Bay Bridge Series

Oakland Athletics–San Francisco Giants
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History
First Meeting	October 9, 1905
Last Meeting	May 23, 2010
Next Meeting	May 21, 2011
Number of Meetings	96
All-Time Series	OAK, 55-45
Regular Season Series	OAK, 42-38
Longest OAK Win Streak	7 (6/8/2007-6/27/2008)
Longest SFG Win Streak	3 (6/15/2007-6/17/2007 & 6/12/2009-6/14/2009)
Post Season History
Post Season Meetings	OAK, 13-7 1905 World Series, Giants won (4-1) 1911 World Series, Athletics won (4-2) 1913 World Series, Athletics won (4-1) 1989 World Series, Athletics won (4-0)

The Bay Bridge Series is the name of a series of baseball games played between—and the rivalry of—Major League Baseball's Oakland Athletics of the American League and San Francisco Giants of the National League. The series takes its name from the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge which links the cities of Oakland and San Francisco. Although competitive, the regional rivalry between the A's and Giants is considered a friendly one with mostly mutual companionship between the fans, as opposed to White Sox–Cubs, or Yankees–Mets games where animosity runs high. Hats displaying both teams on the cap are sold from vendors at the games, and once in a while the teams both dress in uniforms from an historic era of their franchises. The series is also occasionally referred to as the "BART Series" for the Bay Area Rapid Transit system that links Oakland to San Francisco. However, the name "BART Series" has never been popular beyond a small selection of history books and national broadcasters and has fallen out of favor. Bay Area locals almost exclusively refer to the rivalry as the "Bay Bridge Series".

Originally, the term described a series of exhibition games played between the two clubs after the conclusion of spring training, immediately prior to the start of the regular season. It was first used to refer to the 1989 World Series which the Athletics won and the first time both teams had met since they moved to the San Francisco Bay Area. Today, it also refers to games played between the teams during the regular season since the commencement of interleague play in 1997. Through 2010, the A's have won 42 games, and the Giants have won 38.

Rivalry History Prior to Bay Area Move

The Giants and Athletics met in the 1905, 1911 and 1913 World Series as the New York Giants and Philadelphia Athletics. The Giants won in 1905, and the Athletics won in 1911 and 1913. Hall of Famers such as John McGraw, Roger Bresnahan, Christy Mathewson, Joe McGinnity and Rube Marquard took part on the Giants side while the Athletics had Connie Mack, Chief Bender, Eddie Plank, Rube Waddell, Frank Baker and Eddie Collins.

The Move to the Bay

1989 World Series

Main article: 1989 World Series

The San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics met for the first time in the 1989 World Series. This series was interrupted minutes before Game 3 on October 17, 1989 when the earthquake struck the San Francisco Bay Area with a 7.1 on the Richter Scale. The resulting damage to both Candlestick Park and to a lesser extent the Oakland Coliseum, along with the emotional and economic damage to the area, delayed the resumption of the series for 10 days, the longest interval between games in World Series history. The earthquake caused the collapse of a portion of the Bay Bridge, the centerpiece of many promotions for the "Bay Area Series."

The Athletics swept the Giants to win their most recent World Series championship.

Interleague Play

Both teams met for the first time in the regular season in June of 1997.

The Giants' Barry Zito started 0-4 against his former team, finally beating the Athletics on June 12, 2010 at AT&T Park.

Year-by-year results

Regular season

Year	Series Winner	Athletics W	Giants W	Notes
1997	Tie	2	2	2-game home-and-away format
1998	Tie	2	2
1999	Tie	3	3	Switch to 6-game home-and-away format
2000	Tie	3	3
2001	Giants	2	4	First time season series doesn't end in a tie
2002	Athletics	4	2
2003	Tie	3	3
2004	Tie	3	3
2005	Athletics	4	2
2006	Tie	3	3
2007	Athletics	5	1
2008	Athletics	4	2
2009	Giants	1	5
2010	Tie	3	3
Overall	Athletics (4-2-7)	42	38

World Series

Year	Series Winner	Athletics	Giants	Notes
1905	Giants	1	4	Philadelphia vs. New York
1911	Athletics	4	2	Philadelphia vs. New York
1913	Athletics	4	1	Philadelphia vs. New York
1989	Athletics	4	0	First Oakland-San Francisco matchup
Overall	Athletics (3-1)	13	7