1987 Oakland Athletics Roster (40-man)

1986 Season 1988 Season

Record: 81-81-0, Finished 3rd in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Tony La Russa (81-81)

General Manager: Sandy Alderson

Farm Director: Walt Jocketty

Scouting Director: Dick Bogard

Ballpark: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Attendance: 1,678,921 (11th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 93
One-year: Batting - 91, Pitching - 91

Pythagorean W-L: 83-79, 806 Runs, 789 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Joaquín Andújar	34	do DO	B	R	6' 0"	170	Dec 21, 1952	12	13	13	0	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4	$1,353,333
Tony Bernazard	30	pr PR	B	R	5' 9"	150	Aug 24, 1956	9	61	58	61	59	0	0	0	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0.3
Greg Cadaret	25	us US	L	L	6' 3"	210	Feb 27, 1962	1st	29	0	0	29	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	$62,500
José Canseco	22	cu CU	R	R	6' 4"	240	Jul 2, 1964	3	159	157	159	130	0	0	0	0	0	0	130	0	0	130	30	1	0	1.6	$180,000
Bill Caudill	30	us US	R	R	6' 1"	190	Jul 13, 1956	9	6	0	0	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3	$1,633,333
Ron Cey	39	us US	R	R	5' 10"	185	Feb 15, 1948	17	45	33	45	10	0	0	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	30	11	0	0.0	$1,050,000
Chris Codiroli	29	us US	R	R	6' 1"	160	Mar 26, 1958	6	3	3	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Mike Davis	28	us US	L	L	6' 2"	175	Jun 11, 1959	8	139	121	139	124	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	124	124	14	13	2	1.3	$780,000
Storm Davis	25	us US	R	R	6' 4"	207	Dec 26, 1961	6	5	5	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5
Dennis Eckersley HOF	32	us US	R	R	6' 2"	190	Oct 3, 1954	13	54	2	1	54	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	$833,333
Mike Gallego	26	us US	R	R	5' 8"	160	Oct 31, 1960	3	72	33	72	69	0	0	0	31	24	16	0	0	0	0	0	5	9	0.6
Alfredo Griffin	29	do DO	B	R	5' 11"	160	Oct 6, 1957	12	144	137	144	138	0	0	0	1	0	137	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1.7	$607,653
Moose Haas	31	us US	R	R	6' 0"	180	Apr 22, 1956	12	9	9	0	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$578,889
Brian Harper	27	us US	R	R	6' 2"	195	Oct 16, 1959	8	11	4	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	6	1	-0.2	$70,000
Steve Henderson	34	us US	R	R	6' 2"	190	Nov 18, 1952	11	46	29	46	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	28	31	8	15	1	-0.1	$75,000
Rick Honeycutt	33	us US	L	L	6' 1"	185	Jun 29, 1954	11	7	4	0	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Jay Howell	31	us US	R	R	6' 3"	200	Nov 26, 1955	8	36	0	1	36	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.9	$530,000	All-Star
Reggie Jackson HOF	41	us US	L	L	6' 0"	195	May 18, 1946	21	115	83	115	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	20	79	32	0	-0.4
Stan Javier	23	do DO	B	R	6' 0"	185	Jan 9, 1964	3	81	39	81	76	0	0	6	0	0	0	8	52	15	71	1	10	15	-0.6	$75,000
Bill Krueger	29	us US	L	L	6' 5"	205	Apr 24, 1958	5	9	0	0	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4
Dennis Lamp	34	us US	R	R	6' 4"	200	Sep 23, 1952	11	36	5	2	36	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Carney Lansford	30	us US	R	R	6' 2"	195	Feb 7, 1957	10	151	149	151	147	0	0	17	0	142	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	5.2	$1,300,000
