These are the greatest moments in Oakland A's history

Throughout their five-plus decades in Oakland since moving out west from Kansas City in 1968, the A’s enjoyed a few different eras of dominance. There was the Swingin’ A’s dynasty of the '70s that captured three straight World Series titles. Then the powerful clubs led by Rickey Henderson, Dave Stewart and the Bash Brothers Mark McGwire and Jose Canseco in the '80s that reached three straight Fall Classics from 1988-90. Even the early 2000s A’s had a strong run with The Big Three of Barry Zito, Tim Hudson and Mark Mulder terrorizing opposing hitters.

Let’s take a look at 25 of the greatest moments of A’s baseball during the Oakland era:

Oct. 21, 1973: A’s capture second straight World Series title
After a pair of two-run blasts in the third inning by Bert Campaneris and Reggie Jackson provided plenty of run support for A’s starter Ken Holtzman, who held the Mets to one run over 5 1/3 innings, relievers Rollie Fingers and Darold Knowles took over and closed out Game 7 of the Fall Classic to bring Oakland its second consecutive World Series trophy. Knowles, who recorded the final out, became the first pitcher in Major League history to appear in all seven games of a seven-game World Series. The feat has been repeated just once since, when Brandon Morrow did it with the Dodgers in the 2017 Fall Classic. That sunny afternoon at the Coliseum marked the first World Series ever clinched in Oakland, and the last World Series game to end in daylight.

May 9, 2010: Dallas Braden’s perfect game on Mother’s Day
There might not be a more emotional moment in Oakland history than Braden’s perfect game. Pitching at the Coliseum on Mother's Day in front of his grandmother, Peggy Lindsey -- who raised Braden after his mother passed away from skin cancer when he was a high schooler -- the left-hander retired all 27 batters he faced on 109 pitches with six strikeouts.

As he made his way back to the A’s dugout, there was Lindsey, standing atop it. Braden spotted her and signaled to the security guard to allow her onto the field. The two ran to each other and embraced with a tear-filled hug.

Oct. 3, 2012: A's clinch the AL West over the Rangers on the final day of the regular season
What looked to be a routine fly ball off the bat of Yoenis Céspedes for what would have been the final out of the inning was dropped by Josh Hamilton out in center field and instead broke a tie game as two runs scored as a result of the error. The ball clanking off Hamilton’s glove sent the Coliseum into a frenzy, expanding the momentum of what turned out to be a six-run fourth inning. The A’s went on to defeat the Rangers and clinch the American League West that day -- the final day of the regular season -- in front of a packed house.

Oct. 10, 2012: Coco Crisp keeps the A’s alive with a walk-off single in Game 4 of the ALDS against the Tigers
Facing elimination from the postseason, Crisp saved the A’s with a walk-off single that produced arguably the loudest moment in Coliseum playoff history against the Tigers in Game 4 of the AL Division Series. Crisp’s two-out single off Jose Valverde scored Seth Smith, who had just tied the game up with a two-run double earlier in the inning.

Sept. 4, 2002: Scott Hatteberg’s walk-off homer heroics make it 20 wins in a row
The A’s had a date with destiny, entering the day with a 19-game win streak that tied the 1906 White Sox and 1947 Yankees for the longest streak in AL history. Getting to 20 looked like it would be easy after Oakland jumped out to an 11-0 lead against the Royals through the game’s first three innings, but things soon got weird.

A rare poor outing by Tim Hudson and a meltdown by an A’s bullpen that was reliable more often than not evaporated the large lead. By the time A’s closer Billy Koch got the ball in the ninth, the lead was down to one run, and the right-hander was unable to make it stick, as an RBI single by Luis Alicea tied the game.

Following Jermaine Dye’s flyout to begin the bottom of the ninth, A’s manager Art Howe had a hunch and pulled back Eric Byrnes for Hatteberg, who had only pinch-hit five times all season to that point. Hatteberg was better against righties, but the right-hander he had to face on this night -- Jason Grimsley -- was no easy task.

Hatteberg was only trying to find a gap, perhaps for a double that could spark a rally. He looked at one pitch for a ball, then blasted the next one into the right-field bleachers for a walk-off homer that capped one of the wildest baseball games ever.

April 20, 1997: Mark McGwire bashes a baseball completely out of Tiger Stadium
In the history of Tiger Stadium -- home of the Detroit Tigers from 1912-99 -- only four players in MLB history managed to slug a home run over the park’s towering left-field roof. McGwire was the last to do it, clearing the roof for a monster homer that was estimated to travel 491 feet.

May 1, 1991: Rickey Henderson passes Lou Brock for the all-time stolen base record
Henderson surpassed Brock as baseball’s most prolific basestealer with his 939th stolen base in a game against the Yankees at the Coliseum. To celebrate the accomplishment, the game was halted for a few moments to honor Henderson, who was soon joined on the field by his mother, Bobbie. Henderson was given a microphone and thanked the numerous figures in the A’s organization who helped him in his career. The speech, which is often still replayed at the Coliseum during A’s home games, ended with his famous words: “Today, I am the greatest of all time. Thank you.” The lasting image from this day is Henderson grabbing the third-base bag he stole for the record-breaking feat from the ground and lifting it over his head in elation as he acknowledged a raucous Oakland crowd.

