2015 Oakland Athletics season

2015 Oakland Athletics
2015 Oakland Athletics
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	O.co Coliseum
City	Oakland, California
Record	68–94 (.420)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	Lewis Wolff, John Fisher
General managers	Billy Beane
Managers	Bob Melvin
Television	Comcast SportsNet California ; KOFY-TV ; (Glen Kuiper, Ray Fosse, Eric Chavez)
Radio	KGMZ ; (Ken Korach, Vince Cotroneo, Ray Fosse)

Last updated May 01, 2024

The 2015 Oakland Athletics season was the 48th for the franchise in Oakland, as well as the 115th in club history.

Offseason

On November 28, 2014, the Athletics traded Josh Donaldson to the Toronto Blue Jays for Brett Lawrie, Kendall Graveman, Sean Nolin, and Franklin Barreto.^[1]

Regular season

American League West

v t e AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Texas Rangers	88	74	0.543	—	43–38	45–36
Houston Astros	86	76	0.531	2	53–28	33–48
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	85	77	0.525	3	49–32	36–45
Seattle Mariners	76	86	0.469	12	36–45	40–41
Oakland Athletics	68	94	0.420	20	34–47	34–47

American League Wild Card

v t e Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
Kansas City Royals	95	67	0.586
Toronto Blue Jays	93	69	0.574
Texas Rangers	88	74	0.543

v t e Wild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	87	75	0.537	+1
Houston Astros	86	76	0.531	—
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	85	77	0.525	1
Minnesota Twins	83	79	0.512	3
Cleveland Indians	81	80	0.503	4½
Baltimore Orioles	81	81	0.500	5
Tampa Bay Rays	80	82	0.494	6
Boston Red Sox	78	84	0.481	8
Chicago White Sox	76	86	0.469	10
Seattle Mariners	76	86	0.469	10
Detroit Tigers	74	87	0.460	11½
Oakland Athletics	68	94	0.420	18

Record against opponents

2015 American League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2015
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	11–8	3–3	5–1	4–3	3–4	3–4	2–4	0–7	10–9	6–1	3–3	10–9	1–6	8–11	12–8
Boston	8–11	—	3–4	2–4	4–2	2–4	4–3	2–5	2–5	8–11	5–1	4–3	9–10	2–5	10–9	13–7
Chicago	3–3	4–3	—	10–9	9–10	5–1	7–12	4–3	6–13	2–5	5–2	4–3	1–5	3–3	4–3	9–11
Cleveland	1–5	4–2	9–10	—	7–11	5–2	9–10	4–2	7–12	5–2	3–4	4–3	5–2	3–3	3–4	12–8
Detroit	3–4	2–4	10–9	11–7	—	3–4	9–10	1–6	11–8	2–5	2–4	4–3	3–3	2–5	2–4	9–11
Houston	4–3	4–2	1–5	2–5	4–3	—	4–2	10–9	3–3	4–3	10–9	12–7	2–5	6–13	4–3	16–4
Kansas City	4–3	3–4	12–7	10–9	10–9	2–4	—	6–1	12–7	2–4	5–1	4–2	6–1	3–4	3–4	13–7
Los Angeles	4–2	5–2	3–4	2–4	6–1	9–10	1–6	—	5–2	2–4	11–8	12–7	3–3	12–7	2–5	8–12
Minnesota	7–0	5–2	13–6	12–7	8–11	3–3	7–12	2–5	—	1–5	4–3	4–3	4–2	3–3	2–5	8–12
New York	9–10	11–8	5–2	2–5	5–2	3–4	4–2	4–2	5–1	—	3–4	5–1	12–7	2–5	6–13	11–9
Oakland	1–6	1–5	2–5	4–3	4–2	9–10	1–5	8–11	3–4	4–3	—	6–13	3–4	10–9	1–5	11–9
Seattle	3–3	3–4	3–4	3–4	3–4	7–12	2–4	7–12	3–4	1–5	13–6	—	4–3	12–7	4–2	8–12
Tampa Bay	9–10	10–9	5–1	2–5	3–3	5–2	1–6	3–3	2–4	7–12	4–3	3–4	—	2–5	10–9	14–6
Texas	6–1	5–2	3–3	3–3	5–2	13–6	4–3	7–12	3–3	5–2	9–10	7–12	5–2	—	2–4	11–9
Toronto	11–8	9–10	3–4	4–3	4–2	3–4	4–3	5–2	5–2	13–6	5–1	2–4	9–10	4–2	—	12–8

