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1998 Oakland Athletics Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1997 / 1999)
74-88, Finished 4th in AL West
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Scored 804 runs, Allowed 866 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-86
Manager: Art Howe (74-88)
Ballpark: Oakland Coliseum (ballparks.com)
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 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
Kurt Abbott 29 R R 6' 0" 185 Jun 2, 1969 6 35 32 35 32 0 0 0 0 1 28 5 0 1 5 3 1 1 $1,000,000.00
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 0 3 2
Mike Blowers 33 R R 6' 2" 210 Apr 24, 1965 10 129 105 129 125 0 0 8 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 4 $475,000.00
Rafael Bournigal 32 R R 5' 11" 165 May 12, 1966 6 85 55 85 84 0 0 0 48 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 $385,000.00
Tom Candiotti 40 R R 6' 2" 200 Aug 31, 1957 15 33 1 1 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,850,000.00
Eric Chavez 20 L R 6' 0" 204 Dec 7, 1977 1st 16 11 16 13 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Ryan Christenson 24 R R 6' 0" 191 Mar 28, 1974 1st 117 101 117 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 113 4 116 0 1 5 $170,000.00
Steve Connelly 24 R R Apr 27, 1974 1st 3 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Mike Fetters 33 R R 6' 4" 212 Dec 19, 1964 10 48 0 6 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,475,000.00
Jason Giambi 27 L R 6' 2" 200 Jan 8, 1971 4 153 153 153 146 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 $315,000.00
Ben Grieve 22 L R 6' 4" 220 May 4, 1976 2 155 153 155 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 151 151 3 2 0 $172,000.00 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 $595,000.00
Jimmy Haynes 25 R R 6' 4" 185 Sep 5, 1972 4 33 2 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $187,500.00
Rickey Henderson HOF 39 R L 5' 10" 195 Dec 25, 1958 20 152 144 152 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 142 24 0 151 0 4 3 $1,150,000.00
Gil Heredia 32 R R 6' 1" 190 Oct 26, 1965 7 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $275,000.00
A.J. Hinch 24 R R 6' 1" 207 May 15, 1974 1st 120 109 120 118 0 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 $170,000.00
Mark Holzemer 28 L L 6' 0" 165 Aug 20, 1969 5 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $250,000.00
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 $174,000.00
Mike Macfarlane 34 R R 6' 1" 205 Apr 12, 1964 12 78 53 78 70 0 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
Shane Mack 34 R R 6' 0" 190 Dec 7, 1963 9 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 $450,000.00
Dave Magadan 35 L R 6' 3" 200 Sep 30, 1962 13 35 28 35 33 0 0 7 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 $475,000.00
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 $315,000.00
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 60 0 11 4 $174,000.00
Kevin Mitchell 36 R R 5' 11" 210 Jan 13, 1962 13 51 27 51 11 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 20 23 0 $225,000.00
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 $525,000.00
Izzy Molina 27 R R 6' 0" 200 Jun 3, 1971 3 6 0 6 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 $175,000.00
Mike Neill 28 R R Apr 27, 1970 1st 6 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 6 0 1 0
Mike Oquist 30 R R 6' 2" 170 May 30, 1968 6 31 1 1 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $215,000.00
Ariel Prieto 28 R R 6' 3" 225 Oct 22, 1969 4 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bip Roberts 34 B R 5' 7" 165 Oct 27, 1963 12 61 41 61 52 0 0 0 30 3 0 8 12 3 22 0 14 2
Kenny Rogers 33 L L 6' 1" 205 Nov 10, 1964 10 34 2 2 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $5,000,000.00
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 $197,500.00
Scott Spiezio 25 B R 6' 2" 205 Sep 21, 1972 3 114 111 114 112 0 0 0 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 $205,000.00
Ed Sprague 30 R R 6' 2" 210 Jul 25, 1967 8 27 22 27 24 0 0 1 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Matt Stairs 30 L R 5' 9" 175 Feb 27, 1968 6 149 135 149 17 0 0 6 0 0 0 11 0 2 12 119 14 0 $325,000.00
Blake Stein 24 R R 6' 7" 240 Aug 3, 1973 1st 24 2 2 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $170,000.00
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 $1,100,000.00
Miguel Tejada 24 R R 5' 10" 170 May 25, 1974 2 105 104 105 104 0 0 0 0 0 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $172,000.00
Dave Telgheder 31 R R 6' 3" 212 Nov 11, 1966 6 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $200,000.00
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
Jack Voigt 32 R R 6' 1" 175 May 17, 1966 7 57 13 57 49 0 0 27 0 2 0 9 10 2 20 0 10 15
Jay Witasick 25 R R 6' 4" 205 Aug 28, 1972 3 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Wood 28 R R 6' 1" 200 Dec 16, 1969 1st 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $170,000.00
Tim Worrell 30 R R 6' 4" 220 Jul 5, 1967 6 25 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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.

1997 / 1999 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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