Oakland Athletics Mount Rushmore

The Oakland Athletics have gone through years of excellence, and years of mediocrity. Yet through it all, there have been some great players to put on that scripted A.

The Oakland Athletics have been baseball’s vagabonds over the years. One of the charter members of the American League, they spent their first 54 years in Philadelphia, led nearly the entire time by the legendary Connie Mack. They eventually moved to Kansas City for 13 disastrous seasons before eventually heading to Oakland in 1968.

During that time, the Athletics had some moments of brilliance. They were one of the first dynasties in the American League, making the World Series four times from 1910 through 1914. After 14 years without a postseason appearance, the A’s won three championships in a row. Then, it took until their dynasty in the 1970s before they returned to glory.

Over their history, the Athletics had some incredible players come through their clubhouse. Even when they were essentially the Yankees farm team in the late 1950s, there were some good players in Kansas City. They just were not ready for the prime time. As soon as they were, they would be a part of the second New York dynasty.

Which of those players were the best in the history of the Oakland Athletics franchise history? Let us take a look at their Mount Rushmore of top players.