1989 Oakland Athletics season

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1989  Oakland Athletics
World Series Champions
American League Champions
American League West Champions
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
City Oakland, California
Record99–63 (.611)
Divisional place1st
Owners Walter A. Haas, Jr.
General managers Sandy Alderson
Managers Tony La Russa
Television KPIX/KICU-TV
(Monte Moore, Ray Fosse)
Radio KSFO
(Bill King, Lon Simmons, Ray Fosse)
KNTA
(Amaury Pi-Gonzalez, Evilio Mendoza)
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The 1989 Oakland Athletics season saw the A's finish in first place in the American League West, with a record of 99 wins and 63 losses, seven games in front of the Kansas City Royals. Oakland dominated the American League, [1] earning their second consecutive AL West title, as well as marking the second straight year in which they finished with the best record in all of baseball. A's pitcher Dave Stewart recorded his third straight season of earning 20 or more wins while Rickey Henderson put on a dazzling offensive performance in the postseason as he approached the prospects of landing a three million dollar contract for the following season. [1] The team defeated the Toronto Blue Jays in five games in the ALCS, then swept their cross-Bay rivals, the San Francisco Giants, in an earthquake-marred World Series. The Athletics looked to be a future dynasty by the close of the 1989 season. [1]

Contents

Offseason

Dave Parker Oakland A's.jpg
Mark McGwire 1989.jpg
Tony La Russa 1989.jpg
Jose Canseco 1989.jpg
Major figures in the 1989 A's season included (clockwise from top left) Dave Parker, Mark McGwire, Jose Canseco, and manager Tony La Russa.

Regular season

Season standings

AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 99630.611—54–2745–36
Kansas City Royals 92700.568755–2637–44
California Angels 91710.562852–2939–42
Texas Rangers 83790.5121645–3638–43
Minnesota Twins 80820.4941945–3635–46
Seattle Mariners 73890.4512640–4133–48
Chicago White Sox 69920.42929½35–4534–47

Record vs. opponents

1989 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —6–76–66–67–610–36–67–64–88–55–76–69–37–6
Boston 7–6—4–87–58–511–24–86–76–67–67–55–76–65–8
California 6–68–4—8–55–711–14–97–511–26–65–87–66–77–5
Chicago 6–65–75–8—7–54–86–710–25–85–65–87–63–101–11
Cleveland 6–75–87–55–7—5–88–43–105–79–42–106–67–55–8
Detroit 3–102–111–118–48–5—6–66–75–76–74–84–84–82–11
Kansas City 6–68–49–47–64–86–6—8–47–66–67–69–48–57–5
Milwaukee 6–77–65–72–1010–37–64–8—9–38–55–77–55–76–7
Minnesota 8–46–62–118–57–57–56–73–9—6–66–77–65–89–3
New York 5–86–76–66–54–97–66–65–86–6—3–98–45–77–6
Oakland 7–55–78–58–510–28–46–77–57–69–3—9–48–57–5
Seattle 6–67–56–76–76–68–44–95–76–74–84–9—6–75–7
Texas 3–96–67–610–35–78–45–87–58–57–55–87–6—5–7
Toronto 6–78–55–711–18–511–25–77–63–96–75–77–57–5—

