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line-height: 1.5em"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2px solid #000000 !important;">Oakland Oaks</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/1903_in_baseball" title="1903 in baseball">1903</a></b><i>–</i><b><a href="/wiki/1955_in_baseball" title="1955 in baseball">1955</a></b></li><li><b> <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland, California</a> </b></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><table style="width:100%;"><tbody><tr> <td style="vertical-align: middle;text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:OaklandOaks(PCL)Logo.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/59/OaklandOaks%28PCL%29Logo.PNG/100px-OaklandOaks%28PCL%29Logo.PNG" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/59/OaklandOaks%28PCL%29Logo.PNG 1.5x" data-file-width="110" data-file-height="110" /></a></span></td> <td style="vertical-align: middle;text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:OaklandOaks(PCL)CapLogo.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/OaklandOaks%28PCL%29CapLogo.PNG/100px-OaklandOaks%28PCL%29CapLogo.PNG" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/OaklandOaks%28PCL%29CapLogo.PNG 1.5x" data-file-width="110" data-file-height="110" /></a></span></td> </tr><tr> <th scope="col" style="font-weight:normal;text-align:center;">Team logo</th> <th scope="col" style="font-weight:normal;text-align:center;">Cap insignia</th> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Minor league affiliations</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Previous classes</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align:left;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Open (1952–1955)</li> <li>Triple-A (1946–1951)</li> <li>Double-A (1908–1945)</li> <li>A (1903–1907)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">League</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align:left;">Pacific Coast League (1903–1940 and 1942–1955)<br />California League (1901 and 1941)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Major league affiliations</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Previous teams</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> (1935–1937)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Minor league titles</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">League titles </span></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align:left;">1912, 1927, 1948, 1950, 1954</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Team data</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Previous names</div></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align:left;">Oakland Oaks (1903–1955)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Previous parks</div></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align:left;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oaks_Park_(stadium)" title="Oaks Park (stadium)">Oaks Park</a> (1912–1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freeman%27s_Park" title="Freeman's Park">Freeman's Park</a> (1903–1911)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Oakland Oaks</b> were a <a href="/wiki/Minor_league_baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="Minor league baseball">minor league baseball</a> team in <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland, California</a> that played in the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_League" title="Pacific Coast League">Pacific Coast League</a> from 1903 through 1955, after which the club transferred to <a href="/wiki/Vancouver,_British_Columbia" class="mw-redirect" title="Vancouver, British Columbia">Vancouver, British Columbia</a>. The team was named for the city and used the <a href="/wiki/Oak" title="Oak">oak</a> tree and the <a href="/wiki/Acorn" title="Acorn">acorn</a> as its symbols.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Team_history">Team history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oakland_Oaks_(PCL)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Team history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Along with the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels_(PCL)" title="Los Angeles Angels (PCL)">Los Angeles Angels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portland_Beavers" title="Portland Beavers">Portland Beavers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Solons" title="Sacramento Solons">Sacramento Solons</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Seals_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco Seals (baseball)">San Francisco Seals</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Rainiers" title="Seattle Rainiers">Seattle Indians</a>, the Oaks were charter members of the Pacific Coast League which was founded in 1903. </p><p>In their first year of competition, 1903, the team finished last, and finished either last or next to last place four more times before winning its first PCL pennant in 1912. The Oaks (or "Acorns" as they were also called) played their home games at Freeman's Park at 59th Street and <a href="/wiki/San_Pablo_Avenue" class="mw-redirect" title="San Pablo Avenue">San Pablo Avenue</a> and at <a href="/wiki/Recreation_Park_(San_Francisco)" title="Recreation Park (San Francisco)">Recreation Park</a> in San Francisco. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1911_Oakland_Oaks_team_photo.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/1911_Oakland_Oaks_team_photo.jpeg/220px-1911_Oakland_Oaks_team_photo.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/1911_Oakland_Oaks_team_photo.jpeg/330px-1911_Oakland_Oaks_team_photo.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/1911_Oakland_Oaks_team_photo.jpeg/440px-1911_Oakland_Oaks_team_photo.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="1046" data-file-height="609" /></a><figcaption>The 1911 Oakland Oaks</figcaption></figure> <p>After the 1912 season, the Oaks opened their new stadium, named Oakland Ball Park (or simply <a href="/wiki/Oaks_Park_(stadium)" title="Oaks Park (stadium)">Oaks Park</a>) though it was located in the neighboring city of <a href="/wiki/Emeryville,_California" title="Emeryville, California">Emeryville</a> at San Pablo and Park Avenues. In their first season at Oaks Park the Acorns finished last, and were mired in the second division for more than a decade. </p><p>In 1916, a struggling Oaks team made history by (inadvertently) breaking the <a href="/wiki/Baseball_color_line" title="Baseball color line">professional baseball color line</a>, as <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Claxton" title="Jimmy Claxton">Jimmy Claxton</a> pitched in both ends of a double-header on May 28, 1916. He was introduced to the team as an American Indian, but once the team discovered that his ancestry was both Native American and African, he was fired.