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Belt game 17,532 · June 23, 1994

Oakland Athletics take the belt

Oakland Athletics beat Kansas City Royals 4–0 at home to start reign 8,245 of the MLB belt, the 446th for the franchise.

Kansas City Royals had held it since June 19, 1994, with 2 defenses over 4 days.

Oakland Athletics held it for 9 days and 7 defenses, then lost it to Boston Red Sox on July 2, 1994.

8,245Reign number
446Team's reign
7Defenses
9Days held

Box score

Oakland Athletics

PlayerABRHHRRBIBBSOIPHAERK
Brent Gates4030000————
Stan Javier3321211————
Gerónimo Berroa3010011————
Craig Paquette3010001————
Bobby Witt———————91014
Scott Hemond3000003————
Troy Neel3000002————
Rickey Henderson3100001————
Ruben Sierra3000200————
Mike Bordick3000001————
Mark McGwire1000000————

Kansas City Royals

PlayerABRHHRRBIBBSOIPHAERK
Greg Gagne3010002————
Gary Gaetti3000002————
Billy Brewer———————0.2000
Stan Belinda———————1.1111
Brent Mayne3000001————
Wally Joyner3000001————
Brian McRae3000001————
Felix Jose3000002————
Vince Coleman4000003————
David Cone———————6639
Bob Hamelin3000001————
José Lind3000001————

Box scores: MLB's Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com). HA, ER, K are pitching.

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