2008 Oakland Athletics
Record: 75-87
Finish: 3rd in AL West Division
Runs Scored: 811
Runs Allowed: 894
Exp W-L: 74-88
 
Ballpark: Network Associates Coliseum
Attendance: 2,774,505
Manager: Greg Jolin

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-66, 6th in the American
AA: 84-54, 2nd in the American
A: 82-56, 2nd in the American
 
 
 
 
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 #Nick Swisher 28 152 635 104 199 40 6 10 70 10 11 60 103 .313 .372 .443 .815 96.7 14.7 4.0
DH #Chipper Jones 36 153 563 115 163 27 5 28 91 1 0 117 126 .290 .412 .504 .917 111.2 19.2 0.0
RF  Richard Hidalgo 32 152 535 71 139 30 2 23 108 6 6 60 115 .260 .339 .452 .792 81.0 10.4 3.8
RF  Jeff Zwilling 24 127 427 48 118 13 7 10 68 7 8 28 92 .276 .330 .410 .740 54.1 5.8 4.0
3B #Mark Bellhorn 33 117 368 44 76 10 0 16 44 0 0 50 113 .207 .308 .364 .673 45.9 3.2 2.0
3B  Bill Hall 28 109 385 50 96 25 4 10 55 1 0 18 100 .249 .284 .413 .697 42.0 3.5 4.1
C #Koyie Hill 29 93 342 62 117 16 1 5 39 0 2 41 45 .342 .410 .439 .849 56.7 9.6 4.3
SS  Ramon Nivar 28 101 314 23 65 12 2 2 28 9 8 21 98 .207 .256 .277 .533 20.2 0.0 2.6
C  Michael Barrett 31 98 314 34 78 7 2 2 34 1 0 23 61 .248 .299 .303 .601 28.2 0.9 3.2
3B  Edgardo Alfonzo 34 69 283 37 79 10 1 6 32 1 0 28 26 .279 .346 .385 .731 37.2 4.2 2.3
3B  Claudio Arias 26 78 290 36 83 17 2 5 26 0 0 16 79 .286 .324 .410 .734 37.2 4.6 1.6
SS *Micah Furtado 26 117 267 43 83 7 7 6 46 9 4 27 52 .311 .374 .457 .831 43.9 6.9 2.0
3B  Melvin Mora 36 90 219 36 52 8 1 6 37 6 1 32 54 .237 .351 .365 .717 28.5 2.5 1.3
CF  Andruw Jones 31 59 228 38 69 12 0 11 37 3 0 19 51 .303 .359 .500 .859 37.8 5.8 1.9
1B *Carlos Pena 30 59 225 38 61 11 2 10 37 0 1 22 41 .271 .337 .471 .808 35.1 5.0 0.7
SS  Dave Matranga 25 68 204 22 39 3 2 3 19 17 3 9 56 .191 .223 .270 .493 12.8 0.0 1.8
LF  Juan Encarnacion 32 29 88 8 14 3 0 0 7 7 2 10 24 .159 .250 .193 .443 5.2 0.0 0.5
2B *Willie Harris 30 6 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.3 0.0 0.0
SS  Omar Infante 26 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
C  Robby Hammock 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.4 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.8 1681 5692 811 1531 251 44 153 781 79 46 582 1236 .269 .339 .409 .748 774.2 96.5 40.3
  Rank among 12 AL teams 9 10 9 12 4 9 10 10 2 2 7 9 8 11 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
*Jimmy Gobble 26 9 9 .500 35 35 0 204.3 250 113 24 61 144 4.98 11.1
 Chan Ho Park 35 11 13 .458 32 32 0 192.0 235 104 21 62 125 4.88 9.6
 Kenny Baugh 29 7 6 .538 19 19 0 116.3 128 63 19 30 76 4.87 5.9
 Justin Orenduff 24 4 7 .364 20 20 0 105.3 100 59 21 54 136 5.04 5.0
*Randy Wolf 31 3 7 .300 14 14 0 102.7 91 39 10 33 90 3.42 8.1
 Ronald Belizario 25 5 3 .625 57 0 15 88.0 94 33 8 12 59 3.38 12.4
 John Maine 27 5 2 .714 14 12 0 86.7 86 51 7 28 82 5.30 4.4
 Oscar Villarreal 26 6 8 .429 77 0 15 85.7 97 40 7 37 74 4.20 9.3
 Will Cunnane 34 7 5 .583 57 0 1 81.7 81 45 9 21 79 4.96 5.6
 Aquilino Lopez 33 5 5 .500 81 0 3 76.7 81 41 7 39 65 4.81 6.1
 Cha Seung Baek 28 2 5 .286 13 13 0 75.7 101 48 13 20 63 5.71 2.6
 Bob Keppel 26 4 7 .364 17 11 0 63.3 87 49 14 23 49 6.96 0.4
 Derrick Turnbow 30 2 2 .500 38 0 1 63.0 98 49 13 25 68 7.00 0.5
 Luis Vizcaino 33 3 5 .375 43 0 3 53.3 63 36 7 32 50 6.08 2.1
*Randy Choate 32 0 1 .000 31 0 0 24.3 19 11 1 15 23 4.07 1.9
*Mike Gosling 27 2 0 1.000 11 0 0 19.3 17 3 1 5 12 1.40 2.6
 D.J. Hanson 27 0 2 .000 4 4 0 9.3 19 15 3 9 10 14.47 0.0
*Mark Malaska 30 0 0 .000 7 0 0 8.7 6 3 2 8 7 3.12 0.6
Team Totals 29.1 75 87 .463 570 160 38 1456.3 1653 802 187 514 1212 4.96 88.1
Rank among 12 AL teams 9 9 9 9 4 7 10 7 6 6 7  