Notable transactions

Roster

1989 Oakland Athletics
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

1989 Game Log
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 3 Mariners 3–2 Stewart (1–0) Langston (0–1) Eckersley (1)46,1631–0
2April 5 Mariners 11–1 Welch (1–0) Bankhead (0–1)16,0452–0
3April 6 Mariners 11–3 Davis (1–0) Campbell (0–1) Burns (1)19,0873–0
4April 7 White Sox 7–1 Long (1–0) C. Young (0–1) Jones (1)20,5853–1
5April 8 White Sox 7–4 Pérez (1–0) Moore (0–1) Thigpen (1)32,8813–2
6April 9 White Sox 4–2 Stewart (2–0) Reuss (1–1) Eckersley (2)45,1104–2
7April 10@ Angels 4–0 Welch (2–0) Finley (1–1)23,8205–2
8April 11@ Angels 7–1 Blyleven (1–0) Davis (1–1)23,3225–3
9April 12@ Angels 5–0 McCaskill (2–0) C. Young (0–2)24,6505–4
10April 13@ Angels 5–0 Moore (1–1) Abbott (0–2)24,1376–4
11April 14@ White Sox 7–4 Stewart (3–0) Pérez (1–1)37,9507–4
12April 15@ White Sox 7–4 Reuss (2–1) Welch (2–1) Thigpen (3)15,7487–5
13April 16@ White Sox 3–2 Eckersley (1–0) King (0–3)20,9698–5
14April 17@ Mariners 7–2 Hanson (2–1) C. Young (0–3)14,8278–6
15April 18@ Mariners 5–3 Plunk (1–0) Reed (1–2) Eckersley (3)9,6709–6
16April 19@ Mariners 7–5 Stewart (4–0) Langston (2–2) Eckersley (4)11,32810–6
17April 21 Angels 10–6 Welch (3–1) Finley (2–2) Honeycutt (1)26,90311–6
18April 22 Angels 4–3 C. Young (1–3) Blyleven (2–1) Eckersley (5)33,17212–6
19April 23 Angels 2–0 Moore (2–1) McCaskill (3–1) Eckersley (6)25,68113–6
20April 24 Blue Jays 5–4 Nelson (1–0) Henke (1–2)25,09914–6
21April 25 Blue Jays 3–1 Davis (2–1) Cerutti (0–1) Eckersley (7)12,43715–6
22April 26 Orioles 2–1 Bautista (2–2) Welch (3–2) Olson (2)17,06015–7
23April 27 Orioles 9–4 Burns (1–0) Thurmond (0–1)21,42316–7
24April 28 Tigers 2–1 Moore (3–1) Gibson (1–1) Eckersley (8)26,59417–7
25April 29 Tigers 3–2 Stewart (5–0) Alexander (3–1)36,31318–7
26April 30 Tigers 7–2 Tanana (2–3) Davis (2–2) Hernández (5)36,00918–8
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
27May 2@ Blue Jays 8–5 Honeycutt (1–0) Ward (1–4) Plunk (1)23,43919–8
28May 3@ Blue Jays 2–0 Flanagan (2–1) Moore (3–2)22,37019–9
29May 5@ Tigers 5–3 Stewart (6–0) Tanana (2–4) Eckersley (9)18,48220–9
30May 6@ Tigers 6–3 Morris (1–6) Davis (2–3) Hernández (6)32,40420–10
31May 7@ Tigers 5–4 Welch (4–2) Hudson (0–3) Eckersley (10)20,39121–10
32May 8@ Orioles 6–1 Moore (4–2) Milacki (1–3)19,15922–10
33May 11@ Orioles 6–2 Ballard (6–1) Stewart (6–1)1,20122–11
34May 12 Brewers 5–4 Burns (2–0) Plesac (1–2)30,74323–11
35May 13 Brewers 4–3 Welch (5–2) Bosio (5–2) Eckersley (11)33,05324–11
36May 14 Brewers 2–1 Crim (2–2) Moore (4–3) Plesac (6)26,98924–12
37May 15 Brewers 12–2 Stewart (7–1) August (2–5)25,97425–12
38May 16 Yankees 3–2 Parker (1–0) C. Young (1–4) Righetti (6)25,85225–13
39May 17 Yankees 8–3 Davis (3–3) Dotson (1–1) Eckersley (12)24,50526–13
40May 18 Yankees 6–2 Welch (6–2) John (2–7) Burns (2)40,75827–13
41May 19 Red Sox 7 – 4 (10) Stanley (2–1) Nelson (1–1)40,38227–14
42May 20 Red Sox 6–3 Stewart (8–1) Gardner (1–4) Eckersley (13)43,42728–14
43May 21 Red Sox 5–4 Burns (3–0) Clemens (5–3) Eckersley (14)44,50529–14
44May 23@ Brewers 9–1 Bosio (6–3) Welch (6–3)13,88229–15
45May 24@ Brewers 6–2 Moore (5–3) Birkbeck (0–3)13,93230–15
46May 25@ Brewers 4–1 Clutterbuck (2–1) Stewart (8–2) Plesac (9)18,89830–16
47May 26@ Yankees 4–0 Burns (4–0) Hawkins (4–6)28,72631–16
48May 27@ Yankees 3–0 C. Young (2–4) LaPoint (5–3) Honeycutt (2)28,11132–16
49May 28@ Yankees 4–3 Moore (6–3) Parker (2–1) Honeycutt (3)38,52733–16
50May 29@ Red Sox 3 – 2 (10) Smith (3–1) Welch (6–4)33,34433–17
51May 30@ Red Sox 4–2 Stewart (9–2) Smithson (2–4) Honeycutt (4)31,40734–17
52May 31@ Red Sox 4 – 3 (10) Smith (4–1) Plunk (1–1)33,51034–18
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
53June 2 Indians 5–3 Swindell (6–1) Moore (6–4) Jones (12)28,05234–19
54June 3 Indians 7–0 Welch (7–4) Candiotti (6–3)35,46635–19
55June 4 Indians 4–0 Stewart (10–2) Farrell (3–6)34,61036–19
56June 5 Twins 2–1 Oliveras (3–2) C. Young (2–5) Reardon (9)34,32036–20
57June 6 Twins 1–0 Moore (7–4) Anderson (6–4)23,50537–20
58June 7 Twins 3–2 Welch (8–4) Viola (4–8) Burns (3)27,39638–20
59June 9@ Rangers 11–8 Guante (4–3) Nelson (1–2) Russell (14)35,79938–21
60June 10@ Rangers 5–1 Davis (4–3) Witt (5–6)40,79639–21
61June 11@ Rangers 5–1 Moore (8–4) Brown (5–3) Nelson (1)32,12740–21
62June 12@ Royals 2 – 1 (11) Gordon (8–2) Burns (4–1)39,38740–22
63June 13@ Royals 5–3 Appier (1–1) C. Young (2–6) Farr (14)29,81640–23
64June 14@ Royals 2–1 Stewart (11–2) Leibrandt (4–7) Honeycutt (5)31,08741–23
65June 16@ Orioles 7–5 Davis (5–3) Holton (2–5) Honeycutt (6)42–23
66June 16@ Orioles 5–1 Tibbs (3–0) Moore (8–5)40,70742–24
67June 17@ Orioles 4–2 Bautista (3–4) M. Young (0–1) Olson (8)36,43142–25
68June 18@ Orioles 4–2 Schmidt (7–5) C. Young (2–7) Weston (1)46,54142–26
69June 19 Tigers 6–4 Tanana (7–6) Stewart (11–3) Henneman (1)38,60743–26
70June 20 Tigers 6–4 Nelson (2–2) Havens (0–1) Burns (4)30,18444–26
71June 21 Tigers 6–3 Moore (9–5) Schwabe (1–3) Honeycutt (7)28,65445–26
72June 22 Blue Jays 4 – 2 (13) Hernandez (1–0) Corsi (0–1) Wells (2)21,41845–27
73June 23 Blue Jays 10–8 Buice (1–0) C. Young (2–8) Henke (3)27,79545–28
74June 24 Blue Jays 7–1 Stewart (12–3) Stieb (7–4)39,65946–28
75June 25 Blue Jays 6–3 Davis (6–3) Key (7–7) Honeycutt (8)49,21947–28
76June 26@ Twins 4 – 3 (10) Reardon (2–2) Burns (4–2)31,91447–29
77June 27@ Twins 11–5 Wayne (3–0) Nelson (2–3) Berenguer (2)37,89147–30
78June 28@ Twins 2–0 Viola (6–8) Stewart (12–4)41,38747–31
79June 30@ Indians 5–0 Welch (9–4) Swindell (10–2) Honeycutt (9)27,43548–31
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
80July 1@ Indians 6–4 Moore (10–5) Yett (4–6) Burns (5)18,82649–31
81July 2@ Indians 11–3 Davis (7–3) Farrell (4–9)22,54950–31
82July 3 Royals 1–0 Stewart (13–4) Gubicza (8–6) Honeycutt (10)36,76351–31
83July 4 Royals 10–1 Saberhagen (8–4) M. Young (0–2)46,03151–32
