2013 Oakland A's Season in Review
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2013 A’s POSTSEASON GUIDE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF 2013 OAKLAND A’S • Have posted the best record (190-134, .586 pct.) in the majors, along with Atlanta, over the past two seasons. • Since May 17, their 76-44 mark (.633) is the best in the majors. • Registered back-to-back winning seasons for the first time since 1999-2006 when they reeled off eight straight campaigns over the .500 mark. It’s also the first time the A’s have won back-to-back AL West titles in 10 years (2002-03). • Completed 12 series sweeps, including three-game home sweeps of the Yankees and Rays, a four- game home sweep of the Twins and three three-game sets against the Astros. • An acme of consistency, they have rattled off 10 consecutive winning months dating back to June of 2012—tied for the third longest streak in Oakland history and team’s longest since a 10-month string in 2002-2003. It’s also the longest active streak in the majors. • None of the other 2013 playoff teams own a winning record vs. Oakland, except for Cleveland. The A’s were 2-5 vs. the Indians, 4-3 vs. Detroit, 2-1 vs. St. Louis and Pittsburgh, 3-3 vs. Boston and Tampa Bay and 2-2 vs. Cincinnati. • Launched the most home runs (88) and posted the highest slugging percentage (.451) in the majors since the All-Star Break. • Five starting pitchers finished in double-digit victories this year—Colon 18, Griffin 14, Parker 12, Milone 12 and Straily 10—tying Detroit for the most in the majors. It’s the most 10-game winners by an A’s staff since 2005. • Featured seven players with 12 home runs or more and six players with 56 RBI or more this season. • Also have four players (Moss, Cespedes, Donaldson and Crisp) with 20 or more home runs for the first time since 2004 (Byrnes, Chavez, Crosby, Durazo, Dye), • Tied for second in the AL in one-run victories with 30 (Kansas City, 31). • A testament to their bullpen, they were 82-3 when leading after eight innings and were 77-6 when leading after seven frames this year. • Bartolo Colon, at age 40, finished second in the American League in wins (18) and ERA (2.65), and tied for third in complete games (3). • Pitcher Jarrod Parker went unbeaten in a stretch of 19 consecutive starts from May 28 to Sept. 10, the longest such streak in Oakland history and the franchise’s longest since Lefty Grove’s 21-start streak for the Philadelphia A’s in 1931. • Closer Grant Balfour secured 38 saves this season in 41 opportunities, the seventh most in franchise history and the most since Keith Foulke had 43 in 2003. He ranked fourth in the AL in save per- centage (92.7%). • Jed Lowrie hit a career-high 45 doubles this season, the second most in Oakland history (Giambi, 47 in 2001) and the second-most this year in the American League. • Coco Crisp’s 22 home runs as a leadoff hitter were the most in the majors and tied for second-most in Oakland history behind Rickey Henderson (28 in 1990). He’s also the first Athletic to hit 20 homers and steal 20 bases in 20 years (Ruben Sierra, 1993). • Derek Norris hit three pinch-hit home runs this season, tied for second most in the AL and the most by an A’s player since Jeff Burroughs had four in 1982. • A’s home attendance was up 8% in 2013, an improvement of 130,289 fans from last year. In all, the A’s drew 1,809,302 fans in 2013, an average of 22,337 per game. 2012 OAKLAND ATHLETICS POSTSEASON MEDIA GUIDE < 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2013 ATHLETICS Miscellaneous Stats ................................................. 96 Manager and Coaches ............................................... 3 Club Statistics .......................................................... 97 Bob Melvin ..................................................... 3 Highs and Lows ........................................................ 97 Darren Bush ................................................... 5 Designated Hitting Statistics..................................... 99 Chili Davis ...................................................... 6 Pinch Hitting Statistics .............................................. 99 Mike Gallego .................................................. 7 Batting With RISP ................................................... 100 Chip Hale ....................................................... 7 Batting With The Bases Loaded ............................. 100 Ariel Prieto ..................................................... 8 Batting and Pitching Breakdown ............................ 101 Tye Waller ...................................................... 9 Player Transactions ................................................ 101 Curt Young ................................................... 10 Starting Lineups ..................................................... 103 The Players ...............................................................11 Stats At The All-Star Break ..................................... 104 Brett Anderson ..............................................11 Stats After The All-Star Break ................................. 105 Grant Balfour ............................................... 13 April Statistics ......................................................... 106 Daric Barton ................................................. 16 May Statistics ......................................................... 107 Jerry Blevins ................................................ 18 June Statistics ........................................................ 108 Alberto Callaspo .......................................... 20 July Statistics ......................................................... 109 Yoenis Céspedes ......................................... 22 August Statistics ......................................................110 Jesse Chavez .............................................. 24 September Statistics ...............................................111 Bartolo Colón ............................................... 26 Stats At Home .........................................................112 Ryan Cook ................................................... 30 Stats On The Road..................................................113 Coco Crisp ................................................... 32 Stats During The Day ..............................................114 Josh Donaldson ........................................... 36 Stats At Night ..........................................................115 Sean Doolittle .............................................. 38 Stats vs. Left-Handers .............................................116 Pedro Figueroa ............................................ 40 Stats vs. Right-Handers ..........................................117 Nate Freiman ............................................... 41 Final Standings .......................................................118 Sonny Gray .................................................. 43 Major League Attendance .......................................119 A.J. Griffin .................................................... 45 AL Team Leaders ................................................... 120 John Jaso .................................................... 48 AL Batting Leaders ................................................. 122 Jed Lowrie ................................................... 50 AL Pitching Leaders ............................................... 124 Tommy Milone .............................................. 52 AL Rookie Batting Leaders ..................................... 126 Brandon Moss .............................................. 55 AL Rookie Pitching Leaders ................................... 127 Derek Norris ................................................. 57 NL Team Leaders ................................................... 128 Dan Otero .................................................... 59 NL Batting Leaders ................................................. 130 Jarrod Parker ............................................... 61 NL Pitching Leaders ............................................... 132 Andy Parrino ................................................ 64 NL Rookie Batting Leaders .................................... 134 Josh Reddick ............................................... 66 NL Rookie Pitching Leaders ................................... 135 Evan Scribner .............................................. 68 Final Spring Training Statistics ............................... 136 Seth Smith ................................................... 69 Spring Training Results .......................................... 138 Eric Sogard .................................................. 72 Minor League Statistics .......................................... 139 Dan Straily ................................................... 73 Organizational Standings ....................................... 145 Kurt Suzuki .................................................. 76 Organizational Leaders .......................................... 146 Stephen Vogt ............................................... 78 Chris Young ................................................. 80 ATHLETICS POSTSEASON HistorY How The A’s Were Built ............................................ 83 All-Time Postseason Results ................................. 148 Postseason Team Totals ........................................ 151 2013 SEASON IN REVIEW Postseason Career Leaders................................... 153 Season in Review..................................................... 84 Division Series Records ......................................... 154 Batting and Pitching Statistics