1989 Oakland Athletics season

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
Record	99–63 (.611)
Divisional place	1st
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 was the 89th season for the Oakland Athletics franchise, all as members of the American League, and their 22nd season in Oakland. The Athletics finished the season 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]

Offseason

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

• November 28, 1988: Mike Moore signs as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics.
• November 30, 1988: Billy Beane was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics. ^[2]

Regular season

• Ken Griffey Jr. made his major league baseball debut on April 3, 1989, in a game against the Oakland Athletics. ^[3]
• On August 22, 1989, Nolan Ryan struck out Rickey Henderson for the 5,000th strikeout in his career. ^[4]

Season standings

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AL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Oakland Athletics	99	63	.611	—	54‍–‍27	45‍–‍36
Kansas City Royals	92	70	.568	7	55‍–‍26	37‍–‍44
California Angels	91	71	.562	8	52‍–‍29	39‍–‍42
Texas Rangers	83	79	.512	16	45‍–‍36	38‍–‍43
Minnesota Twins	80	82	.494	19	45‍–‍36	35‍–‍46
Seattle Mariners	73	89	.451	26	40‍–‍41	33‍–‍48
Chicago White Sox	69	92	.429	29½	35‍–‍45	34‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

1989 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	6–7	6–6	6–6	7–6	10–3	6–6	7–6	4–8	8–5	5–7	6–6	9–3	7–6
Boston	7–6	—	4–8	7–5	8–5	11–2	4–8	6–7	6–6	7–6	7–5	5–7	6–6	5–8
California	6–6	8–4	—	8–5	5–7	11–1	4–9	7–5	11–2	6–6	5–8	7–6	6–7	7–5
Chicago	6–6	5–7	5–8	—	7–5	4–8	6–7	10–2	5–8	5–6	5–8	7–6	3–10	1–11
Cleveland	6–7	5–8	7–5	5–7	—	5–8	8–4	3–10	5–7	9–4	2–10	6–6	7–5	5–8
Detroit	3–10	2–11	1–11	8–4	8–5	—	6–6	6–7	5–7	6–7	4–8	4–8	4–8	2–11
Kansas City	6–6	8–4	9–4	7–6	4–8	6–6	—	8–4	7–6	6–6	7–6	9–4	8–5	7–5
Milwaukee	6–7	7–6	5–7	2–10	10–3	7–6	4–8	—	9–3	8–5	5–7	7–5	5–7	6–7
Minnesota	8–4	6–6	2–11	8–5	7–5	7–5	6–7	3–9	—	6–6	6–7	7–6	5–8	9–3
New York	5–8	6–7	6–6	6–5	4–9	7–6	6–6	5–8	6–6	—	3–9	8–4	5–7	7–6
Oakland	7–5	5–7	8–5	8–5	10–2	8–4	6–7	7–5	7–6	9–3	—	9–4	8–5	7–5
Seattle	6–6	7–5	6–7	6–7	6–6	8–4	4–9	5–7	6–7	4–8	4–9	—	6–7	5–7
Texas	3–9	6–6	7–6	10–3	5–7	8–4	5–8	7–5	8–5	7–5	5–8	7–6	—	5–7
Toronto	6–7	8–5	5–7	11–1	8–5	11–2	5–7	7–6	3–9	6–7	5–7	7–5	7–5	—

Notable transactions

• April 6, 1989: Troy Afenir was traded by the Houston Astros to the Oakland Athletics for Matt Sinatro. ^[5]
• April 6, 1989: Mike Norris was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics. ^[6]
• May 27, 1989: Jamie Quirk was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics. ^[7]
• June 5, 1989: Mike Mohler was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 42nd round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed August 18, 1989. ^[8]
• June 21, 1989: Rickey Henderson was traded by the New York Yankees to the Oakland Athletics for Greg Cadaret, Eric Plunk, and Luis Polonia.
• July 24, 1989: Jamie Quirk was released by the Oakland Athletics. ^[7]
• July 31, 1989: Glenn Hubbard was released by the Oakland Athletics. ^[9]
• August 30, 1989: Ken Phelps was traded by the New York Yankees to the Oakland Athletics for Scott Holcomb (minors).

