The Oakland Athletics went 86-76 in 2021, a .531 winning percentage — 13th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 743 runs and allowed 687, a run differential of +56. The offence ranked 10th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.22 staff ERA was 14th of 30. Their 104 team wRC+ was 4% above league average — 8th of 30 in MLB. Matt Olson led the position players at 4.8 WAR, and Frankie Montas the rotation at a 3.37 ERA.
The 2021 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the AL West, 9 games back. They spent 60 of 186 days in first place, led by as many as 2.5 games on May 8 and were as far as 9 games back on September 22. Their best month was June at 17-9, their worst Sept/Oct at 13-17. The longest runs were a 13-game winning streak from April 9 to April 24 and a 6-game losing streak from April 1 to April 6. They were 43-38 at home and 43-38 on the road, 23-27 in one-run games and 30-51 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 17-0 at the Indians on August 12; the heaviest defeat, 9-0 at the White Sox on August 17.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
16
11
.593
111
115
-4
May
15
14
.517
120
127
-7
June
17
9
.654
140
94
+46
July
11
13
.458
90
78
+12
August
14
12
.538
127
107
+20
Sept/Oct
13
17
.433
155
166
-11
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
43-38
.531
Road
43-38
.531
One-run games
23-27
.460
Extra innings
8-3
.727
Within the division
37-39
.487
Against .500+ clubs
30-51
.370
Decided by 5+ runs
19-18
.514
Last 10
4-6
.400
American League West standings, 2021
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League West, 2021. Games back of the best record in the division.
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.
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.
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
80
8,768
6,782
2,865
40,133
Night
40
8,177
5,000
2,865
40,133
Day
40
9,358
7,369
3,322
36,230
Weekend
39
12,281
8,757
4,504
40,133
Weekday
41
5,426
4,508
2,865
14,856
On the road
81
19,085
19,410
2,924
40,162
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
15
5,503
May
19
5,311
Jun
11
5,184
Jul
9
13,686
Aug
14
16,718
Sep
13
7,979
By season
Announced gate — tickets distributed, which is the figure every reference publishes and is not the same as people through the turnstile. A game the feed reports no gate for is left out rather than counted as empty. 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 162 completed games, 2021.
Regulation
3:06
151 games
All games
3:08
Extra innings
3:43
11 of them
Longest
4:24
2021-07-03, 12 inn
Shortest
2:08
2021-04-20
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
162
3:08
3:06
2:08
4:24
Regulation
151
3:06
3:04
2:08
4:02
Extra innings
11
3:43
3:42
3:04
4:24
Home
81
3:05
3:04
2:08
4:24
Road
81
3:11
3:08
2:23
4:05
Day
70
3:08
3:06
2:08
4:24
Night
92
3:08
3:06
2:18
4:05
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
15
3:06
May
19
3:00
Jun
11
2:56
Jul
9
3:08
Aug
14
3:15
Sep
13
3:06
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 186 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 86-76, a .531 win rate, while their +56 run differential implies .536. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
