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2009 Oakland Athletics

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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75-87, Finished 4th in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bob Geren (75-87)
Scored 759 runs, Allowed 761 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-81

Ballparks: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Attendance: 1,408,783 (14th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99

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2008 / 2010 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
Brett Anderson 21 L L 6' 4" 235 Feb 1, 1988 1st 30 30 2 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 $400,000
Andrew Bailey 25 R R 6' 3" 240 May 31, 1984 1st 68 0 5 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.9 $400,000 All-Star
Daric Barton 23 L R 6' 0" 205 Aug 16, 1985 3 54 46 54 51 0 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.7 $
Jerry Blevins 25 L L 6' 6" 175 Sep 6, 1983 3 20 0 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $405,000
Dallas Braden 25 L L 6' 1" 185 Aug 13, 1983 3 22 22 2 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 $410,000
Craig Breslow 28 L L 5' 11" 190 Aug 8, 1980 4 60 0 7 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $
Travis Buck 25 L R 6' 2" 230 Nov 18, 1983 3 36 27 36 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 28 33 0 6 0 -0.1 $410,000
Orlando Cabrera 34 R R 5' 10" 195 Nov 2, 1974 13 101 100 101 101 0 0 0 0 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $4,000,000
Trevor Cahill 21 R R 6' 4" 225 Mar 1, 1988 1st 32 32 1 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $400,000
Kevin Cameron 29 R R 6' 0" 195 Dec 15, 1979 3 11 0 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Matt Carson 27 R R 6' 2" 200 Jul 1, 1981 1st 10 6 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 9 1 1 0 0.1 $
Santiago Casilla 29 R R 6' 0" 220 Jun 25, 1980 6 46 0 1 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $420,000
Eric Chavez 31 L R 6' 1" 210 Dec 7, 1977 12 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $11,500,000
Bobby Crosby 29 R R 6' 3" 200 Jan 12, 1980 7 97 63 97 90 0 0 54 5 42 6 0 0 1 1 2 5 7 -0.5 $5,300,000
Aaron Cunningham 23 R R 5' 11" 205 Apr 24, 1986 2 23 14 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 16 25 0 1 1 -0.7 $
Jack Cust 30 L R 6' 1" 245 Jan 16, 1979 8 149 146 149 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 51 96 3 0 0.5 $2,800,000
Rajai Davis 28 R R 5' 10" 195 Oct 19, 1980 4 125 97 125 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 113 5 118 3 8 9 2.8 $410,000
Chris Denorfia 28 R R 6' 0" 195 Jul 15, 1980 4 4 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 -0.1 $
Mark Ellis 32 R R 5' 10" 185 Jun 6, 1977 7 105 102 105 105 0 0 0 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $5,000,000
Dana Eveland 25 L L 6' 1" 235 Oct 29, 1983 5 13 9 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $410,000
Tommy Everidge 26 R R 6' 0" 255 Apr 20, 1983 1st 24 22 24 21 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 -0.6 $
Sean Gallagher 23 R R 6' 2" 220 Dec 30, 1985 3 6 2 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $410,000
Nomar Garciaparra 35 R R 6' 0" 165 Jul 23, 1973 14 65 35 65 21 0 0 16 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 22 28 1 -0.1 $1,000,000
Jason Giambi 38 L R 6' 3" 240 Jan 8, 1971 15 83 80 83 58 0 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 3 0 0.0 $4,000,000
Dan Giese 32 R R 6' 3" 200 May 19, 1977 3 7 1 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Edgar Gonzalez 26 R R 6' 2" 210 Feb 23, 1983 7 26 6 3 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Gio Gonzalez 23 R L 6' 0" 205 Sep 19, 1985 2 20 17 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Jeff Gray 27 R R 6' 3" 195 Nov 19, 1981 2 24 0 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Scott Hairston 29 R R 6' 0" 205 May 25, 1980 6 60 57 60 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 13 0 57 3 1 1 -1.0 $
Jack Hannahan 29 L R 6' 2" 210 Mar 4, 1980 4 52 34 52 52 0 0 1 1 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Matt Holliday 29 R R 6' 4" 235 Jan 15, 1980 6 93 92 93 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 93 0 0 93 0 1 0 2.1 $13,500,000
Adam Kennedy 33 L R 6' 1" 195 Jan 10, 1976 11 129 127 129 129 0 0 1 50 82 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1.1 $
Brad Kilby 26 L L 6' 1" 235 Feb 19, 1983 1st 11 1 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Jay Marshall 26 L L 6' 5" 205 Feb 25, 1983 2 10 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Vin Mazzaro 22 R R 6' 3" 220 Sep 27, 1986 1st 17 17 2 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Jon Meloan 24 R R 6' 3" 225 Jul 11, 1984 3 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Clayton Mortensen 24 R R 6' 4" 185 Apr 10, 1985 1st 6 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
Eric Munson 31 L R 6' 3" 220 Oct 3, 1977 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.0 $
Josh Outman 24 L L 6' 1" 185 Sep 14, 1984 2 14 12 2 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $400,000
Eric Patterson 26 L R 6' 0" 170 Apr 8, 1983 3 39 28 39 34 0 0 0 5 0 0 26 4 2 32 5 0 6 0.4 $
Cliff Pennington 25 B R 5' 10" 215 Jun 15, 1984 2 60 60 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Gregorio Petit 24 R R 5' 10" 195 Dec 10, 1984 2 11 7 11 11 0 0 0 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.4 $
Landon Powell 27 B R 6' 3" 265 Mar 19, 1982 1st 46 37 46 42 0 36 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0.3 $400,000
Chad Reineke 27 R R 6' 6" 210 Apr 9, 1982 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Henry Rodriguez 22 R R 6' 0" 220 Feb 25, 1987 1st 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Russ Springer 40 R R 6' 4" 195 Nov 7, 1968 17 48 0 5 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $3,300,000
Kurt Suzuki 25 R R 5' 11" 195 Oct 4, 1983 3 147 140 147 135 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 7 0 2.9 $410,000
Ryan Sweeney 24 L L 6' 4" 225 Feb 20, 1985 4 134 121 134 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 57 85 149 0 4 0 2.6 $410,000
Brett Tomko 36 R R 6' 4" 220 Apr 7, 1973 13 6 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $
Michael Wuertz 30 R R 6' 3" 210 Dec 15, 1978 6 74 0 4 74 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 $1,100,000
Brad Ziegler 29 R R 6' 4" 205 Oct 10, 1979 2 69 0 4 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $405,000
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.

