Baseball Prospectus | Search

	Oakland Athletics
	DT Cards \| PECOTA Cards \| Depth Chart

2009 Standings

Complete 2009 standings (updated: 11-06)

Click a column header to sort by that column. Click again to reverse sort order. Mouse over a column header link to see the definition, or click the icon to view the stat's Glossary entry. For more exclusive Baseball Prospectus standings data, take a look at the Current Adjusted Standings and Playoff Odds Report. For more stats of all types, see the Sortable Stats page.

Rnk	American League West	Win	Loss	Pct	GB	RS/G	RA/G	Diff/G	Pyth O/U	Hitter VORP	Pitcher VORP	Def Eff	Hit List Rank (through 10-12)
	American League West
1	Los Angeles Angels	97	65	.599	-	5.45	4.70	0.75	4.4	203.8	211.0	.689	5
2	Texas Rangers	87	75	.537	10.0	4.84	4.57	0.27	1.6	108.1	229.6	.699	10
3	Seattle Mariners	85	77	.525	12.0	3.95	4.27	-0.32	9.8	28.8	263.4	.712	15
4	Oakland Athletics	75	87	.463	22.0	4.69	4.70	-0.01	-5.8	64.7	189.8	.683	19

Team Health Reports

02-25

Oakland Athletics
Days Lost: 1,036
Dollars Lost: $13.5 million
Injury Cost: $25.9 million

more Team Health Reports...

Top 11 Prospects

02-25

Oakland Athletics
Top prospect: Michael Ynoa

more Top 11 Prospects...

2009 Rankings

75 Wins is tied for 20th in MLB, tied for 10th in league, 4th in division
87 Losses is tied for 20th in MLB, tied for 10th in league, 4th in division
.463 Win Pct is tied for 20th in MLB, tied for 10th in league, 4th in division
4.69 RS/G is 14th in MLB, 9th in league, 3rd in division
4.70 RA/G is tied for 18th in MLB, tied for 9th in league, tied for 3rd in division
-0.01 Diff/G is tied for 16th in MLB, tied for 8th in league, 3rd in division
-5.8 Pyth O/U is 27th in MLB, 12th in league, 4th in division
64.7 Hitter VORP is 27th in MLB, 11th in league, 3rd in division
189.8 Pitcher VORP is 16th in MLB, 11th in league, 4th in division
.683 Def Eff is 24th in MLB, 9th in league, 4th in division

Projected 2009 Performance

Athletics Depth Chart (updated: 08-09)

AL West	W	L	WPct	RS	RA	AVG	OBP	SLG
Los Angeles Angels	93	69	.574	870	829	.276	.340	.433
Texas Rangers	86	76	.531	837	875	.262	.326	.437
Seattle Mariners	78	84	.481	731	859	.261	.320	.406
Oakland Athletics	71	91	.438	755	855	.252	.322	.388

Top offensive performers by VORP

Rajai Davis
27.2 VORP

Adam Kennedy
24.0 VORP

Matt Holliday
23.9 VORP

Top pitching performers by VORP

Andrew Bailey
36.5 VORP

Michael Wuertz
26.4 VORP

Dallas Braden
25.9 VORP

Hitters by VORP descending

(through games of 10-06)

Click a column header to sort by that column. Click again to reverse sort order. For more stats of all types, see the Sortable Stats page.

