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Oakland Athletics: Media

American baseball team

Images

“Man of steal”
Rickey Henderson holding his record-breaking 939th stolen base, May 1, 1991.
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Connie Mack
Connie Mack.
New York Public Library
Charles Bender
Charles Bender pitching for the Philadelphia Athletics.
Culver Pictures
Jimmie Foxx
Boston Red Sox slugger Jimmie Foxx, 1940.
UPI/Bettmann Archive
Catfish Hunter
Catfish Hunter, 1974.
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Mr. Moneyball
Baseball executive Billy Beane, shown in the Oakland A's dugout in 2017, revolutionized...
© Gabrielle Lurie—San Francisco Chronicle/Getty Images
Bender, Charles Albert
Charles Albert Bender.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Interactives

Explore: The baseball playing field
Three strikes and you're out!
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