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1997 Oakland Athletics | Baseball Statistics

Major League Baseball (MLB)

Record: 65-97 .40.... 4th in AL West Division
Manager(s): Art Howe
Stadium: Oakland Coliseum
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,264,218
Payroll: $21,911,000 Top Draft Pick: Chris Enochs (#11)

Major League Debuts:

Batters: Mark Bellhorn (Jun 10) Ben Grieve (Sep 3) Jason McDonald (Jun 5) Scott Sheldon (May 18) Miguel Tejada (Aug 27)
Pitchers: Gary Haught (Jul 16) Tim Kubinski (Jul 16) Brad Rigby (Jun 28)

Batting Statistics

Pos	Player Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
C	Brent Mayne	29	85	256	29	74	12	0	6	22	1	0	18	33	4	1	2	2	6	.289	.343	.406	749	--
1B	Mark McGwire	33	105	366	48	104	24	0	34	81	1	0	58	98	4	8	0	5	9	.284	.383	.628	1011	--
2B	Scott Spiezio	24	147	538	58	131	28	4	14	65	9	3	44	75	1	2	3	4	13	.243	.300	.388	688	--
3B	Scott Brosius	30	129	479	59	97	20	1	11	41	9	4	34	102	4	1	5	4	9	.203	.259	.317	576	--
SS	Rafael Bournigal	31	79	222	29	62	9	0	1	20	2	1	16	19	4	1	7	0	11	.279	.339	.333	672	--
OF	Damon Mashore	27	92	279	55	69	10	2	3	18	5	4	50	82	5	1	7	1	5	.247	.370	.330	700	--
OF	Jason Giambi	26	142	519	66	152	41	2	20	81	0	1	55	89	6	3	0	8	11	.293	.362	.495	857	--
OF	Jason McDonald	25	78	236	47	62	11	4	4	14	13	8	36	49	1	0	2	1	0	.263	.361	.394	755	--
DH	Jose Canseco	32	108	388	56	91	19	0	23	74	8	2	51	122	3	1	0	4	15	.235	.325	.461	786	--

RF-LF	Matt Stairs	29	133	352	62	105	19	0	27	73	3	2	50	60	3	1	1	4	6	.298	.386	.582	968	--
3B-1B	Dave Magadan	34	128	271	38	82	10	1	4	30	1	0	50	40	2	1	4	1	7	.303	.414	.391	805	--
RF-DH	Geronimo Berroa	32	73	261	40	81	12	0	16	42	3	2	36	58	1	2	0	1	12	.310	.395	.540	935	--
3B-2B	Mark Bellhorn	22	68	224	33	51	9	1	6	19	7	1	32	70	0	0	5	0	1	.228	.324	.357	681	--
C	George Williams	28	76	201	30	58	9	1	3	22	0	1	35	46	2	0	2	1	2	.289	.397	.388	785	--
SS	Tony Batista	23	68	188	22	38	10	1	4	18	2	2	14	31	2	0	3	0	8	.202	.265	.330	595	--
CF	Ernie Young	27	71	175	22	39	7	0	5	15	1	3	19	57	2	0	2	2	6	.223	.303	.349	652	--
LF	Brian Lesher	26	46	131	17	30	4	1	4	16	4	1	9	30	0	0	0	2	4	.229	.275	.366	641	--
LF-DH	Pat Lennon	29	56	116	14	34	6	1	1	14	0	1	15	35	0	0	0	0	3	.293	.374	.388	762	--
C	Izzy Molina	26	48	111	6	22	3	1	3	7	0	0	3	17	0	0	1	0	1	.198	.219	.324	543	--
SS	Miguel Tejada	21	26	99	10	20	3	2	2	10	2	0	2	22	3	0	0	0	3	.202	.240	.333	573	--
RF	Ben Grieve	21	24	93	12	29	6	0	3	24	0	0	13	25	1	1	1	0	1	.312	.402	.473	875	--
3B-SS	Tilson Brito	25	17	46	8	13	2	1	2	6	0	0	1	10	0	0	2	0	0	.283	.298	.500	798	--
SS	Scott Sheldon	28	13	24	2	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	6	1	0	1	0	0	.250	.308	.375	683	--
P	Mike Oquist	29	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	--
P	Brad Rigby	24	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
P	Jimmy Haynes	24	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
P	Eric Ludwick	25	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
P	Dave Telgheder	30	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
P	Aaron Small	25	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Pitching Statistics

