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2006 Oakland Athletics (Franchise Encyclopedia: 2005/2007)
93-69, Finished 1st in AL Western Division
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Scored 771 runs, Allowed 727 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-77
Managed by Ken Macha

Ballpark: McAfee Coliseum
Attendance: 1,976,625 (12th of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 97
  (one-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 98
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

Postseason:  Lost AL Championship Series (4-0) to Detroit Tigers
Won AL Division Series (3-0) over Minnesota Twins

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 2006 Stats / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups (2005/2007) / Batting Orders / Minor League Teams / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

Lineups are the starting lineups for that game.

Explanation

A # next to the game score indicates the opposing starter was a left hander. Holding your mouse (without clicking) over the game date will show you the name of the opposing starter in most browsers. Clicking on the date will take you to the box score. Clicking on the opposing team's name will take you to their batting order for this game.

Game C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF SP DH
1.Mon,4/3 vs NYY L (2-15)# Kendall Swisher Ellis Chavez Crosby Payton Kotsay Bradley Zito Thomas
2.Tue,4/4 vs NYY W (4-3) Kendall Johnson Ellis Chavez Scutaro Swisher Kotsay Bradley Harden Thomas
3.Wed,4/5 vs NYY W (9-4) Kendall Johnson Ellis Chavez Scutaro Payton Kotsay Bradley Haren Thomas
4.Thu,4/6 at SEA L (2-6) Melhuse Johnson Ellis Chavez Scutaro Swisher Kotsay Bradley Loaiza Payton
5.Fri,4/7 at SEA W (5-0) Kendall Johnson Ellis Chavez Perez Swisher Kotsay Bradley Blanton Thomas
6.Sat,4/8 at SEA W (3-0)# Kendall Johnson Scutaro Chavez Crosby Payton Kotsay Bradley Zito Thomas
7.Sun,4/9 at SEA W (6-4) Kendall Swisher Ellis Chavez Crosby Payton Kotsay Bradley Harden Thomas
8.Tue,4/11 at MIN L (6-7) Kendall Swisher Ellis Chavez Crosby Payton Kotsay Bradley Haren Thomas
9.Wed,4/12 at MIN L (5-6) Melhuse Johnson Ellis Chavez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Bradley Loaiza Payton
10.Thu,4/13 at MIN L (2-8) Kendall Johnson Scutaro Chavez Crosby Swisher Payton Bradley Blanton Thomas
11.Fri,4/14 vs TEX L (3-6) Kendall Johnson Ellis Chavez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Bradley Zito Thomas
12.Sat,4/15 vs TEX W (5-4) Kendall Johnson Scutaro Chavez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Bradley Harden Thomas
13.Sun,4/16 vs TEX L (3-5) Kendall Swisher Scutaro Chavez Crosby Payton Kotsay Bradley Haren Thomas
14.Tue,4/18 vs DET W (4-3) Melhuse Swisher Ellis Chavez Crosby Payton Kotsay Bradley Loaiza Thomas
15.Wed,4/19 vs DET L (4-11)# Kendall Swisher Ellis Perez Crosby Kielty Payton Bradley Blanton Thomas
16.Thu,4/20 vs DET L (3-4) Kendall Johnson Ellis Chavez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Bradley Zito Thomas
17.Fri,4/21 vs LAA W (5-3) Kendall Johnson Ellis Chavez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Bradley Harden Thomas
18.Sat,4/22 vs LAA L (4-5) Kendall Johnson Ellis Chavez Scutaro Swisher Kotsay Bradley Haren Payton
19.Sun,4/23 vs LAA L (3-4) Melhuse Johnson Ellis Chavez Perez Swisher Kotsay Bradley Loaiza Thomas
20.Mon,4/24 at TEX W (3-2) Kendall Johnson Ellis Chavez Perez Swisher Kotsay Bradley Blanton Thomas
21.Tue,4/25 at TEX L (5-6) Kendall Swisher Ellis Chavez Crosby Payton Kotsay Bradley Zito Thomas
22.Wed,4/26 at TEX W (6-4) Kendall Johnson Ellis Chavez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Payton Harden Thomas
