33-15 | 1 | up 3.0 | Dobson | Blue | 2:18 | 50,182 | -- | |||
| 49 | 49 | Tuesday, Jun 13 | boxscore | OAK | BAL | L | 1 | 5 | 33-16 | 1 | up 2.0 | Cuellar | Odom | 2:11 | 6,894 | --- | |||
| 50 | 50 | Wednesday, Jun 14 | boxscore | OAK | BAL | L | 1 | 2 | 10 | 33-17 | 1 | up 2.0 | McNally | Hunter | 2:02 | 6,296 | ---- | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Friday, Jun 16 | boxscore | OAK | CLE | W | 5 | 0 | 34-17 | 1 | up 3.0 | Holtzman | Tidrow | 2:09 | 6,298 | + | |||
| 52 | 52 | Saturday, Jun 17 | boxscore | OAK | CLE | W | 3 | 2 | 35-17 | 1 | up 3.5 | Hamilton | Perry | Knowles | 2:16 | 28,934 | ++ | ||
| 53 | 53 | Sunday, Jun 18 | boxscore | OAK | CLE | W | 9 | 0 | 36-17 | 1 | up 3.5 | Blue | Wilcox | 2:41 | 26,210 | +++ | |||
| 54 | 54 | Monday, Jun 19 | boxscore | OAK | DET | W | 7 | 4 | 37-17 | 1 | up 4.0 | Locker | Seelbach | 2:46 | 29,521 | ++++ | |||
| 55 | 55 | Tuesday, Jun 20 | boxscore | OAK | DET | W | 3 | 2 | 11 | 38-17 | 1 | up 5.0 | Hunter | Seelbach | 2:44 | 6,617 | +++++ | ||
| 56 | 56 | Wednesday, Jun 21 | boxscore | OAK | DET | L | 2 | 5 | 38-18 | 1 | up 4.0 | Timmermann | Holtzman | 2:18 | 7,852 | - | |||
| 57 | 57 | Friday, Jun 23 | boxscore | OAK | CAL | L | 1 | 2 | 38-19 | 1 | up 3.5 | Ryan | Hamilton | 1:59 | 5,335 | -- | |||
| 58 | 58 | Saturday, Jun 24 | boxscore | OAK | CAL | L | 1 | 3 | 38-20 | 1 | up 3.5 | Wright | Blue | 2:22 | 8,511 | --- | |||
| 59 | 59 | Sunday, Jun 25 | boxscore | OAK | CAL | W | 6 | 1 | 39-20 | 1 | up 4.0 | Hunter | May | 2:37 | 0 | + | |||
| 60 | 60 | Sunday, Jun 25 | boxscore | OAK | CAL | W | 6 | 0 | 40-20 | 1 | up 4.0 | Odom | Clark | Knowles | 2:36 | 19,915 | ++ | ||
| 61 | 61 | Monday, Jun 26 | boxscore | OAK | @ | TEX | W | 3 | 0 | 41-20 | 1 | up 5.0 | Holtzman | Lindblad | Knowles | 2:28 | 14,243 | +++ | |
| 62 | 62 | Tuesday, Jun 27 | boxscore | OAK | @ | TEX | W | 9 | 3 | 42-20 | 1 | up 6.0 | Hamilton | Bosman | Fingers | 2:21 | 3,884 | ++++ | |
| 63 | 63 | Wednesday, Jun 28 | boxscore | OAK | @ | CHW | L | 4 | 6 | 42-21 | 1 | up 5.0 | Forster | Locker | 2:45 | 24,503 | - | ||
| 64 | 64 | Thursday, Jun 29 | boxscore | OAK | @ | CHW | L | 0 | 4 | 42-22 | 1 | up 5.0 | Wood | Hunter | 1:55 | 0 | -- | ||
| 65 | 65 | Thursday, Jun 29 | boxscore | OAK | @ | CHW | W | 3 | 1 | 43-22 | 1 | up 5.0 | Odom | Bradley | Fingers | 2:31 | 33,456 | + | |
| 66 | 66 | Friday, Jun 30 | boxscore | OAK | @ | CHW | L | 5 | 6 | 11 | 43-23 | 1 | up 4.0 | Acosta | Fingers | 3:39 | 30,906 | - | |
