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1987 Oakland A's  (1986)  (1988) 99-63, 2nd in AL Western Division Scored 792 runs, Allowed 681 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 93-69 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .725 Park Factor: Batting - 90 / Pitching - 90 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 89-73   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 81-81 Manager(s): Drew Kennedy

 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         23  157  605   98  161  28   3  48  136   1   0   55  150  .266  .326  .560  113   6.7  3e12     -101  
 3B  Carney Lansford      30  154  590   93  170  37   3  22   69  10   1   55   59  .288  .354  .473  102   6.2  3e8         6  
 OF *Dion James           24  147  517   90  157  35   3  14   75   0   0   76   72  .304  .392  .464  100   7.3  2(+1)e1   -13  
 OF *Luis Polonia         23  143  465   56  137  14   9   3   53  22   3   26   68  .295  .331  .383   61   4.8  2(0)e9    -20  
 OF *Mike Davis           28  147  508   66  124  26   3  22   70  11   2   42   99  .244  .301  .437   61   4.0  3(-2)e19  -50  
 C   Terry Steinbach      25  127  409   44  107  13   3  15   54   0   1   36   74  .262  .330  .418   57   4.9  3(0)e7    -65  
 SS #Alfredo Griffin      29  155  516   54  121  23   3   6   57  15   2   32   39  .234  .284  .326   49   3.2  2e29      -45  
 OF *Dwayne Murphy        32   98  226   48   61  14   0   8   31   0   0   65   55  .270  .430  .438   47   7.4  2(0)e7    106  
 OF  Jose Canseco         23   88  254   39   74  12   3  13   43   2   1   24   67  .291  .352  .516   45   6.5  3(-2)e9    89  
 2B  Billy Ripken         22  114  250   36   79  12   0   1   22   0   0   18   20  .316  .362  .376   35   5.2  2e8         3  
 OF  Lee Lacy             39  109  265   36   65   7   4   3   34   1   1   40   40  .245  .341  .336   31   4.0  4(0)e10   -49  
 C  *Terry Kennedy        31   73  182   26   43  11   0   5   15   1   0   20   46  .236  .312  .379   21   4.1  4(0)e4      7  
 2B  Bob Meacham          26   68  180   23   38   8   1   3   18   1   1   17   32  .211  .299  .317   17   3.1  4e17     -143  
 DH  Juan Bonilla         31   20   55   12   19   8   0   3   13   0   0    5    5  .345  .393  .655   14  10.1            368  
 OF  Davey Lopes          42   54   56   11   22   2   0   0    4   3   0    3   11  .393  .417  .429   11   8.6  4(+1)e25   86  
 2B  Gus Polidor          25   68  144   12   36   4   0   3   12   0   0    2   14  .250  .270  .340   10   2.5  3e21        5  
 1B  Tom Paciorek         40   25   64    4   17   3   0   3    7   0   0    0   24  .266  .277  .453    8   4.6  3e8       -55  
 UT  Bill Almon           34   56   75   10   17   6   0   0    5   0   0   12   25  .227  .333  .307    8   3.6             43  
 2B  Mike Gallego         26   14   42    8   11   5   1   1    2   0   0    4    8  .262  .340  .500    5   4.4  3e32      175  
 OF #Stan Javier          23   22   52    6   14   3   0   1    6   0   0    2   10  .269  .296  .385    5   3.5  2(-1)e7   146  
 DH  Lenn Sakata          33   18   45    3   10   1   1   1    5   0   0    4    4  .222  .294  .356    5   3.9           -107  
 DH  Dave Meier           27    9   20    3    9   2   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .450  .450  .550    4   9.1            381  
 DH  Billy Beane          25    6   17    4    7   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    4  .412  .444  .529    4  11.1            307  
 2B  Jim Pankovits        31   11   26    4    6   0   0   1    3   0   0    1    2  .231  .259  .346    2   2.6  3e23       -5  
 DH *Randy Byers          22    8   25    3    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    0    6  .200  .192  .280    1   1.9           -256  
 DH  Mario Diaz           25   10   24    2    4   0   2   0    4   0   0    0    4  .167  .167  .333    1   1.3           -196  
 C   Bruce Bochy          32    7   10    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .000  .167  .000    0    .2  4(+2)e16 -378  
 3B  Eddie Williams       22    5   12    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    5  .000  .077  .000    0    .0  3e8      -484  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           826                  -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  Dave Stewart         30  18   9  .667  39  36   9   0   0   0   3  274.0  206  112   95  20  120  191  3.12  100   3.3  -70  
  P  Don Sutton           42  14   6  .700  38  32   4   1   0   0   1  201.0  178   84   76  35   59  100  3.40   88   4.0 -102  
  P  Dennis Eckersley     32  14   9  .609  66   0   0  31   6   4   0  122.2  100   52   43  15   29  106  3.15   46   3.4   -4  
  P *Curt Young           27  12  11  .522  35  33   5   0   0   0   1  213.0  229  131  121  50   60  136  5.11  133   5.6   47  
  P  Gene Nelson          26  11   5  .688  64   6   0  25   1   4   0  130.0  141   78   68  14   46   84  4.71   74   5.1   12  
  P *Ron Guidry           36   8   2  .800  24  12   3   3   0   0   0   93.0   86   38   33   8   27   61  3.19   39   3.9  -81  
  P  Steve Ontiveros      26   7   7  .500  31  25   2   4   0   1   1  159.0  139   64   58  19   63  106  3.28   69   3.9  -51  
  P  Dave Smith           32   6   2  .750  51   0   0  38  31   7   0   63.1   37   18   15   3   26   68  2.13   18   2.5   22  
  P *Dave Leiper          25   4   0 1.000  33   0   0  16   1   1   0   54.2   44   19   15   5   12   32  2.47   19   3.2 -115  
  P  Ken Schrom           32   3   2  .600   9   4   1   1   1   0   0   26.0   30   14   14   2    5   12  4.85   14   5.0 -175  
  P *Pete Filson          28   2   0 1.000   4   2   1   1   0   0   1   18.1   15    4    3   0    4    7  1.47    4   2.1 -276  
  P  Storm Davis          25   0   0  .000   7   2   0   3   1   0   0   22.0   26   19   16   2    8   17  6.55   14   5.9  -10  
  P  Eric Plunk           23   0  10  .000  29  10   1  13   2   0   0   86.0   76   48   46   7   64   73  4.81   46   4.9  -57  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                                      671        -43

