The Oakland Coliseum provided many memorable moments and numbers

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — In its final years leading to the goodbye game for the Oakland Athletics, the Coliseum was known for its small crowds, run-down facilities and even the possums that populated the stadium.

But the last active stadium to serve as home for a Major League Baseball and NFL team at the same time has provided much more history ever since it opened in 1966 as the home of the Oakland Raiders.

The A's arrived two years later, leading to an impressive run at the Coliseum that featured three World Series and four AFC or AFL title games played there in a 10-year span from 1967-76.

The Raiders left for good following the 2019 season and the A's are headed out of town after this season, with their game Thursday game against the Texas Rangers the final one before they move to Sacramento for at least three years and then plan to go to Las Vegas.

Here's a look at some of the numbers that defined the Coliseum.

1 — The first baseball game at the Coliseum was played on April 17, 1968. The Orioles beat the A's 4-1 that day behind a two-hitter from Dave McNally. The first hit at the stadium was a solo homer by Boog Powell against Lew Krausse in the second inning.

3 — The number of AFC and AFL title games won by the Raiders at the Coliseum with them going to the Super Bowl after wins there in the 1967, 1976 and 2002 seasons. Oakland lost title games at home in 1969, 1974 and 2000.

6 — Titles won by the main tenants of the building with the A's winning three straight World Series from 1972-74 and then again in 1989. The Raiders won Super Bowls in the 1976 and 1980 seasons when they called the Coliseum home.

12 — Games when teams allowed no hits to the opposition, trailing only Fenway Park (14) and Dodger Stadium (13) for the most no-hitters for any stadium. Nine of those games were individual no-hitters with the last being a perfect game by the Yankees' Domingo German on June 28, 2023. Catfish Hunter (1968) and Dallas Braden (2010) also threw perfectos there for the A's, making the Coliseum one of two stadiums to host three perfect games. The original Yankee Stadium also had three.

17 — World Series games played at the Coliseum, including clinchers by the A’s in 1973 against the Mets and 1974 against the Dodgers. The A's lost the final game of the Series at home in 1988 to the Dodgers and in 1990 to the Reds.

61 — The number of postseason games played at Coliseum, the fifth most of any stadium. Only Houston's Minute Maid Park (64), Fenway Park (91), Dodger Stadium (105), and the original Yankee Stadium (161) have hosted more.

80 — The number of wins by Hall of Famer Catfish Hunter at the Coliseum, the most for any player. Hunter won 77 of those for the A's and three more for the Yankees.

155 — The number of saves by Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley at the Coliseum, the most for any player.

166 — The number of home runs by Mark McGwire at the Coliseum, the most for any player.

203 — The number of wins by the Texas Rangers at the Coliseum, the most for any visiting team.

.309 — Jason Giambi's average at the Coliseum. Giambi is the only player with at least 750 plate appearances at the Coliseum to bat .300 or better. Two visiting players had better marks but both only had exactly 521 plate appearances: Ichiro Suzuki (.354) and Rod Carew (.314).

310 — The number of NFL regular-season games played at the Coliseum by the Raiders. They won 178.

484 — The number of walk-off wins for the A's at the Coliseum, the most for any team at any stadium since they moved to Oakland in 1968.

895 — The number of hits Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson had at the Coliseum, the most for any player.

1,088 — The number of A's who suited up for games at the Coliseum. Henderson played the most with 854 games there for Oakland and 32 more as a visitor.

2,492 — The number of regular season wins for the A's at the Coliseum, the eighth most for any team at any stadium in baseball history.

4,493 — The number of regular-season baseball games played at the Coliseum, the 10th most at any stadium, according to Baseball Reference. The only active stadiums to host more games are Fenway Park, Wrigley Field, Dodger Stadium and Angel Stadium.

7,301 — The number of major professional sports games played at the Coliseum complex in the regular season and playoffs. The site was once home for four teams with the NBA's Warriors and the Golden Seals of the NHL playing at the arena right next to the Coliseum. The breakdown of games is 4,454 for the A's, 2,070 for the Warriors, 350 for the Golden Seals and 327 for the Raiders.

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Fans react during a baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and Texas Rangers Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Benjamin Fanjoy)

A sign is raised by a fan at a baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Texas Rangers Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Benjamin Fanjoy)

Fans attend a baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Texas Rangers, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Benjamin Fanjoy)

A view of the stadium scoreboard at the Oakland Coliseum is seen, Sept. 2, 2024, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Michael Liedtke)

A sign in an empty bar inside the Oakland Coliseum still included the team's former slogan, "Rooted in Oakland" is seen on May 1, 2024, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Michael Liedtke)

FILE - Fans pour onto the field at the Oakland Coliseum after the Oakland A's beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 and won their third straight World Series, Oct. 17, 1974, in Oakland. (AP Photo, File)

Cars wait to enter the Oakland Coliseum parking lot before a baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Texas Rangers in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Fans at the Oakland Coliseum watch during the second inning of a baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Texas Rangers in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Fans at the Oakland Coliseum watch during the third inning of a baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Texas Rangers in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is facing federal charges that he allegedly took bribes and illegal campaign contributions from foreign sources.