| 67 | 67 | Saturday, Jul 1 | boxscore | OAK | @ | CAL | L | 3 | 5 | 43-24 | 1 | up 3.0 | Ryan | Hamilton | 2:07 | 11,947 | -- | ||
| 68 | 68 | Sunday, Jul 2 | boxscore | OAK | @ | CAL | W | 3 | 1 | 44-24 | 1 | up 3.5 | Blue | Wright | 2:24 | 12,431 | + | ||
| 69 | 69 | Monday, Jul 3 | boxscore | OAK | @ | CAL | W | 5 | 0 | 45-24 | 1 | up 4.0 | Hunter | May | 2:02 | 8,217 | ++ | ||
| 70 | 70 | Tuesday, Jul 4 | boxscore | OAK | NYY | W | 4 | 2 | 46-24 | 1 | up 5.0 | Odom | Stottlemyre | Knowles | 2:09 | 37,461 | +++ | ||
| 71 | 71 | Wednesday, Jul 5 | boxscore | OAK | NYY | L | 1 | 4 | 46-25 | 1 | up 5.0 | Kline | Holtzman | 1:52 | 5,022 | - | |||
| 72 | 72 | Thursday, Jul 6 | boxscore | OAK | NYY | L | 2 | 6 | 46-26 | 1 | up 5.0 | Kekich | Hamilton | Lyle | 2:34 | 4,976 | -- | ||
| 73 | 73 | Friday, Jul 7 | boxscore | OAK | MIL | L | 4 | 9 | 46-27 | 1 | up 5.0 | Brett | Blue | Sanders | 2:26 | 6,348 | --- | ||
| 74 | 74 | Saturday, Jul 8 | boxscore | OAK | MIL | W | 7 | 0 | 47-27 | 1 | up 5.0 | Hunter | Ryerson | 2:04 | 7,087 | + | |||
| 75 | 75 | Sunday, Jul 9 | boxscore | OAK | MIL | W | 3 | 1 | 48-27 | 1 | up 5.5 | Odom | Lonborg | Fingers | 1:45 | 9,056 | ++ | ||
| 76 | 76 | Monday, Jul 10 | boxscore | OAK | BOS | L | 2 | 4 | 48-28 | 1 | up 5.5 | McGlothen | Holtzman | Tiant | 2:23 | 29,943 | - | ||
| 77 | 77 | Tuesday, Jul 11 | boxscore | OAK | BOS | L | 0 | 4 | 48-29 | 1 | up 4.5 | Pattin | Horlen | 2:14 | 5,539 | -- | |||
| 78 | 78 | Wednesday, Jul 12 | boxscore | OAK | BOS | L | 6 | 7 | 48-30 | 1 | up 3.5 | Lee | Fingers | Newhauser | 3:06 | 5,654 | --- | ||
| 79 | 79 | Friday, Jul 14 | boxscore | OAK | @ | NYY | W | 9 | 3 | 49-30 | 1 | up 5.5 | Hunter | Kline | 2:20 | 0 | + | ||
| 80 | 80 | Friday, Jul 14 | boxscore | OAK | @ | NYY | W | 1 | 0 | 50-30 | 1 | up 5.5 | Odom | Kekich | Knowles | 2:37 | 25,798 | ++ | |
| 81 | 81 | Saturday, Jul 15 | boxscore | OAK | @ | NYY | W | 6 | 2 | 51-30 | 1 | up 6.5 | Holtzman | Peterson | Fingers | 2:29 | 10,400 | +++ | |
| 82 | 82 | Sunday, Jul 16 | boxscore | OAK | @ | NYY | W | 5 | 2 | 52-30 | 1 | up 7.5 | Hamilton | Stottlemyre | Locker | 2:36 | 21,006 | ++++ | |
| 83 | 83 | Tuesday, Jul 18 | boxscore | OAK | @ | MIL | W | 4 | 0 | 53-30 | 1 | up 8.5 | Hunter | Stephenson | 2:12 | 0 | +++++ | ||
| 84 | 84 | Tuesday, Jul 18 | boxscore | OAK | @ | MIL | L | 4 | 7 | 53-31 | 1 | up 8.5 | Lonborg | Horlen | Linzy | 2:01 | 10,185 | - | |
