1997 Oakland Athletics Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 65-97
Finished 4th in the AL's West Division
Attendance: 1,260,565, Avg. 15,957
Ballpark: Oakland Coliseum
Manager: Art Howe (65-97)
Location: Oakland, California

1997 Oakland Athletics Roster
1997 Oakland Athletics Results

The Oakland Athletics of the American League ended the 1997 season with a record of 65 wins and 97 losses, finishing fourth in the AL's West Division.

The Athletics scored 764 runs and yielded 946 runs, most in the circuit. Mark McGwire walloped 34 home runs for Oakland, while Geronimo Berroa, Jose Canseco, Jason Giambi and Matt Stairs each swatted 20 or more as well. Mark McGwire and Jason Giambi each recorded 81 runs batted in. Jason Giambi led all regular hitters by hitting .293. Aaron Small topped the team with 9 wins, and Steve Karsay recorded a 5.77 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Art Howe coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Aaron Small	9	5	.643	4.28	71	0	22	0	4	96.7	109	50	46	6	40	6	57	3	0	4	425
T. J. Mathews	6	2	.750	4.40	24	0	14	0	3	28.7	34	18	14	5	12	1	24	1	0	0	132
Ariel Prieto	6	8	.429	5.04	22	22	0	0	0	125.0	155	84	70	16	70	3	90	5	1	7	588
Don Wengert	5	11	.313	6.04	49	12	16	1	2	134.0	177	96	90	21	41	4	68	8	0	2	612
Dane Johnson	4	1	.800	4.53	38	0	12	0	2	45.7	49	28	23	4	31	4	43	2	1	4	217
Mike Oquist	4	6	.400	5.02	19	17	0	1	0	107.7	111	62	60	15	43	3	72	6	0	2	473
Dave Telgheder	4	6	.400	6.06	20	19	0	0	0	101.0	134	71	68	15	35	1	55	2	0	4	458
Andrew Lorraine	3	1	.750	6.37	12	6	1	0	0	29.7	45	22	21	2	15	0	18	1	0	0	146
Billy Taylor	3	4	.429	3.82	72	0	45	0	23	73.0	70	32	31	3	36	9	66	5	0	0	320
Carlos Reyes	3	4	.429	5.82	37	6	9	0	0	77.3	101	52	50	13	25	2	43	2	1	2	352
Willie Adams	3	5	.375	8.18	13	12	0	0	0	58.3	73	53	53	9	32	2	37	4	0	2	282
Jimmy Haynes	3	6	.333	4.42	13	13	0	0	0	73.3	74	38	36	7	40	1	65	2	1	4	329
Steve Karsay	3	12	.200	5.77	24	24	0	0	0	132.7	166	92	85	20	47	3	92	9	0	7	609
Mark Acre	2	0	1.000	5.74	15	0	5	0	0	15.7	21	10	10	1	8	0	12	0	0	0	75
Richie Lewis	2	0	1.000	9.64	14	0	5	0	0	18.7	24	21	20	7	15	0	12	1	0	2	94
Buddy Groom	2	2	.500	5.15	78	0	7	0	3	64.7	75	38	37	9	24	1	45	0	0	3	285
Eric Ludwick	1	4	.200	8.25	6	5	0	0	0	24.0	32	24	22	7	16	1	14	1	0	0	116
Brad Rigby	1	7	.125	4.87	14	14	0	0	0	77.7	92	44	42	14	22	2	34	2	0	3	339
Mike Mohler	1	10	.091	5.13	62	10	16	0	1	101.7	116	65	58	11	54	8	66	7	0	4	462
John Johnstone	0	0		2.84	5	0	1	0	0	6.3	7	2	2	0	7	0	4	0	0	0	32
Tim Kubinski	0	0		5.68	11	0	3	0	0	12.7	12	9	8	2	6	1	10	1	0	0	56
Jay Witasick	0	0		5.73	8	0	1	0	0	11.0	14	7	7	2	6	0	8	0	0	0	53
Gary Haught	0	0		7.15	6	0	2	0	0	11.3	12	9	9	3	6	0	11	2	0	1	52
Billy Brewer	0	0		13.50	3	0	1	0	0	2.0	4	3	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	12
Steve Montgomery	0	1	.000	9.95	4	0	0	0	0	6.3	10	7	7	2	8	2	1	0	0	0	35
