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Round Numbers
2006-06-02 09:18
by Ken Arneson

While Jason Kendall was turning the round number in his home run column to a different shape, there have been a number of A's going in the other direction in the last few days:

  • Barry Zito got his 1000th career strikeout in his 200th career start.
  • Mark Kotsay hit his 100th career home run.
  • Ken Macha got his 300th career win as a manager.
  • Bobby Crosby hit the 6000th home run in Oakland A's history.

Here are some lists associated with those milestones:
Career strikeout leaders for the Oakland A's:

  1. 1,315. Vida Blue
  2. 1,152. Dave Stewart
  3. 1,139. Catfish Hunter
  4. 1,001. Barry Zito
  5. 899. Tim Hudson
  6. 784. Rollie Fingers
  7. 677. Bob Welch
  8. 675. Blue Moon Odom
  9. 668. Mark Mulder
  10. 658. Dennis Eckersley

Oakland A's managers, by wins:

  1. Tony LaRussa, 798-673.
  2. Art Howe, 600-533.
  3. Ken Macha, 300-240.
  4. Dick Williams, 288-190.
  5. Billy Martin, 215-218.
  6. Alvin Dark, 188-136.
  7. Jackie Moore, 163-190.
  8. John McNamara, 97-78.
  9. Steve Boros, 94-112.
  10. Chuck Tanner, 87-74.
  11. Bob Kennedy, 82-80.
  12. Hank Bauer, 80-69.
  13. Jack McKeon, 71-105.
  14. Bobby Winkles, 61-86.
  15. Jim Marshall, 54-108.
  16. Jeff Newman, 2-8.

Oakland A's home run milestones (according to the radio broadcast on Wednesday):

  • 1st. Reggie Jackson, 1968.
  • 1000th. Claudell Washington, 1975.
  • 2000th. Rickey Henderson, 1983.
  • 3000th. Dave Parker, 1989.
  • 4000th. Jason Giambi, 1996.
  • 5000th. Jason Giambi, 2000.
  • 6000th. Bobby Crosby, 2006.

Oakland A's team home runs by year:

1968: 94
1969: 148
1970: 171
1971: 160
1972: 134
1973: 147
1974: 132  (986)
1975: 151 (1137)
1976: 113
1977: 117
1978: 100
1979: 108
1980: 137
1981: 104
1982: 149 (1965)
1983: 121 (2086)
1984: 158
1985: 155
1986: 163
1987: 199
1988: 156 (2917)
1989: 127 (3044)
1990: 164
1991: 159
1992: 142
1993: 158
1994: 113
1995: 169 (3949)
1996: 243 (4192)
1997: 197
1998: 149
1999: 235 (4773)
2000: 239 (5012)
2001: 199
2002: 205
2003: 176
2004: 189
2005: 155 (5936)

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