Gary Lavelle	38	us US	B	L	6' 2"	190	Jan 3, 1949	13	6	0	0	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Dave Leiper	25	us US	L	L	6' 1"	160	Jun 18, 1962	3	45	0	0	45	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	$73,133
Johnnie LeMaster	33	us US	R	R	6' 2"	165	Jun 19, 1954	12	20	6	20	19	0	0	0	5	7	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	-0.4
Mark McGwire	23	us US	R	R	6' 5"	215	Oct 1, 1963	2	151	148	151	150	0	0	145	0	8	0	0	0	3	3	0	2	0	5.1	$72,500	All-Star
Dwayne Murphy	32	us US	L	R	6' 1"	185	Mar 18, 1955	10	82	70	82	80	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	79	0	79	0	5	2	1.4	$759,000
Gene Nelson	26	us US	R	R	6' 0"	172	Dec 3, 1960	7	55	6	1	54	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.5	$365,000
Rob Nelson	23	us US	L	L	6' 4"	215	May 17, 1964	2	7	7	7	7	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Steve Ontiveros	26	us US	R	R	6' 0"	180	Mar 5, 1961	3	35	22	0	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.4	$131,500
Dave Otto	22	us US	L	L	6' 7"	210	Nov 12, 1964	1st	3	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Tony Phillips	28	us US	B	R	5' 10"	175	Apr 25, 1959	6	111	98	111	106	0	0	0	88	11	9	1	0	1	2	1	8	1	1.9	$425,000
Eric Plunk	23	us US	R	R	6' 5"	210	Sep 3, 1963	2	32	11	0	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	$77,667
Luis Polonia	23	do DO	L	L	5' 8"	155	Dec 10, 1963	1st	125	103	125	104	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	69	8	104	18	9	8	2.0	$62,500
José Rijo	22	do DO	R	R	6' 1"	200	May 13, 1965	4	21	14	0	21	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.3
Rick Rodriguez	26	us US	R	R	6' 3"	190	Sep 21, 1960	2	15	0	1	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6
Alejandro Sánchez	28	do DO	R	R	6' 0"	185	Feb 14, 1959	6	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	-0.1
Matt Sinatro	27	us US	R	R	5' 9"	174	Mar 22, 1960	5	6	0	6	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	-0.1
Terry Steinbach	25	us US	R	R	6' 1"	195	Mar 2, 1962	2	122	105	122	111	0	107	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	8	8	0	3.5	$62,500
Dave Stewart	30	us US	R	R	6' 2"	200	Feb 19, 1957	8	37	37	0	37	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.3	$550,000
Mickey Tettleton	26	us US	B	R	6' 2"	200	Sep 16, 1960	4	82	67	82	81	0	80	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0.0	$120,000
Dave Von Ohlen	28	us US	L	L	6' 2"	200	Oct 25, 1958	5	4	0	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Walt Weiss	23	us US	B	R	6' 0"	175	Nov 28, 1963	1st	16	8	16	11	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	2	1	6	0.6
Jerry Willard	27	us US	L	R	6' 2"	195	Mar 14, 1960	4	7	2	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0.0
Curt Young	27	us US	R	L	6' 1"	175	Apr 16, 1960	5	31	31	1	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	$171,875
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Tony La Russa HOF	42	us US	Oct 4, 1944	Manager	Apr 7	Oct 4
Bob Watson	41	us US	Apr 10, 1946	Hitting	Apr 7	Oct 4
Dave Duncan	41	us US	Sep 26, 1945	Pitching	Apr 7	Oct 4
Dave McKay	37	ca CA	Mar 14, 1950	Bullpen	Apr 7	Oct 4
Mike Paul	42	us US	Apr 18, 1945	Bullpen	Apr 7	Oct 4
Rene Lachemann	42	us US	May 4, 1945	First base	Apr 7	Oct 4
Jim Lefebvre	45	us US	Jan 7, 1942	Third base	Apr 7	Oct 4
Joe Rudi	40	us US	Sep 7, 1946		Apr 7	Oct 4
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date