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1976-Present
1976 The A's trade prospective free agents Reggie Jackson and Ken
Holtzman, together with a minor league pitcher, to the Orioles.
1977 Rickey Henderson of the Modesto A's (California League) steals
7 bases to tie the minor league record. Henderson will steal 95
in 134 games.
1978 The U.S. Court of Appeals upholds an earlier court decision
in support of Commissioner Kuhn's voiding of attempted player sales
by A's owner Charlie Finley in June 1976. Finley's appeal to the
U.S. Supreme Court will be rejected on October 2nd.
1979 At Oakland, only 653 fans show up to watch the A's beat the
Mariners 6-5.
1980 Oakland's Rick Langford (13-9) defeats the Mariners 11-3 for
his 17th consecutive complete game, the most in the majors since
1953.
1981 After winning their first 8 games of the season on the road,
the Oakland A's pound Seattle 16-1 in their home opener before a
crowd of 50,256.
1982 Rickey Henderson steals 2 bases in a 3-2 win over the Red Sox
to give him 51 SBs in 51 games, the fastest anyone has ever reached
50 SBs in a season.
1984 Dave Kingman hits 3 home runs--including his 12th career grand
slam--and drives in 8 runs in the A's 9-6 win over the Mariners.
It is Kingman's 5th career 3-HR game, one shy of the ML record held
by Johnny Mize.
1985 Oakland's Dave Kingman becomes the 21st player to hit 400 career
home runs.
1986 Oakland's Jose Rijo sets a club record with 16 strikeouts in
8 innings as the A's beat Seattle 7-2.
1987 One day after hitting 3 home runs in Oakland's 13-3 rout of
the Indians, A's rookie 1B Mark McGwire hits 2 more in a 10-0 Oakland
romp to tie the ML record of 5 homers in 2 games.
1988 Oakland beats Detroit 3-1 to extend its club-record winning
streak to 14 consecutive games, the longest in the majors since
1977.
1989 Game 3 of the World Series is postponed when an earthquake
strikes the San Francisco Bay area a half hour before game time,
causing minor damage to Candlestick Park and major damage to the
surrounding area.
Oakland beats Toronto 4-3 to win the ALCS 4-1 and advance to the
World Series for the 2nd straight year.
1990 Rickey Henderson steals his 893rd career base in Oakland's
2-1 loss to the Blue Jays, surpassing Ty Cobb as the AL's all-time
leader.
1991 Oakland's Rickey Henderson garners his 939th career stolen
base in the 4th inning of a game against the Yankees to break Lou
Brock's all-time mark.
1992 Oakland OF Rickey Henderson steals the 1,000th base of his
career in the 1st inning of the A's 7-6 win over Detroit.
1993 Oakland OF Rickey Henderson steals his 24th base of the year
in the Athletics' 4-0 loss to the White Sox. The SB is the 1,066th
of his career, making him the world's all-time leader, surpassing
the total of 1,065 of Yutaka Fukumoto, who played in Japan from
1970 to 1988.
1994 Oakland P Bobby Witt narrowly misses hurling a perfect game,
defeating KC on a 4-0, 1-hitter. Umpire Gary Cederstrom calls Greg
Gagne safe on a close play at 1st in the 6th inning, for the Royals
only hit, but TV replays show that Gagne was out.
1995 Oakland's Mark McGwire hits 3 consecutive HRs in an 8-1 win
over the Red Sox. McGwire hit 2 HRs yesterday, giving him a ML record-tying
5 HRs in 2 consecutive games.
1996 The Athletics open the season in Las Vegas since renovations
to the Oakland Coliseum are still not finished. It is the first
time since September 3, 1957 that major league teams have played
in a minor league park.
1997 In Oakland, Mark McGwire hits his 22nd homer as Oakland rallies
for five runs in the seventh inning to beat Detroit, 9-8. It is
McGwire's 10th homer in 19 games.
1998 Oakland rookie OF Ben Grieve gets 5 hits in the Athletics'
11-4 win over Cleveland. He scores 4 runs in the contest while knocking
in a pair.
1999 The A's Tony Phillips celebrates his 40th birthday by hitting
a game-winning home run to beat the Baltimore Orioles; he becomes
just the fifth major-leaguer to crank one out on his 40th or later
birthday.
