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1988 Oakland A's  (1987)  (1989) 102-60, 1st in AL Western Division Scored 786 runs, Allowed 584 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 104-58 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .723 Park Factor: Batting - 91 / Pitching - 89 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 91-71   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 104-58 Manager(s): Drew Kennedy Defeated Boston Red Sox in Championship Series, 3 games to 2. Lost to Cincinnati Reds in World Series, 4 games to 2.

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 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF  Jose Canseco         24  162  635  118  209  41   1  50  150  26   2   74  122  .329  .401  .633  167  10.2  3(-3)e8    75  
 1B  Mark McGwire         24  157  579   87  145  21   0  37  110   1   0   79  110  .250  .342  .478   92   5.5  3e10      -10  
 C   Terry Steinbach      26  120  363   49  110  22   0  13   58   0   0   40   42  .303  .373  .471   61   6.1  3(-1)e13  108  
 OF #Stan Javier          24  148  407   58  123  15   8   2   41   6   4   44   66  .302  .371  .393   59   5.2  2(+1)e9   131  
 3B  Carney Lansford      31  152  495   73  141  20   4   6   41  18   1   19   50  .285  .318  .378   57   4.2  2e8         9  
 OF *Dion James           25  129  408   56   98  13   8   5   38   0   1   56   60  .240  .330  .348   46   3.8  3(+2)e5   -25  
 SS #Walt Weiss           24  152  413   46  105  15   2   1   46   0   1   31   69  .254  .309  .308   39   3.2  2e18      -17  
 DH  Ron Kittle           30   94  226   32   52   6   0  18   44   0   0   26   58  .230  .326  .496   39   6.0            -35  
 OF *Luis Polonia         24   76  225   27   68   9   4   3   20  16   2   15   31  .302  .344  .418   34   5.8  4(+1)e5    46  
 2B #Tom Herr             32  120  335   34   78  14   0   1   32   2   1   26   45  .233  .287  .284   26   2.6  2e10     -110  
 OF  Glenn Wilson         29  118  248   28   71  12   0   0   17   0   0   12   41  .286  .316  .335   24   3.5  2(-3)e7    22  
 2B  Bob Meacham          27  102  193   38   43  10   0   0   15   6   0   37   40  .223  .346  .275   22   3.9  4e20       17  
 OF  Larry Herndon        34   73  153   25   37   7   0   5   20   0   0   23   40  .242  .343  .386   20   4.6  4(+1)e3    93  
 OF *Claudell Washington  33   40  127   13   39   7   0   3    9   1   0    4   21  .307  .328  .433   18   5.5  3(0)e8    -23  
 SS  Paul Zuvella         29   71  158   18   42   5   0   0    9   0   0   18   13  .266  .337  .297   16   3.4  4e30       75  
 3B  Paul Runge           30   32   63   15   14   7   0   0    8   0   0   32   10  .222  .484  .333   13   7.7  4e16      212  
 2B  Billy Ripken         23   77  126   12   29   3   0   2   17   1   1   11   23  .230  .307  .302   12   3.3  2e13       91  
 OF *Terry Francona       29   37   91   10   27   4   0   1    7   0   0    4   13  .297  .326  .374   11   4.8  4(+2)e3    13  
 C  #Butch Wynegar        32   23   54    5   16   4   2   1    9   0   0    8   13  .296  .387  .500   11   7.9  4(+1)e15  130  
 C   John Russell         27   29   49   10   16   3   0   2   11   0   0    3   11  .327  .400  .510   10   7.8  4(+3)e15  221  
 3B  Jackie Gutierrez     28   46  116    9   29   2   0   0    8   0   0    3   18  .250  .269  .267    7   2.2  4e39      -22  
 DH #Ron Roenicke         31   14   36    5   13   2   1   0    2   0   0    4    6  .361  .425  .472    6   7.3            497  
 C  *Mark Salas           27   20   58    6   16   4   0   0    4   1   0    3    5  .276  .323  .345    6   3.8  4(-1)e5    32  
 C  *Terry Kennedy        32   21   51    4   12   3   0   0    2   0   0    5    8  .235  .304  .294    3   2.4  4(+2)e3    31  
 1B *Doug Jennings        23   18   34    5    7   2   0   0    6   0   0    7    9  .206  .341  .265    3   3.3  4e22      -37  
 C   Dave Engle           31   16   30    3    3   0   0   0    1   0   0   11   11  .100  .341  .100    2   2.0  4(+2)e12 -165  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                           816                   31

