American League West · 2018
Oakland Athletics 2018
- Team WAR
- 36.7 26.0 bat / 10.7 pitch
- Win %
- .599 pyth .585
- Run diff
- +139 5.02 / 4.16 per g
- wRC+
- 116
- ERA
- 3.79 FIP 4.17
- Home runs
- 227
The Oakland Athletics went 97-65 in 2018, a .599 winning percentage — 4th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 813 runs and allowed 674, a run differential of +139. The offence ranked 4th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.79 staff ERA was 6th of 30. Their 116 team wRC+ was 16% above league average — the second best in MLB. Matt Chapman led the position players at 4.8 WAR, and Blake Treinen the rotation at a 0.78 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
25 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Matt Chapman | 3B | 145 | 616 | 152 | 24 | 68 | 1 | .278 | .356 | .508 | .374 | 146 | 4.8 |
| Jed Lowrie | 2B | 157 | 680 | 159 | 23 | 99 | 0 | .267 | .353 | .448 | .351 | 129 | 4.6 |
| Khris Davis | DH | 151 | 654 | 142 | 48 | 123 | 0 | .247 | .326 | .549 | .369 | 142 | 3.2 |
| Marcus Semien | SS | 158 | 703 | 161 | 15 | 70 | 14 | .255 | .318 | .388 | .311 | 100 | 2.8 |
| Stephen Piscotty | RF | 150 | 605 | 146 | 27 | 88 | 2 | .267 | .331 | .491 | .354 | 131 | 2.8 |
| Matt Olson | 1B | 160 | 660 | 143 | 29 | 84 | 2 | .247 | .335 | .453 | .343 | 123 | 2.3 |
| Mark Canha | CF | 119 | 411 | 91 | 17 | 52 | 1 | .249 | .328 | .449 | .337 | 119 | 1.7 |
| Ramón Laureano | CF | 47 | 176 | 45 | 5 | 19 | 7 | .288 | .358 | .474 | .362 | 137 | 1.6 |
| Chad Pinder | LF | 108 | 333 | 77 | 13 | 27 | 0 | .258 | .332 | .436 | .337 | 118 | 1.4 |
| Nick Martini | LF | 53 | 179 | 45 | 1 | 19 | 0 | .296 | .397 | .414 | .362 | 137 | 1.1 |
| Jonathan Lucroy | C | 126 | 454 | 100 | 4 | 51 | 0 | .241 | .291 | .325 | .274 | 72 | 0.3 |
| Franklin Barreto | 2B | 26 | 75 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 0 | .233 | .253 | .493 | .317 | 104 | 0.2 |
| Matt Joyce | LF | 80 | 246 | 43 | 7 | 15 | 0 | .208 | .322 | .353 | .303 | 93 | 0.1 |
| Daniel Mengden | P | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .293 | 86 | 0.0 |
| Brett Anderson | P | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .220 | 33 | 0.0 |
| Beau Taylor | C | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .400 | .331 | 114 | 0.0 |
| Sean Manaea | P | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .176 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Josh Phegley | C | 33 | 102 | 19 | 2 | 15 | 0 | .204 | .255 | .344 | .262 | 64 | 0.0 |
| Paul Blackburn | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -126 | -0.0 |
| Edwin Jackson | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -126 | -0.0 |
| Frankie Montas | P | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -126 | -0.1 |
| Dustin Fowler | CF | 64 | 203 | 43 | 6 | 23 | 6 | .224 | .256 | .354 | .266 | 67 | -0.1 |
| Boog Powell | CF | 7 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .200 | .292 | .218 | 32 | -0.1 |
| Bruce Maxwell | C | 18 | 58 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .182 | .207 | .309 | .223 | 36 | -0.3 |
| Jake Smolinski | CF | 17 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .128 | .171 | .205 | .172 | -1 | -0.4 |
Pitching
28 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Blake Treinen | 68 | 0 | 80.1 | 9 | 2 | 38 | 100 | 0.78 | 1.82 | 0.83 | 11.2 | 2.6 |
| Trevor Cahill | 21 | 20 | 110.0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 100 | 3.76 | 3.54 | 1.19 | 8.2 | 1.9 |
| Sean Manaea | 27 | 27 | 160.2 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 108 | 3.59 | 4.26 | 1.08 | 6.0 | 1.5 |
| Brett Anderson | 17 | 17 | 80.1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 47 | 4.48 | 4.17 | 1.28 | 5.3 | 0.9 |
| Frankie Montas | 13 | 11 | 65.0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 3.88 | 3.90 | 1.46 | 6.0 | 0.8 |
| Lou Trivino III | 69 | 1 | 74.0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 82 | 2.92 | 3.69 | 1.14 | 10.0 | 0.8 |
| Yusmeiro Petit | 74 | 0 | 93.0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 76 | 3.00 | 3.92 | 1.01 | 7.4 | 0.7 |