2000 A's Pitching Ace, Tim Hudson records his 20th victory on the
last day of the season; the A's would clinch the A.L. West by 1/2
game.
1951-1975
1951 The Athletics play their first home Opening Day night game;
the Washington Senators prevail 6-1.
1954 Slugger Gus Zernial hits the last grand slam in the history
of the Philadelphia Athletics franchise, as the A's down the Red
Sox 6-5.
The A's were sold to Arnold Johnson and moved to Kansas City, Mo.;
they finish in sixth-place finish under manager Lou Boudreau.
1955 The Athletics open their first season in Kansas City with a
win over the Tigers, 6-2, before 32,844.
1957 Athletics aquire Billy Martin from the Yankees; fallout over
the Copacabana incident is the reason.
1958 The A's beat Boston 10-4; Ted Williams becomes the 10th ML
player to get 1,000 extra-base hits.
1959 Kansas City Athletics relief pitcher George Brunet gives up
5 bases-loaded walks and a bases-loaded HBP, as the White Sox score
11 runs on one hit in the 7th. Kansas City loses 20-6.
1960 Charlie Finley purchases controlling interest in the Kansas
City Athletics.
1961 The Kansas City Athletics hit 3 consecutive triples in a game-deciding,
5-run 3rd inning while trimming the Yankees 9-6 after a first-game
loss 6-1.
1962 Charlie Finley is denied permission to move the Athletics to
Dallas-Ft. Worth.
1964 Charlie Finley fires Ed Lopat (17-35) as manager of the A's,
replacing him with Mel McGaha.
1966 John "Blue Moon" Odom blanks the Senators for 8 1/3 innings
in the nightcap to run the A's scoreless string to 45 1/3 innings.
1967 Kansas City pinch-running specialist Allan Lewis ties the ML
record with 2 steals as a pinch runner in one inning.
1968 Oakland's Catfish Hunter pitches a perfect game against the
Twins, winning 3-0. The 22-year-old hurls the first AL regular season
perfecto in 46 years striking out 11 and driving in all 3 A's runs.
The A's debut at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum by losing 4-1 to
Baltimore.
The A's move to Oakland in 1968 where they began a new era under
Manager Bob Kennedy. They finish with a record of 82-80.
1970 Oakland uses gold-colored bases during the club's home opener.
The Rules Committee subsequently bans this innovation.
1971 The Orioles overcome 2 Reggie Jackson HRs to complete a sweep
of Oakland in the LCS with a 5-3 victory.
1972 The A's win 2-1 as Joe Rudi clouts a HR and makes a game-saving
catch to back up Catfish Hunter's pitching before a record Cincinnati
crowd of 53,224.
1973 Catfish Hunter throws a 5-hitter as Oakland wins 3-0 to take
the AL flag.
1974 Joe Rudi hits Dodgers Mike Marshall's first pitch for a homer
to give the the A's a 3rd 3-2 win in the series, clinching a 3rd
straight World Championship for the team.
1975 The A's and Royals set an AL record by using 42 players in
a 9-inning game. Oakland wins 16-4.
1926-1950
1927 The Phils beat the A's 1-0 for the benefit of the Eddie Plank
Memorial Fund.
1928 New York's George Pipgras and Waite Hoyt turn back the Athletics;
The A's will take the last game of the series and leave town 1 1/2
back.
1929 The A's clinch the AL pennant with a 5-0 win over the White
Sox; then defeat the Cubs and take the series 4 games to 1.
1912 defeat the Cardinals in 6, winning the series 4 games to 2.
1931 Connie Mack's finest team won 107 games behind the well-muscled
Jimmie Foxx and Al Simmons; Lefty Grove was 31-4
1932 A's hurler Eddie Rommel pitches 17 innings in relief, giving
up a record 33 hits vs Cleveland.
1934 The Phillies and A's meet in a City Series game before 15,000
fans at Shibe Park for the first legal Sunday baseball game ever
played in Philadelphia.
1936 Philadelphia A's Catcher Frankie Hayes equals a ML record with
4 doubles in a game against Cleveland.
1937 The A's set a new AL record in the opener of a doubleheader
with the White Sox by scoring 12 runs in the first inning, 6 of
which are driven in by Bob Johnson.