23.Fri,4/28 at KCR W (5-3) Kendall Johnson Ellis Chavez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Payton Haren Thomas
24.Sun,4/30 at KCR W (13-6) Kendall Johnson Ellis Chavez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Payton Blanton Thomas
25.Mon,5/1 at LAA W (1-0) Kendall Johnson Scutaro Chavez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Payton Zito Thomas
26.Tue,5/2 at LAA W (10-3) Kendall Johnson Ellis Chavez Crosby Swisher Payton Kielty Halsey Thomas
27.Wed,5/3 vs CLE L (3-14) Kendall Johnson Ellis Chavez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Kielty Haren Thomas
28.Thu,5/4 vs CLE W (12-4) Melhuse Johnson Ellis Chavez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Payton Saarloos Kielty
29.Fri,5/5 vs TBD L (1-3)# Kendall Swisher Ellis Chavez Crosby Payton Kotsay Kielty Blanton Thomas
30.Sat,5/6 vs TBD W (3-2) Kendall Johnson Scutaro Chavez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Payton Zito Melhuse
31.Sun,5/7 vs TBD L (2-3)# Kendall Swisher Ellis Chavez Crosby Payton Kotsay Kielty Halsey Thomas
32.Tue,5/9 at TOR W (6-5) Melhuse Johnson Ellis Perez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Payton Haren Thomas
33.Wed,5/10 at TOR L (7-9)# Melhuse Swisher Ellis Perez Crosby Payton Kotsay Kielty Blanton Thomas
34.Thu,5/11 at TOR L (3-8)# Melhuse Johnson Ellis Scutaro Crosby Swisher Payton Kielty Saarloos Thomas
35.Fri,5/12 at NYY L (0-2) Melhuse Johnson Ellis Scutaro Crosby Swisher Kotsay Payton Zito Kielty
36.Sat,5/13 at NYY L (3-4) Kendall Johnson Ellis Scutaro Crosby Swisher Kotsay Payton Halsey Chavez
37.Sun,5/14 at NYY W (6-1)# Kendall Swisher Ellis Scutaro Crosby Payton Kotsay Kielty Haren Perez
38.Tue,5/16 vs SEA W (12-6) Kendall Johnson Ellis Chavez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Payton Blanton Melhuse
39.Wed,5/17 vs SEA W (7-2)# Kendall Swisher Scutaro Chavez Crosby Payton Kotsay Kielty Zito Thomas
40.Thu,5/18 vs SEA W (6-3) Melhuse Johnson Ellis Chavez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Payton Saarloos Thomas
41.Fri,5/19 vs SFG W (1-0)# Kendall Swisher Ellis Chavez Crosby Payton Kotsay Kielty Haren Thomas
42.Sat,5/20 vs SFG L (2-4) Kendall Johnson Ellis Chavez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Payton Halsey Thomas
43.Sun,5/21 vs SFG L (0-6) Kendall Johnson Scutaro Chavez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Payton Blanton Melhuse
44.Mon,5/22 at CHW L (4-5) Kendall Johnson Scutaro Chavez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Payton Zito Thomas
45.Tue,5/23 at CHW L (3-9) Kendall Johnson Ellis Chavez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Payton Saarloos Thomas
46.Wed,5/24 at CHW L (2-3)# Kendall Swisher Ellis Chavez Crosby Payton Kotsay Kielty Haren Thomas
47.Thu,5/25 at TEX L (7-8) Melhuse Johnson Ellis Chavez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Kielty Halsey Thomas
48.Fri,5/26 at TEX L (3-5)# Kendall Swisher Ellis Chavez Crosby Payton Kotsay Kielty Blanton Thomas
49.Sat,5/27 at TEX W (6-3) Kendall Johnson Ellis Chavez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Payton Zito Thomas
50.Sun,5/28 at TEX L (3-4) Kendall Johnson Scutaro Perez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Kielty Saarloos Chavez
51.Mon,5/29 vs KCR L (4-6) Kendall Johnson Ellis Chavez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Payton Haren Thomas
52.Tue,5/30 vs KCR L (7-8) Melhuse Johnson Ellis Chavez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Payton Halsey Thomas
53.Wed,5/31 vs KCR W (7-0) Kendall Johnson Scutaro Chavez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Payton Blanton Thomas
54.Thu,6/1 vs MIN W (4-0) Kendall Johnson Scutaro Chavez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Payton Zito Thomas
