2005 Oakland Athletics Trades and Transactions

2004 Season 2006 Season

Record: 88-74-0, Finished 2nd in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Ken Macha (88-74)

General Manager: Billy Beane

Farm Director: Keith Lieppman

Scouting Director: Eric Kubota

Ballpark: McAfee Coliseum

Attendance: 2,109,118 (8th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100
One-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 104

Pythagorean W-L: 93-69, 772 Runs, 658 Runs Allowed

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Transactions

Transactions listed are from October 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

November 2, 2004

Signed Seth Etherton as a free agent.
November 3, 2004

Signed Jermaine Clark as a free agent.
November 5, 2004

Mark McLemore granted Free Agency.
November 15, 2004

Signed Jack Cust as a free agent.
November 18, 2004

Signed Jimmy Serrano as a free agent.
November 22, 2004

Signed Hiram Bocachica as a free agent.
November 27, 2004

Traded Mark Redman, Arthur Rhodes and cash to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Jason Kendall and cash.
December 13, 2004

Drafted Tyler Johnson from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2004 rule 5 draft.
December 16, 2004

Traded Tim Hudson to the Atlanta Braves. Received Juan Cruz, Dan Meyer and Charles Thomas.

Traded Nelson Cruz and Justin Lehr to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Keith Ginter.
December 18, 2004

Traded Mark Mulder to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Daric Barton, Kiko Calero and Dan Haren.
January 12, 2005

Signed Bob Smith as a free agent.

Signed Keiichi Yabu as a free agent.
March 22, 2005

Returned Tyler Johnson (earlier draft pick) to the St. Louis Cardinals.
May 14, 2005

Purchased Ryan Glynn from the Toronto Blue Jays.
May 15, 2005

Signed Steve Sparks as a free agent.
May 17, 2005

Traded Mike Ziegler (minors) to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Received Tom Gregorio. Trade was voided and players returned on May 20, 2005.
May 29, 2005

Signed Mike Saipe as a free agent.
June 7, 2005

Drafted Cliff Pennington in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 2005.

Drafted Travis Buck in the 1st round (36th pick) of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed July 15, 2005.

Drafted Vin Mazzaro in the 3rd round of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed September 8, 2005.

Drafted Justin Sellers in the 6th round of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 2005.

Drafted Jeff Baisley in the 12th round of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 2005.

Drafted Justin Smoak in the 16th round of the 2005 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

Drafted Anthony Recker in the 18th round of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 2005.

Drafted Brad Kilby in the 29th round of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 2005.
June 24, 2005

Tim Harikkala granted Free Agency.
June 30, 2005

Received Tom Gregorio from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim as part of a conditional deal.
July 1, 2005

Released Jimmy Serrano.
July 13, 2005

Traded Chad Bradford to the Boston Red Sox. Received Jay Payton and cash.

Traded Eric Byrnes and Omar Quintanilla to the Colorado Rockies. Received Joe Kennedy and Jay Witasick.
July 16, 2005

Released Steve Sparks.
July 17, 2005

Released Steve Smyth.
August 17, 2005

Purchased Adam Johnson from San Diego (Golden Baseball).
August 25, 2005

Signed Alberto Castillo as a free agent.
September 12, 2005

Released Seth Etherton.
October 3, 2005

Ryan Glynn granted Free Agency.
October 14, 2005

Jermaine Clark granted Free Agency.
October 15, 2005

Alberto Castillo granted Free Agency.

Jack Cust granted Free Agency.

Tom Gregorio granted Free Agency.

Adam Johnson granted Free Agency.

Britt Reames granted Free Agency.

Mike Saipe granted Free Agency.

Bob Smith granted Free Agency.
October 17, 2005

Keiichi Yabu granted Free Agency.
October 22, 2005

Signed Adam Johnson as a free agent.
October 27, 2005

Ricardo Rincón granted Free Agency.
October 28, 2005

Octavio Dotel granted Free Agency.

Erubiel Durazo granted Free Agency.

Jay Witasick granted Free Agency.
November 1, 2005

Scott Hatteberg granted Free Agency.
November 9, 2005

Signed Jay Witasick as a free agent.
November 15, 2005

Signed Matt Roney as a free agent.
November 29, 2005

Signed Esteban Loaiza as a free agent.
December 2, 2005

Traded a player to be named later to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Chad Gaudin. The Oakland Athletics sent Dustin Majewski (minors) (December 8, 2005) to the Toronto Blue Jays to complete the trade.
December 8, 2005

Alexi Ogando drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 2005 rule 5 draft.
December 9, 2005

Signed Doug Clark as a free agent.

Signed Jason Karnuth as a free agent.

Signed Scott McClain as a free agent.
December 13, 2005

Traded Andre Ethier to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Milton Bradley and Antonio Pérez.
December 15, 2005

Sent Mario Ramos to the San Diego Padres as part of a conditional deal.

John Baker selected by the Florida Marlins off waivers.
December 19, 2005

Signed Mac Suzuki as a free agent.
December 21, 2005

Hiram Bocachica granted Free Agency.
January 5, 2006

Signed Hiram Bocachica as a free agent.

Signed Raúl Casanova as a free agent.

Signed Randy Keisler as a free agent.

Selected John Baker off waivers from the Florida Marlins.
January 31, 2006

Signed Frank Thomas as a free agent.
March 24, 2006

Marcus Gwyn player rights sold to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
March 26, 2006

Traded Juan Cruz to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received Brad Halsey.
March 31, 2006

Mac Suzuki granted Free Agency.

As part of a 3-team trade, traded John Rheinecker to the Texas Rangers and Freddie Bynum to the Chicago Cubs. Received Juan Domínguez from the Texas Rangers. In addition, the Chicago Cubs sent John Koronka and cash to the Texas Rangers.