Q 01/05

The A's moved from Kansas City to Oakland ahead of which season?

A) 1968

B) 1970

C) 1973

D) 1977

Answer · why

A) 1968

Their first Oakland game, on April 17, was a 4-1 loss to Baltimore in front of 50,164 fans.

Q 02/05

How many World Series titles has the Athletics franchise won, tied for second-most in the AL?

A) 9

B) 11

C) 13

D) 15

Answer · why

A) 9

9: five came in Philadelphia (1910, 1911, 1913, 1929, 1930) and four in Oakland, the last the 1989 sweep of the Giants; only the Yankees have more in ...

Q 03/05

Which manager ran the Athletics for their first 50 years, wearing a business suit in the dugout?

A) Jimmy Dykes

B) Connie Mack

C) Ben Shibe

D) Bucky Harris

Answer · why

B) Connie Mack

Connie Mack managed the Athletics from 1901 to 1950, directing fielders with a rolled-up scorecard from the dugout in a suit; his 3,731 wins and 3,948...

Q 04/05

The A's white elephant mascot began as a jibe from which rival manager?

A) Fred Clarke

B) Frank Chance

C) John McGraw

D) Hughie Jennings

Answer · why

C) John McGraw

John McGraw, the Giants manager, sneered in 1902 that Ben Shibe had bought a 'white elephant'; the A's manager adopted the insult and handed McGraw a ...

Q 05/05

In Kansas City, Charlie Finley replaced the elephant with which animal, the state animal of Missouri?

A) A bear

B) A mule

C) A mustang

D) A bulldog

Answer · why

B) A mule

A mule: Finley unveiled a live mule named Charlie O, after himself, in 1965 and paraded it at the ballpark; the mule became Missouri's official state ...