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1989 Oakland A's  (1988)  (1990) 97-65, 1st in AL Western Division Scored 783 runs, Allowed 679 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 92-70 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .707 Park Factor: Batting - 100 / Pitching - 99 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 91-71   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 99-63 Manager(s): Drew Kennedy Lost to Toronto Blue Jays in Championship Series, 3 games to 2.

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 1B  Mark McGwire         25  150  514   92  123  24   1  43  120   0   0   88  115  .239  .350  .541   95   6.2  3e7        84  
 OF  Rickey Henderson     30  159  582   91  137  21   4   9   52  49  16  118   74  .235  .363  .332   82   4.7  2(+1)e5  -116  
 OF *Harold Baines        30   98  345   51  137  20   0   8   47   0   0   37   41  .397  .450  .525   81   9.9  4(+1)e14  114  
 3B  Carney Lansford      32  160  578   86  176  23   5   1   46  21   4   55   34  .304  .374  .367   79   5.0  2e17      -63  
 2B #Tom Herr             33  155  588   69  160  19   6  10   59   6   3   58   68  .272  .337  .376   74   4.4  3e8        -3  
 OF  Jose Canseco         25  107  228   51   67  12   3  24   78   1   0   34   59  .294  .393  .689   63  10.2  3(-3)e9   206  
 SS  Kevin Elster         24  112  361   48  111  30   2   7   47   0   1   18   52  .307  .339  .460   53   5.5  2e18      156  
 C   Terry Steinbach      27  138  464   43  123  11   2   4   42   0   0   28   82  .265  .307  .323   44   3.4  3(-2)e11  -41  
 OF *Dan Pasqua           27  108  240   35   59  11   0  11   43   0   0   44   60  .246  .359  .429   40   5.9  3(+1)e3    46  
 OF #Stan Javier          25  140  313   39   78  16   1   2   40   6   0   46   30  .249  .343  .326   38   4.1  2(+1)e4    36  
 OF  Jose Gonzalez        24  117  253   40   65  14   0   7   30   3   0   15   53  .257  .292  .395   31   4.3  3(-1)e14    1  
 OF  Brad Komminsk        28  126  196   34   38   8   2   5   22   3   0   37   63  .194  .322  .332   22   3.6  2(-1)e3   -84  
 C   Jim Sundberg         38   78  147   22   33   9   2   2   22   0   0   30   38  .224  .352  .354   21   4.9  3(0)e7    102  
 2B  Billy Ripken         24  124  277   23   64  11   3   1   25   1   2   10   36  .231  .257  .303   20   2.4  1e14      -29  
 1B *Dion James           26   32   83   12   31   4   0   2   14   0   0    7   12  .373  .418  .494   17   8.7  4e25      183  
 UT  Paul Zuvella         30   33   62    9   20   4   0   1   11   0   0    0   11  .323  .344  .435    8   5.3             65  
 3B  Steve Lombardozzi    29   23   36    5   11   2   2   1   10   0   0    7   13  .306  .400  .556    8   7.6  4e65      230  
 SS #Walt Weiss           25   26   36    3   12   2   0   0    4   1   0    4    5  .333  .400  .389    5   6.0  3e33      173  
 OF #Felix Jose           24   13   32    4    9   7   0   0    2   0   0    1    5  .281  .303  .500    4   5.8  4(-1)e11  329  
 1B #Drew Denson          23   21   40    3   13   2   0   0    6   0   0    1   10  .325  .341  .375    4   4.7  3e17      131  
 SS #Curtis Wilkerson     28   36   73    7   16   2   1   0    2   1   0    2   19  .219  .240  .274    4   2.1  4e19      -77  
 C   Tom Nieto            28    9   19    1    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    7    2  .211  .448  .263    3   5.9  2(+2)e3   191  
 SS  Ed Romero            31   83  102    3   14   3   0   0    5   0   0    6   13  .137  .200  .167    3    .9  3e7      -153  
 1B *Jim Adduci           29    7   19    2    7   0   1   0    3   0   0    0    1  .368  .368  .474    3   7.5  4e30       53  
 C   Bill McGuire         25    7   24    1    7   0   0   0    4   0   0    2    9  .292  .333  .292    2   3.9  3(-1)e4   106  
 C   Brian Dorsett        28   24   23    3    7   3   0   0    3   0   0    0    3  .304  .304  .435    2   3.3  4(-3)e7   -61  
 UT #Joey Cora            24   16   20    3    6   1   0   0    4   0   0    0    1  .300  .286  .350    2   3.9            -83  
 3B  Hensley Meulens      22    7    8    2    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .125  .300  .250    0   2.9  4e65      138  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           820                   18