Oct. 2, 2019: A’s fans pack the Coliseum for the AL Wild Card Game
A raucous Oakland crowd broke the record for the highest-attended Wild Card Game in MLB history as 54,005 fans packed the Coliseum. The A’s came up short that night, but the energy in the building produced a lasting memory for both A’s fans and players.

July 13, 1971: Reggie Jackson’s majestic home run at the All-Star Game
Jackson hit one of the most memorable homers in All-Star Game history, blasting a two-run shot off Dock Ellis that bounced off a transformer on top of the right-field roof at Tiger Stadium.

Oct. 28, 1989: A’s clinch World Series against the Giants at Candlestick Park
Dennis Eckersley’s signature celebration after recording a save was to go down on one knee while throwing his fist in the air like an uppercut, and it’s one of the lasting images from the A’s last World Series title in 1989, when he closed out Game 4 in San Francisco for a sweep of the Giants.

Oct. 22, 1972: A’s win first World Series in Oakland history with a Game 7 victory over the Reds
The Swingin’ A’s knocked off the Big Red Machine in the ‘72 World Series to bring Oakland its first Fall Classic title. Gene Tenace was named the World Series MVP on the strength of his four homers.

Oct. 17, 1974: A’s clinch third consecutive World Series title with win over Dodgers
The A’s dispatched of the Dodgers in five games. Rollie Fingers appeared in four games of that Fall Classic and allowed just two runs in 9 1/3 innings pitched. Picking up a win and notching two saves -- including two shutout innings to close out Game 5 -- Fingers was named MVP of a World Series that capped a three-peat for the A’s and stood as the last major sports championship won by a Bay Area franchise in its home stadium or arena until the NBA’s Golden State Warriors clinched the 2017 NBA Finals at Oracle Arena in Oakland.

June 21, 2000: Eric Chavez hits for the cycle
The A’s moved into the Oakland Coliseum back in 1968, but it wasn’t until 2000 that the stadium witnessed its first cycle as Chavez completed the feat against the Orioles.

June 4, 2007: Mark Ellis hits for the cycle
Ellis’ cycle against Boston was the 17th cycle in A’s history and just the second at the Coliseum.

May 8, 1968: Catfish Hunter tosses a perfect game
Hunter's perfect game is one of just two in A's history and came against the Twins in the A’s inaugural season at the Coliseum. At the time, it was the ninth perfect game in MLB history.

Sept. 23, 1988: Jose Canseco creates the 40-40 club
Canseco became the first player in MLB history with 40 homers and 40 steals in a season. He became the youngest unanimous MVP Award winner at age 23 with a .307/.391/.569 slash line to go with 40 stolen bases while leading the Majors in homers (42) and RBIs (124).

Aug. 14, 1987: Mark McGwire sets Major League rookie record for homers
McGwire surpassed Frank Robinson and Wally Berger with his 39th home run of a season in which he finished the year leading the Majors with 49 home runs. He earned AL Rookie of the Year honors and a sixth-place finish in MVP voting as he also drove in 118 runs and slashed .289/.370/.618. His 49 home runs stood as the single-season record by a rookie until Yankees star Aaron Judge hit 52 in 2017 (which was eclipsed two years later by Pete Alonso).

Oct. 7, 1989: Jose Canseco hits a mammoth 480-foot homer at the SkyDome
The A's slugger memorably hit a homer to the fifth deck at Toronto's SkyDome in Game 4 of the 1989 ALCS.

Oct. 4, 2006: Mark Kotsay’s inside-the-parker in the ALDS
Kotsay had his biggest moment in an A’s uniform as a player when he broke a 2-2 tie in Game 2 of the ALDS in Minnesota by smacking a liner past a diving Torii Hunter in center field and racing around the bases for a go-ahead two-run inside-the-park home run. The A’s won that game, 5-2, and went on to sweep the Twins in three games.

April 29, 2013: The six-hour marathon
Brandon Moss ended a six-hour and 32-minute game -- the longest by time in A's history -- with a walk-off two-run homer in the 19th inning against the Angels.

July 14, 1987: All-Stars come to Oakland
The Coliseum hosted its first and only All-Star Game. The National League won, 2-0, and Tim Raines won MVP. Mark McGwire and Jay Howell represented the A’s as players, while Tony La Russa and Rene Lachemann were on the coaching staff.

July 14, 2014: Céspedes goes back-to-back
Yoenis Céspedes joined Ken Griffey Jr. as the only players in Major League history to win back-to-back Home Run Derbys.

July 13, 1992: McGwire crowned home run king
Mark McGwire became the first player in A’s history to win the Home Run Derby.

Aug. 27, 1982: Rickey stands alone
Rickey Henderson broke Lou Brock’s single-season stolen base record by swiping his 119th bag of the season.

Oct. 14, 1989: Dave Stewart kicks off the Bay Bridge World Series with a bang
Stewart tossed a complete-game shutout against the Giants in Game 1 of the World Series at the Coliseum.