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2008 Oakland A's  (2007)  (2009) 87-75, 2nd in AL Western Division Scored 772 runs, Allowed 738 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-77 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .703 Park Factor: Batting - 99 / Pitching - 99 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 74-88   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 75-86 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
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 DH *Jack Cust            29  141  494   91  133  19   1  40  104   1   0   97  190  .269  .389  .555  111   8.0             93  
 SS  Bobby Crosby         28  160  532   79  140  44   1  10   78   3   0   59   88  .263  .333  .406   72   4.7  2e19       94  
 OF  Conor Jackson        26  156  529   73  138  30   0   8   71   6   0   68   53  .261  .349  .363   68   4.5  4(0)e7   -111  
 OF *Gabe Gross           28  110  335   49   82  15   1  16   58   2   0   60   77  .245  .358  .439   56   5.8  3(-2)e3    47  
 1B *Eric Hinske          30  123  381   58   86  28   1  22   60   4   0   38   90  .226  .296  .478   51   4.4  4e17      -24  
 C   Kurt Suzuki          24  146  533   50  132  19   1   3   55   1   0   42   58  .248  .309  .304   49   3.1  3(-1)e2  -104  
 2B  Mark Ellis           31  140  444   58  106  21   1   7   45   7   1   49   65  .239  .317  .338   47   3.4  2e6       -39  
 3B *Joe Inglett          30   70  260   31   80   8   4   3   30   8   0   27   25  .308  .372  .404   42   6.3  3e25       13  
 1B *Daric Barton         22  118  240   30   64  11   4   3   30   0   0   38   47  .267  .374  .383   37   5.6  3e17       83  
 OF *Carlos Gonzalez      22   98  266   36   70  21   3   2   25   0   0   16   68  .263  .304  .387   29   3.8  2(-3)e4    57  
 OF *Seth Smith           25   30   98   18   33  12   0   6   20   0   0   18   17  .337  .440  .643   28  11.8  4(-1)e10  298  
 3B #Luis Rodriguez       28   71  199   26   61  15   1   1   20   1   0   17   16  .307  .358  .407   26   4.6  3e19       88  
 OF  Rajai Davis          27  110  211   29   48   6   7   2   13  18   3    9   55  .227  .259  .351   19   3.1  2(-2)e3    -8  
 2B *Adam Kennedy         32   35  120   25   37   6   4   2   13   0   1    8    6  .308  .366  .475   19   5.8  3e16      149  
 2B #Ramon Santiago       28   67  125   18   31   2   2   3   19   0   0   21   15  .248  .368  .368   18   5.0  2e10     -134  
 3B *Jack Hannahan        28   31   92   11   31   7   0   1   12   1   0   11   23  .337  .408  .446   17   7.4  2e13      206  
 OF *Travis Buck          24   27   68   13   20   9   1   3   11   1   1    7   17  .294  .372  .588   15   8.3  3(+1)e1   237  
 3B #Cliff Pennington     24   57  101   17   30   4   0   0   18   2   0   12   16  .297  .368  .337   12   4.5  3e22       73  
 C   Jamie Burke          36   41   84   10   22   5   0   3   16   0   0    5    4  .262  .297  .429   11   4.8  3(-1)e5    96  
 3B *Eric Chavez          30   44   94   10   24  12   0   0    9   0   0    2   14  .255  .268  .383    9   3.8  3e11      -37  
 OF #Reggie Willits       27   41  107   12   20   6   0   0    6   4   0   17   22  .187  .298  .243    9   2.9  3(+1)e3   -11  
 DH  Aaron Cunningham     22   26   83    6   20   7   0   0    6   0   0    3   26  .241  .276  .325    7   3.1           -109  
 OF  Jay Payton           35   27   64    7   16   5   1   1    6   0   0    2   11  .250  .269  .406    7   3.9  3(0)e0     38  
 OF *Pete Orr             29   14   31    6    8   1   2   0    1   0   0    2   14  .258  .343  .419    4   5.5  4(+2)e11  173  
 OF  Brian Horwitz        25   17   27    4    5   0   0   1    5   0   0    8    4  .185  .361  .296    3   4.5  3(+1)e7   -41  
 OF *Eric Patterson       25   10   24    3    9   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .375  .400  .375    3   5.6  3(+2)e25  245  
 C  #Rob Bowen            27    7   23    1    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    8  .174  .240  .174    1   1.6  4(+1)e12  -91  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           781                   19

