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1987 Oakland Athletics

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1986 / 1988

81-81, Finished 3rd in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Tony LaRussa (81-81)
Scored 806 runs, Allowed 789 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-79

Ballparks: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Attendance: 1,678,921 (11th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 93, Pitching - 93 · one-year: Batting - 91, Pitching - 91

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1986 / 1988 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Joaquin Andujar 34 B R 6' 0" 170 Dec 21, 1952 12 13 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $1,353,333
Tony Bernazard 30 B R 5' 9" 150 Aug 24, 1956 9 61 58 61 59 0 0 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0.3 $
Greg Cadaret 25 L L 6' 3" 200 Feb 27, 1962 1st 29 0 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $62,500
Jose Canseco 22 R R 6' 4" 240 Jul 2, 1964 3 159 157 159 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 130 0 0 130 30 1 0 1.4 $180,000
Bill Caudill 30 R R 6' 1" 190 Jul 13, 1956 9 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $1,633,333
Ron Cey 39 R R 5' 10" 185 Feb 15, 1948 17 45 33 45 10 0 0 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 30 11 0 0.0 $1,050,000
Chris Codiroli 29 R R 6' 1" 160 Mar 26, 1958 6 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Mike Davis 28 L L 6' 2" 175 Jun 11, 1959 8 139 121 139 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 124 124 14 13 2 1.2 $780,000
Storm Davis 25 R R 6' 4" 207 Dec 26, 1961 6 5 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Dennis Eckersley HOF 32 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 3, 1954 13 54 2 1 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $833,333
Mike Gallego 26 R R 5' 8" 160 Oct 31, 1960 3 72 33 72 69 0 0 0 31 24 16 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 0.5 $
Alfredo Griffin 29 B R 5' 11" 160 Oct 6, 1957 12 144 137 144 138 0 0 0 1 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.6 $607,653
Moose Haas 31 R R 6' 0" 180 Apr 22, 1956 12 9 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $578,889
Brian Harper 27 R R 6' 2" 195 Oct 16, 1959 8 11 4 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 6 1 -0.1 $70,000
Steve Henderson 34 R R 6' 2" 190 Nov 18, 1952 11 46 29 46 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 28 33 8 15 1 -0.1 $75,000
Rick Honeycutt 33 L L 6' 1" 185 Jun 29, 1954 11 7 4 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Jay Howell 31 R R 6' 3" 200 Nov 26, 1955 8 36 0 1 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $530,000 All-Star
Reggie Jackson HOF 41 L L 6' 0" 195 May 18, 1946 21 115 83 115 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 79 32 0 -0.6 $
Stan Javier 23 B R 6' 0" 185 Jan 9, 1964 3 81 39 81 76 0 0 6 0 0 0 8 52 15 75 1 10 15 -0.6 $75,000
Bill Krueger 29 L L 6' 5" 205 Apr 24, 1958 5 9 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Dennis Lamp 34 R R 6' 4" 200 Sep 23, 1952 11 36 5 2 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Carney Lansford 30 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 7, 1957 10 151 149 151 147 0 0 17 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 5.3 $1,300,000
Gary Lavelle 38 B L 6' 2" 190 Jan 3, 1949 13 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Dave Leiper 25 L L 6' 1" 160 Jun 18, 1962 3 45 0 0 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $73,133
Johnnie LeMaster 33 R R 6' 2" 165 Jun 19, 1954 12 20 6 20 19 0 0 0 5 7 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 -0.4 $
Mark McGwire 23 R R 6' 5" 215 Oct 1, 1963 2 151 148 151 150 0 0 145 0 8 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 5.4 $72,500 All-Star
Dwayne Murphy 32 L R 6' 1" 185 Mar 18, 1955 10 82 70 82 80 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 79 0 79 0 5 2 1.4 $759,000
Gene Nelson 26 R R 6' 0" 172 Dec 3, 1960 7 55 6 1 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.3 $365,000
Rob Nelson 23 L L 6' 4" 215 May 17, 1964 2 7 7 7 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Steve Ontiveros 26 R R 6' 0" 180 Mar 5, 1961 3 35 22 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $131,500
Dave Otto 22 L L 6' 7" 210 Nov 12, 1964 1st 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Tony Phillips 28 B R 5' 10" 175 Apr 25, 1959 6 111 98 111 106 0 0 0 88 11 9 1 0 1 2 1 8 1 1.7 $425,000
Eric Plunk 23 R R 6' 5" 210 Sep 3, 1963 2 32 11 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $77,667
Luis Polonia 23 L L 5' 8" 155 Dec 10, 1963 1st 125 103 125 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 69 8 112 18 9 8 1.9 $62,500
Jose Rijo 22 R R 6' 1" 200 May 13, 1965 4 21 14 0 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.8 $
Rick Rodriguez 26 R R 6' 3" 190 Sep 21, 1960 2 15 0 1 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Alejandro Sanchez 28 R R 6' 0" 185 Feb 14, 1959 6 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -0.1 $
Matt Sinatro 27 R R 5' 9" 174 Mar 22, 1960 5 6 0 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $
Terry Steinbach 25 R R 6' 1" 195 Mar 2, 1962 2 122 105 122 111 0 107 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 0 3.7 $62,500
Dave Stewart 30 R R 6' 2" 200 Feb 19, 1957 8 37 37 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 $550,000
Mickey Tettleton 26 B R 6' 2" 200 Sep 16, 1960 4 82 67 82 81 0 80 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.0 $120,000
Dave Von Ohlen 28 L L 6' 2" 200 Oct 25, 1958 5 4 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Walt Weiss 23 B R 6' 0" 175 Nov 28, 1963 1st 16 8 16 11 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 0.6 $
Jerry Willard 27 L R 6' 2" 195 Mar 14, 1960 4 7 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0.0 $
Curt Young 27 R L 6' 1" 175 Apr 16, 1960 5 31 31 1 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $171,875
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Tony Phillips

Alfredo Griffin

Carney Lansford

Mickey Tettleton

Jerry Willard

Mike Gallego

Ron Cey
Johnnie LeMaster
Matt Sinatro

Rick Rodriguez

Tony Bernazard

Mike Davis

Walt Weiss

Gene Nelson

Dwayne Murphy

Luis Polonia

Chris Codiroli

Steve Henderson
Alejandro Sanchez

Mark McGwire

Jose Rijo
Rick Rodriguez

Stan Javier

Curt Young

Moose Haas

Brian Harper

Greg Cadaret
Bill Krueger

Jose Canseco

Dave Stewart

Terry Steinbach

Bill Caudill

Dave Otto
Jose Rijo

Rick Honeycutt
Rob Nelson

Storm Davis

Dennis Eckersley

Reggie Jackson

Gary Lavelle

Joaquin Andujar

Dennis Lamp
Rob Nelson

Jay Howell

Eric Plunk

Dave Leiper

Steve Ontiveros

Dave Von Ohlen

1986 / 1988 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers