2008 Oakland Athletics Roster (40-man)

2007 Season 2009 Season

Record: 75-86-0, Finished 3rd in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Bob Geren (75-86)

General Manager: Billy Beane

Farm Director: Keith Lieppman

Scouting Director: Eric Kubota

Ballparks: McAfee Coliseum and Tokyo Dome

Attendance: 1,665,256 (13th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 94
One-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 96

Pythagorean W-L: 76-85, 646 Runs, 690 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Jeff Baisley	25	us US	R	R	6' 3"	225	Dec 19, 1982	1st	14	14	14	14	0	0	4	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Wes Bankston	24	us US	R	R	6' 4"	215	Nov 23, 1983	1st	17	16	17	13	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	-0.5
Daric Barton	22	us US	L	R	6' 0"	215	Aug 16, 1985	2	140	124	140	134	0	0	134	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0.7	$390,000
Joe Blanton	27	us US	R	R	6' 3"	225	Dec 11, 1980	5	20	20	1	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$3,700,000
Jerry Blevins	24	us US	L	L	6' 4"	182	Sep 6, 1983	2	36	0	0	36	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5
Rob Bowen	27	us US	B	R	6' 2"	210	Feb 24, 1981	5	37	25	37	31	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	-0.2	$410,000
Dallas Braden	24	us US	L	L	6' 1"	185	Aug 13, 1983	2	19	10	0	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5
Andrew Brown	27	us US	R	R	6' 6"	230	Feb 17, 1981	3	31	0	1	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	$395,000
Emil Brown	33	us US	R	R	6' 2"	195	Dec 29, 1974	9	117	99	117	101	0	0	1	0	0	0	65	1	55	100	7	14	2	0.0	$1,400,000
Travis Buck	24	us US	L	R	6' 2"	230	Nov 18, 1983	2	38	37	38	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	34	37	0	1	0	0.4	$400,000
Kiko Calero	33	pr PR	R	R	6' 1"	180	Jan 9, 1975	6	5	0	1	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	$1,000,000
Santiago Casilla	27	do DO	R	R	6' 0"	210	Jul 25, 1980	5	51	0	0	51	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	$400,000
Eric Chavez	30	us US	L	R	6' 1"	215	Dec 7, 1977	11	23	23	23	15	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0.2	$11,500,000
Brooks Conrad	28	us US	B	R	5' 10"	190	Jan 16, 1980	1st	6	6	6	6	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Bobby Crosby	28	us US	R	R	6' 3"	210	Jan 12, 1980	6	145	144	145	145	0	0	0	0	0	145	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.0	$3,550,000
Aaron Cunningham	22	us US	R	R	5' 11"	215	Apr 24, 1986	1st	22	20	22	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0	2	20	0	2	0	0.4
Jack Cust	29	us US	L	R	6' 1"	250	Jan 16, 1979	7	148	143	148	83	0	0	0	0	0	0	78	0	5	83	61	5	0	2.7	$410,000
Rajai Davis	27	us US	R	R	5' 10"	195	Oct 19, 1980	3	101	41	101	85	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	84	0	84	10	3	27	1.5
Chris Denorfia	27	us US	R	R	6' 0"	195	Jul 15, 1980	3	29	16	29	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	12	2	24	5	2	5	0.3	$400,000
Joey Devine	24	us US	R	R	6' 0"	235	Sep 19, 1983	4	42	0	1	42	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.9
Lenny DiNardo	28	us US	L	L	6' 2"	220	Sep 19, 1979	5	11	2	0	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5	$900,000
Justin Duchscherer	30	us US	R	R	6' 3"	165	Nov 19, 1977	7	22	22	2	22	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.8	$1,200,000	All-Star
Mark Ellis	31	us US	R	R	5' 10"	190	Jun 6, 1977	6	117	114	117	115	0	0	0	115	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	4.0	$5,000,000
Alan Embree	38	us US	L	L	6' 2"	185	Jan 23, 1970	15	70	0	4	70	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.6	$3,107,126
Dana Eveland	24	us US	L	L	6' 1"	235	Oct 29, 1983	4	29	29	2	29	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.4	$395,000