	Player Name		Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
ST	Steve Karsay	log	25	3	12	5.77	24	24	0	0	0	0	132.2	166	92	85	20	47	92	7	0	11.26	1.36	3.19	6.24	1.61	--
ST	Ariel Prieto	log	27	6	8	5.04	22	22	0	0	0	0	125.0	155	84	70	16	70	90	7	1	11.16	1.15	5.04	6.48	1.80	--
ST	Dave Telgheder	log	30	4	6	6.06	20	19	0	0	0	0	101.0	134	71	68	15	35	55	4	0	11.94	1.34	3.12	4.90	1.67	--
ST	Mike Oquist	log	29	4	6	5.02	19	17	1	0	0	0	107.2	111	62	60	15	43	72	2	0	9.28	1.25	3.59	6.02	1.43	--
ST	Brad Rigby	log	24	1	7	4.87	14	14	0	0	0	0	77.2	92	44	42	14	22	34	3	0	10.66	1.62	2.55	3.94	1.47	--

CL	Billy Taylor	log	35	3	4	3.82	72	0	0	0	45	23	73.0	70	32	31	3	36	66	0	0	8.63	0.37	4.44	8.14	1.45	--
RP	Buddy Groom	log	31	2	2	5.15	78	0	0	0	7	3	64.2	75	38	37	9	24	45	3	0	10.44	1.25	3.34	6.26	1.53	--
RP	Aaron Small	log	25	9	5	4.28	71	0	0	0	22	4	96.2	109	50	46	6	40	57	4	0	10.15	0.56	3.72	5.31	1.54	--
RP	Mike Mohler	log	28	1	10	5.13	62	10	0	0	16	1	101.2	116	65	58	11	54	66	4	0	10.27	0.97	4.78	5.84	1.67	--
RP	Don Wengert	log	27	5	11	6.04	49	12	1	0	16	2	134.0	177	96	90	21	41	68	2	0	11.89	1.41	2.75	4.57	1.63	--
RP	Dane Johnson	log	34	4	1	4.53	38	0	0	0	12	2	45.2	49	28	23	4	31	43	4	1	9.66	0.79	6.11	8.47	1.75	--
RP	Carlos Reyes	log	28	3	4	5.82	37	6	0	0	9	0	77.1	101	52	50	13	25	43	2	1	11.75	1.51	2.91	5.00	1.63	--

