1998 Oakland Athletics season

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1998  Oakland Athletics
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Network Associates Coliseum
City Oakland, California
Record74–88 (.457)
Divisional place4th
Owners Stephen Schott
Ken Hofmann
General managers Billy Beane
Managers Art Howe
Television KRON-TV
Fox Sports Bay Area
(Ray Fosse, Greg Papa, Ken Wilson)
Radio KNEW
(Bill King, Ken Korach, Ray Fosse)
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The 1998 Oakland Athletics season was the 98th season for the Oakland Athletics franchise, all as members of the American League, and their 31st season in Oakland. The Athletics finished the season with a record of 74 wins and 88 losses. The campaign was the first of the Billy Beane era. While the Athletics finished a distant fourth in the American League West, they improved upon the prior year's dismal output of 65–97.

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The strong play of Jason Giambi, Matt Stairs and Kenny Rogers highlighted an otherwise forgettable campaign. Rogers' performance was particularly impressive; in arguably the finest season of his career, he won 16 games and posted a 3.17 earned run average (both were the best full-season marks by an Athletics starter since 1992). Additionally, the 1998 season marked Rickey Henderson's fourth (and final) stint with the Athletics. Henderson, at the age of 39, stole a total 66 bases; this total lead the league in that category. Lastly, rookie Ben Grieve collected a Rookie of the Year (ROY) award for his solid debut season. The award was the Athletics' first since Walt Weiss received one in 1988.

The Athletics posted a winning record in 1999. The organization, under Beane, would not post another losing season until 2007.

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Texas Rangers 8874.543—48‍–‍3340‍–‍41
Anaheim Angels 8577.525342‍–‍3943‍–‍38
Seattle Mariners 7685.47211½42‍–‍3934‍–‍46
Oakland Athletics 7488.4571439‍–‍4235‍–‍46

Record vs. opponents

1998 American League record

Sources:
TeamANABALBOSCWSCLEDETKCMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL 
Anaheim —5–66–55–64–78–36–56–56–55–79–36–55–74–710–6
Baltimore 6–5—6–62–95–610–15–67–33–98–36–55–76–55–75–11
Boston 5–66–6—5–68–35–58–35–65–79–27–49–36–55–79–7
Chicago 6–59–26–5—6–66–68–46–64–74–74–75–65–64–6–17–9
Cleveland 7–46–53–86–6—9–38–46–64–73–89–27–34–77–410–6
Detroit 3–81–105–56–63–9—6–68–43–87–43–85–63–85–67–9
Kansas City 5–66–53–84–84–86–6—7–50–107–44–68–33–86–59–7
Minnesota 5–63–76–56–66–64–85–7—4–74–72–97–47–44–77–9
New York 5–69–37–57–47–48–310–07–4—8–38–311–18–36–613–3
Oakland 7–53–82–97–48–34–74–77–43–8—5–75–66–65–68–8
Seattle 3–95–64–77–42–98–36–49–23–87–5—6–55–74–77–9
Tampa Bay 5–67–53–96–53–76–53–84–71–116–55–6—4–75–75–11
Texas 7–55–65–66–57–48–38–34–73–86–67–57–4—7–48–8
Toronto 7–47–57–56–4–14–76–55–67–46–66–57–47–54–7—9–7

Notable transactions

Roster

1998 Oakland Athletics
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

PosPlayerGABRHHRRBIAvg.Slg.SB
C A. J. Hinch 1203373478935.231.3413
1B Jason Giambi 1535629216627110.295.4892
2B Scott Spiezio 11440654105950.259.3771
3B Mike Blowers 12940956971171.237.3861
SS Miguel Tejada 10536553851145.233.3845
LF Rickey Henderson 1525421011281457.236.34766
CF Ryan Christenson 1173705695550.257.3685
RF Ben Grieve 155583941681889.288.4582
DH Matt Stairs 1495238815426106.294.5118

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Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Rafael Bournigal 8520947.225119
Mike Macfarlane 7820752.251734
Bip Roberts 6118251.280115
Jason McDonald 7017544.251116
Kevin Mitchell 5112729.228221
Kurt Abbott 3512333.26829
Dave Magadan 3510935.321113
Ed Sprague Jr. 278713.14937
Jack Voigt 577210.139110
Eric Chavez 164514.31106
Mike Neill 6154.26700
Mark Bellhorn 11121.08301
Brian Lesher 771.14301
Jorge Velandia 841.25000
Izzy Molina 621.50000
Shane Mack 320.00000
Jason Wood 310.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Kenny Rogers 34238.21683.17138
Tom Candiotti 33201.011164.8498
Jimmy Haynes 33194.11195.09134
Mike Oquist 31175.07116.22112
Blake Stein 24117.1596.3789
Gil Heredia 842.2332.7427
Ariel Prieto 28.10111.888

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jay Witasick 727.0136.3329
Dave Telgheder 820.0013.605

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Billy Taylor 7049333.5858
Buddy Groom 753104.2436
T.J. Mathews 667414.5853
Mike Mohler 573305.1642
Mike Fetters 481653.9934
Tim Worrell 250104.0033
Aaron Small 241107.2519
Mark Holzemer 131005.593
Jim Doughtery 90208.253
Steve Connelly 30001.931

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Edmonton Trappers Pacific Coast League Mike Quade
AA Huntsville Stars Southern League Jeffrey Leonard
A Modesto A's California League Juan Navarrette
A Visalia Oaks California League Tony DeFrancesco
A-Short Season Southern Oregon Timberjacks Northwest League Greg Sparks
Rookie AZL Athletics Arizona League John Kuehl

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  4. ↑ Jorge Velandia at Baseball-Reference
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  18. ↑ "1998 Seattle Mariners Statistics".
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