1997 Oakland Athletics Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Team Batting

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Brent Mayne*	29	85	282	256	29	74	12	0	6	22	1	0	18	33	.289	.343	.406	.749	99	104	6	4	2	2	1
2	1B	Mark McGwire	33	105	433	366	48	104	24	0	34	81	1	0	58	98	.284	.383	.628	1.012	163	230	9	4	0	5	8
3	2B	Scott Spiezio#	24	147	590	538	58	131	28	4	14	65	9	3	44	75	.243	.300	.388	.688	82	209	13	1	3	4	2
4	SS	Rafael Bournigal	31	79	249	222	29	62	9	0	1	20	2	1	16	19	.279	.339	.333	.672	80	74	11	4	7	0	1
5	3B	Scott Brosius	30	129	526	479	59	97	20	1	11	41	9	4	34	102	.203	.259	.317	.576	53	152	9	4	5	4	1
6	LF	Jason Giambi*	26	142	588	519	66	152	41	2	20	81	0	1	55	89	.293	.362	.495	.857	126	257	11	6	0	8	3
7	CF	Damon Mashore	27	92	342	279	55	69	10	2	3	18	5	4	50	82	.247	.370	.330	.700	89	92	5	5	7	1	1
8	RF	Matt Stairs*	29	133	410	352	62	105	19	0	27	73	3	2	50	60	.298	.386	.582	.969	153	205	6	3	1	4	1
9	DH	Jose Canseco	32	108	446	388	56	91	19	0	23	74	8	2	51	122	.235	.325	.461	.786	106	179	15	3	0	4	1
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
10	UT	Dave Magadan*	34	128	328	271	38	82	10	1	4	30	1	0	50	40	.303	.414	.391	.805	116	106	7	2	4	1	1
11	UT	Geronimo Berroa	32	73	299	261	40	81	12	0	16	42	3	2	36	58	.310	.395	.540	.935	146	141	12	1	0	1	2
12	CF	Jason McDonald#	25	78	276	236	47	62	11	4	4	14	13	8	36	49	.263	.361	.394	.755	101	93	0	1	2	1	0
13	IF	Mark Bellhorn#	22	68	261	224	33	51	9	1	6	19	7	1	32	70	.228	.324	.357	.681	81	80	1	0	5	0	0
14	C	George Williams#	28	76	241	201	30	58	9	1	3	22	0	1	35	46	.289	.397	.388	.786	111	78	2	2	2	1	0
15	SS	Tony Batista	23	68	207	188	22	38	10	1	4	18	2	2	14	31	.202	.265	.330	.594	57	62	8	2	3	0	0
16	CF	Ernie Young	27	71	200	175	22	39	7	0	5	15	1	3	19	57	.223	.303	.349	.652	73	61	6	2	2	2	0
17	LF	Brian Lesher	26	46	142	131	17	30	4	1	4	16	4	1	9	30	.229	.275	.366	.641	69	48	4	0	0	2	0
18	UT	Patrick Lennon	29	56	131	116	14	34	6	1	1	14	0	1	15	35	.293	.374	.388	.762	104	45	3	0	0	0	0
19	C	Izzy Molina	26	48	115	111	6	22	3	1	3	7	0	0	3	17	.198	.219	.324	.544	42	36	1	0	1	0	0
20	RF	Ben Grieve*	21	24	108	93	12	29	6	0	3	24	0	0	13	25	.312	.402	.473	.875	132	44	1	1	1	0	1
21	SS	Miguel Tejada	23	26	104	99	10	20	3	2	2	10	2	0	2	22	.202	.240	.333	.574	51	33	3	3	0	0	0
22	IF	Tilson Brito	25	17	49	46	8	13	2	1	2	6	0	0	1	10	.283	.298	.500	.798	108	23	0	0	2	0	0
23	IF	Scott Sheldon	28	13	27	24	2	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	6	.250	.308	.375	.683	81	9	0	1	1	0	0
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
24	P	Mike Oquist	29	4	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	34	1	0	0	1	0	0
25	P	Brad Rigby	24	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	P	Jimmy Haynes	24	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	P	Eric Ludwick	25	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Dave Telgheder	30	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Aaron Small	25	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Ariel Prieto	27	0	0	0					0
