1997 OAKLAND ATHLETICS

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Location: Oakland,CA
Team Record: 65-97 .401
Result: 4th in American League - West Division
Manager(s): Art Howe
General Manager: Sandy Alderson
Stadium: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Attendance: 1,264,218
Payroll: $21,911,000
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Oakland Athletics affiliate history

Oldest Player: Billy Taylor (35)
Youngest Player: Ben Grieve (21)
Longest Tenure: Mark McGwire (12)
Top Hitter: Geronimo Berroa (62)
Top Pitcher: Billy Taylor (36)
Top Draft Pick: Chris Enochs (#11)

Roster Continuity: 63.35%
Top Prospect: Miguel Tejada

American League Standings

West	W	L	Pct	GB
Seattle	90	72	.556	--
Anaheim	84	78	.519	6.0
Texas	77	85	.475	13.0
Oakland	65	97	.401	25.0

BATTING STATISTICS

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Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
21	Scott Spiezio	1b-2b	-	24	1993-6-181	MLB	147	538	58	131	28	4	14	65	9	3	44	75	1	2	3	4	13	.243	.300	.388	688	209	590	430	68	4.3	.258
16	Jason Giambi	1b	74	26	1992-2-58	MLB	142	519	66	152	41	2	20	81	0	1	55	89	6	3	0	8	11	.293	.362	.495	857	257	588	387	101	7.1	.316
7	Scott Brosius	3b	-	30	1987-20-510	MLB	129	479	59	97	20	1	11	41	9	4	34	102	4	1	5	4	9	.203	.259	.317	576	152	526	404	37	2.4	.232
33	Jose Canseco	rf-lf	84	32	1982-15-391	MLB	108	388	56	91	19	0	23	74	8	2	51	122	3	1	0	4	15	.235	.325	.461	786	179	446	318	56	4.7	.275
25	Mark McGwire	1b	68	33	1984-1-10	MLB	105	366	48	104	24	0	34	81	1	0	58	98	4	8	0	5	9	.284	.383	.628	1012	230	433	276	90	8.8	.293
12	Matt Stairs	dh-1b	-	29	UDFA: 1989	MLB	133	352	62	105	19	0	27	73	3	2	50	60	3	1	1	4	6	.298	.386	.582	969	205	410	260	85	8.8	.290
31	Damon Mashore	cf-lf	92	27	1991-9-256	MLB	92	279	55	69	10	2	3	18	5	4	50	82	5	1	7	1	5	.247	.370	.330	700	92	342	227	35	4.1	.338
17	Dave Magadan	3b-1b	-	34	1983-2-32	MLB	128	271	38	82	10	1	4	30	1	0	50	40	2	1	4	1	7	.303	.414	.391	805	106	328	201	49	6.6	.342
29	Geronimo Berroa	rf-lf	62	32	UDFA: 1983	MLB	73	261	40	81	12	0	16	42	3	2	36	58	1	2	0	1	12	.310	.395	.540	935	141	299	195	54	7.4	.346
6	Brent Mayne	c	-	29	1989-1-13	MLB	85	256	29	74	12	0	6	22	1	0	18	33	4	1	2	2	6	.289	.343	.406	749	104	282	192	38	5.4	.311
2	Jason McDonald	cf-lf	-	25	1993-4-125	MLB	78	236	47	62	11	4	4	14	13	8	36	49	1	0	2	1	0	.263	.361	.394	755	93	276	185	37	5.5	.315
