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1997 Oakland Athletics

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996 / 1998

65-97, Finished 4th in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Art Howe (65-97)
Scored 764 runs, Allowed 946 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-97

Ballparks: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · 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 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 28 R R 6' 8" 235 Sep 16, 1968 4 15 0 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $165,000
Willie Adams 24 R R 6' 7" 215 Oct 8, 1972 2 13 12 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $157,500
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 1 3 4 -0.7 $162,500
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 3 9 2 0.0 $150,000
Geronimo Berroa 32 R R 6' 0" 165 Mar 18, 1965 8 73 69 73 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 43 27 3 0 1.0 $3,300,000
Rafael Bournigal 31 R R 5' 11" 160 May 12, 1966 5 79 61 79 79 0 0 0 7 0 74 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 -0.1 $162,500
Billy Brewer 29 L L 6' 1" 175 Apr 15, 1968 5 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Tilson Brito 25 R R 6' 0" 170 May 28, 1972 2 17 12 17 16 0 0 0 2 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.1 $
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 23 0 3 0 -0.8 $2,550,000
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 46 60 4 0 -0.2 $4,225,000
Jason Giambi 26 L R 6' 3" 240 Jan 8, 1971 3 142 137 142 116 0 0 51 0 0 0 68 0 0 68 25 5 0 1.2 $205,000
Ben Grieve 21 L R 6' 4" 200 May 4, 1976 1st 24 22 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 24 0 2 0 -0.1 $
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 0.2 $390,000
Gary Haught 26 B R 6' 1" 190 Sep 29, 1970 1st 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Jimmy Haynes 24 R R 6' 4" 185 Sep 5, 1972 3 13 13 1 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $165,000
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 0.0 $172,500
John Johnstone 28 R R 6' 3" 195 Nov 25, 1968 5 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Steve Karsay 25 R R 6' 3" 210 Mar 24, 1972 3 25 24 1 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 $160,000
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 -0.1 $150,000
Pat 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 17 17 4 -0.6 $150,000
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 34 3 9 4 -0.9 $152,000
Richie Lewis 31 R R 5' 6" 175 Jan 25, 1966 6 14 0 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $250,000
Andrew Lorraine 24 L L 6' 3" 195 Aug 11, 1972 3 12 6 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $154,000
Eric Ludwick 25 R R 6' 5" 210 Dec 14, 1971 2 6 5 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Dave Magadan 34 L R 6' 3" 190 Sep 30, 1962 12 128 59 128 74 0 0 30 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 25 53 5 1.4 $255,000
Damon Mashore 27 R R 5' 11" 195 Oct 31, 1969 2 92 72 92 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 71 6 105 0 0 11 0.4 $154,000
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 0.0 $
Brent Mayne 29 L R 6' 1" 195 Apr 19, 1968 8 85 73 85 83 0 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 1.3 $225,000
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 84 0 10 6 0.4 $
Mark McGwire 33 R R 6' 5" 215 Oct 1, 1963 12 105 101 105 102 0 0 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2.7 $7,150,000 All-Star
Mike Mohler 28 R L 6' 2" 195 Jul 26, 1968 5 64 10 5 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.2 $250,000
Izzy Molina 26 R R 6' 1" 200 Jun 3, 1971 2 48 34 48 48 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 -0.6 $152,000
Steve Montgomery 26 R R 6' 4" 210 Dec 25, 1970 2 4 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Mike Oquist 29 R R 6' 2" 170 May 30, 1968 5 20 17 4 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.2 $195,000
Ariel Prieto 27 R R 6' 3" 220 Oct 22, 1969 3 22 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $194,000
Carlos Reyes 28 R R 6' 1" 190 Apr 4, 1969 4 37 6 2 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $200,000
Brad Rigby 24 R R 6' 6" 203 May 14, 1973 1st 14 14 2 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $150,000
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 -0.1 $
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 1.0 $155,000
Scott Spiezio 24 B R 6' 2" 195 Sep 21, 1972 2 147 140 147 146 0 0 0 146 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.7 $151,000
Matt Stairs 29 L R 5' 9" 200 Feb 27, 1968 5 133 81 133 92 0 0 7 0 0 0 28 0 63 91 17 42 0 1.7 $165,000
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 1.9 $575,000
Miguel Tejada 23 R R 5' 9" 220 May 25, 1974 1st 26 25 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.4 $150,000
Dave Telgheder 30 R R 6' 3" 212 Nov 11, 1966 5 20 19 1 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $165,000
Don Wengert 27 R R 6' 2" 205 Nov 6, 1969 3 49 12 2 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $172,500
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 1 17 0 1.5 $165,000
Jay Witasick 24 R R 6' 4" 205 Aug 28, 1972 2 8 0 0 8 8 0 0 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 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $154,000
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 73 0 3 6 -1.1 $195,000
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

Jason McDonald
Miguel Tejada
Brian Lesher
Brent Mayne
Scott Brosius
Tilson Brito
Scott Sheldon
Ernie Young
Matt Stairs

Izzy Molina
Ben Grieve
Jason Giambi
Dave Magadan
George Williams
Steve Karsay
Scott Spiezio
Billy Taylor

Pat Lennon
Buddy Groom
Mark McGwire
Rafael Bournigal
Tony Batista
Geronimo Berroa
T.J. Mathews
Aaron Small
Damon Mashore

Mike Mohler
Jose Canseco
Carlos Reyes
Steve Wojciechowski
Willie Adams
Eric Ludwick
Buddy Groom
Richie Lewis

Mike Oquist
Mark Bellhorn
Billy Brewer
Ariel Prieto
Gary Haught
Andrew Lorraine
Dave Telgheder
Jimmy Haynes
Richie Lewis
Scott Sheldon
Jay Witasick
John Johnstone
Steve Montgomery

Mark Acre
Don Wengert
Brad Rigby
Tim Kubinski
Dane Johnson

1996 / 1998 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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