| 85 | 85 | Wednesday, Jul 19 | boxscore | OAK | @ | MIL | W | 9 | 6 | 54-31 | 1 | up 8.5 | Odom | Bell | Fingers | 2:43 | 5,358 | + | |
| 86 | 86 | Thursday, Jul 20 | boxscore | OAK | @ | BOS | L | 1 | 2 | 54-32 | 1 | up 7.5 | Pattin | Holtzman | 2:21 | 0 | - | ||
| 87 | 87 | Thursday, Jul 20 | boxscore | OAK | @ | BOS | L | 3 | 4 | 11 | 54-33 | 1 | up 7.5 | Newhauser | Knowles | 2:56 | 33,657 | -- | |
| 88 | 88 | Friday, Jul 21 | boxscore | OAK | @ | BOS | L | 4 | 5 | 14 | 54-34 | 1 | up 7.5 | Newhauser | Waslewski | 4:19 | 27,465 | --- | |
| 89 | 89 | Saturday, Jul 22 | boxscore | OAK | @ | BOS | W | 5 | 3 | 55-34 | 1 | up 7.0 | Knowles | Peters | Fingers | 2:42 | 26,067 | + | |
| 90 | 90 | Saturday, Jul 22 | boxscore | OAK | @ | BOS | L | 0 | 3 | 55-35 | 1 | up 7.0 | Siebert | Horlen | 2:15 | 33,279 | - | ||
| 91 | 91 | Sunday, Jul 23 | boxscore | OAK | @ | BOS | W | 6 | 3 | 56-35 | 1 | up 6.5 | Holtzman | McGlothen | Fingers | 2:29 | 28,481 | + | |
| 92 | 92 | Thursday, Jul 27 | boxscore | OAK | MIN | W | 4 | 3 | 57-35 | 1 | up 7.0 | Blue | Blyleven | Fingers | 2:11 | 9,936 | ++ | ||
| 93 | 93 | Friday, Jul 28 | boxscore | OAK | MIN | L | 3 | 4 | 57-36 | 1 | up 6.0 | Woodson | Holtzman | LaRoche | 2:36 | 10,141 | - | ||
| 94 | 94 | Saturday, Jul 29 | boxscore | OAK | MIN | W | 7 | 2 | 58-36 | 1 | up 6.0 | Hunter | Corbin | 2:12 | 16,606 | + | |||
| 95 | 95 | Sunday, Jul 30 | boxscore | OAK | TEX | L | 1 | 2 | 58-37 | 1 | up 5.5 | Lindblad | Odom | 2:32 | 0 | - | |||
| 96 | 96 | Sunday, Jul 30 | boxscore | OAK | TEX | L | 2 | 4 | 58-38 | 1 | up 5.5 | Stanhouse | Hamilton | Pina | 2:25 | 22,502 | -- | ||
| 97 | 97 | Monday, Jul 31 | boxscore | OAK | TEX | W | 2 | 0 | 59-38 | 1 | up 5.5 | Blue | Hand | 1:52 | 19,423 | + | |||
| 98 | 98 | Tuesday, Aug 1 | boxscore | OAK | KCR | W | 4 | 0 | 60-38 | 1 | up 6.0 | Holtzman | Splittorff | 1:59 | 4,216 | ++ | |||
| 99 | 99 | Wednesday, Aug 2 | boxscore | OAK | KCR | W | 5 | 0 | 61-38 | 1 | up 6.0 | Hunter | Drago | 2:10 | 4,664 | +++ | |||
| 100 | 100 | Friday, Aug 4 | boxscore | OAK | @ | MIN | L | 4 | 5 | 61-39 | 1 | up 4.5 | Blyleven | Odom | Granger | 2:15 | 24,395 | - | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Saturday, Aug 5 | boxscore | OAK | @ | MIN | L | 0 | 4 | 61-40 | 1 | up 4.5 | Woodson | Blue | 2:11 | 33,161 | -- | ||
| 102 | 102 | Sunday, Aug 6 | boxscore | OAK | @ | MIN | W | 6 | 3 | 13 | 62-40 | 1 | up 3.5 | Knowles | Granger | Locker | 3:31 | 0 | + |
