The Oakland Athletics went 75-86 in 2008, a .466 winning percentage — 19th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 646 runs and allowed 690, a run differential of -44. The offence ranked 27th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.89 staff ERA was 4th of 30. Their 87 team wRC+ was 13% below league average — the second worst in MLB. Jack Cust led the position players at 3.1 WAR, and Rich Harden the rotation at a 2.07 ERA.
The 2008 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the AL West, 24.5 games back. They spent 31 of 190 days in first place, led by as many as 2 games on April 12 and were as far as 24.5 games back on September 28. Their best month was June at 16-10, their worst July at 8-17. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from April 8 to April 12 and a 10-game losing streak from July 28 to August 7. They were 43-38 at home and 32-48 on the road, 25-24 in one-run games and 39-52 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 15-1 at the Diamondbacks on June 17; the heaviest defeat, 12-0 against the Blue Jays on May 29.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
17
12
.586
135
102
+33
May
12
15
.444
106
108
-2
June
16
10
.615
122
89
+33
July
8
17
.320
86
109
-23
August
10
20
.333
82
161
-79
Sept/Oct
12
12
.500
115
121
-6
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
43-38
.531
Road
32-48
.400
One-run games
25-24
.510
Extra innings
8-7
.533
Within the division
26-31
.456
Against .500+ clubs
39-52
.429
Decided by 5+ runs
21-23
.477
Last 10
4-6
.400
American League West standings, 2008
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League West, 2008. Games back of the best record in the division.
The players whose season belongs to this club, by position and then by dbWAR. A player traded mid-season is listed with the club he played most of his games for, so a deadline arrival may appear on his other club’s page instead.
Each rectangle is a player, sized by his share of the team's hits; darker means a larger share. Top 30 contributors. Select a different statistic above, or click a player for his page.
Day and night divide the home schedule, and so do weekend and weekday. The road line is a different question.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Low
High
All home
81
20,559
19,405
10,128
44,735
Night
51
20,101
19,287
10,128
44,735
Day
30
21,337
20,522
12,593
35,067
Weekend
39
23,245
21,135
12,528
36,067
Weekday
42
18,064
15,211
10,128
44,735
On the road
79
29,946
29,600
11,143
54,366
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
2
44,682
Apr
13
17,325
May
15
19,804
Jun
18
22,868
Jul
13
20,055
Aug
10
20,124
Sep
10
18,002
By season
Announced gate — tickets distributed, which is the figure every reference publishes and is not the same as people through the turnstile. A game the feed reports no gate for is left out rather than counted as empty. Seasons before attendance was carried into the lake are absent from the trend rather than shown as zero.
Game time
First pitch to final out across 161 completed games, 2008.
Regulation
2:42
146 games
All games
2:48
Extra innings
3:41
15 of them
Longest
4:24
2008-08-14, 12 inn
Shortest
1:49
2008-07-08
By situation
Regulation and extra innings divide the season, and so do home and road. Day and night overlap both.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Fastest
Longest
All
161
2:48
2:44
1:49
4:45
Regulation
146
2:42
2:42
1:49
3:33
Extra innings
15
3:41
3:50
2:40
4:45
Home
81
2:45
2:40
1:49
4:24
Road
80
2:51
2:46
2:08
4:45
Day
52
2:53
2:46
2:06
4:45
Night
109
2:45
2:42
1:49
3:57
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
2
3:15
Apr
13
2:41
May
15
2:43
Jun
18
2:49
Jul
13
2:41
Aug
10
2:54
Sep
10
2:37
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 162 minutes this season.
Elapsed time from first pitch to final out. The feed does not itemise delays, so a rain delay is inside these numbers with no way to subtract it. Games called early are excluded — five innings in ninety-three minutes is not a short game — but they still count in attendance, because the crowd turned up.
Record versus run differential
Oakland Athletics are 75-86, a .466 win rate, while their -44 run differential implies .470. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
