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

The team was known as the Philadelphia Athletics from 1901 to 1954, the Kansas City Athletics from 1955 to 1967, and the Oakland Athletics from 1968 to 2024.

American League Most Valuable Player

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See: Kenesaw Mountain Landis Most Valuable Player Award

American League Cy Young Award

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See: Cy Young Award

American League Rookie of the Year

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See: Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year Award

American League Manager of the Year

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See: Manager of the Year Award

American League Gold Glove Award

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Pitcher
Catcher
First base
Third base
Shortstop
Outfield

American League Platinum Glove Award

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Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award

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Main article: Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award
See explanatory note at Atlanta Braves award winners and league leaders.
Team (at all positions)
  • (2012)
  • (2013)

American League Silver Slugger

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Designated hitter

First baseman

Third baseman

Outfield

Edgar Martínez Award

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See: Edgar Martínez Award

Mariano Rivera AL Reliever of the Year Award

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See: Major League Baseball Reliever of the Year Award

Rolaids Relief Man Award

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See: Rolaids Relief Man Award

MLB All-Century Team (1999)

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See: MLB All-Century Team

DHL Hometown Heroes (2006)

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See: DHL Hometown Heroes

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

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See: MLB All-Time Team

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

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Main article: Baseball Prospectus Internet Baseball Awards § Team of the Decade (1990–1999)
  • Reliever of the Decade: Dennis Eckersley, Athletics–Cardinals–Red Sox
  • First Base: Mark McGwire, Athletics–Cardinals
  • 2001 Most Valuable Player, AL: Jason Giambi
  • 2005 Rookie of the Year, AL: Huston Street

Chuck Tanner Major League Baseball Manager of the Year Award

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Main article: Chuck Tanner Baseball Manager of the Year Award

Babe Ruth Award (World Series)

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See: Babe Ruth Award

Topps All-Star Rookie Teams

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See: Topps All-Star Rookie Teams

Baseball America Major League Executive of the Year

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See: Baseball America Major League Executive of the Year

Team award

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

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Main article: List of Athletics team records

Minor-league system

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MiLB Overall Minor League Hitter of the Year

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Main article: This Year in Minor League Baseball Awards

Organizational Player and Pitcher of the Year

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Organizational Player and Pitcher of the Year
Year Player of the Year Pitcher of the Year Ref.
1995 Steve Cox Derek Manning [3]
1996 D. T. Cromer Willie Adams [3]
1997 Ben Grieve Brad Rigby [3]
1998 Eric Chavez Jay Witasick [3]
1999 Adam Piatt Tim Hudson [3]
2000 José Ortiz Barry Zito [3]
2001 Esteban Germán Mario Ramos [3]
2002 Graham Koonce Rich Harden [3]
2003 Graham Koonce Rich Harden [3]
2004 Dan Johnson Santiago Casilla [3]
2005 Andre Ethier Dallas Braden [3]
2006 Jeff Baisley Jason Windsor [3]
2007 Daric Barton Trevor Cahill [3]
2008 Chris Carter Trevor Cahill [3]
2009 Chris Carter Pedro Figueroa [3]
2010 Grant Green Ian Krol [3]
2011 Michael Choice
Jermaine Mitchell		 Graham Godfrey [3]
2012 Miles Head A. J. Griffin
Dan Straily		 [3]
2013 Anthony Aliotti Sonny Gray [3]
2014 Matt Olson
Daniel Robertson		 Seth Streich [3]
2015 Chad Pinder Ryan Dull [3]
2016 Ryon Healy Daniel Mengden [3]
2017 Matt Olson A. J. Puk [3]
2018 Ramón Laureano Jesús Luzardo [3]
2019 Seth Brown Daulton Jefferies [3]

Other achievements

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National Baseball Hall of Fame

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See: Oakland Athletics#Hall of Famers

