List of Oakland Athletics team records

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 13 seasons, the Athletics relocated to Oakland in 1968. Through 2023, the Athletics have played 19,113 games, winning 9,260, losing 9,766, and tying 87, for a winning percentage of approximately .487.^[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 2023 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 RBI 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 2014 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	Al Simmons	.356	1924–1932, 1940-1941, 1944	^[9]
On-base percentage	Jimmie Foxx	.440	1925–1935	^[10]
Slugging percentage	Jimmie Foxx	.640	1925–1935	^[10]
OPS	Jimmie Foxx	1.079	1925–1935	^[10]
Hits	Bert Campaneris	1,882	1964–1976	^[11]
Total bases	Al Simmons	2,998	1924-1932, 1940-1941, 1944	^[9]
Singles	Bert Campaneris	1,472	1964-1976	^[11]
Doubles	Jimmy Dykes	365	1918–1932	^[12]
Triples	Danny Murphy	102	1902–1913	^[13]
Home runs	Mark McGwire	365	1986–1997	^[14]
RBI	Al Simmons	1,178	1924–1932 1940–1941 1944	^[9]
Bases on balls	Rickey Henderson	1,227	1979–1984 1989–1993 1994–1995 1998	^[4]
Strikeouts	Reggie Jackson	1,226	1967–1975 1987	^[15]
Stolen bases	Rickey Henderson	867	1979–1984 1989–1993 1994–1995 1998	^[4]

Career pitching records
Statistic	Player	Record	Athletics career	Ref
Wins	Eddie Plank	284	1901–1914	^[16]
Losses	Eddie Plank	162	1901–1914	^[16]
Win–loss percentage	Lefty Grove	.712	1925–1933	^[17]
ERA	Rube Waddell	1.97	1902–1907	^[18]
Saves	Dennis Eckersley	320	1987–1995	^[19]
Strikeouts	Eddie Plank	1,985	1901–1914	^[16]
shutouts	Eddie Plank	59	1901–1914	^[16]
Games	Dennis Eckersley	525	1987–1995	^[19]
Innings	Eddie Plank	3,860+2⁄3	1901–1914	^[16]
Games started	Eddie Plank	458	1901–1914	^[16]
Complete games	Eddie Plank	362	1901–1914	^[16]
Walks	Eddie Plank	913	1901–1914	^[16]
Hits allowed	Eddie Plank	3,438	1901–1914	^[16]
Wild pitches	Blue Moon Odom	87	1964–1975	^[20]
Hit batsmen	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	Nap Lajoie	.426	1901	^[21]
Home runs	Jimmie Foxx	58	1932	^[10]
RBI	Jimmie Foxx	169	1932	^[9]
Runs	Al Simmons	152	1930	^[9]
Hits	Al Simmons	253	1925	^[9]
Singles	Al Simmons	174	1925	^[9]
Doubles	Al Simmons	53	1926	^[9]
Triples	Home Run Baker	21	1912	^[22]
Stolen bases	Rickey Henderson	130^§^a	1982	^[3]^[4]
At bats	Al Simmons	670	1932	^[9]
Slugging percentage	Jimmie Foxx	.749	1932	^[10]
Extra-base hits	Jimmie Foxx	100	1932	^[10]
Total bases	Jimmie Foxx	438	1932	^[10]
On-base percentage	Jason Giambi	.477	2001	^[23]
OPS	Jimmie Foxx	1.218	1932	^[10]
Walks	Eddie Joost	149	1949	^[24]
Strikeouts	Matt Chapman	201	2021

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

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

Team season records

Source:^[30]

Team season batting records
Statistic	Record	Season
Home runs	257	2019
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

Other team records
Statistic	Record	Season
Consecutive wins	20	2002

* Also an American League record.

Individual single game records

Source:^[31]

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

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

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

Team all-time records

Source:^[1]

Team all-time records
Statistic	Record
Home runs	12,274
Runs	78,542
Hits	155,967
Batting average	.259
ERA	3.97
Runs allowed	78,542

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.^[32]
^[b] Tied with 48 others^[5]
^[c] Tied with 20 others^[33]
^[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^[34]
^[f] Tied with Tommy Thomas, Tim Wakefield, R. A. Dickey and James Shields^[35]
^[g] Tied with Joe Harris^[36]

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