Nomar Garciaparra
Eric Patterson

Gregorio Petit

Eric Chavez

Eric Patterson

Nomar Garciaparra
Matt Holliday

Travis Buck

Bobby Crosby

Kurt Suzuki

Daric Barton

Rajai Davis

Scott Hairston

Jerry Blevins

Mark Ellis

Ryan Sweeney

Jason Giambi

Orlando Cabrera

Chris Denorfia

Tommy Everidge
Scott Hairston

Jack Hannahan

Matt Carson
Brett Tomko

Matt Carson

Cliff Pennington

Eric Munson

Adam Kennedy

Dana Eveland

Brad Ziegler

Jack Cust

Landon Powell

Sean Gallagher
Russ Springer

Russ Springer

Sean Gallagher
Brad Kilby

Andrew Bailey

Santiago Casilla

Dan Giese

Gio Gonzalez

Michael Wuertz

Brett Anderson
Kevin Cameron

Dallas Braden

Kevin Cameron
Jay Marshall

Trevor Cahill

Vin Mazzaro

Josh Outman

Craig Breslow
Cliff Pennington

Aaron Cunningham

Edgar Gonzalez

Jeff Gray

Chad Reineke

Clayton Mortensen

Henry Rodriguez

Jon Meloan

2008 / 2010 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers