PLAYER DEVELOPMENT

Trevor Cahill (left) and Brett Anderson (right) pitched for the bronze medal winning United States team in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. MISCELLANEOUS PLAYER DEVELOPMENT OPPONENTS HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW 2009 ATHLETICS FRONT OFFICE Scouting Assistant . Scouting Checker Cross Midwest . Checker Cross Western . Checker Cross . National Scout Professional . . Scout Professional . . Scout Professional . . Scout Professional . . Scout Professional . . Scout Professional / General . the to Assistant Special . Scout Advance League Major Scouting American Latin of Coordinator . . Scouting of Director Assistant . Operations. American Latin of Director Personnel Player of Director . Scouting Professional . of Director Scouting of Director . SCOUTING DIRECTORY ATHLETICS MINORLEAGUE DIRECTORY 350 . . . Hislop Adam Spear Russell . . . . Villanueva Juan Oswaldo Troconis Garcia Andri . . Barradas Ruben . . . Reyes. Amaury Marmol Pablo . . . Eusebio Angel . California Southern Cruz La De Carlos Juan . Name Township, Macomb MI YorkPennsylvania New Western . Western and Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, INTERNATIONAL SCOUTS AZ Phoenix, CentralCanada Wisconsin, . Nevada Southern Wyoming, Utah, Mexico, New Colorado, Arizona, Florida . NJ Beach, Cliffwood . York, New Eastern England, Jersey,New New Connecticut, Delaware, Stotts JT Tennessee, Virginia Kentucky,Nicho Western . Virginia, West Sparks Rich Schied Jeremy IL Champaign, . Mississippi. Louisiana, Arkansas, . Dakota South Dakota, North Missouri, Eastern Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, TrevorSchaffer . California Southern Eastern Sauer Marc Ranson Matt . Hawaii. California, Southern Mucker Kelcey . . Georgia Florida, Northern Alabama, Washington, . Canada. Idaho,Oregon, Montana,Western Canada Mello Kevin Martins Eric . Nevada. Northern California, Northern . Greensboro, Magnante Rick . Virginia Eastern DC, Maryland, Missouri Carolina, Western South Carolina,Nebraska, North Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas . Maddox Leland Higginson Matt Jim Coffman Clark Jermaine Pennsylvania Brown Armann YancyAyres Avent Neil Name Territory TERRITORIAL SCOUTS Development Player Assistant Administrative . . Keeper. Grounds Arizona Staff Clubhouse Arizona . . Manager Clubhouse Arizona Supervisor Clubhouse . Arizona Coordinator. . Video League Minor Minor LeaguePitchingRehabCoordinator Coordinator Conditioning . and Strength League Minor . Coordinator Medical League Minor Coordinator ofMedicalServices . . Development. Player and Scouting for Instructor Special Instructor Roving . League Minor Instructor Infield Roving . League Minor . Instructor. Pitching Roving League Minor . . Instructor Hitting Roving League Minor . Operations. of Assistant Executive Administration Baseball of Director . Operations. . . League Minor of Director . Development. Player of Director PLAYER DEVELOPMENTDIRECTORY ❯ . .

2009 MEDIAGUIDE ...... Garvin A Garvin ...... Portland, OR ..Portland, ...... Venezuela ...... Australia ...... Dominican Republic Dominican . Taiwan . . Venezuela . . Republic Dominican ...... Sam Geaney ..Sam Weissmann Craig . Bittiger Jeff . Ziegler Mike . Alderson Bryn . Schock ..Will Kubota ..Eric ...... Venezuela ...... Dominican Republic Dominican ...... Chad Yaconetti Chad ...... Billy Owens ..Billy ...... Ron VaughnRon ...... Dominican Republic Dominican ...... Steve Bowden Steve . Kidd . .Scott ...... Michael Holmes Michael ...... Chad Huss Chad ...... Chris Pittaro Chris ...... Pamela Pitts Pamela ...... Jessie Sotomayor Jessie . Plaza Ron . Lieppman Keith ...... James Gibson . .James ...... Mark . Navarrete Juan ...... Joe ...... Raymond Abreu Raymond ...... Ted Polakowski . .Ted ...... Julio Franco Julio ...... Greg ...... Jeff Collins Jeff ...... Gil Patterson . .Gil ...... Betty Shinoda Betty ...... Cheryl Polakowski . .Cheryl . Venezuela . Belleair,FL ...... Houston, TX Houston, ...... Oakville, ON Oakville, ...... Judd Hawkins ..Judd Escalera ..Ruben ...... . .Randy ...... Diamond Bar,Diamond CA ...... Moorpark, CA Moorpark, . CA VanNuys, . . . . Baton Rouge, LA Rouge, Baton ...... Livermore, CA . .Livermore, ...... TBA ...... Larry Davis Larry . Topeka, KS lasville, KY Territory Resides lston NC FRONT OFFICE 2009 OAKLAND A’S SCOUTING ASSIGNMENTS 2009 ATHLETICS

Bryn Alderson Neil Avent Yancy Ayres Jeff Bittiger Steve Bowden Armann Brown Professional Scout NC, SC, MD, DC, KS, OK, NE, W. Professional Scout Midwest TX E. VA MO Crosschecker REVIEW

Jermaine Clark Jim Coffman Ruben Escalera Matt Higginson Michael Holmes Scott Kidd No CA, No NV WA, ID, OR, MO, PR Canada Assistant Director Western Western Canada of Scouting Crosschecker RECORDS

Leland Maddox Rick Magnante Kevin Mello Kelcey Mucker Matt Ranson AL, N. FL, GA So CA, HI So CA IL, IA, MN, E MO, AR, LA, MI TN, KY, Western

ND, SD, WI, Cent VA, WV HISTORY Canada OPPONENTS

Marc Sauer Trevor Schaffer Jeremy Schied Will Schock Rich Sparks JT Stotts NJ, DE, CT, New FL AZ, CO, NM, UT, Professional Scout IN, MI, OH, West Southern CA England, East. NY WY, South. NV NY, West PA PLAYER DEVELOPMENT

Ron Vaughn Craig Weissmann Mike Ziegler National Professional Scout Professional Scout Crosschecker MISCELLANEOUS

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIA GUIDE ❯ 351 MISCELLANEOUS PLAYER DEVELOPMENT OPPONENTS HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW 2009 ATHLETICS FRONT OFFICE (916) 376-4700 West Sacramento,CA95691 400 BallparkDrive Raley Field SACRAMENTO RIVERCATS (-A) ATHLETICS MINORLEAGUE AFFILIATES 352 Trainer: Hitting : Pitching Coach: Manager: Media Relations: General Manger: Chairman/CEO: League: www.stocktonports.com FAX: 644-1931 (209) 644-1900 Stockton, CA95203 404 West Fremont Street Banner IslandBallpark (SINGLE-A) Trainer: Hitting Coach: Pitching Coach: Manager: Media Relations: General Manager: President: Principal Owners: League: www.midlandrockhounds.org FAX: 520-8326 (432) 520-2255 Midland, TX79706 5514 ChampionsDrive Citibank Ballpark MIDLAND ROCKHOUNDS(-A) Trainer: Hitting Coach: Pitching Coach: Manager: Media Relations: Media Relations: President/General Manager/COO: Principal Owner/CEO: League: www.rivercats.com FAX: 376-4710 [email protected], (432)520-2255 [email protected]; (209)644-1923 [email protected]; (916)376-4850 ❯

BrianThorson JustinWhitehouse BradLaRosa 2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIAGUIDE California Texas League PacificCoastLeague Aaron Nieckula Tony DeFrancesco MilesPrentice Webster Garrison BrianMcArn Tim Garland Tim RickRodriguez DonSchulze ScottEmerson Tom Volpe PatFilippone KristinPratt Greg Bergman TBD Gabe Ross MilesPrentice, BobRichmond MontyHoppel ArtSavage AlanLedford [email protected]; (604)872-5232x340 [email protected]; (630)232-8811x6243 1802 North64thStreet Papago ParkBaseballComplex ARIZONA A’S (ROOKIE) Trainer: Hitting Coach: Pitching Coach: Manager: Media Relations: General Manager: President andPartner: Principal Owners: League: www.canadiansbaseball.com FAX: 872-1714 (604) 872-5232 Vancouver, BCV5V2H4 4601 OntarioStreet Nat BaileyStadium (SHORT A) Trainer: Hitting Coach: Pitching Coach: Manager: Media Relations: Assistant GeneralManagers: General Manager: Vice President: President: League: www.kccougars.com FAX: 232-8815 (630) 232-8811 Geneva, IL60134 34W002 CherryLane Philip B.Elfstrom Stadium KANE COUNTYCOUGARS(SINGLE-A) Trainer: Hitting Coach: Pitching Coach: Manager: League: FAX: 945-0557 (480) 949-5951 Phoenix, AZ85008 Travis Tims ChrisLessner NorthwestLeague MidwestLeague ArizonaLeague Nate Brooks RickMagnante SteveScarsone RubenEscalera Mike Woleben CaseyMyers HaasPratt JuanDilone MikeMurtaugh CraigLefferts JimmyEscalante ArielPrieto RobFai ShawnTouney JakeKerr, Jeff Mooney Jeff Sedivy Andrew Seymour AndyDunn Jeff Ney, CurtisHaug FRONT OFFICE MINOR LEAGUE FIELD STAFF

GREG SPARKS Minor League Roving Hitting Instructor

Greg Sparks enters his sixth season as the organization’s minor league roving hitting 2009 ATHLETICS instructor. He previously served as a manager for six years in the A’s minor league system and compiled a 359-352-1 record during that span. Sparks managed at Double-A Midland in 2003, Single-A Modesto from 2000-02 and Single-A Southern Oregon of the from 1998-99. He earned co-manager of the year honors in 1999 while with Southern Oregon. Sparks joined the A’s organization as a coach at Single-A Visalia in 1997. Originally a fifth round January draft pick of the in 1984 out of Mesa Community College, Sparks’ playing career spanned 12 seasons and took him to 16 different cities in nine major league organizations, along with an independent team and the Mexico City Tigers. He played three seasons in the San Diego farm system

before signing with the A’s organization as a free agent prior to the 1987 campaign. His only two stops at the Triple-A REVIEW level came in 1991 and 1992, when he played 55 games for Buffalo and 23 games for Toledo, respectively. Sparks concluded his playing career in 1995 in the Atlanta farm system, batting .214 in 65 games at Double-A Greenville. Sparks makes his off-season home in Phoenix, Ariz.

