The Baseball Scholar

Oakland Athletics

Dave Franks
1–2 minutes

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  • Oakland Athletics Lists
  • Team History
    Years Known As Record World Series Titles Pennants Playoff Appearance
    1968 – 2022 Oakland Athletics 4,495 – 4,182 4 6 21
    1955 – 1967 Kansas City Athletics 829 – 1,224 0 0 0
    1901 – 1954 Philadelphia Athletics 3,886 – 4,248 5 9 8
    World Series Titles
    Year Opponent Series World Series MVP
    1989 San Francisco Giants 4-0 Dave Stewart
    1974 Los Angeles Dodgers 4-1 Rollie Fingers
    1973 New York Mets 4-3 Reggie Jackson
    1972 Cincinnati Reds 4-3 Gene Tenace
    1930 St. Louis Cardinals 4-2
    1929 Chicago Cubs 4-1
    1913 New York Giants 4-1
    1911 New York Giants 4-2
    1910 Chicago Cubs 4-1
    Retired Numbers
    Number Player Years Played Position
    9 Reggie Jackson 1968 – 1975, 1987 OF
    24 Rickey Henderson 1979 – 1984, 1989 – 1993, 1994 – 1995, 1998 OF
    27 Catfish Hunter 1965 – 1974 RHP
    34 Rollie Fingers 1968 – 1976 RHP
    43 Dennis Eckersley 1987 – 1995 RHP
    MVP
    Year Player Position
    2002 Miguel Tejada SS
    2000 Jason Giambi 1B
    1992 Dennis Eckersley RP
    1990 Rickey Henderson OF
    1988 Jose Canseco OF
    1973 Reggie Jackson OF
    1971 Vida Blue SP
    1952 Bobby Shantz SP
    1933 Jimmie Foxx 1B
    1932 Jimmie Foxx 1B
    1931 Lefty Grove SP
    1928 Mickey Cochrane C
    1914 Eddie Collins 2B
    Cy Young Award
    Year Player
    2002 Barry Zito
    1992 Dennis Eckersley
    1990 Bob Welch
    1974 Catfish Hunter
    1971 Vida blue
    Rookie of the Year
    Year Player Position
    2009 Andrew Bailey RP
    2005 Huston Street RP
    2004 Bobby Crosby SS
    1998 Ben Grieve OF
    1988 Walt Weiss SS
    1987 Mark McGwire 1B
    1986 Jose Canseco OF
    1952 Harry Byrd SP
    Manager of the Year
    Year Manager
    2018 Bob Melvin
    2012 Bob Melvin
    1992 Tony La Russa
    1988 Tony La Russa