1988 Oakland Athletics
Record: 64-96
Finish: 4th in AL West Division
Runs Scored: 645
Runs Allowed: 815
Exp W-L: 63-97
 
Ballpark: Colosseum
Attendance: 1,642,616
Manager: Mike Kolb

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 51-86, 12th in the American League
AA: 59-78, 8th in the American League
A: 75-62, 2nd in the American League
 
 
 
 
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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
2B  Ryne Sandberg 28 155 570 71 124 31 10 12 70 21 4 65 112 .218 .300 .370 .670 65.3 8.8 6.3
1B *Don Mattingly 27 157 586 58 179 40 0 11 86 0 0 35 21 .305 .342 .430 .772 77.8 14.9 2.3
2B  Lenn Sakata 34 151 545 59 145 22 8 8 73 2 1 43 60 .266 .319 .380 .699 62.9 9.2 3.1
CF #Rick Peters 32 150 516 60 142 24 9 2 47 3 3 41 67 .275 .329 .368 .697 60.2 10.4 3.0
CF *Bobby Mitchell 33 138 484 60 135 29 3 1 36 7 4 61 72 .279 .361 .357 .718 62.2 11.8 1.7
2B *Jeff Treadway 25 125 430 51 124 26 6 3 55 1 2 22 38 .288 .323 .398 .721 50.2 8.8 0.5
C *Harry Spilman 33 128 399 35 90 15 0 8 39 0 2 37 102 .226 .291 .323 .615 38.8 2.9 4.9
C *Jamie Quirk 33 121 394 40 91 13 3 9 41 2 1 15 73 .231 .265 .348 .612 32.7 2.1 3.5
C  Craig Biggio 22 101 355 47 87 19 5 3 39 12 4 29 70 .245 .316 .352 .668 38.1 4.9 1.1
RF  Mickey Brantley 27 112 320 35 72 14 2 5 26 5 1 19 53 .225 .267 .328 .595 27.4 1.6 1.9
LF #Tim Raines 28 50 184 38 61 11 2 6 34 18 8 36 23 .332 .443 .511 .954 39.9 10.1 0.8
C  Mike Heath 33 58 206 19 65 7 0 5 27 1 0 16 27 .316 .365 .422 .787 30.0 6.6 2.3
LF #Bobby Bonilla 25 52 187 18 47 10 0 4 26 0 0 19 35 .251 .324 .369 .693 21.9 3.6 0.8
CF  Mark Bradley 31 58 157 15 24 2 1 0 5 1 4 14 45 .153 .222 .178 .401 3.7 0.0 1.9
SS  Rod Gilbreath 35 63 122 9 18 5 3 0 9 2 0 8 26 .148 .206 .238 .444 4.9 0.0 0.8
RF *Max Venable 31 30 48 6 15 1 0 0 3 2 1 3 3 .313 .353 .333 .686 5.5 1.0 0.1
3B  Tom Lawless 31 70 49 23 10 1 0 1 4 10 8 3 8 .204 .250 .286 .536 2.5 0.0 0.7
C  Tom Pagnozzi 25 3 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.2 0.0 0.1
  Team Totals 29.6 1722 5561 645 1430 270 52 78 621 87 43 466 837 .257 .316 .366 .683 623.9 96.5 35.8
  Rank among 12 AL teams 7 9 8 11 1 11 9 7 8 10 4 8 8 10 9 9  
* - 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
 Jose Guzman 25 10 11 .476 29 29 0 203.0 180 83 15 86 123 3.68 13.0
*Frank Tanana 34 7 10 .412 32 32 0 178.7 211 94 16 57 86 4.74 6.0
 Rick Sutcliffe 32 3 11 .214 39 15 3 150.0 140 92 29 90 107 5.52 2.1
 Steve Crawford 30 3 3 .500 60 0 1 148.7 153 71 15 60 75 4.30 7.3
 Joe Cowley 29 8 5 .615 62 0 2 119.7 108 48 9 45 103 3.61 9.6
 Todd Stottlemyre 23 4 8 .333 15 15 0 100.0 131 56 8 22 49 5.04 2.8
 Juan Eichelberger 34 4 13 .235 18 18 0 95.7 110 82 16 69 47 7.71 0.0
 Eric Wilkins 31 3 8 .273 21 21 0 93.0 88 65 9 67 67 6.29 0.0
 Todd Worrell 28 7 8 .467 70 0 11 84.0 88 49 10 35 69 5.25 4.6
*Mike Madden 30 1 6 .143 55 4 2 77.7 81 43 5 62 44 4.98 1.8
*Bob Kipper 23 4 7 .364 13 13 0 64.7 80 47 8 22 53 6.54 0.0
 Dave Beard 28 5 4 .556 11 11 0 63.0 51 26 7 21 61 3.71 4.6
 Bobby Thigpen 24 4 1 .800 27 0 16 34.3 35 8 2 14 28 2.10 6.5
 Todd Burns 24 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 13.3 11 4 0 9 8 2.70 1.4
 Luis Leal 31 0 1 .000 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 4.50 0.0
Team Totals 28.4 64 96 .400 455 160 35 1427.6 1468 769 149 659 920 4.85 59.7
Rank among 12 AL teams 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 12 7 11  
