{"id":228325,"date":"2026-03-20T10:02:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T10:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/228325\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T10:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T10:02:12","slug":"biggest-plays-in-oakland-athletics-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/228325\/","title":{"rendered":"Biggest Plays in Oakland Athletics History"},"content":{"rendered":"

Major League Baseball history is built on moments \u2014 swings, pitches, and split-second plays that reshaped seasons and, in some cases, entire franchises. From walk-off home runs in winner-take-all games to clutch hits under October pressure, the biggest plays often came when the stakes were highest. Stacker<\/a> identified the most impactful plays in Oakland Athletics history using data from Stathead<\/a>. Plays were ranked by their Championship Win Probability Added (cWPA), a metric that measures how much a single play changed a team’s odds of winning the World Series.<\/p>\n

#10. October 17, 1911 (WS Gm 3)
– Score: down 1-0 (9th inning, 1 out)
– Opponent: SFG
– Event: HR
– Play Description: Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
– cWPA: 13.13%<\/p>\n

#9. October 14, 1973 (WS Gm 2)
– Score: down 6-5 (9th inning, 2 outs)
– Opponent: NYM
– Event: 1B
– Play Description: Single to LF; S.\u00a0Bando Scores; R.\u00a0Jackson to 2B
– cWPA: 13.24%<\/p>\n

#8. October 07, 1972 (ALCS Gm 1)
– Score: down 2-1 (11th inning, 1 out)
– Opponent: DET
– Event: 1B
– Play Description: *WALK-OFF*:Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); M.\u00a0Hegan Scores; G.\u00a0Tenace Scores (Advanced on throw) on E9 (throw to 3B) (Unearned run)
– cWPA: 13.31%<\/p>\n

#7. October 21, 1973 (WS Gm 7)
– Score: ahead 2-0 (3rd inning, 2 outs)
– Opponent: NYM
– Event: HR
– Play Description: Home Run (Deep CF-RF); J.\u00a0Rudi Scores
– cWPA: 13.48%<\/p>\n

#6. October 14, 1929 (WS Gm 5)
– Score: down 2-0 (9th inning, 1 out)
– Opponent: CHC
– Event: HR
– Play Description: Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M.\u00a0Bishop Scores
– cWPA: 14.43%<\/p>\n

#5. October 22, 1972 (WS Gm 7)
– Score: down 3-2 (8th inning, 2 outs)
– Opponent: CIN
– Event: Out
– Play Description: Popfly: LF (Short LF)
– cWPA: 16.71%<\/p>\n

#4. October 22, 1972 (WS Gm 7)
– Score: tied 1-1 (6th inning, 2 outs)
– Opponent: CIN
– Event: 2B
– Play Description: Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line); B.\u00a0Campaneris Scores
– cWPA: 18.53%<\/p>\n

#3. October 21, 1973 (WS Gm 7)
– Score: tied 0-0 (3rd inning, 1 out)
– Opponent: NYM
– Event: HR
– Play Description: Home Run (Deep RF); K.\u00a0Holtzman Scores
– cWPA: 18.73%<\/p>\n

#2. October 06, 1930 (WS Gm 5)
– Score: tied 0-0 (9th inning, 1 out)
– Opponent: STL
– Event: HR
– Play Description: Home Run (Deep LF); M.\u00a0Cochrane Scores
– cWPA: 19.50%<\/p>\n

#1. October 19, 1972 (WS Gm 4)
– Score: down 2-1 (9th inning, 1 out)
– Opponent: CIN
– Event: 1B
– Play Description: Single to CF (Fly Ball to CF-RF); A.\u00a0Lewis Scores; G.\u00a0Tenace to 3B
– cWPA: 19.98%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Major League Baseball history is built on moments \u2014 swings, pitches, and split-second plays that reshaped seasons and,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-228325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}