Across a century and three cities, no franchise has produced more swagger per season than the Athletics - Connie Mack's Philadelphia powerhouses, Charlie Finley's mustachioed three-peat, and the Bash Brothers who turned Oakland into a fortress. These are the eight greatest ever to wear the elephant.

Rickey Henderson

Left Field · 1979-1998 · HOF 2009

Baseball's all-time stolen-base king with 1,406 steals and its greatest leadoff hitter, Rickey began and ended his career in Oakland. A ten-time All-Star and the 1990 AL MVP, he crossed the plate more times than any player in history.

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Reggie Jackson

Right Field · 1967-1975, 1987 · HOF 1993

Mr. October long before the pinstripes, Reggie was the thunder in the middle of the early-1970s dynasty. He took the 1973 AL MVP and drove Oakland to three straight World Series titles.

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Jimmie Foxx

First Base · 1925-1935 · HOF 1951

'Double X' was the most feared right-handed slugger of his era, winning back-to-back MVPs for Connie Mack's Philadelphia A's and the 1933 Triple Crown. He reached 500 home runs faster than anyone before him.

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Lefty Grove

Pitcher · 1925-1933 · HOF 1947

Perhaps the greatest left-handed pitcher who ever lived, Grove won 31 games in 1931 and led the league in ERA a record nine times. His fastball carried the Philadelphia A's to three straight pennants.

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Catfish Hunter

Pitcher · 1965-1974 · HOF 1987

The ace of the Oakland dynasty, Hunter threw a perfect game in 1968 and won twenty-plus games in four straight seasons. He earned the 1974 Cy Young and anchored three consecutive champions.

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Rollie Fingers

Relief Pitcher · 1968-1976 · HOF 1992

The handlebar mustache and the ice-cold ninth: Fingers was the game's defining relief ace, closing out all three of Oakland's 1972-74 titles and taking World Series MVP in 1974.

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Dennis Eckersley

Relief Pitcher · 1987-1995 · HOF 2004

Eck reinvented the closer's role in Oakland, turning the ninth inning into a formality. His 1992 - fifty-one saves plus both the AL MVP and Cy Young - is one of the greatest seasons a reliever has ever had.

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Mark McGwire

First Base · 1986-1997

One half of the Bash Brothers, McGwire announced himself with a rookie-record 49 home runs in 1987 and became the most prolific power hitter Oakland has ever produced.

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