The late 80's saw another great Athletics dynasty...One World Championship, Three American League Championships and Four  American League West Division Titles. The A's also had three consecutive AL rookies of the year, Jose Canseco "86", Mark McGwire "87"(AKA Bash Brothers) and Walt Weiss "88", emerge out of this era. 

The Teams:
Year W L Finish
1988

America League Champions

Team roster  Final stats playoffs W S summary WS Stats
1989 

World Series Champions 

Team roster  Final stats playoffs    W S summary WS Stats
1990 

America League Champions

Team roster  Final stats playoffs    W S summary WS Stats
1992 1st place AL West Team roster  Final stats playoffs

  


The Players

Future hall of famers; Mark McGwire *  Rickey Henderson * Dennis Eckersley

The Rest; Dave Stewart * Jose Canseco * Bob Welch * Carney Lansford * Dave Henderson * Walt Weiss * Terry Steinbach *  Rick Honeycutt

     


The Stories, Articles and Anecdotes;

ESPN ranks the top six world series of all time Series super six.
Reggie says: '70s A's would beat '90s Yanks 

Sports Illustrated 1972 World Series article, Mustaches all the way
Bayinsider 72 series recap, Gene Tenace, anyone
baseball almanac 73 review, see if you can catch the error on this page
Sports Illustrated 1973 recap; Mutiny and a Bounty
Sports Illustrated 1974 recap; Triple Crown to the Clowns

The first All-California series nearly produces a series with one final score as four of the five games are 3-2 affairs.
The Four-Year Itch: Any Chance of a "Four-peat"?


The Bookshelf;

coverMarkusen, a senior researcher at the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library, presents a compelling case for classifying the A's of the '70s as a sports dynasty. The A's were also controversial, starting with renegade owner Charlie Finley, who scoffed at baseball tradition and chafed at its clubby attitudes. Markusen explains how the foundation of the team was created, the subtle midseason trades Finley made to cover weaknesses, and the clubhouse controversies that often detracted from the team's on-field success. This is a carefully researched study of the team that was built in the old baseball world of the reserve clause and was disbanded with the onset of free agency, effectively bridging the game's two key erasBuy this book on sale now at Amazon.com

Other Oakland A's books; Amazon.com: A Glance: Oakland A's (Baseball (Mankato, Minn.).)
Oakland A's Greatest Hits 1968-79 (Vest Pocket Ed)

Waiting Game : Photographs of the Oakland A's

Talkin' Baseball : An Oral History of Baseball in the 1970s


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