1996 Oakland Athletics Statistics and Roster

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1996 Oakland Athletics (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1995/1997)
78-84, Finished 3rd in AL Western Division
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Scored 861 runs, Allowed 900 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-84
Managed by Art Howe

Ballpark: Oakland Coliseum (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,148,380 (14th of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 102
  (one-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 102
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Terry Steinbach     34  145  514   79  140  25  1  35  100  49  115  .272  .342  .529   0   1  16   6   0   2   5  116
1B  Mark McGwire        32  130  423  104  132  21  0  52  113 116  112  .312  .467  .730   0   0  14   8   0   1  16  196
2B #Brent Gates         26   64  247   26   65  19  2   2   30  18   35  .263  .316  .381   1   1   9   2   5   2   0   75
3B  Scott Brosius       29  114  428   73  130  25  0  22   71  59   85  .304  .393  .516   7   2  11   7   1   5   4  127
SS  Mike Bordick        30  155  525   46  126  18  4   5   54  52   59  .240  .307  .318   5   6   8   1   4   5   0   58
LF *Phil Plantier       27   73  231   29   49   8  1   7   31  28   56  .212  .304  .346   2   2   5   3   0   1   0   64
CF  Ernie Young         26  141  462   72  112  19  4  19   64  52  118  .242  .326  .424   7   5  13   7   3   4   1   88
RF *Jose Herrera        23  108  320   44   86  15  1   6   30  20   59  .269  .318  .378   8   2   5   3   3   0   1   75
DH  Geronimo Berroa     31  153  586  101  170  32  1  36  106  47  122  .290  .344  .532   0   3  16   4   0   6   0  117
   *Jason Giambi        25  140  536   84  156  40  1  20   79  51   95  .291  .355  .481   0   1  15   5   1   5   3  109
    Rafael Bournigal    30   88  252   33   61  14  2   0   18  16   19  .242  .290  .313   4   3   6   1   8   0   0   53
    Tony Batista        22   74  238   38   71  10  2   6   25  19   49  .298  .350  .433   7   3   2   1   0   2   0   96
   *Matt Stairs         28   61  137   21   38   5  1  10   23  19   23  .277  .367  .547   1   1   2   1   0   1   2  127
   #George Williams     27   56  132   17   20   5  0   3   10  28   32  .152  .311  .258   0   0   3   3   2   1   1   46
    Allen Battle        27   47  130   20   25   3  0   1    5  17   26  .192  .293  .238  10   2   3   2   1   1   1   37
    Pedro Munoz         27   34  121   17   31   5  0   6   18   9   31  .256  .308  .446   0   0   2   0   0   0   1   87
    Damon Mashore       26   50  105   20   28   7  1   3   12  16   31  .267  .366  .438   4   0   2   1   1   1   0  102
    Brian Lesher        25   26   82   11   19   3  0   5   16   5   17  .232  .281  .451   0   0   2   1   1   1   0   81
   #Torey Lovullo       30   65   82   15   18   4  0   3    9  11   17  .220  .323  .378   1   2   0   2   3   1   0   76
   #Scott Spiezio       23    9   29    6    9   2  0   2    8   4    4  .310  .394  .586   0   1   0   0   2   0   1  143
    Izzy Molina         25   14   25    0    5   2  0   0    1   1    3  .200  .231  .280   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   28
   #Kerwin Moore        25   22   16    4    1   1  0   0    0   2    6  .063  .167  .125   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  -25
    Webster Garrison    30    5    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .100  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -72

