1998 Oakland Athletics Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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

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 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	A.J. Hinch	24	120	391	337	34	78	10	0	9	35	3	0	30	89	.231	.296	.341	.638	69	115	6	4	13	7	0
2	1B	Jason Giambi*	27	153	657	562	92	166	28	0	27	110	2	2	81	102	.295	.384	.489	.873	130	275	16	5	0	9	7
3	2B	Scott Spiezio#	25	114	461	406	54	105	19	1	9	50	1	3	44	56	.259	.333	.377	.709	88	153	10	2	7	2	3
4	SS	Miguel Tejada	24	105	407	365	53	85	20	1	11	45	5	6	28	86	.233	.298	.384	.681	79	140	8	7	4	3	0
5	3B	Mike Blowers	33	129	455	409	56	97	24	2	11	71	1	0	39	116	.237	.302	.386	.689	81	158	13	1	2	4	1
6	LF	Rickey Henderson	39	152	670	542	101	128	16	1	14	57	66	13	118	114	.236	.376	.347	.723	94	188	5	5	2	3	0
7	CF	Ryan Christenson	24	117	421	370	56	95	22	2	5	40	5	6	36	106	.257	.321	.368	.689	82	136	1	1	10	4	0
8	RF	Ben Grieve*	22	155	678	583	94	168	41	2	18	89	2	2	85	123	.288	.386	.458	.844	123	267	18	9	0	1	3
9	DH	Matt Stairs*	30	149	593	523	88	154	33	1	26	106	8	3	59	93	.294	.370	.511	.880	131	267	13	6	1	4	4
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	MI	Rafael Bournigal	32	85	229	209	23	47	11	0	1	19	6	1	10	11	.225	.265	.292	.556	48	61	6	2	6	2	1
11	C	Mike Macfarlane	34	78	227	207	28	52	12	0	7	34	1	0	12	34	.251	.301	.411	.712	87	85	3	4	1	3	0
12	CF	Jason McDonald#	26	70	212	175	25	44	9	0	1	16	10	4	27	33	.251	.359	.320	.679	83	56	2	3	6	1	0
13	2B	Bip Roberts#	34	61	201	182	28	51	11	0	1	15	10	3	15	24	.280	.340	.357	.697	86	65	4	2	1	1	0
14	DH	Kevin Mitchell	36	51	136	127	14	29	7	1	2	21	0	0	9	26	.228	.279	.346	.626	65	44	4	0	0	0	0
15	SS	Kurt Abbott	29	35	136	123	17	33	7	1	2	9	2	1	10	34	.268	.326	.390	.716	89	48	3	1	1	1	0
16	3B	Dave Magadan*	35	35	123	109	12	35	8	0	1	13	0	1	13	12	.321	.390	.422	.812	116	46	5	0	0	1	1
17	3B	Ed Sprague	30	27	91	87	8	13	5	0	3	7	1	0	2	17	.149	.187	.310	.497	29	27	1	2	0	0	1
18	UT	Jack Voigt	32	57	79	72	7	10	4	0	1	10	5	1	6	19	.139	.205	.236	.441	17	17	1	0	1	0	0
19	3B	Eric Chavez*	20	16	48	45	6	14	4	1	0	6	1	1	3	5	.311	.354	.444	.799	110	20	1	0	0	0	1
20	OF	Mike Neill	28	6	17	15	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.267	.353	.333	.686	84	5	0	0	0	0	0
21	UT	Mark Bellhorn#	23	11	16	12	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	3	4	.083	.313	.167	.479	33	2	0	1	0	0	0
22	UT	Brian Lesher	27	7	7	7	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.286	.429	10	2	0	0	0	0	0
23	MI	Jorge Velandia	23	8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	34	1	0	0	0	0	0
24	C	Izzy Molina	27	6	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	167	1	0	0	0	0	0
25		Shane Mack	34	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	IF	Jason Wood	28	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	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
