American League West · 2020

Oakland Athletics 2020

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Team WAR: 12.6
Win %: .600
Run diff: +42
wRC+: 96
ERA: 3.70
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.

The 2020 season

Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.

They finished first in the AL West, 7 games clear. They spent 64 of 66 days in first place, led by as many as 7 games on September 11 and were as far as 1 game back on July 25. Their best month was August at 19-8, their worst Sept/Oct at 14-12. The longest runs were a 9-game winning streak from August 1 to August 9 and a 3-game losing streak from July 28 to July 31. They were 21-9 at home and 15-15 on the road, 7-6 in one-run games and 2-4 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 15-3 at the Giants on August 16; the heaviest defeat, 14-2 against the Giants on September 20.

Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month	W	L	Pct	RS	RA	Diff
July	3	4	.429	24	29	-5
August	19	8	.704	140	99	+41
Sept/Oct	14	12	.538	110	104	+6

Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games	W-L	Pct
Home	21-9	.700
Road	15-15	.500
One-run games	7-6	.538
Extra innings	6-1	.857
Within the division	26-14	.650
Against .500+ clubs	2-4	.333
Decided by 5+ runs	9-7	.563
Last 10	5-5	.500

American League West standings, 2020

Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.

American League West, 2020. Games back of the best record in the division.
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RS	RA	Diff	WAR
Oakland Athletics	36	24	.600	—	274	232	+42	12.6
Houston Astros	29	31	.483	7	279	275	+4	11.8
Seattle Mariners	27	33	.450	9	254	303	-49	7.2
Los Angeles Angels	26	34	.433	10	294	321	-27	14.7
Texas Rangers	22	38	.367	14	224	312	-88	3.1

2020 Oakland Athletics roster

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.

Catchers 3

Sean MurphyC · 41 G · 1.1 WAR
Austin AllenC · 12 G · -0.1 WAR
Jonah HeimC · 13 G · -0.1 WAR

Infielders 8

Marcus SemienSS · 53 G · 0.8 WAR
Matt Chapman3B · 36 G · 0.8 WAR
Tony Kemp2B · 40 G · 0.5 WAR
Matt Olson1B · 60 G · 0.5 WAR
Chad Pinder2B · 22 G · 0.1 WAR
Nate OrfSS · 5 G · -0.2 WAR
Vimael Machín3B · 24 G · -0.3 WAR
Franklin Barreto2B · 17 G · -0.4 WAR

Outfielders 3

Robbie GrossmanLF · 51 G · 1.3 WAR
Ramón LaureanoCF · 54 G · 0.8 WAR
Stephen PiscottyRF · 44 G · -0.2 WAR

Designated hitters 2

Mark CanhaDH · 59 G · 1.4 WAR
Khris DavisDH · 30 G · -0.3 WAR

Others 1

Seth Brown4 G · -0.1 WAR

Starting pitchers 7

Chris Bassitt11 GS · 1.4 WAR
Sean Manaea11 GS · 1.1 WAR
Jesús Luzardo9 GS · 0.8 WAR
Frankie Montas11 GS · 0.5 WAR
Mike Fiers11 GS · 0.4 WAR
Paul Blackburn1 GS · 0.0 WAR
Daulton Jefferies1 GS · -0.3 WAR

Relief pitchers 11

Liam Hendriks24 G · 1.1 WAR
Jake Diekman21 G · 0.5 WAR
J.B. Wendelken21 G · 0.5 WAR
Joakim Soria22 G · 0.5 WAR
Burch Smith6 G · 0.4 WAR
Jordan Weems9 G · 0.3 WAR
Lou Trivino III20 G · 0.3 WAR
Yusmeiro Petit26 G · 0.2 WAR
Daniel Mengden4 G · -0.1 WAR
James Kaprielian2 G · -0.2 WAR
T.J. McFarland23 G · -0.3 WAR

Where the offence comes from

Roster contribution by share of the team total.

392 team hits

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.

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
Median: 0
Total: 0
On the road: 0

By situation

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	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
All games: 2:57
Extra innings: 3:26
Longest: 4:13
Shortest: 2:18

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	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

Average completed game by month.
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.

Record versus run differential

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.