GIL PATTERSON Minor League Roving Pitching Instructor RECORDS Gil Patterson returns for his third straight season as the A’s minor league roving pitching instructor, his fourth year overall (also in 1996). For the previous two years he served as the pitching coach for the Yankees affiliate in the Gulf Coast Rookie League and spent the 2005 campaign as the pitching coach for Triple-A Columbus. Patterson joined the in 2001 as the bullpen coach and served as their pitching coach from 2002-04 after spending the previous four seasons with the as their minor league pitching coordinator. Patterson joined the Oakland A’s organization in 1991 coaching in the Arizona Rookie League in Scottsdale. He

coached for the A’s Single-A affiliate in Madison from 1992-93, Single-A West Michigan in 1994 and Rookie League HISTORY Scottsdale A’s in 1995 before serving as the roving minor league pitching instructor in 1996. He began his coaching career in Triple-A Columbus and Single-A Oneonta with the organization in 1984. Patterson was the Yankees first selection of the secondary phase of the 1975 June Draft. He made his profes- sional debut in 1975 with Single-A Oneonta where he led the New York-Penn League in (97). Patterson tossed a 1-0 no-hitter on June 28, 1976 with Double-A West Haven before being promoted to Triple-A Syracuse. He opened the 1977 season in Syracuse before making his major league debut with the Yankees at age 21. He appeared in 10 games, six starts, with the eventual Championship in 1977 while posting a 1-2 record

and 5.45 ERA. Patterson suffered a torn rotator cuff and spent considerable time on the disabled list in 1978 and OPPONENTS 1979. He pitched in the Yankees minor league system in 1980-81 and the Giants organization in 1982 before having career ending “Tommy John” surgery following in 1983. In total Patterson underwent eight operations during his career. Patterson makes his off-season home in Odessa, Fla. with his wife Jan. The couple has four children—Brandy, Raquel, Kyle and G.T.

JUAN NAVARRETE PLAYER DEVELOPMENT Minor League Roving Infield Instructor

Juan Navarrete enters his sixth season as the A’s minor league roving infield instructor after serving two years as the organization’s minor league roving hitting instructor. Navarrete spent the previous seven seasons as a minor league manager and compiled a 390-338 record during this span. In his first two seasons as a manager for the A’s Arizona Rookie League team (1995-97), he earned manager and co-manager of the year honors after guiding the team to a first and second place finish, respectively. Navarrete was promoted to Single-A Modesto in 1998 and took over the MISCELLANEOUS managerial duties at Single-A Visalia in 1999 where he guided the Oaks to playoff appearances in two of his three seasons.

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIA GUIDE ❯ 353 MISCELLANEOUS PLAYER DEVELOPMENT OPPONENTS HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW 2009 ATHLETICS FRONT OFFICE ❯ 354 TONY DEFRANCESCO SACRAMENTO RIVERCATS - AAA RON PLAZA Genevieve. was ateammateofformerA’s shortstopWalt Weiss, andplayed three seasonsatSetonHallUniversity. York-Penn LeagueAll-Starsquad.DeFrancescowasa1981graduateofSuffern HighSchoolinNewYork, where he best seasoncamein1984atElmirawhenheledtheclubwitha.299battingaverage andwasnamedtotheNew June DraftandspenteightseasonsintheminorleagueswithbothBoston and Cincinnatiorganizations.His Oregonserved asacoachatSouthern andaroving catchinginstructor fortwoseasons. DeFrancesco managedDouble-AMidlandfrom 1999-2002.Priortohisfirstminorleaguemanagerialjobin1994,he where Leagueplayoffsseasons atSingle-AVisalia heguidedtheOakstoappearancesinCalifornia eachseason. Oregon.two seasonsastheskipperofshort-seasonSingle-ASouthern DeFrancescospentthe1997and1998 After makinghismanagerialdebutin1994withtheA’s affiliate intheArizonaRookieLeague,hespentnext en route thechampionship. League ManageroftheYear in2003afterpostinga92-52regular seasonrecord andgoing6-0inthepost-season titles andthree PCLtitles(2003-04;2007).HewasnamedtheManagerofYear and there compileda413-307record Division andwonfourPacificCoastLeagueSouthern league coachingstaff asthethird basecoach. six yearsontheTriple-A level. worked asabasecoachfortheSeattlePilots. the Cardinals chainfrom 1963-68andwasnamedFloridaStateLeaguemanageroftheyearin1967.In1969,he Major Leaguecoachingstaff forsixseasons(1978-83).Hemanagedonvariouslevelsin Plaza servedastheRedsminorleagueroving instructor from 1970-77before servingon the Oakland organizationin1983after14yearstheCincinnatiReds(1970-83)organization. Mexican BaseballHallofFame. (1972-90) andisamongtheleadersinvariousstatisticalcategories.In1998,Navarrete wasinductedintothe seasons intheMontreal League organization(1972-77).Navarrete spenthiswintersintheMexican-PacificWinter 85). Navarrete wasaneight-timeAll-StarandamemberofSaltillo’s 1980championshipsquad.Healsoplayedsix with theSaltilloSaraperos oftheMexicanLeagueasaplayer(1970-71;78-82)andplayer-manager (1983-

MINOR LEAGUEFIELDSTAFF Manager Minor LeagueRovingInstructor Navarrete makeshishomeinSaltillo,Mexicowith hiswife,Mariaandtwodaughters,AiramAna. A formerinfielder, Navarrete’s playingcareer spanned21years(1970-90).Hespentthemajorityofhiscareer Tony andhiswife,Adriene,maketheiroff-season homeinMesa,Ariz. withtheirtwochildren, AnthonyIV, and A catcherduringhisplayingcareer, DeFrancesco wasaninthround selectionoftheBostonRedSoxin1984 DeFrancesco hascompileda935-831(.529)record in14seasons asamanagerintheA’s minorleaguesystem. DeFrancesco servedasmanageroftheRiverCatsfrom 2003-2007,andinhisfiveyears Tony DeFrancescoreturns toTriple-A Sacramentoafteraoneyear stintontheA’s major Plaza makeshisoff-season homeinSt.Petersburg,Fla. A formerinfielder, PlazaplayedintheSt.LouisCardinals minorleaguesystemfor12seasons(1951-62),including Ron Plazabeginshis27thseasonastheA’s minorleagueroving instructor. Hejoinedthe ❯

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIAGUIDE continued Sporting News Minor MANAGERIAL RECORD FRONT OFFICE Year Team League Record Finish 1994 A’s (Rookie) Arizona League 32-24 T2nd 1995 Southern Oregon (Short A) Northwest League 33-43 4th 1996 Southern Oregon (Short A) Northwest League 29-47 4th 1997 Visalia (A) California League 71-69 3rd/2nd 1998 Visalia (A) California League 67-73 T2nd/2nd 1999 Midland (AA) Texas League 74-66 2nd/2nd

2000 Midland (AA) Texas League 70-69 3rd/3rd 2009 ATHLETICS 2001 Midland (AA) Texas League 71-69 2nd/4th 2002 Midland (AA) Texas League 75-64 3rd/2nd 2003 Sacramento (AAA) 92-52 1st 2004 Sacramento (AAA) Pacific Coast League 79-65 1st 2005 Sacramento (AAA) Pacific Coast League 80-64 1st 2006 Sacramento (AAA) Pacific Coast League 78-66 2nd 2007 Sacramento (AAA) Pacific Coast League 84-60 1st Totals 935-831

1997 Playoffs: Defeated by San Bernardino 2-0 in first round of California League Playoffs

1998 Playoffs: Defeated by Lake Elsinore 2-0 in first round of California League Playoffs REVIEW 2003 Playoffs: Pacific Coast League Champions; defeated Edmonton 3-0 in conference series, defeated Nashville 3-0 in championship series 2004 Playoffs: Pacific Coast League Champions; defeated Portland 3-1 in conference series, defeated Iowa 3-0 in championship series 2005 Playoffs: Defeated by Tacoma 3-2 in the Pacific Conference finals 2007 Playoffs: Pacific Coast League Champions; defeated Salt Lake 3-2 in conference series; defeated New Orleans 3-0 in Championship series; defeated Champion Richmond Braves in Triple-A

Championship game RECORDS

RICK RODRIGUEZ Pitching Coach

Rick Rodriguez enters his ninth season as pitching coach for the River Cats (2000-02; 2004-08). In 2003, he served as manager of Single-A Modesto and led the A’s to the

California League Playoffs as the Wild Card selection after posting a 74-66 record regular HISTORY season record. Rodriguez played parts of four seasons in the major leagues with Oakland (1986-87), Cleveland (1988) and San Francisco (1990), compiling a 3-4 record with a 5.72 ERA in 31 career games. He was a second round selection of the A’s in the 1981 June Draft. A native of the East Bay, Rodriguez was born in Oakland and graduated from Castro Valley High School in 1978. He attended Chabot Junior College in Hayward and University of California, Riverside. Rodriguez currently resides in Folsom, Calif. OPPONENTS BRIAN MCARN Hitting Coach