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Oaks were owned by PCL founding father J. Cal Ewing from 1903 until the 1920s. Ewing also owned the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Seals_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco Seals (baseball)">San Francisco Seals</a>, which allowed the clubs to share their ballparks at various times with no problem, but the leaders of Organized Baseball eventually made Ewing choose one or the other, and he divested his interests in the Oakland club. </p><p>In 1927, the Oaks won their first pennant at Oaks Park, finishing 120–75 (.615), <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">14<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> games over the runner-up Seals. </p><p>In 1943, a controlling interest in the Oaks was purchased by C. L. "Brick" Laws, who operated the team for its remaining seasons. In 1946, Laws hired <a href="/wiki/Casey_Stengel" title="Casey Stengel">Casey Stengel</a>, the former manager of the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Boston_Braves_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston Braves (baseball)">Boston Braves</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a>, to manage the Oaks. He responded with second and fourth-place finishes, before the club won its most celebrated pennant in 1948. It was in Oakland that Stengel developed his talent for <a href="/wiki/Platoon_system" title="Platoon system">platooning</a>, which later served him as manager of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1927_oakland_oaks_champions.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/1927_oakland_oaks_champions.jpg/180px-1927_oakland_oaks_champions.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/1927_oakland_oaks_champions.jpg/270px-1927_oakland_oaks_champions.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/1927_oakland_oaks_champions.jpg/360px-1927_oakland_oaks_champions.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="584" /></a><figcaption>1927 Oakland Oaks champions</figcaption></figure> <p>The 1948 Oaks were nicknamed the "Nine Old Men" in that many of the star players were older veterans, including <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Lombardi" title="Ernie Lombardi">Ernie Lombardi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Billy_Raimondi" title="Billy Raimondi">Billy Raimondi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cookie_Lavagetto" title="Cookie Lavagetto">Cookie Lavagetto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nick_Etten" title="Nick Etten">Nick Etten</a> and <a href="/wiki/Catfish_Metkovich" title="Catfish Metkovich">Catfish Metkovich</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were younger players on the team as well, including rookie second baseman <a href="/wiki/Billy_Martin" title="Billy Martin">Billy Martin</a>. Rooming with Martin and playing shortstop was <a href="/wiki/Artie_Wilson" title="Artie Wilson">Artie Wilson</a>, the first black player on the Oaks since Jimmy Claxton was fired. Wilson won the PCL batting title with a .348 average and also led in stolen bases with 47.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1950, he led the PCL in runs with 168 and hits with 264, helping the Oaks to the 1950 PCL championship. </p><p>Stengel's success with the Oaks did not go unnoticed, and he became manager of the Yankees in 1949. Stengel was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Dressen" title="Chuck Dressen">Chuck Dressen</a>, who led the Oaks to a second-place finish in 1949 and the PCL pennant in 1950. Again, the Oaks' manager's success resulted in a promotion to the major leagues, with Dressen hired to manage the Dodgers in 1951. Former <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(NL)" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Giants (NL)">New York Giants</a> star <a href="/wiki/Mel_Ott" title="Mel Ott">Mel Ott</a> was hired as his replacement. Ott led the Oaks to an 80–88 record in 1951 (seventh place) and a 104–76 mark in 1952 (second place).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Augie_Galan" title="Augie Galan">Augie Galan</a> replaced Ott as the Oaks' skipper in 1953, and the team stumbled to a 77–103 record and seventh place in the PCL. </p><p>After three seasons in charge of the Dodgers in Brooklyn, Chuck Dressen returned as Oaks manager in 1954. The Acorns finished third with an 85–82 record under Dressen, but won the postseason series to capture their last PCL pennant. In spite of this, attendance at the now-dilapidated Oaks Park had dropped dramatically. </p><p>Dressen returned to managing at the major-league level in 1955, taking over in the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%9360)" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Senators (1901–60)">Washington Senators</a>' dugout, making way for <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Seals_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco Seals (baseball)">San Francisco Seals</a> legend <a href="/wiki/Lefty_O%27Doul" title="Lefty O'Doul">Lefty O'Doul</a> in Oakland. Under O'Doul, the Oaks finished seventh (77–95) in 1955, and their attendance was the worst of the eight-team league. Owner Laws felt he had no other choice but to move the team. When officials of <a href="/wiki/Vancouver,_British_Columbia" class="mw-redirect" title="Vancouver, British Columbia">Vancouver, British Columbia</a> made him an offer, Laws moved the Oaks to Vancouver, where they were renamed the <a href="/wiki/Vancouver_Mounties" title="Vancouver Mounties">Vancouver Mounties</a>. </p><p>Oaks Park was demolished in 1957, replaced by a <a href="/wiki/Pepsi-Cola" class="mw-redirect" title="Pepsi-Cola">Pepsi-Cola</a> bottling plant. Presently, the site is the headquarters of <a href="/wiki/Pixar" title="Pixar">Pixar Animation Studios</a>. The only thing left in the area to suggest that baseball was ever played at Park and San Pablo Avenues is a cardroom and restaurant across the street, appropriately named the Oaks Club. There is also a plaque commemorating Stengel and the Oaks on 59th. </p><p>On October 18, 1967, twelve years after the Oaks played their last game in Emeryville, the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> owners gave <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Athletics" title="Kansas City Athletics">Kansas City Athletics</a> president <a href="/wiki/Charles_O._Finley" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles O. Finley">Charles O. Finley</a> permission to move the Athletics to Oakland for the 1968 season. