1993 Oakland Athletics season

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1993  Oakland Athletics
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
City Oakland, California
Record68–94 (.420)
Divisional place7th
Owners Walter A. Haas, Jr.
General managers Sandy Alderson
Managers Tony La Russa
Television KRON-TV
(Dick Stockton, Ray Fosse)
Sports Channel Pacific
(Ray Fosse, Greg Papa)
Radio KNEW (AM)
(Bill King, Lon Simmons, Ray Fosse)
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The Oakland Athletics' 1993 season was the team's 26th in Oakland, California. It was also the 93rd season in franchise history. The team finished seventh and last in the American League West with a record of 68–94.

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The Athletics' disastrous 1993 campaign was mired by inconsistency, injuries, and free agent departures. The team lost key contributors Dave Stewart, Harold Baines, and Mike Moore to free agency; the players ended up (respectively) in Toronto, Baltimore, and Detroit. The A's also traded Walt Weiss to the expansion Florida Marlins for Scott Baker and Eric Helfand. The Athletics' roster was further weakened by the retirement of longtime third baseman Carney Lansford.

The team's depleted pitching staff was no match for its American League (AL) competition. The Athletics, following a resurgent 1992 campaign, finished 1993 with a team ERA of 4.90; this was the worst such figure in the AL. The futility of Oakland's new-look starting rotation was especially noteworthy; of the team's five primary starters (Bobby Witt, Ron Darling, Bob Welch, Todd Van Poppel, and Shawn Hillegas), only one (Witt) managed a sub-5.00 ERA. On offense, the Athletics also struggled; the loss of their two best players (Mark McGwire and Rickey Henderson) to injury and a trade, respectively, contributed to their scoring only 715 runs (10th of 14 AL teams).

The Athletics' 68-94 finish was their worst since 1982. Moreover, the 1993 Athletics were only team in Oakland history to finish last in the AL West after finishing first one-year earlier.

Offseason

Regular season

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Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 9468.580—45‍–‍3649‍–‍32
Texas Rangers 8676.531850‍–‍3136‍–‍45
Kansas City Royals 8478.5191043‍–‍3841‍–‍40
Seattle Mariners 8280.5061246‍–‍3536‍–‍45
California Angels 7191.4382344‍–‍3727‍–‍54
Minnesota Twins 7191.4382336‍–‍4535‍–‍46
Oakland Athletics 6894.4202638‍–‍4330‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

1993 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —6–77–54–88–55–87–58–58–46–710–27–54–85–8
Boston 7–6—7–57–55–86–75–75–87–56–79–37–56–63–10
California 5–75–7—7–65–74–86–77–54–96–66–76–76–74–8
Chicago 8–45–76–7—9–37–56–79–310–34–87–69–48–56–6
Cleveland 5–88–57–53–9—6–77–58–54–86–78–43–97–54–9
Detroit 8–57–68–45–77–6—5–78–56–64–98–47–56–66–7
Kansas City 5–77–57–67–65–77–5—5–77–66–66–77–67–68–4
Milwaukee 5–88–55–73–95–85–87–5—7–54–97–54–84–85–8
Minnesota 4–85–79–43–108–46–66–75–7—4–88–54–97–62–10
New York 7–67–66–68–47–69–46–69–48–4—6–67–53–95–8
Oakland 2–103–97–66–74–84–87–65–75–86–6—9–45–85–7
Seattle 5–75–77–64–99–35–76–78–49–45–74–9—8–57–5
Texas 8–46–67–65–85–76–66–78–46–79–38–55–8—7–5
Toronto 8–510–38–46–69–47–64–88–510–28–57–55–75–7—

Notable transactions

Roster

1993 Oakland Athletics
Roster
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Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Terry Steinbach 104389111.2851043
1B Mike Aldrete 9525568.2671033
2B Brent Gates 139535155.290769
3B Craig Paquette 10539386.2191246
SS Mike Bordick 159546136.249348
LF Rickey Henderson 90318104.3271747
CF Dave Henderson 10738284.2202053
RF Rubén Sierra 158630147.23322101
DH Troy Neel 123427124.2901963

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Jerry Browne 7626065.250219
Kevin Seitzer 7325565.255427
Lance Blankenship 9425248.190223
Scott Hemond 9121555.256626
Scott Brosius 7021353.249625
Scott Lydy 4110223.22527
Mark McGwire 278428.333924
Dale Sveum 307914.17726
Kurt Abbott 206115.24639
Eric Fox 29568.14315
Henry Mercedes 204710.21303
Marcos Armas 15316.19411
Eric Helfand 8133.23101

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Bobby Witt 35220.014134.21131
Ron Darling 31178.0595.1695
Bob Welch 30166.29115.2963
Todd Van Poppel 1684.0665.0447
Steve Karsay 849.0334.0433
Miguel Jimenez 527.0104.0013
Curt Young 314.2114.304

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Kelly Downs 42119.25105.6466
Mike Mohler 4264.1165.6042
Storm Davis 1962.2266.1837
Shawn Hillegas 1860.2366.9729
Joe Slusarski 28.2005.191

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Dennis Eckersley 6424364.1680
Edwin Núñez 563613.8158
Rick Honeycutt 521412.8121
Joe Boever 424203.8649
Vince Horsman 402005.4017
Rich Gossage 394514.5340
John Briscoe 171008.0324
Roger Smithberg 131232.754
Kevin Campbell 110007.319
Kevin Seitzer 10000.001

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Tacoma Tigers Pacific Coast League Bob Boone
AA Huntsville Stars Southern League Casey Parsons
A Modesto A's California League Ted Kubiak
A Madison Muskies Midwest League Gary Jones
A-Short Season Southern Oregon A's Northwest League Dick Scott
Rookie AZL Athletics Arizona League Bruce Hines

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References

  1. ↑ Jamie Quirk at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Walt Weiss at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Rich Gossage at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Ron Darling at Baseball Reference
  5. 1 2 Joe Boever at Baseball Reference
  6. 1 2 Dale Sveum at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Mike Aldrete at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Jeff D'Amico at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Jason McDonald at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ Scott Spiezio at Baseball Reference
  11. ↑ Miguel Tejada at Baseball Reference
  12. ↑ Rickey Henderson at Baseball Reference
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