Steve Wojciechowski	0	2	.000	7.84	2	2	0	0	0	10.3	17	9	9	2	1	0	5	0	0	0	46
Totals	65	97	.401	5.49	642	162	160	2	38	1445.3	1734	946	881	197	642	54	953	64	4	51	6600

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Jason Giambi	142	588	519	66	152	41	2	20	81	0	1	55	89	.293	.362	.495	.857	257	11	6	0	8	3
Scott Spiezio	147	590	538	58	131	28	4	14	65	9	3	44	75	.243	.300	.388	.688	209	13	1	3	4	2
Matt Stairs	133	410	352	62	105	19	0	27	73	3	2	50	60	.298	.386	.582	.969	205	6	3	1	4	1
Mark McGwire	105	433	366	48	104	24	0	34	81	1	0	58	98	.284	.383	.628	1.012	230	9	4	0	5	8
Scott Brosius	129	526	479	59	97	20	1	11	41	9	4	34	102	.203	.259	.317	.576	152	9	4	5	4	1
Jose Canseco	108	446	388	56	91	19	0	23	74	8	2	51	122	.235	.325	.461	.786	179	15	3	0	4	1
Dave Magadan	128	328	271	38	82	10	1	4	30	1	0	50	40	.303	.414	.391	.805	106	7	2	4	1	1
Geronimo Berroa	73	299	261	40	81	12	0	16	42	3	2	36	58	.310	.395	.540	.935	141	12	1	0	1	2
Brent Mayne	85	282	256	29	74	12	0	6	22	1	0	18	33	.289	.343	.406	.749	104	6	4	2	2	1
Damon Mashore	92	342	279	55	69	10	2	3	18	5	4	50	82	.247	.370	.330	.700	92	5	5	7	1	1
Rafael Bournigal	79	249	222	29	62	9	0	1	20	2	1	16	19	.279	.339	.333	.672	74	11	4	7	0	1
Jason McDonald	78	276	236	47	62	11	4	4	14	13	8	36	49	.263	.361	.394	.755	93	0	1	2	1	0
George Williams	76	241	201	30	58	9	1	3	22	0	1	35	46	.289	.397	.388	.786	78	2	2	2	1	0
Mark Bellhorn	68	261	224	33	51	9	1	6	19	7	1	32	70	.228	.324	.357	.681	80	1	0	5	0	0
Ernie Young	71	200	175	22	39	7	0	5	15	1	3	19	57	.223	.303	.349	.652	61	6	2	2	2	0
Tony Batista	68	207	188	22	38	10	1	4	18	2	2	14	31	.202	.265	.330	.594	62	8	2	3	0	0
Pat Lennon	56	131	116	14	34	6	1	1	14	0	1	15	35	.293	.374	.388	.762	45	3	0	0	0	0
Brian Lesher	46	142	131	17	30	4	1	4	16	4	1	9	30	.229	.275	.366	.641	48	4	0	0	2	0
Ben Grieve	24	108	93	12	29	6	0	3	24	0	0	13	25	.312	.402	.473	.875	44	1	1	1	0	1
Izzy Molina	48	115	111	6	22	3	1	3	7	0	0	3	17	.198	.219	.324	.544	36	1	0	1	0	0
Miguel Tejada	26	104	99	10	20	3	2	2	10	2	0	2	22	.202	.240	.333	.574	33	3	3	0	0	0
Tilson Brito	17	49	46	8	13	2	1	2	6	0	0	1	10	.283	.298	.500	.798	23	0	0	2	0	0
Scott Sheldon	13	27	24	2	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	6	.250	.308	.375	.683	9	0	1	1	0	0
Mike Oquist	21	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	1	0	0
Aaron Small	71	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Ludwick	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Telgheder	20	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Haynes	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brad Rigby	14	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Taylor	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Brewer	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Don Wengert	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Jay