    Doug Johns          28   42    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0   0   0     
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.2  162 5630  861 1492 283 21 243  806 640 1114  .265  .340  .452  58  35 117  41  18  22  19   99
    Rank among 14 AL teams        10   10   11  12 12   3        7    2    12    10     6  13  13                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Don Wengert         26  36   5.58   7  11  0  25   2   1   1  161.3  200  102  100  29   60   75  725   4   6  0   5  91
SP *Doug Johns          28  40   5.98   6  12  1  23   4   1   0  158.0  187  112  105  21   69   71  710   9   6  0   5  85
SP  Ariel Prieto        26  21   4.15   6   7  0  21   0   2   0  125.7  130   66   58   9   54   75  547   6   7  2   2 123
SP  John Wasdin         23  25   5.96   8   7  0  21   2   1   0  131.3  145   96   87  24   50   75  575   2   4  2   5  86
SP *Steve Wojciechowski 25  16   5.65   5   5  0  15   0   0   0   79.7   97   57   50  10   28   30  356   3   2  1   0  90
SP  Dave Telgheder      29  16   4.65   4   7  0  14   1   1   1   79.3   92   42   41  12   26   43  348   2   1  0   1 110
SP  Willie Adams        23  12   4.01   3   4  0  12   0   1   1   76.3   76   39   34  11   23   68  329   2   5  0   3 127
SP  Bobby Chouinard     24  13   6.10   4   2  0  11   0   0   0   59.0   75   41   40  10   32   32  278   0   3  0   3  84

CL  Billy Taylor        34  55   4.33   6   3 17   0  30   0   0   60.3   52   30   29   5   25   67  261   1   4  0   4 118
RP *Mike Mohler         27  72   3.67   6   3  7   0  30   0   0   81.0   79   36   33   9   41   64  352   9   1  0   6 139
RP *Buddy Groom         30  72   3.84   5   0  2   1  16   0   0   77.3   85   37   33   8   34   57  341   5   3  0   3 133
RP  Jim Corsi           34  56   4.03   6   0  3   0  19   0   0   73.7   71   33   33   6   34   43  312   1   3  0   4 126
RP  Carlos Reyes        27  46   4.78   7  10  0  10  14   0   0  122.3  134   71   65  19   61   78  550   2   2  1   8 107