	T.J. Mathews	log	27	6	2	4.40	24	0	0	0	14	3	28.2	34	18	14	5	12	24	0	0	10.67	1.57	3.77	7.53	1.60	--
	Mark Acre	log	28	2	0	5.74	15	0	0	0	5	0	15.2	21	10	10	1	8	12	0	0	12.06	0.57	4.60	6.89	1.85	--
	Richie Lewis	log	31	2	0	9.64	14	0	0	0	5	0	18.2	24	21	20	7	15	12	2	0	11.57	3.38	7.23	5.79	2.09	--
	Jimmy Haynes	log	24	3	6	4.42	13	13	0	0	0	0	73.1	74	38	36	7	40	65	4	1	9.08	0.86	4.91	7.98	1.55	--
	Willie Adams	log	24	3	5	8.18	13	12	0	0	0	0	58.1	73	53	53	9	32	37	2	0	11.26	1.39	4.94	5.71	1.80	--
	Andrew Lorraine	log	24	3	1	6.37	12	6	0	0	1	0	29.2	45	22	21	2	15	18	0	0	13.65	0.61	4.55	5.46	2.02	--
	Tim Kubinski	log	25	0	0	5.68	11	0	0	0	3	0	12.2	12	9	8	2	6	10	0	0	8.53	1.42	4.26	7.11	1.42	--
	Jay Witasick	log	24	0	0	5.73	8	0	0	0	1	0	11.0	14	7	7	2	6	8	0	0	11.45	1.64	4.91	6.55	1.82	--
	Eric Ludwick	log	25	1	4	8.25	6	5	0	0	0	0	24.0	32	24	22	7	16	14	0	0	12.00	2.63	6.00	5.25	2.00	--
	Gary Haught	log	26	0	0	7.15	6	0	0	0	2	0	11.1	12	9	9	3	6	11	1	0	9.53	2.38	4.76	8.74	1.59	--
	John Johnstone	log	28	0	0	2.84	5	0	0	0	1	0	6.1	7	2	2	0	7	4	0	0	9.95	0.00	9.95	5.68	2.21	--
	Steve Montgomery	log	26	0	1	9.95	4	0	0	0	0	0	6.1	10	7	7	2	8	1	0	0	14.21	2.84	11.37	1.42	2.84	--
	Billy Brewer	log	29	0	0	13.50	3	0	0	0	1	0	2.0	4	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	18.00	4.50	9.00	4.50	3.00	--
	Steve Wojciechowski	log	26	0	2	7.84	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.1	17	9	9	2	1	5	0	0	14.81	1.74	0.87	4.35	1.74	--

Fielding Statistics

Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
Buddy Groom	31	P	78		64.2	2	10	0	12	2	-	-	-	1.000	1.67
Billy Taylor	35	P	72		73	3	13	0	16	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.97
Aaron Small	25	P	71		96.2	5	15	1	21	2	-	-	-	.952	1.86
Mike Mohler	28	P	62		101.2	7	18	1	26	0	-	-	-	.962	2.21
Don Wengert	27	P	49		134	13	16	1	30	2	-	-	-	.967	1.95
Dane Johnson	34	P	38		45.2	1	4	2	7	0	-	-	-	.714	.99
Carlos Reyes	28	P	37		77.1	6	11	0	17	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.98
T.J. Mathews	27	P	24		28.2	1	4	1	6	0	-	-	-	.833	1.57
Steve Karsay	25	P	24		132.2	7	13	4	24	1	-	-	-	.833	1.36
Ariel Prieto	27	P	22		125	9	19	5	33	2	-	-	-	.848	2.02
Dave Telgheder	30	P	20		101	9	24	0	33	4	-	-	-	1.000	2.94
Mike Oquist	29	P	19		107.2	8	10	1	19	2	-	-	-	.947	1.50
Mark Acre	28	P	15		15.2	1	1	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.15
Richie Lewis	31	P	14		18.2	0	3	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.45
Brad Rigby	24	P	14		77.2	5	14	1	20	2	-	-	-	.950	2.20
Willie Adams	24	P	13		58.1	2	10	0	12	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.85
Jimmy Haynes	24	P	13		73.1	6	10	2	18	2	-	-	-	.889	1.96
Andrew Lorraine	24	P	12		29.2	4	2	0	6	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.82
Tim Kubinski	25	P	11		12.2	2	1	0	3	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.13
Jay Witasick	24	P	8		11	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
Gary Haught	26	P	6		11.1	1	1	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.59
Eric Ludwick	25	P	6		24	2	3	0	5	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.88
John Johnstone	28	P	5		6.1	1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.42
Steve Montgomery	26	P	4		6.1	1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.42
Billy Brewer	29	P	3		2	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
Steve Wojciechowski	26	P	2		10.1	0	4	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	3.48

