List of Oakland Athletics team records

This article is about the statistical records of the Oakland Athletics. For their season-by-season win–loss records, see List of Oakland Athletics seasons.

Eddie Plank, the holder of 10 franchise records for the Athletics

The Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in Oakland, California. The Athletics formed in 1901 as the Philadelphia Athletics; after moving to Kansas City for twelve years, the Athletics relocated to Oakland in 1969. Through 2010, the Athletics have played 17,108 games, winning 8,269, losing 8,752, and tying 87, for a winning percentage of approximately .483.^[1] This list documents the superlative records and accomplishments of team members during their tenures as Athletics.

Eddie Plank holds the most franchise records as of the end of the 2010 season, with ten, including the most career wins, losses and hit batsmen. He is followed by Jimmie Foxx, who holds nine records, including the best career on-base percentage and the single-season home runs record, as well as Al Simmons, who holds the single season hit and runs batted in records.^[2]

Four Athletics hold Major League records. Offensively, Rickey Henderson holds the single-season modern day steals record, recording 130 over 149 games played during the 1982 season.^[3][4] Frankie Hayes is tied for the single-game doubles record, recording four in a game on July 25, 1936.^[5] Eddie Collins stole six bases twice in September 1912; his mark would later be tied by Otis Nixon, Eric Young and Carl Crawford.^[6] Defensively, Bruno Haas, who spent his only professional season with the Athletics, holds the single game walks allowed record, pitching 16 in his Major League debut.^[7]

Table key

Table key

RBI	Run(s) batted in
ERA	Earned run average
OPS	On-base percentage plus slugging percentage
*	Tie between two or more players/teams
	American League record
§	Major League record

Statistics current through the 2010 season

Individual career records

Batting statistics;^[2] pitching statistics^[8]

Al Simmons (pictured) holds the best career batting average record for the Athletics.

Career batting records

Statistic	Player	Record	Athletics career	Ref
Batting average	Simmons !Al Simmons	.356	1924–1932 1940–1941 1944	[9]
On-base percentage	Foxx !Jimmie Foxx	.440	1925–1935	[10]
Slugging percentage	Foxx !Jimmie Foxx	.640	1925–1935	[10]
OPS	Foxx !Jimmie Foxx	1.079	1925–1935	[10]
Hits	Campaneris !Bert Campaneris	1,882	1964–1976	[11]
Total bases	Simmons !Al Simmons	2,998	1924–1932 1940–1941 1944	[9]
Singles	Campaneris !Bert Campaneris	1,472	1964–1976	[11]
Doubles	Dykes !Jimmy Dykes	365	1918–1932	[12]
Triples	Murphy !Danny Murphy	102	1902–1913	[13]
Home runs	McGwire !Mark McGwire	365	1986–1997	[14]
RBI	Simmons !Al Simmons	1,178	1924–1932 1940–1941 1944	[9]
Bases on balls	Henderson !Rickey Henderson	1,227	1979–1984 1989–1993 1994–1995 1998	[4]
Strikeouts	Jackson !Reggie Jackson	1,226	1976–1990	[15]
Stolen bases	Henderson !Rickey Henderson	867	1979–1984 1989–1993 1994–1995 1998	[4]

Dennis Eckersley, the holder of two career records for the Athletics

Career pitching records

Statistic	Player	Record	Athletics career	Ref
Wins	Plank !Eddie Plank	284	1901–1914	[16]
Losses	Plank !Eddie Plank	162	1901–1914	[16]
Win–loss percentage	Grove !Lefty Grove	.712	1925–1933	[17]
ERA	Waddell !Rube Waddell	1.97	1902–1907	[18]
Saves	Eckersley !Dennis Eckersley	320	1987–1995	[19]
Strikeouts	Plank !Eddie Plank	1,985	1901–1914	[16]
Shutouts	Plank !Eddie Plank	59	1901–1914	[16]
Games	Eckersley !Dennis Eckersley	525	1987–1995	[19]
Innings	Plank !Eddie Plank	3,860⅔	1901–1914	[16]
Games started	Plank !Eddie Plank	458	1901–1914	[16]
Complete games	Plank !Eddie Plank	362	1901–1914	[16]
Walks	Plank !Eddie Plank	913	1901–1914	[16]
Hits allowed	Plank !Eddie Plank	3,438	1901–1914	[16]
Wild pitches	Odom !Blue Moon Odom	87	1964–1975	[20]
Hit batsmen	Plank !Eddie Plank	179	1901–1914	[16]

Individual single-season records

Batting statistics;^[2] pitching statistics^[8]

