1998 Oakland Athletics Roster (40-man)

1997 Season 1999 Season

Record: 74-88-0, Finished 4th in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Art Howe (74-88)

General Manager: Billy Beane (Promoted to GM 10/17/1997)

Farm Director: Keith Lieppman

Scouting Director: Grady Fuson

Ballpark: Network Associates Coliseum

Attendance: 1,232,343 (13th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 97
One-year: Batting - 91, Pitching - 92

Pythagorean W-L: 76-86, 804 Runs, 866 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age	Birth	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
Kurt Abbott	29	us US	R	R	5' 11"	180	Jun 2, 1969	6	35	32	35	32	0	0	0	0	1	28	5	0	1	5	3	1	1	-0.6	$1,000,000
Mark Bellhorn	23	us US	B	R	6' 1"	195	Aug 23, 1974	2	11	2	11	8	0	0	0	1	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0.1
Mike Blowers	33	de DE	R	R	6' 2"	190	Apr 24, 1965	10	129	105	129	125	0	0	8	0	120	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	4	-0.3	$475,000
Rafael Bournigal	32	do DO	R	R	5' 11"	160	May 12, 1966	6	85	55	85	84	0	0	0	48	0	38	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	-0.5	$385,000
Tom Candiotti	41	us US	R	R	6' 3"	205	Aug 31, 1956	15	33	33	1	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	$2,850,000
Eric Chavez	20	us US	L	R	6' 1"	215	Dec 7, 1977	1st	16	11	16	13	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0.2	$170,000
Ryan Christenson	24	us US	R	R	5' 11"	175	Mar 28, 1974	1st	117	101	117	116	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	113	4	116	0	1	5	0.7	$170,000
Steve Connelly	24	us US	R	R	6' 4"	210	Apr 27, 1974	1st	3	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2
Jim Dougherty	30	us US	R	R	6' 0"	210	Mar 8, 1968	3	9	0	1	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Mike Fetters	33	us US	R	R	6' 4"	200	Dec 19, 1964	10	48	0	6	48	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	$2,475,000
Jason Giambi	27	us US	L	R	6' 3"	240	Jan 8, 1971	4	153	153	153	146	0	0	146	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	2.6	$315,000
Ben Grieve	22	us US	L	R	6' 4"	200	May 4, 1976	2	155	153	155	151	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	151	151	3	2	0	2.2	$172,000	All-Star
Buddy Groom	32	us US	L	L	6' 2"	200	Jul 10, 1965	7	75	0	1	75	75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	$595,000
Jimmy Haynes	25	us US	R	R	6' 4"	185	Sep 5, 1972	4	33	33	2	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	$187,500
Rickey Henderson HOF	39	us US	R	L	5' 10"	180	Dec 25, 1958	20	152	144	152	151	0	0	0	0	0	0	142	24	0	151	0	4	3	2.3	$1,150,000
Gil Heredia	32	us US	R	R	6' 1"	190	Oct 26, 1965	7	8	6	0	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.7	$275,000
A.J. Hinch	24	us US	R	R	6' 1"	195	May 15, 1974	1st	120	109	120	118	0	118	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.8	$170,000
Mark Holzemer	28	us US	L	L	6' 0"	165	Aug 20, 1969	5	13	0	0	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	$250,000
Brian Lesher	27	be BE	R	L	6' 5"	205	Mar 5, 1971	3	7	2	7	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	0	1	2	0.0	$174,000
Mike Macfarlane	34	us US	R	R	6' 1"	200	Apr 12, 1964	12	78	53	78	70	0	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0.4
Shane Mack	34	us US	R	R	6' 0"	185	Dec 7, 1963	9	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1		$450,000
Dave Magadan	35	us US	L	R	6' 3"	190	Sep 30, 1962	13	35	28	35	33	0	0	7	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0.8	$475,000
