American League West · 2023
Oakland Athletics
- Team WAR
- 4.9 5.5 bat / -0.5 pitch
- Win %
- .309 pyth .302
- Run diff
- -339 3.61 / 5.70 per g
- wRC+
- 85
- ERA
- 5.42 FIP 5.02
- Home runs
- 174
The Oakland Athletics went 50-112 in 2023, a .309 winning percentage — the worst record in baseball. They scored 585 runs and allowed 924, a run differential of -339. The offence ranked the worst in MLB for runs scored, while their 5.42 staff ERA was the second worst. Their 85 team wRC+ was 15% below league average — the second worst in MLB. Zack Gelof led the position players at 2.2 WAR, and Paul Blackburn the rotation at a 4.43 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,237 team hits
Batting
23 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Zack Gelof | 2B | 69 | 300 | 72 | 14 | 32 | 14 | .267 | .337 | .504 | .359 | 131 | 2.2 |
| Brent Rooker | DH | 137 | 526 | 114 | 30 | 69 | 4 | .246 | .329 | .488 | .349 | 124 | 1.8 |
| Ryan Noda | 1B | 127 | 495 | 93 | 16 | 54 | 3 | .229 | .364 | .406 | .344 | 120 | 1.5 |
| Shea Langeliers | C | 131 | 490 | 92 | 22 | 63 | 3 | .205 | .268 | .413 | .292 | 83 | 1.2 |
| Esteury Ruiz | CF | 129 | 497 | 114 | 5 | 47 | 67 | .254 | .309 | .345 | .291 | 83 | 1.2 |
| Ramón Laureano | RF | 104 | 404 | 81 | 9 | 35 | 12 | .224 | .304 | .371 | .300 | 89 | 0.4 |
| JJ Bleday | LF | 81 | 303 | 50 | 10 | 27 | 5 | .195 | .310 | .355 | .299 | 88 | 0.3 |
| Conner Capel | RF | 29 | 86 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .260 | .372 | .329 | .325 | 106 | 0.2 |
| Jace Peterson | 3B | 130 | 430 | 79 | 6 | 37 | 15 | .211 | .304 | .307 | .277 | 73 | 0.2 |
| Tyler Wade | SS | 24 | 55 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .255 | .309 | .314 | .281 | 75 | 0.1 |
| Carlos Pérez | C | 64 | 189 | 38 | 6 | 20 | 0 | .226 | .293 | .357 | .286 | 79 | 0.1 |
| Manny Piña | C | 4 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .313 | 98 | 0.0 |
| Cody Thomas | RF | 17 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .238 | .304 | .381 | .302 | 91 | 0.0 |
| Seth Brown | RF | 112 | 378 | 76 | 14 | 52 | 3 | .222 | .286 | .405 | .299 | 88 | -0.0 |
| Jordan Diaz | 3B | 88 | 293 | 60 | 10 | 27 | 0 | .221 | .273 | .364 | .279 | 74 | -0.2 |
| Aledmys Díaz | 3B | 108 | 344 | 72 | 4 | 24 | 1 | .229 | .280 | .337 | .270 | 68 | -0.2 |
| Tony Kemp | LF | 122 | 419 | 75 | 5 | 27 | 15 | .209 | .303 | .304 | .278 | 73 | -0.3 |
| Jesús Aguilar | 1B | 36 | 115 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 0 | .221 | .281 | .385 | .282 | 76 | -0.3 |
| Lawrence Butler | CF | 41 | 129 | 26 | 4 | 10 | 0 | .211 | .240 | .341 | .252 | 55 | -0.3 |
| Kevin Smith | SS | 45 | 146 | 25 | 5 | 11 | 1 | .185 | .220 | .326 | .237 | 44 | -0.4 |
| Jonah Bride | 3B | 38 | 106 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .170 | .286 | .205 | .239 | 46 | -0.4 |
| Nick Allen | SS | 98 | 329 | 67 | 4 | 20 | 5 | .221 | .263 | .287 | .246 | 50 | -0.5 |
| Tyler Soderstrom | C | 44 | 138 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .160 | .232 | .240 | .217 | 30 | -0.9 |
Pitching
41 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Paul Blackburn | 21 | 20 | 103.2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 104 | 4.43 | 3.96 | 1.54 | 9.0 | 1.4 |
| Sam Moll | 70 | 1 | 62.1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 68 | 3.03 | 3.27 | 1.24 | 9.8 | 1.0 |
| Lucas Erceg | 50 | 0 | 55.0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 68 | 4.75 | 3.31 | 1.58 | 11.1 | 0.9 |
| Mason Miller | 10 | 6 | 33.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 3.78 | 3.47 | 1.20 | 10.3 | 0.6 |
| Luis Medina | 23 | 17 | 109.2 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 106 | 5.42 | 4.76 | 1.51 | 8.7 | 0.4 |
| Joe Boyle | 3 | 3 | 16.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1.69 | 3.13 | 0.81 | 8.4 | 0.4 |
| Austin Pruitt | 38 | 6 | 48.1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 2.98 | 4.17 | 1.16 | 5.6 | 0.4 |
| Zach Jackson | 19 | 0 | 18.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 2.50 | 3.09 | 1.56 | 11.5 | 0.3 |