55.Fri,6/2 vs MIN L (1-2)# Kendall Swisher Scutaro Chavez Crosby Payton Kotsay Kielty Saarloos Thomas
56.Sat,6/3 vs MIN W (2-1) Kendall Johnson Scutaro Chavez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Kielty Haren Thomas
57.Sun,6/4 vs MIN W (5-1) Kendall Johnson Scutaro Chavez Crosby Swisher Payton Kielty Harden Thomas
58.Tue,6/6 at CLE W (7-6) Kendall Johnson Scutaro Chavez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Payton Zito Thomas
59.Wed,6/7 at CLE L (2-11) Kendall Swisher Scutaro Perez Crosby Kielty Kotsay Bradley Blanton Thomas
60.Thu,6/8 at CLE W (4-1) Kendall Johnson Scutaro Chavez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Bradley Loaiza Thomas
61.Fri,6/9 at NYY W (6-5)# Kendall Swisher Rouse Perez Scutaro Kielty Payton Bradley Haren Thomas
62.Sat,6/10 at NYY W (5-2) Melhuse Johnson Rouse Chavez Scutaro Swisher Kotsay Bradley Saarloos Thomas
63.Sun,6/11 at NYY W (6-5) Kendall Johnson Rouse Chavez Scutaro Swisher Kotsay Bradley Zito Payton
64.Tue,6/13 vs SEA W (2-0)# Kendall Swisher Scutaro Chavez Crosby Payton Kotsay Bradley Blanton Thomas
65.Wed,6/14 vs SEA W (7-2) Kendall Johnson Scutaro Chavez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Kielty Haren Thomas
66.Thu,6/15 vs SEA W (9-6)# Kendall Johnson Scutaro Chavez Crosby Swisher Payton Kielty Loaiza Perez
67.Fri,6/16 vs LAD W (7-3) Kendall Johnson Scutaro Chavez Crosby Swisher Payton Kielty Zito Melhuse
68.Sat,6/17 vs LAD W (5-4) Kendall Johnson Scutaro Chavez Crosby Swisher Payton Kielty Saarloos Melhuse
69.Sun,6/18 vs LAD W (5-2) Kendall Johnson Rouse Scutaro Crosby Swisher Payton Kielty Blanton Chavez
70.Mon,6/19 at COL L (0-7) Kendall Johnson Rouse Chavez Crosby Swisher Payton Kielty Haren  
71.Tue,6/20 at COL L (0-6) Kendall Johnson Scutaro Chavez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Payton Loaiza  
72.Wed,6/21 at COL W (3-2) Melhuse Johnson Rouse Chavez Scutaro Swisher Kotsay Kielty Zito  
73.Fri,6/23 at SFG W (4-3) Kendall Johnson Perez Chavez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Payton Blanton  
74.Sat,6/24 at SFG L (7-8) Kendall Johnson Scutaro Chavez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Kielty Haren  
75.Sun,6/25 at SFG W (10-4) Kendall Johnson Scutaro Perez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Payton Loaiza  
76.Tue,6/27 at SDP L (0-3) Kendall Johnson Scutaro Chavez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Payton Zito  
77.Wed,6/28 at SDP L (1-8) Kendall Johnson Scutaro Chavez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Payton Blanton  
78.Thu,6/29 at SDP W (6-5) Kendall Johnson Scutaro Chavez Crosby Swisher Payton Kielty Haren  
79.Fri,6/30 vs ARI L (4-6) Melhuse Johnson Ellis Perez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Payton Saarloos Thomas
80.Sat,7/1 vs ARI L (2-7) Kendall Johnson Ellis Scutaro Crosby Swisher Kotsay Payton Loaiza Thomas
81.Sun,7/2 vs ARI L (1-3) Kendall Johnson Ellis Perez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Payton Zito Thomas
82.Mon,7/3 vs DET W (5-3)# Kendall Swisher Ellis Chavez Crosby Kielty Kotsay Payton Blanton Thomas
83.Tue,7/4 vs DET W (2-1) Kendall Johnson Ellis Chavez Crosby Kielty Kotsay Payton Haren Thomas
84.Wed,7/5 vs DET L (4-10)# Kendall Johnson Ellis Scutaro Crosby Kielty Kotsay Payton Saarloos Thomas
85.Thu,7/6 vs LAA W (7-5) Kendall Johnson Ellis Chavez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Payton Loaiza Thomas
86.Fri,7/7 vs LAA L (0-3) Kendall Johnson Scutaro Chavez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Payton Zito Thomas
87.Sat,7/8 vs LAA L (4-6) Melhuse Swisher Ellis Chavez Crosby Kielty Kotsay Payton Blanton Thomas
88.Sun,7/9 vs LAA L (2-4) Kendall Johnson Ellis Chavez Crosby Swisher Kotsay Payton Haren Thomas
89.Thu,7/13 at