    Todd Van Poppel     24  28   7.71   1   5  1   6   8   0   0   63.0   86   56   54  13   33   37  301   4   2  0   3  66
    Aaron Small         24  12   8.16   1   3  0   3   4   0   0   28.7   37   28   26   3   22   17  144   2   1  0   1  62
    John Briscoe        28  17   3.76   0   1  1   0   8   0   0   26.3   18   11   11   2   24   14  116   3   0  0   2 136
    Mark Acre           27  22   6.12   1   3  2   0  11   0   0   25.0   38   17   17   4    9   18  124   0   2  0   4  83
    Steve Montgomery    25   8   9.22   1   0  0   0   0   0   0   13.7   18   14   14   5   13    8   71   3   0  0   2  55
    Jay Witasick        23  12   6.23   1   1  0   0   6   0   0   13.0   12    9    9   5    5   12   55   2   0  0   0  82
    Paul Fletcher       29   1  20.25   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.3    6    3    3   0    1    0   10   0   0  0   0  25
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.1 162   5.20  78  84 34 162 155   7   5 1456.0 1638  900  841 205  644  884 6505  60  52  6  61  98
    Rank among 14 AL teams         10   9   5 11          10   7      4   13    9        8   11   13
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- TSteinbach 1138 130 137 731 46 7 7 .991 6 45 83 34 GWilliams 262 26 43 154 12 3 1 .982 5 13 25 7 IMolina 55 6 12 31 1 0 1 1.000 0 2 9 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1456 162 162 916 59 10 9 .990 11 60 117 41 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MMcGwire 896 107 109 913 60 10 118 .990 9.77 JGiambi 378 42 45 379 32 3 38 .993 9.77 TLovullo 123 8 42 120 9 0 21 1.000 9.39 SBrosius 37 3 10 37 2 0 1 1.000 9.49 MStairs 9 1 1 6 3 0 1 1.000 9.00 BLesher 8 1 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 WGarrison 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 TSteinbach 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.29 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1456 162 162 1463 107 13 179 .992 9.70 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *5.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BGates 547 63 63 140 183 9 48 .973 5.31 RBournigal 482 51 64 115 175 2 40 .993 5.41 TBatista 405 46 52 83 162 3 36 .988 5.44 WGarrison 18 2 3 3 4 1 1 .875 3.50 TLovullo 3 0 2 4 1 0 1 1.000 15.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1456 162 162 345 525 15 126 .983 5.38 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 *2.56 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SBrosius 946 108 109 83 232 10 25 .969 3.00 JGiambi 332 38 39 31 79 8 10 .932 2.98 TLovullo 72 7 11 9 11 1 3 .952 2.48 TBatista 68 5 18 9 18 2 3 .931 3.57 SSpiezio 37 4 5 6 5 2 0 .846 2.68 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1456 162 162 138 345 23 41 .955 2.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 *4.66 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MBordick 1338 153 155 265 476 16 121 .979 4.98 RBournigal 90 6 23 13 33 0 6 1.000 4.58 TBatista 27 3 4 4 11 0 1 1.000 5.00 TLovullo 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1456 162 162 282 520 16 128 .980 4.96 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PPlantier 531 59 67 136 8 4 2 .973 2.44 JGiambi 328 43 44 66 6 0 1 1.000 1.98 ABattle 140 16 24 43 2 1 1 .978 2.89 MStairs 125 15 16 34 4 1 2 .974 2.74 DMashore 120 9 35 33 0 1 0 .971 2.46 BLesher 98 10 14 19 1 1 0 .952 1.82 GBerroa 68 7 17 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.57 SBrosius 19 2 3 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.79 EYoung 16 0 8 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 TLovullo 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1456 162 162 356 21 8 6 .979 2.33 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 *2.78 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EYoung 1061 123 133 339 8 1 4 .997 2.94 ABattle 165 15 27 39 0 0 0 1.000 2.13 JHerrera 112 14 19 31 0 1 0 .969 2.49 KMoore 60 3 18 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.85 DMashore 54 7 7 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.47 SBrosius 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 PPlantier 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1456 162 162 444 8 2 4 .996 2.79 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.17 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JHerrera 567 61 92 159 2 5 0 .970 2.55 GBerroa 397 50 54 79 6 2 1 .977 1.93 MStairs 153 17 29 24 4 0 1 1.000 1.65 PMunoz 109 13 14 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.24 DMashore 90 9 15 17 1 0 0 1.000 1.79 BLesher 83 9 14 21 1 0 0 1.000 2.37 EYoung 37 1 17 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.19 PPlantier 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JGiambi 8 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1456 162 162 326 14 7 2 .980 2.10 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.37 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- EYoung 1114 124 140 351 8 1 5 .997 2.90 JHerrera 679 75 101 190 2 6 0 .970 2.54 PPlantier 542 60 68 140 8 4 2 .974 2.46 GBerroa 465 57 61 91 7 2 1 .980 1.89 JGiambi 336 44 45 68 7 0 1 1.000 2.01 ABattle 305 31 47 82 2 1 1 .988 2.48 MStairs 278 32 44 59 8 1 3 .985 2.17 DMashore 266 25 48 65 1 1 0 .985 2.23 BLesher 182 19 25 40 1 1 0 .976 2.02 PMunoz 109 13 14 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.24 KMoore 60 3 18 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.85 SBrosius 21 2 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.43 TLovullo 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1456 162 162 1129 44 17 13 .986 2.42 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 *1.77 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DWengert 161 25 36 19 8 0 0 1.000 1.51 DJohns 158 23 40 16 30 2 7 .958 2.62 JWasdin 131 21 25 9 12 1 1 .955 1.44 APrieto 125 21 21 9 18 0 0 1.000 1.93 CReyes 122 10 46 7 10 2 2 .895 1.25 MMohler 81 0 72 6 14 1 3 .952 2.22 SWojciechow 79 15 16 1 10 0 0 1.000 1.24 DTelgheder 79 14 16 3 14 0 1 1.000 1.93 BGroom 77 1 72 2 6 1 0 .889 0.93 WAdams 76 12 12 5 6 0 0 1.000 1.30 JCorsi 73 0 56 6 17 0 2 1.000 2.81 TVan Poppel 63 6 28 1 4 1 0 .833 0.71 BTaylor 60 0 55 4 9 0 0 1.000 1.94 BChouinard 59 11 13 3 13 0 3 1.000 2.44 ASmall 28 3 12 3 4 0 0 1.000 2.20 JBriscoe 26 0 17 1 2 0 1 1.000 1.03 MAcre 25 0 22 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.08 SMontgomery 13 0 8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JWitasick 13 0 12 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 PFletcher 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1456 162 162 96 179 9 20 .968 1.70 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- GBerroa 91 MMcGwire 18 PMunoz 18 JGiambi 12 GWilliams 11 MStairs 5 TBatista 4 TLovullo 4 SSpiezio 4 TSteinbach 4 KMoore 2 JHerrera 1 IMolina 1 PPlantier 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

