1989 Oakland Athletics
Record: 71-89
Finish: 4th in AL West Division
Runs Scored: 680
Runs Allowed: 815
Exp W-L: 67-93
 
Ballpark: Colosseum
Attendance: 1,372,920
Manager: Mike Kolb

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 65-72, 6th in the American League
AA: 73-64, 4th in the American League
A: 75-62, 3rd 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
C  Craig Biggio 23 153 589 70 145 35 1 8 63 26 8 49 147 .246 .315 .350 .665 66.8 12.2 1.6
1B *Don Mattingly 28 155 592 74 167 42 2 16 80 1 0 43 25 .282 .330 .441 .771 78.3 18.6 2.4
2B  Ryne Sandberg 29 153 552 81 139 25 2 19 72 20 2 75 105 .252 .340 .408 .748 79.0 17.8 5.6
CF *Bobby Mitchell 34 149 555 69 155 16 7 8 54 2 6 58 103 .279 .348 .377 .725 69.7 15.2 0.8
2B  Lenn Sakata 35 147 506 47 135 23 2 5 63 1 0 42 63 .267 .324 .350 .674 54.8 10.0 3.3
C  Mike Heath 34 144 506 52 142 22 3 7 62 3 4 24 88 .281 .313 .377 .690 55.6 10.2 8.4
2B *Jeff Treadway 26 132 442 49 114 20 2 5 45 3 2 20 43 .258 .293 .346 .639 40.2 5.6 1.3
RF *Larry Walker 22 103 371 47 87 22 2 13 47 4 4 43 87 .235 .318 .410 .728 43.9 7.8 0.5
CF #Rick Peters 33 127 372 41 95 12 4 3 45 2 2 25 45 .255 .304 .333 .637 34.9 5.1 0.8
3B #Tony Phillips 30 106 287 35 59 19 2 3 29 1 0 47 68 .206 .318 .317 .636 30.9 4.6 2.4
LF *Dwight Smith 25 80 199 40 57 17 1 6 25 9 1 11 40 .286 .327 .472 .799 28.5 7.5 0.3
C *Jamie Quirk 34 65 161 22 30 8 1 6 19 0 0 12 34 .186 .244 .360 .605 15.4 1.3 2.2
RF  Mickey Brantley 28 58 149 13 35 3 0 5 15 3 0 6 21 .235 .263 .356 .619 14.0 1.5 0.3
2B  Cal Ripken Jr. 28 49 109 12 29 6 0 1 14 0 0 7 17 .266 .310 .349 .659 10.4 1.5 1.0
CF #Junior Felix 21 17 52 6 12 1 1 1 12 2 1 3 7 .231 .273 .346 .619 4.7 0.6 0.1
LF  Mike Huff 25 8 25 4 4 2 1 0 3 0 0 2 4 .160 .222 .320 .542 1.8 0.1 0.0
LF  Geronimo Berroa 24 8 21 6 7 1 0 1 5 0 0 4 3 .333 .440 .524 .964 4.7 1.5 0.0
RF *Max Venable 32 39 17 10 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 .176 .222 .294 .516 0.9 0.0 0.1
CF  Mark Bradley 32 7 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 0.0 0.0 0.0
1B  Carlos Quintana 23 3 6 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .667 .833 1.0 0.2 0.0
  Team Totals 28.3 1703 5518 680 1417 276 31 108 656 78 31 472 903 .257 .317 .377 .694 635.5 121.3 31.4
  Rank among 12 AL teams 7 10 8 10 6 10 10 7 5 10 5 8 8 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
 Jose Guzman 26 13 13 .500 32 32 0 219.3 212 101 20 98 141 4.14 11.2
 Todd Stottlemyre 24 8 16 .333 31 31 0 191.0 216 110 17 56 115 5.18 4.5
 Steve Crawford 31 8 16 .333 33 32 0 178.7 229 105 30 54 87 5.29 3.0
 Ben McDonald 21 7 11 .389 25 25 0 150.7 167 85 12 59 98 5.08 3.2
*Dave Righetti 30 8 10 .444 50 11 0 149.7 135 78 16 82 122 4.69 5.9
 Eric Wilkins 32 8 5 .615 21 21 0 111.7 93 49 7 80 97 3.95 6.3
 Joe Cowley 30 3 2 .600 47 0 3 92.3 66 31 4 45 79 3.02 8.6
 Todd Worrell 29 4 4 .500 74 0 2 91.0 86 40 9 31 73 3.96 6.5
 Bobby Thigpen 25 4 7 .364 68 0 38 81.7 73 36 9 34 59 3.97 10.3
 Tom Niedenfuer 29 2 1 .667 31 0 0 62.3 98 50 11 30 29 7.22 0.0
 Tom Hume 36 3 0 1.000 30 0 2 54.7 85 42 9 22 31 6.92 0.0
*Bob Kipper 24 2 4 .333 6 6 0 26.0 29 24 1 14 14 8.31 0.0
 Rick Sutcliffe 33 1 0 1.000 3 2 0 11.7 13 5 1 6 12 3.86 0.9
Team Totals 28.5 71 89 .444 451 160 45 1420.6 1502 756 146 611 957 4.79 60.3
