2002 Oakland Athletics Season
The Oakland Athletics' 2002 season featured the A's finishing 1st in the American League West with a record of 103 wins and 59 losses, despite losing three free agents to larger market teams: 2000 AL MVP Jason Giambi to the New York Yankees, outfielder Johnny Damon to the Boston Red Sox, and closer Jason Isringhausen to the St. Louis Cardinals. They are most notable for having set an American League record of winning 20 consecutive games between August 13 and September 4, 2002.
Miguel Tejada and Barry Zito would go on to win the American League MVP and Cy Young Award respectively.
This year's team is prominently featured in the Michael Lewis book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game (as Lewis was given the opportunity to follow the team around throughout that season). A film adaptation of the book was released in 2011, also titled Moneyball.
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