The Oakland A’s are 60 games into their 2021 season, which is a notable checkpoint because that’s how many they played last year in the shortened pandemic campaign.
In 2020, the A’s went 36-24, which was roughly a 97-win pace based on a .600 percentage. That was effectively the equivalent of the previous two seasons, when they also won exactly 97 games apiece.
And this year? They’re at 35-25 so far, just one off their final record from last summer. In the standings, they’re first place in the AL West division, with a two-game lead over the Houston Astros.