John Robert Savage (December 1, 1921 – July 26, 2013) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Athletics and St. Louis Browns in parts of five seasons seasons spanning 1942–1949.
She remained a sports fan throughout her life and regularly attended the Athletics and Raiders games in the Bay Area.
In the mid-80s while rapping in small venues and after a record deal went sour, Hammer borrowed $20,000 each from former Oakland A's players Mike Davis and Dwayne Murphy to start a record label business called Bust It Productions.
Ken Pries currently serves as the Vice President of Broadcasting and Communications for the Oakland Athletics, a position he has held since March, 2000.
Jack Cust (born 1979), a professional baseball player who played for the Oakland Athletics.
Samuel Blake Chapman (April 11, 1916 – December 22, 2006) was an American two-sport athletic star who played as a center fielder in Major League Baseball, spending nearly his entire career with the Philadelphia Athletics (1938–1941, 1945–1951).
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December 10, 1935: Gordon Rhodes, George Savino (minors), and $150,000 were traded by the Red Sox to the Philadelphia Athletics for Jimmie Foxx and Johnny Marcum.
The 1954 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 51 wins and 103 losses, 60 games behind AL Champion Cleveland in their 54th and final season in Philadelphia, before moving to Kansas City, Missouri for the following season.
June 1, 1961: Reno Bertoia, Paul Giel and a player to be named later were traded by the Twins to the Kansas City Athletics for Bill Tuttle and a player to be named later.
Howell was, incidentally, also the losing pitcher in the prior year's All-Star Game in Oakland while a member of the Oakland Athletics.
St. Louis manager Tony La Russa, who won AL pennants with the Oakland Athletics in 1988–89–90 and the NL flag in 2004, fell short in his bid to become the first manager in history to win multiple pennants in both major leagues.
William Henry Landis (born October 8, 1942 in Hanford, California) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1963 through 1969 for the Kansas City Athletics (1963) and Boston Red Sox (1967–1969).
He was the starting catcher that night against the Oakland Athletics, and went 0-for-2 against Ken Holtzman.
While they were searching for a new coach, Ojeda's name was mentioned as a possibility but the job ultimately went to Rick Peterson who was Mets' manager Art Howe's former coach with the Oakland Athletics.
He was not in the major leagues in 1937 or 1938, but was in the Senators organization when he was traded to the Philadelphia Athletics for $30,000 and outfielder Bill Nicholson.
Howard Rodney Edwards (born December 10, 1936 in Red Jacket, West Virginia) was a backup catcher with the Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees, and the Philadelphia Phillies over parts of five seasons spanning eight years.
Mike was drafted by the New York Yankees (1979,1983), the Oakland Athletics (1982) and in the NFL by the Los Angeles Raiders (1983) where he was a member of the 1984 Super Bowl Championship Team.
Carroll played briefly for the 1929 Boston Red Sox who finished in last place in the American League, winning only 58 games and losing 96, 48 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics champions.
Following the 1956 season, Host was traded by the Detroit Tigers with Wayne Belardi, Ned Garver, Virgil Trucks, and $20,000 to the Kansas City Athletics for Jim Finigan, Jack Crimian, Bill Harrington, and Eddie Robinson.
On May 24, 2011, he was recalled to the Oakland Athletics to take the place in the rotation of Tyson Ross, who went on the DL with a strained left oblique.
On May 8, 2013, Adam Rosales of the Oakland Athletics hit a game tying home run, but was initially ruled a double, as the ball hit a railing behind the wall in left field and bounced back on the field.
Jeffrey Dale Parrett (born August 26, 1961 in Indianapolis, Indiana) was a pitcher for the Montreal Expos (1986–88), Philadelphia Phillies (1989–90 and 1996), Atlanta Braves (1990–91), Oakland Athletics (1992), Colorado Rockies (1993) and St. Louis Cardinals (1995–96).
He played for the Oakland Athletics for one game on July 31, 1990, then was traded to the Texas Rangers with Scott Chiamparino for Harold Baines.
Joseph William Keough (born January 7, 1946 in Pomona, California) is a former right fielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1968 through 1973 for the Oakland Athletics (1968), Kansas City Royals (1969–72) and Chicago White Sox (1973).
