kansas city athletics moved to oakland in 1968.
when did the kansas city athletics move to oakland?
1968
bullet::::- 1961: washington senators move to minneapolis–saint paul and become the minnesota twins; new washington senators (replacing the original senators) and los angeles angels created as expansion teams





















































bullet::::- 1962: houston colt .45s (later renamed the astros) and new york mets (replacing the dodgers and giants) created as expansion teams





















































bullet::::- 1966: milwaukee braves move to atlanta





















































bullet::::- 1968: kansas city athletics move to oakland





















































bullet::::- 1969: san diego padres, montreal expos, kansas city royals (replacing the athletics), and seattle pilots created as expansion teams





















































bullet::::- 1970: seattle pilots move to milwaukee and become the brewers (replacing the braves)
major league baseball relocation of 1950s–60s
lefty grove and alex kellner had the most opening day starts for the philadelphia and kansas city athletics with four. grove made four opening day starts for the philadelphia athletics in 1925, 1927, 1928 and 1930. kellner made two opening day starts for the philadelphia athletics in 1952 and 1953, and two opening day starts for the kansas city athletics in 1955 and 1956. eddie plank (1904, 1909, 1910), chief bender (1905, 1906, 1911), jack coombs (1907, 1912, 1913), scott perry (1919–1921) and phil marchildon (1942, 1947, 1948) each made three opening day starts for the philadelphia and kansas city athletics. the other pitchers who made multiple opening day starts for the philadelphia and kansas city athletics are bullet joe bush, sugar cain, chubby dean, lum harris, slim harriss and bobby shantz. catfish hunter made one opening day start for the kansas city athletics, but later made three opening day starts for the oakland athletics, giving him a total of four for the franchise.
list of philadelphia and kansas city athletics opening day starting pitchers