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1996 Oakland Athletics Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1995 / 1997)
78-84, Finished 3rd in AL West
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Scored 861 runs, Allowed 900 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-84
Manager: Art Howe (78-84)
Ballpark: Oakland Coliseum (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,148,380 (14th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 102;   one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 102
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1995 / 1997 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
Mark Acre 27 R R 6' 8" 235 Sep 16, 1968 3 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $140,000.00
Willie Adams 23 R R 6' 7" 215 Oct 8, 1972 1st 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $109,000.00
Tony Batista 22 R R 6' 0" 180 Dec 9, 1973 1st 74 55 74 66 0 0 0 52 18 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 9 $109,000.00
Allen Battle 27 R R 6' 0" 170 Nov 29, 1968 2 47 31 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 27 0 47 0 2 6 $117,000.00
Geronimo Berroa 31 R R 6' 0" 195 Mar 18, 1965 7 153 146 153 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 54 61 89 7 0 $1,150,000.00
Mike Bordick 30 R R 5' 11" 175 Jul 21, 1965 7 155 153 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $2,000,000.00
Rafael Bournigal 30 R R 5' 11" 165 May 12, 1966 4 88 57 88 83 0 0 0 64 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 $150,000.00
John Briscoe 28 R R 6' 3" 185 Sep 22, 1967 6 18 0 1 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $150,000.00
Scott Brosius 29 R R 6' 1" 185 Aug 15, 1966 6 114 113 114 114 0 0 10 0 109 0 3 2 0 4 0 1 0 $970,000.00
Bobby Chouinard 24 R R 6' 1" 188 May 1, 1972 1st 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Corsi 34 R R 6' 1" 220 Sep 9, 1961 7 56 0 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $450,000.00
Paul Fletcher 29 R R 6' 1" 185 Jan 14, 1967 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Webster Garrison 30 R R 5' 11" 170 Aug 24, 1965 1st 5 2 5 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Brent Gates 26 B R 6' 1" 180 Mar 14, 1970 4 64 63 64 64 0 0 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $290,000.00
Jason Giambi 25 L R 6' 2" 200 Jan 8, 1971 2 140 136 140 127 0 0 45 0 39 0 44 0 1 45 12 4 0 $120,000.00
Buddy Groom 30 L L 6' 2" 200 Jul 10, 1965 5 72 0 72 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $195,000.00
Jose Herrera 23 L L 6' 0" 165 Aug 30, 1972 2 108 75 108 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 92 101 0 14 5
Doug Johns 28 R L 6' 2" 185 Dec 19, 1967 2 42 0 2 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 $113,500.00
Brian Lesher 25 R L 6' 5" 205 Mar 5, 1971 1st 26 20 26 26 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 0 14 25 0 5 0 $109,000.00
Torey Lovullo 30 B R 6' 0" 180 Jul 25, 1965 6 65 18 65 56 0 0 42 2 11 1 1 0 0 1 2 10 18 $180,000.00
Damon Mashore 26 R R 5' 11" 195 Oct 31, 1969 1st 50 25 50 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 7 15 48 0 7 8 $109,000.00
Mark McGwire 32 R R 6' 5" 225 Oct 1, 1963 11 130 125 130 109 0 0 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 5 0 $7,050,000.00 All-Star
Mike Mohler 27 R L 6' 2" 195 Jul 26, 1968 4 72 0 72 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $155,000.00
Izzy Molina 25 R R 6' 0" 200 Jun 3, 1971 1st 14 7 14 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 $109,000.00
Steve Montgomery 25 R R 6' 4" 210 Dec 25, 1970 1st 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $109,000.00
Kerwin Moore 25 B R 6' 1" 190 Oct 29, 1970 1st 22 3 22 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 18 0 1 9 $109,000.00
Pedro Munoz 27 R R 5' 10" 207 Sep 19, 1968 7 34 30 34 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 14 17 4 0 $595,000.00
Phil Plantier 27 L R 5' 11" 195 Jan 27, 1969 7 73 60 73 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 1 2 68 0 6 1 $500,000.00
Ariel Prieto 26 R R 6' 3" 225 Oct 22, 1969 2 21 0 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $181,000.00
Carlos Reyes 27 B R 6' 1" 190 Apr 4, 1969 3 46 0 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $170,000.00
Aaron Small 24 R R 6' 5" 200 Nov 23, 1971 3 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $118,000.00
Scott Spiezio 23 B R 6' 2" 205 Sep 21, 1972 1st 9 8 9 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
Matt Stairs 28 L R 5' 9" 175 Feb 27, 1968 4 61 37 61 45 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 0 29 44 4 18 1 $130,000.00
Terry Steinbach 34 R R 6' 1" 195 Mar 2, 1962 11 145 134 145 137 0 137 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 0 $4,200,000.00
Billy Taylor 34 R R 6' 8" 200 Oct 16, 1961 2 55 0 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $135,000.00
Dave Telgheder 29 R R 6' 3" 212 Nov 11, 1966 4 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $147,500.00
Todd Van Poppel 24 R R 6' 5" 210 Dec 9, 1971 5 28 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $318,000.00
John Wasdin 23 R R 6' 2" 190 Aug 5, 1972 2 25 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $111,000.00
Don Wengert 26 R R 6' 2" 205 Nov 6, 1969 2 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $117,000.00
George Williams 27 B R 5' 10" 190 Apr 22, 1969 2 56 36 56 43 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 1 $115,000.00
Jay Witasick 23 R R 6' 4" 205 Aug 28, 1972 1st 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Wojciechowski 25 L L 6' 2" 185 Jul 29, 1970 2 18 0 2 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ernie Young 26 R R 6' 1" 190 Jul 8, 1969 3 141 124 141 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 133 16 140 0 6 2 $112,000.00
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.

1995 / 1997 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played