| Chris Bassitt | 11 | 7 | 47.2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 3.02 | 3.98 | 1.24 | 7.7 | 0.5 |
| Paul Blackburn | 6 | 6 | 27.2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 7.16 | 3.59 | 1.41 | 6.2 | 0.5 |
| Ryan Buchter | 54 | 0 | 39.1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 2.75 | 3.54 | 1.19 | 9.4 | 0.5 |
| Edwin Jackson | 17 | 17 | 92.0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 68 | 3.33 | 4.65 | 1.22 | 6.7 | 0.5 |
| Daniel Mengden | 22 | 17 | 115.2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 72 | 4.05 | 4.69 | 1.12 | 5.6 | 0.4 |
| J.B. Wendelken | 13 | 0 | 16.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.54 | 3.16 | 0.78 | 7.6 | 0.3 |
| Ryan Dull | 28 | 0 | 25.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.26 | 3.87 | 1.14 | 7.5 | 0.2 |
| Santiago Casilla | 26 | 0 | 31.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 3.16 | 4.05 | 1.21 | 6.3 | 0.2 |
| Andrew Triggs | 9 | 9 | 41.1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 5.23 | 4.81 | 1.33 | 9.4 | 0.1 |
| Liam Hendriks | 25 | 8 | 24.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 4.13 | 4.33 | 1.46 | 8.3 | 0.1 |
| Josh Lucas | 8 | 1 | 14.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6.28 | 4.21 | 1.74 | 8.8 | 0.1 |
| Aaron Brooks | 3 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 4.66 | 1.13 | 3.4 | -0.0 |
| Jeremy Bleich | 2 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 54.00 | 6.16 | 6.00 | 27.0 | -0.0 |
| Carlos Ramírez | 5 | 0 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3.24 | 5.56 | 1.44 | 5.4 | -0.1 |
| Dean Kiekhefer | 4 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.00 | 10.16 | 4.00 | 4.5 | -0.1 |
| Jake Smolinski | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 16.16 | 2.00 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Danny Coulombe | 27 | 0 | 23.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 4.56 | 5.10 | 1.48 | 9.9 | -0.1 |
| Daniel Gossett | 5 | 5 | 24.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5.18 | 5.95 | 1.36 | 4.4 | -0.2 |
| Emilio Pagán | 55 | 0 | 62.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 4.35 | 4.92 | 1.19 | 9.1 | -0.3 |
| Chris Hatcher | 34 | 0 | 36.1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 4.95 | 5.50 | 1.65 | 7.4 | -0.4 |
| Kendall Graveman | 7 | 7 | 34.1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 7.60 | 6.22 | 1.66 | 7.1 | -0.5 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2018.
- Average
- 19,427 81 home dates
- Median
- 17,078
- Total
- 1,573,616
- Best
- 56,310 2018-07-21
- Quietest
- 6,705 2018-05-30
- On the road
- 28,748 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 81 | 19,427 | 17,078 | 6,705 | 56,310 |
| Night | 47 | 18,919 | 15,572 | 6,705 | 56,310 |
| Day | 34 | 20,130 | 17,165 | 10,132 | 44,374 |
| Weekend | 39 | 23,790 | 21,217 | 10,132 | 56,310 |
| Weekday | 42 | 15,376 | 12,352 | 6,705 | 46,028 |
| On the road | 80 | 28,748 | 28,537 | 9,141 | 49,394 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Mar | 3 | 24,147 |
| Apr | 11 | 17,737 |
| May | 16 | 13,122 |
| Jun | 12 | 14,591 |
| Jul | 8 | 29,445 |
| Aug | 17 | 20,199 |
| Sep | 14 | 24,433 |
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, 2018.
- Regulation
- 2:59 143 games
- All games
- 3:05
- Extra innings
- 3:46 19 of them
- Longest
- 5:48 2018-04-18, 14 inn
- Shortest
- 2:15 2018-05-26
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 162 | 3:05 | 3:04 | 2:15 | 5:48 |
| Regulation | 143 | 2:59 | 3:02 | 2:15 | 3:50 |
| Extra innings | 19 | 3:46 | 3:38 | 2:50 | 5:48 |
| Home | 81 | 3:01 | 2:57 | 2:15 | 5:48 |
| Road | 81 | 3:08 | 3:08 | 2:22 | 4:15 |
| Day | 60 | 3:04 | 3:03 | 2:15 | 5:48 |
| Night | 102 | 3:05 | 3:05 | 2:16 | 4:08 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Mar | 3 | 3:24 |
| Apr | 11 | 3:09 |
| May | 16 | 2:53 |
| Jun | 12 | 2:49 |
| Jul | 8 | 3:07 |
| Aug | 17 | 2:57 |
| Sep | 14 | 3:09 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 179 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 97-65, a .599 win rate, while their +139 run differential implies .585. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.