1998 Oakland Athletics Statistics

1997 Season 1999 Season

Record: 74-88-0, Finished 4th in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Art Howe (74-88)

General Manager: Billy Beane (Promoted to GM 10/17/1997)

Farm Director: Keith Lieppman

Scouting Director: Grady Fuson

Ballpark: Network Associates Coliseum

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

Pythagorean W-L: 76-86, 804 Runs, 866 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	Name	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	228	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	IF	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	DH	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	Name	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	41	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
44	P	Dave Telgheder	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	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	28.9	162	6283	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	5	2	13	14	9	12	11		13		8		10
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.9	162	6265	5476	802	1412	294	13	149	755	131	47	632	1113	.258	.338	.398	.736	95	2179	120	55	55	46	22
		Pitcher Totals	26.1	162	18	14	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.071	.133	.143	.276	-27	2	0	0	3	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	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

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	3.95	1.182	8.1	0.7	2.5	5.2	2.06
2	SP	Tom Candiotti	41	11	16	.407	4.84	33	33	0	3	0	0	201.0	222	124	108	30	63	2	98	9	0	14	878	94	5.18	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	4.87	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	4.93	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	6.00	1.602	9.0	1.7	5.4	6.8	1.25
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	127	3.82	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	4.12	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	88	4.52	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	3.89	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	114	3.92	1.458	9.1	0.6	4.0	6.5	1.62
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	166	3.51	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	114	3.78	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	63	4.58	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	72	6.99	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	128	6.44	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	56	6.81	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	84	5.10	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	40	6.50	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	251	5.92	3.000	19.3	0.0	7.7	1.9	0.25
		Team Totals	31.0	74	88	.457	4.81	162	162	150	12	3	39	1434.0	1555	866	766	179	529	29	922	56	5	68	6310	94	4.70	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		13
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W