Jeff Fiorentino	25	us US	L	R	6' 1"	185	Apr 14, 1983	3	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0.1
Keith Foulke	35	us US	R	R	6' 0"	195	Oct 19, 1972	11	31	0	5	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	$700,000
Sean Gallagher	22	us US	R	R	6' 2"	220	Dec 30, 1985	2	11	11	0	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.9
Chad Gaudin	25	us US	R	R	5' 10"	190	Mar 24, 1983	6	26	6	4	26	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	$1,775,000
Carlos González	22	ve VE	L	L	6' 1"	220	Oct 17, 1985	1st	85	76	85	81	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	69	36	81	0	6	0	1.1
Gio Gonzalez	22	us US	R	L	6' 0"	205	Sep 19, 1985	1st	10	7	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.2
Jeff Gray	26	us US	R	R	6' 2"	210	Nov 19, 1981	1st	5	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Jack Hannahan	28	us US	L	R	6' 2"	210	Mar 4, 1980	3	143	120	143	133	0	0	10	0	126	0	0	0	0	0	5	9	3	2.4	$395,000
Rich Harden	26	ca CA	L	R	6' 1"	190	Nov 30, 1981	6	13	13	2	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	$4,750,000
Fernando Hernández	23	us US	R	R	5' 11"	216	Jul 31, 1984	1st	3	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3	$390,000
Dan Johnson	28	us US	L	R	6' 2"	210	Aug 10, 1979	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	$410,000
Dan Meyer	26	us US	R	L	6' 2"	225	Jul 3, 1981	3	11	4	0	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.9
Donnie Murphy	25	us US	R	R	5' 10"	190	Mar 10, 1983	4	46	34	46	44	0	0	0	10	24	13	1	0	0	1	1	1	4	-0.5	$400,000
Matt Murton	26	us US	R	R	6' 1"	220	Oct 3, 1981	4	9	7	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	7	0	2	0	-0.4
Josh Outman	23	us US	L	L	6' 1"	205	Sep 14, 1984	1st	6	4	0	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Eric Patterson	25	us US	L	R	6' 0"	170	Apr 8, 1983	2	30	26	30	28	0	0	0	20	0	0	8	0	0	8	1	0	3	-0.5
Cliff Pennington	24	us US	B	R	5' 10"	200	Jun 15, 1984	1st	36	29	36	34	0	0	0	16	9	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	-0.5
Gregorio Petit	23	ve VE	R	R	5' 10"	200	Dec 10, 1984	1st	14	6	14	12	0	0	0	4	0	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0.2
Kirk Saarloos	29	us US	R	R	6' 0"	185	May 23, 1979	7	8	1	0	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Greg Smith	24	us US	L	L	6' 1"	190	Dec 22, 1983	1st	32	32	2	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.1
Huston Street	24	us US	R	R	6' 0"	205	Aug 2, 1983	4	63	0	4	63	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	$3,300,000
Kurt Suzuki	24	us US	R	R	5' 11"	210	Oct 4, 1983	2	148	137	148	141	0	141	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	3.8	$395,000
Mike Sweeney	34	us US	R	R	6' 1"	195	Jul 22, 1973	14	42	28	42	13	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	14	0	0.5	$500,000
Ryan Sweeney	23	us US	L	L	6' 4"	225	Feb 20, 1985	3	115	102	115	110	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	51	75	110	2	6	3	2.0	$395,000
Frank Thomas HOF	40	us US	R	R	6' 5"	240	May 27, 1968	19	55	53	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	53	2	0	0.4
Brad Ziegler	28	us US	R	R	6' 4"	220	Oct 10, 1979	1st	47	0	3	47	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.8
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Bob Geren	46	us US	Sep 22, 1961	Manager	Mar 25	Sep 28
Don Wakamatsu	45	us US	Feb 22, 1963	Bench	Mar 25	Sep 28
Ty Van Burkleo	44	us US	Oct 7, 1963	Hitting	Mar 25	Sep 28
Curt Young	48	us US	Apr 16, 1960	Pitching	Mar 25	Sep 28
Ron Romanick	47	us US	Nov 6, 1960	Bullpen	Mar 25	Sep 28
Ty Waller	51	us US	Mar 14, 1957	First base	Mar 25	Sep 28
Tony DeFrancesco	45	us US	Apr 24, 1963	Third base	Mar 25	Sep 28
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date