Season summary

Game log

2015 Game Log
Total: 68–94 (Home: 34–47; Away: 34–47)^[2]

April: 9–14 (Home: 4–9 ; Away: 5–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 6	Rangers	8–0	Gray (1–0)	Gallardo (0–1)	—	36,067	1–0
2	April 7	Rangers	1–3	Lewis (1–0)	Hahn (0–1)	Feliz (1)	15,025	1–1
3	April 8	Rangers	10–0	Kazmir (1–0)	Detwiler (0–1)	—	19,479	2–1
4	April 9	Rangers	1–10	Martinez (1–0)	Graveman (0–1)	—	16,045	2–2
5	April 10	Mariners	12–0	Pomeranz (1–0)	Walker (0–1)	—	30,114	3–2
6	April 11	Mariners	4–5 (11)	Olson (1–0)	Abad (0–1)	Rodney (2)	24,355	3–3
7	April 12	Mariners	7–8 (10)	Rodney (1–0)	Clippard (0–1)	Medina (1)	32,282	3–4
8	April 13	@ Astros	8–1	Kazmir (2–0)	Feldman (0–2)	—	19,279	4–4
9	April 14	@ Astros	4–0	Graveman (1–1)	Peacock (0–1)	—	18,395	5–4
10	April 15	@ Astros	1–6	McHugh (2–0)	Pomeranz (1–1)	–	19,777	5–5
11	April 17	@ Royals	4–6	Davis (2–0)	Otero (0–1)	Holland (4)	39,228	5–6
12	April 18	@ Royals	5–0	Hahn (1–1)	Ventura (2–1)	Chavez (1)	33,151	6–6
13	April 19	@ Royals	2–4	Morales (1–0)	O'Flaherty (0–1)	Davis (2)	36,755	6–7
14	April 20	@ Angels	6–3	Otero (1–1)	Shoemaker (2–1)	Clippard (1)	35,228	7–7
15	April 21	@ Angels	1–14	Santiago (2–1)	Pomeranz (1–2)	—	32,137	7–8
16	April 22	@ Angels	9–2	Gray (2–0)	Salas (0–1)	—	30,034	8–8
17	April 23	@ Angels	0–2	Tropeano (1–0)	Chavez (0–1)	Street (5)	24,304	8–9
18	April 24	Astros	4–5 (11)	Gregerson (1–0)	O'Flaherty (0–2)	Qualls (2)	18,205	8–10
19	April 25	Astros	3–9	Feldman (2–2)	Graveman (1–2)	—	24,342	8–11
20	April 26	Astros	6–7	Sipp (2–0)	Clippard (0–2)	Gregerson (4)	22,080	8–12
21	April 28	Angels	6–2	Gray (3–0)	Weaver (0–3)	—	17,674	9–12
22	April 29	Angels	3–6	Morin (1–0)	Cook (0–1)	Street (8)	16,212	9–13
23	April 30	Angels	5–6	Richards (2–1)	Chavez (0–2)	Street (9)	19,534	9–14

