The Oakland Athletics went 69-93 in 2016, a .426 winning percentage — 24th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 653 runs and allowed 761, a run differential of -108. The offence ranked 28th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.40 staff ERA was 22nd of 30. Their 94 team wRC+ was 6% below league average — 26th of 30 in MLB. Marcus Semien led the position players at 2.8 WAR, and Rich Hill the rotation at a 2.12 ERA.
The 2016 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the AL West, 26 games back. They spent 6 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 1 game on April 10 and were as far as 28 games back on September 30. Their best month was March/April at 13-12, their worst August at 10-18. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from April 16 to April 22 and a 7-game losing streak from June 3 to June 11. They were 34-47 at home and 35-46 on the road, 25-28 in one-run games and 49-64 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 16-3 at the Royals on September 12; the heaviest defeat, 16-2 against the Red Sox on September 2.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
13
12
.520
90
98
-8
May
11
17
.393
123
161
-38
June
11
15
.423
122
128
-6
July
12
14
.462
93
123
-30
August
10
18
.357
96
111
-15
Sept/Oct
12
17
.414
129
140
-11
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
34-47
.420
Road
35-46
.432
One-run games
25-28
.472
Extra innings
6-5
.545
Within the division
29-47
.382
Against .500+ clubs
49-64
.434
Decided by 5+ runs
15-24
.385
Last 10
3-7
.300
American League West standings, 2016
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League West, 2016. 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
18,784
17,048
10,068
36,067
Night
45
18,148
14,810
10,068
36,067
Day
36
19,579
19,335
11,197
32,358
Weekend
39
23,054
23,084
13,610
35,067
Weekday
42
14,819
13,256
10,068
36,067
On the road
81
29,512
29,862
14,604
47,065
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
19,216
May
16
18,442
Jun
12
19,337
Jul
13
19,883
Aug
13
18,573
Sep
15
17,591
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, 2016.
Regulation
2:54
151 games
All games
2:56
Extra innings
3:32
11 of them
Longest
3:44
2016-09-05, 9 inn
Shortest
2:14
2016-09-06
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
162
2:56
2:55
2:14
4:07
Regulation
151
2:54
2:53
2:14
3:53
Extra innings
11
3:32
3:31
3:01
4:07
Home
81
2:54
2:54
2:14
3:44
Road
81
2:59
2:55
2:23
4:07
Day
59
2:56
2:53
2:19
4:07
Night
103
2:57
2:56
2:14
4:01
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
2:59
May
16
2:48
Jun
12
2:58
Jul
13
3:03
Aug
13
2:42
Sep
15
2:55
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 174 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 69-93, a .426 win rate, while their -108 run differential implies .430. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