31	P	Steve Wojciechowski*	26	0	0	0					0
32	P	Mike Mohler	28	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Jay Witasick	24	0	0	0					0
34	P	Billy Taylor	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Mark Acre	28	0	0	0					0
36	P	John Johnstone	28	0	0	0					0
37	P	Willie Adams	24	0	0	0					0
38	P	Steve Montgomery	26	0	0	0					0
39	P	Steve Karsay	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
40	P	Richie Lewis	31	0	0	0					0
41	P	Don Wengert	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
42	P	Dane Johnson	34	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
43	P	Carlos Reyes#	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
44	P	T.J. Mathews	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
45	P	Tim Kubinski*	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
46	P	Billy Brewer*	29	0	0	0					0
47	P	Gary Haught#	26	0	0	0					0
48	P	Andrew Lorraine*	24	0	0	0					0
49	P	Buddy Groom*	31	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.0	162	6369	5589	764	1451	274	23	197	714	71	36	642	1181	.260	.339	.423	.762	101	2362	133	49	49	40	23
		Rank in 14 AL teams				8	11	11	10	10	3		12	13	2	1	11	8	7	8		7
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Steve Karsay	25	3	12	.200	5.77	24	24	0	0	0	0	132.2	166	92	85	20	47	3	92	9	0	7	609	77	1.606	11.3	1.4	3.2	6.2	1.96
2	SP	Ariel Prieto	27	6	8	.429	5.04	22	22	0	0	0	0	125.0	155	84	70	16	70	3	90	5	1	7	588	88	1.800	11.2	1.2	5.0	6.5	1.29
3	SP	Mike Oquist	29	4	6	.400	5.02	19	17	0	1	0	0	107.2	111	62	60	15	43	3	72	6	0	2	473	88	1.430	9.3	1.3	3.6	6.0	1.67
4	SP	Dave Telgheder	30	4	6	.400	6.06	20	19	0	0	0	0	101.0	134	71	68	15	35	1	55	2	0	4	458	73	1.673	11.9	1.3	3.1	4.9	1.57
5	SP	Brad Rigby	24	1	7	.125	4.87	14	14	0	0	0	0	77.2	92	44	42	14	22	2	34	2	0	3	339	91	1.468	10.7	1.6	2.5	3.9	1.55
6	SP	Jimmy Haynes	24	3	6	.333	4.42	13	13	0	0	0	0	73.1	74	38	36	7	40	1	65	2	1	4	329	100	1.555	9.1	0.9	4.9	8.0	1.63
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
7	CL	Billy Taylor	35	3	4	.429	3.82	72	0	45	0	0	23	73.0	70	32	31	3	36	9	66	5	0	0	320	116	1.452	8.6	0.4	4.4	8.1	1.83
8	RP	Don Wengert	27	5	11	.313	6.04	49	12	16	1	0	2	134.0	177	96	90	21	41	4	68	8	0	2	612	73	1.627	11.9	1.4	2.8	4.6	1.66
9	RP	Mike Mohler*	28	1	10	.091	5.13	62	10	16	0	0	1	101.2	116	65	58	11	54	8	66	7	0	4	462	86	1.672	10.3	1.0	4.8	5.8	1.22
10	RP	Aaron Small	25	9	5	.643	4.28	71	0	22	0	0	4	96.2	109	50	46	6	40	6	57	3	0	4	425	104	1.541	10.1	0.6	3.7	5.3	1.43
11	RP	Buddy Groom*	31	2	2	.500	5.15	78	0	7	0	0	3	64.2	75	38	37	9	24	1	45	0	0	3	285	86	1.531	10.4	1.3	3.3	6.3	1.88
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
12		Carlos Reyes	28	3	4	.429	5.82	37	6	9	0	0	0	77.1	101	52	50	13	25	2	43	2	1	2	352	76	1.629	11.8	1.5	2.9	5.0	1.72
13		Willie Adams	24	3	5	.375	8.18	13	12	0	0	0	0	58.1	73	53	53	9	32	2	37	4	0	2	282	54	1.800	11.3	1.4	4.9	5.7	1.16
14		Dane Johnson	34	4	1	.800	4.53	38	0	12	0	0	2	45.2	49	28	23	4	31	4	43	2	1	4	217	98	1.752	9.7	0.8	6.1	8.5	1.39
15		Andrew Lorraine*	24	3	1	.750	6.37	12	6	1	0	0	0	29.2	45	22	21	2	15	0	18	1	0	0	146	70	2.022	13.7	0.6	4.6	5.5	1.20