Roster

1989 Oakland Athletics
Roster
Pitchers 54 Todd Burns 32 Greg Cadaret 41 Jim Corsi 14 Storm Davis 46 Bill Dawley 43 Dennis Eckersley 40 Rick Honeycutt 21 Mike Moore 19 Gene Nelson 38 Dave Otto 51 Eric Plunk 53 Brian Snyder 34 Dave Stewart 35 Bob Welch 29 Curt Young 20 Matt Young		Catchers 23 Chris Bando 24,27 Ron Hassey 36 Terry Steinbach Infielders 30 Larry Arndt  9 Mike Gallego 51 Dann Howitt 17 Glenn Hubbard  4 Carney Lansford 25 Mark McGwire 44 Ken Phelps  2 Tony Phillips  3 Jamie Quirk  3 Dick Scott  7 Walt Weiss		Outfielders 11,27 Billy Beane 00,12 Lance Blankenship 33 José Canseco 42 Dave Henderson 22,24 Rickey Henderson 28 Stan Javier 22 Doug Jennings  6 Félix José 39 Dave Parker 22 Luis Polonia Other batters 31 Scott Hemond		Manager 10 Tony La Russa Coaches 18 Dave Duncan (pitching)  5 Art Kusnyer (bullpen) 15 Rene Lachemann (third base)  8 Dave McKay (first base) 45 Merv Rettenmund (hitting) 46 Tommie Reynolds (bench)