May: 11–19 (Home: 5–8 ; Away: 6–11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
24	May 1	@ Rangers	7–5	Otero (2–1)	Mendez (0–1)	Clippard (2)	29,700	10–14
25	May 2	@ Rangers	7–8 (10)	Kela (1–1)	Cook (0–2)	—	32,207	10–15
26	May 3	@ Rangers	7–1	Gray (4–0)	Gallardo (2–4)	—	36,006	11–15
27	May 4	@ Twins	7–8	Hughes (1–4)	Hahn (1–2)	Perkins (9)	20,605	11–16
28	May 5	@ Twins	2–1	Chavez (1–2)	May (2–2)	Clippard (3)	18,135	12–16
29	May 6	@ Twins	0–13	Gibson (3–2)	Kazmir (2–1)	—	18,866	12–17
30	May 7	@ Twins	5–6	Nolasco (2–1)	Pomeranz (1–3)	Perkins (10)	22,379	12–18
31	May 8	@ Mariners	3–4 (11)	Smith (1–2)	Otero (2–2)	—	25,187	12–19
32	May 9	@ Mariners	2–7	Happ (3–1)	Hahn (1–3)	—	37,441	12–20
33	May 10	@ Mariners	3–4	Hernández (6–0)	Chavez (1–3)	Rodney (9)	42,831	12–21
34	May 11	Red Sox	4–5 (11)	Barnes (1–0)	Castro (0–1)	—	19,743	12–22
35	May 12	Red Sox	9–2	Pomeranz (2–3)	Masterson (2–2)	—	24,605	13–22
36	May 13	Red Sox	0–2	Miley (2–4)	Gray (4–1)	Uehara (7)	22,389	13–23
37	May 15	White Sox	6–7	Carroll (1–1)	Abad (0–2)	Duke (1)	21,464	13–24
38	May 16	White Sox	3–4	Danks (2–3)	Rodriguez (0–1)	Robertson (8)	28,445	13–25
39	May 17	White Sox	3–7	Samardzija (3–2)	Kazmir (2–2)	—	33,195	13–26
40	May 18	@ Astros	2–1	Mujica (2–1)	Thatcher (0–1)	Clippard (4)	21,724	14–26
41	May 19	@ Astros	4–6	Hernández (2–3)	Gray (4–2)	Neshek (1)	17,575	14–27
42	May 20	@ Astros	1–6	Keuchel (6–0)	Hahn (1–4)	—	21,066	14–28
43	May 21	@ Rays	0–3	Colomé (3–1)	Chavez (1–4)	Boxberger (12)	10,605	14–29
44	May 22	@ Rays	2–5	Archer (5–4)	Kazmir (2–3)	Boxberger (13)	12,329	14–30
45	May 23	@ Rays	5–0	Graveman (2–2)	Karns (3–2)	—	15,207	15–30
46	May 24	@ Rays	7–2	Gray (5–2)	Ramírez (2–2)	—	15,692	16–30
47	May 25	Tigers	4–0	Hahn (2–4)	Greene (4–3)	—	25,380	17–30
48	May 26	Tigers	0–1	Price (4–1)	Chavez (1–5)	Soria (14)	22,758	17–31
49	May 27	Tigers	2–3	Ryan (1–0)	Otero (2–3)	Soria (15)	20,387	17–32
50	May 28	Yankees	5–4	Scribner (1–0)	Sabathia (2–7)	Clippard (5)	21,795	18–32
51	May 29	Yankees	6–2	Gray (6–2)	Capuano (0–3)	Clippard (6)	23,540	19–32
52	May 30	Yankees	3–5	Shreve (2–1)	Hahn (2–5)	Miller (15)	25,223	19–33
53	May 31	Yankees	3–0	Chavez (2–5)	Warren (3–4)	Clippard (7)	25,457	20–33