California Sports Hall of Fame

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Main article: California Sports Hall of Fame
Athletics in the California Sports Hall of Fame
No. Player Position Tenure Notes
9, 31, 44 Reggie Jackson RF 1968–1975
1987
10, 11, 22, 29, 42 Tony La Russa IF
Manager		 1963
1968–1971
1986–1995

Athletics in the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame

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

Athletics in the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame

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See: Oakland Athletics#Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame

Retired numbers

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See: Oakland Athletics#Retired numbers

Catfish Hunter Award

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See footnote[4] and Catfish Hunter

The award is given to the Athletics' most inspirational player.[5]

Year Winner Position Ref
2004 Tim Hudson P
2005 Mark Ellis (1) 2B
2006 Jason Kendall C
2007 Mark Ellis (2) 2B
2008 Mike Sweeney 1B [6]
2009 Kurt Suzuki C
2010 Ben Sheets P [7]
2011 Josh Willingham OF [5]
2012 Jonny Gomes OF
2013 Coco Crisp OF
2014 Stephen Vogt (1) C/OF/1B [8]
2015 Stephen Vogt (2) C/OF/1B [9]
2016 Stephen Vogt (3) C/OF/1B [10]
2017 Jed Lowrie 2B [11]
2018 Matt Chapman 3B
2019 Marcus Semien (1) SS
2020 Marcus Semien (2) SS
2021 Chris Bassitt P
2022 Stephen Vogt (4) C/1B
2023 Ryan Noda 1B
2024 Shea Langeliers C

Sporting News Sportsman of the Year

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See: Sporting News#Sportsman of the Year

Ford C. Frick Award recipients

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See: Oakland Athletics#Ford C. Frick Award recipients

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

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See: List of 2009 all-decade Sports Illustrated awards and honors#Top 10 GMs/Executives of the Decade
  • No. 10 – Billy Beane (the list's only other MLB GMs were Boston's Theo Epstein, No. 3, and Seattle and Philadelphia's Pat Gillick, No. 7)

American League Statistical Batting Leaders

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Batting Average

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On-base Percentage

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Slugging Percentage

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OPS

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Games

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At Bats

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Runs

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Hits

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Total Bases

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Doubles

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Triples

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Home Runs

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RBI

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Walks

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Strikeouts

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Stolen Bases

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  • Topsy Hartsel 47 (1902)
  • Danny Hoffman 46 (1905)
  • Eddie Collins 81 (1910)
  • Billy Werber 35 (1937) Co-Leader
  • Bert Campaneris 51 (1965)
  • Bert Campaneris 52 (1966)
  • Bert Campaneris 55 (1967)
  • Bert Campaneris 62 (1968)
  • Bert Campaneris 42 (1970)
  • Bert Campaneris 52 (1972)
  • Billy North 54 (1974)
  • Billy North 75 (1976)
  • Rickey Henderson 100 (1980)
  • Rickey Henderson 56 (1981)
  • Rickey Henderson 130 (1982)
  • Rickey Henderson 108 (1983)
  • Rickey Henderson 66 (1984)
  • Rickey Henderson 65 (1990)
  • Rickey Henderson 58 (1991)
  • Rickey Henderson 66 (1998)
  • Coco Crisp 49 (2011) Co-Leader

Singles

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Runs Created

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Extra-Base Hits

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Times on Base

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Hit By Pitch

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Sacrifice Hits

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Sacrifice Flies

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Intentional Walks

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Grounded into Double Plays

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At Bats per Strikeout

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At Bats per Home Run

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  • Socks Seybold 32.6 (1902)
  • Harry Davis 40.4 (1904)
  • Harry Davis 75.9 (1905)
  • Harry Davis 45.9 (1906)
  • Harry Davis 72.8 (1907)
  • Frank Baker 53.8 (1911)
  • Frank Baker 57.7 (1912)
  • Frank Baker 47.0 (1913)
  • Jimmie Foxx 10.1 (1932)
  • Jimmie Foxx 11.9 (1933)
  • Jimmie Foxx 14.9 (1935)
  • Gus Zernial 13.2 (1953)
  • Gus Zernial 13.8 (1955)
  • Reggie Jackson 16.8 (1973)
  • Mark McGwire 11.4 (1987)
  • José Canseco 14.5 (1988)
  • Mark McGwire 14.8 (1989)
  • José Canseco 13.0 (1991)
  • Mark McGwire 11.1 (1992)
  • Mark McGwire 8.1 (1995)
  • Mark McGwire 8.1 (1996)

