- Team WAR
- 26.2 16.4 bat / 9.8 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.
1,427 team hits
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 | 3.2 |
| Marcus Semien | SS | 155 | 601 | 143 | 15 | 45 | 11 | .257 | .310 | .405 | .314 | 100 | 2.8 |
| Josh Reddick | RF | 149 | 582 | 143 | 20 | 77 | 10 | .272 | .333 | .449 | .342 | 120 | 2.6 |
| Billy Burns | CF | 124 | 555 | 153 | 5 | 42 | 26 | .294 | .334 | .392 | .320 | 104 | 2.5 |
| Brett Lawrie | 3B | 148 | 602 | 146 | 16 | 60 | 5 | .260 | .299 | .407 | .308 | 96 | 1.9 |
| Josh Phegley | C | 72 | 243 | 56 | 9 | 34 | 0 | .249 | .300 | .449 | .327 | 109 | 1.6 |
| Mark Canha | 1B | 123 | 485 | 112 | 16 | 70 | 7 | .254 | .315 | .426 | .326 | 108 | 1.2 |
| Billy Butler | DH | 151 | 601 | 135 | 15 | 65 | 0 | .251 | .323 | .390 | .315 | 100 | 0.2 |
| Bryan Anderson | C | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .400 | .429 | .400 | .353 | 128 | 0.1 |
| Eric Sogard | 2B | 114 | 401 | 92 | 1 | 37 | 6 | .247 | .294 | .304 | .268 | 67 | 0.0 |
| Jesse Chavez | P | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .294 | 85 | 0.0 |
| Max Muncy | 1B | 41 | 112 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 0 | .206 | .268 | .392 | .290 | 82 | -0.0 |
| 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 |
| Pat Venditte | P | 1 | 1 | 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 |
| Aaron Brooks | P | 1 | 2 | 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 |
| Sonny Gray | P | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .147 | -20 | -0.1 |
| Jesse Hahn | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.1 |
| Jake Smolinski | LF | 67 | 192 | 32 | 6 | 26 | 1 | .193 | .281 | .367 | .289 | 81 | -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 |
| 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 | -0.3 |
| 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 | 3.5 |
| Scott Kazmir | 31 | 31 | 183.0 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 155 | 3.10 | 3.98 | 1.21 | 7.6 | 1.9 |
| Jesse Chavez | 30 | 26 | 157.0 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 136 | 4.18 | 3.85 | 1.35 | 7.8 | 1.8 |
| Jesse Hahn | 16 | 16 | 96.2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 64 | 3.35 | 3.51 | 1.17 | 6.0 | 1.5 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Aaron Brooks | 13 | 9 | 55.1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 6.67 | 4.85 | 1.57 | 6.2 | -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 | -0.6 |
| R.J. Alvarez | 21 | 0 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 9.90 | 7.33 | 2.00 | 10.3 | -0.7 |
Record versus run differential
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.