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1988 Oakland Athletics

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1987 / 1989

104-58, Finished 1st in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Tony LaRussa (104-58)
Scored 800 runs, Allowed 620 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 100-62

Ballparks: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · 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

Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-1) to Los Angeles Dodgers
Won AL Championship Series (4-0) over Boston Red Sox

American League Champs

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1987 / 1989 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
Don Baylor 39 R R 6' 1" 190 Jun 28, 1949 19 92 73 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 19 0 -0.5 $495,000
Lance Blankenship 24 R R 6' 0" 190 Dec 6, 1963 1st 10 0 10 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 6 -0.1 $
Rich Bordi 29 R R 6' 7" 210 Apr 18, 1959 9 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Todd Burns 24 R R 6' 2" 186 Jul 6, 1963 1st 17 14 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $62,500
Greg Cadaret 26 L L 6' 3" 200 Feb 27, 1962 2 58 0 0 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $86,333
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 7.6 $325,000 All-Star
Jim Corsi 26 R R 6' 1" 210 Sep 9, 1961 1st 11 1 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Storm Davis 26 R R 6' 4" 207 Dec 26, 1961 7 33 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 $550,000
Dennis Eckersley HOF 33 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 3, 1954 14 60 0 0 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 $650,000 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 0.3 $100,000
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 1.3 $300,000
Dave Henderson 29 R R 6' 2" 210 Jul 21, 1958 8 146 127 146 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 143 0 144 0 9 2 6.4 $225,000
Rick Honeycutt 34 L L 6' 1" 185 Jun 29, 1954 12 55 0 0 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $855,000
Glenn Hubbard 30 R R 5' 9" 150 Sep 25, 1957 11 105 86 105 104 0 0 0 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 2.0 $425,000
Stan Javier 24 B R 6' 0" 185 Jan 9, 1964 4 125 90 125 117 0 0 4 0 0 0 69 45 30 144 2 9 13 0.6 $77,500
Doug Jennings 23 L L 5' 10" 175 Sep 30, 1964 1st 71 21 71 37 0 0 14 0 0 0 16 0 7 23 2 37 3 0.0 $62,500
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 0.1 $
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 1 1 1 0.0 $
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 2.7 $1,300,000 All-Star
Mark McGwire 24 R R 6' 5" 215 Oct 1, 1963 3 155 146 155 154 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 2.7 $250,000 All-Star
Orlando Mercado 26 R R 6' 0" 180 Nov 7, 1961 6 16 8 16 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.1 $
Gene Nelson 27 R R 6' 0" 172 Dec 3, 1960 8 57 1 3 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1.3 $450,000
Steve Ontiveros 27 R R 6' 0" 180 Mar 5, 1961 4 13 10 3 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 -0.3 $200,000
Dave Otto 23 L L 6' 7" 210 Nov 12, 1964 2 3 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
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 61 9 0 0.0 $1,000,000
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 33 2 8 4 -0.5 $200,000
Eric Plunk 24 R R 6' 5" 210 Sep 3, 1963 3 49 0 0 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $90,000
Luis Polonia 24 L L 5' 8" 155 Dec 10, 1963 2 84 65 84 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 0 1 77 2 9 6 1.3 $115,000
Jeff Shaver 24 R R 6' 3" 195 Jul 30, 1963 1st 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Matt Sinatro 28 R R 5' 9" 174 Mar 22, 1960 6 10 2 10 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.1 $700,000
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 2.4 $125,000 All-Star
Dave Stewart 31 R R 6' 2" 200 Feb 19, 1957 9 37 37 1 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 $600,000
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 2.2 $62,500
Bob Welch 31 R R 6' 3" 190 Nov 3, 1956 11 36 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $937,500
Curt Young 28 R L 6' 1" 175 Apr 16, 1960 6 26 26 0 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $410,000
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.

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Don Baylor
Tony Phillips
Orlando Mercado
Carney Lansford
Felix Jose
Walt Weiss
Mike Gallego
Matt Sinatro

Don Baylor
Storm Davis
Glenn Hubbard
Gene Nelson
Curt Young
Doug Jennings
Luis Polonia
Ron Hassey

Mark McGwire
Ed Jurak
Stan Javier
Curt Young
Lance Blankenship
Greg Cadaret
Jose Canseco
Dave Stewart

Bob Welch
Terry Steinbach
Rich Bordi
Dave Otto
Dave Parker
Rick Honeycutt
Jim Corsi
Storm Davis
Dave Henderson

Dennis Eckersley
Rich Bordi
Doug Jennings
Eric Plunk
Jeff Shaver
Steve Ontiveros
Todd Burns

1987 / 1989 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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