Rank	Player	PA	R	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	MLVr	EqA	VORP
1	Rajai Davis	432	65	27	5	3	48	29	70	41	12	.305	.360	.423	.076	.279	27.2
2	Adam Kennedy	587	65	29	1	11	63	45	86	20	6	.289	.348	.410	.022	.265	24.0
3	Matt Holliday	400	52	23	1	11	54	46	58	12	3	.286	.377	.454	.136	.289	23.9
4	Kurt Suzuki	614	74	37	1	15	88	28	59	8	2	.274	.313	.421	-.034	.252	19.7
5	Jack Cust	612	88	16	0	25	70	93	185	4	1	.240	.356	.417	.010	.270	16.6
6	Ryan Sweeney	534	68	31	3	6	53	40	67	6	5	.293	.348	.407	.020	.261	15.1
7	Cliff Pennington	229	27	11	3	4	21	19	46	7	5	.279	.342	.418	.014	.259	9.4
8	Orlando Cabrera	448	41	23	0	4	41	25	39	11	4	.280	.318	.365	-.101	.238	9.2
9	Mark Ellis	410	52	23	0	10	61	23	54	10	3	.263	.305	.403	-.086	.244	6.0
10	Eric Patterson	110	15	5	1	1	11	14	25	6	1	.287	.373	.394	.039	.280	5.0
11	Daric Barton	192	31	12	1	3	24	26	25	0	2	.269	.372	.412	.053	.273	3.1
12	Landon Powell	155	19	7	0	7	30	14	36	0	0	.229	.297	.429	-.090	.245	2.1
13	Edgar Gonzalez	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	3.609	.000	2.0
14	Nomar Garciaparra	169	17	8	0	3	16	8	28	2	0	.281	.314	.387	-.074	.241	1.5
15	Trevor Cahill	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	.694	.359	0.7
16	Matt Carson	22	1	0	0	1	5	0	7	0	0	.286	.273	.429	-.090	.239	0.0
17	Eric Munson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	-1.332	-.237	-0.3
18	Josh Outman	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	-1.332	-.237	-0.3
19	Brett Anderson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	-1.332	-.236	-0.4
20	Chris Denorfia	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	-1.332	-.237	-0.6
21	Dallas Braden	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	-1.332	-.164	-0.6
22	Vin Mazzaro	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	-1.332	.269	-0.6
23	Gregorio Petit	31	2	1	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	.226	.226	.258	-.462	.127	-2.4
24	Tommy Everidge	97	13	6	0	2	7	8	17	0	0	.224	.302	.365	-.176	.229	-2.8
25	Travis Buck	115	11	3	0	3	10	10	20	1	1	.219	.287	.333	-.241	.209	-4.4
26	Jason Giambi	328	39	13	0	11	40	50	72	0	0	.193	.332	.364	-.130	.246	-5.2
27	Eric Chavez	31	0	1	0	0	1	1	7	0	0	.100	.129	.133	-.878	-.160	-5.4
28	Jack Hannahan	134	12	6	2	1	8	13	36	0	0	.193	.278	.303	-.313	.196	-5.5
29	Scott Hairston	248	24	13	1	7	35	8	38	3	2	.236	.262	.391	-.203	.219	-5.6
30	Bobby Crosby	272	35	10	2	6	29	24	44	2	1	.223	.295	.357	-.193	.226	-5.9
31	Aaron Cunningham	57	6	2	0	1	6	3	16	0	0	.151	.211	.245	-.553	.117	-6.2

Pitchers by VORP descending

Click a column header to sort by that column. Click again to reverse sort order. For more stats of all types, see the Sortable Stats page.