Outs

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American League Statistical Pitching Leaders

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ERA

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Wins

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Won-Loss Percentage

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WHIP

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Hits Allowed/9IP

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Walks/9IP

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Strikeouts/9IP

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  • Rube Waddell 6.84 (1902)
  • Rube Waddell 8.39 (1903)
  • Rube Waddell 8.20 (1904)
  • Rube Waddell 7.86 (1905)
  • Rube Waddell 6.47 (1906)
  • Rube Waddell 7.33 (1907)
  • Lefty Grove 5.30 (1925)
  • Lefty Grove 6.77 (1926)
  • Lefty Grove 5.97 (1927)
  • George Earnshaw 6.65 (1928)
  • Lefty Grove 5.56 (1929)
  • Lefty Grove 6.46 (1930)
  • Lou Brissie 5.89 (1948)
  • Vida Blue 8.68 (1971)

Games

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Saves

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Innings

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  • Scott Perry 332+1⁄3 (1918)
  • Rube Walberg 291 (1931)
  • Rick Langford 290 (1980)
  • Dave Stewart 275+2⁄3 (1988)
  • Dave Stewart 267 (1990)

Strikeouts

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  • Rube Waddell 210 (1902)
  • Rube Waddell 302 (1903)
  • Rube Waddell 349 (1904)
  • Rube Waddell 287 (1905)
  • Rube Waddell 196 (1906)
  • Rube Waddell 232 (1907)
  • Lefty Grove 116 (1925)
  • Lefty Grove 194 (1926)
  • Lefty Grove 174 (1927)
  • Lefty Grove 183 (1928)
  • Lefty Grove 170 (1929)
  • Lefty Grove 209 (1930)
  • Lefty Grove 175 (1931)

Games Started

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Complete Games

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Shutouts

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Home Runs Allowed

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Walks Allowed

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Hits Allowed

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Strikeout to Walk

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Losses

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Earned Runs Allowed

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Wild Pitches

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Hit Batsmen

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Batters Faced

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Games Finished

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Oldest Player

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Youngest Player

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See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ Winston, Lisa (January 1, 2010). "A's Carter pays immediate dividends: Slugger earns MiLBY for Overall Minor League Hitter". MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "2020 Oakland Athletics Media Guide" (PDF). Oakland Athletics. Major League Baseball. 2020. p. 592. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 22, 2020. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  4. ^ Catfish Hunter Award (2004–present). Baseball-Almanac. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
  5. ^ a b Lee, Jane (Sep 20, 2011). "Willingham selected for Catfish Hunter Award". MLB.com. Archived from the original on January 26, 2012. Retrieved 2014-04-04. [F]or the past seven years has recognized the A's most inspirational player ....
  6. ^ "Sweeney honored by Athletics". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06.
  7. ^ "The San Diego Union-Tribune - San Diego, California & National News".
  8. ^ "Oakland A's name Stephen Vogt recipient of Catfish Hunter Award". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06.
  9. ^ "Vogt lands 2nd straight Catfish Hunter Award". MLB.com.
  10. ^ Hickey, John (September 23, 2016). "Stephen Vogt wins A's Catfish Hunter Award for third time". East Bay Times. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  11. ^ Shea, John (September 26, 2017). "A's 2nd baseman Jed Lowrie wins Catfish Hunter Award". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
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