Brian McArn returns for his fifth season as hitting coach at Sacramento after serving in the same capacity in Double-A Midland in 2004. McArn spent the previous six years with PLAYER DEVELOPMENT Single-A Modesto of the California League. Prior to joining the A’s organization, he spent one season as the hitting coach for the Single-A Vermont Expos in the New York-Penn League. McArn began his coaching career at American River Junior College in Sacramento, where he served as an assistant coach. Selected in the 26th round of the 1991 June Draft, McArn spent two seasons in the A’s organization before injuries ended his career in 1992. McArn makes his off-season home in Elk Grove, Calif. MISCELLANEOUS

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIA GUIDE ❯ 355 MISCELLANEOUS PLAYER DEVELOPMENT OPPONENTS HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW 2009 ATHLETICS FRONT OFFICE (4.22)…Gio Gonzalezrankedfourthinstrikeouts(128)andninthERA(4.24). tied forfifthinwins(10)…Jeff Grayrankedseventhingamespitched(54).…KirkSaarlooseighthERA 12th inhomerunsallowed(151),13thwalks(450)andfifthstrikeouts(1018). ranked 11thinstolenbases(74)…rankedsecondthePCLERA(4.41),hits(1333),eighthsaves(33), (786), eighthinhits(1335),third inhomeruns(177),third inwalks(551),ledtheleaguestrikeouts(1136)and Team. Coast LeagueMid-SeasonAll-StarTeam…Gio GonzalezandEricPattersonnamedtoPCLPost-Season All-Star wee,R a .1 3 5 4 0 5000 0 0 40 1 .618 40 .370 .459 .270 0 .276 0 3 144 50 0 2 4948 1 Team 60 0 1 786 0 4 Total33 177 1335 281 0 Sweeney, 1 735 27 14 5 28 34 12 42 6 .4128 1136 551 Sweeney, 74 Ryan 34 4 27 105 .447 .346 .2229 Rogowski, Mike Robnett, Casey 4 6120 .236 .351 .277 3 0 Putnam, Richie 19 0 1 .307 58 21 0 0 208 15 49 30 .276 28 5 .176 117 Powell, Danny 8332 415 89 .494 15 .167 1 2 0 308 57 1 18 0 7 67 85 .230 .384 5 54 47 Petit, 1 Landon 30 8501 3 14 115 22 6035 0 88 .417 15 1 .269 0 11 0 1 64 300 53 0 0 2 11 35 7 4 0 69 .360 0 1 42 63 3 79 Pennington, .344 2 1 23 Gregorio 0 1 3 308 1 14 52 111 2882 83 .322 39 34 .550 0 2 2 2 2 9 16 3 Patterson, 16 11 5 .380 Cliff 1 0 3 4 9 .297 .386 54 19 3 3 2 1 1 .446 9 .330 17 .426 65 2 8 .1186 236 Padron, 25 Eric .357 70 47 109 8 36 18 2031 .277 .423 1 Murton, 0 Raul 13 0 1 .345 32 13 2 130 12 36 5 19 Murphy,Matt 3210 0 .418 5 0 90 1 17 0 .380 1 .355 .260 4610 21 Melillo, .270 .603 2 Donnie 0 .333 4 0 38 .316 36 3 11 146 8 2 141 27 2 4 38 10 2210 1 2 53 21 38 Massaro, .538 Kevin 3 0 25 0 0 12 0 0 2 .447 14 0 7 1 2 Linden, 3 .333 Michael 78 1302 .373 26 23 0 13 14 .280 5 50 .281 Knoedler, 4 Todd 0 91 15 1 0 510 2 .273 Guzman, .357 0 .175 Justin 4 0 2 5820 66 .378 4 10 0 1 30 217 34 1 14 .237 12 2 0 Gonzalez, 5 4 Jesus 38 .238 .263 0 59 2 34 15 15 6520 5 55 .553 14 0 0 1 351 190 33 0 0 11 .416 Gaetti, 4 0 3 50 Carlos 3 .346 34 28 0 21 0 .344 .283 6 16 1 9 46 Fiorentino, Joe 3 173 22 49 23 .2738 Denorfia, Jeff 3 3154 .302 .413 2 0 20 2 1 0 Chris .342 45 12 1 189 13 57 34 Championship game. inTriple-A LeagueChampionScranton/Wilkes-Barre Oklahoma 3-1inchampionshipseries…defeatedInternational 356 onj,E uro.0 1 0 0 0 0 201 0 201 .100 1 Cunningham, Aaron 70 .100 .667 0 .424 0 0 10 0 0 3 30 0 2 0 5 Cornejo, 0 OBP SLG .508 DP 0 1 .313 0 3 SB CS 4 1 SO 1 127 0 Conrad, .290 Eduardo 11 0 7 IBB 10 30 246 .242 BB 0 .243 2 2 5 .100 3 .3679 SH Brooks 2891 RBI SF HP HR Chavez, 3441 2 .402 5 2 30 0 0 17 0 117 3B 465 29 1 0 3 4 .396 86 .296 2B 25 2 113 2331 8 Buck, .321 Eric 45 0 0 0 169 H .264 50 4 28 8 80 0 6 Blasi, .496 Travis 2 2 .328 0 .236 4 71 R 0 31 3 Barton, .1948 30 Nicholas 2 1 106 AB 40 25 13 .467 721 2 0 Bankston, 9 Daric .367 20 73 G 0 4301 .280 1 .298 .478 9 0 0 AVG97 44 0 375 19 30 Wes1 5 56 .374 0 81 Baisley, 32 105 0 1 299 25 89 45 0 3 Affronti, Jeff 11 5 30 .367 9 Michael BATTERS Individual LeagueRankings: Team LeagueRankings: Individual Honors: Team Honors: Playoffs: Team Record: League: 2008 SACRAMENTOSEASONSUMMARY ❯

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIAGUIDE PacificCoastLeague(16teams). 2008PacificCoastLeagueChampions…defeatedSaltLake3-1inconference series…defeated Finished 83-61 (1st/—) overall in the Pacific Southern Division. Finished83-61(1st/—)overallinthePacificSouthern LedthePacificCoastLeagueinattendanceforninthconsecutiveseason. . 8 0 62 2 5 51 1 1 1 1631 .645 5 0 14 0 1 .461 11 0 5 .382 76 29 20 21 Cliff Pennington selected for Futures Game…Jerry Blevins and Ryan Wing namedtoPacific Cliff Wing PenningtonselectedforFutures Game…JerryBlevinsandRyan Sacramento ranked11thinthePCLbattingaverage(.270),seventhrunsscored Brooks Conradrankedeighthintheleaguehomeruns(28)…DanMeyerfinished W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV SVO IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK AVG FRONT OFFICE Blevins, Jerry 2-2 2.78 28 0 0 0 10 11 32.1 31 16 10 3 2 6 1 36 2 0 .244 Borrell, Danny 3-1 3.64 5 5 0 0 0 0 29.2 31 15 12 3 5 8 1 19 0 0 .277 Braden, Dallas 3-1 2.36 11 9 1 0 0 0 53.1 49 19 14 7 0 11 0 54 1 0 .246 Brown, Andrew 0-0 6.75 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .250 Calero, Kiko 1-1 4.00 8 0 0 0 0 1 9.0 8 4 4 1 0 10 1 10 1 0 .250 Casilla, Santiago 0-0 3.38 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 .300 Cate, Troy 1-1 7.27 12 0 0 0 1 1 17.1 23 14 14 2 1 6 0 9 0 0 .324 Devine, Joey 0-1 6.75 4 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 4 4 3 1 0 1 0 8 0 0 .235

DiNardo, Lenny 6-5 6.69 15 13 0 0 0 0 71.1 107 56 53 7 5 16 1 49 2 0 .352 2009 ATHLETICS Dowdy, Justin 0-0 3.75 3 2 0 0 0 0 12.0 9 6 5 1 0 12 0 9 0 0 .231 Duchscherer, Justin 0-1 6.75 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.2 5 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .417 Eveland, Dana 3-0 2.57 3 3 0 0 0 0 21.0 23 9 6 2 0 4 0 21 1 0 .267 Farley, Chris 0-0 18.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 4 4 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 .500 Fernandez, Jason 0-1 13.50 2 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 9 6 6 0 1 3 0 5 0 0 .429 Foulke, Keith 0-0 12.79 4 1 0 0 0 2 6.1 12 9 9 3 0 0 0 7 0 1 .400 Garcia, Jose 0-0 6.75 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .200 Gissell, Chris 7-3 3.43 25 12 0 0 1 3 81.1 79 33 31 10 3 19 0 67 0 0 .256 Glushon, Jason 0-0 7.11 3 1 0 0 0 0 6.1 8 6 5 3 1 4 0 1 0 0 .308 Godfrey, Graham 0-0 4.05 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 6 3 3 1 0 2 0 4 0 0 .261

Gonzalez, Gio 8-7 4.24 23 22 1 0 0 0 123.0 106 65 58 12 2 61 1 128 5 0 .233 REVIEW Gray, Jeff 2-7 4.39 54 0 0 0 4 6 67.2 86 33 33 9 4 23 4 50 6 0 .313 Harden, Rich 0-0 2.45 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .214 Kilby, Brad 7-2 3.47 51 0 0 0 2 6 70.0 51 33 27 9 3 26 1 66 3 0 .202 Knoedler, Justin 0-0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .100 Knox, Brad 7-4 5.33 27 18 0 0 0 0 136.2 156 87 81 19 7 41 1 84 5 1 .286 Komine, Shane 0-0 7.20 4 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 5 4 4 1 0 3 0 5 0 0 .263 Marshall, Jay 3-5 6.16 37 0 0 0 2 5 38.0 55 26 26 3 0 20 4 21 0 0 .346 Mazzaro, Vincent 3-3 6.15 6 5 0 0 0 0 33.2 49 26 23 3 5 9 0 27 2 0 .340

