The Teams:

Year	W	L	Finish
1955	63	91	6th place AL	Team roster	Final stats
1956-66	704	1034	7th place AL, best finish
1967	62	99	10th place AL	Team roster	Final stats

The Players; 

Future hall of famers; none 

Notable names; 

Vic Power * Bobby Shantz * Rocky Colavito * Elmer Valo * Don Larsen (only WS perfect game) * Joe Nuxhall (youngest to play in MLB game,15 years ols) * Satchel Paige (oldest to play in MLB game, 58 years old) 

New York Yankees exchange; 

Hector Lopez * Clete Boyer * Art Ditmar * Tom Gorman * Bob Cerv * Billy Martin * Ralph Terry * Tom Morgan * Roger Maris * Duke Maas * Bud Daley *  Jerry Lumpe * Johnny Kucks * Bob Grim * Rip Coleman * Tom Sturdivant * Marv Throneberry * Andy Carey * Hank Bauer * Don Larsen * 

Future Major League Baseball managers & notable coaches; 

Tom Lasorda * Billy Hunter * Billy Martin * Whitey Herzog * Dick Williams * Joe Morgan * Hank Bauer * Haywood Sullivan * Dick Howser * Doc Edwards * Charlie Lau * Tony Larussa * Dave Duncan * Wes Stock * Rene Lachemann * 

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;

Markusen, 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 eras.  Buy 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

The Links;