Belt game 18,378 · April 9, 2000
Oakland Athletics take the belt
Oakland Athletics beat Chicago White Sox 14–2 at home to start reign 8,654 of the MLB belt, the 468th for the franchise.
Chicago White Sox had held it since April 5, 2000, with 3 defenses over 4 days.
Oakland Athletics held it for 1 day and 0 defenses, then lost it to Cleveland Guardians on April 10, 2000.
8,654Reign number
468Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score
Oakland Athletics
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Giambi | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Rich Becker | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Eric Chavez | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Jeremy Giambi | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Frank Menechino | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Sal Fasano | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Miguel Tejada | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Ben Grieve | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Kevin Appier | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Doug Jones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Matt Stairs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Jorge Velandia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Ryan Christenson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Jason Isringhausen | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Chicago White Sox
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Valentin | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Frank Thomas | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Greg Norton | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Carlos Lee | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Ray Durham | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Mark Johnson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Magglio Ordonez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Paul Konerko | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Bill Simas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tanyon Sturtze | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| Scott Eyre | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Kip Wells | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Chris Singleton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Box scores: MLB's Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com). HA, ER, K are pitching.