Game log

1989 Game Log
April # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 3 Mariners 3–2 Stewart (1–0) Langston (0–1) Eckersley (1) 46,163 1–0 2 April 5 Mariners 11–1 Welch (1–0) Bankhead (0–1) 16,045 2–0 3 April 6 Mariners 11–3 Davis (1–0) Campbell (0–1) Burns (1) 19,087 3–0 4 April 7 White Sox 7–1 Long (1–0) C. Young (0–1) Jones (1) 20,585 3–1 5 April 8 White Sox 7–4 Pérez (1–0) Moore (0–1) Thigpen (1) 32,881 3–2 6 April 9 White Sox 4–2 Stewart (2–0) Reuss (1–1) Eckersley (2) 45,110 4–2 7 April 10 @ Angels 4–0 Welch (2–0) Finley (1–1) 23,820 5–2 8 April 11 @ Angels 7–1 Blyleven (1–0) Davis (1–1) 23,322 5–3 9 April 12 @ Angels 5–0 McCaskill (2–0) C. Young (0–2) 24,650 5–4 10 April 13 @ Angels 5–0 Moore (1–1) Abbott (0–2) 24,137 6–4 11 April 14 @ White Sox 7–4 Stewart (3–0) Pérez (1–1) 37,950 7–4 12 April 15 @ White Sox 7–4 Reuss (2–1) Welch (2–1) Thigpen (3) 15,748 7–5 13 April 16 @ White Sox 3–2 Eckersley (1–0) King (0–3) 20,969 8–5 14 April 17 @ Mariners 7–2 Hanson (2–1) C. Young (0–3) 14,827 8–6 15 April 18 @ Mariners 5–3 Plunk (1–0) Reed (1–2) Eckersley (3) 9,670 9–6 16 April 19 @ Mariners 7–5 Stewart (4–0) Langston (2–2) Eckersley (4) 11,328 10–6 17 April 21 Angels 10–6 Welch (3–1) Finley (2–2) Honeycutt (1) 26,903 11–6 18 April 22 Angels 4–3 C. Young (1–3) Blyleven (2–1) Eckersley (5) 33,172 12–6 19 April 23 Angels 2–0 Moore (2–1) McCaskill (3–1) Eckersley (6) 25,681 13–6 20 April 24 Blue Jays 5–4 Nelson (1–0) Henke (1–2) 25,099 14–6 21 April 25 Blue Jays 3–1 Davis (2–1) Cerutti (0–1) Eckersley (7) 12,437 15–6 22 April 26 Orioles 2–1 Bautista (2–2) Welch (3–2) Olson (2) 17,060 15–7 23 April 27 Orioles 9–4 Burns (1–0) Thurmond (0–1) 21,423 16–7 24 April 28 Tigers 2–1 Moore (3–1) Gibson (1–1) Eckersley (8) 26,594 17–7 25 April 29 Tigers 3–2 Stewart (5–0) Alexander (3–1) 36,313 18–7 26 April 30 Tigers 7–2 Tanana (2–3) Davis (2–2) Hernández (5) 36,009 18–8
May # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 27 May 2 @ Blue Jays 8–5 Honeycutt (1–0) Ward (1–4) Plunk (1) 23,439 19–8 28 May 3 @ Blue Jays 2–0 Flanagan (2–1) Moore (3–2) 22,370 19–9 29 May 5 @ Tigers 5–3 Stewart (6–0) Tanana (2–4) Eckersley (9) 18,482 20–9 30 May 6 @ Tigers 6–3 Morris (1–6) Davis (2–3) Hernández (6) 32,404 20–10 31 May 7 @ Tigers 5–4 Welch (4–2) Hudson (0–3) Eckersley (10) 20,391 21–10 32 May 8 @ Orioles 6–1 Moore (4–2) Milacki (1–3) 19,159 22–10 33 May 11 @ Orioles 6–2 Ballard (6–1) Stewart (6–1) 1,201 22–11 34 May 12 Brewers 5–4 Burns (2–0) Plesac (1–2) 30,743 23–11 35 May 13 Brewers 4–3 Welch (5–2) Bosio (5–2) Eckersley (11) 33,053 24–11 36 May 14 Brewers 2–1 Crim (2–2) Moore (4–3) Plesac (6) 26,989 24–12 37 May 15 Brewers 12–2 Stewart (7–1) August (2–5) 25,974 25–12 38 May 16 Yankees 3–2 Parker (1–0) C. Young (1–4) Righetti (6) 25,852 25–13 39 May 17 Yankees 8–3 Davis (3–3) Dotson (1–1) Eckersley (12) 24,505 26–13 40 May 18 Yankees 6–2 Welch (6–2) John (2–7) Burns (2) 40,758 27–13 41 May 19 Red Sox 7 – 4 (10) Stanley (2–1) Nelson (1–1) 40,382 27–14 42 May 20 Red Sox 6–3 Stewart (8–1) Gardner (1–4) Eckersley (13) 43,427 28–14 43 May 21 Red Sox 5–4 Burns (3–0) Clemens (5–3) Eckersley (14) 44,505 29–14 44 May 23 @ Brewers 9–1 Bosio (6–3) Welch (6–3) 13,882 29–15 45 May 24 @ Brewers 6–2 Moore (5–3) Birkbeck (0–3) 13,932 30–15 46 May 25 @ Brewers 4–1 Clutterbuck (2–1) Stewart (8–2) Plesac (9) 18,898 30–16 47 May 26 @ Yankees 4–0 Burns (4–0) Hawkins (4–6) 28,726 31–16 48 May 27 @ Yankees 3–0 C. Young (2–4) LaPoint (5–3) Honeycutt (2) 28,111 32–16 49 May 28 @ Yankees 4–3 Moore (6–3) Parker (2–1) Honeycutt (3) 38,527 33–16 50 May 29 @ Red Sox 3 – 2 (10) Smith (3–1) Welch (6–4) 33,344 33–17 51 May 30 @ Red Sox 4–2 Stewart (9–2) Smithson (2–4) Honeycutt (4) 31,407 34–17 52 May 31 @ Red Sox 4 – 3 (10) Smith (4–1) Plunk (1–1) 33,510 34–18
