Last summer, Khris Davis became the first player in Oakland A’s history ever to hit 40 home runs in consecutive seasons. On Saturday he did it again, reaching that lofty total once more to make it three straight years with 40 dingers. The historic blast came off Mariners reliever Alex Colome.
This milestone has been achieved once before in A’s franchise history, but you have to go all the way back to the Philadelphia days. Hall of Fame slugger Jimmie Foxx hit 58, 48, and 44 from 1932-34. The closest an Oakland player had come was Mark McGwire, who who hit 39 in 1995, then 52 in 1996, and then got to 34 in 1997 before being traded to the Cardinals and finishing with 58.