* - 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 30.3
H.Spilman 563.7 64 64 383 40 1 0 .998 55.4
M.Heath 444.0 50 55 319 18 3 1 .991 19.0
J.Quirk 173.3 19 20 92 19 2 0 .982 40.0
C.Biggio 84.0 9 14 55 1 1 0 .982 14.3
L.Sakata 35.0 4 4 26 0 2 0 .929 0.0
D.Mattingly 28.7 3 4 15 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
R.Sandberg 27.0 3 3 14 2 1 0 .941 25.0
J.Treadway 26.0 3 3 22 1 1 0 .958 0.0
M.Venable 17.0 2 2 13 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
M.Brantley 13.0 1 2 14 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
R.Peters 9.0 1 1 8 0 1 0 .889 0.0
T.Pagnozzi 7.0 1 1 4 2 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1427.7 160 173 965 83 12 1 .989 34.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.36
D.Mattingly 1257.7 144 148 1490 91 8 158 .995 11.31
R.Gilbreath 90.0 8 18 101 10 3 14 .974 11.10
B.Mitchell 67.0 7 10 82 8 3 10 .968 12.09
J.Quirk 10.0 1 5 11 0 0 0 1.000 9.90
R.Sandberg 3.0 0 2 4 1 0 1 1.000 15.00
Team Total 1427.7 160 183 1688 110 14 183 .992 11.33
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.66
R.Sandberg 875.3 100 101 200 399 8 91 .987 6.16
M.Bradley 287.0 33 37 53 148 3 37 .985 6.30
C.Biggio 159.0 18 22 42 65 2 14 .982 6.06
T.Lawless 42.0 3 12 9 22 0 5 1.000 6.64
J.Quirk 31.0 4 4 9 14 0 6 1.000 6.68
J.Treadway 16.0 1 4 5 6 0 2 1.000 6.19
R.Gilbreath 15.3 1 3 2 6 0 1 1.000 4.70
L.Sakata 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1427.7 160 184 320 660 13 156 .987 6.18
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.73
J.Quirk 640.3 73 82 43 140 3 10 .984 2.57
H.Spilman 478.3 56 61 41 111 7 7 .956 2.86
M.Brantley 259.0 29 42 27 57 0 3 1.000 2.92
T.Lawless 46.0 2 17 1 16 0 3 1.000 3.33
R.Gilbreath 3.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Bonilla 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1427.2 160 205 112 324 10 23 .978 2.75
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.07
L.Sakata 740.3 86 88 118 289 17 71 .960 4.95
R.Sandberg 411.3 46 48 66 168 5 43 .979 5.12
J.Treadway 99.0 10 16 18 30 1 6 .980 4.36
J.Quirk 90.0 10 14 12 37 0 4 1.000 4.90
R.Gilbreath 83.0 8 17 14 31 0 10 1.000 4.88
T.Lawless 4.0 0 1 1 4 0 2 1.000 11.25
Team Total 1427.7 160 184 229 559 23 136 .972 4.97
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 1.85
T.Raines 433.4 47 50 85 3 0 0 1.000 1.83
L.Sakata 431.3 48 51 82 0 2 0 .976 1.71
M.Brantley 244.0 30 31 46 1 0 1 1.000 1.73
B.Mitchell 223.0 26 28 37 0 0 0 1.000 1.49
B.Bonilla 108.3 13 13 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.99
T.Lawless 37.0 3 10 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.70
R.Peters 24.3 2 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.48
M.Bradley 20.0 2 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.35
M.Venable 13.0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69
R.Gilbreath 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1535.4 172 197 289 4 2 1 .993 1.72
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.45
R.Peters 1199.3 140 142 291 14 0 1 1.000 2.29
B.Mitchell 77.3 6 18 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.21
M.Brantley 64.0 7 9 17 2 0 0 1.000 2.67
M.Bradley 49.0 5 8 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.39
M.Venable 25.0 2 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.52
R.Gilbreath 11.0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82
