American League West · 2020

Oakland Athletics

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Team WAR: 10.6
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. Sean Murphy led the position players at 1.2 WAR, and Chris Bassitt the rotation at a 2.29 ERA.

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.


Sean Murphy	C	41	140	27	7	14	0	.233	.364	.457	.360	130	1.2
Mark Canha	DH	59	243	47	5	33	4	.246	.387	.408	.356	127	1.1
Robbie Grossman	LF	51	192	40	8	23	8	.241	.344	.482	.353	125	1.0
Matt Chapman	3B	36	152	33	10	25	0	.232	.276	.535	.336	113	0.7
Ramón Laureano	CF	54	222	39	6	25	2	.213	.338	.366	.319	101	0.7
Marcus Semien	SS	53	236	47	7	23	4	.223	.305	.374	.301	88	0.7
Tony Kemp	2B	40	114	23	0	4	3	.247	.363	.301	.311	96	0.3
Matt Olson	1B	60	245	41	14	42	1	.195	.310	.424	.318	100	0.2
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
Vimael Machín	3B	24	71	13	0	0	0	.206	.296	.238	.253	55	-0.2
Khris Davis	DH	30	99	17	2	10	0	.200	.303	.329	.287	79	-0.3
Stephen Piscotty	RF	44	171	36	5	29	4	.226	.271	.358	.274	70	-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	1.2
Liam Hendriks	24	0	25.1	3	1	14	37	1.78	1.14	0.67	13.1	1.0
Sean Manaea	11	11	54.0	4	3	0	45	4.50	3.71	1.20	7.5	1.0
Jesús Luzardo	12	9	59.0	3	2	0	59	4.12	4.19	1.27	9.0	0.7
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	0.4
Burch Smith	6	0	12.0	2	0	1	13	2.25	2.36	0.67	9.8	0.3
Jordan Weems	9	0	14.0	0	0	0	18	3.21	3.05	1.21	11.6	0.3
Mike Fiers	11	11	59.0	6	3	0	37	4.58	4.94	1.37	5.6	0.3
Lou Trivino III	20	0	23.1	0	0	0	26	3.86	3.92	1.11	10.0	0.2
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

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.