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1988 Oakland Athletics Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1987 / 1989)
104-58, Finished 1st in AL West
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Scored 800 runs, Allowed 620 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 100-62
Manager: Tony LaRussa (104-58)
Ballpark: Oakland Coliseum (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,287,335 (7th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 96;   one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 94
Won AL Pennant
Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-1) to Los Angeles Dodgers
Won AL Championship Series (4-0) over Boston Red Sox
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1987 / 1989 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
Don Baylor 39 R R 6' 1" 195 Jun 28, 1949 19 92 73 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 19 0 $495,000.00
Lance Blankenship 24 R R 6' 0" 185 Dec 6, 1963 1st 10 0 10 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6
Rich Bordi 29 R R 6' 7" 220 Apr 18, 1959 9 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Todd Burns 24 R R 6' 2" 190 Jul 6, 1963 1st 17 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greg Cadaret 26 L L 6' 3" 214 Feb 27, 1962 2 58 0 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jose Canseco 23 R R 6' 4" 240 Jul 2, 1964 4 158 156 158 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 144 144 13 1 0 $325,000.00 All-Star
Jim Corsi 26 R R 6' 1" 220 Sep 9, 1961 1st 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Storm Davis 26 R R 6' 4" 207 Dec 26, 1961 7 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $550,000.00
Dennis Eckersley HOF 33 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 3, 1954 14 60 0 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $650,000.00 All-Star
Mike Gallego 27 R R 5' 8" 160 Oct 31, 1960 4 129 84 129 127 0 0 0 83 16 42 0 0 0 0 0 4 13 $100,000.00
Ron Hassey 35 L R 6' 2" 200 Feb 27, 1953 11 107 87 107 92 0 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 17 0 $300,000.00
Dave Henderson 29 R R 6' 2" 220 Jul 21, 1958 8 146 127 146 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 143 0 143 0 9 2 $225,000.00
Rick Honeycutt 34 L L 5' 11" 190 Jun 29, 1954 12 55 0 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $855,000.00
Glenn Hubbard 30 R R 5' 7" 180 Sep 25, 1957 11 105 86 105 104 0 0 0 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 $425,000.00
Stan Javier 24 B R 6' 0" 185 Jan 9, 1964 4 125 90 125 117 0 0 4 0 0 0 69 45 30 115 0 9 13 $77,500.00
Doug Jennings 23 L L 5' 10" 170 Sep 30, 1964 1st 71 21 71 37 0 0 14 0 0 0 16 0 7 23 1 37 3 $62,500.00
Felix Jose 23 B R 6' 1" 190 May 2, 1965 1st 8 0 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 6 0 2 0
Ed Jurak 30 R R 6' 2" 185 Oct 24, 1957 5 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Carney Lansford 31 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 7, 1957 11 150 135 150 149 0 0 9 1 143 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 2 $1,300,000.00 All-Star
Mark McGwire 24 R R 6' 5" 225 Oct 1, 1963 3 155 146 155 154 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 $250,000.00 All-Star
Orlando Mercado 26 R R 6' 0" 195 Nov 7, 1961 6 16 8 16 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Gene Nelson 27 R R 6' 0" 174 Dec 3, 1960 8 57 0 3 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 $450,000.00
Steve Ontiveros 27 R R 6' 0" 190 Mar 5, 1961 4 13 0 3 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 $200,000.00
Dave Otto 23 L L 6' 7" 210 Nov 12, 1964 2 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Parker 37 L R 6' 5" 230 Jun 9, 1951 16 101 92 101 35 0 0 1 0 0 0 34 0 0 34 57 9 0 $1,000,000.00
Tony Phillips 29 B R 5' 10" 175 Apr 25, 1959 7 79 53 79 75 0 0 3 27 32 10 24 6 3 31 0 8 4 $200,000.00
Eric Plunk 24 R R 6' 5" 217 Sep 3, 1963 3 49 0 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $90,000.00
Luis Polonia 24 L L 5' 8" 152 Oct 12, 1963 2 84 65 84 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 0 1 76 1 9 6
Jeff Shaver 24 R R 6' 3" 195 Jul 30, 1963 1st 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Sinatro 28 R R 5' 9" 175 Mar 22, 1960 6 10 2 10 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Terry Steinbach 26 R R 6' 1" 195 Mar 2, 1962 3 104 93 104 94 0 83 8 0 9 0 1 0 0 1 8 5 0 $125,000.00 All-Star
Dave Stewart 31 R R 6' 2" 200 Feb 19, 1957 9 37 0 1 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $600,000.00
Walt Weiss 24 B R 6' 0" 175 Nov 28, 1963 2 147 140 147 147 0 0 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 $62,500.00
Bob Welch 31 R R 6' 3" 190 Nov 3, 1956 11 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $937,500.00
Curt Young 28 R L 6' 1" 180 Apr 16, 1960 6 26 0 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $410,000.00
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.

1987 / 1989 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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