13 Facts About Oakland Athletics

Oakland Athletics are an American professional baseball team based in Oakland, California.

The Oakland Athletics compete in Major League Baseball as a member club of the American League West division.

Oakland Athletics' name originated in the term "Athletic Club" for local gentlemen's clubs—dates to 1860 when an amateur team, the Athletic of Philadelphia, was formed.

Until 1954, when the uniforms had "Oakland Athletics" spelled out in script across the front, the team's name never appeared on either home or road uniforms.

The innovative uniforms only increased after the team's move to Oakland Athletics, which came at the time of the introduction of polyester pullover uniforms.

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Nickname "A's" has long been used interchangeably with "Oakland Athletics", dating to the team's early days when headline writers wanted a way to shorten the name.

At first, the word "Oakland Athletics" was restored only to the club's logo, underneath the much larger stylized-"A" that had come to represent the team since the early days.

Oakland Athletics Coliseum—originally known as the Oakland Athletics–Alameda County Coliseum, and later named as Network Associates, McAfee, Overstock.

The Athletics were unable to break their lease at the Coliseum, and remained in Oakland.

The Oakland Athletics were the last remaining MLB team to share a stadium with an NFL team on a full-time basis, a situation that ended at the end of 2019 when the Raiders relocated to Las Vegas in 2020 making the Coliseum a baseball-only facility .

In recent years, specifically under team president Dave Kaval, attempts have been made to upgrade the Oakland Athletics Coliseum, including the creation a number of club and premium seating areas, a renovation of Shibe Park Tavern and various fan areas.

Oakland Athletics have retired six numbers, and honored one additional individual with the letter "A".

In March 2004, after Veterans Stadium was replaced by the new Citizens Bank Park, the Oakland Athletics' plaques were relocated to the Philadelphia Oakland Athletics Historical Society in Hatboro, Pennsylvania, and a single plaque listing all of the A's inductees was attached to a statue of Connie Mack that is located across the street from Citizens Bank Park.