The Oakland A’s announced their 50th anniversary team on Monday. The list includes the 50 greatest Oakland A’s players, as voted by fans in an online poll during the season. The top vote-getter was Rickey Henderson, obviously.
Here’s the full list. They’re organized by position, and then alphabetically within each group. There are six Hall of Famers: Fingers, Eckersley, Henderson, Hunter, Jackson, Thomas.
Starting pitchers
- Vida Blue
- Dallas Braden
- Sonny Gray
- Ken Holtzman
- Tim Hudson
- Catfish Hunter
- Mark Mulder
- Mike Norris
- Blue Moon Odom
- Dave Stewart
- Bob Welch
- Curt Young
- Barry Zito
Relief pitchers
1st Base
2nd Base
3rd Base
Not a bad list!