T.J. Mathews	28	us US	R	R	6' 2"	200	Jan 9, 1970	4	66	0	4	66	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	$315,000
Jason McDonald	26	us US	B	R	5' 8"	175	Mar 20, 1972	2	70	44	70	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	33	25	60	1	11	4	1.2	$174,000
Kevin Mitchell	36	us US	R	R	5' 10"	186	Jan 13, 1962	13	51	27	51	11	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	10	23	23	0	-0.5	$225,000
Mike Mohler	29	us US	R	L	6' 2"	195	Jul 26, 1968	6	57	0	2	57	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	$525,000
Izzy Molina	27	us US	R	R	6' 1"	200	Jun 3, 1971	3	6	0	6	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0.1	$175,000
Mike Neill	28	us US	L	L	6' 2"	190	Apr 27, 1970	1st	6	3	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	6	0	1	0	0.0
Mike Oquist	30	us US	R	R	6' 2"	170	May 30, 1968	6	31	29	1	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	$215,000
Ariel Prieto	28	cu CU	R	R	6' 3"	220	Oct 22, 1969	4	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4
Bip Roberts	34	us US	B	R	5' 7"	150	Oct 27, 1963	12	61	41	61	52	0	0	0	30	3	0	8	12	3	22	0	14	2	1.2
Kenny Rogers	33	us US	L	L	6' 1"	200	Nov 10, 1964	10	34	34	2	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.5	$5,000,000
Aaron Small	26	us US	R	R	6' 5"	200	Nov 23, 1971	5	24	0	1	24	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.9	$197,500
Scott Spiezio	25	us US	B	R	6' 2"	195	Sep 21, 1972	3	114	111	114	112	0	0	0	112	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0.6	$205,000
Ed Sprague	30	us US	R	R	6' 2"	215	Jul 25, 1967	8	27	22	27	24	0	0	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	-0.8
Matt Stairs	30	ca CA	L	R	5' 9"	200	Feb 27, 1968	6	149	135	149	17	0	0	6	0	0	0	11	0	2	12	120	14	0	3.4	$325,000
Blake Stein	24	us US	R	R	6' 7"	210	Aug 3, 1973	1st	24	20	2	24	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.8	$170,000
Billy Taylor	36	us US	R	R	6' 8"	200	Oct 16, 1961	4	70	0	5	70	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	$1,100,000
Miguel Tejada	24	do DO	R	R	5' 9"	220	May 25, 1974	2	105	104	105	104	0	0	0	0	0	104	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-0.2	$172,000
Dave Telgheder	31	us US	R	R	6' 3"	212	Nov 11, 1966	6	8	2	0	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	$200,000
Jorge Velandia	23	ve VE	R	R	5' 9"	160	Jan 12, 1975	2	8	2	8	8	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jack Voigt	32	us US	R	R	6' 1"	170	May 17, 1966	7	57	13	57	49	0	0	27	0	2	0	9	10	2	20	3	10	15	-0.7
Jay Witasick	25	us US	R	R	6' 4"	205	Aug 28, 1972	3	7	3	0	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4
Jason Wood	28	us US	R	R	6' 2"	200	Dec 16, 1969	1st	3	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	$170,000
Tim Worrell	30	us US	R	R	6' 4"	210	Jul 5, 1967	6	25	0	0	25	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.7
Name	Age	Birth	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	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Art Howe	51	us US	Dec 15, 1946	Manager	Apr 1	Sep 27
Duffy Dyer	52	us US	Aug 15, 1945	Bench	Apr 1	Sep 27
Denny Walling	44	us US	Apr 17, 1954	Hitting	Apr 1	Sep 27
Bob Cluck	52	us US	Jan 10, 1946	Pitching	Apr 1	Sep 27
Rick Peterson	43	us US	Oct 30, 1954	Pitching	Apr 1	Sep 27
Brad Fischer	42	us US	Jun 28, 1956	Bullpen	Apr 1	Sep 27
Gary Jones	37		Nov 11, 1960	First base	Apr 1	Sep 27
Ron Washington	46	us US	Apr 29, 1952	Third base	Apr 1	Sep 27
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date