June: 15–12 (Home: 6–7 ; Away: 9–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
54	June 2	@ Tigers	5–3	Graveman (3–2)	Simón (5–3)	Clippard (8)	28,362	21–33
55	June 3	@ Tigers	6–1	Gray (7–2)	Sánchez (3–7)	—	30,718	22–33
56	June 4	@ Tigers	7–5	Hahn (3–5)	Greene (4–5)	Clippard (9)	37,411	23–33
57	June 5	@ Red Sox	2–4	Miley (5–5)	Kazmir (2–4)	Uehara (12)	34,910	23–34
58	June 6	@ Red Sox	2–4	Kelly (2–4)	Chavez (2–6)	Uehara (13)	36,713	23–35
59	June 7	@ Red Sox	4–7	Wright (3–2)	Clippard (0–3)	Layne (1)	36,913	23–36
60	June 9	Rangers	1–2	Martinez (5–2)	Gray (7–3)	Tolleson (8)	14,617	23–37
61	June 10	Rangers	5–4	Clippard (1–3)	Kela (4–3)	—	14,290	24–37
62	June 11	Rangers	7–0	Kazmir (3–4)	Gonzalez (2–1)	—	14,489	25–37
63	June 12	@ Angels	4–5	Alvarez (1–1)	Scribner (1–1)	Street (18)	42,113	25–38
64	June 13	@ Angels	0–1	Wilson (4–5)	Graveman (3–3)	Street (19)	43,540	25–39
65	June 14	@ Angels	8–1	Gray (8–3)	Shoemaker (4–5)	—	35,143	26–39
66	June 15	@ Padres	9–1	Hahn (4–5)	Ross (3–7)	—	30,018	27–39
67	June 16	@ Padres	6–5	Scribner (2–1)	Kimbrel (1–2)	Clippard (10)	28,482	28–39
68	June 17	Padres	16–2	Chavez (3–6)	Despaigne (3–5)	—	20,625	29–39
69	June 18	Padres	1–3	Kennedy (4–5)	Graveman (3–4)	Kimbrel (17)	16,643	29–40
70	June 19	Angels	7–12	Salas (1–1)	Mujica (2–2)	—	25,528	29–41
71	June 20	Angels	4–1	Hahn (5–5)	Weaver (4–8)	Clippard (11)	26,471	30–41
72	June 21	Angels	3–2	Kazmir (4–4)	Richards (7–5)	Clippard (12)	29,137	31–41
73	June 23	@ Rangers	8–6	Chavez (4–6)	Gonzalez (2–2)	Pomeranz (1)	35,889	32–41
74	June 24	@ Rangers	8–2	Graveman (4–4)	Rodríguez (4–3)	—	34,216	33–41
75	June 25	@ Rangers	6–3	Gray (9–3)	Kela (4–5)	Clippard (13)	29,251	34–41
76	June 26	Royals	2–5	Vólquez (8–4)	Hahn (5–6)	Holland (15)	27,365	34–42
77	June 27	Royals	2–3	Young (7–3)	Kazmir (4–5)	Holland (16)	28,619	34–43
78	June 28	Royals	3–5	Guthrie (6–5)	Chavez (4–7)	Davis (9)	22,477	34–44
79	June 29	Rockies	7–1	Graveman (5–4)	Hale (2–3)	—	12,125	35–44
80	June 30	Rockies	1–2	de la Rosa (5–3)	Bassitt (0–1)	Hawkins (2)	19,206	35–45