Rank among 12 AL teams 11 11 4 11 12 10 10 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 .991 30.8
M.Heath 1155.3 130 136 799 66 8 1 .991 37.4
J.Quirk 258.3 30 32 181 13 0 0 1.000 43.5
C.Biggio 6.0 0 4 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
M.Venable 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1420.7 160 173 990 79 8 1 .993 38.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.30
D.Mattingly 1294.3 147 153 1534 117 12 156 .993 11.48
J.Quirk 83.0 8 16 98 4 0 9 1.000 11.06
L.Sakata 25.3 3 3 20 5 0 4 1.000 8.88
B.Mitchell 10.0 1 2 12 1 0 2 1.000 11.70
C.Quintana 8.0 1 2 10 1 0 2 1.000 12.38
Team Total 1420.7 160 176 1674 128 12 173 .993 11.42
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.72
C.Biggio 618.0 70 74 133 245 8 49 .979 5.50
T.Phillips 359.0 45 46 84 172 3 33 .988 6.42
R.Sandberg 308.0 34 39 79 111 2 33 .990 5.55
C.Ripken Jr. 54.3 6 9 16 24 1 3 .976 6.63
J.Treadway 42.3 2 11 10 19 2 5 .935 6.17
L.Sakata 26.0 2 4 4 14 0 6 1.000 6.23
J.Quirk 12.0 1 4 1 8 0 3 1.000 6.75
M.Bradley 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1420.7 160 188 327 594 16 132 .983 5.83
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.54
L.Sakata 994.7 115 115 58 220 3 18 .989 2.52
T.Phillips 325.0 37 42 21 67 2 6 .978 2.44
C.Ripken Jr. 69.7 6 13 7 17 1 1 .960 3.10
J.Quirk 26.3 2 9 3 2 0 1 1.000 1.71
D.Smith 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Brantley 2.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1420.7 160 183 90 306 6 26 .985 2.51
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.16
R.Sandberg 971.7 109 113 151 452 19 85 .969 5.59
J.Treadway 289.3 34 36 45 114 5 28 .970 4.95
C.Ripken Jr. 68.0 8 9 15 39 1 10 .982 7.15
T.Phillips 52.0 6 7 10 18 0 6 1.000 4.85
L.Sakata 28.7 2 6 4 8 0 2 1.000 3.77
J.Quirk 11.0 1 4 1 6 0 0 1.000 5.73
Team Total 1420.7 160 175 226 637 25 131 .972 5.47
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.77
B.Mitchell 778.0 89 91 149 5 1 1 .994 1.78
D.Smith 344.7 40 47 60 5 3 0 .956 1.70
M.Brantley 137.0 17 18 21 2 1 0 .958 1.51
G.Berroa 58.0 7 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.40
L.Sakata 43.0 3 8 9 0 1 0 .900 1.88
J.Felix 18.0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
M.Bradley 10.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
R.Peters 9.7 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.93
M.Venable 9.3 0 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.89
T.Phillips 6.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
M.Heath 6.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
M.Huff 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1420.7 160 193 261 12 6 1 .978 1.73
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.35
R.Peters 936.3 106 118 232 8 10 4 .960 2.31
M.Brantley 213.3 24 33 45 4 0 0 1.000 2.07
J.Felix 77.0 9 10 14 0 1 0 .933 1.64
D.Smith 70.0 7 16 14 0 1 0 .933 1.80
M.Huff 66.0 8 8 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.91
M.Venable 38.0 4 10 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.61
B.Mitchell 11.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
M.Bradley 9.0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
Team Total 1420.7 160 200 333 12 12 4 .966 2.19
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.91
