The Oakland Athletics went 94-68 in 2012, a .580 winning percentage — 4th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 713 runs and allowed 614, a run differential of +99. The offence ranked 14th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.49 staff ERA was 6th of 30. Their 101 team wRC+ was 1% above league average — 10th of 30 in MLB. Yoenis Cespedes led the position players at 3.9 WAR, and Jarrod Parker the rotation at a 3.47 ERA.
The 2012 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the AL West, 1 game clear. They spent 10 of 190 days in first place, led by as many as 1 game on October 3 and were as far as 13 games back on June 30. Their best month was July at 19-5, their worst May at 11-16. The longest runs were a 9-game winning streak from August 24 to September 2 and a 9-game losing streak from May 22 to June 1. They were 50-31 at home and 44-37 on the road, 25-18 in one-run games and 47-44 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 20-2 against the Red Sox on August 31; the heaviest defeat, 12-2 at the Tigers on September 18.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
11
13
.458
73
92
-19
May
11
16
.407
91
110
-19
June
15
13
.536
133
99
+34
July
19
5
.792
117
83
+34
August
18
10
.643
146
102
+44
Sept/Oct
20
11
.645
153
128
+25
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
50-31
.617
Road
44-37
.543
One-run games
25-18
.581
Extra innings
11-5
.688
Within the division
33-24
.579
Against .500+ clubs
47-44
.516
Decided by 5+ runs
27-21
.563
Last 10
8-2
.800
2012 postseason
In October the Oakland Athletics lost the ALDS to the Tigers 3-2.
ALDS vs Tigers2-3 L
Game 1, October 6 L 1-3 at Tigers
Game 2, October 7 L 4-5 at Tigers
Game 3, October 9 W 2-0 vs Tigers
Game 4, October 10 W 4-3 vs Tigers
Game 5, October 11 L 0-6 vs Tigers
American League West standings, 2012
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League West, 2012. 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
20,729
20,121
10,054
44,227
Night
50
20,042
16,494
10,054
44,227
Day
31
21,835
20,539
12,390
36,067
Weekend
38
23,573
21,574
10,819
36,067
Weekday
43
18,215
15,115
10,054
44,227
On the road
81
29,979
29,734
11,613
47,182
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
2
43,809
Apr
11
16,657
May
12
19,551
Jun
13
22,405
Jul
14
21,263
Aug
15
17,929
Sep
11
20,709
Oct
3
29,296
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, 2012.
Regulation
2:56
145 games
All games
3:02
Extra innings
3:53
16 of them
Longest
5:09
2012-07-30, 15 inn
Shortest
2:04
2012-06-06
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
3:02
2:58
2:04
5:43
Regulation
145
2:56
2:56
2:04
4:15
Extra innings
16
3:53
3:41
3:02
5:43
Home
80
3:00
2:57
2:04
5:09
Road
81
3:04
3:00
2:16
5:43
Day
57
3:07
3:01
2:16
5:43
Night
104
2:59
2:58
2:04
5:09
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
2
2:44
Apr
10
3:03
May
12
2:55
Jun
13
2:54
Jul
14
3:05
Aug
15
3:04
Sep
11
3:04
Oct
3
3:01
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 176 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 94-68, a .580 win rate, while their +99 run differential implies .568. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
