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.
The 2018 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the AL West, 6 games back. They spent 4 of 187 days in first place and were as far as 12 games back on June 18. Their best month was July at 17-8, their worst March/April at 14-14. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from June 25 to June 30 and a 4-game losing streak from June 12 to June 15. They were 50-31 at home and 47-34 on the road, 31-14 in one-run games and 33-40 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 21-3 against the Angels on September 20; the heaviest defeat, 16-2 against the Astros on May 7.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
14
14
.500
140
137
+3
May
15
14
.517
104
114
-10
June
17
10
.630
144
117
+27
July
17
8
.680
133
107
+26
August
18
9
.667
125
90
+35
Sept/Oct
16
10
.615
167
109
+58
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
50-31
.617
Road
47-34
.580
One-run games
31-14
.689
Extra innings
13-6
.684
Within the division
38-38
.500
Against .500+ clubs
33-40
.452
Decided by 5+ runs
30-15
.667
Last 10
6-4
.600
American League West standings, 2018
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League West, 2018. 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
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
Average home crowd by month.
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
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
3:05
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
Average completed game by month.
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.
Record versus run differential
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.
