The Oakland Athletics went 96-66 in 2013, a .593 winning percentage — 4th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 767 runs and allowed 625, a run differential of +142. The offence ranked 4th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.56 staff ERA was 8th of 30. Their 113 team wRC+ was 13% above league average — the third best in MLB. Josh Donaldson led the position players at 6.2 WAR, and Bartolo Colon the rotation at a 2.65 ERA.
The 2013 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the AL West, 5.5 games clear. They spent 93 of 183 days in first place, led by as many as 8.5 games on September 22 and were as far as 7.5 games back on May 16. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 19-8, their worst August at 14-13. The longest runs were a 9-game winning streak from April 3 to April 12 and a 5-game losing streak from May 6 to May 10. They were 52-29 at home and 44-37 on the road, 30-20 in one-run games and 40-34 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 18-3 at the Twins on September 11; the heaviest defeat, 12-1 against the Angels on September 16.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
16
12
.571
158
137
+21
May
16
12
.571
107
99
+8
June
16
11
.593
123
97
+26
July
15
10
.600
93
84
+9
August
14
13
.519
124
115
+9
Sept/Oct
19
8
.704
162
93
+69
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
52-29
.642
Road
44-37
.543
One-run games
30-20
.600
Extra innings
7-6
.538
Within the division
44-32
.579
Against .500+ clubs
40-34
.541
Decided by 5+ runs
29-16
.644
Last 10
7-3
.700
2013 postseason
In October the Oakland Athletics lost the ALDS to the Tigers 3-2.
ALDS vs Tigers2-3 L
Game 1, October 4 L 2-3 vs Tigers
Game 2, October 5 W 1-0 vs Tigers
Game 3, October 7 W 6-3 at Tigers
Game 4, October 8 L 6-8 at Tigers
Game 5, October 10 L 0-3 vs Tigers
American League West standings, 2013
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League West, 2013. 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
22,337
20,468
10,689
36,067
Night
45
20,625
17,273
10,689
36,067
Day
36
24,477
23,567
12,134
36,067
Weekend
39
26,124
26,393
14,602
36,067
Weekday
42
18,821
17,206
10,689
36,067
On the road
81
29,314
29,746
9,474
45,312
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
16
19,153
May
10
21,916
Jun
13
26,533
Jul
13
25,724
Aug
14
21,628
Sep
15
20,104
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 160 completed games, 2013.
Regulation
3:01
147 games
All games
3:05
Extra innings
3:53
13 of them
Longest
6:32
2013-04-29, 19 inn
Shortest
2:14
2013-05-31
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
160
3:05
3:03
2:14
6:32
Regulation
147
3:01
2:59
2:14
4:09
Extra innings
13
3:53
3:32
2:57
6:32
Home
81
3:07
3:03
2:14
6:32
Road
79
3:03
3:04
2:17
4:09
Day
68
3:02
2:59
2:20
5:35
Night
92
3:08
3:07
2:14
6:32
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
16
3:24
May
10
2:53
Jun
13
3:08
Jul
13
3:04
Aug
14
3:00
Sep
15
3:06
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 181 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 96-66, a .593 win rate, while their +142 run differential implies .593. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
