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Oakland Athletics

2nd place 61-70 (.466) M# - Last 10: 4-6 R: 681 RA: 731 Payroll: $13,200,000

Team Leaders AVG

J. Vázquez	.306
J. Slaughter	.278
M. Meyer	.259
L. Flores	.259
A. Berrios	.238

Team Leaders HR

J. Vázquez	34
J. Slaughter	27
M. Meyer	26
L. Flores	22
T. Chiasson	11

Team Leaders RBI

J. Vázquez	97
M. Meyer	83
J. Slaughter	67
L. Flores	62
T. Chiasson	40

Team Leaders W

J. van der Leeden	13
M. Cobb	10
L. Gómez	10
C. Villa	7
M. Elías	5

Team Leaders ERA

J. van der Leeden	3.85
L. Gómez	4.26
M. Cobb	4.33

Team Leaders K

J. van der Leeden	162
M. Cobb	117
L. Gómez	110
C. Villa	102
R. González	82

Who's Hot?
P	Jeff Minthorn	1 SV, 1.11	Last 11 games

Who's Not?
P	Walt O'Reilly	0-4, 13.76	Last 4 games
RF	Luis Flores	.074, 1 HR	Last 6 games
P	Raúl González	1-0, 9.00	Last 3 games
P	Manuel Elías	0-2, 11.78	Last 4 games
P	Carlos Aguilera	1-1, 8.66	Last 13 games

Pitching Staff
Role	T	Pitcher	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	WHIP	Status
Starter	R	Joop van der Leeden	28	28	13	6	0	3.85	1.21	Tired
Starter	R	Mark Cobb	25	25	10	7	0	4.33	1.44	Totally Exhausted
Starter	R	Luis Gómez	26	26	10	12	0	4.26	1.42	Rested
Starter	R	Raúl González	8	6	1	4	0	8.34	1.83	Exhausted
Starter	R	Stan McVurich	2	2	0	1	0	15.00	2.78	Rested
Spot Starter	R	Walt O'Reilly	14	14	1	11	0	7.86	1.85	Slightly Tired
Mopup	R	Walt O'Reilly	14	14	1	11	0	7.86	1.85	Slightly Tired
Mopup	L	Manuel Elías	28	19	5	10	0	7.86	1.94	Rested
Middle Reliever	R	Claudio Villa	60	0	7	4	2	4.11	1.44	Rested
Middle Reliever	R	Pablo Mora	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	Rested
Middle Reliever	R	Manuel Colón	27	0	0	2	3	3.83	1.53	Rested
Middle Reliever	L	Carlos Aguilera	29	0	4	2	0	8.17	2.12	Rested
Setup Reliever	R	Jeff Minthorn	18	0	1	2	3	2.75	0.94	Rested
Setup Reliever	L	Bill Butler	14	0	1	1	1	3.49	1.31	Rested
Closer	L	Rafael González	48	0	4	3	26	2.98	1.27	Rested

Catchers
#	B	Player	Pos	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	.AVG	OBP	SLG
31	S	Hyun-soo Park	C	60	195	41	6	28	25	11	39	.210	.258	.369
29	R	Luke Anderson	C	21	62	13	1	12	8	5	17	.210	.265	.355

Infielders
#	B	Player	Pos	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	.AVG	OBP	SLG
3	R	José De La Cruz	1B	111	417	112	9	58	39	38	76	.269	.332	.398
10	R	Alfonso González	2B	85	345	94	8	36	46	41	67	.272	.351	.400
16	L	Alan Farrell	3B	102	358	107	9	58	52	36	78	.299	.360	.458
6	L	Tony Beck	SS	49	93	22	1	9	9	7	18	.237	.291	.333
8	L	Takanobu Kichikawa	1B	27	71	21	1	12	8	3	12	.296	.324	.423
26	R	Edgardo Faboila	2B	67	149	40	2	21	21	5	27	.268	.299	.362
30	R	Chris Ward	2B	46	77	20	1	11	9	7	13	.260	.341	.429
14	R	Jack Taylor	1B	62	179	45	1	12	22	10	37	.251	.293	.413
13	R	Tom Archer	3B	64	225	52	2	21	15	11	58	.231	.280	.324
18	R	Kuan Xing	SS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000

Outfielders
#	B	Player	Pos	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	.AVG	OBP	SLG
22	R	José Vázquez	CF	111	448	137	34	97	76	42	54	.306	.370	.612
22	R	Tom Chiasson	LF	102	303	96	11	40	55	51	56	.317	.417	.455
2	R	Joe Slaughter	RF	124	471	131	27	67	100	59	105	.278	.367	.505
12	R	Luis Flores	RF	118	433	112	22	62	63	48	98	.259	.334	.464
23	L	Juan Anaya	RF	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750
4	L	Mike Smith	LF	94	259	60	7	28	32	24	49	.232	.296	.351
11	L	Santiago Pérez	RF	9	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	.000	.333	.000