Batting Average McGwire .312

On-base % McGwire .467

Slugging % McGwire .730

OPS McGwire 1.197

Games Bordick 155

At Bats Berroa 586

Plate Appearances (approx.) Berroa 643

Runs McGwire 104

Hits Berroa 170

Total Bases Berroa 312

Doubles Giambi 40

Triples Bordick and Young 4

Home Runs McGwire 52

RBI McGwire 113

Bases on Balls McGwire 116

Strikeouts Berroa 122

Stolen Bases Battle 10

Singles Berroa 101

Adjusted OPS+ McGwire 196

Runs Created McGwire 149

Adjusted Batting Runs McGwire 68

Batting Wins McGwire 6.0

Extra-Base Hits McGwire 73

Times on Base McGwire 256

Offensive Win% McGwire .825

Hit By Pitch McGwire 8

Sac. Hits Bournigal 8

Sac. Flies Berroa 6

Intentional Walks McGwire 16

Grounded into Double Plays Berroa and Steinbach 16

Caught Stealing Bordick 6

Power/Speed Number Brosius 10.6

At Bats per Strikeout Bordick 8.9

At Bats per Home Run McGwire 8.1

Outs Berroa 441

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

Wins Wasdin 8

Won-Loss % Wasdin .533

Games Groom and Mohler 72

Saves Taylor 17

Innings Wengert 161.3

Strikeouts Reyes 78

Games Started Wengert 25

Comp. Games Prieto 2

Shutouts Adams, Telgheder, and Wengert 1

Home Runs Allow. Wengert 29

Bases On Balls Allow. Johns 69

Hits Allowed Wengert 200

Losses Johns 12

Earned Runs Allow. Johns 105

Wild Pitches Johns and Mohler 9

Hit Batsmen Prieto 7

Batters Faced Wengert 725

Games Finished Mohler and Taylor 30

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Mark McGwire $ 7,050,000

Terry Steinbach $ 4,200,000

Mike Bordick $ 2,000,000

Geronimo Berroa $ 1,150,000

Scott Brosius $ 970,000

Pedro Munoz $ 595,000

Phil Plantier $ 500,000

Jim Corsi $ 450,000

Todd Van Poppel $ 318,000

Brent Gates $ 290,000

Buddy Groom $ 195,000

Ariel Prieto $ 181,000

Torey Lovullo $ 180,000

Carlos Reyes $ 170,000

Mike Mohler $ 155,000

Rafael Bournigal $ 150,000

John Briscoe $ 150,000

Dave Telgheder $ 147,500

Mark Acre $ 140,000

Billy Taylor $ 135,000

Matt Stairs $ 130,000

Jason Giambi $ 120,000

Aaron Small $ 118,000

Allen Battle $ 117,000

Don Wengert $ 117,000

George Williams $ 115,000

Doug Johns $ 113,500

Ernie Young $ 112,000

John Wasdin $ 111,000

Willie Adams $ 109,000

Tony Batista $ 109,000

Brian Lesher $ 109,000

Damon Mashore $ 109,000

Izzy Molina $ 109,000

Steve Montgomery $ 109,000

Kerwin Moore $ 109,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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