1987 Oakland Athletics
Record: 74-86
Finish: 3rd in AL West Division
Runs Scored: 666
Runs Allowed: 742
Exp W-L: 72-88
 
Ballpark: Colosseum
Attendance: 1,967,722
Manager: Marwan Najdawi

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 70-67, 4th in the American League
AA: 58-79, 9th in the American League
A: 58-79, 8th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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 27 157 608 103 163 39 9 7 56 68 23 65 81 .268 .340 .396 .736 83.9 15.7 4.8
CF *Bobby Mitchell 32 155 586 65 156 25 1 4 67 5 8 58 92 .266 .333 .333 .666 64.7 9.3 0.2
2B  Ryne Sandberg 27 155 577 72 142 24 7 15 72 16 8 50 110 .246 .307 .390 .697 66.7 9.8 4.8
1B *Don Mattingly 26 154 563 62 173 42 2 11 82 0 0 29 25 .307 .341 .448 .789 76.3 15.7 2.3
2B  Lenn Sakata 33 155 534 67 157 26 3 10 76 1 0 44 54 .294 .346 .410 .757 73.9 14.5 6.2
C  Mike Heath 32 142 509 60 138 22 2 14 65 2 4 44 69 .271 .328 .405 .733 63.4 10.3 6.9
CF #Rick Peters 31 152 499 52 122 18 3 2 53 5 2 37 73 .244 .297 .305 .601 44.8 3.7 5.9
LF #Bobby Bonilla 24 143 468 43 119 32 4 6 68 5 0 70 73 .254 .350 .378 .728 64.7 11.8 4.3
SS  Rick Auerbach 37 130 365 25 97 10 2 0 26 2 0 16 71 .266 .294 .304 .598 29.3 2.1 3.6
3B *John Milner 37 86 235 26 67 12 2 6 30 0 2 21 52 .285 .342 .430 .772 32.5 6.3 2.9
SS  Rod Gilbreath 34 107 210 29 40 7 2 3 21 1 1 22 44 .190 .267 .286 .553 15.9 0.2 2.4
C *Harry Spilman 32 62 125 12 20 4 1 2 12 0 2 15 30 .160 .245 .256 .501 7.7 0.0 1.3
C  Tom Pagnozzi 24 42 129 9 26 2 3 1 9 0 0 4 20 .202 .230 .287 .516 6.6 0.0 1.7
3B  Tom Lawless 30 101 52 32 6 1 0 0 2 27 16 2 10 .115 .148 .135 .283 -0.6 0.0 0.6
SS  Jim Lentine 32 21 22 3 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 5 .136 .296 .227 .524 1.6 0.0 0.2
2B *Jeff Treadway 24 6 18 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .222 .263 .278 .541 0.9 0.0 0.0
RF  Mickey Brantley 26 5 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.3 0.0 0.2
C *Jamie Quirk 32 5 12 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .250 .308 .333 .641 0.9 0.0 0.1
C #Butch Wynegar 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Terry Forster 35 3 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 30.3 1782 5530 665 1439 266 42 81 643 132 66 483 816 .260 .319 .367 .687 633.4 99.5 48.4
  Rank among 12 AL teams 7 10 7 11 1 12 10 3 10 10 2 6 9 10 10 10  
* - 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
 Juan Eichelberger 33 12 12 .500 32 32 0 203.3 173 84 18 110 129 3.72 12.1
 Jose Guzman 24 8 15 .348 29 29 0 199.0 197 109 26 89 121 4.93 5.6
 Dave Beard 27 10 9 .526 32 32 0 190.0 141 78 26 62 168 3.69 12.2
 Eric Wilkins 30 5 12 .294 32 32 0 180.3 151 69 10 96 145 3.44 10.9
 Rick Sutcliffe 31 8 7 .533 63 2 2 171.7 172 86 17 96 115 4.51 7.6
 Joe Cowley 28 6 11 .353 35 30 1 140.0 125 68 15 55 93 4.37 5.9
 Milt Wilcox 37 7 6 .538 59 0 6 121.3 163 98 22 82 27 7.27 0.0
 Todd Worrell 27 8 3 .727 59 0 27 77.3 64 19 8 25 48 2.21 14.7
*Terry Forster 35 7 5 .583 67 0 2 65.0 68 37 8 43 44 5.12 2.3
 Mike Campbell 23 3 4 .429 32 3 2 53.7 71 31 3 24 23 5.20 1.3
*Mike Madden 29 0 1 .000 36 0 1 13.7 11 2 0 12 6 1.32 1.4
 Ben Hayes 29 0 1 .000 4 0 0 8.3 8 4 1 2 8 4.32 0.2
 Willie Fraser 23 0 0 .000 3 0 0 7.3 10 4 2 3 2 4.91 0.0
Team Totals 28.9 74 86 .463 483 160 41 1431.0 1354 689 156 699 929 4.33 74.1