Witasick	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Wojciechowski	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Carlos Reyes	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Ariel Prieto	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Adams	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Buddy Groom	78	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Haught	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Dane Johnson	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
John Johnstone	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Karsay	25	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Richie Lewis	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Andrew Lorraine	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Kubinski	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
T. J. Mathews	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Mohler	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Montgomery	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Acre	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2459	6369	5589	764	1451	274	23	197	714	71	36	642	1181	.260	.339	.423	.762	2362	133	49	49	40	23

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Mark McGwire	1B	101	101	843.7	884	60	6	88	.994	1.070	9.347	0	0	0
Jason Giambi	1B	51	48	433.3	399	39	5	49	.989	9.097	8.588	0	0	0
Dave Magadan	1B	30	10	126.0	123	11	0	15	1.000	9.571	4.467	0	0	0
Matt Stairs	1B	7	1	22.3	20	3	1	2	.958	9.269	3.286	0	0	0
Brian Lesher	1B	3	2	20.0	21	2	0	3	1.000	1.350	7.667	0	0	0
Scott Spiezio	2B	146	140	1256.0	280	415	7	93	.990	4.980	4.760	0	0	0
Mark Bellhorn	2B	17	16	135.3	41	56	4	16	.960	6.451	5.706	0	0	0
Rafael Bournigal	2B	7	2	26.0	1	7	0	0	1.000	2.769	1.143	0	0	0
Tilson Brito	2B	2	2	15.0	3	8	0	5	1.000	6.600	5.500	0	0	0
Scott Sheldon	2B	1	1	7.0	1	2	0	1	1.000	3.857	3.000	0	0	0
Tony Batista	2B	1	1	6.0	2	4	0	0	1.000	9.000	6.000	0	0	0
Scott Brosius	3B	107	94	825.7	92	206	7	23	.977	3.248	2.785	0	0	0
Mark Bellhorn	3B	40	37	314.3	31	66	5	8	.951	2.777	2.425	0	0	0
Dave Magadan	3B	49	25	233.3	25	54	5	7	.940	3.047	1.612	0	0	0
Tilson Brito	3B	10	6	59.0	8	15	2	2	.920	3.508	2.300	0	0	0
Tony Batista	3B	4	0	11.0	3	1	0	0	1.000	3.273	1.000	0	0	0
Scott Spiezio	3B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Scott Sheldon	3B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Brent Mayne	C	83	73	640.7	419	36	2	5	.996	6.392	5.482	1	57	23	28.8
George Williams	C	67	55	498.0	337	27	6	3	.984	6.578	5.433	1	41	15	26.8
Izzy Molina	C	48	34	306.7	218	17	2	1	.992	6.897	4.896	3	33	10	23.3
Damon Mashore	OF	89	72	655.0	203	10	2	3	.991	2.927	2.393	0	0	0
Matt Stairs	OF	89	67	615.7	122	6	3	0	.977	1.871	1.438	0	0	0
Jason Giambi	OF	68	67	541.3	102	5	2	1	.982	1.779	1.574	0	0	0
