1998 Oakland Athletics

74-88 • 0.457 Win% • 4th in AL W

📊 Season Record

74 Wins
88 Losses
0.457 Win %
4th Rank
804 R 866 RA
Diff -62

📁 Franchise Info

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⚡ Quick Stats

804 Runs Scored
866 Runs Allowed
-62 Run Diff
1,232K Attendance

📈 vs. 1998 AL Average

Batting Avg .257 5% below the 1998 league average (.271)
OBP .334 1% below the 1998 league average (.336)
SLG .338 8% below the 1998 league average (.366)
Team ERA 4.81 3% worse than the 1998 league average (4.65)
Runs Scored 804 1% below the 1998 league average (812 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumOakland Coliseum
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,232,363
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Avg per Game 15,214

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Dave Magadan 0.321 2 Jason Giambi 0.295 3 Matt Stairs 0.294 4 Ben Grieve 0.288 5 Bip Roberts 0.280

Home Runs

1 Jason Giambi 27 2 Matt Stairs 26 3 Ben Grieve 18 4 Rickey Henderson 14 5 Mike Blowers 11

RBI

1 Jason Giambi 110 2 Matt Stairs 106 3 Ben Grieve 89 4 Mike Blowers 71 5 Rickey Henderson 57
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Ben Grieve 155 583 94 168 0 0 18 89 85 123 2 0.288
Jason Giambi 153 562 92 166 0 0 27 110 81 102 2 0.295
Rickey Henderson 152 542 101 128 0 0 14 57 118 114 66 0.236
Matt Stairs 149 523 88 154 0 0 26 106 59 93 8 0.294
Mike Blowers 129 409 56 97 0 0 11 71 39 116 1 0.237
Scott Spiezio 114 406 54 105 0 0 9 50 44 56 1 0.259
Ryan Christenson 117 370 56 95 0 0 5 40 36 106 5 0.257
Miguel Tejada 105 365 53 85 0 0 11 45 28 86 5 0.233
A. J. Hinch 120 337 34 78 0 0 9 35 30 89 3 0.231
Rafael Bournigal 85 209 23 47 0 0 1 19 10 11 6 0.225
Mike Macfarlane 78 207 28 52 0 0 7 34 12 34 1 0.251
Bip Roberts 61 182 28 51 0 0 1 15 15 24 10 0.280
Jason McDonald 70 175 25 44 0 0 1 16 27 33 10 0.251
Kevin Mitchell 51 127 14 29 0 0 2 21 9 26 0 0.228
Kurt Abbott 35 123 17 33 0 0 2 9 10 34 2 0.268
Dave Magadan 35 109 12 35 0 0 1 13 13 12 0 0.321
Ed Sprague 27 87 8 13 0 0 3 7 2 17 1 0.149
Jack Voigt 57 72 7 10 0 0 1 10 6 19 5 0.139
Eric Chavez 16 45 6 14 0 0 0 6 3 5 1 0.311
Mike Neill 6 15 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0.267
Mark Bellhorn 11 12 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 4 2 0.083
Brian Lesher 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.143
Blake Stein 24 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Kenny Rogers 34 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Jorge Velandia 8 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.250
Jimmy Haynes 33 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.000
Shane Mack 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Izzy Molina 6 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Tom Candiotti 33 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Mike Oquist 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jason Wood 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Steve Connelly 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Dougherty 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Fetters 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Buddy Groom 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Gil Heredia 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mark Holzemer 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
T. J. Mathews 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Mohler 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ariel Prieto 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Aaron Small 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Billy Taylor 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Telgheder 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jay Witasick 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tim Worrell 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Gil Heredia 2.74 2 Kenny Rogers 3.17 3 Billy Taylor 3.58 4 Mike Fetters 3.99 5 Tim Worrell 4.00

Wins

1 Kenny Rogers 16 2 Tom Candiotti 11 3 Jimmy Haynes 11 4 T. J. Mathews 7 5 Mike Oquist 7

Strikeouts

1 Kenny Rogers 138 2 Jimmy Haynes 134 3 Mike Oquist 112 4 Tom Candiotti 98 5 Blake Stein 89
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Kenny Rogers 16 8 3.17 34 34 0 238.2 67 138
Tom Candiotti 11 16 4.84 33 33 0 201.0 63 98
Jimmy Haynes 11 9 5.09 33 33 0 194.1 88 134
Mike Oquist 7 11 6.22 31 29 0 175.0 57 112
Blake Stein 5 9 6.37 24 20 0 117.1 71 89
Billy Taylor 4 9 3.58 70 0 33 73.0 22 58
T. J. Mathews 7 4 4.58 66 0 1 72.2 29 53
Mike Mohler 3 3 5.16 57 0 0 61.0 26 42
Buddy Groom 3 1 4.24 75 0 0 57.1 20 36
Mike Fetters 1 6 3.99 48 0 5 47.1 21 34
Gil Heredia 3 3 2.74 8 6 0 42.2 3 27
Aaron Small 1 1 7.25 24 0 0 36.0 14 19
Tim Worrell 0 1 4.00 25 0 0 36.0 8 33
Jay Witasick 1 3 6.33 7 3 0 27.0 15 29
Dave Telgheder 0 1 3.60 8 2 0 20.0 6 5
Jim Dougherty 0 2 8.25 9 0 0 12.0 7 3
Mark Holzemer 1 0 5.59 13 0 0 9.2 3 3
Ariel Prieto 0 1 11.88 2 2 0 8.1 5 8
Steve Connelly 0 0 1.93 3 0 0 4.2 4 1

👥 Roster (45)

Kurt Abbott Mark Bellhorn Mike Blowers Rafael Bournigal Tom Candiotti Eric Chavez Ryan Christenson Steve Connelly Jim Dougherty Mike Fetters Jason Giambi Ben Grieve +33 more

45 players

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