1968 Oakland Athletics season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969
name = Oakland Athletics
season = 1968
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = Western Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
y4 = 1968
city = Oakland, California
y5 = 1968
owners = Charles O. Finley
managers = Bob Kennedy
television = KBHK
radio = KNBR
(Monte Moore, Al Helfer) |The Oakland Athletics' 1968 season was the team's first season, following their relocation from Kansas City. Their first season in the Bay Area involved the A's finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 82 wins and 80 losses, 21 games behind the eventual World Series champion Detroit Tigers. Managed by Bob Kennedy, their 82-80 record was the team's first winning season since by|1952, when the franchise was still in Philadelphia.

Regular season

On May 8, 1968 in a game against the Minnesota Twins, Jim "Catfish" Hunter pitched the first perfect game in the American League since 1922. [ [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/boxscore/05081968.shtml Catfish Hunter Perfect Game Box Score by Baseball Almanac ] ]

eason standings

Roster

Starting pitchers

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/OAK/1968.shtml 1968 Oakland Athletics team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1968&t=OAK 1968 Oakland Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]