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Athletics on Brink of Infamy as Home Struggles Set Record Pace
While showing strength on the road, the A’s are flirting with a historic home-road performance gap — and time is ticking before their move to Las Vegas.
The Oakland Athletics — or rather, the Athletics in limbo — are making headlines for all the wrong reasons. With a disastrous 9-19 record at home this season and a surprisingly solid 14-12 record on the road, the team is heading toward a dubious place in baseball’s record books.
Temporarily stationed at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento while awaiting their move to a permanent stadium in Las Vegas, the A’s have found themselves uniquely ineffective on home turf. A recent 11-game losing streak, which included six straight home defeats, has further exposed their inability to thrive in their current environment.
Their home winning percentage sits at a meager .321, compared to .538 on the road. That .217 gap puts the Athletics on pace to break the modern Major League Baseball record for the largest home-road win percentage disparity — currently held by the 1994 Chicago Cubs. For context, that Cubs team went 29-25 on the road but only 20-39 at home, a .198 difference. The A’s are dangerously close to surpassing that — for all the wrong reasons.
There is still time to course-correct. We’re only about two months into the 2025 season, and with summer ahead, changes in temperature could influence the way Sutter Health Park plays. Rising heat could boost offense across the board, which may give the A’s a chance to take advantage of the conditions.
Oddly enough, if you look deeper into baseball history, the A’s have already made the opposite kind of history. Back in 1945, when they were still the Philadelphia A’s, the team posted a stellar .527 home record and a miserable .171 road performance, creating a .356 swing — still the modern record in the other direction.
But historical trivia won’t save the current squad. With their relocation to Las Vegas on the horizon, the Athletics have a limited window to shift momentum and restore some pride before saying goodbye to their temporary West Sacramento home. The pressure is mounting — not just to win, but to avoid infamy.