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1997 Oakland Athletics Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996 / 1998)
65-97, Finished 4th in AL West
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Scored 764 runs, Allowed 946 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-97
Manager: Art Howe (65-97)
Ballpark: Oakland Coliseum (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,264,218 (14th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 97;   one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 103
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1996 / 1998 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 28 R R 6' 8" 235 Sep 16, 1968 4 15 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $165,000.00
Willie Adams 24 R R 6' 7" 215 Oct 8, 1972 2 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $157,500.00
Tony Batista 23 R R 6' 0" 180 Dec 9, 1973 2 68 55 68 65 0 0 0 1 4 61 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 $162,500.00
Mark Bellhorn 22 B R 6' 1" 195 Aug 23, 1974 1st 68 55 68 57 0 0 0 17 40 1 0 0 0 0 2 9 2 $150,000.00
Geronimo Berroa 32 R R 6' 0" 195 Mar 18, 1965 8 73 69 73 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 43 27 3 0 $3,300,000.00
Rafael Bournigal 31 R R 5' 11" 165 May 12, 1966 5 79 61 79 79 0 0 0 7 0 74 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 $162,500.00
Billy Brewer 29 L L 6' 1" 175 Apr 15, 1968 5 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tilson Brito 25 R R 6' 0" 175 May 28, 1972 2 17 12 17 16 0 0 0 2 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Scott Brosius 30 R R 6' 1" 185 Aug 15, 1966 7 129 123 129 128 0 0 0 0 107 30 6 6 11 22 0 3 0 $2,550,000.00
Jose Canseco 32 R R 6' 4" 240 Jul 2, 1964 13 108 104 108 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 27 44 60 4 0 $4,225,000.00
Jason Giambi 26 L R 6' 2" 200 Jan 8, 1971 3 142 137 142 116 0 0 51 0 0 0 68 0 0 68 22 5 0 $205,000.00
Ben Grieve 21 L R 6' 4" 220 May 4, 1976 1st 24 22 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 24 0 2 0
Buddy Groom 31 L L 6' 2" 200 Jul 10, 1965 6 78 0 4 78 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $390,000.00
Gary Haught 26 B R 6' 1" 190 Sep 29, 1970 1st 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jimmy Haynes 24 R R 6' 4" 185 Sep 5, 1972 3 13 1 1 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $165,000.00
Dane Johnson 34 R R 6' 5" 205 Feb 10, 1963 3 38 0 5 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $172,500.00
John Johnstone 28 R R 6' 3" 195 Nov 25, 1968 5 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Karsay 25 R R 6' 3" 210 Mar 24, 1972 3 25 0 1 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $160,000.00
Tim Kubinski 25 L L 6' 4" 205 Jan 20, 1972 1st 11 0 1 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
Patrick Lennon 29 R R 6' 2" 200 Apr 27, 1968 4 56 29 56 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 1 12 36 5 17 4 $150,000.00
Brian Lesher 26 R L 6' 5" 205 Mar 5, 1971 2 46 32 46 35 0 0 3 0 0 0 31 0 3 32 1 9 4 $152,000.00
Richie Lewis 31 R R 5' 6" 175 Jan 25, 1966 6 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $250,000.00
Andrew Lorraine 24 L L 6' 3" 195 Aug 11, 1972 3 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $154,000.00
Eric Ludwick 25 R R 6' 5" 210 Dec 14, 1971 2 6 1 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Magadan 34 L R 6' 3" 200 Sep 30, 1962 12 128 59 128 74 0 0 30 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 24 53 5 $255,000.00
Damon Mashore 27 R R 5' 11" 195 Oct 31, 1969 2 92 72 92 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 71 6 89 0 0 11 $154,000.00
T.J. Mathews 27 R R 6' 2" 200 Jan 9, 1970 3 24 0 1 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brent Mayne 29 L R 6' 1" 190 Apr 19, 1968 8 85 73 85 83 0 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 $225,000.00
Jason McDonald 25 B R 5' 8" 175 Mar 20, 1972 1st 78 52 78 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 66 0 74 0 10 6
Mark McGwire 33 R R 6' 5" 225 Oct 1, 1963 12 105 101 105 102 0 0 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 $7,150,000.00 All-Star
Mike Mohler 28 R L 6' 2" 195 Jul 26, 1968 5 64 0 5 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 $250,000.00
Izzy Molina 26 R R 6' 0" 200 Jun 3, 1971 2 48 34 48 48 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 $152,000.00
Steve Montgomery 26 R R 6' 4" 210 Dec 25, 1970 2 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Oquist 29 R R 6' 2" 170 May 30, 1968 5 20 3 4 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $195,000.00
Ariel Prieto 27 R R 6' 3" 225 Oct 22, 1969 3 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $194,000.00
Carlos Reyes 28 B R 6' 1" 190 Apr 4, 1969 4 37 0 2 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $200,000.00
Brad Rigby 24 R R 6' 6" 203 May 14, 1973 1st 14 2 2 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
Scott Sheldon 28 R R 6' 3" 185 Nov 28, 1968 1st 13 9 13 13 0 0 0 1 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Aaron Small 25 R R 6' 5" 200 Nov 23, 1971 4 71 0 3 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $155,000.00
Scott Spiezio 24 B R 6' 2" 205 Sep 21, 1972 2 147 140 147 146 0 0 0 146 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 $151,000.00
Matt Stairs 29 L R 5' 9" 175 Feb 27, 1968 5 133 81 133 92 0 0 7 0 0 0 28 0 63 89 13 42 0 $165,000.00
Billy Taylor 35 R R 6' 8" 200 Oct 16, 1961 3 72 0 2 72 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $575,000.00
Miguel Tejada 23 R R 5' 10" 170 May 25, 1974 1st 26 25 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $150,000.00
Dave Telgheder 30 R R 6' 3" 212 Nov 11, 1966 5 20 1 1 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $165,000.00
Don Wengert 27 R R 6' 2" 205 Nov 6, 1969 3 49 0 2 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $172,500.00
George Williams 28 B R 5' 10" 190 Apr 22, 1969 3 76 55 76 67 0 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 $165,000.00
Jay Witasick 24 R R 6' 4" 205 Aug 28, 1972 2 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Wojciechowski 26 L L 6' 2" 185 Jul 29, 1970 3 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $154,000.00
Ernie Young 27 R R 6' 1" 190 Jul 8, 1969 4 71 50 71 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 60 12 66 0 3 6 $195,000.00
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.

1996 / 1998 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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