July: 10–14 (Home: 6–7 ; Away: 4–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
81	July 1	Rockies	4–1	Hahn (6–6)	Bettis (4–3)	Clippard (14)	17,655	36–45
82	July 2	Mariners	4–0	Kazmir (5–5)	Elias (4–6)	—	13,062	37–45
83	July 3	Mariners	5–9	Happ (4–5)	Chavez (4–8)	—	35,067	37–46
84	July 4	Mariners	2–0	Graveman (6–4)	Hernández (10–5)	Clippard (15)	18,915	38–46
85	July 5	Mariners	1–2	Montgomery (4–2)	Bassitt (0–2)	Rodney (16)	22,163	38–47
86	July 7	@ Yankees	4–3	Pomeranz (3–3)	Betances (5–2)	Clippard (16)	32,337	39–47
87	July 8	@ Yankees	4–5	Sabathia (4–8)	Scribner (2–2)	Miller (18)	41,626	39–48
88	July 9	@ Yankees	2–6	Tanaka (5–3)	Chavez (4–9)	—	40,084	39–49
89	July 10	@ Indians	1–5	Salazar (8–4)	Graveman (6–5)	Allen (19)	28,539	39–50
90	July 11	@ Indians	5–4	O'Flaherty (1–2)	McAllister (2–3)	Clippard (17)	28,733	40–50
91	July 12	@ Indians	2–0	Gray (10–3)	Kluber (4–10)	—	20,611	41–50
–	July 14	86th All-Star Game	National League vs. American League (Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati)
92	July 17	Twins	0–5	Santana (1–0)	Gray (10–4)	—	23,462	41–51
93	July 18	Twins	3–2 (10)	Pomeranz (4–3)	Fien (2–4)	—	30,778	42–51
94	July 19	Twins	14–1	Chavez (5–9)	Milone (5–2)	—	20,286	43–51
95	July 21	Blue Jays	1–7	Buehrle (11–5)	Graveman (6–6)	—	19,364	43–52
96	July 22	Blue Jays	4–3 (10)	Rodriguez (1–1)	Osuna (1–4)	—	18,827	44–52
97	July 23	Blue Jays	2–5	Dickey (4–10)	Otero (2–4)	Schultz (1)	19,045	44–53
98	July 24	@ Giants	3–9	Peavy (2–4)	Chavez (5–10)	—	42,128	44–54
99	July 25	@ Giants	1–2	Bumgarner (11–5)	Bassitt (0–3)	Casilla (25)	42,162	44–55
100	July 26	@ Giants	3–4	Hudson (6–8)	Graveman (6–7)	Casilla (26)	42,034	44–56
101	July 28	@ Dodgers	2–0	Gray (11–4)	Anderson (5–6)	—	50,182	45–56
102	July 29	@ Dodgers	7–10	Báez (3–2)	Pomeranz (4–4)	—	51,788	45–57
103	July 30	Indians	1–3	Carrasco (11–8)	Bassitt (0–4)	—	13,173	45–58
104	July 31	Indians	1–2	Salazar (9–6)	Mujica (2–3)	Allen (21)	28,152	45–59

August: 13–15 (Home: 10–5 ; Away: 3–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
105	August 1	Indians	5–1	Brooks (1–0)	Anderson (2–3)	—	19,046	46–59
106	August 2	Indians	2–1 (10)	Rodriguez (2–1)	Allen (1–3)	—	21,498	47–59
107	August 3	Orioles	2–9	Wilson (2–1)	Chavez (5–11)	—	11,476	47–60
108	August 4	Orioles	5–0	Bassitt (1–4)	González (9–8)	—	16,328	48–60
109	August 5	Orioles	3–7	Britton (2–0)	León (0–1)	—	20,176	48–61
110	August 6	Astros	4–5 (10)	Gregerson (5–1)	Mujica (2–4)	Harris (1)	16,172	48–62
111	August 7	Astros	3–1	Gray (12–4)	Keuchel (13–6)	—	18,908	49–62
112	August 8	Astros	2–1	Chavez (6–11)	McHugh (13–6)	Mujica (1)	25,091	50–62
113	August 9	Astros	5–4	Abad (1–2)	Gregerson (5–2)	—	20,278	51–62
114	August 11	@ Blue Jays	2–4	Hutchison (11–2)	Graveman (6–8)	Osuna (11)	39,381	51–63
115	August 12	@ Blue Jays	3–10	Dickey (7–10)	Brooks (1–1)	—	44,597	51–64
116	August 13	@ Blue Jays	2–4	Burhrle (13–5)	Chavez (6–12)	Osuna (12)	46,902	51–65
117	August 14	@ Orioles	6–8 (13)	Garcia (1–0)	Pomeranz (4–5)	—	36,784	51–66
118	August 15	@ Orioles	3–4	Britton (3–0)	Venditte (0–1)	—	44,028	51–67
119	August 16	@ Orioles	2–18	Chen (7–6)	Graveman (6–9)	—	28,228	51–68
120	August 17	@ Orioles	2–4	Tillman (9–7)	Gray (12–5)	Britton (29)	22,766	51–69
121	August 18	Dodgers	5–4 (10)	Abad (2–2)	García (3–3)	—	35,067	52–69
122	August 19	Dodgers	5–2	Chavez (7–12)	Wood (8–8)	Pomeranz (2)	26,122	53–69
123	August 21	Rays	1–2	Smyly (1–2)	Bassitt (1–5)	Boxberger (30)	20,671	53–70
124	August 22	Rays	4–5	Colomé (6–4)	Venditte (0–2)	—	36,067	53–71
125	August 23	Rays	8–2	Rodriguez (3–1)	Geltz (2–5)	—	19,425	54–71
126	August 24	@ Mariners	11–5	Mujica (3–4)	Iwakuma (5–3)	—	17,970	55–71
127	August 25	@ Mariners	5–6	Olmos (1–0)	Chavez (7–13)	Wilhelmsen (4)	17,498	55–72
128	August 26	@ Mariners	2–8	Hernández (15–8)	Bassitt (1–6)	—	23,338	55–73
129	August 28	@ Diamondbacks	4–6	Delgado (5–3)	Gray (12–6)	Ziegler (24)	30,059	55–74
130	August 29	@ Diamondbacks	3–2	Rodriguez (4–1)	Chafin (5–1)	Pomeranz (3)	35,990	56–74
131	August 30	@ Diamondbacks	7–4 (11)	Venditte (1–2)	Ziegler (0–2)	—	29,576	57–74
132	August 31	Angels	11–5	Doubront (2–1)	Santiago (7–9)	—	12,054	58–74