| 103 | 103 | Sunday, Aug 6 | boxscore | OAK | @ | MIN | L | 1 | 5 | 62-41 | 1 | up 3.5 | Goltz | Hamilton | 2:10 | 33,571 | - | ||
| 104 | 104 | Monday, Aug 7 | boxscore | OAK | @ | KCR | L | 2 | 4 | 62-42 | 1 | up 3.0 | Drago | Hunter | 2:23 | 11,335 | -- | ||
| 105 | 105 | Tuesday, Aug 8 | boxscore | OAK | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 4 | 62-43 | 1 | up 2.0 | Abernathy | Fingers | 2:43 | 13,386 | --- | ||
| 106 | 106 | Wednesday, Aug 9 | boxscore | OAK | @ | KCR | L | 2 | 5 | 62-44 | 1 | up 1.0 | Hedlund | Blue | Abernathy | 2:30 | 17,877 | ---- | |
| 107 | 107 | Thursday, Aug 10 | boxscore | OAK | CHW | W | 5 | 3 | 19 | 63-44 | 1 | up 2.0 | Hunter | Bahnsen | 5:31 | 11,818 | + | ||
| 108 | 108 | Friday, Aug 11 | boxscore | OAK | CHW | L | 0 | 1 | 63-45 | 1 | up 1.0 | Lemonds | Hunter | Acosta | 2:01 | 16,065 | - | ||
| 109 | 109 | Saturday, Aug 12 | boxscore | OAK | CHW | L | 1 | 3 | 11 | 63-46 | 1 | Tied | Wood | Fingers | 2:45 | 23,332 | -- | ||
| 110 | 110 | Sunday, Aug 13 | boxscore | OAK | CHW | W | 3 | 0 | 64-46 | 1 | up 1.0 | Blue | Bahnsen | 2:06 | 24,288 | + | |||
| 111 | 111 | Monday, Aug 14 | boxscore | OAK | @ | BAL | W | 5 | 2 | 65-46 | 1 | up 1.5 | Fingers | Palmer | 2:19 | 16,205 | ++ | ||
| 112 | 112 | Wednesday, Aug 16 | boxscore | OAK | @ | BAL | W | 4 | 3 | 66-46 | 1 | up 1.0 | Locker | Alexander | Horlen | 2:36 | 18,781 | +++ | |
| 113 | 113 | Friday, Aug 18 | boxscore | OAK | @ | CLE | W | 8 | 0 | 67-46 | 1 | up 0.5 | Odom | Perry | 2:28 | 18,252 | ++++ | ||
| 114 | 114 | Saturday, Aug 19 | boxscore | OAK | @ | CLE | L | 4 | 5 | 67-47 | 1 | up 0.5 | Lamb | Waslewski | Hennigan | 2:43 | 12,830 | - | |
| 115 | 115 | Sunday, Aug 20 | boxscore | OAK | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 3 | 67-48 | 1 | Tied | Tidrow | Holtzman | 2:15 | 12,818 | -- | ||
| 116 | 116 | Monday, Aug 21 | boxscore | OAK | @ | DET | W | 5 | 1 | 68-48 | 1 | up 0.5 | Hunter | Fryman | Fingers | 2:35 | 43,439 | + | |
| 117 | 117 | Tuesday, Aug 22 | boxscore | OAK | @ | DET | W | 6 | 3 | 69-48 | 1 | up 0.5 | Odom | Lolich | Knowles | 2:41 | 30,490 | ++ | |
| 118 | 118 | Wednesday, Aug 23 | boxscore | OAK | @ | DET | L | 5 | 7 | 69-49 | 2 | 0.5 | Coleman | Holtzman | Seelbach | 2:28 | 26,618 | - | |
| 119 | 119 | Friday, Aug 25 | boxscore | OAK | BAL | L | 3 | 5 | 69-50 | 2 | 1.0 | Cuellar | Hunter | Watt | 2:09 | 14,834 | -- | ||
| 120 | 120 | Saturday, Aug 26 | boxscore | OAK | BAL | L | 1 | 5 | 69-51 | 2 | 1.5 | Dobson | Fingers | Jackson | 2:20 | 14,698 | --- | ||