47	Mark Bellhorn	2b-3b	-	22	1995-2-35	MLB	68	224	33	51	9	1	6	19	7	1	32	70	0	0	5	0	1	.228	.324	.357	681	80	261	180	27	4.0	.304
26	Rafael Bournigal	ss-2b	90	31	1987-19-481	MLB	79	222	29	62	9	0	1	20	2	1	16	19	4	1	7	0	11	.279	.339	.333	672	74	249	179	26	3.9	.302
19	George Williams	c	-	28	1991-24-646	MLB	76	201	30	58	9	1	3	22	0	1	35	46	2	0	2	1	2	.289	.397	.388	786	78	241	149	34	6.1	.359
28	Tony Batista	3b-ss	-	23	UDFA: 1991	MLB	68	188	22	38	10	1	4	18	2	2	14	31	2	0	3	0	8	.202	.265	.330	594	62	207	163	15	2.5	.222
11	Ernie Young	cf-rf	-	27	1990-10-281	MLB	71	175	22	39	7	0	5	15	1	3	19	57	2	0	2	2	6	.223	.303	.349	652	61	200	149	15	2.7	.296
5	Brian Lesher	lf-1b	-	26	1992-25-704	MLB	46	131	17	30	4	1	4	16	4	1	9	30	0	0	0	2	4	.229	.275	.366	641	48	142	108	12	3.1	.263
23	Pat Lennon	lf-rf	-	29	1986-1-8	MLB	56	116	14	34	6	1	1	14	0	1	15	35	0	0	0	0	3	.293	.374	.388	762	45	131	86	16	5.0	.412
13	Izzy Molina	c	-	26	1990-22-593	MLB	48	111	6	22	3	1	3	7	0	0	3	17	0	0	1	0	1	.198	.219	.324	544	36	115	91	8	2.3	.209
4	Miguel Tejada	3b	-	23	UDFA: 1993	MLB	26	99	10	20	3	2	2	10	2	0	2	22	3	0	0	0	3	.202	.240	.333	574	33	104	82	7	2.3	.240
14	Ben Grieve	rf-lf	-	21	1994-1-2	MLB	24	93	12	29	6	0	3	24	0	0	13	25	1	1	1	0	1	.312	.402	.473	875	44	108	66	18	7.4	.400
8	Tilson Brito	2b-3b	-	25	UDFA: 1992	MLB	17	46	8	13	2	1	2	6	0	0	1	10	0	0	2	0	0	.283	.298	.500	798	23	49	35	7	5.7	.324
8	Scott Sheldon	3b-ss	-	28	1991-8-230	MLB	13	24	2	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	6	1	0	1	0	0	.250	.308	.375	683	9	27	19	3	3.8	.294
45	Mike Oquist	p	-	29	1989-13-321	MLB	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	1	5	4	0	2.0	.250
57	Brad Rigby	p	-	24	1994-2-36	MLB	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	3	-	-	.000
51	Jimmy Haynes	p	-	24	1991-7-187	MLB	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
41	Eric Ludwick	p	-	25	1993-2-50	MLB	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
50	Dave Telgheder	p	-	30	1989-31-811	MLB	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
30	Aaron Small	p	-	25	1989-22-580	MLB	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
20	Steve Karsay	p	-	25	1990-1-22	MLB	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	-	-	.000
Totals: (30 players)							162	5589	764	1451	274	23	197	714	71	36	642	1181	49	23	49	40	133	.260	.339	.423	762	2362	6369	4396	834	5.1	.295