     * - 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 998 109 122 749 42 9 4 .989 70 25 Terry Kennedy 456 51 69 317 22 3 0 .991 26 5 Bruce Bochy 9 2 3 9 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mark McGwire 1316 146 153 1230 97 13 126 .990 9.08 Tom Paciorek 114 14 21 134 12 0 7 1.000 11.53 Terry Steinbach 18 2 2 17 2 0 3 1.000 9.50 Stan Javier 6 0 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 8.53 Bill Almon 3 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00 Dwayne Murphy 3 0 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 12.00 Carney Lansford 2 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 Lee Lacy 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Billy Ripken 676 37 110 190 194 4 56 .990 5.11 Bob Meacham 365 49 58 137 79 4 22 .982 5.33 Gus Polidor 253 30 43 82 49 7 15 .949 4.66 Mike Gallego 85 12 12 24 21 2 8 .957 4.76 Jim Pankovits 64 8 10 15 15 0 5 1.000 4.22 Bill Almon 9 26 30 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00 Lenn Sakata 8 0 3 4 5 1 2 .900 10.12 Dwayne Murphy 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Carney Lansford 1354 150 154 101 256 11 23 .970 2.37 Mark McGwire 46 6 7 5 6 1 0 .917 2.15 Eddie Williams 36 4 5 5 9 0 1 1.000 3.47 Bill Almon 11 1 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.45 Gus Polidor 8 1 3 3 1 0 1 1.000 4.50 Terry Steinbach 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 Juan Bonilla 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Mike Gallego 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Jim Pankovits 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Lenn Sakata 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Alfredo Griffin 1320 146 154 314 517 34 89 .961 5.67 Gus Polidor 76 9 17 21 28 0 7 1.000 5.80 Bob Meacham 56 7 9 11 25 1 5 .973 5.79 Bill Almon 5 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60 Mario Diaz 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.00 Mike Gallego 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 Jim Pankovits 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jose Canseco 478 50 69 86 1 1 0 .989 1.64 Dion James 436 35 74 77 2 1 0 .988 1.63 Luis Polonia 431 56 65 75 5 6 0 .930 1.67 Bill Almon 66 15 20 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.05 Lee Lacy 40 5 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 Stan Javier 6 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Davey Lopes 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 Mike Davis 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dion James 660 79 91 158 15 0 1 1.000 2.36 Dwayne Murphy 627 35 92 162 8 2 1 .988 2.44 Stan Javier 120 18 20 28 4 0 2 1.000 2.40 Luis Polonia 28 4 12 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.61 Lee Lacy 17 3 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06 Mike Davis 7 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.68 Davey Lopes 3 23 23 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Jose Canseco 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Luis Polonia 535 45 86 109 1 4 0 .965 1.85 Lee Lacy 502 65 75 95 2 3 0 .970 1.74 Mike Davis 294 38 42 60 0 4 0 .938 1.84 Dion James 106 12 23 24 1 0 0 1.000 2.12 Dave Meier 9 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.96 Jose Canseco 7 0 5 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.68 Stan Javier 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Bill Almon 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Tom Paciorek 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1987 Draft

Round 1 (#8):	Dion James
Round 3 (#51):	Storm Davis
Round 4 (#69):	Gus Polidor
Round 5 (#85):	Bill Almon
Round 6 (#100):	Davey Lopes
Round 7 (#111):	Jim Pankovits
Round 8 (#119):	Bruce Bochy

Transactions

• 1987 preseason: released rookie Rick Rodriguez
• 1987-01: traded Tony Phillips, Mickey Tettleton to BAA for Terry Kennedy, Billy Ripken
• 1987-01: acquired Juan Bonilla as a free agent
• 1987-03: acquired Billy Beane as a free agent
• 1987-04: acquired Lenn Sakata as a free agent
• 1987-05: traded Mike Gallego, Greg Cadaret to NYA for Ron Guidry, Bob Meacham
• 1987-10: released Billy Beane
• 1987-10: acquired Randy Byers as a free agent
• 1987-15: acquired Roy Smith as a free agent
• 1987-15: released Juan Bonilla
• 1987-18: released Lenn Sakata
• 1987-18: acquired Dave Meier as a free agent
• 1987-20: released Roy Smith
• 1987-20: acquired Mario Diaz as a free agent
• 1987-21: released Randy Byers
• 1987-21: acquired Pete Filson as a free agent
• 1987-22: released Mario Diaz
• 1987-22: acquired Eddie Williams as a free agent
• 1987 postseason: released Jim Pankovits, Gus Polidor

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