L.Walker 847.0 97 102 158 7 3 1 .982 1.75
B.Mitchell 433.7 49 53 86 1 4 1 .956 1.81
D.Smith 73.0 8 12 16 0 2 0 .889 1.97
M.Brantley 39.0 4 7 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.54
M.Venable 9.0 0 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
J.Felix 9.0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
C.Quintana 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Heath 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1420.7 160 186 275 8 9 2 .969 1.79
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 1.97
J.Guzman 219.3 32 32 13 33 3 3 .939 1.89
T.Stottlemyre 191.0 31 31 11 39 0 2 1.000 2.36
S.Crawford 178.7 32 33 10 21 2 2 .939 1.56
B.McDonald 150.7 25 25 3 26 0 2 1.000 1.73
D.Righetti 149.7 11 50 10 18 2 0 .933 1.68
E.Wilkins 111.7 21 21 5 20 3 1 .893 2.02
J.Cowley 92.3 0 47 6 14 0 1 1.000 1.95
T.Worrell 91.0 0 74 9 11 0 1 1.000 1.98
B.Thigpen 81.7 0 68 3 14 1 0 .944 1.87
T.Niedenfuer 62.3 0 31 7 13 0 1 1.000 2.89
T.Hume 54.7 0 30 3 7 0 1 1.000 1.65
B.Kipper 26.0 6 6 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.42
R.Sutcliffe 11.7 2 3 0 5 0 0 1.000 3.86
Team Total 1420.6 160 451 81 227 11 14 .966 1.95
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Mattingly .282
On-Base Pct Mitchell .348
Slugging Pct Mattingly .441
OPS Mattingly .771
XR Sandberg 79.0
Games Mattingly 155
At-Bats Mattingly 592
Runs Sandberg 81
Hits Mattingly 167
Total Bases Mattingly 261
Singles Mitchell 124
Doubles Mattingly 42
Triples Mitchell 7
Homeruns Sandberg 19
RBIs Mattingly 80
Stolen Bases Biggio 26
Caught Stealing Biggio 8
Walks Sandberg 75
Strikeouts Biggio 147
ERA Guzman 4.14
Wins Guzman 13
Losses Crawford, Stottlemyre 16
Winning Pct Guzman .500
Saves Thigpen 38
Games Pitched Worrell 74
Games Started Crawford, Guzman 32
Complete Games Guzman 5
Shutouts Guzman 2
Innings Pitched Guzman 219.3
Hits Allowed Crawford 229
Homeruns Allowed Crawford 30
Strikeouts Guzman 141
Walks Allowed Guzman 98
Walks per 9IP Stottlemyre 2.6
Hits per 9IP Guzman 8.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Guzman 5.8
WHiP Guzman 1.41
OAVG Guzman .253
OOBP Guzman .331
OSLG Guzman .381
OOPS Guzman .712
Team All-Stars
Mike Heath
Player Salaries
Ryne Sandberg $ 6,000,000
Dave Righetti $ 5,000,000
Mike Heath $ 4,470,000
Eric Wilkins $ 3,680,000
Tony Phillips $ 3,100,000
Don Mattingly $ 2,685,714
Rick Peters $ 2,500,000
Joe Cowley $ 2,500,000
Lenn Sakata $ 2,257,143
Tom Hume $ 2,000,000
Frank Tanana $ 1,800,000
Juan Eichelberger $ 1,614,286
Bobby Mitchell $ 1,542,857
Cal Ripken Jr. $ 1,500,000
Steve Crawford $ 1,300,000
Tom Niedenfuer $ 700,000
Rick Sutcliffe $ 450,000
Jamie Quirk $ 350,000
Todd Worrell $ 350,000
Bob Kipper $ 300,000
Craig Biggio $ 300,000
Mark Bradley $ 300,000
Mickey Brantley $ 300,000
Larry Walker $ 300,000
Max Venable $ 300,000
Junior Felix $ 300,000
Jose Guzman $ 300,000
Jeff Treadway $ 300,000
Bobby Thigpen $ 300,000
Tom Lawless $ 300,000
Ben McDonald $ 300,000
Geronimo Berroa $ 300,000
Todd Stottlemyre $ 300,000
Dwight Smith $ 300,000
Carlos Quintana $ 300,000
Mike Huff $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Signed     Tom Niedenfuer
2/17 Signed     Dave Righetti
2/19 Signed     Rick Sutcliffe
2/24 Signed     Tony Phillips
2/26 Signed     Cal Ripken Jr.
3/1 Signed     Tom Hume