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1996 Oakland Athletics

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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78-84, Finished 3rd in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Art Howe (78-84)
Scored 861 runs, Allowed 900 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-84

Ballparks: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum & Cashman Field · 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 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
Mark Acre 27 R R 6' 8" 235 Sep 16, 1968 3 22 0 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $140,000
Willie Adams 23 R R 6' 7" 215 Oct 8, 1972 1st 12 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $109,000
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 4 4 9 1.1 $109,000
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 51 0 2 6 -1.0 $117,000
Geronimo Berroa 31 R R 6' 0" 165 Mar 18, 1965 7 153 146 153 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 54 71 91 7 0 1.7 $1,150,000
Mike Bordick 30 R R 5' 11" 170 Jul 21, 1965 7 155 153 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.9 $2,000,000
Rafael Bournigal 30 R R 5' 11" 160 May 12, 1966 4 88 57 88 83 0 0 0 64 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 0.0 $150,000
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 0.5 $150,000
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 5 0 1 0 5.3 $970,000
Bobby Chouinard 24 R R 6' 1" 188 May 1, 1972 1st 13 11 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Jim Corsi 34 R R 6' 1" 210 Sep 9, 1961 7 56 0 0 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $450,000
Paul Fletcher 29 R R 6' 1" 190 Jan 14, 1967 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
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 -0.2 $
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 -0.3 $290,000
Jason Giambi 25 L R 6' 3" 240 Jan 8, 1971 2 140 136 140 127 0 0 45 0 39 0 44 0 1 45 12 4 0 0.4 $120,000
Buddy Groom 30 L L 6' 2" 200 Jul 10, 1965 5 72 1 0 72 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $195,000
Jose Herrera 23 L L 6' 0" 165 Aug 30, 1972 2 108 75 108 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 92 111 1 14 5 -1.3 $
Doug Johns 28 R L 6' 2" 185 Dec 19, 1967 2 42 23 2 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.8 $113,500
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 28 0 5 0 -0.4 $109,000
Torey Lovullo 30 B R 6' 1" 185 Jul 25, 1965 6 65 18 65 56 0 0 42 2 11 1 1 0 0 1 4 10 18 -0.7 $180,000
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 57 0 7 8 -0.3 $109,000
Mark McGwire 32 R R 6' 5" 215 Oct 1, 1963 11 130 125 130 109 0 0 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 5 0 6.5 $7,050,000 All-Star
Mike Mohler 27 R L 6' 2" 195 Jul 26, 1968 4 72 0 0 72 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $155,000
Izzy Molina 25 R R 6' 1" 200 Jun 3, 1971 1st 14 7 14 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 -0.4 $109,000
Steve Montgomery 25 R R 6' 4" 210 Dec 25, 1970 1st 8 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $109,000
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 2 1 9 0.0 $109,000
Pedro Munoz 27 R R 5' 11" 170 Sep 19, 1968 7 34 30 34 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 14 18 4 0 -1.0 $595,000
Phil Plantier 27 L R 6' 0" 175 Jan 27, 1969 7 73 60 73 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 1 2 70 1 6 1 -1.4 $500,000
Ariel Prieto 26 R R 6' 3" 220 Oct 22, 1969 2 21 21 0 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 $181,000
Carlos Reyes 27 R R 6' 1" 190 Apr 4, 1969 3 46 10 0 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $170,000
Aaron Small 24 R R 6' 5" 200 Nov 23, 1971 3 12 3 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $118,000
Scott Spiezio 23 B R 6' 2" 195 Sep 21, 1972 1st 9 8 9 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0.3 $
Matt Stairs 28 L R 5' 9" 200 Feb 27, 1968 4 61 37 61 45 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 0 29 45 5 18 1 0.6 $130,000
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 3.4 $4,200,000
Billy Taylor 34 R R 6' 8" 200 Oct 16, 1961 2 55 0 0 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $135,000
Dave Telgheder 29 R R 6' 3" 212 Nov 11, 1966 4 16 14 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $147,500
Todd Van Poppel 24 R R 6' 5" 210 Dec 9, 1971 5 28 6 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $318,000
John Wasdin 23 R R 6' 2" 190 Aug 5, 1972 2 25 21 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $111,000
Don Wengert 26 R R 6' 2" 205 Nov 6, 1969 2 36 25 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $117,000
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 11 6 1 -0.6 $115,000
Jay Witasick 23 R R 6' 4" 205 Aug 28, 1972 1st 12 0 0 12 12 0 0 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 15 2 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.3 $
Ernie Young 26 R R 6' 1" 190 Jul 8, 1969 3 141 124 141 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 133 16 158 0 6 2 1.0 $112,000
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.

Allen Battle

Pedro Munoz

Torey Lovullo

Scott Brosius

Brent Gates

Ernie Young

Matt Stairs

Scott Spiezio

Mike Bordick

Jason Giambi

Carlos Reyes

George Williams

Izzy Molina

Billy Taylor

Phil Plantier

Brian Lesher

Mark McGwire

Rafael Bournigal

Tony Batista

Geronimo Berroa

Aaron Small
Jay Witasick

John Wasdin

Mike Mohler

Damon Mashore

Terry Steinbach

Steve Montgomery

Steve Wojciechowski

Willie Adams
Rafael Bournigal

Jim Corsi

Buddy Groom

Jose Herrera

Kerwin Moore

Ariel Prieto

Willie Adams
Webster Garrison

Dave Telgheder

Doug Johns

Jay Witasick

John Briscoe

Bobby Chouinard

Mark Acre

Don Wengert

Paul Fletcher

Todd Van Poppel

1995 / 1997 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers