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Oakland Athletics Virtual Press O AKLAND A THLETICS Game Information Oakland Athletics Baseball Company7000 Coliseum WayOakland, CA 94621 510-638-4900www.athletics.comA’s PR on Twitter @AsMedia Alerts OAKLAND ATHLETICS (3-3) VS. SEATTLE MARINERS (2-3) SUNDAY, APRIL 12, 2015 – O.CO COLISEUM – 1:05 P.M. PDT RHP JESSE HAHN (0-1, 4.50) VS. RHP FELIX HERNANDEZ (1-0, 1.29) CSNCA – A’S RADIO NETWORK (95.7 FM THE GAME) – EN ESPAÑOL (KIQI 1010 AM) ABOUT THE A’S: Have split the first two MLB BEST RECORDS, following the 1997 season…that is the sixth best record in the majors over games of the Seattle series after splitting a LAST FOUR YEARS (2012-15) that span…the A’s have reached the playoffs eight times in those 17 sea- four-game series with Texas…have started sons, which is fifth most behind the Yankees (14), Braves (11), Cardinals the season 3-3 for the second consecutive W L PCT (11) and Red Sox (9). year and have yet to put together consecu- Washington 281 210 .572 Oakland 281 211 .571 ROSTER NOTES: Of the 25 players on the A’s Opening Day roster, only tive wins or losses…have out-scored the St. Louis 277 213 .565 opposition 30-0 in their three wins and have three played for Oakland prior to 2013…Eric Sogard is the longest tenured Baltimore 277 214 .564 Athletic as he made his A’s debut Sept. 14, 2010…two players made their been out-scored 18-6 in their three losses… Detroit 276 215 .562 have an overall run differential of +18, which Los Angeles (NL) 274 217 .558 Oakland debut in 2012 (Chavez, Scribner)…the A’s made a total of nine matches the largest in Oakland history over Atlanta 274 217 .558 trades this off-season involving 27 players…the average age on the A’s the first six games (also 1990)…hold a share Opening Day roster was 27.92 years…R.J. Alvarez was the youngest (23 of first place in the American League West and have held at least a share years, 301 days) and Ben Zobrist was the oldest (33 years, 314 days) until of first four of the first six days of the season…every team in the West Cody Ross joined the club on Wednesday (34 years, 103 days on Opening has held at least a share of first this year…this is the A’s 48th season in Day)…had five rookies on the Opening Day roster after having none last Oakland where they have won 16 AL West titles, two AL Wild Cards, six year…however, two of those players have been optioned (Burns, Laden- AL pennants and four World Championships…only the New York Yankees dorf), leaving the A’s with three rookies currently (Alvarez, Canha, Grave- (18) and Atlanta Braves (17) have more division titles than the A’s…since man)…used just two rookies the entire season last year. the A’s moved to Oakland in 1968, only the Yankees (11) and Cardinals CONTRACT STATUS: The A’s have three players under contract beyond (8) have more league championships and only the Yankees have more the 2015 season…Coco Crisp is signed through 2016 with a vesting option world championships (7)…have appeared in the postseason in each of the for 2017, Billy Butler is signed through 2017 and Sean Doolittle is signed last three years and eight of the last 15…only the Yankees (12), Cardinals through 2018 with club options for 2019 and 2020. (11) and Braves (9) have made more postseason appearances over that span…have a 3907-3576 (.522) record over the previous 47 seasons in DURING THE SPRING: The A’s went 22-11-2 (.657) during the spring, Oakland…only four teams have won more games over that span (New which was the second best record in the majors to Kansas City (20-10-1, York Yankees, Boston, Los Angeles Dodgers, St. Louis)…this is the Athlet- .661)…the 22 wins tied the Oakland Spring Training record set in 2001… ics franchise 115th season in the American League…since 1901, the A’s had the fourth best winning percentage…finished with a winning record for have 16 AL West titles plus 15 AL pennants and nine World Champion- the fourth consecutive spring…went 14-1 in their first season at the newly ships…only the Yankees (27) and Cardinals (11) have won more World renovated Hohokam Stadium and drew 110,059 fans…that was the A’s Championships. second best Arizona total to the record of 110,543 in 2005…were also 8-7- 2 on the road, 0-2 at Las Vegas and 0-1 in Oakland…the A’s led the majors PITCHING: The A’s have a Major League leading three shutouts over the in runs (199), doubles (90) and sacrifice flies (18)…ranked second among first six games of the season…each of the A’s shutouts have been by eight Cactus League teams in slugging (.461), on-base percentage (.343) and or more runs (8-0, 10-0, 12-0)…last year the A’s had three shutouts of eight walks (112), third in triples (14) and tied for third in home runs (33)…the or more runs the entire season…have a 2.25 ERA, which ranks third in the 90 doubles were second most by an A’s team during the spring since at American League…A’s starting pitchers have allowed one earned run or least 1991 (first year spring stats are available)…the pitching staff ranked fewer in the four of the first six games and have a 2.56 ERA (11 er in 38.2 second in the CL in ERA (3.60) and strikeouts (262) and third in most walks ip), which ranks fourth in the AL. (104)…the strikeouts are the most by an A’s pitching staff during the spring since at least 1991, topping the 247 from last year, and the ERA is second OFFENSE: The A’s have reached double figures in hits in four of the first six games and are batting .297, which ranks third in the American lowest (3.29 in 1994)…committed the third fewest errors in the CL (23). League…lead the AL in doubles (15) and rank second in triples (3) but A’s vs. MARINERS: The A’s have split the first two meetings of 2015 after have the second fewest home runs (3)…are one of four AL teams without losing the season series last year, 10-9…went 4-6 in Oakland and 5-4 in a stolen base…A’s pinch hitters are 0-for-4 with two walks. Seattle…hit .212 and averaged 3.16 runs per game, both of which were the A’s lowest single season marks ever against the Mariners…however, DEFENSIVE DOINGS: The A’s committed their seventh error of the sea- son yesterday, which is tied for second most in the American League… the pitching staff had a 2.72 ERA and held Seattle to a .216 batting aver- have made at least one error in five of the first six games…have turned six age…have lost each of the last two season series and three of the last double plays, which is tied for second most in the AL. four…however, are 39-39 against Seattle since 2011…all-time, the A’s are 322-246 (.567) against Seattle, which is the second best mark by any team HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are 3-3 on this season-opening seven-game against the Mariners to Boston’s .575 mark (min. 20 games)…are 177-108 homestand against Texas (2-2) and Seattle (1-1)…leave following the in Oakland, 144-137 in Seattle and 1-1 in Tokyo. game today for a 10-game road trip to Houston (three games), Kansas TODAY’S TIDBITS City (three games) and Los Angeles-AL (four games)…last year, the A’s compiled a 48-33 (.593) record at home compared to 40-41 (.494) on the Billy Butler is the only Athletic to hit safely in each of the first six games road…tied for the third best home record in the American League and had and is the only American Leaguer with a six-game hitting streak…Mark the eighth best road record…posted a winning record at home for the fifth Canha has hit safely in each of the first four games of his career…has consecutive season but had a losing record on the road for the first time eight hits, which match the most in Oakland history by a player in his first since 2011. four career games (Ramon Hernandez, 1999)…Marcus Semien has hit safely and driven in a run in five of his first six games. THE DISABLED LIST: The A’s have seven players on the disabled list (Crisp, Doolittle, Freiman, Griffin, Nolin, Parker, Thompson)…began the THIS DATE IN A’S HISTORY season with eight players on the DL as Josh Reddick was reinstated to- day…the eight players are the most on the DL to start the season for the In 1909 the A’s play their first game at Shibe Park, defeating Boston, A’s since Opening Day rosters are first available in 1992…the previous 8-1…a crowd of 31,160 watches Eddie Plank defeat the Red Sox and high was seven last year…Griffin and Thompson are on the 60-day DL… 18-year old John “Stuffy” McInnis make his major league debut…in 1955 the A’s used the DL 18 times last year after using it 13 times in 2013… the Athletics open their first season in Kansas City with a 6-2 win over the began the season with seven players on the DL, used it just six times from Detroit Tigers…in 1994 Oakland collects just two hits but defeats Toronto Opening Day through July 27, and then added five players over a 28-day 8-4 as the Blue Jay pitchers walk 12 A’s hitters…both hits come in the span from July 28 through August 24…have not had fewer than two play- first inning as Oakland draws four consecutive walks in the third inning ers on the DL since the end of the 2006 season when they had just one.
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