27	P	Blake Stein	24	2	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
28	P	Kenny Rogers*	33	2	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Jimmy Haynes	25	2	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.250	.000	.250	-25	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Mike Oquist	30	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
31	P	Tom Candiotti	40	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	669	2	0	0	1	0	0
32	P	Jim Dougherty	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Ariel Prieto	28	0	0	0					0
34	P	Steve Connelly	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Tim Worrell	30	0	0	0					0
36	P	Mike Mohler	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Jay Witasick	25	0	0	0					0
38	P	Billy Taylor	36	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Mike Fetters	33	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
40	P	Gil Heredia	32	0	0	0					0
41	P	T.J. Mathews	28	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
42	P	Aaron Small	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
43	P	Mark Holzemer*	28	0	0	0					0
44	P	Dave Telgheder	31	0	0	0					0
45	P	Buddy Groom*	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.8	162	6282	5490	804	1413	295	13	149	755	131	47	633	1122	.257	.338	.397	.735	94	2181	120	55	58	46	22
		Rank in 14 AL teams				14	9	14	9	13	10		5	9	2	2	14	8	12	11		13
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	Kenny Rogers*	33	16	8	.667	3.17	34	34	0	7	1	0	238.2	215	96	84	19	67	0	138	7	2	5	970	143	1.182	8.1	0.7	2.5	5.2	2.06
2	SP	Tom Candiotti	40	11	16	.407	4.84	33	33	0	3	0	0	201.0	222	124	108	30	63	2	98	9	0	14	878	93	1.418	9.9	1.3	2.8	4.4	1.56
3	SP	Jimmy Haynes	25	11	9	.550	5.09	33	33	0	1	1	0	194.1	229	124	110	25	88	4	134	5	0	11	875	89	1.631	10.6	1.2	4.1	6.2	1.52
4	SP	Mike Oquist	30	7	11	.389	6.22	31	29	2	0	0	0	175.0	210	125	121	27	57	1	112	5	0	4	777	73	1.526	10.8	1.4	2.9	5.8	1.96
5	SP	Blake Stein	24	5	9	.357	6.37	24	20	0	1	1	0	117.1	117	92	83	22	71	3	89	5	0	15	538	71	1.602	9.0	1.7	5.4	6.8	1.25
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
6	CL	Billy Taylor	36	4	9	.308	3.58	70	0	58	0	0	33	73.0	71	37	29	7	22	4	58	3	1	0	311	126	1.274	8.8	0.9	2.7	7.2	2.64
7	RP	T.J. Mathews	28	7	4	.636	4.58	66	0	15	0	0	1	72.2	71	44	37	6	29	3	53	4	0	1	319	99	1.376	8.8	0.7	3.6	6.6	1.83
8	RP	Mike Mohler*	29	3	3	.500	5.16	57	0	16	0	0	0	61.0	70	38	35	6	26	3	42	4	1	3	277	87	1.574	10.3	0.9	3.8	6.2	1.62
9	RP	Buddy Groom*	32	3	1	.750	4.24	75	0	13	0	0	0	57.1	62	30	27	4	20	1	36	1	0	1	251	107	1.430	9.7	0.6	3.1	5.7	1.80
10	RP	Mike Fetters	33	1	6	.143	3.99	48	0	22	0	0	5	47.1	48	26	21	3	21	2	34	1	0	3	214	113	1.458	9.1	0.6	4.0	6.5	1.62
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
