Oakland Athletics award winners and league leaders explained

This is a list of award winners and league leaders for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball.

The team was first known as the Philadelphia Athletics from to and then as the Kansas City Athletics from to .

American League Most Valuable Player

See: Kenesaw Mountain Landis Most Valuable Player Award

American League Cy Young Award

See: Cy Young Award

American League Rookie of the Year

See: Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year Award

American League Manager of the Year

See: Manager of the Year Award

American League Gold Glove Award

Pitcher
Catcher
First base
Third base
Shortstop
Outfield

American League Platinum Glove Award

Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award

See main article: Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award.

See explanatory note at Atlanta Braves award winners and league leaders.

Team (at all positions)

American League Silver Slugger

First baseman

Third baseman

Outfield

Edgar Martínez Award

See: Edgar Martínez Award

Mariano Rivera AL Reliever of the Year Award

See: Major League Baseball Reliever of the Year Award

Rolaids Relief Man Award

See: Rolaids Relief Man Award

MLB All-Century Team (1999)

See: MLB All-Century Team

DHL Hometown Heroes (2006)

See: DHL Hometown Heroes

MLB All-Time Team (1997; Baseball Writers' Association of America)

See: MLB All-Time Team

Baseball Prospectus "Internet Baseball Awards" Team of the Decade (1999)

Chuck Tanner Major League Baseball Manager of the Year Award

See main article: Chuck Tanner Baseball Manager of the Year Award.

Babe Ruth Award (World Series)

See: Babe Ruth Award

Topps All-Star Rookie Teams

See: Topps All-Star Rookie Teams

Baseball America Major League Executive of the Year

See: Baseball America Major League Executive of the Year

Team award

Team records (single-game, single-season, career)

See main article: List of Oakland Athletics team records.

Minor-league system

MiLB Overall Minor League Hitter of the Year

See main article: This Year in Minor League Baseball Awards.

Organizational Player and Pitcher of the Year

Organizational Player and Pitcher of the Year
YearPlayer of the YearPitcher of the Year
1995Derek Manning [3]
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011Michael Choice
Jermaine Mitchell
2012Miles Head
2013Anthony Aliotti
2014Seth Streich
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019

Other achievements

National Baseball Hall of Fame

See: Oakland Athletics#Hall of Famers

California Sports Hall of Fame

See main article: California Sports Hall of Fame.

Athletics in the California Sports Hall of Fame
No.PlayerPositionTenureNotes
9, 31, 44 1968–1975
1987
10, 11, 22, 29, 42 IF
Manager
1963
1968–1971
1986–1995

Athletics in the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame

See: Oakland Athletics#Athletics in the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame

Athletics in the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame

See: Oakland Athletics#Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame

Retired numbers

See: Oakland Athletics#Retired numbers

Catfish Hunter Award

See footnote[4] and Catfish HunterThe award is given to the Athletics' most inspirational player.[5]

YearWinnerPositionclass=unsortable style=";Ref
P
2B
C
2B
1B[6]
C
P[7]
OF
OF
OF
C/OF/1B[8]
C/OF/1B[9]
C/OF/1B[10]
2B[11]
3B
SS
SS
P
C/1B

Sporting News Sportsman of the Year

See: Sporting News#Sportsman of the Year

Ford C. Frick Award recipients

See: Oakland Athletics#Ford C. Frick Award recipients

Sports Illustrated Top 10 GMs/Executives of the Decade (2009)

See: List of 2009 all-decade Sports Illustrated awards and honors#Top 10 GMs/Executives of the Decade

American League Statistical Batting Leaders

Batting Average

On-base Percentage

Slugging Percentage

OPS

Games

At Bats

Runs

Hits

Total Bases

Doubles

Triples

Home Runs

RBI

Walks

Strikeouts

Stolen Bases

Singles

Runs Created

Extra-Base Hits

Times on Base

Hit By Pitch

Sacrifice Hits

Sacrifice Flies

Intentional Walks

Grounded into Double Plays

At Bats per Strikeout

At Bats per Home Run

Outs

American League Statistical Pitching Leaders

ERA

Wins

Won-Loss Percentage

WHIP

Hits Allowed/9IP

Walks/9IP

Strikeouts/9IP

Games

Saves

Innings

Strikeouts

Games Started

Complete Games

Shutouts

Home Runs Allowed

Walks Allowed

Hits Allowed

Strikeout to Walk

Losses

Earned Runs Allowed

Wild Pitches

Hit Batsmen

Batters Faced

Games Finished

Oldest Player

Youngest Player

See also

Notes and References

  1. The World Series Trophy was first awarded in 1967. In 1985, it was re-named the Commissioner's Trophy. From 1970 to 1984, the "Commissioner's Trophy" was the name of the award given to the All-Star Game MVP.
  2. Web site: Lisa. Winston. January 1, 2010. A's Carter pays immediate dividends: Slugger earns MiLBY for Overall Minor League Hitter. MLB Advanced Media, L.P. 2011-06-17.
  3. Web site: 2020 Oakland Athletics Media Guide. Oakland Athletics. Major League Baseball. 592. 2020. August 12, 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200622004625/https://pressbox.athletics.com/Publications/MLB%20Media%20Guides/2020%20Oakland%20A's%20Media%20Guide.pdf. June 22, 2020.
  4. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/catfish_hunter_award.shtml Catfish Hunter Award
  5. Web site: Jane. Lee. Willingham selected for Catfish Hunter Award. Sep 20, 2011. MLB.com. 2014-04-04. [F]or the past seven years has recognized the A's most inspirational player .....
  6. Web site: Sweeney honored by Athletics Oakland Athletics. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150906175658/http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/news/print.jsp?ymd=20080914&content_id=3475064&vkey=news_oak&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak&affiliateId=CommentWidget. 2015-09-06.
  7. Web site: The San Diego Union-Tribune - San Diego, California & National News.
  8. Web site: Oakland A's name Stephen Vogt recipient of Catfish Hunter Award athletics.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150906183426/http://m.athletics.mlb.com/news/article/95584618/oakland-as-name-stephen-vogt-recipient-of-catfish-hunter-award. 2015-09-06.
  9. Web site: Vogt lands 2nd straight Catfish Hunter Award. .
  10. News: John . Hickey . Stephen Vogt wins A's Catfish Hunter Award for third time . . September 23, 2016 . September 21, 2019.
  11. News: John . Shea . A's 2nd baseman Jed Lowrie wins Catfish Hunter Award . . September 26, 2017 . September 21, 2019.