September: 8–19 (Home: 3–11 ; Away: 4–6 )

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
133	September 1	Angels	2–6	Shoemaker (7–9)	Martin (2–4)	—	14,178	58–75
134	September 2	Angels	4–9	Heaney (6–2)	Gray (12–7)	—	13,392	58–76
135	September 4	Mariners	8–11	Ramírez (1–0)	Brooks (1–2)	Wilhelmsen (9)	16,382	58–77
136	September 5	Mariners	3–8	Hernández (16–8)	Chavez (7–14)	—	27,387	58–78
137	September 6	Mariners	2–3	Iwakuma (7–3)	Nolin (0–1)	Wilhelmsen (10)	19,534	58–79
138	September 7	Astros	10–9	Doubront (3–1)	Fiers (7–10)	Doolittle (1)	22,214	59–79
139	September 8	Astros	4–0	Gray (13–7)	Kazmir (7–10)	—	11,364	60–79
140	September 9	Astros	5–11	McHugh (16–7)	Brooks (1–3)	—	13,387	60–80
141	September 11	@ Rangers	0–4	Lewis (15–8)	Chavez (7–15)	—	28,133	60–81
142	September 12	@ Rangers	5–3	Nolin (1–1)	Gallardo (12–10)	—	30,487	61–81
143	September 13	@ Rangers	4–12	Gonzalez (3–5)	Doubront (3–2)	—	26,131	61–82
144	September 14	@ White Sox	7–8 (14)	Jennings (2–3)	León (0–2)	—	12,221	61–83
145	September 15	@ White Sox	17–6	Brooks (2–3)	Samardzija (9–13)	—	12,446	62–83
146	September 16	@ White Sox	4–9	Johnson (2–0)	Martin (2–5)	—	13,005	62–84
147	September 17	@ White Sox	4–2	Doolittle (1–0)	Robertson (6–4)	—	12,406	63–84
148	September 18	@ Astros	4–3	Pomeranz (5–5)	Neshek (3–6)	Dull (1)	27,567	64–84
149	September 19	@ Astros	6–10	Qualls (3–4)	Rodriguez (4–2)	—	27,044	64–85
150	September 20	@ Astros	1–5	McHugh (17–7)	Brooks (2–4)	—	22,453	64–86
151	September 22	Rangers	6–8	Gonzalez (4–5)	Pomeranz (5–6)	Tolleson (33)	16,524	64–87
152	September 23	Rangers	3–10	Lewis (17–8)	Doubront (3–3)	—	16,445	64–88
153	September 24	Rangers	1–8	Hamels (11–8)	Bassitt (1–7)	—	14,452	64–89
154	September 25	Giants	5–4	Gray (14–7)	Leake (10–10)	Doolittle (2)	36,067	65–89
155	September 26	Giants	10–14	Osich (2–0)	Dull (0–1)	Casilla (36)	36,067	65–90
156	September 27	Giants	4–5	Heston (12–10)	Nolin (1–2)	Casilla (37)	36,067	65–91
157	September 28	@ Angels	4–5	Gott (4–2)	Mujica (3–5)	—	31,858	65–92
158	September 29	@ Angels	1–8	Tropeano (3–2)	Bassitt (1–8)	—	33,470	65–93
159	September 30	@ Angels	8–7	Dull (1–1)	Morin (3–2)	Doolittle (3)	34,033	66–93