June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 53 June 2 Indians 5–3 Swindell (6–1) Moore (6–4) Jones (12) 28,052 34–19 54 June 3 Indians 7–0 Welch (7–4) Candiotti (6–3) 35,466 35–19 55 June 4 Indians 4–0 Stewart (10–2) Farrell (3–6) 34,610 36–19 56 June 5 Twins 2–1 Oliveras (3–2) C. Young (2–5) Reardon (9) 34,320 36–20 57 June 6 Twins 1–0 Moore (7–4) Anderson (6–4) 23,505 37–20 58 June 7 Twins 3–2 Welch (8–4) Viola (4–8) Burns (3) 27,396 38–20 59 June 9 @ Rangers 11–8 Guante (4–3) Nelson (1–2) Russell (14) 35,799 38–21 60 June 10 @ Rangers 5–1 Davis (4–3) Witt (5–6) 40,796 39–21 61 June 11 @ Rangers 5–1 Moore (8–4) Brown (5–3) Nelson (1) 32,127 40–21 62 June 12 @ Royals 2 – 1 (11) Gordon (8–2) Burns (4–1) 39,387 40–22 63 June 13 @ Royals 5–3 Appier (1–1) C. Young (2–6) Farr (14) 29,816 40–23 64 June 14 @ Royals 2–1 Stewart (11–2) Leibrandt (4–7) Honeycutt (5) 31,087 41–23 65 June 16 @ Orioles 7–5 Davis (5–3) Holton (2–5) Honeycutt (6) 42–23 66 June 16 @ Orioles 5–1 Tibbs (3–0) Moore (8–5) 40,707 42–24 67 June 17 @ Orioles 4–2 Bautista (3–4) M. Young (0–1) Olson (8) 36,431 42–25 68 June 18 @ Orioles 4–2 Schmidt (7–5) C. Young (2–7) Weston (1) 46,541 42–26 69 June 19 Tigers 6–4 Tanana (7–6) Stewart (11–3) Henneman (1) 38,607 43–26 70 June 20 Tigers 6–4 Nelson (2–2) Havens (0–1) Burns (4) 30,184 44–26 71 June 21 Tigers 6–3 Moore (9–5) Schwabe (1–3) Honeycutt (7) 28,654 45–26 72 June 22 Blue Jays 4 – 2 (13) Hernandez (1–0) Corsi (0–1) Wells (2) 21,418 45–27 73 June 23 Blue Jays 10–8 Buice (1–0) C. Young (2–8) Henke (3) 27,795 45–28 74 June 24 Blue Jays 7–1 Stewart (12–3) Stieb (7–4) 39,659 46–28 75 June 25 Blue Jays 6–3 Davis (6–3) Key (7–7) Honeycutt (8) 49,219 47–28 76 June 26 @ Twins 4 – 3 (10) Reardon (2–2) Burns (4–2) 31,914 47–29 77 June 27 @ Twins 11–5 Wayne (3–0) Nelson (2–3) Berenguer (2) 37,891 47–30 78 June 28 @ Twins 2–0 Viola (6–8) Stewart (12–4) 41,387 47–31 79 June 30 @ Indians 5–0 Welch (9–4) Swindell (10–2) Honeycutt (9) 27,435 48–31
July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 80 July 1 @ Indians 6–4 Moore (10–5) Yett (4–6) Burns (5) 18,826 49–31 81 July 2 @ Indians 11–3 Davis (7–3) Farrell (4–9) 22,549 50–31 82 July 3 Royals 1–0 Stewart (13–4) Gubicza (8–6) Honeycutt (10) 36,763 51–31 83 July 4 Royals 10–1 Saberhagen (8–4) M. Young (0–2) 46,031 51–32 84 July 5 Royals 12 – 9 (11) Crawford (1–0) Honeycutt (1–1) 20,791 51–33 85 July 6 Royals 3–1 Moore (11–5) Aquino (3–4) Burns (6) 21,985 52–33 86 July 7 Rangers 6–3 Witt (7–8) Davis (7–4) Russell (20) 39,678 52–34 87 July 8 Rangers 5 – 4 (10) Russell (4–2) M. Young (0–3) 38,220 52–35 88 July 9 Rangers 7–1 Welch (10–4) Hough (5–10) Honeycutt (11) 40,060 53–35 89 July 13 @ Blue Jays 11–7 Burns (5–2) Key (7–9) 48,207 54–35 90 July 14 @ Blue Jays 4–1 Stieb (9–5) Welch (10–5) Ward (9) 48,325 54–36 91 July 15 @ Blue Jays 6–1 Flanagan (5–6) Stewart (13–5) 48,238 54–37 92 July 16 @ Blue Jays 6–2 Moore (12–5) Cerutti (5–5) Burns (7) 48,405 55–37 93 July 17 @ Tigers 2–1 Henneman (6–2) Nelson (2–4) 21,844 55–38 94 July 18 @ Tigers 7–2 Davis (8–4) Beard (0–1) 21,792 56–38 95 July 20 Orioles 5–2 Stewart (14–5) Schmidt (8–9) Eckersley (15) 30,697 57–38 96 July 21 Orioles 3–2 Moore (13–5) Olson (3–1) 30,848 58–38 97 July 22 Orioles 3–1 Welch (11–5) Harnisch (1–3) Eckersley (16) 37,241 59–38 98 July 23 Orioles 3–2 Davis (9–4) Ballard (11–5) Eckersley (17) 43,570 60–38 99 July 24 Angels 5–4 Fraser (3–5) Nelson (2–5) Harvey (13) 44,548 60–39 100 July 25 Angels 4–0 Finley (12–6) Stewart (14–6) Minton (6) 43,529 60–40 101 July 26 Angels 9–5 M. Young (1–3) Witt (7–8) 44,588 61–40 102 July 28 Mariners 8 – 7 (11) Burns (6–2) Harris (1–4) 36,446 61–41 103 July 29 Mariners 14–6 Johnson (5–2) Davis (9–5) Swift (1) 40,734 61–42 104 July 30 Mariners 5–3 Stewart (15–6) Holman (4–3) Eckersley (18) 43,898 62–42 105 July 31 White Sox 3–2 Moore (14–5) Thigpen (1–4) 34,554 63–42
August # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 106 August 1 White Sox 2–0 C. Young (3–8) Hibbard (2–3) Eckersley (19) 22,536 64–42 107 August 2 White Sox 2–0 Davis (10–5) Pérez (7–12) Honeycutt (12) 25,146 65–42 108 August 3 White Sox 6–4 Pall (4–2) Welch (11–6) Thigpen (23) 31,974 65–43 109 August 4 @ Mariners 5–3 Stewart (16–6) Holman (4–4) Eckersley (20) 23,621 66–43 110 August 5 @ Mariners 11–5 Bankhead (11–4) Moore (14–6) Jackson (5) 36,961 66–44 111 August 6 @ Mariners 2–1 Davis (11–5) Dunne (2–6) Eckersley (21) 19,303 67–44 112 August 7 @ Mariners 5–3 Zavaras (1–2) Welch (11–7) 31,334 67–45 113 August 8 @ White Sox 3 – 2 (10) Honeycutt (2–1) Pall (4–3) Eckersley (22) 17,832 68–45 114 August 9 @ White Sox 3 – 2 (11) McCarthy (1–1) Corsi (0–2) 15,389 68–46 115 August 10 @ White Sox 4–1 Davis (12–5) Rosenberg (3–8) Eckersley (23) 16,173 69–46 116 August 11 @ Angels 5–0 Moore (15–6) Witt (7–10) 61,696 70–46 117 August 12 @ Angels 8–3 Welch (12–7) Abbott (10–8) Burns (8) 53,036 71–46 118 August 13 @ Angels 4–3 Blyleven (12–2) Stewart (16–7) Harvey (17) 60,326 71–47 119 August 15 Indians 5–2 Davis (13–5) Nichols (3–2) Eckersley (24) 28,459 72–47 120 August 16 Indians 6–3 Olin (1–0) Honeycutt (2–2) Jones (28) 29,502 72–48 121 August 17 Indians 1–0 Welch (13–7) Farrell (7–12) Eckersley (25) 35,071 73–48 122 August 18 Twins 4–3 Smith (9–4) Stewart (16–8) Reardon (23) 38,956 73–49 123 August 19 Twins 5 – 4 (10) Davis (14–5) Wayne (3–4) 44,123 74–49 124 August 20 Twins 5–0 Moore (16–6) Anderson (14–10) 43,875 75–49 125 August 21 @ Tigers 6–1 C. Young (4–8) Tanana (9–11) 6,197 76–49 126 August 22 @ Rangers 2–0 Welch (14–7) Ryan (14–8) Eckersley (26) 42,869 77–49 127 August 23 @ Rangers 5–4 Stewart (17–8) Brown (11–8) Eckersley (27) 23,453 78–49 128 August 24 @ Rangers 6–2 Jeffcoat (7–5) Davis (14–6) Mielke (1) 25,604 78–50 129 August 25 @ Royals 3–1 Gubicza (12–10) Moore (16–7) Montgomery (14) 38,263 78–51 130 August 26 @ Royals 2–0 Saberhagen (16–5) C. Young (4–9) 41,253 78–52 131 August 27 @ Royals 6–0 Welch (15–7) Gordon (16–5) 38,263 79–52 132 August 28 @ Yankees 7–3 Stewart (18–8) Hawkins (13–13) Eckersley (28) 25,359 80–52 133 August 29 @ Yankees 19–5 Davis (15–6) Cary (3–3) 27,751 81–52 134 August 30 @ Yankees 8–5 Plunk (5–4) Moore (16–8) McCullers (2) 26,238 81–53
September # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 135 September 1 @ Brewers 6 – 5 (10) Crim (9–5) Burns (6–3) 17,465 81–54 136 September 2 @ Brewers 7–2 Stewart (19–8) Filer (5–3) 36,980 82–54 137 September 3 @ Brewers 5–0 Davis (16–6) Navarro (4–7) Nelson (2) 30,583 83–54 138 September 4 Red Sox 8–5 Dopson (10–6) Moore (16–9) Smith (21) 32,697 83–55 139 September 5 Red Sox 13–1 C. Young (5–9) Clemens (14–10) 28,541 84–55 140 September 6 Red Sox 7–5 Welch (16–7) Smithson (7–14) Eckersley (29) 25,037 85–55 141 September 8 Yankees 5–1 Mohorcic (2–1) Stewart (19–9) 43,626 85–56 142 September 9 Yankees 7–0 Moore (17–9) Parker (4–5) 43,760 86–56 143 September 10 Yankees 6–2 Davis (17–6) Plunk (6–5) 44,071 87–56 144 September 12 Brewers 7–6 August (10–11) M. Young (1–4) Plesac (30) 23,862 87–57 145 September 13 Brewers 7–6 Eckersley (2–0) Crim (9–6) 21,246 88–57 146 September 15 @ Red Sox 7–2 Clemens (15–10) Moore (17–10) 33,533 88–58 147 September 16 @ Red Sox 5–2 Dopson (11–7) Davis (17–7) Lamp (1) 33,778 88–59 148 September 17 @ Red Sox 7–6 Harris (2–1) Welch (16–8) Smith (22) 33,148 88–60 149 September 18 @ Indians 4 – 2 (10) Eckersley (3–0) Olin (1–3) 5,931 89–60 150 September 19 @ Indians 5–1 Moore (18–10) Nichols (4–5) 6,085 90–60 151 September 20 @ Indians 8–6 Davis (18–7) Swindell (13–6) Eckersley (30) 6,186 91–60 152 September 21 @ Twins 2–1 Welch (17–8) Aguilera (2–5) Eckersley (31) 16,779 92–60 153 September 22 @ Twins 5–2 Stewart (20–9) Dyer (3–7) Nelson (3) 34,830 93–60 154 September 23 @ Twins 5–3 Anderson (17–10) Moore (18–11) Smith (1) 38,791 93–61 155 September 24 @ Twins 9–3 Davis (19–7) Tapani (2–2) Eckersley (32) 22,565 94–61 156 September 25 Rangers 3–2 Hall (2–1) Burns (6–4) Russell (38) 32,701 94–62 157 September 26 Rangers 4–3 Eckersley (4–0) Jeffcoat (9–6) 23,119 95–62 158 September 27 Rangers 5–0 Moore (19–11) Moyer (4–9) 32,280 96–62 159 September 28 Rangers 5–3 Stewart (21–9) Arnsberg (2–1) Eckersley (33) 21,127 97–62 160 September 29 Royals 4–3 Nelson (3–5) Luecken (2–1) 43,470 98–62 161 September 30 Royals 6–1 Saberhagen (23–6) Burns (6–5) 42,891 98–63
October # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 162 October 1 Royals 4 – 3 (11) Corsi (1–2) Leach (5–6) 43,755 99–63