84July 5 Royals 12 – 9 (11) Crawford (1–0) Honeycutt (1–1)20,79151–33
85July 6 Royals 3–1 Moore (11–5) Aquino (3–4) Burns (6)21,98552–33
86July 7 Rangers 6–3 Witt (7–8) Davis (7–4) Russell (20)39,67852–34
87July 8 Rangers 5 – 4 (10) Russell (4–2) M. Young (0–3)38,22052–35
88July 9 Rangers 7–1 Welch (10–4) Hough (5–10) Honeycutt (11)40,06053–35
89July 13@ Blue Jays 11–7 Burns (5–2) Key (7–9)48,20754–35
90July 14@ Blue Jays 4–1 Stieb (9–5) Welch (10–5) Ward (9)48,32554–36
91July 15@ Blue Jays 6–1 Flanagan (5–6) Stewart (13–5)48,23854–37
92July 16@ Blue Jays 6–2 Moore (12–5) Cerutti (5–5) Burns (7)48,40555–37
93July 17@ Tigers 2–1 Henneman (6–2) Nelson (2–4)21,84455–38
94July 18@ Tigers 7–2 Davis (8–4) Beard (0–1)21,79256–38
95July 20 Orioles 5–2 Stewart (14–5) Schmidt (8–9) Eckersley (15)30,69757–38
96July 21 Orioles 3–2 Moore (13–5) Olson (3–1)30,84858–38
97July 22 Orioles 3–1 Welch (11–5) Harnisch (1–3) Eckersley (16)37,24159–38
98July 23 Orioles 3–2 Davis (9–4) Ballard (11–5) Eckersley (17)43,57060–38
99July 24 Angels 5–4 Fraser (3–5) Nelson (2–5) Harvey (13)44,54860–39
100July 25 Angels 4–0 Finley (12–6) Stewart (14–6) Minton (6)43,52960–40
101July 26 Angels 9–5 M. Young (1–3) Witt (7–8)44,58861–40
102July 28 Mariners 8 – 7 (11) Burns (6–2) Harris (1–4)36,44661–41
103July 29 Mariners 14–6 Johnson (5–2) Davis (9–5) Swift (1)40,73461–42
104July 30 Mariners 5–3 Stewart (15–6) Holman (4–3) Eckersley (18)43,89862–42
105July 31 White Sox 3–2 Moore (14–5) Thigpen (1–4)34,55463–42
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
106August 1 White Sox 2–0 C. Young (3–8) Hibbard (2–3) Eckersley (19)22,53664–42
107August 2 White Sox 2–0 Davis (10–5) Pérez (7–12) Honeycutt (12)25,14665–42
108August 3 White Sox 6–4 Pall (4–2) Welch (11–6) Thigpen (23)31,97465–43
109August 4@ Mariners 5–3 Stewart (16–6) Holman (4–4) Eckersley (20)23,62166–43
110August 5@ Mariners 11–5 Bankhead (11–4) Moore (14–6) Jackson (5)36,96166–44
111August 6@ Mariners 2–1 Davis (11–5) Dunne (2–6) Eckersley (21)19,30367–44
112August 7@ Mariners 5–3 Zavaras (1–2) Welch (11–7)31,33467–45
113August 8@ White Sox 3 – 2 (10) Honeycutt (2–1) Pall (4–3) Eckersley (22)17,83268–45
114August 9@ White Sox 3 – 2 (11) McCarthy (1–1) Corsi (0–2)15,38968–46
115August 10@ White Sox 4–1 Davis (12–5) Rosenberg (3–8) Eckersley (23)16,17369–46
116August 11@ Angels 5–0 Moore (15–6) Witt (7–10)61,69670–46
117August 12@ Angels 8–3 Welch (12–7) Abbott (10–8) Burns (8)53,03671–46
118August 13@ Angels 4–3 Blyleven (12–2) Stewart (16–7) Harvey (17)60,32671–47
119August 15 Indians 5–2 Davis (13–5) Nichols (3–2) Eckersley (24)28,45972–47
120August 16 Indians 6–3 Olin (1–0) Honeycutt (2–2) Jones (28)29,50272–48
121August 17 Indians 1–0 Welch (13–7) Farrell (7–12) Eckersley (25)35,07173–48
122August 18 Twins 4–3 Smith (9–4) Stewart (16–8) Reardon (23)38,95673–49
123August 19 Twins 5 – 4 (10) Davis (14–5) Wayne (3–4)44,12374–49