Jason McDonald	OF	74	52	507.0	146	2	6	1	.961	2.627	2.000	0	0	0
Ernie Young	OF	66	50	476.3	140	5	3	0	.980	2.740	2.197	0	0	0
Jose Canseco	OF	44	44	361.0	74	2	5	0	.938	1.895	1.727	0	0	0
Geronimo Berroa	OF	43	42	343.0	71	1	1	0	.986	1.889	1.674	0	0	0
Brian Lesher	OF	32	29	264.3	66	3	3	1	.958	2.349	2.156	0	0	0
Pat Lennon	OF	36	24	211.3	55	0	3	0	.948	2.342	1.528	0	0	0
Ben Grieve	OF	24	22	208.3	39	1	0	1	1.000	1.728	1.667	0	0	0
Scott Brosius	OF	22	17	152.7	25	2	1	0	.964	1.592	1.227	0	0	0
Don Wengert	P	49	12	134.0	13	16	1	2	.967	1.948	.592	0	0	0
Steve Karsay	P	24	24	132.7	7	13	4	1	.833	1.357	.833	0	0	0
Ariel Prieto	P	22	22	125.0	9	19	5	2	.848	2.016	1.273	0	0	0
Mike Oquist	P	19	17	107.7	8	10	1	2	.947	1.505	.947	0	0	0
Mike Mohler	P	62	10	101.7	7	18	1	0	.962	2.213	.403	0	0	0
Dave Telgheder	P	20	19	101.0	9	24	0	4	1.000	2.941	1.650	0	0	0
Aaron Small	P	71	0	96.7	5	15	1	2	.952	1.862	.282	0	0	0
Brad Rigby	P	14	14	77.7	5	14	1	2	.950	2.202	1.357	0	0	0
Carlos Reyes	P	37	6	77.3	6	11	0	1	1.000	1.978	.459	0	0	0
Jimmy Haynes	P	13	13	73.3	6	10	2	2	.889	1.964	1.231	0	0	0
Billy Taylor	P	72	0	73.0	3	13	0	1	1.000	1.973	.222	0	0	0
Buddy Groom	P	78	0	64.7	2	10	0	2	1.000	1.670	.154	0	0	0
Willie Adams	P	13	12	58.3	2	10	0	0	1.000	1.851	.923	0	0	0
Dane Johnson	P	38	0	45.7	1	4	2	0	.714	.985	.132	0	0	0
Andrew Lorraine	P	12	6	29.7	4	2	0	1	1.000	1.820	.500	0	0	0
T. J. Mathews	P	24	0	28.7	1	4	1	0	.833	1.570	.208	0	0	0
Eric Ludwick	P	6	5	24.0	2	3	0	1	1.000	1.875	.833	0	0	0
Richie Lewis	P	14	0	18.7	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.446	.214	0	0	0
Mark Acre	P	15	0	15.7	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.149	.133	0	0	0
Tim Kubinski	P	11	0	12.7	2	1	0	1	1.000	2.132	.273	0	0	0
Gary Haught	P	6	0	11.3	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.588	.333	0	0	0
Jay Witasick	P	8	0	11.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Steve Wojciechowski	P	2	2	10.3	0	4	0	0	1.000	3.484	2.000	0	0	0
Steve Montgomery	P	4	0	6.3	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.421	.250	0	0	0
John Johnstone	P	5	0	6.3	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.421	.200	0	0	0
Billy Brewer	P	3	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Rafael Bournigal	SS	74	59	524.0	99	192	6	40	.980	4.998	3.932	0	0	0
Tony Batista	SS	61	54	468.7	91	169	8	38	.970	4.993	4.262	0	0	0
Miguel Tejada	SS	26	25	227.7	54	68	4	18	.968	4.823	4.692	0	0	0
Scott Brosius	SS	30	12	120.3	25	39	2	8	.970	4.787	2.133	0	0	0
Scott Sheldon	SS	12	8	69.7	15	16	2	4	.939	4.005	2.583	0	0	0
Tilson Brito	SS	6	4	33.0	5	8	0	1	1.000	3.545	2.167	0	0	0
Mark Bellhorn	SS	1	0	2.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.500	1.000	0	0	0
Totals		2215	1458	13008.0	4336	1765	122	461	.980	4.221	2.754	5	131	48	26.8

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