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The surge propelled the club to within two games of first place, but a prolonged funk saw the A's play roughly .500 baseball for the next month and a half. That ended with an unremarkable 2–1 loss in Oakland to the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday, August 12. [11] On August 13, the Athletics began their then-AL-record 20-game win streak.
During the 2002 season, the A's famous "Moneyball" tactics led them to a league record 20-game winning streak, knocking the Angels out of the first seed in the division. The A's finished 4 games ahead while the Angels secured the Wild Card berth. [ 92 ]
Hatteberg was a part of the A's 20 consecutive game winning streak in 2002. [7] A fictionalized version of Hatteberg (played by Chris Pratt) is a key character in the 2011 film Moneyball. A career highlight for Hatteberg came that season on September 4; entering that day, the A's had won 19 straight games to tie the American League record.
During and after World War I, the Athletics had nine consecutive losing seasons including the lowest win percentage in post-1900 major league baseball of .235 in 1916 and only 36 wins in 1919. Between 1934 and 1967 in Philadelphia and later Kansas City the team had sequences of thirteen and fifteen consecutive losing seasons and overall won ...
The Athletics had long ago carved out a Jekyll-and-Hyde legacy as one of Major League Baseball’s most successful — and sad-sack — franchises. Now, legions of A’s fans view the team as the ...
Oakland had hoped to keep the A’s at a new waterfront stadium, but the city was concerned it would be left to foot too much of the bill, just like it was nearly 30 years ago when it bowed to Davis.
Roughly 1,000 baseball fans arrived to the Coliseum before 8 a.m. this morning to say goodbye to the Oakland A’s as the team prepared to play their final game at the storied stadium.
Through 2023, the Athletics have played 19,113 games, winning 9,260, losing 9,766, and tying 87, for a winning percentage of approximately .487. [1] This list documents the superlative records and accomplishments of team members during their tenures as Athletics.