James Augustus “Catfish” Hunter put together a Hall of Fame career punctuated by the perfect game he threw for the A’s against Minnesota at the Coliseum on May 8, 1968. The right-hander racked up 11 ...

One month after the A’s debut in the Oakland Coliseum following their move from Kansas City, they give their new fans a historic thrill. Jim “Catfish” Hunter threw a perfect game—the first in the ...

Stephen Strasburg, exit stage left, your run as MLB's highest-paid pitcher with your $245 million contract was short-lived. Step on up, Gerrit Cole, owner of a new, nine-year, $324 million contract, ...

Hunter became baseball's first free agent in the modern era due to carelessness or, more likely, abject hubris on the part of A's owner Charlie Finley. In 1974, players were still bound to their teams ...