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Baseball Teams - American League West
Oakland Athletics
Team's name: Oakland Athletics
League: American League
Division: West 
Location: Oakland, California
Nickname:
The A's,
The White Elephants,
The Elephants
Mascot: Stomper
Team Colours:
Green, Gold and White
Joined the League: 1969
Team's President:
Michael Crowley
Manager: Bob Green
General Manager: Billy Beane
Baseball Field: McAfee Coliseum
Current Capacity: 34,077
First Year of Baseball: 1860
League Titles:
AL Pennants:
1902, '05, '10, '11, '13, '14, '29, '30, '1, '72, '73, '74, '88, '89, '90
West Div: 1971, '72, '3, '74, '75, '81, '88, '89, '90, 2000, '03, '06
Wild Card berths: 2001
World Series: 1910, '11, '13, '29, '30, '72, '73, '74, '89 |
The team was originally known as the Athletic Club of Philadelphia back in the early 1860’s. Some decades afterwards in 1901 the team’s franchise was created; this marked the beginning of the professional career as a baseball team.
Throughout more than 100 years in baseball history the Athletics have achieved 15 Pennant titles, 14 Division titles and 9 World Series being their most recent one in 1989.
Amongst the most accomplished A’s players there are: Reggie Jackson, Sal Bando, Catfish Hunter, and Rollie Fingers.
During the 2007 season the Athletics managed to get a third place in the league with a .469 winning percentage.
Other achievements summed up by the team (players) are: Home Runs, Both Sides of Plate: Nick Swisher (June 26, 2005), Home Runs Given Up by Pitcher: 6 George Caster (Sept. 24, 1940) and Strikeouts: 5, five times John Jaha (April 20, 2000).
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Oakland Athletics 2008 Roster
| Pitchers |
| NO. |
NAME |
POS |
BAT |
THW |
AGE |
HT |
WT |
| 59 |
Andrew Brown |
RP |
R |
R |
27 |
6-6 |
230 |
| 50 |
Kiko Calero DL |
RP |
R |
R |
33 |
6-1 |
210 |
| 44 |
Santiago Casilla |
RP |
R |
R |
27 |
6-0 |
202 |
| 25 |
Lenny DiNardo |
RP |
L |
L |
28 |
6-2 |
208 |
| 41 |
Alan Embree |
RP |
L |
L |
38 |
6-2 |
200 |
| 29 |
Keith Foulke |
RP |
R |
R |
35 |
6-0 |
210 |
| 56 |
Fernando Hernandez |
RP |
R |
R |
23 |
5-11 |
190 |
| 20 |
Huston Street |
RP |
R |
R |
24 |
6-0 |
200 |
| 55 |
Joe Blanton |
SP |
R |
R |
27 |
6-3 |
256 |
| 58 |
Justin Duchscherer |
SP |
R |
R |
30 |
6-2 |
201 |
| 35 |
Dana Eveland |
SP |
L |
L |
24 |
6-0 |
170 |
| 57 |
Chad Gaudin |
SP |
R |
R |
25 |
5-10 |
188 |
| 40 |
Rich Harden |
SP |
L |
R |
26 |
6-1 |
195 |
| Catchers |
| NO. |
NAME |
POS |
BAT |
THW |
AGE |
HT |
WT |
| 18 |
Rob Bowen |
C |
B |
R |
27 |
6-3 |
225 |
| 24 |
Kurt Suzuki |
C |
R |
R |
24 |
6-0 |
197 |
| Infielders |
| NO. |
NAME |
POS |
BAT |
THW |
AGE |
HT |
WT |
| 10 |
Daric Barton |
1B |
L |
R |
22 |
6-0 |
224 |
| 3 |
Eric Chavez DL |
3B |
L |
R |
30 |
6-1 |
219 |
| 7 |
Bobby Crosby |
SS |
R |
R |
28 |
6-3 |
206 |
| 14 |
Mark Ellis |
2B |
R |
R |
30 |
5-11 |
190 |
| 22 |
Jack Hannahan |
3B |
L |
R |
28 |
6-2 |
205 |
| 11 |
Dan Johnson |
1B |
L |
R |
28 |
6-2 |
216 |
| 12 |
Donnie Murphy |
SS |
R |
R |
25 |
5-10 |
185 |
| Outfielders |
| NO. |
NAME |
POS |
BAT |
THW |
AGE |
HT |
WT |
| 8 |
Emil Brown |
LF |
R |
R |
33 |
6-2 |
210 |
| 6 |
Travis Buck |
RF |
L |
R |
24 |
6-2 |
227 |
| 32 |
Jack Cust |
DH |
L |
R |
29 |
6-1 |
231 |
| 19 |
Chris Denorfia |
CF |
R |
R |
27 |
6-0 |
195 |
| 5 |
Mike Sweeney |
DH |
R |
R |
34 |
6-3 |
220 |
| 15 |
Ryan Sweeney |
CF |
L |
L |
23 |
6-4 |
215 |
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