American League West · 2017
Oakland Athletics
- Team WAR
- 26.5 18.5 bat / 8.0 pitch
- Win %
- .463 pyth .449
- Run diff
- -87 4.56 / 5.10 per g
- wRC+
- 97
- ERA
- 4.66 FIP 4.58
- Home runs
- 252
The Oakland Athletics went 75-87 in 2017, a .463 winning percentage — 20th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 739 runs and allowed 826, a run differential of -87. The offence ranked 17th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.66 staff ERA was 23rd of 30. Their 97 team wRC+ was 3% below league average — 15th of 30 in MLB. Jed Lowrie led the position players at 3.5 WAR, and Sonny Gray the rotation at a 3.55 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,453 team hits
Batting
32 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Jed Lowrie | 2B | 153 | 645 | 157 | 14 | 69 | 0 | .277 | .360 | .448 | .352 | 115 | 3.5 |
| Khris Davis | LF | 153 | 652 | 140 | 43 | 110 | 4 | .247 | .336 | .528 | .365 | 124 | 3.3 |
| Yonder Alonso | 1B | 139 | 521 | 120 | 28 | 67 | 2 | .266 | .365 | .501 | .370 | 127 | 2.5 |
| Matt Joyce | RF | 139 | 544 | 114 | 25 | 68 | 4 | .243 | .335 | .473 | .347 | 112 | 2.1 |
| Matt Olson | 1B | 58 | 216 | 49 | 24 | 45 | 0 | .259 | .352 | .651 | .414 | 157 | 1.8 |
| Marcus Semien | SS | 85 | 386 | 85 | 10 | 40 | 12 | .249 | .325 | .398 | .317 | 92 | 1.7 |
| Matt Chapman | 3B | 83 | 326 | 68 | 14 | 40 | 0 | .234 | .313 | .472 | .337 | 105 | 1.4 |
| Stephen Vogt | C | 98 | 303 | 65 | 12 | 40 | 0 | .233 | .285 | .423 | .303 | 83 | 0.9 |
| Bruce Maxwell | C | 75 | 253 | 52 | 3 | 22 | 0 | .237 | .329 | .333 | .300 | 81 | 0.8 |
| Chad Pinder | RF | 85 | 309 | 67 | 15 | 42 | 2 | .238 | .292 | .457 | .320 | 94 | 0.8 |
| Ryon Healy | DH | 149 | 605 | 156 | 25 | 78 | 0 | .271 | .302 | .451 | .322 | 96 | 0.6 |
| Boog Powell | CF | 47 | 135 | 33 | 3 | 12 | 0 | .282 | .358 | .402 | .335 | 104 | 0.4 |
| Jaycob Brugman | CF | 46 | 162 | 38 | 3 | 12 | 1 | .266 | .346 | .343 | .307 | 86 | 0.2 |
| Rajai Davis | CF | 107 | 366 | 79 | 5 | 20 | 29 | .235 | .293 | .348 | .283 | 69 | 0.2 |
| Joey Wendle | 2B | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .308 | .357 | .615 | .385 | 138 | 0.1 |
| Ryan Lavarnway | C | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .273 | .385 | .364 | .343 | 109 | 0.1 |
| Daniel Mengden | P | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .667 | .500 | .528 | 232 | 0.1 |
| Kendall Graveman | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Chris Smith | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Jake Smolinski | CF | 12 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .259 | .310 | .296 | .274 | 64 | -0.0 |
| Renato Núñez | DH | 8 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .200 | .250 | .400 | .278 | 66 | -0.0 |
| Sean Manaea | P | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .178 | -0 | -0.0 |
| Franklin Barreto | SS | 22 | 76 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 2 | .197 | .250 | .352 | .262 | 56 | -0.0 |
| Jharel Cotton | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Josh Phegley | C | 52 | 161 | 30 | 3 | 10 | 0 | .201 | .255 | .336 | .260 | 54 | -0.0 |
| Daniel Gossett | P | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .175 | -2 | -0.1 |
| Paul Blackburn | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.1 |
| Jaff Decker | CF | 17 | 62 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .322 | .260 | .276 | 65 | -0.1 |
