| 1999 Oakland Athletics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | American League | |||
| Division | West | |||
| Ballpark | Network Associates Coliseum | |||
| City | Oakland, California | |||
| Record | 87–75 (.537) | |||
| Divisional place | 2nd | |||
| Owners | Stephen Schott &Kenneth Hofmann | |||
| General managers | Billy Beane | |||
| Managers | Art Howe | |||
| Television | KICU-TV Fox Sports Bay Area (Ray Fosse,Greg Papa,Ken Wilson) | |||
| Radio | KABL (Bill King,Ken Korach,Ray Fosse) | |||
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The1999 Oakland Athletics season was the 99th season for theOakland Athletics franchise, all as members of theAmerican League, and their 32nd season inOakland. The Athletics finished second in theAmerican League West with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses. In doing so, the Athletics finished with their first winning record since 1992. The campaign was also the first of eight consecutive winning seasons for the Athletics (the last of these coming in2006).
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Rangers | 95 | 67 | .586 | — | 51–30 | 44–37 |
| Oakland Athletics | 87 | 75 | .537 | 8 | 52–29 | 35–46 |
| Seattle Mariners | 79 | 83 | .488 | 16 | 43–38 | 36–45 |
| Anaheim Angels | 70 | 92 | .432 | 25 | 37–44 | 33–48 |
| Team | ANA | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anaheim | — | 3–9 | 1–9 | 5–5 | 1–9 | 5–5 | 7–5 | 6–4 | 6–4 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 6–12 | ||
| Baltimore | 9–3 | — | 5–7 | 7–3 | 1–9 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 8–1 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 5–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 1–11 | 11–7 | ||
| Boston | 9–1 | 7–5 | — | 7–5 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 8–2 | 6–4 | 8–4 | 4–6 | 7–3 | 4–9 | 4–5 | 9–3 | 6–12 | ||
| Chicago | 5–5 | 3–7 | 5–7 | — | 3–9 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 8–3–1 | 5–7 | 3–7 | 4–8 | 6–4 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 9–9 | ||
| Cleveland | 9–1 | 9–1 | 4–8 | 9–3 | — | 8–5 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 3–7 | 10–2 | 7–3 | 5–4 | 3–7 | 5–7 | 9–9 | ||
| Detroit | 5–5 | 5–5 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–8 | — | 7–4 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 4–6 | 3–7 | 4–5 | 5–5 | 2–10 | 8–10 | ||
| Kansas City | 5–7 | 4–6 | 2–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 4–7 | — | 5–8 | 5–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 2–8 | 4–6 | 3–7 | 6–12 | ||
| Minnesota | 4–6 | 1–8 | 4–6 | 3–8–1 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 8–5 | — | 4–6 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 5–5 | 0–12 | 4–6 | 10–7 | ||
| New York | 4–6 | 9–4 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 7–3 | 7–5 | 4–5 | 6–4 | — | 6–4 | 9–1 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 10–2 | 9–9 | ||
| Oakland | 4–8 | 7–5 | 6–4 | 7–3 | 2–10 | 6–4 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 4–6 | — | 6–6 | 9–1 | 5–7 | 8–2 | 12–6 | ||
| Seattle | 6–6 | 5–5 | 3–7 | 8–4 | 3–7 | 7–3 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 1–9 | 6–6 | — | 8–4 | 5–8 | 7–2 | 7–11 | ||
| Tampa Bay | 5–7 | 7–5 | 9–4 | 4–6 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 8–2 | 5–5 | 4–8 | 1–9 | 4–8 | — | 4–8 | 5–8 | 4–14 | ||
| Texas | 6–6 | 6–6 | 5–4 | 5–5 | 7–3 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 12–0 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 8–4 | — | 6–4 | 10–8 | ||
| Toronto | 9–3 | 11–1 | 3–9 | 4–6 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 7–3 | 6–4 | 2–10 | 2–8 | 2–7 | 8–5 | 4–6 | — | 9–9 | ||
| 1999 Oakland Athletics | |||||||||
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | A. J. Hinch | 76 | 205 | 44 | .215 | 7 | 24 |
| 1B | Jason Giambi | 158 | 575 | 181 | .315 | 33 | 123 |
| 2B | Randy Velarde | 61 | 255 | 85 | .333 | 7 | 28 |
| SS | Miguel Tejada | 159 | 593 | 149 | .251 | 21 | 84 |
| 3B | Eric Chavez | 115 | 356 | 88 | .247 | 13 | 50 |
| LF | Ben Grieve | 148 | 486 | 129 | .265 | 28 | 86 |
| CF | Ryan Christenson | 106 | 268 | 56 | .209 | 4 | 24 |
| RF | Matt Stairs | 146 | 531 | 137 | .258 | 38 | 102 |
| DH | John Jaha | 142 | 457 | 126 | .276 | 35 | 111 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Phillips | 106 | 406 | 99 | .244 | 15 | 49 |
| Olmedo Sáenz | 97 | 255 | 70 | .275 | 11 | 41 |
| Scott Spiezio | 89 | 247 | 60 | .243 | 8 | 33 |
| Mike Macfarlane | 81 | 226 | 55 | .243 | 4 | 31 |
| Jason McDonald | 100 | 187 | 37 | .209 | 3 | 8 |
| Ramón Hernández | 40 | 136 | 38 | .279 | 3 | 21 |
| Tim Raines | 58 | 135 | 29 | .215 | 4 | 17 |
| Rich Becker | 40 | 125 | 33 | .264 | 1 | 10 |
| Jorge Velandia | 63 | 48 | 9 | .188 | 0 | 2 |
| Frank Menechino | 9 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gil Heredia | 33 | 200.1 | 13 | 8 | 4.81 | 117 |
| Jimmy Haynes | 30 | 142.0 | 7 | 12 | 6.34 | 93 |
| Mike Oquist | 28 | 140.2 | 9 | 10 | 5.37 | 89 |
| Tim Hudson | 21 | 136.1 | 11 | 2 | 3.23 | 132 |
| Kenny Rogers | 19 | 119.1 | 5 | 3 | 4.30 | 68 |
| Omar Olivares | 12 | 74.2 | 7 | 2 | 4.34 | 36 |
| Kevin Appier | 12 | 68.2 | 7 | 5 | 5.77 | 53 |
| Tom Candiotti | 11 | 56.2 | 3 | 5 | 6.35 | 30 |
| Blake Stein | 1 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 16.88 | 4 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Mahay | 6 | 19.1 | 2 | 0 | 1.86 | 15 |
| Kevin Jarvis | 4 | 14.0 | 0 | 1 | 11.57 | 11 |
| Brett Laxton | 3 | 9.2 | 0 | 1 | 7.45 | 9 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Taylor | 43 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 3.98 | 38 |
| Buddy Groom | 76 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5.09 | 32 |
| Doug Jones | 70 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3.55 | 63 |
| Tim Worrell | 53 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.15 | 62 |
| T.J. Mathews | 50 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3.81 | 42 |
| Brad Rigby | 29 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4.33 | 26 |
| Jason Isringhausen | 20 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2.13 | 20 |
| Greg McMichael | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 3 |
| Chad Harville | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.91 | 15 |
| Tim Kubinski | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.84 | 7 |
| Luis Vizcaíno | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 2 |
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