11		Gil Heredia	32	3	3	.500	2.74	8	6	2	0	0	0	42.2	43	14	13	4	3	0	27	3	0	0	175	165	1.078	9.1	0.8	0.6	5.7	9.00
12		Tim Worrell	30	0	1	.000	4.00	25	0	4	0	0	0	36.0	34	17	16	5	8	1	33	0	0	2	151	113	1.167	8.5	1.3	2.0	8.3	4.13
13		Aaron Small	26	1	1	.500	7.25	24	0	4	0	0	0	36.0	51	34	29	3	14	3	19	3	0	4	174	62	1.806	12.8	0.8	3.5	4.8	1.36
14		Jay Witasick	25	1	3	.250	6.33	7	3	1	0	0	0	27.0	36	24	19	9	15	1	29	0	0	2	131	71	1.889	12.0	3.0	5.0	9.7	1.93
15		Dave Telgheder	31	0	1	.000	3.60	8	2	4	0	0	0	20.0	19	12	8	4	6	0	5	2	1	2	91	125	1.250	8.6	1.8	2.7	2.3	0.83
16		Jim Dougherty	30	0	2	.000	8.25	9	0	4	0	0	0	12.0	17	11	11	2	7	0	3	1	0	0	59	55	2.000	12.8	1.5	5.3	2.3	0.43
17		Mark Holzemer*	28	1	0	1.000	5.59	13	0	4	0	0	0	9.2	13	6	6	1	3	0	3	1	0	1	44	81	1.655	12.1	0.9	2.8	2.8	1.00
18		Ariel Prieto	28	0	1	.000	11.88	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.1	17	11	11	2	5	1	8	1	0	0	47	38	2.640	18.4	2.2	5.4	8.6	1.60
19		Steve Connelly	24	0	0		1.93	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.2	10	1	1	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	28	234	3.000	19.3	0.0	7.7	1.9	0.25
		Team Totals	30.9	74	88	.457	4.83	162	162	150	12	3	39	1434.0	1555	866	769	179	529	29	922	56	5	68	6310	94	1.453	9.8	1.1	3.3	5.8	1.74
		Rank in 14 AL teams		10	5		9				4	11	10	11	10	11	9	9	6		14342
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
Kurt Abbott	29	38	29	254.0	127	46	70	11	16	.913	-10.9	-51.5	-9.9	-1.9	-8.0	0	-1		4.11	3.05						SS-LF-RF-3B-DH
Mark Bellhorn	23	10	2	31.1	10	3	7	0	0	1.000	1.0	38.3	1.0	0.5	0.5		0		2.87	1.00						3B-SS-2B-DH
Mike Blowers	33	130	104	942.2	306	113	174	19	18	.938	-9.4	-12.0	-8.4	-6.5	-1.9		-1		2.74	2.21						3B-1B-DH
Rafael Bournigal	32	87	55	534.0	279	109	170	0	38	1.000	-1.2	-2.7	-1.2	1.6	-2.8		0		4.70	3.21						2B-SS-DH
Tom Candiotti	40	33	33	201.0	56	16	39	1	2	.982									2.46	1.67						P
Eric Chavez	20	13	11	95.0	32	11	21	0	2	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	-1.0		0		3.03	2.46						3B
Ryan Christenson	24	118	101	909.0	296	284	7	5	2	.983	-0.8	-1.1	-1.8	2.3	-4.1	1			2.88	2.47						CF-RF-LF
Steve Connelly	24	3	0	4.2	2	1	1	0	0	1.000									3.86	0.67						P
Jim Dougherty	30	9	0	12.0	6	1	5	0	2	1.000									4.50	0.67						P
Mike Fetters	33	48	0	47.1	13	2	10	1	1	.923									2.28	0.25						P
Jason Giambi	27	153	146	1237.0	1342	1255	73	14	120	.990	-9.3	-9.0	-8.3	-1.9	-6.4		-1		9.66	8.68						1B-DH
Ben Grieve	22	154	150	1280.2	272	262	8	2	0	.993	-20.5	-19.2	-17.5	-7.4	-10.1	-3			1.90	1.75						RF-DH
Buddy Groom	32	75	0	57.1	7	1	6	0	0	1.000									1.10	0.09						P
Jimmy Haynes	25	33	33	194.1	31	11	19	1	1	.968									1.39	0.91						P
Rickey Henderson	39	166	144	1239.0	333	326	3	4	1	.988	-6.3	-6.1	-4.3	-2.3	-2.0	-2			2.39	1.98						LF-CF
Gil Heredia	32	8	6	42.2	10	1	9	0	0	1.000									2.11	1.25						P
