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1987 Oakland Athletics Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1986 / 1988)
81-81, Finished 3rd in AL West
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Scored 806 runs, Allowed 789 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-79
Manager: Tony LaRussa (81-81)
Ballpark: Oakland Coliseum (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Joaquin Andujar 34 B R 6' 0" 180 Dec 21, 1952 12 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,353,333.00
Tony Bernazard 30 B R 5' 9" 160 Aug 24, 1956 9 61 58 61 59 0 0 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0
Greg Cadaret 25 L L 6' 3" 214 Feb 27, 1962 1st 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $62,500.00
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 29 1 0 $180,000.00
Bill Caudill 30 R R 6' 1" 210 Jul 13, 1956 9 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,633,333.00
Ron Cey 39 R R Feb 15, 1948 17 45 33 45 10 0 0 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 25 11 0
Chris Codiroli 29 R R 6' 1" 160 Mar 26, 1958 6 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Davis 28 L L 6' 3" 185 Jun 11, 1959 8 139 121 139 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 124 124 12 13 2 $780,000.00
Storm Davis 25 R R 6' 4" 207 Dec 26, 1961 6 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dennis Eckersley HOF 32 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 3, 1954 13 54 0 1 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $833,333.00
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
Alfredo Griffin 29 B R 5' 11" 165 Oct 6, 1957 12 144 137 144 138 0 0 0 1 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 $607,653.00
Moose Haas 31 R R 6' 0" 180 Apr 22, 1956 12 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $578,889.00
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 4 6 1 $70,000.00
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 31 4 15 1 $75,000.00
Rick Honeycutt 33 L L 5' 11" 190 Jun 29, 1954 11 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jay Howell 31 R R 6' 3" 205 Nov 26, 1955 8 36 0 1 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $530,000.00 All-Star
Reggie Jackson HOF 41 L L 6' 0" 200 May 18, 1946 21 115 83 115 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 63 32 0
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 71 0 10 15 $75,000.00
Bill Krueger 29 L L 6' 5" 210 Apr 24, 1958 5 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dennis Lamp 34 R R 6' 3" 210 Sep 23, 1952 11 36 0 2 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 $1,300,000.00
Gary Lavelle 38 B L 6' 1" 200 Jan 3, 1949 13 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Leiper 25 L L 6' 1" 160 Jun 18, 1962 3 45 0 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $73,133.00
Johnnie LeMaster 33 R R 6' 2" 167 Jun 19, 1954 12 20 6 20 19 0 0 0 5 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Mark McGwire 23 R R 6' 5" 225 Oct 1, 1963 2 151 148 151 150 0 0 145 0 8 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 $72,500.00 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 $759,000.00
Gene Nelson 26 R R 6' 0" 174 Dec 3, 1960 7 55 0 1 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $365,000.00
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
Steve Ontiveros 26 R R 6' 0" 190 Mar 5, 1961 3 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $131,500.00
Dave Otto 22 L L 6' 7" 210 Nov 12, 1964 1st 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 8 1 $425,000.00
Eric Plunk 23 R R 6' 5" 217 Sep 3, 1963 2 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $77,667.00
Luis Polonia 23 L L 5' 8" 152 Oct 12, 1963 1st 125 103 125 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 69 8 104 8 9 8 $62,500.00
Jose Rijo 22 R R 6' 2" 200 May 13, 1965 4 21 0 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
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 0 1 0
Matt Sinatro 27 R R 5' 9" 175 Mar 22, 1960 5 6 0 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
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 7 8 0 $62,500.00
Dave Stewart 30 R R 6' 2" 200 Feb 19, 1957 8 37 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $550,000.00
Mickey Tettleton 26 B R 6' 2" 212 Sep 16, 1960 4 82 67 82 81 0 80 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 $120,000.00
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
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 0 1 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 2 4 0
Curt Young 27 R L 6' 1" 180 Apr 16, 1960 5 31 0 1 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $171,875.00
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

1986 / 1988 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played