| 121 | 121 | Sunday, Aug 27 | boxscore | OAK | BAL | W | 2 | 1 | 70-51 | 2 | 0.5 | Fingers | McNally | Locker | 2:09 | 16,749 | + | ||
| 122 | 122 | Monday, Aug 28 | boxscore | OAK | CLE | W | 5 | 4 | 71-51 | 2 | 0.5 | Knowles | Dunning | Fingers | 2:28 | 27,072 | ++ | ||
| 123 | 123 | Tuesday, Aug 29 | boxscore | OAK | CLE | W | 1 | 0 | 72-51 | 1 | up 0.5 | Hunter | Tidrow | Knowles | 2:07 | 15,135 | +++ | ||
| 124 | 124 | Wednesday, Aug 30 | boxscore | OAK | CLE | W | 2 | 0 | 73-51 | 1 | up 1.5 | Odom | Perry | Fingers | 2:19 | 5,201 | ++++ | ||
| 125 | 125 | Friday, Sep 1 | boxscore | OAK | DET | W | 4 | 1 | 74-51 | 1 | up 2.5 | Holtzman | Coleman | Fingers | 1:56 | 7,776 | +++++ | ||
| 126 | 126 | Saturday, Sep 2 | boxscore | OAK | DET | L | 1 | 3 | 11 | 74-52 | 1 | up 2.5 | Scherman | Hamilton | Zachary | 3:17 | 12,684 | - | |
| 127 | 127 | Sunday, Sep 3 | boxscore | OAK | DET | W | 3 | 1 | 75-52 | 1 | up 2.5 | Hunter | Slayback | 2:09 | 11,133 | + | |||
| 128 | 128 | Monday, Sep 4 | boxscore | OAK | CAL | W | 10 | 5 | 76-52 | 1 | up 3.5 | Odom | Wright | 2:22 | 0 | ++ | |||
| 129 | 129 | Monday, Sep 4 | boxscore | OAK | CAL | L | 1 | 2 | 76-53 | 1 | up 3.5 | Ryan | Horlen | 2:23 | 27,296 | - | |||
| 130 | 130 | Wednesday, Sep 6 | boxscore | OAK | @ | CHW | W | 9 | 1 | 77-53 | 1 | up 4.0 | Holtzman | Bradley | 2:25 | 13,093 | + | ||
| 131 | 131 | Thursday, Sep 7 | boxscore | OAK | @ | CHW | L | 0 | 6 | 77-54 | 1 | up 3.0 | Wood | Blue | 2:18 | 29,968 | - | ||
| 132 | 132 | Friday, Sep 8 | boxscore | OAK | @ | TEX | W | 6 | 3 | 78-54 | 1 | up 3.5 | Hunter | Paul | Knowles | 2:36 | 5,837 | + | |
| 133 | 133 | Saturday, Sep 9 | boxscore | OAK | @ | TEX | L | 2 | 3 | 78-55 | 1 | up 2.5 | Lindblad | Odom | Pina | 2:29 | 4,674 | - | |
| 134 | 134 | Sunday, Sep 10 | boxscore | OAK | @ | TEX | W | 7 | 2 | 79-55 | 1 | up 3.5 | Fingers | Panther | Locker | 2:20 | 3,565 | + | |
| 135 | 135 | Monday, Sep 11 | boxscore | OAK | @ | MIN | L | 1 | 2 | 79-56 | 1 | up 2.0 | Granger | Fingers | 2:27 | 0 | - | ||
| 136 | 136 | Monday, Sep 11 | boxscore | OAK | @ | MIN | L | 2 | 3 | 79-57 | 1 | up 2.0 | Blyleven | Fingers | 2:23 | 8,506 | -- | ||
| 137 | 137 | Tuesday, Sep 12 | boxscore | OAK | @ | MIN | W | 7 | 4 | 80-57 | 1 | up 2.0 | Knowles | Corbin | 2:39 | 5,199 | + | ||
| 138 | 138 | Wednesday, Sep 13 | boxscore | OAK | @ | MIN | W | 8 | 0 | 81-57 | 1 | up 3.0 | Odom | Goltz | 2:38 | 6,640 | ++ | ||