     * - 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  Dan Haren            27  14   8  .636  29  28   8   0   0   0   1  215.2  197   84   78  20   42  196  3.26   81   3.4  -60  
  P *Greg Smith           24  12   9  .571  33  32   0   1   0   0   0  193.1  187   95   92  21   78   99  4.28  103   4.9   -8  
  P  Sean Gallagher       22  11   9  .550  34  27   0   3   0   0   0  155.2  170  104   99  16   81  125  5.72  107   6.3  -20  
  P  Justin Duchscherer   30  10   3  .769  14  14   0   0   0   0   0   95.1   76   32   31   7   21   61  2.93   31   2.9  -21  
  P  A.J. Burnett         31   9  11  .450  36  34   1   0   0   0   0  220.2  190   95   80  21   93  215  3.26  104   4.3  -49  
  P  Huston Street        24   7   5  .583  44   0   0  24   4   3   0   58.2   36   16   15   4   21   58  2.30   15   2.3 -154  
  P *Neal Cotts           28   4   2  .667  20   0   0   8   3   1   0   30.0   20   10   10   3   12   32  3.00    9   2.9 -252  
  P  Chad Gaudin          25   4   4  .500  61   0   0  24   1   5   0   90.1   79   49   48  18   39   72  4.78   44   4.4  -33  
  P  Andrew Brown         27   3   1  .750  18   0   0   7   1   0   0   29.0   18    8    7   0   18   19  2.17    8   2.6  -91  
  P  Joey Devine          24   3   2  .600  32   0   0   8   6   1   0   34.2   25   11   11   1   12   45  2.86   11   2.9  147  
  P  Jack Cassel          27   3   2  .600   6   4   0   0   0   0   0   25.1   39   23   21   8    6   12  7.46   26   9.2  125  
  P  Justin Germano       25   3   6  .333  17  13   0   3   0   0   0   70.1   89   56   56  20   20   17  7.17   61   7.8   56  
  P *Gio Gonzalez         22   1   0 1.000   7   0   0   3   1   0   0    8.1    3    2    2   2    8   14  2.16    3   3.7 -312  
  P *Josh Outman          23   1   1  .500  11   0   0   5   2   0   0   21.0   23   17   16   0   12   15  6.86   12   5.5 -144  
  P  Mike Wuertz          29   1   1  .500  10   0   0   2   0   0   0   17.0   19   11   11   2   11   14  5.82   14   7.6   76  
  P *Dallas Braden        24   1   7  .125  21   8   0   9   0   0   0   71.2   97   60   58  11   46   36  7.28   64   8.1  131  
  P *Jerry Blevins        24   0   0  .000  35   0   0  14   1   1   0   38.0   39   14   10   5    9   37  2.37   18   4.6   42  
  P *Dan Meyer            27   0   1  .000  10   2   0   7   0   0   0   19.2   34   28   28   7   17   13 12.81   31  14.4  192  
  P  Brad Ziegler         28   0   3  .000  60   0   0  35  14   5   0   59.1   67   23   22   5   22   31  3.34   31   4.8  121  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                                      781        -12

