Founded: 1893, as the Indianapolis, Indiana franchise in the minor Western League. Moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1900 when that league became the American League. Moved to Kansas City, Missouri in 1955 and to Oakland in 1967.

Formerly known as: Philadelphia Athletics (1901-1954), Kansas City Athletics (1955-1966)

Home ballpark: Network Associates Coliseum, Oakland

Uniform colors: Green, White and Gold

Logo design: A stylized capital "A's". The team also occasionally uses a white elephant logo.

Wild Card titles won (1): 2001

Division titles won (13): 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1981, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 2000, 2002, 2003

American League pennants won: 1901, 1905, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1988, 1989, 1990.

World Series championships won: 1910, 1911, 1913, 1929, 1930, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1989

Table of contents

1 Franchise history 1.1 The Philadelphia years (1901-1954) 1.2 The Kansas City years (1955-1966) 1.3 The Oakland years (1967 to present) 2 Events and Records of Note 3 Players of note 3.4 Baseball Hall of Famers 3.5 Current stars 3.6 Not to be forgotten 3.7 Retired numbers 4 Managers, coaches, and executives 5 External Link

Franchise history

The Philadelphia years (1901-1954)

• The "White Elephants: Connie Mack, the Lajoie scandal, early success
• The $100,000 Infield: Baker, Barry, Collins, McInnis; dominance, 1910-1913; upset by Miracle Braves in 1914; dismantling of the team and subsequent cellar-dwelling
• 1928-1932: Rebuilding of team in 1920s. Cochrane, Grove, Foxx, Simmons, others

• During the Kansas City years, the team generally did not draw well or do well. Kansas City was involved in so many bad trades with the Yankees (in which they gave up Roger Maris, Bob Cerv, and others, and got little in return) that they were jokingly considered to be a Yankee farm club.

• Charlie Finley and the "Swingin' A's: Fingers, Hunter, Jackson. Colorful uniforms. Mustaches return to baseball in 1972.
• The Bash Brothers: McGwire, Canseco, Stewart, Eck
• Big Three pitchers: Hudson, Mulder, Zito

• 20-Game Win Streak: The Oakland Athletics won an American League Record 20 games in a row, from August 13 to September 4, 2002. The last three games were won in dramatic fashion, each victory coming in the bottom of the ninth inning.

Baseball Hall of Famers

• Frank Baker
• Chief Bender
• Orlando Cepeda
• Ty Cobb
• Mickey Cochrane
• Eddie Collins
• Jimmy Collins
• Stan Coveleski
• Dennis Eckersley
• Rollie Fingers
• Elmer Flick
• Nellie Fox
• Jimmie Foxx
• Lefty Grove
• Waite Hoyt
• Catfish Hunter
• Reggie Jackson
• George Kell
• Nap Lajoie
• Willie McCovey
• Joe Morgan
• Satchel Paige
• Herb Pennock
• Eddie Plank
• Al Simmons
• Enos Slaughter
• Tris Speaker
• Don Sutton
• Rube Waddell
• Zack Wheat
• Billy Williams

• Tim Hudson
• Barry Zito (AL Cy Young Award, 2002)
• Mark Mulder
• Eric Chavez (Gold Glove at 3B: 2001, 2002, 2003) (Silver Slugger at 3B: 2002)

• Sal Bando
• Vida Blue
• Bert Campaneris
• Jose Canseco (AL MVP, 1988)
• Ray Fosse
• Jason Giambi (AL MVP, 2000)
• Dave Henderson
• Rickey Henderson (AL MVP, 1990)
• Rick Honeycutt
• Mark McGwire
• Joe Rudi
• Dave Stewart
• Miguel Tejada (AL MVP, 2002)
• Bob Welch (AL Cy Young Award, 1990)

• 9 Reggie Jackson (in 2004)
• 27 Catfish Hunter
• 34 Rollie Fingers
• 42 Jackie Robinson (retired throughout baseball)

• Billy Beane, General Manager 1997-present
• Charlie Finley
• Tony La Russa
• Connie Mack, Owner, General Manager, Manager 1901-1951
• Billy Martin