A.J. Hinch	24	118	109	940.1	658	602	47	9	8	.986	1.0	1.3						1	6.21	5.50	8	38	68	35	34%	C
Mark Holzemer	28	13	0	9.2	2	2	0	0	0	1.000									1.86	0.15						P
Brian Lesher	27	5	2	17.0	7	4	2	1	1	.857	0.8	56.5	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1	0		3.18	1.20						LF-1B
Mike Macfarlane	34	70	53	485.1	379	355	20	4	6	.989	-4.0	-9.9						-4	6.95	5.36	5	30	33	13	28%	C
Dave Magadan	35	37	28	233.0	109	48	55	6	10	.945	2.9	14.9	1.9	1.0	0.9		1		3.98	2.78						3B-1B
T.J. Mathews	28	66	0	72.2	12	4	7	1	1	.917									1.36	0.17						P
Jason McDonald	26	69	44	420.0	135	122	7	6	1	.956	7.1	20.3	4.1	-0.4	4.5	3			2.76	1.87						CF-RF-LF
Kevin Mitchell	36	35	7	56.1	15	15	0	0	1	1.000	-0.7	-14.9	-0.7	0.1	-0.8	0	0		2.40	0.43						LF-1B-DH
Mike Mohler	29	57	0	61.0	9	1	7	1	1	.889									1.18	0.14						P
Izzy Molina	27	5	0	8.1	9	8	1	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0						0	9.72	1.80	0	0	2	0	0%	C
Mike Neill	28	6	3	33.0	14	14	0	0	0	1.000	-0.3	-10.9	-0.3	0.6	-0.9	0			3.82	2.33						CF-LF
Mike Oquist	30	31	29	175.0	22	7	15	0	3	1.000									1.13	0.71						P
Ariel Prieto	28	2	2	8.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000									1.08	0.50						P
Bip Roberts	34	56	41	349.1	147	81	61	5	18	.966	4.4	15.1	3.4	2.4	1.0	0	1		3.66	2.54						2B-CF-LF-3B-RF
Kenny Rogers	33	34	34	238.2	88	20	66	2	4	.977									3.24	2.53						P
Aaron Small	26	24	0	36.0	5	2	3	0	0	1.000									1.25	0.21						P
Scott Spiezio	25	113	110	955.2	527	198	316	13	72	.975	-9.3	-11.7	-8.3	-5.0	-3.3		-1		4.84	4.55						2B-DH
Ed Sprague	30	24	22	194.2	67	24	37	6	2	.910	-2.8	-17.3	-1.8	1.3	-3.1		-1		2.82	2.54						3B-1B
Matt Stairs	30	139	16	139.2	79	68	11	0	6	1.000	2.1	18.0	1.1	0.1	1.0	1	0		5.09	0.57						LF-1B-RF-DH
Blake Stein	24	24	20	117.1	16	0	15	1	1	.938									1.15	0.63						P
Billy Taylor	36	70	0	73.0	12	4	8	0	2	1.000									1.48	0.17						P
Miguel Tejada	24	104	104	915.0	526	173	327	26	75	.951	-10.5	-13.8	-11.5	-3.8	-7.7		1		4.92	4.81						SS
Dave Telgheder	31	8	2	20.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000									0.90	0.25						P
Jorge Velandia	23	8	2	20.0	15	4	10	1	1	.933	0.2	12.0	0.2	-0.1	0.3		0		6.30	1.75						SS-2B
Jack Voigt	32	53	13	178.0	108	102	5	1	8	.991	0.1	0.7	-0.9	-2.6	1.7	1	0		5.41	2.02						1B-LF-CF-RF-3B-DH
Jay Witasick	25	7	3	27.0	3	1	2	0	1	1.000									1.00	0.43						P
Jason Wood	28	3	0	3.2	4	1	3	0	1	1.000	0.1	32.7	0.1	0.0	0.1		0		9.82	1.33						SS-3B
Tim Worrell	30	25	0	36.0	5	0	5	0	0	1.000									1.25	0.20						P
Team Totals	29.4	162	1458	12906.0	6098	4302	1655	141	426	.977	-66.3	-6.2	-63.3	-21.0	-42.3	2	-2	-3	4.15	2.61	13	68	103	48	32%
Rank in 14 AL teams								1	5	13
	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

1997 / 1999 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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