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Athletics rookie Clarke makes another spectacular catch, robs Angels' Schanuel of home run • June 10, 2025, 12:01 AM ET (AP)
MLB reinstates 4 players after yearlong bans for betting on baseball • June 5, 2025, 7:12 PM ET (AP)
Home sweet homer: Athletics rookie Denzel Clarke's 1st major league HR comes in his native Toronto • May 31, 2025, 4:41 PM ET (AP)
Athletics and Rays have struggled in the minor league ballparks that are their temporary homes • May 26, 2025, 10:26 AM ET (AP)
Flores hits 3 homers and drives in 8 runs to back Webb as Giants thump A's 9-1 • May 17, 2025, 1:06 AM ET (AP)

Facts

Also Known As Oakland A’s • Athletics • Philadelphia Athletics • A’s • Kansas City Athletics
Awards And Honors World Series (1989) • World Series (1974) • World Series (1973) • World Series (1972) • World Series (1930) • World Series (1929) • World Series (1913) • World Series (1911) • World Series (1910)
Date 1901 - present
Headquarters Oakland
Areas Of Involvement baseball
Related People Shoeless Joe Jackson • Rollie Fingers • Nellie Fox • Billy Williams • Tony La Russa • Mark McGwire • Ty Cobb • Rickey Henderson • Nap Lajoie • Jimmie Foxx • Orlando Cepeda • Joe Morgan • Charlie Finley • Reggie Jackson • Catfish Hunter

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“Man of steal”
Connie Mack
Charles Bender
Jimmie Foxx
Catfish Hunter
Bender, Charles Albert
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