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The 1989 Oakland Athletics season was the 89th season for the Oakland Athletics franchise, all as members of the American League, and their 22nd season in Oakland.The Athletics finished the season in first place in the American League West, with a record of 99 wins and 63 losses, seven games in front of the Kansas City Royals.
The 1989 American League Championship Series was a semifinal series in Major League Baseball's 1989 postseason played between the Oakland Athletics and the Toronto Blue Jays from October 3 to 8. A dominant Oakland team took the Series four games to one, en route to a sweep of their cross-bay rivals, the San Francisco Giants , in a World Series ...
Philadelphia Athletics regular season record (1901–1954) 8,134 3,886 4,248 .478 Kansas City Athletics regular season record (1955–1967) 2,053 829 1,224 .404 Oakland Athletics (1968–present) 8,677 4,495 4,182 .518 All-time regular season record 18,864: 9,150: 9,654.488: All-time post-season record 167 85 82 .509
Henderson played for nine different teams, including four stints with the Oakland Athletics and two for the San Diego Padres. He won World Series titles with the 1989 Athletics and 1993 Blue Jays ...
The 1989 Major League Baseball season saw the Oakland Athletics win their first World Series title since 1974.. The American League saw the Oakland Athletics and the Toronto Blue Jays as the AL West and AL East pennant winners, respectively.
The 1989 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1989 season. The 86th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Oakland Athletics and the National League (NL) champion San Francisco Giants. The Series ran from October 14 through October 28 ...
The playoffs began on October 3, 1989, and concluded on October 28, 1989, with the Athletics sweeping the Giants to win their first World Series title since 1974. The series became marred by the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake which caused major damage to both Oakland and San Francisco, as well as Candlestick Park where Games 3 and 4 were played.
By RYAN GORMAN A massive earthquake that struck the Bay Area on October 17, 1989 forever changed the region, and potentially altered the course of baseball history. The 6.9-magnitude Loma Prieta ...