Meyer, Dan 10-5 4.48 22 20 0 0 0 0 122.2 113 65 61 10 1 52 1 109 10 0 .245 RECORDS Outman, Josh 1-0 1.76 5 2 0 0 0 0 15.1 9 3 3 1 0 5 1 15 2 0 .167 Prinz, Bret 1-3 6.75 31 0 0 0 5 7 29.1 34 22 22 8 2 17 1 20 4 0 .306 Rogowski, Casey 0-0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Saarloos, Kirk 9-4 4.22 22 22 1 0 0 0 140.2 150 73 66 18 7 36 2 79 4 0 .272 Shafer, David 2-1 5.06 14 1 0 0 0 0 26.2 19 17 15 7 5 17 0 25 1 0 .196 Silva, Jesus 0-1 7.04 6 0 0 0 0 0 7.2 16 10 6 3 0 4 1 2 1 0 .400 Smith, Greg 0-1 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 2 2 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 .261 Wing, Ryan 2-1 2.33 47 0 0 0 0 1 54.0 44 16 14 2 2 26 4 47 5 1 .218 Ziegler, Brad 2-0 0.37 19 0 0 0 8 10 24.1 15 2 1 0 0 4 1 20 0 0 .174

Team Total 83-61 4.41 144 144 3 5 33 53 1273.0 1333 694 624 151 57 450 26 1018 55 3 .270 HISTORY

2009 SACRAMENTO SCHEDULE

APRIL 16-19 ...... Round Rock 22 ...... Off Day AUGUST 9-12 ...... Tacoma 20 ...... Off Day 23-26 . . . .Colorado Springs 1-4 ...... at Portland 13-16 ...... Portland 21-24 ...... at Omaha 27-30 ...... at Las Vegas 5-8 ...... Oklahoma City 17-20 ...... at Tacoma 25-28 ...... at Iowa 9-12 ...... New Orleans 21-24 ...... at Portland 13 ...... Off Day 29-31 ...... Las Vegas JULY OPPONENTS 25-28 ...... Las Vegas 1-3 ...... Fresno 14-17 ...... at Memphis 29 ...... Off Day JUNE 4-7 ...... at Reno 18-21 ...... at Nashville 30 . . . . . at Colorado Springs 1 ...... Las Vegas 8-12 ...... at Fresno 22-25 ...... Portland 2-5 ...... at Salt Lake 13-15 ...... All Star Break 26-30 ...... Fresno MAY 6-9 ...... Colorado Springs (Portland) 31 ...... at Reno 1-3 . . . .at Colorado Springs 10 ...... Off Day 16-19 ...... Reno 4-7 ...... Reno 11-14 ...... Tacoma 20-23 ...... at Tacoma SEPTEMBER

8-11 ...... at Las Vegas 15-17 ...... at Fresno 24-27 . .at Colorado Springs 3-3 ...... at Reno PLAYER DEVELOPMENT 12-15 ...... Albuquerque 18-21 ...... Salt Lake 28-31 ...... Salt Lake 4-7 ...... at Salt Lake MISCELLANEOUS

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIA GUIDE ❯ 357 MISCELLANEOUS PLAYER DEVELOPMENT OPPONENTS HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW 2009 ATHLETICS FRONT OFFICE DARREN BUSH MIDLAND - AA 358 WEBSTER GARRISON 140-140 Finish Record 2nd/3rd 2nd/4th SCOTT EMERSON League 76-64 64-76 2008 Playoffs: California California Totals 2008 Stockton League 2007 Stockton League Year Team (A) MANAGERIAL RECORD (A) 3-2 inCLNorthDivisionChampionshipseries;defeatedLancaster3-1series at Triple-A Edmontonand1998seasonatDouble-A Huntsvillebefore assumingarole as player-coach in1999. made hismajorleague debutwiththeA’s onAugust2,1996 andappeared infivegames.Hespentthe1997 season then spentthenexttwoseasonsatTriple-A ColoradoSpringsbefore totheA’s returning organization in1996.He April 4,1991andbattedacareer-best .303withsevenhomerunsand73RBI forTriple-A Tacoma in1993.Garrison 16-year playingcareer intheBlueJaysfarmsystem. HesignedwiththeOaklandorganizationasafree agenton player-coach atMidlandfrom 1999-2000. series in2002andbeganhismanagerial career atVancouver in2001.Garrisonbeganhiscoaching career asa Cardto thefirstround LeagueWild oftheMidwest LeaguePlayoffs totheCalifornia in2003,tookSingle-AVisalia has compiledacareer record of334-302(.525).GarrisonmanagedatMidlandin2007and2004,ledKaneCounty from 2005-2007,aftermanagingthesquadduring2004campaign. as theteam’s skipper. This ishissecondstintashittingcoach,heservedinthiscapacity Single-A Albanyin1993andretired asaplayerfollowingthe1998season. the Oriolesfarmsystembefore beingtradedtoBoston duringthe1995campaign.Hewasa10-gamewinnerwith intheNewYork-PennWilliamsport League(2002). system, spendingtwoseasonswiththeRookieLeagueclubatBradenton(2000-01)before movingtoSingle-A previously servedinthesamecapacityforthree seasonsinthePittsburghPiratesfarm ates, spending2005-06withStocktonandthe2003-04seasonsModesto.Emerson third withtheRockHounds.Hespentprevious fourseasonswiththeA’s Single-Aaffili- (2001). Priortosigningasaminorleaguefree agentin1998,heplayedthree seasonsintheFrontier League. 2002 withYuba-Sutter. two years.Priortothat,hemanagedindependentteams,spending2004withQuebec,2003Berkshire and route Leaguetitle. totheCalifornia two years,postinga140-140mark.Hesteered thePortstoa76-64record lastseasonen Manager Hitting Coach Pitching Coach Darren BushjoinsMidlandafterservingasmanager oftheStocktonPortsforpast A nativeofMarrero, La.,Garrisonmakeshisoff-season homeinMarrero, La. A secondround selectionoftheToronto BlueJaysinthe1983JuneDraft,Garrison spentsevenseasonsofhis Garrison hasmanagedvariousteamsintheA’s minorleaguesystemforfiveyearsand Webster GarrisonwillserveastheRockHoundshittingcoachafterspending lastseason Emerson andhiswife,Jill,maketheiroff-season homeinRockingham, N.C. Emerson wasselectedbyBaltimore inthe40thround ofthe1991JuneDraftandplayedpartsfourseasonsin Scott EmersonentershisseventhseasonasapitchingcoachintheA’s organization,his Bush resides inDunedin,Fla.duringtheoff-season. As aformercatcher, Bushspentthree seasonsintheminorleagueswithSanDiego(1999-2000)andPhiladelphia Bush firstjoinedtheAthleticsin2005ashittingcoachatStockton,arole heservedfor ❯

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIAGUIDE California League Champions;defeatedModesto2-1inCLNorthDivisionseries;SanJose California FRONT OFFICE 2008 MIDLAND SEASON SUMMARY

League: Texas League (eight teams). Team Record: Finished 34-36 (3rd/-9.0) in the first half…41-29 (T1st/—) in the second half…75-65 overall (T2nd/- 9.0) in the Texas League Southern Division.

Individual Honors: Vincent Mazzaro was named Texas League of the Year, TL Mid-Season All-Star Team 2009 ATHLETICS and TL Post-Season All-Star Team…Andrew Carignan, Jesus Guzman, Anthony Recker and Jon Zeringue named to TL Mid-Season All-Star Team…Aaron Cunningham named to TL Post-Season All-Star Team…Tommy Everidge and James Simmons named to TL Mid-Season and Post-Season All-Star Team. Team League Rankings: Midland tied for third in the Texas League in batting average (.275), led the league in runs scored (759), third in hits (1339), fourth in home runs (127), second in walks (556), led the league in strikeouts (1134) and sixth in the league in stolen bases (107)…ranked fifth in the league in ERA (4.39), fourth in hits (1300), fifth in saves (38), fifth in home runs allowed (107), led the league in walks allowed (574) and second in strikeouts (1053). Individual League Rankings: Tommy Everidge led the league in RBI (115), ranked fourth in hits (148), tied for fourth

in doubles (34) and tied for fifth in home runs (22)…Jon Zeringue ranked third in RBI (89) and tied for third in home REVIEW runs (23)…Justin Sellers ranked tied for third in triples (8)…Aaron Cunningham ranked tied for fifth in batting average (.317) and triples (6)…Todd Donovan finished fifth in stolen bases (37)…Vincent Mazzaro led the league in ERA (1.90) and wins (12)…James Simmons ranked second in strikeouts (120), third in ERA (3.51) and tied for seventh in wins (9)…Andrew Carignan finished second in saves (24).