1938 University of California All-American football star Sam Chapman
signs with the Athletics for a $8,500 bonus.
1939 The first AL night game is played at Shibe Park, the A's lose
to Cleveland 8-3 in 10 innings.
1940 The A's are mired deep in the cellar, but Connie Mack hits
all the right buttons today. He sends 4 Pinch hitters to the plate
in the 9th inning versus Detroit, and all 4 deliver hits.
1941 The city of Philadelphia and the state of Pennsylvania declare
a legal holiday to honor the A's manager on Connie Mack Day at Shibe
Park.
1943 The Philadelphia Athletics drop their 20th game in a row. This
ties the AL record.
1947 Rookie Bill McCahan of the Philadelphia Athletics no-hits the
Washington Senators 3-0.
1949 Athletics pitcher Dick Fowler records 9 putouts in a 12-inning
1-0 win over the White Sox.
1950 Connie Mack's son, Earl, who had been assistant manager, assumes
the duties of chief scout. Earl, who had hoped to succeed his father
as manager, is replaced by Jimmie Dykes. Mickey Cochrane is named
general manager.
1901-1925
1901 The Philadelphia Athletics baseball club was founded as part
of the brand new American Baseball League
1902 New York Giants Manager John McGraw dismissed the A's with
contempt, calling them "The White Elephants," Mack defiantly adopted
the White Elephant as the team insignia, and in 1902, the A's won
the American League pennant.
Rube Waddell joins Mack's Philadelphia Athletics in 1902 and goes
24-7, leading the AL in strikeouts for the first of six straight
seasons.
1905 A's are American League Champions again but in one of baseball's
best postseason performances, Christy Matthewson shuts out the Athletics
in Games One, Three, and Five, allowing only 14 total hits.
1906 Shorthanded because of injuries, Chief Bender is put in Left
Field in the 6th inning in a game against the Boston Pilgrims. Bender
hits 2 HRs, both inside the park.
1909 Mack forms his famous "$100,000 Infield" of Stuffy McInnis,
Eddie Collins, Jack Barry, and Frank Baker. Those four led the team
to World Series wins in 1910, 1911, and 1913
Philadephia's Shibe Park is dedicated as a record crowd of 31,160
sees 18-year-old John "Stuffy" McInnis make his ML debut at SS.
Eddie Plank pitches the A's to an 8-1 win over Boston.
1910 With sore-armed Eddie Plank unavailable, Connie Mack will squeeze
5 complete games out of 2 pitchers in the WS. The Athletics take
the series and defeat the Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 1.
1911 Frank Baker first led the American League in home runs in 1911,
with 11; his two home runs in the '11 World Series that resulted
in him being forever after known simply as "Home Run."
1913 Eddie Plank outduels Christy Mathewson; his 2-hitter wins the
3-1 finale and the A's win the pennant defeating the New York Giants,
4 games to 1.
1914 The Favored A's, Americna League Champs are upset in the Series
4 games to 0 by the "Miracle Braves".
1915 The A's Herb Pennock comes within one out of pitching the first
Opening Day no-hitter. A scratch single by Harry Hooper is the Red
Sox' only hit in a 5-0 loss.
1916 The Athletics set an AL record with their 19th loss in a row
on the road. The streak ends the next day when they defeat Detroit,
7 - 1.
1917 Making his major league debut with the Philadelphia Athletics
on May 13 1901, Eddie Plank retires after finishing the season with
the St. Louis Americans. He completes his career with a 326 - 194
record.
1918 Connie Mack breaks precedent, goes outside organized baseball
to civil court, and gets an injunction against the Boston Braves
over a contract dispute involving pitcher Scott Perry, who has been
winning games for the Athletics.
1919 The A's collect 18 hits, but lose to Washington 12-6, leaving
an AL-record-tying 17 on base.
1920 A's vice president Thomas Shibe denies charges that the baseballs
currently being used are livelier. Shibe cites the abolition of
the spitball and other "freak" pitches as the reason for the increase
in HRs this season.
1924 A's first baseman Joe Hauser, sets an AL record when he hits
3 HRs and a double for 14 total bases.
1925 Connie Mack signs a 17-year-old Jimmie Foxx and he converts
Foxx to first base, where he became a regular in 1928; before long,
Foxx was being called "the righthanded Babe Ruth."
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