124August 20 Twins 5–0 Moore (16–6) Anderson (14–10)43,87575–49
125August 21@ Tigers 6–1 C. Young (4–8) Tanana (9–11)6,19776–49
126August 22@ Rangers 2–0 Welch (14–7) Ryan (14–8) Eckersley (26)42,86977–49
127August 23@ Rangers 5–4 Stewart (17–8) Brown (11–8) Eckersley (27)23,45378–49
128August 24@ Rangers 6–2 Jeffcoat (7–5) Davis (14–6) Mielke (1)25,60478–50
129August 25@ Royals 3–1 Gubicza (12–10) Moore (16–7) Montgomery (14)38,26378–51
130August 26@ Royals 2–0 Saberhagen (16–5) C. Young (4–9)41,25378–52
131August 27@ Royals 6–0 Welch (15–7) Gordon (16–5)38,26379–52
132August 28@ Yankees 7–3 Stewart (18–8) Hawkins (13–13) Eckersley (28)25,35980–52
133August 29@ Yankees 19–5 Davis (15–6) Cary (3–3)27,75181–52
134August 30@ Yankees 8–5 Plunk (5–4) Moore (16–8) McCullers (2)26,23881–53
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
135September 1@ Brewers 6 – 5 (10) Crim (9–5) Burns (6–3)17,46581–54
136September 2@ Brewers 7–2 Stewart (19–8) Filer (5–3)36,98082–54
137September 3@ Brewers 5–0 Davis (16–6) Navarro (4–7) Nelson (2)30,58383–54
138September 4 Red Sox 8–5 Dopson (10–6) Moore (16–9) Smith (21)32,69783–55
139September 5 Red Sox 13–1 C. Young (5–9) Clemens (14–10)28,54184–55
140September 6 Red Sox 7–5 Welch (16–7) Smithson (7–14) Eckersley (29)25,03785–55
141September 8 Yankees 5–1 Mohorcic (2–1) Stewart (19–9)43,62685–56
142September 9 Yankees 7–0 Moore (17–9) Parker (4–5)43,76086–56
143September 10 Yankees 6–2 Davis (17–6) Plunk (6–5)44,07187–56
144September 12 Brewers 7–6 August (10–11) M. Young (1–4) Plesac (30)23,86287–57
145September 13 Brewers 7–6 Eckersley (2–0) Crim (9–6)21,24688–57
146September 15@ Red Sox 7–2 Clemens (15–10) Moore (17–10)33,53388–58
147September 16@ Red Sox 5–2 Dopson (11–7) Davis (17–7) Lamp (1)33,77888–59
148September 17@ Red Sox 7–6 Harris (2–1) Welch (16–8) Smith (22)33,14888–60
149September 18@ Indians 4 – 2 (10) Eckersley (3–0) Olin (1–3)5,93189–60
150September 19@ Indians 5–1 Moore (18–10) Nichols (4–5)6,08590–60
151September 20@ Indians 8–6 Davis (18–7) Swindell (13–6) Eckersley (30)6,18691–60
152September 21@ Twins 2–1 Welch (17–8) Aguilera (2–5) Eckersley (31)16,77992–60
153September 22@ Twins 5–2 Stewart (20–9) Dyer (3–7) Nelson (3)34,83093–60
154September 23@ Twins 5–3 Anderson (17–10) Moore (18–11) Smith (1)38,79193–61
155September 24@ Twins 9–3 Davis (19–7) Tapani (2–2) Eckersley (32)22,56594–61
156September 25 Rangers 3–2 Hall (2–1) Burns (6–4) Russell (38)32,70194–62
157September 26 Rangers 4–3 Eckersley (4–0) Jeffcoat (9–6)23,11995–62
158September 27 Rangers 5–0 Moore (19–11) Moyer (4–9)32,28096–62
159September 28 Rangers 5–3 Stewart (21–9) Arnsberg (2–1) Eckersley (33)21,12797–62
160September 29 Royals 4–3 Nelson (3–5) Luecken (2–1)43,47098–62
161September 30 Royals 6–1 Saberhagen (23–6) Burns (6–5)42,89198–63
October
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
162October 1 Royals 4 – 3 (11) Corsi (1–2) Leach (5–6)43,75599–63

