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 3.3 WAR, and Sonny Gray the rotation at a 3.55 ERA.
The 2017 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 1 of 182 days in first place and were as far as 27 games back on September 5. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 17-12, their worst August at 11-16. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from September 17 to September 24 and an 8-game losing streak from August 28 to September 5. They were 46-35 at home and 29-52 on the road, 21-21 in one-run games and 24-25 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 11-1 against the Astros on September 9; the heaviest defeat, 11-1 against the Mariners on April 23.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
11
14
.440
91
117
-26
May
12
15
.444
119
142
-23
June
12
16
.429
137
168
-31
July
12
14
.462
108
112
-4
August
11
16
.407
132
155
-23
Sept/Oct
17
12
.586
152
132
+20
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
46-35
.568
Road
29-52
.358
One-run games
21-21
.500
Extra innings
4-9
.308
Within the division
32-44
.421
Against .500+ clubs
24-25
.490
Decided by 5+ runs
20-28
.417
Last 10
6-4
.600
American League West standings, 2017
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League West, 2017. 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
80
18,447
16,325
9,329
40,019
Night
46
18,126
14,415
9,329
40,019
Day
34
18,880
18,674
10,544
34,140
Weekend
38
21,436
20,188
12,288
38,034
Weekday
42
15,742
13,349
9,329
40,019
On the road
80
29,466
29,817
13,153
47,484
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
16,684
May
12
16,698
Jun
15
20,289
Jul
15
22,077
Aug
13
17,912
Sep
13
14,624
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, 2017.
Regulation
3:05
149 games
All games
3:09
Extra innings
3:49
13 of them
Longest
4:38
2017-09-04, 11 inn
Shortest
2:22
2017-09-25
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
3:09
3:08
2:22
4:38
Regulation
149
3:05
3:07
2:22
4:12
Extra innings
13
3:49
3:56
3:06
4:38
Home
81
3:10
3:09
2:22
4:38
Road
81
3:07
3:07
2:28
4:20
Day
62
3:17
3:13
2:33
4:38
Night
100
3:04
3:02
2:22
4:29
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
3:04
May
12
3:12
Jun
15
3:15
Jul
15
3:16
Aug
13
3:02
Sep
13
3:11
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 185 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 75-87, a .463 win rate, while their -87 run differential implies .449. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
