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 Oakland Athletics
Tony LaRussa . LaRussa managed the A's from 1986 to 1995. LaRussa now manages the Cardinals.
Five. Mark McGwire, Jose Canseco, Dave Stewart, Terry Steinbach, Mike Moore.
f. Henderson was on the 1993 Toronto Blue Jays team, after winning one with the A's in 1989. Henderson was traded to Toronto in 1993.
Dennis Eckersley. Eckersley retired in 1998 after a stint with the Red Sox at the age of 43.
Catcher. Steinbach retired in 1999 with the Twins.
Outfield. Henderson is now a member of the Red Sox at age 43. He has little playing time becasue of his age, but fills in for injured players and pinch-runs.
Jose Canseco. Canseco was playing for the Triple-A affiliate of the White Sox when he made the announcement.
Second Base. Phillips retired in 1999.
99-63. The Giants were 92-70.
1910. In 1910 the Athletics went 102-48.
1915. In 1915 the Athletics went 43-109.
1910. They won the 1910 World Series against the Chicago Cubs.
Bob Welch. Won 27, Lost 6 with an ERA of 2.95 that season.
Vida Blue. Won 24, lost 8 with an ERA of 1.82 that season. He also won the Cy Young Award that season becoming the first Athletics player to do so. Dennis Eckersley became the second player to do so in 1992.
Walt Weiss. Batted .250 with 3 home runs and 39 RBIs that season.
Jimmie Foxx. With a .356 batting average that season.
Steve McCatty. With an ERA of 2.32 that season.
Reggie Jackson. With 36 home runs.
Rube Waddell. With 349 strike outs.
Catfish Hunter. he pitched 9 perfect innings on May 8th, 1968 against the Minnesota Twins. The Athletics won 4-0 and Catfish Hunter had 11 strike outs that game.
Alvin Dark. Alvin Dark had a 14 year career as a batter from 1946 to 1960.
Philadelphia, Kansas City, Oakland. Philadelphia (1901-1954), Kansas City (1955-1967), and Oakland from 1968.
Connie Mack. From 1901 to 1950.
Network Associates Coliseum. Called the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum since 1968, it was renamed in 2001 to the Network Associates Coliseum.
Gene Tenace. The Athletics beat the Cincinatti Reds that year.
27 and 34. 27 Catfish Hunter and 34 Rollie Fingers were both pitchers.
Los Angeles Dodgers. The heavily favored Athletics lost 4 games to 1.
Jimmie Foxx. 1932 and 1933.
1905. They lost 4 games to 1 against the New York Giants.
Kansas City. The Kansas City Athletics existed from 1955-1967. Their best season was a 6th place finish under the management of Lou Boudreau in 1955. They finished 8th or lower, 7 times in Kansas City. Their attendance had dropped from almost 1.4 million per season, to just over 528,000. It was time to move.
1972. By beating the Detroit Tigers for the American League Championship, they earned the right to do battle with the National League champion Cincinnati Reds. They beat the Reds 4 games to 3, in a close World Series battle all the way. Catfish Hunter won the 7th game, and Gene Tenace was named World Series MVP.
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