![]() ![]() December 6-AFL establishes Player Benefit Fund. December 4-Raiders fall to Los Angeles Chargers, 41-17, in their first game after switching stadiums to Candlestick Park for the last three contests of the 1960 season. September 25-Raiders win first regular season league game in franchise history, 14-13 at Houston. September 11-Raiders open at home, losing to Houston, 37-22. September 9-First league game held: Denver defeats Boston, 13-10, before 21,597 at Boston. July 30-First pre-season game held: Boston defeats Buffalo, 28-7, before 16,000 at Buffalo. ![]() July 11-Raiders open first training camp at Santa Cruz High School in Santa Cruz, Calif. June 9-AFL signs five-year contract with ABC for network televising of games. April 5-Franchise announces nickname "Senors." April 14-Team announces nickname change to "Raiders." May 16-Kezar Stadium announced as Raiders home stadium for 1960 season. March 20-"Name Your Football Team" contest kicks off. March 3-5-At special AFL meetings in Oakland, "allocation" draft formulated to stock Oakland club. February 9-Eddie Erdelatz appointed as first head coach of Raiders. "Chet" Soda named franchise's first general manager. January 30-Oakland group awarded former Minneapolis-St.Paul franchise. January 27-First 14-game home-and-away schedule adopted. Note: G = Games played AB = At bats H = Hits Avg.January 26-Lamar Hunt of the Dallas Texans named first AFL president. = Batting average HR = Home runs RBI = Runs batted in Pos Note: Pos = Position G = Games played AB = At bats H = Hits Avg. Player stats Batting Starters by position Jim Pena was drafted by the Athletics in the 24th round, but did not sign.Wally Whitehurst was drafted by the Athletics in the 3rd round.Dave Otto was drafted by the Athletics in the 2nd round.Walt Weiss was drafted by the Athletics in the 1st round (11th pick).June 3, 1985: 1985 Major League Baseball Draft.The Angels completed the deal by sending Robert Sharpnack (minors) and Jerome Nelson (minors) to the Athletics on September 25. September 10, 1985: Don Sutton was traded by the Athletics to the California Angels for players to be named later.July 17, 1985: Bob Owchinko was purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Oakland Athletics.July 12, 1985: Tommy John was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.April 26, 1985: Bill Mooneyham was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.April 15, 1985: Bob Owchinko was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics.September 22, 1985: José Canseco became the 27th player to hit a home run over the roof of Comiskey Park.September 9, 1985: Canseco hits his first career major league home run off the Texas Ranger's Jeff Russell in a 3–1 loss.September 2, 1985: José Canseco made his major league debut in a game against the Baltimore Orioles.February 5, 1985: Rob Picciolo was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics.December 8, 1984: Bill Caudill was traded by the Athletics to the Toronto Blue Jays for Alfredo Griffin, Dave Collins, and cash.The Athletics completed the deal by sending Ed Myers (minors) to the Brewers on March 25, 1985. December 7, 1984: Ray Burris, Eric Barry (minors) and a player to be named later were traded by the Athletics to the Milwaukee Brewers for Don Sutton.December 5, 1984: Rickey Henderson, Bert Bradley and cash were traded by the Athletics to the New York Yankees for Stan Javier, Jay Howell, José Rijo, Eric Plunk, and Tim Birtsas.While the Athletics' on-field performance continued to disappoint, the debut of slugger Jose Canseco gave fans a measure of hope. The Oakland Athletics' 1985 season involved the A's finishing 4th in the American League West with a record of 77 wins and 85 losses. The A's hosting a game at the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum in 1985. ![]()
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