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_Oaks_players_with_MLB_experience">Notable Oaks players with MLB experience</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oakland_Oaks_(PCL)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Notable Oaks players with MLB experience"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 18em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buzz_Arlett" title="Buzz Arlett">Buzz Arlett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Bamberger" title="George Bamberger">George Bamberger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Beamon" title="Charlie Beamon">Charlie Beamon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Bearden" title="Gene Bearden">Gene Bearden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Bohne" title="Sam Bohne">Sam Bohne</a> (originally "Sam Cohen")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Bowman" title="Roger Bowman">Roger Bowman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernie_Broglio" title="Ernie Broglio">Ernie Broglio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Chapman" title="Sam Chapman">Sam Chapman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Conroy_(catcher)" title="Bill Conroy (catcher)">Bill Conroy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_DiMaggio" title="Vince DiMaggio">Vince DiMaggio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Dressen" title="Chuck Dressen">Chuck Dressen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Fernandes" title="Ed Fernandes">Ed Fernandes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augie_Galan" title="Augie Galan">Augie Galan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Herman" title="Billy Herman">Billy Herman (HOF)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Jensen" title="Jackie Jensen">Jackie Jensen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spider_Jorgensen" title="Spider Jorgensen">Spider Jorgensen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Krause" title="Harry Krause">Harry Krause</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Kremer" title="Ray Kremer">Ray Kremer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cookie_Lavagetto" title="Cookie Lavagetto">Cookie Lavagetto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thornton_Lee" title="Thornton Lee">Thornton Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernie_Lombardi" title="Ernie Lombardi">Ernie Lombardi (HOF)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Martin" title="Billy Martin">Billy Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hersh_Martin" title="Hersh Martin">Hersh Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catfish_Metkovich" title="Catfish Metkovich">Catfish Metkovich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Gordon" title="Joe Gordon">Joe Gordon (HOF)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Ostrowski" title="Johnny Ostrowski">Johnny Ostrowski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Ott" title="Mel Ott">Mel Ott (HOF)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Price" title="Jackie Price">Jackie Price</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Rapp" title="Earl Rapp">Earl Rapp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Reese" title="Jimmie Reese">Jimmie Reese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Rigney" title="Bill Rigney">Bill Rigney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neill_Sheridan" title="Neill Sheridan">Neill Sheridan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floyd_Speer" title="Floyd Speer">Floyd Speer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casey_Stengel" title="Casey Stengel">Casey Stengel (HOF)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Tobin" title="Jim Tobin">Jim Tobin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artie_Wilson" title="Artie Wilson">Artie Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Workman_(baseball)" title="Chuck Workman (baseball)">Chuck Workman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Zimmerman_(baseball)" title="Roy Zimmerman (baseball)">Roy Zimmerman</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Affiliations">Affiliations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oakland_Oaks_(PCL)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Affiliations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Oaks were independent of <a href="/wiki/Farm_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Farm system">farm systems</a> for most of their existence; they were affiliated with the following <a href="/wiki/Major_league_baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="Major league baseball">major league</a> teams: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Affiliation(s) </th></tr> <tr> <td>1935–37</td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tributes">Tributes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oakland_Oaks_(PCL)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Tributes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> have worn Oaks uniforms on occasion in a "1950s throwback night" promotion.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (October 2020)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oakland_Oaks_(PCL)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Oakland_Oaks_no-hitters" title="List of Oakland Oaks no-hitters">List of Oakland Oaks no-hitters</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oakland_Oaks_(PCL)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Notes</b> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media 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