Rank among 12 AL teams 9 9 8 9 6 2 12 8 12 4 8  
* - 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 .989 34.1
M.Heath 1113.0 124 127 763 66 10 1 .988 38.0
T.Pagnozzi 296.0 34 36 187 15 2 0 .990 34.5
H.Spilman 13.0 1 4 8 2 0 0 1.000 100.0
J.Quirk 9.0 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1431.0 160 168 962 83 12 1 .989 38.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.40
D.Mattingly 1211.0 146 150 1399 110 10 126 .993 11.21
R.Gilbreath 75.0 5 20 89 7 2 9 .980 11.52
R.Auerbach 73.0 6 20 87 4 0 12 1.000 11.22
H.Spilman 26.7 1 13 33 3 0 7 1.000 12.15
J.Lentine 15.0 1 5 19 1 1 2 .952 12.00
J.Milner 10.3 1 2 14 2 0 0 1.000 13.94
L.Sakata 8.0 0 4 10 1 0 1 1.000 12.38
R.Sandberg 6.0 0 3 9 0 0 4 1.000 13.50
B.Mitchell 6.0 0 2 7 1 1 1 .889 12.00
Team Total 1431.0 160 219 1667 129 14 162 .992 11.30
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.79
L.Sakata 1151.3 137 138 252 507 14 107 .982 5.93
R.Sandberg 74.0 8 10 14 41 0 4 1.000 6.69
R.Gilbreath 72.7 7 16 11 30 0 9 1.000 5.08
R.Auerbach 68.0 7 11 22 21 2 7 .956 5.69
T.Lawless 46.0 0 16 11 23 1 5 .971 6.65
J.Lentine 10.0 0 4 1 5 0 1 1.000 5.40
J.Quirk 8.0 1 1 2 4 0 0 1.000 6.75
J.Treadway 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1431.0 160 197 313 632 17 133 .982 5.94
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.65
J.Milner 571.3 67 74 34 143 3 16 .983 2.79
R.Auerbach 404.7 50 58 26 97 1 11 .992 2.74
H.Spilman 274.7 34 38 14 56 1 2 .986 2.29
T.Lawless 75.0 2 23 3 17 1 1 .952 2.40
R.Gilbreath 58.3 4 15 10 15 0 1 1.000 3.86
L.Sakata 38.0 3 6 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.66
B.Bonilla 6.0 0 3 0 2 0 1 1.000 3.00
J.Quirk 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Campbell 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1431.0 160 219 88 337 6 32 .986 2.67
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.16
R.Sandberg 1225.7 139 141 195 471 18 100 .974 4.89
R.Auerbach 95.0 11 14 20 41 2 9 .968 5.78
R.Gilbreath 49.0 4 9 9 22 1 2 .969 5.69
L.Sakata 40.0 5 5 7 19 1 4 .963 5.85
J.Lentine 12.3 0 4 2 6 0 2 1.000 5.84
J.Quirk 9.0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00
Team Total 1431.0 160 174 233 561 22 117 .973 4.99
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.86
T.Raines 1294.0 144 153 254 11 2 3 .993 1.84
R.Auerbach 74.0 9 11 19 1 0 0 1.000 2.43
R.Gilbreath 41.0 6 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.76
M.Brantley 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Lentine 6.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
T.Lawless 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
T.Forster 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Peters 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1431.0 160 177 283 12 2 3 .993 1.86
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.50
R.Peters 1260.0 143 147 301 9 3 1 .990 2.21
R.Gilbreath 139.0 14 24 38 2 0 2 1.000 2.59
M.Brantley 27.0 3 3 8 1 0 1 1.000 3.00
B.Mitchell 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Lentine 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1431.0 160 176 348 12 3 4 .992 2.26
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.02
B.Bonilla 1122.3 137 142 231 6 2 3 .992 1.90
R.Gilbreath 89.0 7 18 15 1 0 1 1.000 1.62
R.Auerbach 76.7 7 14 16 1 0 0 1.000 2.00