| 139 | 139 | Friday, Sep 15 | boxscore | OAK | TEX | W | 12 | 3 | 82-57 | 1 | up 4.0 | Holtzman | Stanhouse | 2:29 | 4,522 | +++ | |||
| 140 | 140 | Saturday, Sep 16 | boxscore | OAK | TEX | W | 4 | 0 | 83-57 | 1 | up 4.0 | Blue | Hand | 2:24 | 5,833 | ++++ | |||
| 141 | 141 | Sunday, Sep 17 | boxscore | OAK | TEX | W | 4 | 1 | 84-57 | 1 | up 5.0 | Hunter | Gogolewski | 2:02 | 8,541 | +++++ | |||
| 142 | 142 | Tuesday, Sep 19 | boxscore | OAK | CHW | L | 7 | 8 | 15 | 84-58 | 1 | up 4.0 | Gossage | Waslewski | 4:51 | 9,594 | - | ||
| 143 | 143 | Wednesday, Sep 20 | boxscore | OAK | CHW | W | 6 | 3 | 85-58 | 1 | up 5.0 | Holtzman | Wood | Fingers | 2:16 | 11,143 | + | ||
| 144 | 144 | Friday, Sep 22 | boxscore | OAK | KCR | L | 3 | 5 | 85-59 | 1 | up 4.0 | Drago | Blue | 3:02 | 6,501 | - | |||
| 145 | 145 | Saturday, Sep 23 | boxscore | OAK | KCR | W | 2 | 1 | 86-59 | 1 | up 4.0 | Fingers | Splittorff | 2:15 | 7,062 | + | |||
| 146 | 146 | Sunday, Sep 24 | boxscore | OAK | KCR | L | 2 | 4 | 86-60 | 1 | up 3.5 | Montgomery | Odom | Abernathy | 2:33 | 0 | - | ||
| 147 | 147 | Sunday, Sep 24 | boxscore | OAK | KCR | W | 2 | 1 | 87-60 | 1 | up 3.5 | Fingers | Murphy | 2:12 | 9,881 | + | |||
| 148 | 148 | Wednesday, Sep 27 | boxscore | OAK | MIN | W | 1 | 0 | 11 | 88-60 | 1 | up 5.5 | Locker | Blyleven | 2:44 | 0 | ++ | ||
| 149 | 149 | Wednesday, Sep 27 | boxscore | OAK | MIN | W | 2 | 1 | 10 | 89-60 | 1 | up 5.5 | Hunter | Corbin | 2:29 | 14,206 | +++ | ||
| 150 | 150 | Thursday, Sep 28 | boxscore | OAK | MIN | W | 8 | 7 | 90-60 | 1 | up 6.0 | Fingers | LaRoche | 2:58 | 9,155 | ++++ | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Friday, Sep 29 | boxscore | OAK | @ | KCR | L | 2 | 9 | 90-61 | 1 | up 5.0 | Splittorff | Blue | 2:10 | 6,882 | - | ||
| 152 | 152 | Saturday, Sep 30 | boxscore | OAK | @ | KCR | W | 10 | 5 | 91-61 | 1 | up 5.0 | Horlen | Montgomery | Fingers | 2:25 | 9,314 | + | |
| 153 | 153 | Sunday, Oct 1 | boxscore | OAK | @ | KCR | W | 4 | 2 | 92-61 | 1 | up 6.0 | Holtzman | Murphy | Locker | 2:05 | 8,726 | ++ | |
| 154 | 154 | Tuesday, Oct 3 | boxscore | OAK | @ | CAL | L | 2 | 3 | 92-62 | 1 | up 4.5 | Wright | Fingers | 1:58 | 4,928 | - | ||
| 155 | 155 | Wednesday, Oct 4 | boxscore | OAK | @ | CAL | W | 2 | 1 | 93-62 | 1 | up 5.5 | Odom | Ryan | Fingers | 2:11 | 7,977 | + | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak |
Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.