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Our All-Time Top 50 Oakland Athletics have been revised
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present the pre-2021 update of our top 50 Oakland Athletics of all-time.
As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the American League.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.
There is only one new addition near the bottom part of our list. As always, we announce our top five immediately, but out full list can be found here.
1. Lefty Grove
2. Rickey Henderson
3. Jimmie Foxx
4. Eddie Plank
5. Al Simmons
There was some minor tinkering on the list due to the changing values from Baseball Reference. No active Athletics made the list, but the altering advanced stats led to former 1930s Rightfielder, Wally Moses, replacing Jack Barry.
We welcome your input and commentsand as always, we thank you for your support.
Our All-Time Top 50 Seattle Mariners have been revised
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present the pre-2021 update of our top 50 Seattle Mariners of all-time.
As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the American League.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.
There is only one new addition near the bottom part of our list. As always, we announce our top five immediately, but out full list can be found here.
There was some minor tinkering on the list due to the changing values from Baseball Reference. The new entry is current staff ace, Marco Gonzales, who debuts at #48.
We welcome your input and commentsand as always, we thank you for your support.
48. Wally Moses
Wally Moses joined the Philadelphia Athletics in 1935, stepping into a gap left by the dismantled Connie Mack dynasties caused by the Great Depression. He quickly became the starting right fielder as a rookie, using his fast left-handed swing to dominate American League pitching for a decade.
His sophomore campaign in 1936 was an exemplary display of offensive prowess. Moses surpassed the prestigious 200-hit milestone by achieving 202 hits, integrating exceptional speed with a refined line-drive swing to attain a commendable .345 batting average and securing a 14th-place position in the American League Most Valuable Player voting.
Rather than hitting a plateau, he engineered an even more spectacular individual masterclass during the 1937 schedule. That summer, Moses put on a stunning display of multi-dimensional production, erupting for a career-high 25 home runs—the only time in his career he would reach double digits in that category. He punctuated his lone career All-Star selection by shattering his own personal ceilings with 208 hits, 48 doubles, 113 runs scored, and 86 runs batted in while maintaining a superb .320 average.
Although he would never quite replicate that astronomical power surge of 1937, Moses remained a remarkably consistent and prolific catalyst at the table for the financially constrained franchise. He achieved four consecutive individual seasons with a batting average well above .300 through 1941, employing superior base-running instincts to consistently turn singles into extra-base hits.
His impressive efficiency caught the eye of many, making him a prime target for an organization that was always trying to stay financially afloat. In 1939, Mack tried to sell his star outfielder to the Detroit Tigers, but Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis, a powerful figure, suddenly canceled the deal. It wasn't until two winters later that the front office finally reached their financial goal, successfully trading Moses to Chicago in a multi-player deal before the 1942 season started.
Following a highly productive decade spent with the White Sox and Boston Red Sox, his baseball career concluded in 1949 in a manner that was both fitting and full-circle. Moses returned to Philadelphia to dedicate his final three Major League seasons as a respected veteran and distinguished pinch-hitting expert from Mack's bench, ultimately retiring at the end of the 1951 season. With the A’s, Moses batted .307 with 1,316 Hits.
39. Marco Gonzales
A key element for a thriving franchise rebuild is having a reliable pitcher who can consistently take the mound every fifth day, pitch innings, and support a team in transition. For the Seattle Mariners in the late 2010s and early 2020s, that crucial piece was Marco Gonzales. Drafted in the first round by the St. Louis Cardinals in 2013 from Gonzaga University, this soft-tossing left-hander overcame early injuries and a crowded roster before a pivotal July 2017 trade sent him to Seattle in exchange for outfielder Tyler O'Neill. When Gonzales joined the Mariners, he was an untested talent, but he quickly became the steady, competitive backbone of the pitching staff.
Gonzales officially established himself as a dependable rotation piece during the 2018 season. Securing a permanent role right after spring training, the southpaw displayed an elite changeup and excellent sequencing, pitching through 29 starts with a promising 13–9 record and a 4.00 ERA. Although he didn't possess the high velocity of some peers, his calm, pitch-to-contact strategy made him a consistent presence during the regular season.
He beautifully validated that breakout during the 2019 season. Operating as the undisputed ace of a shifting roster, Gonzales spearheaded the staff by going 16–13 across a volume-dense 203.0 innings pitched, pacing the club with 147 strikeouts and cementing his status as the unquestioned leader of the clubhouse.
In the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, Gonzales put together his absolute professional masterpiece. Serving as the team's Opening Day starter, he completely dismantled American League hitters, cruising to a brilliant 7–2 record with a career-best 3.10 ERA and a league-leading 0.9 walk-per-nine-innings rate, proving that pristine command could thoroughly dictate the modern game.
While he remained a highly competent and competitive force during a 10-win 2021 campaign, the massive physical toll of carrying the rotation through consecutive rebuilding seasons eventually created significant friction. The 2022 season proved to be an incredibly grueling stretch; despite logging 183.0 innings across 32 starts, Gonzales lacked his signature sharpness, leading the American League with 15 losses and posting a negative bWAR (-0.1).
His final chapter in the Emerald City arrived in 2023. Though he managed a winning 4–1 record over 10 starts, persistent nerve irritation in his forearm severely limited his durability and efficiency, inflating his ERA to 5.22 and dropping his advanced value metrics to a negative 0.4 bWAR before season-ending surgery sidelined him for good.
Recognizing the rapid ascent of younger arms like George Kirby and Logan Gilbert, the front office made a tough transitional calculation in December 2023, trading the veteran southpaw to the Atlanta Braves, who subsequently flipped him to the Pittsburgh Pirates just days later. With Seattle, Gonzales had a 61–47 record, a 4.08 ERA, and 631 strikeouts.
