The Oakland Athletics picture shown here is the practice logo for this baseball organization. This is often described as the "Yellow with yellow A's logo and green numbers" version. This Major League Baseball logo was used as the practice logo of the Oakland Athletics from 1980 to 1982. The team began as the Philadelphia Athletics in 1901, after that, they changed their name to the Kansas City Athletics in 1955 after which they became the Oakland Athletics in 1968.