1985 Oakland Athletics
Record: 84-76
Finish: 1st in AL West Division
Runs Scored: 741
Runs Allowed: 727
Exp W-L: 81-79
 
Ballpark: Colosseum
Attendance: 2,261,893
Manager: Marwan Najdawi

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 70-67, 5th in the American League
AA: 59-78, 10th in the American League
A: 84-53, 2nd in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 3-4 to Cleveland (A) Indians
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
LF #Tim Raines 25 148 555 90 148 23 12 12 69 75 25 87 78 .267 .364 .416 .780 94.3 18.3 2.6
3B  Larry Parrish 31 155 561 84 137 32 2 33 97 3 3 61 112 .244 .316 .485 .801 85.2 14.0 3.5
2B  Ryne Sandberg 25 156 569 75 135 31 5 18 77 22 5 45 113 .237 .294 .404 .698 67.6 8.4 4.5
C  Mike Heath 30 151 562 70 176 35 3 17 85 4 9 35 75 .313 .354 .477 .831 84.0 16.8 10.4
CF *Mike Easler 34 156 558 52 179 29 2 13 66 0 0 35 77 .321 .360 .450 .810 80.1 16.3 0.7
1B *Don Mattingly 24 148 502 60 150 25 3 13 74 1 0 33 21 .299 .338 .438 .777 71.6 13.2 2.2
SS  Phil Garner 36 150 494 55 110 19 5 3 47 11 7 17 108 .223 .250 .300 .550 31.3 0.0 8.5
CF *Bobby Mitchell 30 138 415 62 124 22 2 3 47 11 8 49 46 .299 .374 .383 .757 57.1 10.5 2.2
CF #Rick Peters 29 138 413 55 100 17 5 4 41 2 6 37 29 .242 .307 .337 .644 41.9 3.9 3.0
RF  Dan Norman 30 125 308 63 93 8 1 14 43 34 7 38 40 .302 .378 .471 .848 56.6 12.1 0.6
SS  Rick Auerbach 35 113 282 35 80 9 2 4 31 7 1 18 43 .284 .322 .372 .695 35.0 5.4 2.3
3B  Mickey Hatcher 30 98 237 21 61 12 2 0 22 1 2 9 7 .257 .282 .325 .607 19.9 1.3 1.5
C *Harry Spilman 30 61 164 14 35 4 0 3 18 1 0 14 38 .213 .278 .293 .570 12.4 0.0 2.5
P  Juan Eichelberger 31 10 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Terry Forster 33 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 30.2 1753 5623 741 1530 266 44 137 717 172 75 478 787 .272 .329 .408 .737 737.1 120.4 44.5
  Rank among 12 AL teams 3 5 2 10 2 4 6 1 11 6 4 3 5 5 5 5  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 J.R. Richard 35 16 7 .696 32 32 0 239.7 192 85 13 101 222 3.19 21.5
 Dave Beard 25 15 8 .652 32 32 0 218.7 204 92 26 73 170 3.79 16.1
 Milt Wilcox 35 12 10 .545 30 30 0 215.7 208 89 11 70 168 3.71 15.4
 Eric Wilkins 28 12 9 .571 32 32 0 201.3 206 112 10 111 154 5.01 7.9
 Joe Cowley 26 8 10 .444 32 17 1 145.7 141 69 12 57 111 4.26 8.4
 Mike Parrott 30 4 6 .400 39 9 1 99.3 112 66 12 47 54 5.98 0.5
 Rick Sutcliffe 29 2 8 .200 42 5 13 88.7 103 56 14 46 66 5.68 1.0
 Todd Worrell 25 6 8 .429 59 0 27 78.0 81 39 7 32 52 4.50 8.8
*Terry Forster 33 3 2 .600 73 0 0 53.0 44 23 6 29 33 3.91 4.4
 Bruce Berenyi 30 2 5 .286 68 0 1 48.3 57 33 3 28 32 6.15 0.1
 Jose Guzman 22 0 0 .000 11 0 1 18.3 32 12 1 8 6 5.89 0.0
*Mike Madden 27 2 0 1.000 64 1 1 17.0 24 4 1 8 9 2.12 1.8
 Chip Lang 32 0 1 .000 22 0 1 11.0 12 10 3 9 9 8.18 0.0
 Juan Eichelberger 31 2 2 .500 34 2 1 10.0 8 4 1 5 7 3.60 1.2
Team Totals 29.1 84 76 .525 570 160 47 1444.6 1424 694 120 624 1093 4.32 87.0
Rank among 12 AL teams 5 5 2 5 6 6 6 10 12 1 10  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 33.8
M.Heath 1199.3 132 137 928 79 4 2 .996 39.1
H.Spilman 245.3 28 30 208 8 0 1 1.000 33.3
Team Total 1444.7 160 167 1136 87 4 3 .997 38.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.52
D.Mattingly 1083.7 121 141 1226 93 10 110 .992 10.95
M.Hatcher 309.0 37 46 342 23 6 29 .984 10.63
R.Auerbach 40.7 2 13 47 3 0 7 1.000 11.07
L.Parrish 10.3 0 4 13 2 0 1 1.000 13.07
T.Raines 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.7 160 205 1628 121 16 147 .991 10.90
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.69
R.Sandberg 1322.7 147 151 283 510 19 106 .977 5.40
R.Auerbach 121.0 13 15 20 50 2 11 .972 5.21
M.Hatcher 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1444.7 160 167 304 560 21 117 .976 5.38
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.78
L.Parrish 750.0 86 89 56 166 9 12 .961 2.66
R.Auerbach 387.7 44 57 26 92 3 6 .975 2.74
H.Spilman 179.0 20 30 13 34 2 2 .959 2.36
M.Hatcher 123.0 10 28 2 21 0 2 1.000 1.68
P.Garner 3.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00
R.Peters 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Eichelberger 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.7 160 208 97 316 14 22 .967 2.57
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 5.30
P.Garner 1270.3 148 148 200 564 16 95 .979 5.41
M.Hatcher 111.3 10 20 19 41 3 9 .952 4.85
