The baseball picture displayed here is the Oakland Athletics primary logo. This is often described as the "A's in green inside thick green circle with Oakland Athletics" version. This Major League Baseball graphic was used as the primary logo of the Oakland Athletics from 1993 up until present. The team was formed 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.