PITCHING STATISTICS

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Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
56	Don Wengert	-	27	1992-4-116	MLB	5	11	6.04	49	12	1	0	16	2	134.0	177	96	90	21	41	68	2	0	1.63	11.89	1.41	2.75	4.57	0.60	.338	0.91
20	Steve Karsay	67	25	1990-1-22	MLB	3	12	5.77	24	24	0	0	0	0	132.2	166	92	85	20	47	92	7	0	1.61	11.26	1.36	3.19	6.24	0.51	.336	0.83
48	Ariel Prieto	-	27	1995-1-5	MLB	6	8	5.04	22	22	0	0	0	0	125.0	155	84	70	16	70	90	7	1	1.80	11.16	1.15	5.04	6.48	0.78	.347	0.94
45	Mike Oquist	-	29	1989-13-321	MLB	4	6	5.02	19	17	1	0	0	0	107.2	111	62	60	15	43	72	2	0	1.43	9.28	1.25	3.59	6.02	0.60	.290	0.69
32	Mike Mohler	-	28	1989-42-1098	MLB	1	10	5.13	62	10	0	0	16	1	101.2	116	65	58	11	54	66	4	0	1.67	10.27	0.97	4.78	5.84	0.82	.341	0.80
50	Dave Telgheder	-	30	1989-31-811	MLB	4	6	6.06	20	19	0	0	0	0	101.0	134	71	68	15	35	55	4	0	1.67	11.94	1.34	3.12	4.90	0.64	.346	0.83
30	Aaron Small	69	25	1989-22-580	MLB	9	5	4.28	71	0	0	0	22	4	96.2	109	50	46	6	40	57	4	0	1.54	10.15	0.56	3.72	5.31	0.70	.334	1.13
57	Brad Rigby	-	24	1994-2-36	MLB	1	7	4.87	14	14	0	0	0	0	77.2	92	44	42	14	22	34	3	0	1.47	10.66	1.62	2.55	3.94	0.65	.304	0.90
37	Carlos Reyes	-	28	UDFA: 1991	MLB	3	4	5.82	37	6	0	0	9	0	77.1	101	52	50	13	25	43	2	1	1.63	11.75	1.51	2.91	5.00	0.58	.333	0.88
51	Jimmy Haynes	-	24	1991-7-187	MLB	3	6	4.42	13	13	0	0	0	0	73.1	74	38	36	7	40	65	4	1	1.55	9.08	0.86	4.91	7.98	0.62	.319	0.84
22	Billy Taylor	36	35	1980-2-39	MLB	3	4	3.82	72	0	0	0	45	23	73.0	70	32	31	3	36	66	0	0	1.45	8.63	0.37	4.44	8.14	0.55	.324	1.41
24,42	Buddy Groom	50	31	1987-12-296	MLB	2	2	5.15	78	0	0	0	7	3	64.2	75	38	37	9	24	45	3	0	1.53	10.44	1.25	3.34	6.26	0.53	.325	0.88
40	Willie Adams	-	24	1993-1-36	MLB	3	5	8.18	13	12	0	0	0	0	58.1	73	53	53	9	32	37	2	0	1.80	11.26	1.39	4.94	5.71	0.86	.333	0.68
59	Dane Johnson	-	34	1984-2-48	MLB	4	1	4.53	38	0	0	0	12	2	45.2	49	28	23	4	31	43	4	1	1.75	9.66	0.79	6.11	8.47	0.72	.338	0.85
49	Andrew Lorraine	-	24	1993-4-103	MLB	3	1	6.37	12	6	0	0	1	0	29.2	45	22	21	2	15	18	0	0	2.02	13.65	0.61	4.55	5.46	0.83	.402	0.72
29	T.J. Mathews	-	27	1992-36-1007	MLB	6	2	4.40	24	0	0	0	14	3	28.2	34	18	14	5	12	24	0	0	1.60	10.67	1.57	3.77	7.53	0.50	.333	0.65
41	Eric Ludwick	-	25	1993-2-50	MLB	1	4	8.25	6	5	0	0	0	0	24.0	32	24	22	7	16	14	0	0	2.00	12.00	2.63	6.00	5.25	1.14	.329	0.60
44,51	Richie Lewis	-	31	1987-2-44	MLB	2	0	9.64	14	0	0	0	5	0	18.2	24	21	20	7	15	12	2	0	2.09	11.57	3.37	7.23	5.79	1.25	.298	0.78
55	Mark Acre	-	28	UDFA: 1991	MLB	2	0	5.74	15	0	0	0	5	0	15.2	21	10	10	1	8	12	0	0	1.85	12.06	0.57	4.60	6.89	0.67	.377	0.61
58	Tim Kubinski	-	25	1993-7-209	MLB	0	0	5.68	11	0	0	0	3	0	12.2	12	9	8	2	6	10	0	0	1.42	8.53	1.42	4.26	7.11	0.60	.286	1.17
49	Gary Haught	-	26	1992-22-620	MLB	0	0	7.15	6	0	0	0	2	0	11.1	12	9	9	3	6	11	1	0	1.59	9.53	2.38	4.76	8.74	0.55	.310	0.57
52	Jay Witasick	-	24	1993-2-58	MLB	0	0	5.73	8	0	0	0	1	0	11.0	14	7	7	2	6	8	0	0	1.82	11.45	1.64	4.91	6.55	0.75	.333	0.77
39	Steve Wojciechowski	-	26	1991-4-126	MLB	0	2	7.84	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.1	17	9	9	2	1	5	0	0	1.74	14.81	1.74	0.87	4.35	0.20	.405	1.00
53	Steve Montgomery	-	26	UDFA: 1993	MLB	0	1	9.95	4	0	0	0	0	0	6.1	10	7	7	2	8	1	0	0	2.84	14.21	2.84	11.37	1.42	8.00	.348	0.63
53	John Johnstone	-	28	1987-20-523	MLB	0	0	2.84	5	0	0	0	1	0	6.1	7	2	2	0	7	4	0	0	2.21	9.95	0.00	9.95	5.68	1.75	.350	0.62
47	Billy Brewer	-	29	1990-28-734	MLB	0	0	13.50	3	0	0	0	1	0	2.0	4	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	3.00	18.00	4.50	9.00	4.50	2.00	--	0.80
Totals: (30 players)						65	97	5.49	162	162	2	0	160	38	1,445	1734	946	881	197	642	953	51	4	1.45	10.80	1.23	4.00	5.93	0.67	.333