| Francisco Pérez | 17 | 1 | 16.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5.94 | 3.20 | 1.50 | 7.6 | 0.3 |
| Angel Felipe | 14 | 0 | 15.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4.20 | 3.52 | 1.27 | 11.4 | 0.2 |
| Shintaro Fujinami | 64 | 7 | 79.0 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 83 | 7.18 | 4.61 | 1.49 | 9.5 | 0.2 |
| JP Sears | 32 | 32 | 172.1 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 161 | 4.54 | 5.15 | 1.26 | 8.4 | 0.1 |
| Sean Newcomb | 7 | 2 | 15.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3.00 | 4.06 | 1.13 | 10.2 | 0.1 |
| Richard Lovelady | 27 | 0 | 23.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 4.63 | 4.54 | 1.07 | 9.3 | 0.1 |
| Kirby Snead | 15 | 0 | 11.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4.63 | 4.37 | 1.71 | 6.9 | 0.1 |
| James Kaprielian | 14 | 11 | 61.0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 57 | 6.34 | 5.07 | 1.59 | 8.4 | 0.0 |
| Trevor May | 49 | 0 | 46.2 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 40 | 3.28 | 4.71 | 1.37 | 7.7 | 0.0 |
| Adrián Martinez | 22 | 1 | 55.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 4.75 | 4.75 | 1.42 | 7.7 | 0.0 |
| Sam Long | 40 | 1 | 45.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 5.60 | 4.74 | 1.56 | 6.4 | 0.0 |
| Easton Lucas | 6 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8.10 | 4.91 | 2.10 | 9.4 | -0.0 |
| Hogan Harris | 14 | 6 | 63.0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 56 | 7.14 | 5.02 | 1.51 | 8.0 | -0.0 |
| Dany Jiménez | 25 | 1 | 23.1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 3.47 | 4.93 | 1.07 | 8.1 | -0.0 |
| Domingo Acevedo | 9 | 0 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10.61 | 5.51 | 1.93 | 6.8 | -0.1 |
| Chad Smith | 10 | 0 | 13.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6.59 | 5.82 | 1.61 | 5.9 | -0.2 |
| Spenser Watkins | 1 | 1 | 4.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10.38 | 8.79 | 2.08 | 8.3 | -0.2 |
| Tayler Scott | 18 | 2 | 17.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.60 | 5.75 | 1.87 | 8.7 | -0.2 |
| Carlos Pérez | 2 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 14.66 | 3.60 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Jace Peterson | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 13.26 | 3.00 | 4.5 | -0.2 |
| Spencer Patton | 12 | 0 | 12.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5.11 | 6.74 | 1.54 | 5.1 | -0.3 |
| Yacksel Ríos | 3 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37.80 | 19.46 | 5.40 | 10.8 | -0.3 |
| Jeurys Familia | 14 | 0 | 12.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6.39 | 7.20 | 2.05 | 6.4 | -0.3 |
| Ken Waldichuk | 35 | 22 | 141.0 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 132 | 5.36 | 5.30 | 1.56 | 8.4 | -0.4 |
| Joey Estes | 2 | 2 | 10.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7.20 | 8.56 | 1.40 | 6.3 | -0.4 |
| Freddy Tarnok | 5 | 1 | 14.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4.91 | 7.14 | 1.50 | 8.6 | -0.4 |
| Garrett Acton | 6 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12.71 | 11.55 | 2.47 | 7.9 | -0.4 |
| Rico Garcia | 10 | 0 | 11.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9.26 | 8.66 | 2.14 | 7.7 | -0.5 |
| Adam Oller | 9 | 1 | 19.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 10.07 | 7.22 | 2.08 | 5.9 | -0.5 |
| Devin Sweet | 7 | 0 | 8.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10.38 | 10.64 | 1.85 | 6.2 | -0.5 |
| Zach Neal | 14 | 2 | 27.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 6.67 | 7.03 | 1.63 | 8.3 | -0.6 |
| Drew Rucinski | 4 | 4 | 18.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9.00 | 8.70 | 2.28 | 3.0 | -0.7 |
| Kyle Muller | 21 | 13 | 77.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 56 | 7.60 | 6.14 | 1.96 | 6.5 | -0.9 |
Record versus run differential
Oakland Athletics are 50-112, a .309 win rate, while their -339 run differential implies .302. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.