B.Mitchell 59.0 6 8 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.53
R.Peters 27.0 3 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.33
M.Heath 25.0 0 11 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.72
J.Milner 17.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06
J.Lentine 10.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Raines 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1431.0 160 206 284 8 2 4 .993 1.84
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.04
J.Eichelberger 203.3 32 32 15 26 6 7 .872 1.81
J.Guzman 199.0 29 29 17 26 1 0 .977 1.94
D.Beard 190.0 32 32 13 29 1 0 .977 1.99
E.Wilkins 180.3 32 32 12 39 2 7 .962 2.55
R.Sutcliffe 171.7 2 63 8 30 0 2 1.000 1.99
J.Cowley 140.0 30 35 11 24 0 1 1.000 2.25
M.Wilcox 121.3 0 59 9 20 1 2 .967 2.15
T.Worrell 77.3 0 59 9 16 0 3 1.000 2.91
T.Forster 65.0 0 67 4 12 0 0 1.000 2.22
M.Campbell 53.7 3 32 6 12 0 1 1.000 3.02
M.Madden 13.7 0 36 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.98
B.Hayes 8.3 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Fraser 7.3 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.46
Team Total 1431.0 160 483 105 238 11 23 .969 2.16
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Mattingly .307
On-Base Pct Bonilla .350
Slugging Pct Mattingly .448
OPS Mattingly .789
XR Raines 83.9
Games Raines 157
At-Bats Raines 608
Runs Raines 103
Hits Mattingly 173
Total Bases Mattingly 252
Singles Mitchell 126
Doubles Mattingly 42
Triples Raines 9
Homeruns Sandberg 15
RBIs Mattingly 82
Stolen Bases Raines 68
Caught Stealing Raines 23
Walks Bonilla 70
Strikeouts Sandberg 110
ERA Wilkins 3.44
Wins Eichelberger 12
Losses Guzman 15
Winning Pct Beard .526
Saves Worrell 27
Games Pitched Forster 67
Games Started Beard, Eichelberger, Wilkins 32
Complete Games Eichelberger 2
Shutouts Eichelberger, Wilkins 1
Innings Pitched Eichelberger 203.3
Hits Allowed Guzman 197
Homeruns Allowed Beard, Guzman 26
Strikeouts Beard 168
Walks Allowed Eichelberger 110
Walks per 9IP Beard 2.9
Hits per 9IP Beard 6.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Beard 8.0
WHiP Beard 1.07
OAVG Beard .204
OOBP Beard .272
OSLG Wilkins .321
OOPS Beard .641
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Mike Heath $ 3,935,714
Tim Raines $ 3,664,286
Eric Wilkins $ 3,514,286
Ryne Sandberg $ 2,685,714
Don Mattingly $ 2,550,000
Dave Beard $ 2,539,286
Joe Cowley $ 2,135,714
Rick Auerbach $ 2,000,001
Rick Peters $ 1,700,000
Lenn Sakata $ 1,700,000
Rick Sutcliffe $ 1,000,000
Milt Wilcox $ 663,000
Rod Gilbreath $ 633,000
Terry Forster $ 608,000
Harry Spilman $ 400,000
Mike Madden $ 350,000
Jim Lentine $ 350,000
Willie Fraser $ 300,000
Todd Worrell $ 300,000
Bobby Bonilla $ 300,000
Paul Boris $ 300,000
Mark Bradley $ 300,000
Mickey Brantley $ 300,000
Mike Campbell $ 300,000
Kelvin Chapman $ 300,000
Chris Welsh $ 300,000
Juan Eichelberger $ 300,000
Tom Lawless $ 300,000
Max Venable $ 300,000
Tom McCarthy $ 300,000
Jeff Treadway $ 300,000
Jose Guzman $ 300,000
Ben Hayes $ 300,000
Jamie Quirk $ 300,000
Steve Kiefer $ 300,000
Ray Krawczyk $ 300,000
Tom Pagnozzi $ 300,000
Bobby Mitchell $ 300,000
Butch Wynegar $ 300,000
John Milner $ 300,000
Terry Felton $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Traded J.R. Richard
Larry Parrish
New York (N) Paul Boris
6/1 Signed     John Milner