Belt Holders
Get belt alerts
Belt game 18,223 · April 22, 1999

Oakland Athletics take the belt

Oakland Athletics beat Cleveland Indians 4–1 on the road to start reign 8,583 of the MLB belt, the 463rd for the franchise.

Cleveland Indians had held it since April 18, 1999, with 2 defenses over 4 days.

Oakland Athletics held it for 1 day and 0 defenses, then lost it to Baltimore Orioles on April 23, 1999.

8,583Reign number
463Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held

Box score

Cleveland Indians

PlayerABRHHRRBIBBSOIPHAERK
Brian Johnson4121102————
Mike Cameron4010001————
Mark Lewis3010002————
Hal Morris1010000————
Sean Casey4010000————
Gabe White00000001.2102
Scott Williamson00000001101
Brett Tomko20000006.1543
Michael Tucker1000000————
Dmitri Young2000001————
Greg Vaughn2000021————
Jeffrey Hammonds3000003————
Pokey Reese3000010————
Aaron Boone0000000————
Barry Larkin4000001————

Oakland Athletics

PlayerABRHHRRBIBBSOIPHAERK
John Olerud4020110————
Todd Pratt3121111————
Edgardo Alfonzo4120110————
Luis Lopez3110010————
Armando Benítez00000001101
Rickey Henderson3100020————
Turk Wendell00000000.2000
Robin Ventura4000001————
Al Leiter20000016.1518
John Franco00000001002
Brian McRae4000000————
Roger Cedeno1000000————
Jermaine Allensworth4000003————
Bobby Bonilla1000100————

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

Athletics belt history → · Athletics vs. Guardians →

Know the second a belt changes hands

One email per title change, or one a week with every belt in it. Nothing else.

Or follow every belt at once: the belt network feed (RSS) · the weekly digest · every belt game on your calendar (one subscription, all leagues and the college belts).