* - 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 .988 29.1
K.Hill 783.3 89 93 699 70 14 3 .982 36.9
M.Barrett 669.7 73 85 560 50 10 0 .984 25.5
R.Hammock 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1456.0 162 179 1260 120 24 3 .983 31.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 9.87
M.Bellhorn 772.0 88 92 687 51 4 67 .995 8.60
C.Pena 376.7 39 41 368 36 1 28 .998 9.65
M.Mora 191.7 18 34 195 13 3 19 .986 9.77
Team Total 1340.4 145 167 1250 100 8 114 .994 9.06
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 5.11
M.Furtado 448.7 46 69 93 133 5 26 .978 4.53
R.Nivar 410.3 47 54 75 126 9 26 .957 4.41
D.Matranga 401.0 48 50 82 119 5 30 .976 4.51
M.Bellhorn 125.0 17 19 18 44 0 8 1.000 4.46
M.Mora 54.0 4 12 11 18 1 1 .967 4.83
E.Alfonzo 5.8 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.10
C.Arias 4.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Hall 2.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
W.Harris 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.8 162 211 283 443 20 91 .973 4.50
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 2.52
C.Arias 637.7 72 74 49 108 12 10 .929 2.22
E.Alfonzo 620.7 65 66 43 133 5 12 .972 2.55
M.Mora 200.7 23 28 20 32 1 3 .981 2.33
B.Hall 23.0 2 6 0 7 1 1 .875 2.74
O.Infante 6.0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 3.00
C.Jones 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
M.Bellhorn 1.3 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 13.53
Team Total 1492.4 162 179 114 283 19 27 .954 2.39
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 4.36
B.Hall 804.4 93 98 115 273 16 48 .960 4.34
R.Nivar 269.3 31 36 45 82 3 14 .977 4.24
M.Furtado 154.0 8 40 23 48 1 7 .986 4.15
D.Matranga 127.0 15 15 27 39 3 12 .957 4.68
M.Mora 47.3 4 11 9 10 0 1 1.000 3.61
M.Bellhorn 40.0 5 5 5 17 0 3 1.000 4.95
O.Infante 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1444.1 156 206 225 469 23 85 .968 4.33
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 1.82
N.Swisher 1320.0 146 149 303 5 5 2 .984 2.10
J.Encarnacion 78.2 7 8 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.27
J.Zwilling 33.0 4 4 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
M.Mora 17.0 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.65
C.Jones 6.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1454.2 159 165 331 6 5 2 .985 2.09
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.46
J.Zwilling 850.7 96 99 251 5 1 0 .996 2.71
A.Jones 515.6 57 59 134 5 2 0 .986 2.43
R.Nivar 46.0 5 6 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.93
J.Encarnacion 40.5 3 4 14 0 0 0 1.000 3.11
W.Harris 9.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
M.Mora 8.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
N.Swisher 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1471.8 162 174 416 10 3 0 .993 2.61
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.92
R.Hidalgo 1289.7 144 151 269 15 4 0 .986 1.98
J.Zwilling 86.3 9 12 14 1 0 0 1.000 1.56
J.Encarnacion 66.1 6 9 13 2 1 1 .938 2.04
M.Mora 11.0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Arias 7.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
A.Jones 1.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.0 161 175 298 18 5 1 .984 1.95
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 1.78
J.Gobble 204.3 35 35 8 16 0 3 1.000 1.06
C.Park 192.0 32 32 14 25 6 4 .867 1.83
K.Baugh 116.3 19 19 4 17 1 1 .955 1.62
J.Orenduff 105.3 20 20 4 10 0 2 1.000 1.20
R.Wolf 102.7 14 14 8 15 1 0 .958 2.02
R.Belizario 88.0 0 57 9 12 1 1 .955 2.15
J.Maine 86.7 12 14 7 10 0 0 1.000 1.77
O.Villarreal 85.7 0 77 2 17 1 1 .950 2.00
W.Cunnane 81.7 0 57 2 11 1 0 .929 1.43
