When the Oakland A’s beat the Astros on Thursday, they tallied their 9,000th win in franchise history. That dates back over a century to 1901, when the team began play in Philadelphia.
Here are nine facts about those 9,000 victories. Numbers listed are through Thursday’s games, so they don’t count this past weekend.
1. They’re the 14th team to reach 9,000
I promise the facts get more fun after this, but we have to start somewhere. There are 13 other teams with more wins all-time, which is more than I would have guessed off-hand. They are (in order) the Giants (eww) (11,149), Cubs, Dodgers, Cardinals, Braves, Reds, Pirates, Yankees, Phillies, Red Sox, Indians, Tigers, and White Sox (9,265).