Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
aka Network Associates Coliseum; McAfee Coliseum; UMAX Coliseum; Overstock.com Coliseum; RingCentral Coliseum; Oakland Coliseum
1968 - 2024
Oakland, CA
Historic Aerials
What Was There
| Team | Years | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Athletics |
(1968 - 2024) |
4495 |
First Game
4/17/1968: Orioles 4, A's 1Umpires: HP - Emmett Ashford, 1B - Frank Ulmont, 2B - Bill Valentine, 3B - Jim Honochick
Managers: Bob Kennedy (OAK), Hank Bauer (BAL)
Starting Pitchers: Lew Krausse (OAK), Dave McNally (BAL)
First Pitch: California Governor Ronald Reagan
Attendance: 50,164
Time of Game: 2:35
Trivia
- Catfish Hunter threw the first no-hitter at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in the 11th game ever played there, marking the shortest amount of time between a park's first game and its first no-hitter.
- Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum has hosted three no-hitters in which more than one pitcher contributed, including two in which four pitchers contributed.
- Turner Field in Atlanta is the only other active park that has hosted a no-hitter in which four pitchers contributed, and only Turner Field, Fenway Park, and Angel Stadium of Anaheim have hosted other no-hitters in which multiple pitchers contributed.
| Batting Event | First |
|---|---|
| First Batter | Curt Blefary (BAL) walk |
| Hit | Boog Powell (BAL) home run to RF vs. Lew Krausse (2nd inning) - Homered (2nd) |
| Run Scored | Boog Powell (BAL) on home run to RF vs. Lew Krausse (2nd inning) |
| Run Batted In | Boog Powell (BAL) on home run to RF vs. Lew Krausse (2nd inning) |
| Single | Davey Johnson (BAL) to RF vs. Lew Krausse (4th inning) |
| Double | Curt Blefary (BAL) to RF vs. Paul Lindblad (7th inning) |
| Triple | Frank Coggins (WS2) to CF vs. Jim Nash 4/19/1968 (5th inning, Game No. 3) |
| Home Run | Boog Powell (BAL) to RF vs. Lew Krausse (2nd inning) |
| Grand Slam | Sal Bando (OAK) to RF vs. George Brunet (CAL) on 4/16/1969: 1B-Tommie Reynolds, 2B-Chuck Dobson, 3B-Rick Monday (5th inning, Game No. 91) |
| IPHR | Reggie Jackson (OAK) to CF vs. Jim McGlothlin (CAL) on 6/2/1968 (4th inning, Game No. 28) |
| Stolen Base | Dave May (BAL) , 2B vs. Ed Sprague/Phil Roof on 4/18/1968 (11th inning, Game No. 2) |
| Sacrifice Hit | Davey Johnson (BAL) bunted Boog Powell to 2B vs. Chuck Dobson on 4/18/1968 (9th inning, Game No. 2) |
| Sacrifice Fly | John Donaldson (OAK) to LF scored Reggie Jackson vs. Gene Brabender on 4/19/1968 (13th inning, Game No. 2) |
| Cycle | Eric Chavez (OAK): 6/21/2000 vs. BAL (2B in 2nd, 1B in 4th, 3B in 5th, HR in 7th) (Game No. 2,559) |
| Pitching Event | First |
| Win | Dave McNally (BAL): 9 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 1 HR, 0 HBP, 29 BF, 12 GB, 8 FB, 0 LD, 2 PU, 2 Unk, 84 GSc |
| Loss | Lew Krausse (OAK): 5 1/3 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 3 HR, 0 HBP, 23 BF, 3 GB, 10 FB, 1 LD, 4 PU, 3 Unk, 43 GSc |
| Strikeout | Dave McNally (BAL) struck out Reggie Jackson swinging (1st inning) |
| Shutout | Joe Coleman (WS2) on 4/19/1968 (Game No. 3) |
| Shutout, SP | Coleman: 9 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, 0 HR, 0 HBP, 34 BF, 13 GB, 7 FB, 1 LD, 0 PU, 5 Unk, 78 GSc |
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| Shutout, RP | Save | Dave Baldwin (WS2) on 4/20/1968: 1/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, ) HR, 0 HBP, 1 BF, 0 GB, 0 FB, 0 LD, 0 PU, 0 Unk, 2 IR, 0 IS (Game No. 4) |
| Hit by Pitch | Jim Hardin (BAL) hit Bert Campaneris on 4/18/1968 (1st inning, Game No. 2) |
| Wild Pitch | Chuck Dobson (OAK) sent Davey Johnson to 2B with Dave May at bat on 4/18/1968 (2nd inning, Game No. 2) |
| Balk | Jim Hardin (BAL) sent Jim Pagliaroni to 2B with John Donaldson at bat on 4/18/1968 (7th inning, Game No. 2) | No-Hitter | Catfish Hunter (OAK) vs. Twins on 5/8/1968: 9 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 11 K, 0 HR, 0 HBP, 27 BF, 7 GB, 9 FB, 0 LD, 0 PU, 0 Unk, 98 GSc (Game No. 11) |
| No-Hitter, SP | No-Hitter, RP | No-Hitter, RP |
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| Balk | No-Hitter |