American League West · 2019
Oakland Athletics
- Team WAR
- 32.3 20.2 bat / 12.2 pitch
- Win %
- .599 pyth .598
- Run diff
- +165 5.22 / 4.20 per g
- wRC+
- 107
- ERA
- 4.00 FIP 4.35
- Home runs
- 256
The Oakland Athletics went 97-65 in 2019, a .599 winning percentage — 6th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 845 runs and allowed 680, a run differential of +165. The offence ranked 8th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.00 staff ERA was 6th of 30. Their 107 team wRC+ was 7% above league average — 7th of 30 in MLB. Marcus Semien led the position players at 6.2 WAR, and Liam Hendriks the rotation at a 1.80 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,392 team hits
Batting
28 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Marcus Semien | SS | 162 | 747 | 187 | 33 | 92 | 10 | .285 | .369 | .522 | .376 | 141 | 6.2 |
| Matt Chapman | 3B | 152 | 670 | 145 | 36 | 91 | 1 | .249 | .342 | .506 | .358 | 128 | 4.2 |
| Mark Canha | CF | 126 | 497 | 112 | 26 | 58 | 3 | .273 | .396 | .517 | .390 | 151 | 3.8 |
| Ramón Laureano | CF | 119 | 481 | 125 | 24 | 67 | 13 | .288 | .340 | .521 | .359 | 129 | 3.1 |
| Matt Olson | 1B | 127 | 547 | 129 | 36 | 91 | 0 | .267 | .351 | .545 | .371 | 137 | 2.7 |
| Jurickson Profar | 2B | 136 | 518 | 100 | 20 | 67 | 9 | .218 | .301 | .410 | .304 | 90 | 1.0 |
| Josh Phegley | C | 103 | 342 | 75 | 12 | 62 | 0 | .239 | .282 | .411 | .293 | 82 | 0.9 |
| Sean Murphy | C | 19 | 60 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 0 | .245 | .333 | .566 | .373 | 139 | 0.5 |
| Seth Brown | LF | 26 | 83 | 22 | 0 | 13 | 1 | .293 | .361 | .453 | .350 | 122 | 0.3 |
| Stephen Piscotty | RF | 93 | 393 | 89 | 13 | 44 | 2 | .249 | .309 | .412 | .309 | 94 | 0.3 |
| Chad Pinder | LF | 119 | 370 | 82 | 13 | 47 | 0 | .240 | .290 | .416 | .300 | 87 | 0.2 |
| Robbie Grossman | LF | 134 | 482 | 101 | 6 | 38 | 9 | .240 | .334 | .348 | .302 | 89 | 0.1 |
| Beau Taylor | C | 11 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .160 | .300 | .400 | .308 | 93 | 0.1 |
| Brett Anderson | P | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | .436 | 183 | 0.1 |
| Homer Bailey | P | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .349 | 122 | 0.0 |
| Frankie Montas | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .356 | 127 | 0.0 |
| Yusmeiro Petit | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.0 |
| Tanner Anderson | PH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.0 |
| Daniel Mengden | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.0 |
| Chris Herrmann | C | 28 | 94 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .202 | .280 | .274 | .251 | 53 | -0.1 |
| Sheldon Neuse | 2B | 19 | 61 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .250 | .295 | .304 | .264 | 62 | -0.1 |
| Skye Bolt | CF | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .182 | .200 | .175 | -0 | -0.1 |
| Nick Hundley | C | 26 | 73 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .200 | .233 | .357 | .250 | 52 | -0.1 |
| Chris Bassitt | P | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.1 |
| Franklin Barreto | 2B | 21 | 58 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .123 | .138 | .263 | .167 | -6 | -0.5 |
| Corban Joseph | 2B | 28 | 68 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .156 | .191 | .250 | .191 | 11 | -0.5 |
| Kendrys Morales | 1B | 53 | 201 | 33 | 2 | 12 | 0 | .194 | .313 | .253 | .267 | 65 | -0.7 |
| Khris Davis | DH | 133 | 533 | 106 | 23 | 73 | 0 | .220 | .293 | .387 | .292 | 82 | -1.1 |
Pitching
24 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Liam Hendriks | 75 | 2 | 85.0 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 124 | 1.80 | 1.87 | 0.96 | 13.1 | 2.7 |
| Frankie Montas | 16 | 16 | 96.0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 103 | 2.63 | 3.00 | 1.11 | 9.7 | 2.4 |
| Brett Anderson | 31 | 31 | 176.0 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 90 | 3.89 | 4.57 | 1.31 | 4.6 | 1.5 |
| Chris Bassitt | 28 | 25 | 144.0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 141 | 3.81 | 4.40 | 1.19 | 8.8 | 1.4 |
| Yusmeiro Petit | 80 | 0 | 83.0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 71 | 2.71 | 3.59 | 0.81 | 7.7 | 1.2 |
| Joakim Soria | 71 | 1 | 69.0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 79 | 4.30 | 3.62 | 1.03 | 10.3 | 1.0 |
| Mike Fiers | 33 | 33 | 184.2 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 126 | 3.90 | 4.97 | 1.19 | 6.1 | 0.8 |
| J.B. Wendelken | 27 | 0 | 32.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 3.58 | 2.94 | 0.92 | 9.4 | 0.7 |
| Sean Manaea | 5 | 5 | 29.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1.21 | 3.42 | 0.78 | 9.1 | 0.6 |
| Daniel Mengden | 13 | 9 | 59.2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 4.83 | 4.69 | 1.44 | 6.3 | 0.4 |
| Jesús Luzardo | 6 | 0 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 1.50 | 2.63 | 0.67 | 12.0 | 0.3 |
| Lou Trivino III | 61 | 0 | 60.0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 57 | 5.25 | 4.53 | 1.53 | 8.6 | 0.3 |
| A.J. Puk | 10 | 0 | 11.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3.18 | 3.39 | 1.32 | 10.3 | 0.2 |
| Brian Schlitter | 6 | 0 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.72 | 3.21 | 1.66 | 5.6 | 0.2 |
| Tanner Anderson | 5 | 5 | 22.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6.04 | 4.87 | 1.66 | 7.3 | 0.1 |
| Ryan Buchter | 64 | 0 | 45.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 2.98 | 4.96 | 1.43 | 9.9 | -0.0 |
| Nick Martini | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 7.21 | 2.00 | 9.0 | -0.0 |
| Wei-Chung Wang | 25 | 0 | 31.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3.77 | 5.18 | 1.32 | 5.2 | -0.1 |
| Kendrys Morales | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 12.21 | 3.00 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Blake Treinen | 57 | 0 | 58.2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 59 | 4.91 | 5.14 | 1.62 | 9.1 | -0.1 |
| Paul Blackburn | 4 | 1 | 11.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10.64 | 6.67 | 2.09 | 6.5 | -0.2 |
| Aaron Brooks | 29 | 18 | 110.0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 82 | 5.65 | 5.40 | 1.38 | 6.7 | -0.2 |
| Ryan Dull | 11 | 0 | 12.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12.79 | 7.87 | 2.53 | 10.7 | -0.4 |
| Marco Estrada | 5 | 5 | 23.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6.85 | 7.52 | 1.31 | 4.2 | -0.5 |
Record versus run differential
Oakland Athletics are 97-65, a .599 win rate, while their +165 run differential implies .598. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.