Single-season batting records

Statistic	Player	Record	Season	Ref
Batting average	Lajoie !Nap Lajoie	.426	1901	[21]
Home runs	Foxx !Jimmie Foxx	58	1932	[10]
RBI	Foxx !Jimmie Foxx	169	1932	[9]
Runs	Simmons !Al Simmons	152	1930	[9]
Hits	Simmons !Al Simmons	253	1925	[9]
Singles	Simmons !Al Simmons	174	1925	[9]
Doubles	Simmons !Al Simmons	53	1926	[9]
Triples	Baker !Home Run Baker	21	1912	[22]
Stolen bases	Henderson !Rickey Henderson	130§a	1982	[3][4]
At bats	Simmons !Al Simmons	670	1932	[9]
Slugging percentage	Foxx !Jimmie Foxx	.749	1932	[10]
Extra-base hits	Foxx !Jimmie Foxx	100	1932	[10]
Total bases	Foxx !Jimmie Foxx	438	1932	[10]
On-base percentage	Giambi !Jason Giambi	.477	2001	[23]
OPS	Foxx !Jimmie Foxx	1.218	1932	[10]
Walks	Joost !Eddie Joost	149	1949	[24]
Strikeouts	Cust !Jack Cust	197	2008	[25]

Rube Waddell, the holder of four single-season pitching records for the Athletics franchise

Single-season pitching records

Statistic	Player	Record	Season	Ref
Wins	Coombs !Jack Coombs	31*	1910	[26]
Wins	Grove !Lefty Grove	31*	1931	[17]
Losses	Perry !Scott Perry	25	1920	[27]
Strikeouts	Waddell !Rube Waddell	349	1904	[18]
ERA	Coombs !Jack Coombs	1.30	1910	[26]
Earned runs allowed	Earnshaw !George Earnshaw	146	1930	[28]
Hits allowed	Coombs !Jack Coombs	360	1911	[26]
Shutouts	Coombs !Jack Coombs	13	1910	[29][26]
Saves	Eckersley !Dennis Eckersley	51	1992	[19]
Games	Koch !Billy Koch	84	2002	[30]
Starts	Waddell !Rube Waddell	46	1904	[18]
Complete games	Waddell !Rube Waddell	39	1904	[18]
Innings	Waddell !Rube Waddell	383.0	1904	[18]

Team season records

Source:^[31]

Team season batting records

Statistic	Record	Season
Home runs	243	1996
Runs	981	1932
Hits	1,659	1925
Batting average	.307	1925
Walks	783	1949
Inside-the-park home runs	13	1911
Strikeouts	1,226	2008
Stolen bases	341	1976

Team season pitching records

Statistic	Record	Season
Most hits allowed	1,734	1999
Most runs allowed	1,045	1936
Most home runs allowed	220	1964
Strikeouts	1,117	2001
Shutouts	27*	1907
Shutouts	27*	1909

Individual single game records

Source:^[32]

Rodger "Doc" Cramer (pictured) holds the single-game singles record.

Single-game batting records

Statistic	Player	Record	Date
Singles	Cramer !Roger Cramer	6	1932 !June 20, 1932
Doubles	Hayes !Frankie Hayes	4§b	1936 !July 25, 1936
Triples	Campaneris !Bert Campaneris	3c	1967 !August 29, 1967
RBI	Jackson !Reggie Jackson	10	1969 !June 14, 1969
Total bases	Foxx !Jimmie Foxx	16	1932.1 !July 10, 1932
Stolen bases	Collins !Eddie Collins	6§d	1912 !September 11, 1912
Stolen bases	Collins !Eddie Collins	6§d	1912.1 !September 22, 1912

Single-game pitching records

Statistic	Player	Record	Date
Hits allowed	Rommel !Eddie Rommel	29	1932 !July 10, 1932
Walks allowed	Haas !Bruno Haas	16§e	1915 !June 13, 1915
Home runs allowed	Caster !George Caster	6f	1940 !September 24, 1940
Innings pitched	Coombs !Jack Coombs	24g	1906 !September 1, 1906
Strikeouts	Coombs !Jack Coombs	18	1906 !September 1, 1906

Team all-time records

Source:^[1]

Team all-time records

Statistic	Record
Home runs	11,709
Runs	76,130
Hits	151,536
Batting average	.259
ERA	3.99
Runs allowed	79,029

See also

• Baseball statistics
• Oakland Athletics award winners and league leaders

Notes

• ^[a] Henderson holds the record under modern rules; Hugh Nicol recorded 138 stolen bases in 1887. However, prior to 1898, a stolen base was credited to a baserunner who reached an extra base on a hit from another player.^[33]
• ^[b] Tied with 48 others^[5]
• ^[c] Tied with 20 others^[34]
• ^[d] Tied with Otis Nixon, Eric Young and Carl Crawford for the modern-day record.^[6]
• ^[e] Tied with Bill George, George Van Haltren and Tommy Byrne^[35]
• ^[f] Tied with Tommy Thomas, Tim Wakefield, R. A. Dickey and James Shields^[36]
• ^[g] Tied with Joe Harris^[37]

References

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External links

• "Oakland Athletics all-time batting records at Baseball-Reference.com". http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/OAK/leaders_bat.shtml. 
• "Oakland Athletics all-time pitching records at Baseball-Reference.com". http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/OAK/leaders_pitch.shtml.