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.	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Terry Steinbach	130	454	124	.273	7	42
1B	Mark McGwire	143	490	113	.231	33	95
2B	Tony Phillips	143	451	118	.262	4	47
3B	Carney Lansford	148	551	185	.336	2	52
SS	Mike Gallego	133	357	90	.252	3	30
LF	Rickey Henderson	85	306	90	.294	9	35
CF	Dave Henderson	152	579	145	.250	15	80
RF	Stan Javier	112	310	77	.248	1	28
DH	Dave Parker	144	553	146	.264	22	97

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Ron Hassey	97	268	61	.228	5	23
Walt Weiss	84	236	55	.233	3	21
José Canseco	65	227	61	.269	17	57
Luis Polonia	59	206	59	.286	1	17
Glenn Hubbard	53	131	26	.198	3	12
Lance Blankenship	58	125	29	.232	1	4
Billy Beane	37	79	19	.241	0	11
Félix José	20	57	11	.193	0	5
Jamie Quirk	9	10	2	.200	1	1
Ken Phelps	11	9	1	.111	0	0
Larry Arndt	2	6	1	.167	0	0
Doug Jennings	4	4	0	.000	0	0
Dann Howitt	3	3	0	.000	0	0
Dick Scott	3	2	0	.000	0	1
Chris Bando	1	2	1	.500	0	1
Scott Hemond	4	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Dave Stewart	36	2572⁄3	21	9	3.32	155
Mike Moore	35	2412⁄3	19	11	2.61	172
Bob Welch	33	2092⁄3	17	8	3.00	137
Storm Davis	31	1691⁄3	19	7	4.36	91
Curt Young	25	111	5	9	3.73	55
Dave Otto	1	62⁄3	0	0	2.70	4

