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The Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball (MLB) team based in Oakland, California. They play in the American League West division. The club was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1901, moved to Kansas City, Missouri in 1955 and relocated to Oakland in 1968.〔(Oakland Athletics year-by-year results ), Oakland Athletics. Accessed October 25, 2008.〕 The first game of the new baseball season for a team is played on Opening Day, and being named the Opening Day starter is an honor, which is often given to the player who is expected to lead the pitching staff that season, though there are various strategic reasons why a team's best pitcher might not start on Opening Day. Since their arrival in Oakland, the A's home field has been the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, a multi-purpose stadium that has also been used for football, and soccer games. Commonly referred to as The Oakland Coliseum, or simply The Coliseum, it was formally known as Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (1966–1998, Present), Network Associates Coliseum (1998–2004) and McAfee Coliseum (2004–2008).〔(Ballparks: 1901 - Present ), Oakland Athletics. Accessed October 24, 2008.〕〔(Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum ), Oakland Athletics. Accessed October 24, 2008.〕〔Bay City News Service. ("McAfee Coliseum name reverts to Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum" ), ''Contra Costa Times'', September 19, 2008. Accessed October 24, 2008.〕 The A's played their 1996 Opening Day game at Cashman Field in Las Vegas, Nevada while repairs at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum were being completed, the first time in 39 years that a major league team played in a minor-league ballpark.〔Dahlberg, Tim. ("A's new `home' is in Las Vegas Renovations forced move for start of season" ), ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'', April 1, 1996. Accessed October 27, 2008.〕 In Oakland, the A's have used 29 different Opening Day starting pitchers in their 48 seasons. The 29 starters have a combined Opening Day record of 15 wins, 17 losses and 16 no decisions. No decisions are only awarded to the starting pitcher if the game is won or lost after the starting pitcher has left the game or if the starting pitcher pitches fewer than five innings. Of the 16 no decisions, the A's went on to win six and lose ten of those games, for a team record on Opening Day of 20 wins and 27 losses.〔(Oakland Athletics Opening Day Starters and Results ), Baseball-Reference. Accessed October 25, 2008.〕 Since it moved to Oakland, the team has played 33 of their Opening Day games at home: 30 at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum/O.co Coliseum, twice in Tokyo, and once in Las Vegas. Of the 30 games played in Oakland, the A's starting pitchers have a record of 11 wins, 8 losses and 11 no decisions (the team won six and lost five of these no decisions). The 1996 game at Las Vegas' Cashman Field was a loss for starter Carlos Reyes. The 2008 game in the Tokyo Dome was a no decision for starter Joe Blanton that ended in an A's loss. The 2012 Tokyo Dome game resulted in a no decision for starter Brandon McCarthy and a loss for the team. Overall, the team's starting pitchers' record in home games is 11–9 (with 13 no decisions).〔 The A's have advanced to the playoffs 18 times while in Oakland, winning the American League Championship Series six times and going on to win the World Series in 1972, 1973, 1974 and 1989. In the 18 seasons that the A's advanced to the playoffs, the teams Opening Day starting pitchers have had a record of eight wins, four losses and six no decisions; the team ultimately won three and lost three of the no decisions. The team's starters won four and lost one Opening Day game in the six seasons they advanced to the World Series.〔 Catfish Hunter was the team's first Opening Day starter after the team moved to Oakland, taking a 3–1 loss to the Baltimore Orioles at Memorial Stadium in 1968.〔〔 == Key == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of Oakland Athletics Opening Day starting pitchers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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