BATTERS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IBB SO SB CS DP SLG OBP Affronti, Michael .265 27 98 8 26 8 0 2 14 3 1 1 0 0 20 0 0 4 .408 .270 Blasi, Nicholas .296 13 54 11 16 2 0 1 9 0 0 0 5 0 18 2 1 2 .389 .356 Cardenas, Adrian .279 26 86 12 24 4 0 0 7 0 0 1 15 2 10 0 1 4 .326 .392 RECORDS Cunningham, Aaron .317 87 347 65 110 18 6 12 52 5 6 5 38 1 92 12 4 3 .507 .386 Donovan, Todd .274 79 307 53 84 14 2 1 26 2 1 1 42 0 63 37 6 7 .342 .362 Doolittle, Sean .254 51 201 25 51 15 0 4 30 0 1 0 17 0 54 1 1 1 .388 .311 Everidge, Tommy .279 136 531 89 148 34 0 22 115 0 14 7 55 2 133 0 0 16 .467 .346 Gaetti, Joe .316 24 98 19 31 6 1 3 18 0 1 1 10 0 26 0 0 1 .490 .382 Guzman, Jesus .364 80 341 57 124 21 2 14 76 1 1 0 33 4 56 5 2 6 .560 .419 Herrera, Javier .267 61 255 44 68 13 2 9 36 2 0 2 22 0 71 8 4 6 .439 .330 Klein, Adam .313 7 16 6 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 2 1 1 0 .313 .476 Leslie, Myron .248 108 367 47 91 18 0 10 43 0 1 3 51 0 94 2 3 10 .379 .344 HISTORY Martinez, Frank .260 14 50 7 13 1 1 1 5 2 1 0 3 0 6 1 0 1 .380 .296 Massaro, Michael .268 24 82 10 22 5 0 0 4 4 0 0 4 0 14 1 5 1 .329 .302 Morris, Jed .261 35 119 15 31 6 1 3 14 0 0 0 13 0 18 0 0 1 .403 .333 Myers, Casey .237 12 38 7 9 3 0 1 6 0 1 0 8 0 5 0 0 1 .395 .362 Pennington, Cliff .260 50 204 42 53 7 2 0 18 1 0 0 39 0 36 20 1 7 .314 .379 Putnam, Danny .222 4 18 2 4 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 .389 .263 Recker, Anthony .274 117 430 57 118 29 4 11 64 2 2 5 43 0 140 1 2 11 .437 .346 Robnett, Richie .259 23 85 13 22 6 0 1 8 0 1 1 17 1 24 1 0 1 .365 .385 Sellers, Justin .255 123 439 72 112 15 8 6 46 9 5 7 47 0 77 10 6 11 .367 .333 OPPONENTS Snyder, Brian .248 61 218 23 54 13 1 2 29 1 0 1 36 0 47 1 1 6 .344 .357 Zeringue, Jon .257 126 478 75 123 22 3 23 89 2 1 12 52 0 121 4 4 6 .460 .344 Team Total .275 140 4862 759 1339 260 33 127 716 34 37 47 556 10 1134 107 42 106 .421 .353

OAKLAND ATHLETICS DOUBLEHEADERS Home Road Totals Team W-L-S W-L-S W-L-S Last Doubleheader Result PLAYER DEVELOPMENT Anaheim 4-0-6 1-1-2 5-1-8 July 30, 1983 at California W, 13-8; W, 2-1 (12) Baltimore 5-1-0 3-3-6 8-4-6 September 23, 1999 at Baltimore W, 9-6; L, 4-12 Boston 1-1-2 0-1-1 1-2-3 August 20, 1997 at Oakland L, 5-7; L, 4-5 (13) Chicago 6-6-4 5-6-5 11-12-9 June 12, 1983 at Oakland L, 10-12 (11); L, 1-8 Cleveland 2-0-5 4-5-6 6-5-11 September 14, 1996 at Cleveland L, 2-9; L, 8-9 Detroit 3-0-3 1-1-5 4-1-8 August 22, 1998 at Oakland W, 7-2; W, 7-1 Kansas City 4-1-7 3-5-4 7-6-11 September 4, 2008 at Kansas City L, 4-5 (10); L, 6-9 Milwaukee 2-0-4 3-1-4 5-1-8 August 10, 1997 at Oakland W, 4-3; L, 5-9 Minnesota 4-4-3 3-10-10 7-14-13 May 26, 2001 at Minnesota W, 5-4 (10); L, 6-7 (10) New York 0-3-1 2-0-7 2-3-8 August 4, 1998 at Oakland L, 4-10; L, 5-10 Philadelphia 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 June 8, 2003 at Philadelphia L, 1-7; L, 3-8 Seattle 2-0-4 0-0-0 2-0-4 August 3, 1984 at Oakland W, 5-3; W, 11-7 Texas 2-3-9 2-2-5 4-5-14 September 28, 1993 at Texas L, 0-2; W, 10-3 MISCELLANEOUS Toronto 1-0-2 1-1-1 2-1-3 July 8, 1995 at Oakland L, 6-9; W, 6-3 Totals 36-19-50 28-37-56 64-56-106

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIA GUIDE ❯ 359 MISCELLANEOUS PLAYER DEVELOPMENT OPPONENTS HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW 2009 ATHLETICS FRONT OFFICE oa,Js . - 54 3 0 0 3 11 8 7 5 4 9 4 7 .253 1 7 44 0 29 4 5 25 7 9 .271 27 89 51 1053 62 1252.1 574 611107 38 1300 706 38 9 41.1 0 140 3 4.39 140 75-65 1 3 0 094 2 130.0 44 7512 .310 165 86 0 0 1 Team 0 Total 25 9-8 5.19 22 0 Windsor, 0 0 2-2 24.1 30 1 70 0 0-0 15.1 25 18 3 8.88 Webb, 90 24 14 Jason 8 32 0 8.22 9 01 14 22 0 0 Ryan 17 10 Tyler,4 3 0 5 1 8 10 8.1 0 11 0 2 .290 0 0 Simmons, 0-0 601 Scott .316 5.40 31 Silva, .297 9-6 James 3.51 5.44 25 0 Shipman, 0 Jesus 25 0 2-2 1 2-2 136.0 0 5.13 54.1 73 Sharpe, 1 37 0 Andy 150 37 63 1-0 31 58 14 1 0-1 5 53 0 2 7.84 31.0 17 0 43 Shafer, 0 8 1 19 20 11 3 1.52 29.2 22 Steven 21 1 41 28 1 20 10 24 1 27 20 3 32 0 2 Rojas, JoseA. 15 0 0 David 15 0 120 3 0 .338 Rodriguez, 0 .214 5 10 3 01 6 0 0 0 7 .331 1-0 12.2 Outman, 13 40 .282 2-7 Henry 5 0 0 4.26 5 01 9 0 0 7.46 41.0 51 0 0 9 0 14 90 2-1 .260 14.2 15 Murray, 39 530 1 Josh 34 5.52 1-1 0 44 0 0 .278 Moore, 14.1 20 43 0 530 Justin 9 31 18 20 7 02 5 10.67 17 16 0 8 8 Michalak, 0 17 0 Scott 0-0 9.1 15 0 3 0 4.82 .222 0 Mazzaro, 0 10 0 .302 Chris 1 1-1 7 1 3 1 0 4 21 Marshall, 0.84 .333 0 0 32.1 23 1 0 0 0 1 20 0 Vincent 0 0 0 12-3 0 6 20 Madsen, 1.90 0.1 3 0 0 3 Jay 0 22 0 0 0 4 0 .205 .000 0-0 7 0 10 9 02 0 22 0 0 4 02 6 Leslie, 2-0 0.00 12.0 137.1 20 Michael 0 9 9.2 13 2.25 .167 0 115 0 0-1 Lansford, 40 20 3 29 Myron 5.59 .325 0 11 3-1 9 0 2 6 0 2 19 Knox, 0.70 25.2 20 2 36 0 5 15 0 Jared 10 3 0 6 0 6 13 9 0 21 Glushon, 104 0 7 0 6 5 0 0 Brad 0 0-1 11.2 0 7 10 0 70 0-1 .227 16.0 19 0 80 4.63 0 Garcia,3.38 Jason .225 .229 Fernandez, .317 Jose 2-2 4 0 4.01 60.2 55 33 10 Farley, 0 36 54 Jason 0 27 1-3 36.2 42 760 4-3 21 31 3 33 2 4.91 20 0 1-3 Dowdy, 6.80 46.1 61 1 59 1 28 0 Chris 0 8 7.16 17 0 49.0 37 60 71 38 10 0 35 28 39 40 3 Currin, 39 15 1 0 Justin 34 34 2 0 .237 44 Carignan, 1 7 0 Pat .294 0 0 23 6-1 37.0 24 9 0 760 5 21 15 2.19 Cahill, 8 02 8 19 0 .323 Andrew 0 9 8.0 33 3-3 .300 10 3 0 0 0 0 1-1 2.22 Borrell, 30 46 0 1-1 Trevor 9.00 .323 1 0 24 25 9.45 13.1 23 0 11 0 52.2 36 .190 Bell, 17 7 40 Danny 7 01 14 15 43 13 0 Bailey,39 1 Kristian 5-9 67 4 .383 4.32 0 37 0 Anderson, 0 0 Andrew 15 0 0 31 2-1 31.0 27 9 0 9 110.1 60 99 .196 10 38 2.61 63 0 BrettPITCHERS W-L 53 1 13 6 56 1 .235 110 6 ERA 0 ❯ .240 G GS CG SHO SV SVO IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK AVG 360 Frisco at 18-21 . Day 17 ..Off Antonio San at 13-16 . Frisco 9-12 . Christi Corpus at 5-8 . Antonio San 1-4 . MAY Christi Corpus 27-30 . Antonio San at 23-26 . Day 22 ..Off Springfield 19-21 . Arkansas 16-18 . Day 15 ..Off Springfield at 12-14 . Arkansas at 9-11 . APRIL 2009 MIDLANDSCHEDULE

2008 MIDLANDSTATISTICS ❯

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIAGUIDE 30 ...... Off Day 30 ..Off Antonio San 26-29 . Frisco at 22-25 . Antonio San 18-21 . Frisco 14-17 . Christi Corpus at 10-13 . Day 9 ..Off 6-8 ..Tulsa Arkansas NW 3-5 . Day 2 ..Off Tulsa 1 ..at JUNE 30-31 Tulsa ..at Arkansas NW 27-29 . Day 26 ..Off 22-25 Christ ..Corpus continued 31 ...... Corpus Christi Corpus 31 . Frisco at 28-30 . Antonio San at 24-27 . Christi Corpus 20-23 . Antonio San at 16-19 . Day 15 ..Off Springfield 12-14 . Arkansas 9-11 . Day 8 ..Off Springfield at 5-7 . Arkansas at 2-4 . Game Star 1 ..All JULY - ...... Frisco 4-6 . Christi Corpus 1-3 . AUGUST 8 ...... Off Day 8 ..Off Frisco 5-7 . Antonio San 1-4 . SEPTEMBER Frisco at 29-31 . Christi Corpus at 25-28 . 22-24 ..Tulsa Arkansas NW 19-21 . Day 18 ..Off 15-17 Tulsa ..at Arkansas NW at 12-14 . Day 11 ..Off Christi Corpus at 7-10 . FRONT OFFICE STOCKTON - A

AARON NIECKULA Manager

Aaron Nieckula takes over the reins this season as the manager of the Stockton Ports. He 2009 ATHLETICS spent three seasons as the manager of Single-A Kane County, where he posted a 214-202 (.514) career record. He led the Cougars to the Championship Series in 2006, his first year at the helm. Nieckula served as the hitting coach for Kane County during the 2004-05 seasons. Nieckula was drafted by Oakland in the 22nd round of the 1998 June Draft. He spent five years as a in the Oakland (1998-2001) and San Francisco (2002) minor league systems. His best season came in 2000 when he split time with Single-A Visalia and Single-A Modesto and compiled a .262 batting average with 51 runs scored and 34 RBI.

