This meant that owner Pat Boone was losing hundreds of thousands of dollars. Oakland Oaks (PCL) - Wikipedia The majority owner of the Oaks was singer Pat Boone, a self-avowed basketball and has also added a postscript: a letter written by Jabali in May 1998 Jan 4 @ LAS, OAK (29-4) beat LAS, 140-135, 38. Mar 11, OAK (17-37) tied with PIT, 2-2, 67. update=copyright.getFullYear(); approximately $750,000 during the 1967-68 season. With all the money that Pat Boone poured into the team, he and his fellow investors were losing money in the six figure range. All rights reserved. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Learn more and register, Height of bar is margin of victory Mouseover bar for details Click for box score Grouped by Month, 1. Or write about sports? The Oaks were in direct competition with the NBAs San Francisco Warriors, and took a shot across the bow, by signing Warriors star Rick Barry to a multiyear six figure deal that included 15% of the Oaks. Mar 26 @ HSM, OAK (55-18) beat HSM, 131-124, 74. Nov 11 @ NOB, OAK (9-1) beat NOB, 136-127, 11. The Oaks finished at 60-18, 14 games ahead of New Orleans in the Western Division. Through December and January, the Oaks won 16 games in a row. Find out more. After surviving a first round scare with the pesky Denver Rockets (the series went the full seven games), the Oaks cruised past New Orleans into the ABA Championship. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. They were helped in part by the hiring of Alex Hannum and Rick Barry for $85,000 per year. The Warriors refused to match the Oaks' offer. 1969 Oakland Athletics Statistics 1968 Season 1970 Season Record: 88-74-0, Finished 2nd in AL_West ( Schedule and Results ) Managers: Hank Bauer (80-69) and John McNamara (8-5) General Manager: Charlie Finley Ballpark: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Attendance: 778,232 (8th of 12) nut. var x="function f(x){var i,o=\"\",l=x.length;for(i=0;i