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Oakland Athletics

Team's name: Oakland Athletics
League: American League
Division: West Oakland Athletics
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

As a team, the Athletics have their roots in Philadelphia as far back as the 1860s, but the franchise originated in 1901, when the American League declared itself a second major league. Former catcher Connie Mack acted as manager and part-owner, recruiting players from the National League.

The Athletics, also known as the A’s, became one of the dominant teams in the new league, winning the AL pennant six times and winning the World Series three times, in 1910, 1911, and 1913. In 1914, however, the Athletics were swept in a four game series by their underdog opponents, the “Miracle” Boston Braves. Soon Mack was forced to sell, trade, or release some of the team’s top players; by 1915, the team was in last place with a 43-109 record, a .283 win percentage.

The team recovered over a decade later. Mack rebuilt the team, and the Athletics won pennants three years in a row (1929-1931) and won the World Series twice in a row (1929 -1930). But in the midst of the Great Depression, the jubilation would not last; Mack again sold or traded his best players and the A’s lost revenues from dropping attendance.

The decline was a slow one, but by 1935, the A’s were back in last place and stuck there. The team was in the cellar for the next 11 years, with brief respites in 1948 and 1949. In 1955, the team was sold to a Chicago businessman and set to move to Kansas City. Five years later, Charles Finley purchased the team, improving the stadium, making dramatic uniform changes, developing a farm system for young new talent, and promising to keep the A’s in Kansas City.

Despite his promises to the contrary, Finley immediately sought a new home for the team, and in 1968 found one in Oakland, California.

1968 proved the Athletics’ first winning season since 1952. In the 1970s, the team won the AL West title and made its first postseason appearance since 1931. In 1972, the A’s won a league pennant and defeated the Cincinnati Reds for their first World Series title in decades. They kept the title for the next two years. Despite their success, most of the A’s players left after the 1976 season because of tension with the Finley. Finley was finally forced to sell the team in 1980.

Walter Haas, the team’s new owner, spent the next fifteen years increasing local support for the Athletics. Attendance shot up from an average of 777,000 per season to well over 1,000,000.

In the mid 1990s, the A’s were sold again. The new ownership cultivated a strong minor league system but refused to pay top players the going rate once they became free agents; as a result, the A’s were often left on the brink of the playoffs. The Athletics entered the postseason four years in a row, from 2000 to 2003, but were unable to pass the first round. During this period, the Athletics boasted incredible talent in the form of pitchers Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder, and Barry Zito – but with low salaries, the players left the team once they became free agents.

In 2005 the team was sold again to LA businessman Lewis Wolff. The A’s defied expectations, finishing with a winning season, and in 2006 the A’s made the postseason. For the first time in years, the Athletics passed their first series – against the Minnesota Twins – but were swept by the Detroit Tigers in their second.

In 2007, as a result of key player losses and player injuries, the A’s suffered a losing record for the first time since 1998.

The 2008 began with the rumblings of controversy as Oakland made a number of unpopular trades. The season began well, with the team even leading the AL West for a short period of time, but after another series of trades, the team slipped and lost its lead. The A’s finished with a losing record, 75-86 and 3rd in the AL West.  

 

 

Oakland Athletics 2010 Roster

Pitchers
NO. NAME POS BAT THW AGE HT WT
49  Brett Anderson  SP  22  6-4  235 
40  Andrew Bailey  RP  25  6-3  243 
13  Jerry Blevins  RP  26  6-6  178 
57  Cedrick Bowers  RP  32  6-2  220 
51  Dallas Braden  SP  26  6-1  184 
56  Craig Breslow  RP  29  6-1  181 
53  Trevor Cahill  SP  22  6-4  222 
60  Fautino De Los Santos  SP  24  6-2  219 
70  Sam Demel  RP  24  6-0  215 
33  Joey Devine  RP  26  6-1  226 
52  Lenny DiNardo  SP  30  6-2  220 
58  Justin Duchscherer  SP  32  6-3  199 
65  Pedro Figueroa  SP  24  6-1  205 
47  Gio Gonzalez  SP  24  5-11  205 
36  Fernando Hernandez  RP  25  5-11  208 
--  Jason Jennings  SP  31  6-2  235 
39  Brad Kilby  RP  27  6-0  241 
--  Arnold Leon  RP  21  6-1  203 
54  Vin Mazzaro  SP  23  6-2  210 
45  Marcus McBeth  RP  29  6-2  183 
44  Jon Meloan  RP  25  6-3  225 
62  Clayton Mortensen  SP  24  6-4  180 
55  Josh Outman  SP  25  6-1  200 
63  Henry Rodriguez  SP  23  6-0  219 
66  Tyson Ross  SP  22  6-6  225 
15  Ben Sheets  SP  31  6-1  226 
64  Justin Souza  SP  24  6-1  185 
59  Matt Wright  SP  28  6-4  269 
48  Michael Wuertz  RP  31  6-3  223 
31  Brad Ziegler  RP  30  6-4  212 
Catchers
NO. NAME POS BAT THW AGE HT WT
71  Josh Donaldson  24  6-0  214 
72  Joel Galarraga  27  5-11  187 
35  Landon Powell  27  6-3  253 
19  Anthony Recker  26  6-1  246 
68  Max Stassi  19  5-10  187 
Kurt Suzuki  26  5-11  208 
Infielders
NO. NAME POS BAT THW AGE HT WT
10  Daric Barton  1B  24  6-0  207 
61  Adrian Cardenas  SS  22  6-0  203 
22  Chris Carter  1B  23  6-5  231 
Eric Chavez  3B  32  6-1  215 
14  Mark Ellis  2B  32  5-11  193 
50  Jake Fox  3B  27  6-0  220 
76  Grant Green  SS  22  6-3  180 
Kevin Kouzmanoff  3B  28  6-1  210 
18  Dallas McPherson  3B  29  6-4  226 
26  Cliff Pennington  SS  25  5-11  198 
Gregorio Petit  2B  25  5-10  192 
Adam Rosales  3B  26  6-2  195 
--  Eric Sogard  2B  23  5-10  180 
30  Steve Tolleson  SS  26  5-11  185 
73  Jemile Weeks  2B  23  5-9  168 
75  Matt Whitney  3B  26  6-3  214 
67  Corey Wimberly  SS  26  5-8  180 
Outfielders
NO. NAME POS BAT THW AGE HT WT
--  Corey Brown  CF  24  6-2  210 
Travis Buck  RF  26  6-2  232 
25  Matt Carson  RF  28  6-2  200 
16  Coco Crisp  CF  30  6-0  180 
11  Rajai Davis  CF  29  5-10  195 
28  Gabe Gross  RF  30  6-3  220 
Eric Patterson  LF  26  6-0  168 
21  Ryan Sweeney  RF  25  6-4  223 
23  Michael Taylor  LF  24  6-6  260 

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