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1999 Oakland Athletics

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1998 / 2000

87-75, Finished 2nd in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Art Howe (87-75)
Scored 893 runs, Allowed 846 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-77

Ballparks: Network Associates Coliseum · Attendance: 1,434,610 (12th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 94, Pitching - 94 · one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 96

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1998 / 2000 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
Kevin Appier 31 R R 6' 2" 180 Dec 6, 1967 11 12 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Rich Becker 27 L L 5' 10" 180 Feb 1, 1972 7 40 32 40 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 32 8 57 1 5 1 0.4 $
Tom Candiotti 41 R R 6' 3" 205 Aug 31, 1957 16 11 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $3,000,000
Eric Chavez 21 L R 6' 1" 210 Dec 7, 1977 2 115 98 115 105 0 0 0 0 105 2 0 0 0 0 3 14 2 1.8 $201,000
Ryan Christenson 25 R R 5' 11" 175 Mar 28, 1974 2 106 73 106 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104 0 104 1 6 11 -0.5 $202,500
Jason Giambi 28 L R 6' 3" 240 Jan 8, 1971 5 158 155 158 142 0 0 142 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 2 0 6.0 $2,103,333
Ben Grieve 23 L R 6' 4" 200 May 4, 1976 3 148 136 148 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 131 0 8 139 4 9 1 0.7 $300,000
Buddy Groom 33 L L 6' 2" 200 Jul 10, 1965 8 76 0 6 76 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $850,000
Chad Harville 22 R R 5' 9" 180 Sep 16, 1976 1st 15 0 1 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Jimmy Haynes 26 R R 6' 4" 185 Sep 5, 1972 5 30 25 3 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3 $280,000
Gil Heredia 33 R R 6' 1" 190 Oct 26, 1965 8 33 33 3 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $450,000
Ramon Hernandez 23 R R 6' 0" 220 May 20, 1976 1st 40 39 40 40 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $200,000
A.J. Hinch 25 R R 6' 1" 195 May 15, 1974 2 76 67 76 73 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 -0.6 $230,000
Tim Hudson 23 R R 6' 1" 175 Jul 14, 1975 1st 24 21 5 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 3.6 $200,000
Jason Isringhausen 26 R R 6' 3" 235 Sep 7, 1972 4 20 0 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $475,000
John Jaha 33 R R 6' 1" 195 May 27, 1966 8 142 126 142 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 121 16 0 4.6 $525,000 All-Star
Kevin Jarvis 29 L R 6' 2" 200 Aug 1, 1969 5 4 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Doug Jones 42 R R 6' 3" 195 Jun 24, 1957 15 70 0 6 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 $400,000
Tim Kubinski 27 L L 6' 4" 205 Jan 20, 1972 2 14 0 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Brett Laxton 25 L R 6' 2" 205 Oct 5, 1973 1st 3 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Mike Macfarlane 35 R R 6' 1" 200 Apr 12, 1964 13 81 56 81 79 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0.1 $600,000
Ron Mahay 28 L L 6' 2" 190 Jun 28, 1971 4 6 1 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
T.J. Mathews 29 R R 6' 2" 200 Jan 9, 1970 5 50 0 3 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $750,000
Jason McDonald 27 B R 5' 8" 175 Mar 20, 1972 3 100 43 100 90 0 0 0 1 0 0 31 53 13 97 5 12 14 0.0 $222,500
Greg McMichael 32 R R 6' 3" 215 Dec 1, 1966 7 17 0 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Frank Menechino 28 R R 5' 9" 175 Jan 7, 1971 1st 9 2 9 5 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 5 0.0 $200,000
Omar Olivares 31 R R 6' 1" 185 Jul 6, 1967 10 12 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Mike Oquist 31 R R 6' 2" 170 May 30, 1968 7 28 24 1 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $450,000
Tony Phillips 40 B R 5' 10" 175 Apr 25, 1959 18 106 102 106 103 0 0 0 66 2 1 28 32 15 75 1 3 1 1.4 $700,000
Tim Raines 39 B R 5' 8" 160 Sep 16, 1959 21 58 32 58 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 1 0 39 3 25 0 0.1 $600,000
Brad Rigby 26 R R 6' 6" 203 May 14, 1973 2 29 0 1 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $201,500
Kenny Rogers 34 L L 6' 1" 200 Nov 10, 1964 11 19 19 1 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $5,000,000
Olmedo Saenz 28 R R 6' 2" 185 Oct 8, 1970 2 97 60 97 80 0 0 28 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 8 23 2 1.6 $240,000
Scott Spiezio 26 B R 6' 2" 195 Sep 21, 1972 4 89 59 89 78 0 0 10 42 31 0 0 0 0 0 6 14 6 0.3 $260,000
Matt Stairs 31 L R 5' 9" 200 Feb 27, 1968 7 146 143 146 139 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 139 140 5 3 0 1.5 $1,950,000
Blake Stein 25 R R 6' 7" 210 Aug 3, 1973 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Billy Taylor 37 R R 6' 8" 200 Oct 16, 1961 5 43 0 5 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $2,500,000
Miguel Tejada 25 R R 5' 9" 220 May 25, 1974 3 159 156 159 159 0 0 0 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3.5 $230,000
Jorge Velandia 24 R R 5' 9" 160 Jan 12, 1975 3 63 9 63 59 0 0 0 52 2 8 0 0 0 0 1 3 12 -0.1 $201,000
Randy Velarde 36 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 24, 1962 13 61 61 61 61 0 0 0 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 $
Luis Vizcaino 24 R R 6' 1" 170 Aug 6, 1974 1st 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Tim Worrell 31 R R 6' 4" 210 Jul 5, 1967 7 53 0 4 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $900,000
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.

Jason McDonald

Eric Chavez

Miguel Tejada

John Jaha

Tony Phillips

Frank Menechino

Randy Velarde

Olmedo Saenz

Matt Stairs

Jorge Velandia

Ben Grieve

Mike Macfarlane

Jason Giambi

Ron Mahay

Kevin Appier

Kevin Jarvis

Scott Spiezio

Rich Becker
Billy Taylor

A.J. Hinch

Doug Jones

Ryan Christenson

Buddy Groom

Tim Raines

Gil Heredia

T.J. Mathews

Tim Worrell

Kenny Rogers

Omar Olivares

Mike Oquist

Jason Isringhausen

Tom Candiotti
Greg McMichael

Jimmy Haynes

Tim Hudson

Ramon Hernandez

Chad Harville

Brad Rigby

Tim Kubinski
Brett Laxton

Blake Stein

Luis Vizcaino

1998 / 2000 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers