American League West · 2015
Oakland Athletics 2015
- Team WAR
- 26.2 15.8 bat / 10.4 pitch
- Win %
- .420 pyth .478
- Run diff
- -35 4.28 / 4.50 per g
- wRC+
- 97
- ERA
- 4.15 FIP 4.16
- Home runs
- 143
The Oakland Athletics went 68-94 in 2015, a .420 winning percentage — 26th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 694 runs and allowed 729, a run differential of -35. The offence ranked 14th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.15 staff ERA was 21st of 30. Their 97 team wRC+ was 3% below league average — 20th of 30 in MLB. Ben Zobrist led the position players at 3.2 WAR, and Sonny Gray the rotation at a 2.73 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
29 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Ben Zobrist | 2B | 126 | 535 | 129 | 13 | 56 | 3 | .276 | .359 | .450 | .354 | 128 | 3.2 |
| Stephen Vogt | C | 136 | 511 | 116 | 18 | 71 | 0 | .261 | .341 | .443 | .340 | 118 | 3.0 |
| Josh Reddick | RF | 149 | 582 | 143 | 20 | 77 | 10 | .272 | .333 | .449 | .342 | 120 | 2.9 |
| Billy Burns | CF | 124 | 555 | 153 | 5 | 42 | 26 | .294 | .334 | .392 | .320 | 104 | 2.5 |
| Marcus Semien | SS | 155 | 601 | 143 | 15 | 45 | 11 | .257 | .310 | .405 | .314 | 100 | 2.4 |
| Brett Lawrie | 3B | 148 | 602 | 146 | 16 | 60 | 5 | .260 | .299 | .407 | .308 | 96 | 2.1 |
| Josh Phegley | C | 72 | 243 | 56 | 9 | 34 | 0 | .249 | .300 | .449 | .327 | 109 | 1.3 |
| Mark Canha | 1B | 123 | 485 | 112 | 16 | 70 | 7 | .254 | .315 | .426 | .326 | 108 | 1.3 |
| Max Muncy | 1B | 41 | 112 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 0 | .206 | .268 | .392 | .290 | 82 | 0.1 |
| Jesse Chavez | P | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .294 | 85 | 0.1 |
| Bryan Anderson | C | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .400 | .429 | .400 | .353 | 128 | 0.1 |
| Tyler Ladendorf | LF | 9 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .235 | .278 | .353 | .277 | 73 | 0.0 |
| Scott Kazmir | P | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .220 | 33 | 0.0 |
| Sonny Gray | P | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .147 | -20 | -0.0 |
| Pat Venditte | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.0 |
| Aaron Brooks | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.0 |
| Chris Bassitt | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.0 |
| Jesse Hahn | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.0 |
| Andy Parrino | 3B | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .178 | 2 | -0.1 |
| Eric Sogard | 2B | 114 | 401 | 92 | 1 | 37 | 6 | .247 | .294 | .304 | .268 | 67 | -0.1 |
| Carson Blair | C | 11 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .129 | .229 | .226 | .217 | 30 | -0.1 |
| Jason Pridie | CF | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .071 | -74 | -0.2 |
| Billy Butler | DH | 151 | 601 | 135 | 15 | 65 | 0 | .251 | .323 | .390 | .315 | 100 | -0.2 |
| Jake Smolinski | LF | 67 | 192 | 32 | 6 | 26 | 1 | .193 | .281 | .367 | .289 | 81 | -0.2 |
| Ike Davis | 1B | 71 | 239 | 49 | 3 | 20 | 0 | .229 | .301 | .350 | .292 | 84 | -0.2 |
| Cody Ross | RF | 9 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .091 | .200 | .091 | .156 | -13 | -0.2 |
| Craig Gentry | LF | 22 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .120 | .196 | .200 | .185 | 7 | -0.5 |
| Sam Fuld | CF | 97 | 325 | 57 | 2 | 22 | 9 | .197 | .276 | .293 | .259 | 60 | -0.6 |
| Coco Crisp | LF | 44 | 139 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 2 | .175 | .252 | .222 | .223 | 35 | -0.8 |
Pitching
28 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Sonny Gray | 31 | 31 | 208.0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 169 | 2.73 | 3.45 | 1.08 | 7.3 | 3.6 |
| Scott Kazmir | 31 | 31 | 183.0 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 155 | 3.10 | 3.98 | 1.21 | 7.6 | 2.0 |
| Jesse Chavez | 30 | 26 | 157.0 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 136 | 4.18 | 3.85 | 1.35 | 7.8 | 1.9 |
| Jesse Hahn | 16 | 16 | 96.2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 64 | 3.35 | 3.51 | 1.17 | 6.0 | 1.6 |
| Chris Bassitt | 18 | 13 | 86.0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 64 | 3.56 | 3.76 | 1.26 | 6.7 | 1.0 |
| Fernando Rodriguez Jr. | 56 | 0 | 58.2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 3.84 | 3.08 | 1.14 | 10.0 | 0.9 |
| Drew Pomeranz | 53 | 9 | 86.0 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 82 | 3.66 | 3.62 | 1.19 | 8.6 | 0.9 |
| Kendall Graveman | 21 | 21 | 115.2 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 77 | 4.05 | 4.60 | 1.42 | 6.0 | 0.4 |
| Félix Doubront | 16 | 12 | 75.1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 56 | 5.50 | 4.45 | 1.50 | 6.7 | 0.3 |
| Sean Doolittle | 12 | 0 | 13.2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 3.95 | 2.99 | 1.24 | 9.9 | 0.2 |
| Danny Coulombe | 14 | 0 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5.63 | 3.45 | 1.63 | 6.2 | 0.2 |
| Tyler Clippard | 69 | 0 | 71.0 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 64 | 2.92 | 4.27 | 1.13 | 8.1 | 0.1 |
| Pat Venditte | 26 | 0 | 28.2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 4.40 | 4.15 | 1.19 | 7.2 | 0.1 |
| Arnold Leon | 19 | 0 | 26.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 4.39 | 4.18 | 1.46 | 6.4 | 0.1 |
| Evan Scribner | 54 | 0 | 60.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 64 | 4.35 | 4.33 | 1.03 | 9.6 | 0.1 |
| Ike Davis | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 3.63 | 1.00 | 4.5 | 0.0 |
| Dan Otero | 41 | 0 | 46.2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 6.75 | 4.40 | 1.50 | 5.4 | 0.0 |
| Aaron Brooks | 13 | 9 | 55.1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 6.67 | 4.85 | 1.57 | 6.2 | -0.1 |
| Eric O'Flaherty | 41 | 0 | 30.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 8.10 | 4.60 | 2.17 | 6.3 | -0.1 |
| Chad Smith | 2 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33.75 | 9.13 | 6.00 | 13.5 | -0.1 |
| Sean Nolin | 6 | 6 | 29.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5.28 | 5.13 | 1.62 | 4.7 | -0.1 |
| Brad Mills | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.40 | 6.53 | 1.60 | 1.8 | -0.1 |
| Angel Castro | 5 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2.25 | 6.63 | 2.75 | 9.0 | -0.1 |
| Ryan Dull | 13 | 0 | 17.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 4.24 | 5.37 | 1.06 | 8.5 | -0.2 |
| Edward Mujica | 49 | 0 | 47.1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 4.75 | 5.12 | 1.25 | 5.7 | -0.4 |
| Fernando Abad | 62 | 0 | 47.2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 4.15 | 5.50 | 1.34 | 8.5 | -0.6 |
| Barry Zito | 3 | 2 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10.29 | 12.56 | 2.57 | 2.6 | -0.7 |
| R.J. Alvarez | 21 | 0 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 9.90 | 7.33 | 2.00 | 10.3 | -0.7 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2015.
- Average
- 21,829 81 home dates
- Median
- 20,387
- Total
- 1,768,175
- Best
- 36,067 2015-04-06
- Quietest
- 11,364 2015-09-08
- On the road
- 29,526 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 81 | 21,829 | 20,387 | 11,364 | 36,067 |
| Night | 47 | 21,117 | 19,364 | 11,364 | 36,067 |
| Day | 34 | 22,814 | 22,122 | 13,392 | 36,067 |
| Weekend | 39 | 25,605 | 25,091 | 16,382 | 36,067 |
| Weekday | 42 | 18,323 | 17,149 | 11,364 | 36,067 |
| On the road | 81 | 29,526 | 29,700 | 10,605 | 51,788 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 13 | 22,416 |
| May | 13 | 24,183 |
| Jun | 13 | 20,892 |
| Jul | 13 | 21,535 |
| Aug | 15 | 21,159 |
| Sep | 14 | 20,961 |
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 162 completed games, 2015.
- Regulation
- 2:56 145 games
- All games
- 3:01
- Extra innings
- 3:46 17 of them
- Longest
- 3:57 2015-05-11, 11 inn
- Shortest
- 2:06 2015-04-28
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 162 | 3:01 | 2:57 | 2:06 | 5:09 |
| Regulation | 145 | 2:56 | 2:56 | 2:06 | 3:53 |
| Extra innings | 17 | 3:46 | 3:39 | 3:00 | 5:09 |
| Home | 81 | 2:59 | 2:55 | 2:06 | 3:57 |
| Road | 81 | 3:04 | 2:58 | 2:20 | 5:09 |
| Day | 61 | 3:00 | 2:58 | 2:20 | 4:03 |
| Night | 101 | 3:02 | 2:57 | 2:06 | 5:09 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 13 | 2:58 |
| May | 13 | 2:58 |
| Jun | 13 | 2:55 |
| Jul | 13 | 2:47 |
| Aug | 15 | 3:02 |
| Sep | 14 | 3:13 |
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.
Oakland Athletics are 68-94, a .420 win rate, while their -35 run differential implies .478. That is about 9 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.