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 2.5 WAR, and Paul Blackburn the rotation at a 4.43 ERA.
The 2023 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the AL West, 40 games back. They spent 2 of 186 days in first place and were as far as 41 games back on September 27. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 11-17, their worst March/April at 6-23. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from June 6 to June 13 and an 11-game losing streak from May 17 to May 28. They were 26-55 at home and 24-57 on the road, 20-27 in one-run games and 22-76 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 11-2 at the Pirates on June 6; the heaviest defeat, 18-3 at the Rangers on April 22.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
6
23
.207
113
230
-117
May
6
23
.207
87
165
-78
June
10
16
.385
93
135
-42
July
8
15
.348
94
112
-18
August
9
18
.333
96
149
-53
Sept/Oct
11
17
.393
102
133
-31
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
26-55
.321
Road
24-57
.296
One-run games
20-27
.426
Extra innings
6-8
.429
Within the division
14-38
.269
Against .500+ clubs
22-76
.224
Decided by 5+ runs
8-44
.154
Last 10
4-6
.400
American League West standings, 2023
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League West, 2023. 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
81
10,276
8,942
2,064
37,553
Night
42
8,617
6,499
2,064
27,759
Day
39
12,063
11,231
3,871
37,553
Weekend
40
13,142
12,090
6,423
37,553
Weekday
41
7,479
5,196
2,064
27,759
On the road
81
26,712
28,203
8,582
52,624
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
26,805
Apr
14
9,804
May
16
6,555
Jun
11
13,968
Jul
12
10,130
Aug
11
12,389
Sep
16
9,496
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, 2023.
Regulation
2:42
148 games
All games
2:44
Extra innings
3:12
14 of them
Longest
4:09
2023-05-16, 12 inn
Shortest
2:12
2023-07-20
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
2:44
2:43
2:00
4:09
Regulation
148
2:42
2:41
2:00
3:29
Extra innings
14
3:12
3:07
2:33
4:09
Home
81
2:45
2:42
2:12
4:09
Road
81
2:43
2:43
2:00
3:25
Day
66
2:45
2:43
2:17
3:27
Night
96
2:44
2:42
2:00
4:09
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
2:30
Apr
14
2:53
May
16
2:43
Jun
11
2:41
Jul
12
2:48
Aug
11
2:42
Sep
16
2:45
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 162 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 50-112, a .309 win rate, while their -339 run differential implies .302. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
