American League West · 2018
Oakland Athletics
- Team WAR
- 36.2 26.0 bat / 10.2 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 5.1 WAR, and Blake Treinen the rotation at a 0.78 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,406 team hits
Batting
25 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Matt Chapman | 3B | 145 | 616 | 152 | 24 | 68 | 1 | .278 | .356 | .508 | .374 | 146 | 5.1 |
| Jed Lowrie | 2B | 157 | 680 | 159 | 23 | 99 | 0 | .267 | .353 | .448 | .351 | 129 | 4.3 |
| Stephen Piscotty | RF | 150 | 605 | 146 | 27 | 88 | 2 | .267 | .331 | .491 | .354 | 131 | 3.1 |
| Khris Davis | DH | 151 | 654 | 142 | 48 | 123 | 0 | .247 | .326 | .549 | .369 | 142 | 3.0 |
| Marcus Semien | SS | 158 | 703 | 161 | 15 | 70 | 14 | .255 | .318 | .388 | .311 | 100 | 2.8 |
| Matt Olson | 1B | 160 | 660 | 143 | 29 | 84 | 2 | .247 | .335 | .453 | .343 | 123 | 2.2 |
| 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 | 1.4 |
| Chad Pinder | LF | 108 | 333 | 77 | 13 | 27 | 0 | .258 | .332 | .436 | .337 | 118 | 1.3 |
| Nick Martini | LF | 53 | 179 | 45 | 1 | 19 | 0 | .296 | .397 | .414 | .362 | 137 | 1.0 |
| Jonathan Lucroy | C | 126 | 454 | 100 | 4 | 51 | 0 | .241 | .291 | .325 | .274 | 72 | 0.8 |
| Franklin Barreto | 2B | 26 | 75 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 0 | .233 | .253 | .493 | .317 | 104 | 0.3 |
| Josh Phegley | C | 33 | 102 | 19 | 2 | 15 | 0 | .204 | .255 | .344 | .262 | 64 | 0.1 |
| Matt Joyce | LF | 80 | 246 | 43 | 7 | 15 | 0 | .208 | .322 | .353 | .303 | 93 | 0.0 |
| Beau Taylor | C | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .400 | .331 | 114 | 0.0 |
| 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 |
| Sean Manaea | P | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .176 | 1 | -0.0 |
| Edwin Jackson | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -126 | -0.0 |
| Paul Blackburn | 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 |
| 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 | -0.1 |
| Dustin Fowler | CF | 64 | 203 | 43 | 6 | 23 | 6 | .224 | .256 | .354 | .266 | 67 | -0.2 |
| Jake Smolinski | CF | 17 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .128 | .171 | .205 | .172 | -1 | -0.3 |
Pitching
28 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Blake Treinen | 68 | 0 | 80.1 | 9 | 2 | 38 | 100 | 0.78 | 1.82 | 0.83 | 11.2 | 2.5 |
| Trevor Cahill | 21 | 20 | 110.0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 100 | 3.76 | 3.54 | 1.19 | 8.2 | 1.8 |
| Sean Manaea | 27 | 27 | 160.2 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 108 | 3.59 | 4.26 | 1.08 | 6.0 | 1.4 |
| Brett Anderson | 17 | 17 | 80.1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 47 | 4.48 | 4.17 | 1.28 | 5.3 | 0.8 |
| 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 |
| Ryan Buchter | 54 | 0 | 39.1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 2.75 | 3.54 | 1.19 | 9.4 | 0.5 |
| Paul Blackburn | 6 | 6 | 27.2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 7.16 | 3.59 | 1.41 | 6.2 | 0.5 |
| Edwin Jackson | 17 | 17 | 92.0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 68 | 3.33 | 4.65 | 1.22 | 6.7 | 0.4 |
| Daniel Mengden | 22 | 17 | 115.2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 72 | 4.05 | 4.69 | 1.12 | 5.6 | 0.3 |
| 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 |
| Emilio Pagán | 55 | 0 | 62.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 4.35 | 4.92 | 1.19 | 9.1 | -0.2 |
| Daniel Gossett | 5 | 5 | 24.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5.18 | 5.95 | 1.36 | 4.4 | -0.2 |
| 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 |
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.