Lineup vs RHP+DH
#	B	Name	Pos	AVG	HR	RBI	SB
1	L	Mike Smith	LF	.232	7	28	4
2	R	Alfonso González	2B	.272	8	36	1
3	R	José Vázquez	CF	.306	34	97	0
4	R	Joe Slaughter	RF	.278	27	67	26
5	R	Tom Chiasson	DH	.317	11	40	0
6	R	José De La Cruz	1B	.265	8	35	1
7	L	Alan Farrell	3B	.300	6	34	1
8	S	Hyun-soo Park	C	.210	6	28	0
9	L	Tony Beck	SS	.237	1	9	0

Lineup vs LHP+DH
#	B	Name	Pos	AVG	HR	RBI	SB
1	R	Luis Flores	LF	.259	22	62	13
2	R	Alfonso González	2B	.272	8	36	1
3	R	José Vázquez	CF	.306	34	97	0
4	R	Joe Slaughter	RF	.278	27	67	26
5	R	Tom Chiasson	DH	.317	11	40	0
6	R	José De La Cruz	C	.265	8	35	1
7	R	Tom Archer	3B	.500	1	4	0
8	R	Chris Ward	1B	.260	1	11	0
9	R	Jack Taylor	SS	.251	1	12	1

Injuries
Player	Injury	Out for...	Disabled List Status
SS António Berrios	oblique strain	3 weeks	10 day(s) left

Wed 9/1

vs NYY

RHP Marcos Sánchez

13-8, 3.67

Thu 9/2

vs NYY

RHP Mike Moody

14-8, 4.64

Fri 9/3

vs LAA

RHP Lewis Clemons

9-5, 3.89

Sat 9/4

vs LAA

RHP Bing-zhang Chia

13-8, 4.28

Sun 9/5

vs LAA

RHP Jesús Gómez

15-8, 4.92

Links
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Injuries	Pitching Stats
Personnel	Fielding Stats
Schedule	BA Top Prospects
Positional Strength	Minor League System

News

Standings
Western Division	W	L	PCT	GB
Los Angeles (A) Angels of Anaheim	75	58	.564	-
Oakland Athletics	61	70	.466	13.0
Seattle Mariners	55	77	.417	19.5
Texas Rangers	51	81	.386	23.5

Team Information
Record overall	61-70, .466 PCT
Position in Division	2nd, 13 GB
Record at home	29-36, .446 PCT
Record on the road	32-34, .485 PCT
Record in X-inning games	7-9, .438 PCT
Record in one-run games	25-21, .543 PCT
Record versus LHP	21-19, .525 PCT
Record versus RHP	40-51, .440 PCT
Record last 10 games	4-6, .400 PCT
Record in April	11-13, .458 PCT
Record in May	15-13, .536 PCT
Record in June	11-16, .407 PCT
Record in July	12-12, .500 PCT
Record in August	12-16, .429 PCT

Team Batting Stats & Rankings
Batting Average	.267 - 10th in AL
On-Base Percentage	.335 - 10th in AL
Slugging Percentage	.443 - 8th in AL
On-Base + Slugging	.778 - 8th in AL
Runs Scored	681 - 8th in AL
Hits	1243 - 12th in AL
Extra-Base Hits	447 - 5th in AL
Home Runs	175 - 4th in AL
Bases-On-Balls	442 - 9th in AL
Strikeouts	938 - 13th in AL
Stolen Bases	59 - 8th in AL

Team Pitching Stats & Rankings
Earned Run Average	5.07 - 12th in AL
Starters' ERA	5.41 - 12th in AL
Bullpen ERA	4.19 - 10th in AL
Runs allowed	731 - 11th in AL
Hits allowed	1290 - 5th in AL
Opponents AVG	.278 - 5th in AL
BABIP	.311 - 4th in AL
Home Runs allowed	185 - 14th in AL
Bases-On-Balls	465 - 9th in AL
Strikeouts	900 - 3rd in AL

Minor League System

Sacramento River Cats (AAA)
72-61, .541, 7½ GB

Midland RockHounds (AA)
88-47, .652, - GB

Kane County Cougars (A)
92-42, .687, - GB

Stockton Ports (A)
77-58, .570, - GB

Vancouver Canadians (S A)
41-26, .612, - GB

Phoenix (OAK) Athletics (R)
35-21, .625, 1½ GB