Reggie Jackson never did it. Jose Canseco never did it. Nor did Mark McGwire or Jason Giambi, at least not with the A’s. Not even Matt Stairs or Jack Cust.
On Saturday, Khris Davis hit his 40th home run of the year, making him the first Oakland A’s player ever to blast 40 in consecutive seasons. The only other Athletic to do so in franchise history was Jimmie Foxx, with the Philadelphia A’s back in 1932-34. McGwire and Canseco are the only others who had multiple nonconsecutive A’s seasons above that threshold, and McGwire had a likely back-to-back bid cut short when he was traded to the Cardinals in 1997.