American League West · 2021
Oakland Athletics
- Team WAR
- 30.0 16.3 bat / 13.7 pitch
- Win %
- .531 pyth .536
- Run diff
- +56 4.59 / 4.24 per g
- wRC+
- 104
- ERA
- 4.22 FIP 4.16
- Home runs
- 185
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 4.4 WAR, and Frankie Montas the rotation at a 3.37 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,116 team hits
Batting
24 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Matt Olson | 1B | 156 | 673 | 153 | 39 | 111 | 4 | .271 | .371 | .540 | .382 | 150 | 4.4 |
| Tony Kemp | 2B | 119 | 397 | 92 | 8 | 37 | 8 | .279 | .382 | .418 | .356 | 131 | 2.6 |
| Mark Canha | LF | 141 | 625 | 120 | 17 | 61 | 12 | .231 | .358 | .387 | .338 | 119 | 2.6 |
| Matt Chapman | 3B | 151 | 622 | 111 | 27 | 72 | 3 | .210 | .314 | .403 | .315 | 102 | 2.2 |
| Sean Murphy | C | 117 | 448 | 85 | 17 | 59 | 0 | .216 | .306 | .405 | .313 | 100 | 2.1 |
| Ramón Laureano | CF | 88 | 378 | 84 | 14 | 39 | 12 | .246 | .317 | .443 | .330 | 113 | 1.7 |
| Jed Lowrie | 2B | 139 | 512 | 112 | 14 | 69 | 0 | .245 | .318 | .398 | .314 | 101 | 1.0 |
| Seth Brown | RF | 104 | 307 | 60 | 20 | 48 | 4 | .214 | .274 | .480 | .316 | 103 | 0.6 |
| Elvis Andrus | SS | 143 | 541 | 121 | 3 | 37 | 12 | .243 | .294 | .320 | .272 | 71 | 0.5 |
| Chad Pinder | RF | 73 | 233 | 52 | 6 | 27 | 1 | .243 | .300 | .411 | .309 | 98 | 0.4 |
| Sean Manaea | P | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .750 | .532 | 258 | 0.1 |
| Austin Allen | C | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .625 | .358 | 133 | 0.1 |
| James Kaprielian | P | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .292 | 86 | 0.0 |
| Jake Diekman | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.0 |
| Chris Bassitt | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.0 |
| Luis Barrera | LF | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .219 | 33 | -0.0 |
| Cole Irvin | P | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .175 | 2 | -0.1 |
| Aramis Garcia | C | 31 | 94 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .205 | .239 | .318 | .244 | 51 | -0.1 |
| Frankie Montas | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.1 |
| Pete Kozma | SS | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .133 | -28 | -0.1 |
| Stephen Piscotty | RF | 67 | 188 | 38 | 5 | 16 | 1 | .220 | .282 | .353 | .281 | 77 | -0.2 |
| Mitch Moreland | DH | 80 | 252 | 52 | 10 | 30 | 0 | .227 | .286 | .415 | .302 | 93 | -0.2 |
| Vimael Machín | SS | 14 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .125 | .200 | .125 | .162 | -8 | -0.3 |
| Skye Bolt | CF | 27 | 60 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .088 | .103 | .158 | .114 | -43 | -0.8 |
Pitching
24 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Frankie Montas | 32 | 32 | 187.0 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 207 | 3.37 | 3.37 | 1.18 | 10.0 | 3.7 |
| Chris Bassitt | 27 | 27 | 157.1 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 159 | 3.15 | 3.34 | 1.06 | 9.1 | 3.2 |
| Sean Manaea | 32 | 32 | 179.1 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 194 | 3.91 | 3.66 | 1.23 | 9.7 | 3.0 |
| Cole Irvin | 32 | 32 | 178.1 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 125 | 4.24 | 4.30 | 1.33 | 6.3 | 1.7 |
| James Kaprielian | 24 | 21 | 119.1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 123 | 4.07 | 4.33 | 1.22 | 9.3 | 1.0 |
| Lou Trivino III | 71 | 0 | 73.2 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 67 | 3.18 | 3.78 | 1.25 | 8.2 | 0.8 |
| Deolis Guerra | 53 | 0 | 65.2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 4.11 | 3.96 | 1.11 | 8.5 | 0.5 |
| Sergio Romo | 66 | 0 | 61.2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 60 | 4.67 | 4.24 | 1.25 | 8.8 | 0.3 |
| J.B. Wendelken | 46 | 0 | 43.2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 4.33 | 4.09 | 1.51 | 8.0 | 0.3 |
| Burch Smith | 31 | 0 | 43.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 5.40 | 4.21 | 1.38 | 5.8 | 0.2 |
| A.J. Puk | 12 | 0 | 13.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6.07 | 3.32 | 1.80 | 10.8 | 0.2 |
| Jake Diekman | 67 | 0 | 60.2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 83 | 3.86 | 4.46 | 1.34 | 12.3 | 0.2 |
| Daulton Jefferies | 5 | 1 | 15.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3.60 | 3.97 | 1.00 | 4.8 | 0.1 |
| Reymin Guduan | 11 | 0 | 14.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6.28 | 4.43 | 1.67 | 3.1 | 0.0 |
| Mitch Moreland | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.17 | 1.00 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| Ka'ai Tom | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.17 | 1.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Yusmeiro Petit | 78 | 0 | 78.0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 3.92 | 4.72 | 1.04 | 4.3 | -0.0 |
| Sam Moll | 8 | 0 | 10.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3.48 | 4.91 | 1.26 | 7.0 | -0.0 |
| Paul Blackburn | 9 | 9 | 38.1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 5.87 | 5.47 | 1.62 | 6.1 | -0.1 |
| Domingo Acevedo | 10 | 0 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3.27 | 6.17 | 1.18 | 7.4 | -0.2 |
| Adam Kolarek | 12 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8.00 | 7.17 | 2.22 | 4.0 | -0.2 |
| Jordan Weems | 7 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 15.88 | 8.99 | 2.12 | 11.1 | -0.3 |
| Mike Fiers | 2 | 2 | 9.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7.71 | 8.96 | 2.04 | 4.8 | -0.4 |
| Jesús Luzardo | 25 | 18 | 95.1 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 98 | 6.61 | 5.48 | 1.62 | 9.3 | -0.5 |
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.