American League West · 2020
Oakland Athletics 2020
- Team WAR
- 12.6 5.6 bat / 7.1 pitch
- Win %
- .600 pyth .576
- Run diff
- +42 4.57 / 3.87 per g
- wRC+
- 96
- ERA
- 3.70 FIP 4.01
- Home runs
- 67
The Oakland Athletics went 36-24 in 2020, a .600 winning percentage — 5th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 274 runs and allowed 232, a run differential of +42. The offence ranked 16th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.70 staff ERA was 5th of 30. Their 96 team wRC+ was 4% below league average — 18th of 30 in MLB. Mark Canha led the position players at 1.4 WAR, and Chris Bassitt the rotation at a 2.29 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
17 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Mark Canha | DH | 59 | 243 | 47 | 5 | 33 | 4 | .246 | .387 | .408 | .356 | 127 | 1.4 |
| Robbie Grossman | LF | 51 | 192 | 40 | 8 | 23 | 8 | .241 | .344 | .482 | .353 | 125 | 1.3 |
| Sean Murphy | C | 41 | 140 | 27 | 7 | 14 | 0 | .233 | .364 | .457 | .360 | 130 | 1.1 |
| Marcus Semien | SS | 53 | 236 | 47 | 7 | 23 | 4 | .223 | .305 | .374 | .301 | 88 | 0.8 |
| Matt Chapman | 3B | 36 | 152 | 33 | 10 | 25 | 0 | .232 | .276 | .535 | .336 | 113 | 0.8 |
| Ramón Laureano | CF | 54 | 222 | 39 | 6 | 25 | 2 | .213 | .338 | .366 | .319 | 101 | 0.8 |
| Tony Kemp | 2B | 40 | 114 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .247 | .363 | .301 | .311 | 96 | 0.5 |
| Matt Olson | 1B | 60 | 245 | 41 | 14 | 42 | 1 | .195 | .310 | .424 | .318 | 100 | 0.5 |
| Chad Pinder | 2B | 22 | 61 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .232 | .295 | .393 | .300 | 88 | 0.1 |
| Austin Allen | C | 12 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .194 | .219 | .323 | .233 | 41 | -0.1 |
| Jonah Heim | C | 13 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .211 | .268 | .211 | .225 | 35 | -0.1 |
| Seth Brown | PH | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.1 |
| Nate Orf | SS | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.2 |
| Stephen Piscotty | RF | 44 | 171 | 36 | 5 | 29 | 4 | .226 | .271 | .358 | .274 | 70 | -0.2 |
| Vimael Machín | 3B | 24 | 71 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .206 | .296 | .238 | .253 | 55 | -0.3 |
| Khris Davis | DH | 30 | 99 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 0 | .200 | .303 | .329 | .287 | 79 | -0.3 |
| Franklin Barreto | 2B | 17 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .074 | .107 | .074 | .090 | -60 | -0.4 |
Pitching
18 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Chris Bassitt | 11 | 11 | 63.0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 2.29 | 3.59 | 1.16 | 7.9 | 1.4 |
| Sean Manaea | 11 | 11 | 54.0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 4.50 | 3.71 | 1.20 | 7.5 | 1.1 |
| Liam Hendriks | 24 | 0 | 25.1 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 37 | 1.78 | 1.14 | 0.67 | 13.1 | 1.1 |
| Jesús Luzardo | 12 | 9 | 59.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 4.12 | 4.19 | 1.27 | 9.0 | 0.8 |
| Jake Diekman | 21 | 0 | 21.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0.42 | 2.72 | 0.94 | 13.1 | 0.5 |
| J.B. Wendelken | 21 | 0 | 25.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 1.80 | 3.07 | 1.12 | 11.2 | 0.5 |
| Joakim Soria | 22 | 0 | 22.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 2.82 | 2.97 | 1.25 | 9.7 | 0.5 |
| Frankie Montas | 11 | 11 | 53.0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 60 | 5.60 | 4.74 | 1.51 | 10.2 | 0.5 |
| Mike Fiers | 11 | 11 | 59.0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 4.58 | 4.94 | 1.37 | 5.6 | 0.4 |
| Burch Smith | 6 | 0 | 12.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2.25 | 2.36 | 0.67 | 9.8 | 0.4 |
| Jordan Weems | 9 | 0 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3.21 | 3.05 | 1.21 | 11.6 | 0.3 |
| Lou Trivino III | 20 | 0 | 23.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3.86 | 3.92 | 1.11 | 10.0 | 0.3 |
| Yusmeiro Petit | 26 | 0 | 21.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1.66 | 4.11 | 1.11 | 7.1 | 0.2 |
| Paul Blackburn | 1 | 1 | 2.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27.00 | 4.05 | 3.00 | 7.7 | 0.0 |
| Daniel Mengden | 4 | 1 | 12.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3.65 | 5.62 | 1.70 | 7.3 | -0.1 |
| James Kaprielian | 2 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7.36 | 9.74 | 1.64 | 9.8 | -0.2 |
| Daulton Jefferies | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22.50 | 18.19 | 3.50 | 4.5 | -0.3 |
| T.J. McFarland | 23 | 0 | 20.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4.35 | 6.34 | 1.50 | 3.9 | -0.3 |
Attendance
30 home dates played behind closed doors, 2020.
- Average
- 0 no crowd admitted
- Median
- 0
- Total
- 0
- On the road
- 0 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Night | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Weekend | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Weekday | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| On the road | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
By season
Every home game this season was played with no crowd admitted. The zero is the season, not a missing number — which is why it is shown rather than left out. 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 60 completed games, 2020.
- Regulation
- 2:53 53 games
- All games
- 2:57
- Extra innings
- 3:26 7 of them
- Longest
- 4:13 2020-08-07, 13 inn
- Shortest
- 2:18 2020-09-10
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 60 | 2:57 | 2:57 | 1:58 | 4:13 |
| Regulation | 53 | 2:53 | 2:56 | 1:58 | 3:41 |
| Extra innings | 7 | 3:26 | 3:23 | 2:39 | 4:13 |
| Home | 30 | 2:58 | 2:56 | 2:18 | 4:13 |
| Road | 30 | 2:56 | 2:58 | 1:58 | 3:41 |
| Day | 30 | 2:52 | 2:57 | 2:07 | 3:40 |
| Night | 30 | 3:03 | 2:58 | 1:58 | 4:13 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Jul | 6 | 3:01 |
| Aug | 11 | 3:04 |
| Sep | 13 | 2:53 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 173 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 36-24, a .600 win rate, while their +42 run differential implies .576. That is about 1 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.