1997 Oakland Athletics

65-97 • 0.401 Win% • 4th in AL W

📊 Season Record

65 Wins
97 Losses
0.401 Win %
4th Rank
764 R 946 RA
Diff -182

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⚡ Quick Stats

764 Runs Scored
946 Runs Allowed
-182 Run Diff
1,260K Attendance

📈 vs. 1997 AL Average

Batting Avg .259 4% below the 1997 league average (.270)
OBP .335 1% below the 1997 league average (.337)
SLG .365 equal to the 1997 league average (.365)
Team ERA 5.48 20% worse than the 1997 league average (4.57)
Runs Scored 764 4% below the 1997 league average (797 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumOakland Coliseum
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,260,565
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Avg per Game 15,562

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Ben Grieve 0.312 2 Geronimo Berroa 0.310 3 Dave Magadan 0.303 4 Matt Stairs 0.298 5 Pat Lennon 0.293

Home Runs

1 Mark McGwire 34 2 Matt Stairs 27 3 Jose Canseco 23 4 Jason Giambi 20 5 Geronimo Berroa 16

RBI

1 Jason Giambi 81 2 Mark McGwire 81 3 Jose Canseco 74 4 Matt Stairs 73 5 Scott Spiezio 65
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Scott Spiezio 147 538 58 131 0 0 14 65 44 75 9 0.243
Jason Giambi 142 519 66 152 0 0 20 81 55 89 0 0.293
Scott Brosius 129 479 59 97 0 0 11 41 34 102 9 0.203
Jose Canseco 108 388 56 91 0 0 23 74 51 122 8 0.235
Mark McGwire 105 366 48 104 0 0 34 81 58 98 1 0.284
Matt Stairs 133 352 62 105 0 0 27 73 50 60 3 0.298
Damon Mashore 92 279 55 69 0 0 3 18 50 82 5 0.247
Dave Magadan 128 271 38 82 0 0 4 30 50 40 1 0.303
Geronimo Berroa 73 261 40 81 0 0 16 42 36 58 3 0.310
Brent Mayne 85 256 29 74 0 0 6 22 18 33 1 0.289
Jason McDonald 78 236 47 62 0 0 4 14 36 49 13 0.263
Mark Bellhorn 68 224 33 51 0 0 6 19 32 70 7 0.228
Rafael Bournigal 79 222 29 62 0 0 1 20 16 19 2 0.279
George Williams 76 201 30 58 0 0 3 22 35 46 0 0.289
Tony Batista 68 188 22 38 0 0 4 18 14 31 2 0.202
Ernie Young 71 175 22 39 0 0 5 15 19 57 1 0.223
Brian Lesher 46 131 17 30 0 0 4 16 9 30 4 0.229
Pat Lennon 56 116 14 34 0 0 1 14 15 35 0 0.293
Izzy Molina 48 111 6 22 0 0 3 7 3 17 0 0.198
Miguel Tejada 26 99 10 20 0 0 2 10 2 22 2 0.202
Ben Grieve 24 93 12 29 0 0 3 24 13 25 0 0.312
Tilson Brito 17 46 8 13 0 0 2 6 1 10 0 0.283
Scott Sheldon 13 24 2 6 0 0 1 2 1 6 0 0.250
Mike Oquist 21 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.250
Brad Rigby 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Jimmy Haynes 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Eric Ludwick 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Dave Telgheder 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Aaron Small 71 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mark Acre 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Willie Adams 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Billy Brewer 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Buddy Groom 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Gary Haught 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dane Johnson 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Johnstone 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Karsay 25 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tim Kubinski 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Richie Lewis 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Andrew Lorraine 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
T. J. Mathews 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Mohler 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Montgomery 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ariel Prieto 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Carlos Reyes 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Billy Taylor 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Don Wengert 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jay Witasick 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Wojciechowski 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Billy Taylor 3.82 2 Aaron Small 4.28 3 Jimmy Haynes 4.42 4 Dane Johnson 4.53 5 Brad Rigby 4.87

Wins

1 Aaron Small 9 2 T. J. Mathews 6 3 Ariel Prieto 6 4 Don Wengert 5 5 Dane Johnson 4

Strikeouts

1 Steve Karsay 92 2 Ariel Prieto 90 3 Mike Oquist 72 4 Don Wengert 68 5 Mike Mohler 66
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Don Wengert 5 11 6.04 49 12 2 134.0 41 68
Steve Karsay 3 12 5.77 24 24 0 132.2 47 92
Ariel Prieto 6 8 5.04 22 22 0 125.0 70 90
Mike Oquist 4 6 5.02 19 17 0 107.2 43 72
Mike Mohler 1 10 5.13 62 10 1 101.2 54 66
Dave Telgheder 4 6 6.06 20 19 0 101.0 35 55
Aaron Small 9 5 4.28 71 0 4 96.2 40 57
Brad Rigby 1 7 4.87 14 14 0 77.2 22 34
Carlos Reyes 3 4 5.82 37 6 0 77.1 25 43
Jimmy Haynes 3 6 4.42 13 13 0 73.1 40 65
Billy Taylor 3 4 3.82 72 0 23 73.0 36 66
Buddy Groom 2 2 5.15 78 0 3 64.2 24 45
Willie Adams 3 5 8.18 13 12 0 58.1 32 37
Dane Johnson 4 1 4.53 38 0 2 45.2 31 43
Andrew Lorraine 3 1 6.37 12 6 0 29.2 15 18
T. J. Mathews 6 2 4.40 24 0 3 28.2 12 24
Eric Ludwick 1 4 8.25 6 5 0 24.0 16 14
Richie Lewis 2 0 9.64 14 0 0 18.2 15 12
Mark Acre 2 0 5.74 15 0 0 15.2 8 12
Tim Kubinski 0 0 5.68 11 0 0 12.2 6 10
Gary Haught 0 0 7.15 6 0 0 11.1 6 11
Jay Witasick 0 0 5.73 8 0 0 11.0 6 8
Steve Wojciechowski 0 2 7.84 2 2 0 10.1 1 5
John Johnstone 0 0 2.84 5 0 0 6.1 7 4
Steve Montgomery 0 1 9.95 4 0 0 6.1 8 1
Billy Brewer 0 0 13.50 3 0 0 2.0 2 1

👥 Roster (49)

Mark Acre Willie Adams Tony Batista Mark Bellhorn Geronimo Berroa Rafael Bournigal Billy Brewer Tilson Brito Scott Brosius Jose Canseco Jason Giambi Ben Grieve +37 more

49 players

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