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Bob Welch            31  25   7  .781  35  34   7   1   1   0   2  254.2  205   89   86  21   74  145  3.04   90   3.2 -101  
  P  Mike Moore           28  20   9  .690  34  31   9   3   1   0   3  236.1  176   74   66  16   56  186  2.51   63   2.4 -110  
  P  Dave Stewart         31  19  10  .655  44  41  10   2   0   0   3  270.0  233  107   88   7  112  199  2.93  100   3.3  -56  
  P  Todd Burns           25   8   6  .571  34  13   1  11   0   1   0  105.2  111   65   59  12   37   54  5.03   59   5.0   59  
  P  Storm Davis          26   8   9  .471  24  24   3   0   0   0   0  144.2  148   77   58   9   66   90  3.61   72   4.4  -41  
  P  Gene Nelson          27   7   4  .636  55   1   0  29   0   4   0  108.0  101   56   56   9   41   63  4.67   52   4.4   26  
  P *Curt Young           28   6   1  .857   9   8   2   0   0   0   1   56.1   46   23   21   7   23   29  3.36   24   3.9  -98  
  P  Eric Plunk           24   4   5  .444  54   0   0  20   5   3   0   81.1   56   29   27   6   44   83  2.99   27   3.1  -91  
  P *Ron Guidry           37   2   3  .400  12   8   2   1   0   0   1   55.2   52   24   24   4   14   35  3.88   24   4.0 -102  
  P  Steve Ontiveros      27   1   0 1.000   5   2   0   2   0   0   0   17.2   14    5    4   1    5   10  2.04    6   3.1 -130  
  P  Dave Smith           33   1   1  .500  36   0   0  20   9   1   0   53.1   49   18   17   3   12   33  2.87   20   3.5  -59  
  P  Dennis Eckersley     33   1   4  .200  54   0   0  36  25   4   0   76.2   56   16   14   7   13   81  1.64   19   2.2   13  
  P  Jim Corsi            26   0   1  .000   9   0   0   3   1   1   0    8.2    5    1    1   0    1    4  1.04    1   1.3 -213  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      563        -59

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Terry Steinbach 885 94 113 699 39 8 2 .989 45 19 Mark Salas 142 15 19 101 9 2 0 .982 10 4 Butch Wynegar 129 16 19 89 7 2 0 .980 7 5 Terry Kennedy 110 11 15 75 13 0 0 1.000 16 5 John Russell 92 13 17 65 6 3 0 .959 14 4 Dave Engle 80 10 12 56 9 2 1 .970 8 5 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mark McGwire 1373 155 156 1281 126 13 129 .991 9.22 Doug Jennings 51 5 8 49 3 0 6 1.000 9.18 Carney Lansford 27 1 8 16 3 0 3 1.000 6.33 Ron Kittle 9 1 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 Terry Francona 8 0 2 5 0 0 1 1.000 5.62 Terry Steinbach 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tom Herr 741 77 117 239 187 3 62 .993 5.18 Billy Ripken 385 13 76 123 111 4 34 .983 5.47 Bob Meacham 319 72 76 105 70 4 12 .978 4.94 Paul Runge 14 0 4 5 4 0 2 1.000 5.79 Carney Lansford 6 0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 Terry Steinbach 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 Paul Zuvella 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Carney Lansford 1087 109 144 85 238 11 30 .967 2.67 Jackie Gutierrez 231 32 37 15 44 8 8 .881 2.30 Paul Runge 133 21 21 10 30 1 3 .976 2.71 Bob Meacham 13 0 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.38 Billy Ripken 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Terry Steinbach 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Walt Weiss 1139 110 151 314 391 13 77 .982 5.57 Paul Zuvella 320 52 62 75 95 4 12 .977 4.79 Tom Herr 7 0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 5.14 Bob Meacham 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 Jackie Gutierrez 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dion James 876 101 116 141 3 5 0 .966 1.48 Larry Herndon 330 44 51 61 2 2 0 .969 1.72 Glenn Wilson 144 7 33 27 2 0 0 1.000 1.81 Terry Francona 35 5 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.03 Claudell Washington 34 4 8 6 0 1 0 .857 1.59 Jose Canseco 27 0 9 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 Luis Polonia 13 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 Ron Roenicke 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 Stan Javier 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Doug Jennings 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Terry Steinbach 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Stan Javier 1045 109 130 234 8 7 1 .972 2.08 Glenn Wilson 369 49 59 97 3 0 1 1.000 2.44 Larry Herndon 31 3 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.45 Claudell Washington 13 1 3 2 0 1 0 .667 1.38 Dion James 7 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 Luis Polonia 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jose Canseco 1350 162 162 254 9 5 2 .981 1.75 Glenn Wilson 85 0 35 19 1 1 0 .952 2.12 Stan Javier 21 0 11 2 0 1 0 .667 0.86 Dion James 8 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 Larry Herndon 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Ron Kittle 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Ron Roenicke 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1988 Draft

Round 1 (#19):	Bob Welch
Round 2 (#42):	Tom Herr
Round 3 (#63):	Ron Kittle
Round 4 (#84):	Terry Francona
Round 5 (#99):	Glenn Wilson
Round 6 (#114):	Paul Zuvella
Round 7 (#124):	Larry Herndon
Round 8 (#132):	Paul Runge
Round 9 (#137):	Butch Wynegar

Transactions

• 1988-01: traded OAA#1 to SEA for Mike Moore
• 1988-01: acquired Dave Engle as a free agent
• 1988-02: acquired John Russell as a free agent
• 1988-08: released Butch Wynegar
• 1988-08: acquired Jackie Gutierrez as a free agent
• 1988-11: acquired Ron Roenicke as a free agent
• 1988-11: released Dave Engle
• 1988-15: traded Luis Polonia to NYA for Claudell Washington
• 1988-20: released Terry Kennedy
• 1988-20: acquired Mark Salas as a free agent
• 1988-23: traded Dennis Eckersley to SEA for Dan Pasqua, OAA#1
• 1988 postseason: released Doug Jennings

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