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This is a list of award winners and league leaders for the Athletics of Major League Baseball. The team was known as the Philadelphia Athletics from 1901 to 1954 , the Kansas City Athletics from 1955 to 1967 , and the Oakland Athletics from 1968 to 2024 .
Clayton Kershaw is the youngest pitcher to win a third Cy Young Award. Clemens is also the only pitcher to win the Cy Young Award with four different teams; nobody else has done so with more than two different teams. Justin Verlander has the most seasons separating his first (2011) and second (2019) Cy Young Awards.
He won the American League Cy Young Award in 1974 with a record of 25–12 and a league-leading 2.49 earned run average. Hunter uncovered a violation of his contract with A's owner Charlie Finley and the team that allowed him to become a free agent. The A's were to send half of Hunter's $100,000 annual salary to a North Carolina bank as payment ...
The 1971 Oakland Athletics season was the 71st season for the Oakland Athletics franchise, all as members of the American League, and their 4th season in Oakland.The Athletics finished first in the American League West with a record of 101 wins and 60 losses (their best record in the Swingin' A's era).
Vida Rochelle Blue Jr. (/ v aɪ d ɑː /; [1] July 28, 1949 – May 6, 2023) was an American professional baseball player. [2] He was a left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1969 to 1986, most notably as an integral member of the Oakland Athletics dynasty that won three consecutive World Series championships from 1972 to 1974. [2]
Legendary Oakland A’s player Ricky Henderson hugs a fan before the final home game at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. In 2025, the A’s will play in West Sacramento.
He won 20 or more games in each of his last four seasons in Oakland and was 4–0 with one save in seven World Series appearances. Hunter won the Cy Young Award in his final season in Oakland in 1974, as the A's won their third consecutive World Series. His record in the 1974 regular season was 25–12 with 23 complete games; he led the league ...
The A's have lost nearly three out of every four games so far this season. They're last in the division, 26 1/2 games out of first place. As of this writing, they have the worst record in baseball.