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos.PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Terry Steinbach 130454124.273742
1B Mark McGwire 143490113.2313395
2B Tony Phillips 143451118.262447
3B Carney Lansford 148551185.336252
SS Mike Gallego 13335790.252330
LF Rickey Henderson 8530690.294935
CF Dave Henderson 152579145.2501580
RF Stan Javier 11231077.248128
DH Dave Parker 144553146.2642297

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Ron Hassey 9726861.228523
Walt Weiss 8423655.233321
José Canseco 6522761.2691757
Luis Polonia 5920659.286117
Glenn Hubbard 5313126.198312
Lance Blankenship 5812529.23214
Billy Beane 377919.241011
Félix José 205711.19305
Jamie Quirk 9102.20011
Ken Phelps 1191.11100
Larry Arndt 261.16700
Doug Jennings 440.00000
Dann Howitt 330.00000
Dick Scott 320.00001
Chris Bando 121.50001
Scott Hemond 400----00

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Dave Stewart 362572⁄32193.32155
Mike Moore 352412⁄319112.61172
Bob Welch 332092⁄31783.00137
Storm Davis 311691⁄31974.3691
Curt Young 25111593.7355
Dave Otto 162⁄3002.704

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Matt Young 26371⁄3146.7527

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Dennis Eckersley 5140331.5655
Rick Honeycutt 6422122.3552
Todd Burns 506582.2449
Gene Nelson 503533.2670
Greg Cadaret 260002.2814
Eric Plunk 231112.2024
Jim Corsi 221201.8821
Bill Dawley 40004.003
Brian Snyder 200027.001

ALCS

Game 1

October 3, 1989, at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum

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Oakland01001302X7110
W: Dave Stewart (1-0)   L: Dave Stieb (0-1)  
HR: TOR– Ernie Whitt (1)   OAK– Dave Henderson (1), Mark McGwire (1)

Game 2

October 4, 1989, at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum

Team123456789RHE
Toronto001000020351
Oakland00020310X691
W: Mike Moore (1-0)   L: Todd Stottlemyre (0-1)   S: Dennis Eckersley (1)   
HR: OAK– Dave Parker (1)

Game 3

October 6, 1989, at SkyDome

Team123456789RHE
Oakland101100000381
Toronto00040030X780
W: Jimmy Key (1-0)   L: Storm Davis (0-1)   
HR: OAK– Dave Parker (2)

Game 4

October 7, 1989, at SkyDome

Team123456789RHE
Oakland0030201006111
Toronto0001011205130
W: Bob Welch (1-0)   L: Mike Flanagan (0-1)   S: Dennis Eckersley (2)   
HR: OAK– Rickey Henderson 2 (2), José Canseco (1)

Game 5

October 8, 1989, at SkyDome

Team123456789RHE
Oakland101000200440
Toronto000000012390
W: Dave Stewart (2-0)   L: Dave Stieb (0-2)   S: Dennis Eckersley (3)   
HR: TOR– Lloyd Moseby (1), George Bell (1)

World Series

AL Oakland Athletics (4) vs. NL San Francisco Giants (0)

GameScoreDateLocationAttendanceTime of game
1Giants – 0, A's – 5October 14 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum (Oakland)49,3852:45
2Giants – 1, A's – 5October 15 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum (Oakland)49,3882:47
3A's – 13, Giants – 7October 27 Candlestick Park (San Francisco)62,0383:03
4A's – 9, Giants – 6October 28 Candlestick Park (San Francisco)62,0323:07

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Team leaders

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Tacoma Tigers Pacific Coast League Brad Fischer
AA Huntsville Stars Southern League Jeff Newman
A Modesto A's California League Lenn Sakata and Ted Kubiak
A Madison Muskies Midwest League Jim Nettles
A-Short Season Southern Oregon A's Northwest League Grady Fuson
Rookie AZL Athletics Arizona League Casey Parsons

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Complete Book of 1990 Baseball Cards. Publications International, Ltd. 1990. pp. 12–13. ISBN   0-88176-804-9.
  2. ↑ Billy Beane Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ↑ "Ken Griffey Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  4. ↑ "The Nolan Ryan Express - The Strikeout King - smackbomb.com/nolanryan". smackbomb.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
  5. ↑ Troy Afenir Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ↑ "Mike Norris Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  7. 1 2 Jamie Quirk Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. ↑ "Mike Mohler Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  9. ↑ Glenn Hubbard Statistics Baseball-Reference.com

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