Nieckula resides in Aurora, Ill. with his wife Renee. REVIEW

MANAGERIAL RECORD Year Team League Record Finish 2006 Kane County (A) Midwest League 79-60 2nd/T2nd 2007 Kane County (A) Midwest League 63-76 7th/4th 2008 Kane County (A) Midwest League 72-66 2nd/6th Totals 214-202

2006 Playoffs: Defeated Quad Cities 2-1 in the first round playoff series; defeated Beloit 2-0 in second round playoff RECORDS series; was defeated by West Michigan 3-1 in the Midwest League Championship Series 2007 Playoffs: Was defeated by Burlington 2-1 in the first round of the Midwest League Playoffs

DON SCHULZE Pitching Coach HISTORY Schulze, a former first round pick (1980, Cubs) who pitched for Chicago, Cleveland, San Diego and both New York teams, served as pitching coach at Kane County the past two seasons. Don Schulze joins the Stockton Ports as their pitching coach after serving in the same capacity at Kane County the past two seasons. He made his coaching debut with the A’s entry in the Arizona Rookie League in 2006. Drafted by the Cubs in the first round of the 1980 draft, the former pitcher compiled a 15-25 record and 5.47 career ERA while playing for Chicago-NL (1983-84), Cleveland (1984-86), New York-NL (1987), New York-AL (1989) OPPONENTS and San Diego (1989). From 1990-92, he played for the Orix Blue Wave in Japan and then closed out his career in 1993 with Minnesota’s Triple-A affiliate. Schulze makes his off-season home in Dixon, Ill. with his wife, Jeanne, and daughters, Sarah and Madeline.

TIM GARLAND

Hitting Coach PLAYER DEVELOPMENT

Tim Garland returns for his third season as the hitting coach with the Ports after making his coaching debut in 2006 as the hitting coach at Kane County. Garland spent 15 years as a minor league after being drafted by the New York Yankees in 1989. During his career he advanced as far as Double-A with the A’s affiliate in Midland in 1999 after spending time with New York (1989-92), San Francisco (1996-98) and Baltimore (1998). In addition, he played the 1994-95 seasons within the independent leagues. After his one-year stint at Midland, Garland spent the next three seasons splitting time between the and independent leagues, compil- ing a .308 batting average while playing for Campeche (2000), Tabasco (2001) and Reynosa (2002) in the Mexican MISCELLANEOUS League. He closed out his career playing for various independent league teams through the 2004 season. Garland makes his off-season home in Danville, Va.

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIA GUIDE ❯ 361 MISCELLANEOUS PLAYER DEVELOPMENT OPPONENTS HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW 2009 ATHLETICS FRONT OFFICE games pitched(54). (.305)…Matthew Sulenticrankedeighthinbattingaverage(.309)…SamDemelsecondsaves(18)and Leagues inhomeruns(39)…SeanDoolittlerankedthird insluggingpercentage (.560)and10thinbattingaverage (.569),extra-basehits(75),totalbases(288)andrankedtiedforsecondoverallintheMinor sixth inhomerunsallowed(107),third inwalksallowed(553)andledtheleaguestrikeouts(1259). in stolenbases(103)…rankedfourththeleagueERA(4.26),ninthhits(1230),ledsaves(43), scored (742),third inhits(1349),secondhomeruns(149),third inwalks(466),fourthstrikeouts(1079)andninth to CLMid-SeasonAll-StarTeam. Mid-Season All-StarTeam…Henry RodriguezselectedforFutures Game…Archie GilbertandSeanDoolittlenamed Team USAOlympicRoster…Trevor CahillselectedtoFutures Game,namedtoTeam USAOlympicRosterandCL A All-StarandnamedtoCLPost-SeasonTeam…Brett AndersonselectedtoFutures Gameandnamedto 9.0) in the California LeagueNorthDivision. 9.0) intheCalifornia Championship Series. mini-series…defeated SanJose3-2intheCLNorthDivisionChampionshipSeries…defeatedLancaster3-1 Playoffs: Team Record: League: 2008 STOCKTONSEASONSUMMARY 362 2 1712 .183 0 .195 2 50 0 .275 3 1 0 40 .150 140 0 .280 4905 1 Team 0 742 2 12 .169 10 5 1 2 Total 71 38 149 1349 266 0 Valdez, 21 681 17 48 0 16 63 0 0 1079 466 Sulentic, Alex 10 3 .000 92 103 .436 .343 52 .250 2 0 Spencer,Matthew 20 .1507 1 0 0 .309 0 7 0 Smith, 1 910 Matthew 9172 7 .042 95 .481 3971 9 0 160 .560 0 343 55 3 0 .231 0 2 3 0 .207 .368 52 30 0 4 .376 Rosendo, .333 8 Matt 6 0 .196 24 1 27 0 106 0 5 61 1 6 20 41 0 0 .667 1 0 1 168 12 0 0 56 3 Robnett, .333 3 30 Gustavo 0 4501 0 .368 0 1 4 1 0 0 20 1 0 1 2 .0001 .316 .257 0 Padron, 13 17 Richie 0 0 .187 6 1 7 91 47 26 171 0 .042 2 44 1 24 Nunez, 17 Raul 11 2 1 220 .598 7 0 Murphy,32 0 Juan 1 0 .361 .290 3 12 2 8 27 107 Morris, .3331 Donnie 31 17 Mitchell, Jed Massaro, Jermaine Martinez, .244 Michael 2 3001 .329 .403 0 0 .279 30 1 Lawhorn, Frank 2 0 .358 56 114 11 1 9 216 14 3 422 71 0 61 605 28 8 4620 114 .395 6 1 10 35 .272 Horton, .470 55 8 Darryl 1 433 .406 42 2 0 .333 3 39 0 5 4 18 .337 .364 401 6 0 65 36 3 10 .308 5 53 103 20 0 4 .118 13 .333 3 24 749 202 0 49 12 55 121 10 .277 3 55 .278 Gilbert, .273 24 Joshua 0 2 0 0 7 0 5 0 54 116 4 0 8726 30 119 478 30 118 Archie 12 1 0 1 85 1 Doolittle, 0 OBP 477 42 1 4 SLG 133 23 4 0 6 DP .331 63 0 49 .305 4 SB CS 0 SO 15 .377 132 0 .346 86 Donaldson, 9 3 Sean 334 9973 .338 IBB 2 .560 18 64 7 BB 3 1 61 0 25 9 4 0 SH RBI SF HP HR 102 2 .385 Denorfia, 46 1 Josh 17 2902 .330 .564 9 3B .1185 0 .3332 39 0 2B 0 2 .391 47 Cobb, 17 Chris 2 188 13 62 H 37 .259 Carter,Larry R 4 137 1410 Cardenas, 506 0 .333 Chris 0 190 AB .300 .297 1 0 1 1 39 101 10 0 4 Brown, 0 1 .259 7241 Adrian 32 1 G 131 .260 .551 16 0 71 7 0 2 0 1 1 3 34 0 104 0 9 0 .278 156 40 0 1 6 7 .322 AVG49 .569 17 72 77 196 Arrieche, 20 Corey 15 51 11 0 .361 34 6 Affronti, 18 .225 Carlos 8 80 24 8 3942 .271 .388 Michael 5 1 BATTERS26 3 4 8 .319 70 13 2 273 13 74 33 Individual LeagueRankings: Team LeagueRankings: Individual Honors: ❯

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIAGUIDE California League(10teams). California 2008 California League Champions…defeated Modesto 2-1 in the California LeagueNorthDivision LeagueChampions…defeatedModesto2-1intheCalifornia 2008 California Finished 42-28(2nd/-1.0)inthefirsthalf…34-36(3rd/-8.0) inthesecondhalf…76-64overall(2nd/- Christopher Carter named California LeagueRookie-of-the-Year,Christopher CarternamedCalifornia Stockton tied for fifth in the California Leagueinbattingaverage(.275),fourthruns Stockton tiedforfifthintheCalifornia Christopher Carterledtheleagueinhomeruns(39),RBI(104),scored (101), HighClass- PITCHERS W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV SVO IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK AVG FRONT OFFICE Anderson, Brett 9-4 4.14 14 13 0 0 0 0 74.0 68 35 34 5 4 18 0 80 5 1 .238 Banwart, Travis 2-4 4.45 14 14 0 0 0 0 58.2 63 35 29 7 0 32 0 54 4 0 .268 Bell, Kristian 0-0 7.71 6 0 0 0 0 0 7.0 11 7 6 2 0 4 0 6 0 0 .355 Benacka, Michael 4-2 2.39 15 0 0 0 0 1 26.1 18 8 7 4 3 11 1 37 4 0 .200 Brown, Andrew 0-0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cahill, Trevor 5-4 2.78 14 13 0 0 0 0 87.1 52 29 27 3 8 31 0 103 9 0 .174 Carignan, Andrew 1-1 0.90 9 0 0 0 4 4 10.0 5 1 1 0 1 5 0 17 1 0 .147 Casilla, Santiago 0-0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000