16		T.J. Mathews	27	6	2	.750	4.40	24	0	14	0	0	3	28.2	34	18	14	5	12	1	24	1	0	0	132	101	1.605	10.7	1.6	3.8	7.5	2.00
17		Eric Ludwick	25	1	4	.200	8.25	6	5	0	0	0	0	24.0	32	24	22	7	16	1	14	1	0	0	116	54	2.000	12.0	2.6	6.0	5.3	0.88
18		Richie Lewis	31	2	0	1.000	9.64	14	0	5	0	0	0	18.2	24	21	20	7	15	0	12	1	0	2	94	46	2.089	11.6	3.4	7.2	5.8	0.80
19		Mark Acre	28	2	0	1.000	5.74	15	0	5	0	0	0	15.2	21	10	10	1	8	0	12	0	0	0	75	77	1.851	12.1	0.6	4.6	6.9	1.50
20		Tim Kubinski*	25	0	0		5.68	11	0	3	0	0	0	12.2	12	9	8	2	6	1	10	1	0	0	56	78	1.421	8.5	1.4	4.3	7.1	1.67
21		Gary Haught	26	0	0		7.15	6	0	2	0	0	0	11.1	12	9	9	3	6	0	11	2	0	1	52	62	1.588	9.5	2.4	4.8	8.7	1.83
22		Jay Witasick	24	0	0		5.73	8	0	1	0	0	0	11.0	14	7	7	2	6	0	8	0	0	0	53	77	1.818	11.5	1.6	4.9	6.5	1.33
23		Steve Wojciechowski*	26	0	2	.000	7.84	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.1	17	9	9	2	1	0	5	0	0	0	46	57	1.742	14.8	1.7	0.9	4.4	5.00
24		John Johnstone	28	0	0		2.84	5	0	1	0	0	0	6.1	7	2	2	0	7	0	4	0	0	0	32	156	2.211	9.9	0.0	9.9	5.7	0.57
25		Steve Montgomery	26	0	1	.000	9.95	4	0	0	0	0	0	6.1	10	7	7	2	8	2	1	0	0	0	35	45	2.842	14.2	2.8	11.4	1.4	0.13
26		Billy Brewer*	29	0	0		13.50	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	4	3	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	12	33	3.000	18.0	4.5	9.0	4.5	0.50
		Team Totals	27.5	65	97	.401	5.49	162	162	160	2	0	38	1445.1	1734	946	881	197	642	54	953	64	4	51	6600	81	1.644	10.8	1.2	4.0	5.9	1.48
		Rank in 14 AL teams		14	1		14				14	14	9	6	14	14	14	13	14		14437
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
Mark Acre	28	15	0	15.2	2	1	1	0	0	1.000									1.15	0.13						P
Willie Adams	24	13	12	58.1	12	2	10	0	0	1.000									1.85	0.92						P
Tony Batista	23	67	55	485.2	278	96	174	8	38	.971	-1.3	-3.2	-1.3	0.2	-1.5		0		5.00	4.03						SS-3B-2B-DH
Mark Bellhorn	22	61	53	451.2	204	72	123	9	24	.956	-4.0	-10.6	-5.0	-6.9	1.9		1		3.89	3.20						3B-2B-SS-DH
Geronimo Berroa	32	75	42	343.0	73	71	1	1	1	.986	-9.9	-34.6	-7.9	-3.5	-4.4	-2			1.89	0.96						RF-DH
Rafael Bournigal	31	81	61	550.0	305	100	199	6	40	.980	-5.4	-11.8	-5.4	1.2	-6.6		0		4.89	3.69						SS-2B
Billy Brewer	29	3	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0										0.00	0.00						P
Tilson Brito	25	18	12	107.0	49	16	31	2	8	.959	-1.6	-17.9	-2.6	-1.7	-0.9		1		3.95	2.61						3B-SS-2B
Scott Brosius	30	160	123	1098.2	399	142	247	10	31	.975	11.3	12.3	10.3	7.1	3.2	0	1		3.19	2.43						3B-SS-RF-CF-LF
Jose Canseco	32	102	44	361.0	81	74	2	5	0	.938	-8.8	-29.3	-6.8	-5.6	-1.2	-2			1.89	0.75						RF-LF-DH
Jason Giambi	26	144	115	974.2	552	501	44	7	50	.987	-12.8	-15.8	-12.8	-6.3	-6.5	0	0		5.03	3.78						LF-1B-DH
Ben Grieve	21	24	22	208.1	40	39	1	0	1	1.000	-6.5	-37.4	-4.5	-0.5	-4.0	-2			1.73	1.67						RF
Buddy Groom	31	78	0	64.2	12	2	10	0	2	1.000									1.67	0.15						P
Gary Haught	26	6	0	11.1	2	1	1	0	0	1.000									1.59	0.33						P
Jimmy Haynes	24	13	13	73.1	18	6	10	2	2	.889									1.96	1.23						P
Dane Johnson	34	38	0	45.2	7	1	4	2	0	.714									0.99	0.13						P