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Matt Young	26	371⁄3	1	4	6.75	27

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Dennis Eckersley	51	4	0	33	1.56	55
Rick Honeycutt	64	2	2	12	2.35	52
Todd Burns	50	6	5	8	2.24	49
Gene Nelson	50	3	5	3	3.26	70
Greg Cadaret	26	0	0	0	2.28	14
Eric Plunk	23	1	1	1	2.20	24
Jim Corsi	22	1	2	0	1.88	21
Bill Dawley	4	0	0	0	4.00	3
Brian Snyder	2	0	0	0	27.00	1

ALCS

Main article: 1989 American League Championship Series

Game 1

October 3, 1989, at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Toronto	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	1
Oakland	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	2	X	7	11	0
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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Toronto	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	5	1
Oakland	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	X	6	9	1
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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	1
Toronto	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	0	X	7	8	0
W: Jimmy Key (1-0)   L: Storm Davis (0-1)
HR: OAK– Dave Parker (2)

Game 4

October 7, 1989, at SkyDome

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	6	11	1
Toronto	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	5	13	0
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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	4	0
Toronto	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	9	0
W: Dave Stewart (2-0)   L: Dave Stieb (0-2)   S: Dennis Eckersley (3)
HR: TOR– Lloyd Moseby (1), George Bell (1)

World Series

Main article: 1989 World Series

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

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance	Time of game
1	Giants – 0, A's – 5	October 14	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum (Oakland)	49,385	2:45
2	Giants – 1, A's – 5	October 15	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum (Oakland)	49,388	2:47
3	A's – 13, Giants – 7	October 27	Candlestick Park (San Francisco)	62,038	3:03
4	A's – 9, Giants – 6	October 28	Candlestick Park (San Francisco)	62,032	3:07

Awards and honors

• Rickey Henderson, ALCS Most Valuable Player
• Dave Stewart, World Series MVP ^[10]

All-Star Game

• Dave Stewart, pitcher
• Terry Steinbach, catcher, starter
• Mark McGwire, first Base, starter
• José Canseco, outfield, reserve
• Mike Moore, pitcher, reserve
• Tony La Russa, manager

Team leaders

• Games – Dave Henderson (152)
• At-Bats – Dave Henderson (579)
• Runs – Carney Lansford (81)
• Hits – Carney Lansford (185)
• Doubles – Carney Lansford (28)
• Triples – Tony Phillips (6)
• Home Runs – Mark McGwire (33)
• Runs Batted In – Dave Parker
• Walks – Mark McGwire (83)
• Batting average – Carney Lansford (.336)
• On Base Percentage – Rickey Henderson (.425)
• Slugging Average – José Canseco (.542)
• Stolen Bases – Rickey Henderson (52)
• Wins – Dave Stewart (21)
• Innings Pitched – Dave Stewart (257.2)
• Earned Run Average – Mike Moore (2.61)
• Strikeouts – Mike Moore (172)

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
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

References

Notes

1. 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. Jamie Quirk Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
8. "Mike Mohler Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
9. Glenn Hubbard Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
10. "MLB Postseason MVP Award Winners". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 21, 2025.

Sources

• 1989 Oakland Athletics at Baseball Reference
• 1989 Oakland Athletics at Baseball Almanac
• Blog remembering the team and featuring images of the A's players