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Kurt Suzuki 1219 138 142 1033 39 5 3 .995 41 21 Jamie Burke 174 18 30 133 3 0 0 1.000 15 0 Rob Bowen 62 6 7 48 4 1 0 .981 4 2 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eric Hinske 824 103 108 853 61 8 76 .991 9.99 Daric Barton 589 56 108 612 40 2 63 .997 9.96 Gabe Gross 29 3 4 33 1 1 2 .971 10.55 Conor Jackson 5 0 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 10.80 Jamie Burke 4 0 1 4 2 0 0 1.000 13.50 Jack Hannahan 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Luis Rodriguez 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mark Ellis 1029 113 134 235 350 2 88 .997 5.11 Adam Kennedy 207 26 26 47 65 0 11 1.000 4.87 Ramon Santiago 147 16 22 32 48 0 11 1.000 4.91 Luis Rodriguez 51 6 8 8 16 0 4 1.000 4.24 Cliff Pennington 17 1 5 5 5 0 2 1.000 5.29 Eric Patterson 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 Joe Inglett 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Joe Inglett 449 54 57 28 87 4 6 .966 2.31 Luis Rodriguez 335 36 46 22 73 3 6 .969 2.55 Jack Hannahan 242 29 30 16 42 5 3 .921 2.16 Eric Chavez 239 25 41 16 46 2 4 .969 2.33 Cliff Pennington 170 18 28 15 27 0 2 1.000 2.22 Ramon Santiago 13 0 6 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.38 Daric Barton 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Jamie Burke 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Eric Hinske 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bobby Crosby 1376 159 160 199 570 21 105 .973 5.03 Ramon Santiago 64 3 20 6 25 2 7 .939 4.36 Luis Rodriguez 12 0 3 2 3 0 0 1.000 3.86 Joe Inglett 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Cliff Pennington 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 .667 18.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Conor Jackson 1134 147 147 221 13 3 1 .987 1.86 Rajai Davis 78 0 30 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.95 Gabe Gross 65 0 19 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.66 Eric Patterson 52 6 7 8 1 2 0 .818 1.56 Brian Horwitz 43 6 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.30 Travis Buck 18 1 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 Eric Hinske 15 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20 Luis Rodriguez 13 0 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69 Seth Smith 10 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 Jay Payton 8 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 Reggie Willits 7 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 Joe Inglett 6 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 Jack Cust 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Carlos Gonzalez 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Pete Orr 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Carlos Gonzalez 596 71 83 157 8 3 0 .982 2.49 Rajai Davis 478 44 79 133 8 0 0 1.000 2.66 Seth Smith 196 27 27 42 1 0 0 1.000 1.97 Joe Inglett 70 7 10 25 1 1 0 .963 3.34 Reggie Willits 61 8 11 14 0 1 0 .933 2.07 Jay Payton 51 5 8 21 1 0 0 1.000 3.88 Gabe Gross 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gabe Gross 745 89 97 118 5 1 0 .992 1.49 Reggie Willits 170 19 28 42 1 0 0 1.000 2.28 Travis Buck 145 16 18 24 0 1 0 .960 1.49 Jay Payton 98 11 15 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.01 Carlos Gonzalez 77 0 21 13 0 1 0 .929 1.52 Pete Orr 77 10 10 13 1 0 0 1.000 1.64 Eric Hinske 46 6 10 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.15 Conor Jackson 39 6 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.85 Seth Smith 22 2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.05 Rajai Davis 10 1 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 Joe Inglett 9 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 Brian Horwitz 8 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.35 Aaron Cunningham 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Jack Cust 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Adam Kennedy 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

2008 Draft

Round 1 (#6):	Dan Haren
Round 2 (#28):	Gabe Gross
Round 3 (#51):	Joe Inglett
Round 3 (#55):	Eric Hinske
Round 4 (#73):	Luis Rodriguez
Round 5 (#93):	Chad Gaudin

Transactions

• 2008 preseason: released rookies Jeff Baisley, Wes Bankston
• 2008-01: acquired Reggie Willits as a free agent
• 2008-02: acquired Jamie Burke as a free agent
• 2008-03: acquired Brian Horwitz as a free agent
• 2008-14: released Brian Horwitz
• 2008-14: acquired Pete Orr as a free agent
• 2008-15: released Reggie Willits
• 2008-15: acquired Justin Germano as a free agent
• 2008-18: traded Joey Devine to CHN for Mike Wuertz
• 2008-18: traded Justin Duchscherer to CHN for CHN#2
• 2008-18: traded Joe Inglett to TOA for Adam Kennedy
• 2008-19: traded Carlos Gonzalez, Huston Street, OAA#2 to CON for Seth Smith, CON#1
• 2008-19: acquired Neal Cotts as a free agent
• 2008-21: released Pete Orr
• 2008-21: acquired Jay Payton as a free agent
• 2008-22: acquired Jack Cassel as a free agent
• 2008-22: released Jamie Burke
• 2008-25: released Jack Cassel
• 2008-25: acquired Rob Bowen as a free agent
• 2008-26: traded Eric Chavez, Aaron Cunningham to LAN for Jason LaRue, Greg Norton
• 2008 postseason: released Conor Jackson, Jason LaRue, Greg Norton, Luis Rodriguez

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