October: 2–1 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 2–1 )

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
160	October 2	@ Mariners	4–2	Brooks (3–4)	Farquhar (1–8)	Doolittle (4)	26,130	67–93
161	October 3	@ Mariners	7–5 (13)	Venditte (2–2)	Ramírez (1–2)	Doubront (1)	24,448	68–93
162	October 4	@ Mariners	2–3	Kensing (2–1)	Dull (1–2)	Wilhelmsen (13)	22,402	68–94

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Athletics team member

Roster

2015 Oakland Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

6 Bob Melvin

Coaches

14 Mike Aldrete (bench)
51 Darren Bush (hitting)
65 Scott Emerson (bullpen)
59 Marcus Jensen (assistant hitting)
46 Tye Waller (first base)
38 Ron Washington (third base)
41 Curt Young (pitching)

Statistics

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Bryan Anderson, C	4	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	.400	0
Chris Bassitt, P	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Carson Blair, C	11	31	3	4	0	0	1	3	4	18	.129	0
Aaron Brooks, P	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Billy Burns, CF	125	520	70	153	18	9	5	42	26	81	.294	26
Billy Butler, DH,1B	151	538	63	135	28	1	15	65	52	101	.251	0
Mark Canha, LF	124	441	61	112	22	3	16	70	33	96	.254	7
Jesse Chavez, P	30	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	0
Coco Crisp, LF	44	126	11	22	6	0	0	6	13	25	.175	2
Ike Davis, 1B	74	214	19	49	17	0	3	20	23	44	.229	0
Sam Fuld, OF	120	290	34	57	16	3	2	22	30	55	.197	9
Craig Gentry, OF	26	50	6	6	0	2	0	3	4	15	.120	1
Sonny Gray, P	31	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.167	0
Jess Hahn, P	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0
Scott Kazmir, P	18	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.500	0
Tyler Ladendorf, 2B,OF	9	17	3	4	0	1	0	2	1	2	.235	0
Brett Lawrie, 3B	149	562	64	146	29	3	16	60	28	144	.260	5
Max Muncy, 1B,3B	45	102	14	21	8	1	3	9	9	31	.206	0
Andy Parrino, SS,3B	17	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.000	0
Josh Phegley, C	73	225	27	56	16	1	9	34	14	51	.249	0
Jason Pridie, OF	6	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	0
Josh Reddick, RF	149	526	67	143	25	4	20	77	49	65	.272	10
Cody Ross, OF	9	22	3	2	0	0	0	3	3	6	.091	0
Marcus Semien, SS	155	556	65	143	23	7	15	45	42	132	.257	11
Jake Smolinski, LF	41	106	12	24	6	2	5	20	8	19	.226	0
Eric Sogard, 2B	120	372	40	92	12	3	1	37	23	50	.247	6
Danny Valencia, 3B,DH	47	183	33	52	10	1	11	37	20	40	.284	0
Pat Venditte, P	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Stephen Vogt, C	136	445	58	116	21	3	18	71	56	97	.261	0
Ben Zobrist, 2B,OF,DH	67	235	39	63	20	2	6	33	33	26	.268	1
Team Totals	162	5600	694	1405	277	46	146	661	475	1119	.251	78