Currin, Pat 0-1 3.40 31 1 0 0 7 7 45.0 53 19 17 3 2 13 3 40 4 0 .293 2009 ATHLETICS De Los Santos, Fautino 2-2 5.87 5 5 0 0 0 0 23.0 29 17 15 3 1 11 0 26 5 1 .309 Demel, Sam 5-2 3.36 54 0 0 0 18 24 67.0 61 31 25 5 3 32 1 90 10 0 .227 Dewing, Branden 1-1 4.86 35 0 0 0 1 1 53.2 64 40 29 3 2 30 5 26 3 2 .288 Farley, Chris 2-1 1.74 14 0 0 0 3 4 20.2 21 7 4 1 0 4 0 20 1 0 .256 Fernandez, Jason 9-5 3.36 19 18 0 0 0 0 109.2 104 53 41 9 9 51 1 77 7 0 .254 Foulke, Keith 0-0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .250 Fragoso, Jose 3-3 4.44 22 0 0 0 0 1 26.1 19 19 13 3 2 22 1 24 6 0 .194 Glushon, Jason 1-1 3.67 14 5 0 0 0 0 41.2 38 21 17 4 3 6 0 28 0 0 .239 Godfrey, Graham 5-8 5.10 29 24 0 0 0 0 134.0 157 90 76 14 14 37 2 119 2 0 .293 Gordon, Derrick 5-5 4.93 44 5 0 0 2 7 76.2 78 54 42 11 4 47 1 75 7 0 .262

Guzman, Jose 0-0 2.08 4 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 .294 REVIEW Harden, Rich 1-0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 9 0 0 .158 Heuser, James 9-3 4.53 48 6 0 0 1 4 95.1 98 59 48 8 11 61 2 103 4 3 .268 Italiano, Craig 1-4 9.90 14 5 0 0 0 1 30.0 44 37 33 7 1 26 0 33 4 0 .333 Lansford, Jared 2-6 4.41 31 2 0 0 3 5 63.1 62 33 31 4 5 20 3 75 3 0 .258 Leon, Arnold 0-0 2.86 20 0 0 0 2 2 28.1 25 12 9 1 1 9 0 28 1 1 .238 Mitchinson, Scott 1-0 1.69 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.2 5 2 2 0 1 1 0 9 0 0 .139 Moore, Scott 5-2 6.57 13 11 0 0 0 0 63.0 78 48 46 4 5 34 0 56 7 0 .308 Rodriguez, Henry 2-3 3.96 20 13 0 0 2 2 75.0 57 38 33 5 2 40 0 104 9 0 .208

Rojas, Jose A. 1-2 6.17 6 0 0 0 0 0 11.2 10 9 8 0 3 8 0 16 1 1 .233 RECORDS Team Total 76-64 4.26 140 140 0 8 43 63 1253.2 1230 707 594 107 90 553 20 1259 98 10 .255

2009 STOCKTON SCHEDULE

APRIL 22-25 ...... Visalia JULY 7-9 ...... Inland Empire 9-12 ...... at San Jose 26 ...... Off Day 1-3 ...... San Jose 10 ...... Off Day 13-15 ...... at Modesto 27-30 ...... at Bakersfield 4-6 ...... at Bakersfield 11-13 ...... at Visalia 16-19 ...... San Jose 31 ...... at San Jose 7-9 ...... at Visalia 14-16 ...... at San Jose 20-22 ...... Modesto 10-13 ...... Bakersfield 17 ...... Off Day HISTORY 23-26 ...... at Bakersfield JUNE 14 ...... Off Day 18-20 ...... Modesto 27 ...... Off Day 1-3 ...... at San Jose 15-19 . . . . . at Lake Elsinore 21-23 ...... San Jose 28-30 ...... Visalia 4-7 ...... High Desert 19-21 ...... at Lancaster 24-26 ...... at Bakersfield 8 ...... Off Day 22-24 ...... Modesto 27-30 ...... at Rancho MAY 9-11 ...... at Modesto 25-27 ...... at San Jose Cucamonga 1-4 ...... Bakersfield 12-14 ...... at Visalia 28-30 ...... San Jose 31 ...... Off Day 5-7 ...... at Visalia 15-17 ...... Modesto 31 ...... at Modesto 8-10 . . Rancho Cucamonga 18-21 ...... San Jose SEPTEMBER 11 ...... Off Day AUGUST 22-24 ...... All Star Break 3-3 ...... Bakersfield OPPONENTS 12-14 ...... Inland Empire (Inland Empire) 1-2 ...... at Modesto 4-7 ...... Visalia 15-18 ...... at High Desert 25-27 ...... at San Jose 3 ...... Off Day 19-21 ...... Bakersfield 28-30 ...... Lancaster 4-6 ...... Lake Elsinore

KANE COUNTY - A PLAYER DEVELOPMENT

STEVE SCARSONE Manager

Steve Scarsone begins his first year in the Oakland organization after logging managerial stints with Single-A South Bend (2001) and Single-A Lancaster (2002).

Scarsone played seven seasons as a Major League utility with Philadelphia MISCELLANEOUS (1992), Baltimore (1992), San Francisco (1993-96), St. Louis (1997) and Kansas City (1999), He enjoyed his most success with the Giants, with his best season being 1995 when he batted .266 with 11 home

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIA GUIDE ❯ 363 MISCELLANEOUS PLAYER DEVELOPMENT OPPONENTS HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW 2009 ATHLETICS FRONT OFFICE Team. to MidwestLeagueMid-SeasonAll-Star Team…Larry Cobb namedtoMLMid-SeasonandPost-SeasonAll-Star MANAGERIAL RECORD daughter Leah(14)andsonTy (12). in theminorsbefore makinghisMajorLeaguedebutwiththePhilliesin 1992. runs and29RBI.HewasoriginallydraftedbyPhiladelphiainthe2ndround ofthe1986draftandplayedsixseasons ❯ 364 Team LeagueRankings: Individual Honors: Playoffs: Team Record: League: 2008 KANECOUNTYSEASONSUMMARY 5th/2nd 4th/3rd HAAS PRATT 133-143 63-77 70-66 Finish Record League California MidwestLeague JIMMY ESCALANTE League 2002 Playoffs: doned duetoattacksonSeptember11. 2001 Playoffs: Lancaster(A) SouthBend(A) Totals 2002 2001 Year Team (T3rd/-6.5) intheMidwestLeagueWestern Division. round oftheJune,2004draftoutUniversityArkansas. Triple-A Sacramento(2006)andSingle-AKaneCounty(2007).Hewasselectedinthe30th with RookieLeagueArizona(2004),Single-AVancouver (2005),Single-AStocktonand RedHawks. dent leagues,spendingthe2002seasonwithSonomaCountyCrushersand2005Fargo-Moorhead acquired intheRuleVMinorLeaguedraft1999.Inaddition,formerpitcherplayedtwoyearsindepen- Orioles’ farmsystem(1997-1999)andthe2000campaigninAngels’afterbeing holding thesamepositionfortwoyearswithArizonaA’s. home runsallowed(91), 12thinwalksallowed(366)andeighth instrikeouts(1039). and sixthinstolenbases(149)…ranked third inERA(3.45),sixthhits(1176),tiedforninthsaves(36), in runs scored (627),third inhits(1200),seventhhomeruns(81),secondwalks(540),ninthstrikeouts (1011)

KANE COUNTY-A Hitting Coach Pitching Coach Scarsone makeshisoff-season homeinScottsdale,Ariz.withhiswifeBecki.Thecouplehastwochildren –a Pratt resides inArvada,Co.withhiswife,Kera. He spenttheprevious fouryearsasaninfielderintheA’s minorleaguesystem,playing Haas Prattreturns toKaneCountyforhissecondseasonashittingcoach. Escalante resides inWoodside, Calif.withhiswifeMichele during theoff-season. Escalante, whowasselectedbyBaltimore inthe1996draft,spentthree yearsinthe Jimmy EscalantejoinsKaneCounty’s coachingstaff asthepitchingcoachafterpreviously ❯

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIAGUIDE DefeatedbyBurlington2-1infirstround ofMidwestLeaguePlayoffs. Midwest League(14teams). DefeatedMichigan2-0inquarterfinals;defeatedDaytonsemifinals;finalserieswasaban- Finished39-29(2nd/-2.5)inthefirsthalf…33-37(6th/-10.5)secondhalf…72-66 overall Was defeatedbyLake Elsinore 2-0inquarterfinals , Greg Dowling,CraigItaliano, Scott MitchinsonandJamieRichmondnamed continued KaneCountyrankedsecondintheMidwest Leagueinbattingaverage(.259),third in Individual League Rankings: Adam Klein tied for third in the league in walks (68)…Todd Johnson ranked eighth FRONT OFFICE in RBI (74)…Jamie Richmond led the league in pitched (163.1) and fourth in home runs allowed (16)…Scott Deal led the league in home runs allowed (19)…Scott Hodsdon ranked ninth in ERA (2.93).