Brent Mayne	29	C	83			419	36	2	457	5	1	57	23	.996	--
George Williams	28	C	67			336	27	6	369	4	1	41	15	.984	--
Izzy Molina	26	C	48			218	17	2	237	1	3	33	10	.992	--

Mark McGwire	33	1B	101			884	60	6	950	88	-	-	-	.994	--
Jason Giambi	26	1B	51			399	39	5	443	49	-	-	-	.989	--
Dave Magadan	34	1B	30			123	11	0	134	15	-	-	-	1.000	--
Matt Stairs	29	1B	7			20	3	1	24	2	-	-	-	.958	--
Brian Lesher	26	1B	3			21	2	0	23	3	-	-	-	1.000	--

Scott Spiezio	24	2B	146			280	415	7	702	93	-	-	-	.990	--
Mark Bellhorn	22	2B	17			41	56	4	101	16	-	-	-	.960	--
Rafael Bournigal	31	2B	7			1	7	0	8	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Tilson Brito	25	2B	2			3	8	0	11	5	-	-	-	1.000	--
Scott Sheldon	28	2B	1			1	2	0	3	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
Tony Batista	23	2B	1			2	4	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

Scott Brosius	30	3B	107			92	206	7	305	23	-	-	-	.977	--
Dave Magadan	34	3B	49			25	54	5	84	7	-	-	-	.940	--
Mark Bellhorn	22	3B	40			31	66	5	102	8	-	-	-	.951	--
Tilson Brito	25	3B	10			8	15	2	25	2	-	-	-	.920	--
Tony Batista	23	3B	4			3	1	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Scott Spiezio	24	3B	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--
Scott Sheldon	28	3B	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--

Rafael Bournigal	31	SS	74			99	192	6	297	40	-	-	-	.980	--
Tony Batista	23	SS	61			91	169	8	268	38	-	-	-	.970	--
Scott Brosius	30	SS	30			25	39	2	66	8	-	-	-	.970	--
Miguel Tejada	21	SS	26			54	68	4	126	18	-	-	-	.968	--
Scott Sheldon	28	SS	12			15	16	2	33	4	-	-	-	.939	--
Tilson Brito	25	SS	6			5	8	0	13	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
Mark Bellhorn	22	SS	1			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

Jason Giambi	26	LF	68			102	5	2	109	1	-	-	-	.982	--
Brian Lesher	26	LF	31			61	2	3	66	0	-	-	-	.955	--
Damon Mashore	27	LF	28			24	1	0	25	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Matt Stairs	29	LF	28			38	2	2	42	0	-	-	-	.952	--
Pat Lennon	29	LF	23			38	0	2	40	0	-	-	-	.950	--
Jose Canseco	32	LF	19			25	1	0	26	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Jason McDonald	25	LF	18			15	0	1	16	0	-	-	-	.938	--
Scott Brosius	30	LF	6			5	0	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Ernie Young	27	LF	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--

Damon Mashore	27	CF	71			175	9	2	186	3	-	-	-	.989	--
Jason McDonald	25	CF	66			132	2	4	138	1	-	-	-	.971	--
Ernie Young	27	CF	60			126	5	3	134	0	-	-	-	.978	--
Scott Brosius	30	CF	6			9	0	1	10	0	-	-	-	.900	--
Pat Lennon	29	CF	1			4	0	1	5	0	-	-	-	.800	--

Matt Stairs	29	RF	63			85	4	1	90	0	-	-	-	.989	--
Geronimo Berroa	32	RF	43			71	1	1	73	1	-	-	-	.986	--
Jose Canseco	32	RF	27			49	1	5	55	0	-	-	-	.909	--
Ben Grieve	21	RF	24			39	1	0	40	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
Pat Lennon	29	RF	12			11	0	0	11	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Ernie Young	27	RF	12			13	0	1	14	0	-	-	-	.929	--
Scott Brosius	30	RF	11			11	2	0	13