T.Lawless 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1427.7 160 188 348 16 0 1 1.000 2.29
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.96
B.Mitchell 668.3 74 78 118 4 0 1 1.000 1.64
B.Bonilla 311.8 38 38 60 4 0 2 1.000 1.85
M.Brantley 167.0 19 22 34 0 0 0 1.000 1.83
R.Gilbreath 115.3 12 16 25 2 0 2 1.000 2.11
M.Bradley 19.0 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
M.Venable 18.0 2 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00
J.Treadway 7.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
M.Heath 6.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1312.5 148 164 243 11 0 5 1.000 1.74
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 1.96
J.Guzman 203.0 29 29 10 34 2 5 .957 1.95
F.Tanana 178.7 32 32 4 26 2 3 .938 1.51
R.Sutcliffe 150.0 15 39 12 26 0 1 1.000 2.28
S.Crawford 148.7 0 60 6 27 1 6 .971 2.00
J.Cowley 119.7 0 62 8 13 0 1 1.000 1.58
T.Stottlemyre 100.0 15 15 5 17 2 2 .917 1.98
J.Eichelberger 95.7 18 18 8 15 1 0 .958 2.16
E.Wilkins 93.0 21 21 4 19 1 1 .958 2.23
T.Worrell 84.0 0 70 5 7 0 2 1.000 1.29
M.Madden 77.7 4 55 7 15 0 1 1.000 2.55
B.Kipper 64.7 13 13 1 9 1 1 .909 1.39
D.Beard 63.0 11 11 4 9 0 0 1.000 1.86
B.Thigpen 34.3 0 27 2 4 0 1 1.000 1.57
T.Burns 13.3 2 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.03
L.Leal 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1427.6 160 455 77 224 10 24 .968 1.90
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Mattingly .305
On-Base Pct Mitchell .361
Slugging Pct Mattingly .430
OPS Mattingly .772
XR Mattingly 77.8
Games Mattingly 157
At-Bats Mattingly 586
Runs Sandberg 71
Hits Mattingly 179
Total Bases Mattingly 252
Singles Mattingly 128
Doubles Mattingly 40
Triples Sandberg 10
Homeruns Sandberg 12
RBIs Mattingly 86
Stolen Bases Sandberg 21
Caught Stealing Lawless, Raines 8
Walks Sandberg 65
Strikeouts Sandberg 112
ERA Guzman 3.68
Wins Guzman 10
Losses Eichelberger 13
Winning Pct Guzman .476
Saves Thigpen 16
Games Pitched Worrell 70
Games Started Tanana 32
Complete Games Guzman, Stottlemyre 3
Shutouts Guzman 2
Innings Pitched Guzman 203.0
Hits Allowed Tanana 211
Homeruns Allowed Sutcliffe 29
Strikeouts Guzman 123
Walks Allowed Sutcliffe 90
Walks per 9IP Tanana 2.9
Hits per 9IP Guzman 8.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Guzman 5.5
WHiP Guzman 1.31
OAVG Guzman .243
OOBP Guzman .321
OSLG Guzman .353
OOPS Guzman .673
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Ryne Sandberg $ 6,000,000
Mike Heath $ 4,470,000
Eric Wilkins $ 3,680,000
Don Mattingly $ 2,685,714
Rick Peters $ 2,500,000
Lenn Sakata $ 2,257,143
Joe Cowley $ 2,135,714
Frank Tanana $ 1,800,000
Juan Eichelberger $ 1,614,286
Bobby Mitchell $ 1,542,857
Steve Crawford $ 1,300,000
Rod Gilbreath $ 633,000
Rick Sutcliffe $ 627,000
Harry Spilman $ 400,000
Jim Lentine $ 350,000
Mike Madden $ 350,000
Tom Lawless $ 300,000
Mark Bradley $ 300,000
Mickey Brantley $ 300,000
Todd Burns $ 300,000
Max Venable $ 300,000
Jeff Treadway $ 300,000
Jose Guzman $ 300,000
Bob Kipper $ 300,000
Luis Leal $ 300,000
Craig Biggio $ 300,000
Todd Worrell $ 300,000
Tom Pagnozzi $ 300,000
Todd Stottlemyre $ 300,000
Jamie Quirk $ 300,000
Bobby Thigpen $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/10 Signed     Frank Tanana
2/13 Signed     Steve Crawford
6/1 Traded Dave Beard
Tim Raines
Minnesota Todd Burns
6/1 Traded Bobby Bonilla New York (N) Todd Stottlemyre
Bobby Thigpen
Bob Kipper