The charges marked a stunning fall for Adams, a former police captain who made a commitment to law-and-order a cornerstone of his political platform even as multiple federal investigations tightened around him and members of his inner circle.

Adams has consistently said he is cooperating with the investigations and has denied wrongdoing through the steady drumbeat of searches, seizures and departures of top members of his administration.

But as news of the indictment spread Wednesday night, he began to mount a defiant defense that he was being targeted by the federal government for his political views, adopting language similar to former President Donald Trump and other politicians accused of crimes.

“I always knew that If I stood my ground for New Yorkers that I would be a target — and a target I became,” Adams said in a videotaped speech released Wednesday night, adding that the case is “based on lies.”

Adams has often highlighted his working-class upbringing. He was one of six children raised by a single mother and has spoken of carrying around a garbage bag packed with his clothes because he feared his family would be evicted.

At 15, he was beaten by police officers after being arrested for trespassing, but the bruising encounter sparked a desire to change the system from within, he said. Adams joined the New York City transit police in 1984 and eventually became a New York Police Department officer when the transit department merged into the larger NYPD.

He rose to the rank of captain and was the co-founder of an advocacy group called 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care, which sought criminal justice reform and denounced police brutality.

He retired from the police department in 2006.

Adams, a Democrat, then went on to win a seat in the state Senate representing a district in Brooklyn. From there, he was elected Brooklyn borough president in 2013 and held that post while launching a campaign for the mayor's office.

His run for mayor was marked with embarrassing headlines over whether he actually lived in New York City. It was reported that Adams would often sleep in his Brooklyn Borough Hall office because he co-owned an apartment in New Jersey. To quell speculation over his residence, Adams offered reporters a tour of a basement apartment in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood in Brooklyn that he said was his primary residence.

His moderate mayoral campaign centered on his rise from a tough upbringing, through the police department and into politics. Though he would sometimes speak critically about the police department he once served in and talk about his experience with police brutality, Adams rejected progressive calls to “defund the police” and stressed that he was proud of his time in law enforcement.

Adams was elected as mayor in 2021, becoming the second Black mayor of New York City after David Dinkins. Adams succeeded former Mayor Bill de Blasio.

He took office as the city was still reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic, with its tourism industry, economy and school system facing major challenges as well as an overwhelming sense that crime in the city was at a high.

Through it all, Adams maintained a commitment to law enforcement and carried himself with a self-described “swagger" that featured flashy suits, earrings and walkout music for his news conferences.

For a time, some political watchers saw Adams as the kind of moderate Democrat who could be a model for a party struggling to balance the divides between its progressive and centrist wings. But as the years went on, Adams' popularity took a sharp decline, even as the city bounced back from pandemic job losses and crime.

He began to attract ridicule for his plan to crack down on rats — an eternal problem in New York City — while racking up health violations for rat infestations at his Brooklyn row house.

His administration became bogged down with attempts to house tens of thousands of international migrants who overwhelmed the city's homeless shelters, with Adams at odds with President Joe Biden over funding and a strategy to handle the influx of new residents. He began to impose limits on shelter stays for the migrants and mounted a case against a unique rule that requires the city to house homeless people.

About a year ago, the federal investigations into the Adams administration first emerged, when FBI agents raided the home of his chief fundraiser. Days later, agents seized the mayor's phones and iPad as he was leaving an event in Manhattan.

Earlier this month, federal investigators seized electronic devices from the city’s police commissioner, schools chancellor, deputy mayor of public safety, first deputy mayor and other trusted confidantes of Adams both in and out of City Hall. A wave of high-profile departures followed.

On Thursday, an indictment was unsealed accusing Adams of taking illegal campaign contributions and bribes from foreign nationals in exchange for favors that included helping Turkish officials get fire safety approvals for a new diplomatic building in the city. Adams said he does not plan to resign.

This story has been corrected to show that the indictment was unsealed Thursday, not that Adams was charged Thursday.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a news conference outside Gracie Mansion, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

People exit Gracie Mansion, the official residence of New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

New York City Mayor Eric Adams, second from right, walks back into Gracie Mansion after speaking at a news conference outside Gracie Mansion, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a news conference outside Gracie Mansion, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)