On July 17, 2008, Outman was traded, along with fellow prospects Adrian Cardenas and Matthew Spencer, to the Oakland Athletics for starting pitcher Joe Blanton.
They mostly barnstormed in the early-to-mid-1930s, but used Muehlebach (later known as Ruppert Stadium or Blues Stadium at different times) from 1937 until 1954, when they went to full-time barnstorming in response to the arrival of the Kansas City Athletics in 1955 because they had to pay more money to use the stadium.
On Tuesday October 17, 1989, the Loma Prieta earthquake occurred in the greater San Francisco Bay Area in California, interrupting preparations for Game 3 of the 1989 World Series between the Bay Area's two Major League Baseball teams, the Oakland Athletics and the San Francisco Giants.
From 2006 to 2008, KYCY was the flagship station of the Oakland Athletics Major League Baseball team; in 2008, it shared that distinction with KFRC-FM.
Leo Patrick Kiely (November 30, 1929 – January 18, 1984) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between 1951 and 1960 for the Boston Red Sox (1951, 1954–56, 1958–59) and Kansas City Athletics (1960).
Kilkenny previously played for the Detroit Tigers (1969–1972), Oakland Athletics (1972), San Diego Padres (1972), and Cleveland Indians (1972–1973) during a five-season stint (1969–1973) in the Major Leagues.
The Oakland Athletics selected Kiger out of Florida as a fifth round selection in the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft.
He reached the majors in 1960 with the Boston Red Sox, spending one year with them before appearing with the Los Angeles Angels, Kansas City Athletics and Cleveland Indians in 1962.
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1960, Martínez reached the majors in 1962 with the Minnesota Twins, spending one year with them before moving to the Atlanta Braves (1967–1968), Houston Astros (1969–1971), St. Louis Cardinals (1972), Oakland Athletics (1972) and Texas Rangers (1972).
On July 8, 2008, Murton was traded along with three other Cubs prospects to the Oakland Athletics for pitchers Rich Harden and Chad Gaudin.
Milton "Mickey" Rutner (March 18, 1920 – October 17, 2007) was a third baseman in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Philadelphia Athletics during the 1947 season.
Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane served as expert consultant on the GM experience and environment.
The Suns' alumni includes pitcher Ariel Prieto, joined the Oakland Athletics, another pitcher Reynaldo Brito signed by the Atlanta Braves in 1996, and Darryl Strawberry, famous all-star of the New York Yankees and part-time Palm Springs resident, had cameos on the home plate along with Kraig Constantino (San Diego Padres).
On March 15, 1978, Huffman was part of a massive trade that sent him to the Oakland Athletics, along with Dave Heaverlo, Gary Alexander, John Henry Johnson, Gary Thomasson, Alan Wirth, $300,000 (and Mario Guerrero, who was named later), in exchange for Vida Blue.
A tour of 1984 spring training camps includes talks with players Reggie Jackson, Rusty Staub, and Oakland Athletics owner Roy Eisenhardt.
He later served as a coach for the Cleveland Indians for several years under Oscar Vitt and Lou Boudreau, including the 1948 team, which won the American League pennant, and also coached under Boudreau with the Red Sox and Athletics.
Terrance Lamont (Terry) Turner (February 28, 1881 – July 18, 1960) was an infielder in Major League Baseball who played between 1901 and 1919 for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1901), Cleveland Naps/Indians (1904–1918) and Philadelphia Athletics (1919).
Baseball ran in the Garrett family; Wayne Garrett's brother, Adrian, played for the Chicago Cubs, the Oakland Athletics, the California Angels and the Atlanta Braves, mostly as a catcher, first baseman and outfielder.
She is the daughter of Alan Wirth, a former major league baseball player with the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics.
John Jaso, professional baseball catcher for the Oakland Athletics
It was around this time he caught the eye of Oakland Athletics assistant general manager Paul DePodesta.
Ken Korach (21st century), play-by-play announcer for the Oakland Athletics
In 2013, Christenson was a manager in the Oakland Athletics minor league farm system for the Beloit Snappers of the Midwest League.
Tommy Milone, professional baseball pitcher for the Oakland Athletics