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The Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. They play in the American League (NL) Western Division in Major League Baseball (MLB). The club was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1901, moved to Kansas City, Missouri in 1955 and relocated to Oakland in 1968.[1]

Since their arrival in Oakland, the A's home field has been the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, a multi-purpose stadium that has also been used for football, and soccer games. Commonly referred to as The Oakland Coliseum, or simply The Coliseum, it was formally known as Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (1966-1998, Present), Network Associates Coliseum (1998-2004) and McAfee Coliseum (2004-2008).[2][3][4]

In Oakland, the A's have used 27 different Opening Day starting pitchers in their 41 seasons. The 27 starters have a combined Opening Day record of 17 wins, 25 losses and 6 no decisions. No decisions are only awarded to the starting pitcher if the game is won or lost after the starting pitcher has left the game or if the starting pitcher pitches fewer than five innings. Of the 6 no decisions, the Rangers went on to win three and lose three of those games, for a team record on Opening Day of 18 wins and 28 losses.[5]


Key

Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, home of the Athletic's since their arrival in Oakland in 1968
Year Each year is linked to an article about that particular Athletics season.
W Win
L Loss
ND (W) No Decision by starting pitcher; Athletics won game
ND (L) No Decision by starting pitcher; Athletics lost game
Final Score (#) Game score with Athletics runs listed first;
in brackets are the number of innings over than 9
Location Stadium in bold for home game
Pitcher (#) Number of appearances as Opening Day starter with the Athletics
* Advanced to the post-season
** Won the American League Championship Series
*** World Series Champions

Opening Day results

Season
 Pitcher Decision
 Final
Score 		Opponent Location Attendance
 Note[5]
1968 Catfish Hunter L 1–3 Baltimore Orioles Memorial Stadium 22,050 [6]
1969 Blue Moon Odom W 5–2 Chicago White Sox Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 23,610 [7]
1970 Blue Moon Odom (2) W 6–4 Kansas City Royals Municipal Stadium 18,127 [8]
1971* Vida Blue L 0–8 Washington Senators Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium 45,061 [9]
1972*** Ken Holtzman ND (W) 4–3 Minnesota Twins Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 9,912 [10]
1973*** Catfish Hunter (2) L 3–8 Minnesota Twins Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 38,207 [11]
1974*** Catfish Hunter (3) W 7–2 Oakland Athletics Arlington Stadium 21,907 [12]
1975 Vida Blue (2) W 3–2 Chicago White Sox Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 17,477 [13]
1976 Mike Torrez W 5–2 California Angels Angel Stadium 30,194 [14]
1977 Mike Torrez (2) W 7–2 Minnesota Twins Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 12,562 [15]


Pitchers

Opening Day starting pitchers listed in descending order by the number of Opening Day starts for the Senators/Rangers:

Pitcher Starts Wins Losses No Decisions Winning % Seasons
Catfish Hunter 3 1 2 0 0.333 1968[6], 1973[11], 1974[12]
Blue Moon Odom 2 2 0 0 1.000 1969[7], 1970[8]
Vida Blue 2 1 1 0 0.500 1971[9], 1975[13]
Mike Torrez 2 2 0 0 1.000 1976[14], 1977[15]
Ken Holtzman 1 0 0 1 0.000 1972[10]

References

  1. ^ Oakland Athletics year-by-year results, Oakland Athletics. Accessed October 25, 2008.
  2. ^ Ballparks: 1901 - Present, Oakland Athletics. Accessed October 24, 2008.
  3. ^ Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland Athletics. Accessed October 24, 2008.
  4. ^ Bay City News Service. "McAfee Coliseum name reverts to Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum", Contra Costa Times, September 19, 2008. Accessed October 24, 2008.
  5. ^ a b Oakland Athletics Opening Day Starters and Results, Baseball-Reference. Accessed October 25, 2008.
  6. ^ a b Apr 10, 1968, Athletics at Orioles Box Score and Play by Play, Baseball-Reference. Accessed October 25, 2008.
  7. ^ a b Apr 8, 1969, White Sox at Athletics Play by Play and Box Score, Baseball-Reference. Accessed October 25, 2008.
  8. ^ a b Apr 7, 1970, Athletics at Royals Box Score and Play by Play, Baseball-Reference. Accessed October 25, 2008.
  9. ^ a b Apr 5, 1971, Athletics at Senators Play by Play and Box Score, Baseball-Reference. Accessed October 25, 2008.
  10. ^ a b Apr 15, 1972, Twins at Athletics Box Score and Play by Play, Baseball-Reference. Accessed October 25, 2008.
  11. ^ a b Apr 6, 1973, Twins at Athletics Play by Play and Box Score, Baseball-Reference. Accessed October 25, 2008.
  12. ^ a b Apr 4, 1974, Athletics at Rangers Box Score and Play by Play, Baseball-Reference. Accessed October 25, 2008.
  13. ^ a b Apr 8, 1975, White Sox at Athletics Play by Play and Box Score, Baseball-Reference. Accessed October 25, 2008.
  14. ^ a b Apr 9, 1976, Athletics at Angels Box Score and Play by Play, Baseball-Reference. Accessed October 25, 2008.
  15. ^ a b Apr 9, 1977, Twins at Athletics Play by Play and Box Score, Baseball-Reference. Accessed October 25, 2008.
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