John Johnstone	28	5	0	6.1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000									1.42	0.20						P
Steve Karsay	25	24	24	132.2	24	7	13	4	1	.833									1.36	0.83						P
Tim Kubinski	25	11	0	12.2	3	2	1	0	1	1.000									2.13	0.27						P
Patrick Lennon	29	53	24	211.1	56	53	0	3	0	.946	-5.9	-33.5	-4.9	0.1	-5.0	-1			2.26	1.00						LF-RF-CF-DH
Brian Lesher	26	40	31	284.1	95	87	5	3	4	.968	-5.0	-21.1	-4.0	-3.1	-0.9	-1	0		2.91	2.30						LF-RF-1B-DH
Richie Lewis	31	14	0	18.2	3	0	3	0	0	1.000									1.45	0.21						P
Andrew Lorraine	24	12	6	29.2	6	4	2	0	1	1.000									1.82	0.50						P
Eric Ludwick	25	6	5	24.0	5	2	3	0	1	1.000									1.88	0.83						P
Dave Magadan	34	104	35	359.1	218	148	65	5	22	.977	2.5	8.3	1.5	1.0	0.5		1		5.33	2.05						3B-1B-DH
Damon Mashore	27	105	72	655.0	215	203	10	2	3	.991	-6.8	-12.5	-8.8	-7.6	-1.2	2			2.93	2.03						CF-LF-RF
T.J. Mathews	27	24	0	28.2	6	1	4	1	0	.833									1.57	0.21						P
Brent Mayne	29	83	73	640.2	457	419	36	2	5	.996	4.0	7.5						4	6.39	5.48	1	15	57	23	29%	C
Jason McDonald	25	84	52	507.0	154	147	2	5	1	.968	-8.3	-19.6	-5.3	1.3	-6.6	-3			2.64	1.77						CF-LF
Mark McGwire	33	101	101	843.2	950	884	60	6	88	.994	-7.8	-11.1	-6.8	-5.6	-1.2		-1		10.07	9.35						1B
Mike Mohler	28	62	10	101.2	26	7	18	1	0	.962									2.21	0.40						P
Izzy Molina	26	48	34	306.2	237	218	17	2	1	.992	-2.0	-7.8						-2	6.90	4.90	3	13	33	10	23%	C
Steve Montgomery	26	4	0	6.1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000									1.42	0.25						P
Mike Oquist	29	19	17	107.2	19	8	10	1	2	.947									1.50	0.95						P
Ariel Prieto	27	22	22	125.0	33	9	19	5	2	.848									2.02	1.27						P
Carlos Reyes	28	37	6	77.1	17	6	11	0	1	1.000									1.98	0.46						P
Brad Rigby	24	14	14	77.2	20	5	14	1	2	.950									2.20	1.36						P
Scott Sheldon	28	14	9	77.2	36	16	18	2	5	.944	-1.3	-20.1	-1.3	-0.2	-1.1		0		3.94	2.43						SS-2B-3B
Aaron Small	25	71	0	96.2	21	5	15	1	2	.952									1.86	0.28						P
Scott Spiezio	24	147	140	1257.0	702	280	415	7	93	.990	7.0	6.7	5.0	5.7	-0.7		2		4.98	4.73						2B-3B
Matt Stairs	29	114	68	638.0	156	143	9	4	2	.974	-15.4	-29.0	-14.4	-3.3	-11.1	-1	0		2.14	1.33						RF-LF-1B-DH
Billy Taylor	35	72	0	73.0	16	3	13	0	1	1.000									1.97	0.22						P
Miguel Tejada	23	26	25	227.2	126	54	68	4	18	.968	-2.5	-13.2	-2.5	1.5	-4.0		0		4.82	4.69						SS
Dave Telgheder	30	20	19	101.0	33	9	24	0	4	1.000									2.94	1.65						P
Don Wengert	27	49	12	134.0	30	13	16	1	2	.967									1.95	0.59						P
George Williams	28	68	55	498.0	369	336	27	6	4	.984	-1.0	-2.4						-1	6.56	5.34	1	23	41	15	27%	C-DH
Jay Witasick	24	8	0	11.0	0	0	0	0	0										0.00	0.00						P
Steve Wojciechowski	26	2	2	10.1	4	0	4	0	0	1.000									3.48	2.00						P
Ernie Young	27	74	50	476.1	148	139	5	4	0	.973	-8.0	-20.2	-8.0	-2.4	-5.6	0			2.72	1.95						CF-RF-LF-DH
Team Totals	28.2	162	1458	13008.0	6221	4334	1765	122	463	.980	-89.5	-8.3	-85.5	-28.6	-56.9	-10	5	1	4.22	2.50	5	51	131	48	27%
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