A.Lopez 76.7 0 81 4 11 0 1 1.000 1.76
C.Baek 75.7 13 13 7 8 1 0 .938 1.78
B.Keppel 63.3 11 17 2 5 2 0 .778 0.99
D.Turnbow 63.0 0 38 3 16 1 0 .950 2.71
L.Vizcaino 53.3 0 43 5 5 0 1 1.000 1.69
R.Choate 24.3 0 31 1 3 0 1 1.000 1.48
M.Gosling 19.3 0 11 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.86
D.Hanson 9.3 4 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Malaska 8.7 0 7 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.12
Team Total 1456.3 160 570 83 185 15 15 .947 1.66
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Swisher .313
On-Base Pct Jones .412
Slugging Pct Jones .504
OPS Jones .917
XR Jones 111.2
Games Jones 153
At-Bats Swisher 635
Runs Jones 115
Hits Swisher 199
Total Bases Jones 284
Singles Swisher 143
Doubles Swisher 40
Triples Furtado, Zwilling 7
Homeruns Jones 28
RBIs Hidalgo 108
Stolen Bases Matranga 17
Caught Stealing Swisher 11
Walks Jones 117
Strikeouts Jones 126
ERA Park 4.88
Wins Park 11
Losses Park 13
Winning Pct Gobble .500
Saves Belizario, Villarreal 15
Games Pitched Lopez 81
Games Started Gobble 35
Complete Games Wolf 2
Shutouts Baugh 1
Innings Pitched Gobble 204.3
Hits Allowed Gobble 250
Homeruns Allowed Gobble 24
Strikeouts Gobble 144
Walks Allowed Park 62
Walks per 9IP Gobble 2.7
Hits per 9IP Gobble 11.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Gobble 6.3
WHiP Gobble 1.52
OAVG Park .301
OOBP Park .352
OSLG Gobble .452
OOPS Park .811
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Chipper Jones $ 9,300,000
Chan Ho Park $ 5,750,000
Jimmy Gobble $ 4,500,000
Richard Hidalgo $ 3,500,000
Aquilino Lopez $ 2,670,000
Oscar Villarreal $ 2,000,000
Ramon Nivar $ 2,000,000
Michael Barrett $ 1,600,000
Derrick Turnbow $ 1,405,714
Juan Encarnacion $ 1,400,000
Melvin Mora $ 1,070,000
Will Cunnane $ 945,000
Omar Infante $ 912,000
Mark Bellhorn $ 900,000
Luis Vizcaino $ 870,000
Bill Hall $ 750,000
Kenny Baugh $ 500,000
Mike Gosling $ 495,000
Mark Malaska $ 480,000
D.J. Hanson $ 468,000
Willie Harris $ 350,001
Ronald Belizario $ 100,000
Nick Swisher $ 100,000
Justin Orenduff $ 100,000
Koyie Hill $ 100,000
Dave Matranga $ 100,000
Bob Keppel $ 100,000
Claudio Arias $ 100,000
Jeff Zwilling $ 100,000
Micah Furtado $ 100,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/7 Signed     Melvin Mora
2/9 Signed     Luis Vizcaino
2/10 Signed     Mark Malaska
2/14 Signed     Kenny Baugh
2/18 Signed     Aquilino Lopez
2/25 Signed     Mark Bellhorn
3/2 Traded Javon Moran Toronto Bob Keppel
Shea Douglas
Shawn Bobo
Roman Gallego
Jaime Pussyfoot
3/2 Traded Scott Thorman
Matt Kinney
Toronto Aren Tenshin
3/4 Traded Freddy Sanchez Philadelphia Toney Walker
3/4 Traded Adriano Rosario Chicago (A) Maxwell Todd
3/4 Traded Clint King New York (A) Bill Bray
3/4 Traded Jose Acevedo Philadelphia Gustavo Neves
3/4 Traded Rick Ankiel Detroit Philip Neal
3/4 Traded Cory Vance
Cory Sullivan
Colorado Claudio Arias
4/14 Traded Angel Santos Montreal Bill Hall
5/21 Released Manny Delcarmen    
5/21 Released Zach Hammes    
5/21 Released Brian Brunette    
5/21 Released Thomas Mccusker    
5/21 Released John Favorite    
5/21 Released Dewitt Ball    
5/21 Released Hollis Pruden    
6/11 Traded Cha Seung Baek
John Maine
Carlos Pena
Andruw Jones
Boston Joseph Bauserman
Jon Papelbon
Justin Orenduff
Juan Encarnacion
6/22 Traded Edgardo Alfonzo
Toney Walker
Minnesota Jason Vargas
6/22 Traded Randy Wolf Texas Christopher Fiske
6/22 Traded Randy Choate New York (A) Harvey Hinkley
7/14 Released William Hawkins    
7/14 Released Scott White    
7/14 Released Dale Andrews    
7/14 Signed     Denny Stark
9/1 Released Ryan Feierabend    
10/31 Released Robby Hammock