Most Famous Oakland/Sacramento Athletics Players

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The most renowned players ever to play for the Oakland/Sacramento Athletics, ranked by Wikipedia reach.

Matt Holliday

Matthew Thomas Holliday is an American former professional baseball left fielder. He played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Colorado Rockies, Oakland Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals, and New York Yankees. A World Series champion in 2011 with the Cardinals, Holliday played a key role in seven postseasons, including the Rockies' first-ever World Series appearance in 2007 and Cardinals' playoff success in the 2010s. His distinctions include a National League (NL) batting championship, the 2007 NL Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award, seven All-Star selections, and four Silver Slugger Awards. Other career accomplishments include 300 home runs, more than 2,000 hits, and batting over .300 eight times.

Jimmie Foxx

James Emory Foxx, nicknamed "Double X" and "the Beast", was an American professional baseball first baseman who played 20 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, and Philadelphia Phillies. A tremendous power hitter, Foxx retired with the second most home runs, behind only Babe Ruth, and fifth-most runs batted in (RBI). His greatest seasons were with the Philadelphia Athletics and the Boston Red Sox, where he hit a then-record 30 or more home runs in 12 consecutive seasons and drove in more than 100 runs in 13 consecutive years.

Scott Kazmir

Scott Kazmir is a American former professional baseball player.

Orlando Cepeda

Orlando Cepeda is a Puerto Rican baseball player (1937–2024).

Johnny Damon

Johnny Damon is a American professional baseball outfielder.

Billy Beane

Billy Beane is a American professional baseball player and current front office executive.

Yoenis Céspedes

Yoenis Céspedes is a Cuban baseball player.

Bartolo Colón

Bartolo Colón is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher.

Josh Donaldson

Josh Donaldson is a American baseball player.

Joe Morgan

Joe Morgan is a Major League Baseball second baseman (1943–2020).

Satchel Paige

Satchel Paige is a American baseball player and coach (1906-1982).

Rickey Henderson

Rickey Henderson is a American Hall of Fame baseball player (1958–2024).

Mike Piazza

Mike Piazza is a American baseball player.

Cory Lidle

Cory Fulton Lidle was an American professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher, Lidle played in Major League Baseball with the New York Mets, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Yankees from 1997 to 2006. Lidle was killed when the small aircraft he owned was blown by a strong gust of wind and slammed nose first into a residential building in New York City.

Billy Martin

Billy Martin is a American baseball player and manager (1928–1989).

Hideki Matsui

Hideki Matsui is a Japanese professional baseball player.

Shoeless Joe Jackson

Joseph Jefferson Jackson, nicknamed "Shoeless Joe", was an American professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the early 20th century. His .356 career batting average is one of the highest in major-league history. Jackson is often remembered for his association with the Black Sox Scandal in which eight members of the 1919 Chicago White Sox participated in a conspiracy to fix the World Series. As a result, Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis permanently banned Jackson and the other seven players from professional baseball after the 1920 season. During the World Series in question, Jackson had led both teams in several statistical categories and set a World Series record with 12 base hits, including, during the last game, the only home run in that World Series. Jackson's role in the scandal, banishment from the game, and exclusion from the Baseball Hall of Fame have been fiercely debated. In 2025, Commissioner Rob Manfred removed Jackson and other deceased players from the MLB's permanently ineligible list, thus lifting the ban and making him once again eligible for the hall of fame.

Reggie Jackson

Reggie Jackson is a American baseball player and coach (born 1946).

Nick Swisher

Nick Swisher is a American baseball player.

Jose Canseco

Jose Canseco is a Cuban baseball player (born 1964).