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1998 Oakland Athletics

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1997 / 1999

74-88, Finished 4th in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Art Howe (74-88)
Scored 804 runs, Allowed 866 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-86

Ballparks: Network Associates Coliseum · Attendance: 1,232,343 (13th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 91, Pitching - 92

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1997 / 1999 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
Kurt Abbott 29 R R 5' 11" 180 Jun 2, 1969 6 35 32 35 32 0 0 0 0 1 28 5 0 1 6 3 1 1 -0.5 $1,000,000
Mark Bellhorn 23 B R 6' 1" 195 Aug 23, 1974 2 11 2 11 8 0 0 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 0.2 $
Mike Blowers 33 R R 6' 2" 190 Apr 24, 1965 10 129 105 129 125 0 0 8 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 4 -0.1 $475,000
Rafael Bournigal 32 R R 5' 11" 160 May 12, 1966 6 85 55 85 84 0 0 0 48 0 38 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 -0.7 $385,000
Tom Candiotti 40 R R 6' 3" 205 Aug 31, 1957 15 33 33 1 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $2,850,000
Eric Chavez 20 L R 6' 1" 210 Dec 7, 1977 1st 16 11 16 13 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.3 $170,000
Ryan Christenson 24 R R 5' 11" 175 Mar 28, 1974 1st 117 101 117 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 113 4 118 0 1 5 1.2 $170,000
Steve Connelly 24 R R 6' 4" 210 Apr 27, 1974 1st 3 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Jim Dougherty 30 R R 6' 0" 210 Mar 8, 1968 3 9 0 1 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Mike Fetters 33 R R 6' 4" 200 Dec 19, 1964 10 48 0 6 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $2,475,000
Jason Giambi 27 L R 6' 3" 240 Jan 8, 1971 4 153 153 153 146 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 3.2 $315,000
Ben Grieve 22 L R 6' 4" 200 May 4, 1976 2 155 153 155 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 151 151 3 2 0 2.5 $172,000 All-Star
Buddy Groom 32 L L 6' 2" 200 Jul 10, 1965 7 75 0 1 75 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $595,000
Jimmy Haynes 25 R R 6' 4" 185 Sep 5, 1972 4 33 33 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $187,500
Rickey Henderson HOF 39 R L 5' 10" 180 Dec 25, 1958 20 152 144 152 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 142 24 0 166 0 4 3 2.5 $1,150,000
Gil Heredia 32 R R 6' 1" 190 Oct 26, 1965 7 8 6 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $275,000
A.J. Hinch 24 R R 6' 1" 195 May 15, 1974 1st 120 109 120 118 0 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.1 $170,000
Mark Holzemer 28 L L 6' 0" 165 Aug 20, 1969 5 13 0 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $250,000
Brian Lesher 27 R L 6' 5" 205 Mar 5, 1971 3 7 2 7 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 1 2 0.0 $174,000
Mike Macfarlane 34 R R 6' 1" 200 Apr 12, 1964 12 78 53 78 70 0 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0.7 $
Shane Mack 34 R R 6' 0" 185 Dec 7, 1963 9 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 -0.1 $450,000
Dave Magadan 35 L R 6' 3" 190 Sep 30, 1962 13 35 28 35 33 0 0 7 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1.0 $475,000
T.J. Mathews 28 R R 6' 2" 200 Jan 9, 1970 4 66 0 4 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $315,000
Jason McDonald 26 B R 5' 8" 175 Mar 20, 1972 2 70 44 70 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 33 25 69 1 11 4 1.4 $174,000
Kevin Mitchell 36 R R 5' 10" 186 Jan 13, 1962 13 51 27 51 11 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 23 23 0 -0.5 $225,000
Mike Mohler 29 R L 6' 2" 195 Jul 26, 1968 6 57 0 2 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $525,000
Izzy Molina 27 R R 6' 1" 200 Jun 3, 1971 3 6 0 6 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0.0 $175,000
Mike Neill 28 L L 6' 2" 190 Apr 27, 1970 1st 6 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 6 0 1 0 0.1 $
Mike Oquist 30 R R 6' 2" 170 May 30, 1968 6 31 29 1 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $215,000
Ariel Prieto 28 R R 6' 3" 220 Oct 22, 1969 4 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Bip Roberts 34 B R 5' 7" 150 Oct 27, 1963 12 61 41 61 52 0 0 0 30 3 0 8 12 3 23 0 14 2 1.2 $
Kenny Rogers 33 L L 6' 1" 200 Nov 10, 1964 10 34 34 2 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.8 $5,000,000
Aaron Small 26 R R 6' 5" 200 Nov 23, 1971 5 24 0 1 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $197,500
Scott Spiezio 25 B R 6' 2" 195 Sep 21, 1972 3 114 111 114 112 0 0 0 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.4 $205,000
Ed Sprague 30 R R 6' 2" 215 Jul 25, 1967 8 27 22 27 24 0 0 1 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.9 $
Matt Stairs 30 L R 5' 9" 200 Feb 27, 1968 6 149 135 149 17 0 0 6 0 0 0 11 0 2 13 120 14 0 4.1 $325,000
Blake Stein 24 R R 6' 7" 210 Aug 3, 1973 1st 24 20 2 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $170,000
Billy Taylor 36 R R 6' 8" 200 Oct 16, 1961 4 70 0 5 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $1,100,000
Miguel Tejada 24 R R 5' 9" 220 May 25, 1974 2 105 104 105 104 0 0 0 0 0 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 $172,000
Dave Telgheder 31 R R 6' 3" 212 Nov 11, 1966 6 8 2 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $200,000
Jorge Velandia 23 R R 5' 9" 160 Jan 12, 1975 2 8 2 8 8 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 $
Jack Voigt 32 R R 6' 1" 170 May 17, 1966 7 57 13 57 49 0 0 27 0 2 0 9 10 2 21 3 10 15 -0.6 $
Jay Witasick 25 R R 6' 4" 205 Aug 28, 1972 3 7 3 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Jason Wood 28 R R 6' 1" 170 Dec 16, 1969 1st 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 $170,000
Tim Worrell 30 R R 6' 4" 210 Jul 5, 1967 6 25 0 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
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
Bip Roberts
Miguel Tejada
Mike Macfarlane
Shane Mack
Mike Blowers
Kurt Abbott
Kevin Mitchell
Ed Sprague
Mark Bellhorn

Matt Stairs
Izzy Molina
Ben Grieve
Shane Mack
Jason Giambi
Dave Magadan
Brian Lesher
Scott Spiezio

Billy Taylor
A.J. Hinch
Rickey Henderson
Rafael Bournigal
Mark Holzemer
Jack Voigt
Buddy Groom
Eric Chavez
Aaron Small
Tim Worrell
Gil Heredia
Kevin Mitchell

Mike Mohler
T.J. Mathews
Mike Fetters
Kenny Rogers
Jason Wood
Jim Dougherty
Mike Oquist
Jorge Velandia

Ariel Prieto
Tom Candiotti
Dave Telgheder
Jimmy Haynes
Jay Witasick
Ryan Christenson
Mike Neill
Steve Connelly

Blake Stein

1997 / 1999 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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