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

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#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	babip	SA	ISO	bb/k	HR%	Sgl	XBH	XBH%	BB%	SO%	G/F	P/Pa	Pit	Str	Bal	Swg
21	Scott Spiezio	1b-2b	-	24	1993-6-181	MLB	147	590	430	68	4.3	.258	-.151	.145	0.59	2.4	85	46	35.1	7.5	12.7	0.50	3.4	2027	1241	786	109
16	Jason Giambi	1b	74	26	1992-2-58	MLB	142	588	387	101	7.1	.316	-.189	.202	0.62	3.4	89	63	41.4	9.4	15.1	0.55	3.7	2189	1292	897	124
7	Scott Brosius	3b	-	30	1987-20-510	MLB	129	526	404	37	2.4	.232	-.121	.114	0.33	2.1	65	32	33.0	6.5	19.4	0.63	3.8	2008	1282	726	170
33	Jose Canseco	rf-lf	84	32	1982-15-391	MLB	108	446	318	56	4.7	.275	-.088	.226	0.42	5.2	49	42	46.2	11.4	27.4	0.53	4.0	1802	1063	739	200
25	Mark McGwire	1b	68	33	1984-1-10	MLB	105	433	276	90	8.8	.293	-.123	.344	0.59	7.9	46	58	55.8	13.4	22.6	0.40	3.5	1497	863	634	177
12	Matt Stairs	dh-1b	-	29	UDFA: 1989	MLB	133	410	260	85	8.8	.290	-.153	.284	0.83	6.6	59	46	43.8	12.2	14.6	0.56	3.8	1561	882	679	142
31	Damon Mashore	cf-lf	92	27	1991-9-256	MLB	92	342	227	35	4.1	.338	-.065	.083	0.61	0.9	54	15	21.7	14.6	24.0	1.31	3.8	1305	759	546	100
17	Dave Magadan	3b-1b	-	34	1983-2-32	MLB	128	328	201	49	6.6	.342	-.114	.088	1.25	1.2	67	15	18.3	15.2	12.2	0.84	4.2	1392	800	592	41
29	Geronimo Berroa	rf-lf	62	32	UDFA: 1983	MLB	73	299	195	54	7.4	.346	-.169	.230	0.62	5.4	53	28	34.6	12.0	19.4	0.65	3.6	1073	611	462	113
6	Brent Mayne	c	-	29	1989-1-13	MLB	85	282	192	38	5.4	.311	-.215	.117	0.55	2.1	56	18	24.3	6.4	11.7	1.03	3.8	1073	669	404	64
2	Jason McDonald	cf-lf	-	25	1993-4-125	MLB	78	276	185	37	5.5	.315	-.089	.131	0.73	1.4	43	19	30.6	13.0	17.8	0.78	3.8	1053	591	462	47
47	Mark Bellhorn	2b-3b	-	22	1995-2-35	MLB	68	261	180	27	4.0	.304	-.058	.129	0.46	2.3	35	16	31.4	12.3	26.8	0.81	4.1	1080	635	445	92
26	Rafael Bournigal	ss-2b	90	31	1987-19-481	MLB	79	249	179	26	3.9	.302	-.203	.054	0.84	0.4	52	10	16.1	6.4	7.6	1.18	3.4	838	536	302	28
19	George Williams	c	-	28	1991-24-646	MLB	76	241	149	34	6.1	.359	-.119	.099	0.76	1.2	45	13	22.4	14.5	19.1	0.69	3.9	945	543	402	76
28	Tony Batista	3b-ss	-	23	UDFA: 1991	MLB	68	207	163	15	2.5	.222	-.128	.128	0.45	1.9	23	15	39.5	6.8	15.0	1.00	3.7	757	481	276	58
11	Ernie Young	cf-rf	-	27	1990-10-281	MLB	71	200	149	15	2.7	.296	-.126	.126	0.33	2.5	27	12	30.8	9.5	28.5	1.33	3.6	720	439	281	108
5	Brian Lesher	lf-1b	-	26	1992-25-704	MLB	46	142	108	12	3.1	.263	-.137	.137	0.30	2.8	21	9	30.0	6.3	21.1	0.58	3.8	537	338	199	43
23	Pat Lennon	lf-rf	-	29	1986-1-8	MLB	56	131	86	16	5.0	.412	-.172	.095	0.43	0.8	26	8	23.5	11.5	26.7	1.03	3.8	500	313	187	68
13	Izzy Molina	c	-	26	1990-22-593	MLB	48	115	91	8	2.3	.209	-.171	.126	0.18	2.6	15	7	31.8	2.6	14.8	0.92	3.5	397	265	132	33
4	Miguel Tejada	3b	-	23	UDFA: 1993	MLB	26	104	82	7	2.3	.240	-.162	.131	0.09	1.9	13	7	35.0	1.9	21.2	0.67	3.6	377	263	114	52
14	Ben Grieve	rf-lf	-	21	1994-1-2	MLB	24	108	66	18	7.4	.400	-.172	.161	0.52	2.8	20	9	31.0	12.0	23.1	0.73	4.1	439	252	187	38
8	Tilson Brito	2b-3b	-	25	UDFA: 1992	MLB	17	49	35	7	5.7	.324	-.261	.217	0.10	4.1	8	5	38.5	2.0	20.4	1.38	3.4	169	114	55	15
8	Scott Sheldon	3b-ss	-	28	1991-8-230	MLB	13	27	19	3	3.8	.294	-.208	.125	0.17	3.7	5	1	16.7	3.7	22.2	0.58	3.8	103	66	37	15
45	Mike Oquist	p	-	29	1989-13-321	MLB	5	5	4	0	2.0	.250	-.250	.000	--	0.0	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.00	4.4	22	12	10	0
57	Brad Rigby	p	-	24	1994-2-36	MLB	2	3	3	-	-	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	66.7	0.00	3.0	9	8	1	1
51	Jimmy Haynes	p	-	24	1991-7-187	MLB	1	2	2	-	-	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	50.0	--	3.0	6	5	1	3
41	Eric Ludwick	p	-	25	1993-2-50	MLB	6	2	2	-	-	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	50.0	--	3.0	6	5	1	3
50	Dave Telgheder	p	-	30	1989-31-811	MLB	1	2	2	-	-	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	50.0	--	5.5	11	8	3	2
30	Aaron Small	p	-	25	1989-22-580	MLB	3	1	1	-	-	.000	.000	.000	--	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2.0	2	2	0	0
20	Steve Karsay	p	-	25	1990-1-22	MLB	24	0	0	-	-	.000	-	.000	--	--	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	0	0	0	0
Totals: (30 players)							--	6369	4396	834	5.1	.295	-.138	.000	0.54	3.1	957	494	34.0	10.1	18.5	0.71	3.75	23898	14338	9560	1922

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