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Fernando Abad	2	2	4.15	62	0	0	47.2	45	23	22	11	19	45
R. J. Alvarez	0	0	9.90	21	0	0	20.0	27	23	22	7	13	23
Chris Bassitt	1	8	3.56	18	13	0	86.0	78	36	34	5	30	64
Aaron Brooks	3	4	6.71	11	9	0	51.0	67	38	38	9	14	35
Ángel Castro	0	1	2.25	5	0	0	4.0	8	1	1	1	3	4
Jesse Chavez	7	15	4.18	30	26	1	157.0	164	78	73	18	48	136
Tyler Clippard	1	3	2.79	37	0	17	38.2	25	12	12	3	21	38
Ryan Cook	0	2	10.38	4	0	0	4.1	7	5	5	0	3	3
Daniel Coulombe	0	0	3.52	9	0	0	7.2	8	3	3	0	3	4
Ike Davis	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	1
Sean Doolittle	1	0	3.95	12	0	4	13.2	12	6	6	1	5	15
Félix Doubront	2	2	5.81	11	8	1	52.2	55	35	34	9	21	43
Ryan Dull	1	2	4.24	13	0	1	17.0	12	8	8	4	6	16
Kendall Graveman	6	9	4.05	21	21	0	115.2	126	57	52	15	38	77
Sonny Gray	14	7	2.73	31	31	0	208.0	166	71	63	17	59	169
Jesse Hahn	6	6	3.35	16	16	0	96.2	88	46	36	5	25	64
Scott Kazmir	5	5	2.38	18	18	0	109.2	84	35	29	7	35	101
Arnold León	0	2	4.39	19	0	0	26.2	30	14	13	3	9	19
Cody Martin	0	2	14.00	4	2	0	9.0	16	14	14	4	5	3
Brad Mills	0	0	5.40	1	1	0	5.0	7	3	3	1	1	1
Edward Mujica	2	4	4.81	38	0	1	33.2	37	21	18	7	4	22
Sean Nolin	1	2	5.28	6	6	0	29.0	35	19	17	4	12	15
Eric O'Flaherty	1	2	5.91	25	0	0	21.1	29	17	14	1	13	15
Dan Otero	2	4	6.75	41	0	0	46.2	64	35	35	7	6	28
Drew Pomeranz	5	6	3.66	53	9	3	86.0	71	44	35	8	31	82
Fernando Rodriguez	4	2	3.84	56	0	0	58.2	43	27	24	4	24	65
Evan Scribner	2	2	4.35	54	0	0	60.0	58	31	29	14	4	64
Chad Smith	0	0	33.75	2	0	0	1.1	5	5	5	0	3	2
Pat Venditte	2	2	4.40	26	0	0	28.2	22	14	14	3	12	23
Barry Zito	0	0	10.29	3	2	0	7.0	12	8	8	4	6	2
Team Totals	68	94	4.14	162	162	28	1444.2	1402	729	664	172	474	1179

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Nashville Sounds	Pacific Coast League	Steve Scarsone
AA	Midland RockHounds	Texas League	Ryan Christenson
A-Advanced	Stockton Ports	California League	Rick Magnante
A	Beloit Snappers	Midwest League	Fran Riordan
A-Short Season	Vermont Lake Monsters	New York–Penn League	Aaron Nieckula
Rookie	AZL Athletics	Arizona League	Ruben Escalera
Rookie	DSL Athletics	Dominican Summer League	Carlos Casimiro

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References

↑ Chisholm, Gregor (November 28, 2014). "Donaldson reeled in from A's for Lawrie, prospects". MLB.com. Archived from the original on July 5, 2015. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
↑ "2015 Oakland Athletics Sortable Schedule". Oakland Athletics.
↑ Leventhal, Josh, ed. (2015). Baseball America 2016 Almanac. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-60-2.

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[1] Chisholm, Gregor (November 28, 2014). "Donaldson reeled in from A's for Lawrie, prospects". MLB.com. Archived from the original on July 5, 2015. Retrieved November 28, 2014.

[2] "2015 Oakland Athletics Sortable Schedule". Oakland Athletics.

[3] Leventhal, Josh, ed. (2015). Baseball America 2016 Almanac. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-60-2.

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