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Brent Mayne	C	83		419	36	2	5	.996	0.00
George Williams	C	67		336	27	6	4	.984	0.00
Izzy Molina	C	48		218	17	2	1	.992	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Mark McGwire	1B	101		884	60	6	88	.994	0.00
Jason Giambi	1B	51		399	39	5	49	.989	0.00
Dave Magadan	1B	30		123	11	0	15	1.000	0.00
Matt Stairs	1B	7		20	3	1	2	.958	0.00
Brian Lesher	1B	3		21	2	0	3	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Scott Spiezio	2B	146		280	415	7	93	.990	0.00
Mark Bellhorn	2B	17		41	56	4	16	.960	0.00
Rafael Bournigal	2B	7		1	7	0	0	1.000	0.00
Tilson Brito	2B	2		3	8	0	5	1.000	0.00
Tony Batista	2B	1		2	4	0	0	1.000	0.00
Scott Sheldon	2B	1		1	2	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Scott Brosius	3B	107		92	206	7	23	.977	0.00
Dave Magadan	3B	49		25	54	5	7	.940	0.00
Mark Bellhorn	3B	40		31	66	5	8	.951	0.00
Tilson Brito	3B	10		8	15	2	2	.920	0.00
Tony Batista	3B	4		3	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Scott Sheldon	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Scott Spiezio	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Rafael Bournigal	SS	74		99	192	6	40	.980	0.00
Tony Batista	SS	61		91	169	8	38	.970	0.00
Scott Brosius	SS	30		25	39	2	8	.970	0.00
Miguel Tejada	SS	26		54	68	4	18	.968	0.00
Scott Sheldon	SS	12		15	16	2	4	.939	0.00
Tilson Brito	SS	6		5	8	0	1	1.000	0.00
Mark Bellhorn	SS	1		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jason Giambi	LF	68		102	5	2	1	.982	0.00
Brian Lesher	LF	31		61	2	3	0	.955	0.00
Damon Mashore	LF	28		24	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Matt Stairs	LF	28		38	2	2	0	.952	0.00
Pat Lennon	LF	23		38	0	2	0	.950	0.00
Jose Canseco	LF	19		25	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jason McDonald	LF	18		15	0	1	0	.937	0.00
Scott Brosius	LF	6		5	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Ernie Young	LF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Damon Mashore	CF	71		175	9	2	3	.989	0.00
Jason McDonald	CF	66		132	2	4	1	.971	0.00
Ernie Young	CF	60		126	5	3	0	.978	0.00
Scott Brosius	CF	6		9	0	1	0	.900	0.00
Pat Lennon	CF	1		4	0	1	0	.800	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Matt Stairs	RF	63		85	4	1	0	.989	0.00
Geronimo Berroa	RF	43		71	1	1	1	.986	0.00
Jose Canseco	RF	27		49	1	5	0	.909	0.00
Ben Grieve	RF	24		39	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Pat Lennon	RF	12		11	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Ernie Young	RF	12		13	0	1	0	.929	0.00
Scott Brosius	RF	11		11	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Damon Mashore	RF	6		4	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Brian Lesher	RF	3		5	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Buddy Groom	P	78	64	2	10	0	2	1.000	1.68
Billy Taylor	P	72	73	3	13	0	1	1.000	1.97
Aaron Small	P	71	96	5	15	1	2	.952	1.87
Mike Mohler	P	62	101	7	18	1	0	.962	2.22
Don Wengert	P	49	134	13	16	1	2	.967	1.95
Dane Johnson	P	38	45	1	4	2	0	.714	1.00
Carlos Reyes	P	37	77	6	11	0	1	1.000	1.98
Steve Karsay	P	24	132	7	13	4	1	.833	1.36
T.J. Mathews	P	24	28	1	4	1	0	.833	1.60
Ariel Prieto	P	22	125	9	19	5	2	.848	2.02
Dave Telgheder	P	20	101	9	24	0	4	1.000	2.94
Mike Oquist	P	19	107	8	10	1	2	.947	1.51
Mark Acre	P	15	15	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.18
Richie Lewis	P	14	18	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.48
Brad Rigby	P	14	77	5	14	1	2	.950	2.22
Willie Adams	P	13	58	2	10	0	0	1.000	1.86
Jimmy Haynes	P	13	73	6	10	2	2	.889	1.97
Andrew Lorraine	P	12	29	4	2	0	1	1.000	1.85
Tim Kubinski	P	11	12	2	1	0	1	1.000	2.21
Jay Witasick	P	8	11	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Gary Haught	P	6	11	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.62
Eric Ludwick	P	6	24	2	3	0	1	1.000	1.88
John Johnstone	P	5	6	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.48
Steve Montgomery	P	4	6	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.48
Billy Brewer	P	3	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Steve Wojciechowski	P	2	10	0	4	0	0	1.000	3.56
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jose Canseco	DH	56						.000	0.00
Geronimo Berroa	DH	32						.000	0.00
Jason Giambi	DH	25						.000	0.00
Dave Magadan	DH	25						.000	0.00
Pat Lennon	DH	17						.000	0.00
Matt Stairs	DH	16						.000	0.00
Mark Bellhorn	DH	3						.000	0.00
Brian Lesher	DH	3						.000	0.00
Tony Batista	DH	1						.000	0.00
George Williams	DH	1						.000	0.00
Ernie Young	DH	1						.000	0.00

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