Rank	Player	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	H9	BB9	SO9	HR9	ERA	SNLVAR	WXRL	VORP
1	Andrew Bailey	6	3	26	68	0	83.3	5.29	2.70	9.83	0.54	1.84	0.0	4.118	36.5
2	Michael Wuertz	6	1	4	74	0	78.7	5.95	2.63	11.67	0.69	2.63	0.0	4.095	26.4
3	Dallas Braden	8	9	0	22	22	136.7	9.48	2.77	5.33	0.59	3.89	3.3	0.000	25.9
4	Brett Anderson	11	11	0	30	30	175.3	9.24	2.26	7.70	1.03	4.06	3.6	0.000	21.7
5	Brad Ziegler	2	4	7	69	0	73.3	10.06	3.44	6.63	0.25	3.07	0.0	1.578	20.9
6	Trevor Cahill	10	13	0	32	32	178.7	9.32	3.63	4.53	1.36	4.63	3.4	0.000	17.7
7	Craig Breslow	7	5	0	60	0	55.3	6.02	2.93	7.16	0.81	2.60	0.0	1.332	16.2
8	Josh Outman	4	1	0	14	12	67.3	7.08	3.34	7.08	1.20	3.48	1.4	0.273	14.0
9	Brett Tomko	4	1	0	6	6	36.7	7.61	1.47	5.40	1.72	2.95	1.4	0.000	12.2
10	Brad Kilby	1	0	0	11	1	17.0	5.29	2.12	10.59	0.53	0.53	0.2	0.273	9.2
11	Russ Springer	0	1	0	48	0	41.7	11.23	3.02	10.15	1.08	4.10	0.0	-0.260	7.0
12	Jeff Gray	0	1	0	24	0	26.3	10.25	1.37	6.49	1.03	3.76	0.0	-0.214	5.1
13	Kevin Cameron	0	0	1	11	0	18.3	7.36	2.95	7.36	0.49	3.44	0.0	0.251	5.0
14	John Meloan	0	0	0	6	0	8.3	3.24	2.16	11.88	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.104	4.5
15	Jerry Blevins	0	0	0	20	0	22.3	7.66	2.42	9.27	0.81	4.84	0.0	0.176	2.5
16	Edgar Gonzalez	0	4	0	26	6	65.3	10.47	3.86	5.37	0.55	5.51	0.0	-0.043	1.7
17	Dan Giese	0	3	0	7	1	22.0	9.00	3.68	4.50	2.05	5.32	0.1	0.046	1.2
18	Henry Rodriguez	0	0	0	3	0	4.0	9.00	4.50	9.00	0.00	2.25	0.0	-0.008	0.6
19	Chad Reineke	0	0	0	1	1	5.0	12.60	0.00	1.80	3.60	7.20	-0.1	0.000	-0.8
20	Vin Mazzaro	4	9	0	17	17	91.3	11.82	3.84	5.81	1.18	5.32	0.8	0.000	-1.2
21	Gio Gonzalez	6	7	0	20	17	98.7	10.31	5.11	9.94	1.28	5.75	1.0	-0.092	-4.0
22	Santiago Casilla	1	2	0	46	0	48.3	11.36	4.66	6.52	1.12	5.96	0.0	-0.209	-4.5
23	Sean Gallagher	1	2	0	6	2	14.3	13.19	4.40	6.28	0.63	8.16	-0.3	0.203	-6.9
24	Jay Marshall	0	2	0	10	0	7.3	15.95	0.00	1.23	1.23	14.73	0.0	-0.191	-7.3
25	Clayton Mortensen	2	4	0	6	6	27.7	12.04	3.90	3.58	1.63	7.81	-0.4	0.000	-10.1
26	Dana Eveland	2	4	0	13	9	44.0	14.32	5.32	4.50	0.82	7.16	-0.3	-0.298	-10.4

Recent Transactions

Subscribers can click 'read more' to read the latest from Christina Kahrl on Oakland Athletics roster moves.

11-23: Purchased the contracts of RHPs Fautino De Los Santos and Justin Souza, LHP Pedro Figueroa, and 1B-R Chris Carter. [11/20]
Signed 1B/3B-L Dall ... for complete analysis of this transaction and much more, subscribe to Baseball Prospectus

11-13: Outrighted OF-R Chris Denorfia to Sacramento (Triple-A). [11/9]
... for complete analysis of this transaction and much more, subscribe to Baseball Prospectus

11-06: Activated LHPs Josh Outman and Dallas Braden and RHPs Vin Mazzaro, Justin Duchscherer, and Joey Devine from the 60-day DL. [11/5]

That's t ... for complete analysis of this transaction and much more, subscribe to Baseball Prospectus