R.Auerbach 52.0 2 18 10 23 1 5 .971 5.71
R.Sandberg 7.0 0 3 2 3 0 1 1.000 6.43
B.Mitchell 4.0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75
Team Total 1444.7 160 191 232 633 20 110 .977 5.39
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 1.91
T.Raines 1239.7 138 146 226 6 3 2 .987 1.68
D.Norman 110.0 12 13 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.88
R.Peters 36.0 4 5 9 2 0 0 1.000 2.75
B.Mitchell 28.0 3 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
L.Parrish 12.0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75
M.Heath 12.0 1 3 3 2 0 0 1.000 3.75
M.Easler 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Auerbach 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1444.7 160 176 270 10 3 2 .989 1.74
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.51
R.Peters 993.7 116 125 218 12 5 5 .979 2.08
M.Easler 289.0 35 37 53 2 0 2 1.000 1.71
D.Norman 116.0 7 26 22 1 0 0 1.000 1.78
B.Mitchell 42.0 2 16 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.71
J.Eichelberger 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.7 160 205 301 15 5 7 .984 1.97
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.05
B.Mitchell 827.7 99 102 167 5 3 0 .983 1.87
L.Parrish 506.7 58 59 94 3 0 2 1.000 1.72
D.Norman 71.3 2 24 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.14
M.Heath 14.3 0 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.63
R.Auerbach 10.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
M.Hatcher 9.0 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00
R.Peters 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Eichelberger 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Lang 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Easler 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.6 160 201 278 8 3 2 .990 1.78
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.98
J.Richard 239.7 32 32 16 45 0 5 1.000 2.29
D.Beard 218.7 32 32 9 29 0 3 1.000 1.56
M.Wilcox 215.7 30 30 10 28 0 3 1.000 1.59
E.Wilkins 201.3 32 32 14 35 0 2 1.000 2.19
J.Cowley 145.7 17 32 6 21 1 3 .964 1.67
M.Parrott 99.3 9 39 5 12 0 0 1.000 1.54
R.Sutcliffe 88.7 5 42 3 6 1 2 .900 0.91
T.Worrell 78.0 0 59 6 17 0 1 1.000 2.65
T.Forster 53.0 0 73 5 5 0 0 1.000 1.70
B.Berenyi 48.3 0 68 3 11 0 1 1.000 2.61
J.Guzman 18.3 0 11 1 7 0 0 1.000 3.93
M.Madden 17.0 1 64 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.65
C.Lang 11.0 0 22 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.45
J.Eichelberger 10.0 2 34 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.70
Team Total 1444.6 160 570 80 225 2 20 .993 1.90
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Easler .321
On-Base Pct Raines .364
Slugging Pct Parrish .485
OPS Heath .831
XR Raines 94.3
Games Easler, Sandberg 156
At-Bats Sandberg 569
Runs Raines 90
Hits Easler 179
Total Bases Parrish 272
Singles Easler 135
Doubles Heath 35
Triples Raines 12
Homeruns Parrish 33
RBIs Parrish 97
Stolen Bases Raines 75
Caught Stealing Raines 25
Walks Raines 87
Strikeouts Sandberg 113
ERA Richard 3.19
Wins Richard 16
Losses Cowley, Wilcox 10
Winning Pct Richard .696
Saves Worrell 27
Games Pitched Forster 73
Games Started Beard, Richard, Wilkins 32
Complete Games Richard 8
Shutouts Richard 2
Innings Pitched Richard 239.7
Hits Allowed Wilcox 208
Homeruns Allowed Beard 26
Strikeouts Richard 222
Walks Allowed Wilkins 111
Walks per 9IP Wilcox 2.9
Hits per 9IP Richard 7.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Richard 8.3
WHiP Richard 1.22
OAVG Richard .217
OOBP Richard .297
OSLG Richard .319
OOPS Richard .616
Team All-Stars
Mike Heath
J.R. Richard
Player Salaries
Milt Wilcox $ 17,500,000
Larry Parrish $ 15,500,000
J.R. Richard $ 13,500,000
Mike Easler $ 4,000,000
Mike Heath $ 3,721,429
Tim Raines $ 3,664,286
Eric Wilkins $ 3,514,286
Ryne Sandberg $ 2,685,714
Rick Auerbach $ 2,000,001
Mike Parrott $ 1,157,143
Rick Sutcliffe $ 1,000,000
Bruce Berenyi $ 920,000
Dan Norman $ 870,000
Mickey Hatcher $ 730,000
Harry Spilman $ 685,714
Phil Garner $ 400,004
Rick Peters $ 385,714
Terry Forster $ 350,000
Bobby Mitchell $ 300,000
Dave Beard $ 300,000
Joe Cowley $ 300,000
Juan Eichelberger $ 300,000
Jose Guzman $ 300,000
Chip Lang $ 300,000
Don Mattingly $ 300,000
Todd Worrell $ 300,000
Mike Madden $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/7 Traded Mike Squires Cleveland (A) Tom Lawless
4/3 Signed     Jamie Quirk