Belt game 17,925 · May 21, 1997
Oakland Athletics take the belt
Oakland Athletics beat Texas Rangers 7–3 on the road to start reign 8,435 of the MLB belt, the 460th for the franchise.
Texas Rangers had held it since May 18, 1997, with 1 defense over 3 days.
Oakland Athletics held it for 1 day and 0 defenses, then lost it to Texas Rangers on May 22, 1997.
8,435Reign number
460Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score
Texas Rangers
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan Rodriguez | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Will Clark | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Billy Ripken | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Lee Stevens | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Domingo Cedeño | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Rusty Greer | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Warren Newson | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Benji Gil | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Jose Alberro | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Mike Simms | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Juan Gonzalez | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Julio Santana | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.1 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
Oakland Athletics
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerónimo Berroa | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Scott Brosius | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Damon Mashore | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Scott Sheldon | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Scott Spiezio | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| José Canseco | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Jason Giambi | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Rafael Bournigal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Billy Taylor | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| George Williams | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Aaron Small | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.2 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Stairs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Dave Telgheder | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.1 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
| Mark McGwire | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Box scores: MLB's Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com). HA, ER, K are pitching.