     * - 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  Mike Moore           29  21  12  .636  38  36   4   2   0   0   1  254.1  218  119  110  25   97  185  3.89  102   3.6   34  
  P  Dave Stewart         32  19   8  .704  36  36   7   0   0   0   2  270.2  242  118  102  16   73  171  3.39  105   3.5  -82  
  P  Bob Welch            32  14   9  .609  35  34   5   1   0   0   1  219.1  226  104   94  14   70  137  3.86  104   4.3    3  
  P *Curt Young           29   9   5  .643  26  17   1   5   0   0   0  114.1  126   65   59   8   67   55  4.64   73   5.7   -9  
  P  Storm Davis          27   8   8  .500  34  29   3   1   0   0   1  168.2  182   94   81  12   71   92  4.32   94   5.0  -54  
  P  Todd Burns           26   7  10  .412  61   0   0  38  10   6   0  101.0   74   31   22   2   27   46  1.96   24   2.1  -17  
  P  Gene Nelson          28   6   5  .545  57   0   0  15   4   3   0   84.0   70   35   31   4   30   77  3.32   30   3.2    2  
  P  Tim Burke            30   5   2  .714  57   0   0  34  20   5   0   73.1   78   31   28  10   20   51  3.44   36   4.4   94  
  P  Jimmy Jones          25   3   3  .500  20   9   1   9   1   0   0   80.2   90   40   36  15   18   40  4.02   48   5.4  -48  
  P  Dave Smith           34   2   0 1.000  47   0   0  25  13   3   0   60.0   48   18   14   0   20   26  2.10   17   2.5  -64  
  P  Jim Corsi            27   2   1  .667  43   0   0  10   1   1   0   39.2   24   12   12   1   13   18  2.72    8   1.9  -51  
  P  Jeff Peterek         25   1   2  .333   7   1   0   1   0   2   0   15.2   29   12   10   3    6    6  5.74   17  10.4  263  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      662        -15

     * - 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 1013 111 130 680 46 15 2 .980 39 24 Jim Sundberg 408 45 71 273 15 0 0 1.000 18 10 Tom Nieto 47 6 6 32 2 0 0 1.000 2 2 Brian Dorsett 10 0 3 8 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 Joey Cora 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 Bill McGuire 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mark McGwire 1248 137 147 1216 100 4 131 .997 9.49 Drew Denson 77 7 15 68 4 2 7 .973 8.42 Terry Steinbach 77 9 13 71 5 2 6 .974 8.88 Dion James 42 5 8 44 2 0 1 1.000 9.86 Jim Adduci 29 4 4 22 3 1 8 .962 7.76 Stan Javier 6 0 4 4 0 0 2 1.000 6.00 Carney Lansford 3 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Billy Ripken 736 68 123 222 184 7 60 .983 4.96 Tom Herr 713 94 101 246 206 7 55 .985 5.71 Ed Romero 21 0 8 7 8 0 4 1.000 6.43 Stan Javier 8 0 6 0 3 0 1 1.000 3.38 Joey Cora 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Carney Lansford 1338 138 158 128 262 19 25 .954 2.62 Paul Zuvella 50 5 11 2 11 1 0 .929 2.34 Ed Romero 47 3 14 7 9 0 1 1.000 3.06 Steve Lombardozzi 40 14 15 2 7 0 0 1.000 2.02 Hensley Meulens 5 0 2 0 2 0 2 1.000 3.60 Terry Steinbach 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Kevin Elster 923 110 112 267 356 14 80 .978 6.07 Ed Romero 247 1 61 58 77 2 16 .985 4.91 Curtis Wilkerson 192 36 36 57 56 1 9 .991 5.30 Paul Zuvella 81 13 16 11 36 1 4 .979 5.24 Walt Weiss 32 2 13 10 10 0 4 1.000 5.68 Joey Cora 6 0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 4.50 Stan Javier 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rickey Henderson 1346 147 158 240 6 9 0 .965 1.65 Jose Gonzalez 60 6 14 9 0 1 0 .900 1.35 Felix Jose 41 8 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.76 Dan Pasqua 16 1 8 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Stan Javier 11 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82 Brad Komminsk 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Dion James 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Jose Canseco 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Hensley Meulens 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Stan Javier 808 80 119 195 8 3 1 .985 2.26 Jose Gonzalez 435 60 68 113 8 6 0 .953 2.50 Brad Komminsk 234 22 46 56 7 1 0 .984 2.43 Dion James 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Jim Sundberg 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dan Pasqua 487 64 74 112 2 3 1 .974 2.11 Jose Canseco 371 48 55 79 3 1 1 .988 1.99 Brad Komminsk 302 16 71 51 3 0 0 1.000 1.61 Harold Baines 178 23 25 38 1 2 0 .951 1.97 Jose Gonzalez 79 10 21 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.37 Stan Javier 48 0 14 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.30 Felix Jose 16 1 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.81 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1989 Draft

Round 1 (#20):	Rickey Henderson
Round 2 (#42):	Tom Herr
Round 3 (#63):	Dion James
Round 4 (#81):	Brad Komminsk
Round 5 (#99):	Curtis Wilkerson
Round 6 (#113):	Jim Sundberg
Round 7 (#124):	Jimmy Jones
Round 8 (#132):	Ed Romero
Round 9 (#137):	Jose Gonzalez
Round 10 (#141):	Drew Denson
Round 11 (#143):	Bill McGuire
Round 12 (#145):	Steve Lombardozzi

Transactions

• 1989-01: acquired Brian Dorsett as a free agent
• 1989-02: acquired Joey Cora as a free agent
• 1989-07: traded OAA#2, OAA#3 to MON for Harold Baines, Tim Burke
• 1989-07: released Drew Denson
• 1989-08: traded Dion James, Curtis Wilkerson, Lance Blankenship to NYA for Kevin Elster, Hensley Meulens
• 1989-08: acquired Drew Denson as a free agent
• 1989-20: acquired Tom Nieto as a free agent
• 1989-20: released Brian Dorsett
• 1989-21: acquired Jeff Peterek as a free agent
• 1989-21: released Bill McGuire
• 1989-22: acquired Jim Adduci as a free agent
• 1989-22: released Drew Denson
• 1989 postseason: released Jimmy Jones

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