| Ryan LaMarre | CF | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .089 | -59 | -0.1 |
| Mark Canha | LF | 56 | 187 | 36 | 5 | 14 | 2 | .208 | .262 | .382 | .280 | 67 | -0.2 |
| Adam Rosales | SS | 97 | 312 | 65 | 7 | 36 | 1 | .225 | .260 | .353 | .264 | 57 | -0.4 |
| Trevor Plouffe | 3B | 96 | 313 | 56 | 9 | 19 | 1 | .198 | .272 | .318 | .260 | 55 | -0.8 |
Pitching
24 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Sonny Gray | 27 | 27 | 162.1 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 153 | 3.55 | 3.90 | 1.21 | 8.5 | 2.4 |
| Sean Manaea | 29 | 29 | 158.2 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 140 | 4.37 | 4.10 | 1.40 | 7.9 | 2.0 |
| Ryan Madson | 60 | 0 | 59.0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 67 | 1.83 | 1.99 | 0.80 | 10.2 | 1.8 |
| Jesse Hahn | 14 | 13 | 69.2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 55 | 5.30 | 3.62 | 1.51 | 7.1 | 1.2 |
| Liam Hendriks | 70 | 0 | 64.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 78 | 4.22 | 3.22 | 1.25 | 11.0 | 1.1 |
| Kendall Graveman | 19 | 19 | 105.1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 70 | 4.19 | 4.33 | 1.39 | 6.0 | 1.0 |
| Andrew Triggs | 12 | 12 | 65.1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 50 | 4.27 | 4.47 | 1.33 | 6.9 | 0.6 |
| Paul Blackburn | 10 | 10 | 58.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3.22 | 4.38 | 1.26 | 3.4 | 0.6 |
| Daniel Mengden | 7 | 7 | 43.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 3.14 | 4.25 | 1.05 | 6.1 | 0.5 |
| Danny Coulombe | 72 | 0 | 51.2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 3.48 | 4.16 | 1.32 | 6.8 | 0.4 |
| Josh A. Smith | 26 | 0 | 35.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4.89 | 4.13 | 1.43 | 6.4 | 0.3 |
| Santiago Casilla | 63 | 0 | 59.0 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 57 | 4.27 | 4.41 | 1.36 | 8.7 | 0.3 |
| Bobby Wahl | 7 | 0 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4.70 | 3.03 | 1.57 | 9.4 | 0.1 |
| Ryan Dull | 49 | 0 | 42.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 5.14 | 4.54 | 1.26 | 9.6 | 0.1 |
| Simon Castro | 26 | 0 | 37.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 4.38 | 5.02 | 1.24 | 8.5 | -0.1 |
| Sam Moll | 11 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10.80 | 6.31 | 2.40 | 9.4 | -0.1 |
| John Axford | 22 | 0 | 21.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6.43 | 5.73 | 2.10 | 9.0 | -0.2 |
| Michael Brady | 16 | 0 | 31.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5.68 | 5.56 | 1.23 | 6.8 | -0.3 |
| Zach Neal | 6 | 0 | 14.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7.98 | 6.43 | 1.36 | 6.1 | -0.3 |
| Daniel Gossett | 18 | 18 | 91.1 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 72 | 6.11 | 5.59 | 1.61 | 7.1 | -0.3 |
| Raúl Alcántara | 8 | 4 | 24.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 7.13 | 6.74 | 1.42 | 4.5 | -0.4 |
| Jharel Cotton | 24 | 24 | 129.0 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 105 | 5.58 | 5.68 | 1.44 | 7.3 | -0.6 |
| Frankie Montas | 23 | 0 | 32.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 7.03 | 7.13 | 1.84 | 10.1 | -0.8 |
| Chris Smith | 14 | 9 | 55.2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 6.79 | 7.02 | 1.47 | 5.0 | -1.2 |
Record versus run differential
Oakland Athletics are 75-87, a .463 win rate, while their -87 run differential implies .449. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.