American League West · 2017
Oakland Athletics 2017
- Team WAR
- 27.1 15.6 bat / 11.5 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 3.3 WAR, and Sonny Gray the rotation at a 3.55 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
32 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Jed Lowrie | 2B | 153 | 645 | 157 | 14 | 69 | 0 | .277 | .360 | .448 | .352 | 115 | 3.3 |
| Khris Davis | LF | 153 | 652 | 140 | 43 | 110 | 4 | .247 | .336 | .528 | .365 | 124 | 2.8 |
| 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 | 1.3 |
| Chad Pinder | RF | 85 | 309 | 67 | 15 | 42 | 2 | .238 | .292 | .457 | .320 | 94 | 0.7 |
| Stephen Vogt | C | 98 | 303 | 65 | 12 | 40 | 0 | .233 | .285 | .423 | .303 | 83 | 0.7 |
| Bruce Maxwell | C | 75 | 253 | 52 | 3 | 22 | 0 | .237 | .329 | .333 | .300 | 81 | 0.4 |
| Boog Powell | CF | 47 | 135 | 33 | 3 | 12 | 0 | .282 | .358 | .402 | .335 | 104 | 0.4 |
| Ryon Healy | DH | 149 | 605 | 156 | 25 | 78 | 0 | .271 | .302 | .451 | .322 | 96 | 0.3 |
| Jaycob Brugman | CF | 46 | 162 | 38 | 3 | 12 | 1 | .266 | .346 | .343 | .307 | 86 | 0.2 |
| Daniel Mengden | P | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .667 | .500 | .528 | 232 | 0.1 |
| Joey Wendle | 2B | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .308 | .357 | .615 | .385 | 138 | 0.1 |
| Rajai Davis | CF | 107 | 366 | 79 | 5 | 20 | 29 | .235 | .293 | .348 | .283 | 69 | 0.1 |
| Ryan Lavarnway | C | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .273 | .385 | .364 | .343 | 109 | 0.0 |
| Daniel Gossett | P | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .175 | -2 | 0.0 |
| Sean Manaea | P | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .178 | -0 | 0.0 |
| 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 |
| Jharel Cotton | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Paul Blackburn | P | 1 | 3 | 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 |
| Franklin Barreto | SS | 22 | 76 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 2 | .197 | .250 | .352 | .262 | 56 | -0.1 |
| Ryan LaMarre | CF | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .089 | -59 | -0.1 |
| Jaff Decker | CF | 17 | 62 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .322 | .260 | .276 | 65 | -0.1 |
| Josh Phegley | C | 52 | 161 | 30 | 3 | 10 | 0 | .201 | .255 | .336 | .260 | 54 | -0.3 |
| Mark Canha | LF | 56 | 187 | 36 | 5 | 14 | 2 | .208 | .262 | .382 | .280 | 67 | -0.4 |
| Adam Rosales | SS | 97 | 312 | 65 | 7 | 36 | 1 | .225 | .260 | .353 | .264 | 57 | -0.5 |
| Trevor Plouffe | 3B | 96 | 313 | 56 | 9 | 19 | 1 | .198 | .272 | .318 | .260 | 55 | -1.2 |
Pitching
24 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Sonny Gray | 27 | 27 | 162.1 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 153 | 3.55 | 3.90 | 1.21 | 8.5 | 2.9 |
| Sean Manaea | 29 | 29 | 158.2 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 140 | 4.37 | 4.10 | 1.40 | 7.9 | 2.5 |
| Ryan Madson | 60 | 0 | 59.0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 67 | 1.83 | 1.99 | 0.80 | 10.2 | 2.0 |
| Jesse Hahn | 14 | 13 | 69.2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 55 | 5.30 | 3.62 | 1.51 | 7.1 | 1.4 |
| Kendall Graveman | 19 | 19 | 105.1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 70 | 4.19 | 4.33 | 1.39 | 6.0 | 1.4 |
| Liam Hendriks | 70 | 0 | 64.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 78 | 4.22 | 3.22 | 1.25 | 11.0 | 1.3 |
| Andrew Triggs | 12 | 12 | 65.1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 50 | 4.27 | 4.47 | 1.33 | 6.9 | 0.7 |
| Paul Blackburn | 10 | 10 | 58.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3.22 | 4.38 | 1.26 | 3.4 | 0.7 |
| Daniel Mengden | 7 | 7 | 43.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 3.14 | 4.25 | 1.05 | 6.1 | 0.6 |
| Danny Coulombe | 72 | 0 | 51.2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 3.48 | 4.16 | 1.32 | 6.8 | 0.5 |
| Santiago Casilla | 63 | 0 | 59.0 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 57 | 4.27 | 4.41 | 1.36 | 8.7 | 0.4 |
| Josh A. Smith | 26 | 0 | 35.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4.89 | 4.13 | 1.43 | 6.4 | 0.3 |
| Ryan Dull | 49 | 0 | 42.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 5.14 | 4.54 | 1.26 | 9.6 | 0.2 |
| Bobby Wahl | 7 | 0 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4.70 | 3.03 | 1.57 | 9.4 | 0.2 |
| Simon Castro | 26 | 0 | 37.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 4.38 | 5.02 | 1.24 | 8.5 | -0.0 |
| Sam Moll | 11 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10.80 | 6.31 | 2.40 | 9.4 | -0.1 |
| Daniel Gossett | 18 | 18 | 91.1 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 72 | 6.11 | 5.59 | 1.61 | 7.1 | -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 | -0.2 |
| Zach Neal | 6 | 0 | 14.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7.98 | 6.43 | 1.36 | 6.1 | -0.2 |
| Jharel Cotton | 24 | 24 | 129.0 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 105 | 5.58 | 5.68 | 1.44 | 7.3 | -0.3 |
| Raúl Alcántara | 8 | 4 | 24.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 7.13 | 6.74 | 1.42 | 4.5 | -0.4 |
| 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 | -1.1 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 80 home dates, 2017.
- Average
- 18,447 80 home dates
- Median
- 16,325
- Total
- 1,475,721
- Best
- 40,019 2017-07-03
- Quietest
- 9,329 2017-09-25
- On the road
- 29,466 what they drew away
By situation
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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.
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.