BATTERS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IBB SO SB CS DP SLG OBP Arrieche, Carlos .230 19 61 2 14 4 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 11 0 1 2 .295 .230 Brown, Corey .270 85 300 44 81 18 2 14 49 3 4 3 41 1 96 12 0 0 .483 .359 Christian, Jason .320 6 25 3 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 .360 .320 Cobb, Larry .273 107 406 57 111 25 2 13 70 0 11 11 44 3 80 19 6 8 .441 .352 2009 ATHLETICS Correa, Walter .188 30 101 12 19 4 0 1 6 1 1 1 13 0 20 4 3 1 .257 .284 Dowling, Greg .269 132 510 51 137 33 0 15 71 3 7 8 30 1 86 1 1 18 .422 .315 Frash, Justin .281 72 274 34 77 10 0 1 24 4 0 0 27 0 58 2 1 4 .328 .346 Hamblin, Daniel .145 22 76 12 11 1 1 1 6 0 0 0 10 0 27 0 0 1 .224 .244 Hollingsworth, D.J. .224 28 85 14 19 0 1 0 6 5 1 4 15 0 16 6 3 0 .247 .362 Johnson, Todd .281 109 413 55 116 24 5 13 74 3 7 5 42 1 81 11 4 7 .458 .349 Johnston, Jonathan .228 36 114 21 26 4 0 1 11 1 3 2 21 2 38 11 4 2 .289 .350 Keough, Shane .244 104 340 43 83 7 3 2 26 3 1 2 29 2 103 3 8 7 .300 .306 Klein, Adam .271 79 266 61 72 13 2 1 26 5 5 2 68 0 60 18 7 3 .346 .416 Lissman, Michael .203 54 172 16 35 7 1 2 13 4 0 3 20 0 34 1 2 2 .291 .297 Love, Dante .161 9 31 4 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 7 0 0 1 .226 .235 REVIEW Napoleon, Dusty .205 16 44 3 9 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 9 0 12 0 1 1 .227 .345 Nunez, Juan .333 7 21 3 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 .333 .417 Paramore, Petey .225 31 102 14 23 8 0 1 14 1 0 1 22 1 30 0 0 4 .333 .368 Ray, Matt .251 105 371 50 93 13 3 3 35 7 3 6 41 0 87 14 7 7 .326 .333 Richard, Michael .287 85 321 56 92 9 2 2 42 5 5 4 41 0 35 35 7 5 .346 .369 Rosendo, Gustavo .211 12 38 5 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 5 0 0 2 .211 .268 Smith, Jake .288 81 313 32 90 24 0 6 47 2 4 11 25 1 52 3 0 8 .422 .357 Smith, Matt .232 18 56 8 13 6 1 2 8 0 0 1 10 0 19 1 1 2 .482 .358 Vitters, Christian .257 33 113 16 29 4 0 2 15 1 5 2 13 0 28 2 1 2 .345 .331 Weeks, Jemile .297 19 74 11 22 3 1 1 8 0 0 3 13 0 12 6 2 1 .405 .422 RECORDS Team Total .259 138 4628 627 1200 221 24 81 563 51 58 73 540 12 1011 149 59 88 .370 .342

PITCHERS W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV SVO IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK AVG Banwart, Travis 2-3 2.38 7 7 1 0 0 0 41.2 39 15 11 0 1 11 0 41 2 0 .253 Capra, Anthony 4-3 4.22 10 10 0 0 0 0 49.0 48 25 23 3 2 22 0 39 6 0 .257 Deal, Scott 6-6 4.73 32 17 0 0 1 1 121.2 131 69 64 19 4 40 2 86 6 0 .274 Dewing, Branden 0-0 0.00 7 0 0 0 3 3 10.1 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .118 Espinal, Leonardo 5-5 3.06 40 0 0 0 4 6 61.2 60 29 21 3 3 23 1 53 5 2 .253 Farley, Chris 0-0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .083 HISTORY Fragoso, Jose 1-0 0.00 4 0 0 0 1 2 5.2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 12 0 0 .105 Friend, Justin 5-5 3.84 42 0 0 0 11 16 63.1 59 34 27 6 3 32 2 78 11 0 .248 Glushon, Jason 1-0 2.96 9 0 0 0 1 1 24.1 24 10 8 3 1 2 0 15 0 0 .258 Hernandez, Carlos 5-0 2.29 7 6 0 0 0 0 35.1 30 9 9 1 0 7 0 29 2 0 .240 Hertzler, Brad 2-5 5.26 26 4 0 0 0 2 63.1 70 45 37 5 9 13 0 49 3 3 .286 Hodsdon, Scott 5-8 2.93 25 23 0 0 0 0 120.0 134 60 39 7 17 23 0 86 4 0 .282 Hornbeck, Ben 1-0 2.25 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 .214 Hunter, Brett 0-0 5.40 2 0 0 0 0 1 1.2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 .000 Italiano, Craig 7-0 1.16 14 14 0 0 0 0 70.0 43 16 9 2 3 35 0 79 12 0 .177 OPPONENTS Keough, Shane 0-0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .000 Kerfoot, Chad 8-1 2.35 34 2 0 0 4 7 72.2 64 27 19 5 5 15 2 73 3 1 .234 Lysander, Brent 1-3 4.53 24 1 0 0 0 0 51.2 70 37 26 5 5 18 2 27 3 0 .313 Mitchinson, Scott 5-3 1.74 14 13 0 0 0 0 77.2 60 21 15 1 9 11 0 78 3 0 .210 Moore, Scott 1-3 4.62 11 2 0 0 4 4 25.1 25 14 13 2 4 8 0 33 4 0 .255 Oakes, Earl 0-0 18.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 7 4 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .538 Richmond, Jamie 7-11 4.79 28 28 1 0 0 0 163.1 175 99 87 16 11 27 1 98 10 0 .269

Ross, Tyson 0-1 4.66 6 4 0 0 0 1 19.1 16 11 10 1 2 5 0 16 1 0 .219 PLAYER DEVELOPMENT Sewell, Lance 5-5 2.88 26 6 0 0 2 2 78.0 61 33 25 7 4 28 1 78 9 0 .214 Tacker, Ryne 0-0 27.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 3 3 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 .600 Walters, Nick 1-4 3.81 41 0 0 0 5 10 52.0 47 27 22 4 3 36 2 55 8 0 .240 Team Total 72-66 3.45 138 138 2 8 36 56 1220.0 1176 591 468 91 86 366 14 1039 94 7 .252 MISCELLANEOUS

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIA GUIDE ❯ 365 MISCELLANEOUS PLAYER DEVELOPMENT OPPONENTS HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW 2009 ATHLETICS FRONT OFFICE 25-28 Beloit . 21-24 Burlington ..at Day 20 ..Off Rapids Cedar 16-19 . 13-15 ..Burlington Day 12 ..Off 9-11 Peoria ..at APRIL 2009 KANECOUNTYSCHEDULE oas 2926 219-226 3rd 2nd 3rd 366 34-42 37-38 39-37 5th Finish Record 43-33 NorthwestLeague NorthwestLeague NorthwestLeague CRAIG LEFFERTS 1988 Playoffs: Vancouver (ShortA) 2nd NewYork-Penn League Vancouver (ShortA) League 8th Totals Vancouver (ShortA) 2008 NiagaraFallsRapids(ShortA) 46-27 2007 20-49 2006 Appalachian 1989 Appalachian 1988 Bristol League 1987 Bristol League Year Team (Rookie) MANAGERIAL RECORD (Rookie) RICK MAGNANTE VANCOUVER - A (SHORT SEASON) Cities Quad at 16-19 . 12-15 ..Burlington Day 11 ..Off Dayton at 8-10 . 5-7 WayneFort ..at Bend 2-4 South . Lansing 1 . MAY Lansing 29-30 . (2000-02) andMedicine Hat(1999). ously servedinthesame capacityatDouble-ATennessee intheToronto BlueJays system the 2003seasonaspitchingcoachat Double-AMidlandoftheTexas League.Heprevi- in Oakland’s minorleaguesystem,hissixthyearwiththeVancouver Canadians.Hespent Professional League(1990). minorleaguesystem(1987-89)aswellwiththeNovara,Serie AteamoftheItalian positions intheDetroit Tigers Award andtheA’s DickBogard MemorialAward in2001and2003. , tonameafew. ScoutsAssociationScoutoftheYear Hewastherecipient California oftheSouthern Baseball Classic. 226 (.492).In2006,hemanagedtheSouthAfricanNationalTeam intheinauguralWorld He hasspentsixseasonsasaminorleaguemanagercompilingcareer record of219- Pitching Coach Manager Former majorleaguepitcherCraigLefferts entershis seventhseasonasapitchingcoach Magnante resides inVan Nuys,Calif.andhastwosons,Bobby andDaniel. Magnante, whobeganhiscareer inprofessional baseballwiththeClevelandIndiansin1969,hasheld managerial In addition,hehasservedasanarea scoutfortheA’s since1996andiscredited withsigningBarryZitoand Rick Magnantereturns forhisfourthseasonatthehelmofVancouver Canadians. ❯

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIAGUIDE DefeatedbyKingsportinchampionshipgame 20-22 ..Wisconsin 30 ..Peoria Day 29 ..Off Cities Quad at 25-28 . Day 24 ..Off (Clinton) Game Star All 23 . Day 22 ..Off 18-21 ..Wisconsin Rapids Cedar 14-17 ..at 10-13 Wisconsin ..at 6-9 ..Peoria 2-5 Clinton at . Day 1 ..Off JUNE 29-31 Beloit at . 26-28 Lakes Great .at 23-25 . Michigan West 7-10 Clinton . 3-6 Wisconsin ..at Lansing at 1-2 . AUGUST Lansing at 31 . Rapids Cedar 28-30 ..at Dayton 25-27 . 22-24 Wayne ..Fort Day 21 ..Off Michigan West at 18-20 . Bend 15-17 South at . Day 14 ..Off 11-13 Lakes Great . 8-10 ..Burlington 4-7 Clinton at . 1-3 ..Peoria JULY 9-19 League ..Midwest Day 8 ..Off Cities Quad 5-7 . Peoria ..at 2-4 Day 1 ..Off SEPTEMBER 28-31 ..Wisconsin 24-27 Beloit . 20-23 Beloit at . Day 19 ..Off 15-18 Burlington ..at Cities Quad 11-14 . Playoffs In his 12-year major league career, Lefferts compiled a 58-72 record with a 3.43 ERA, which included stops in FRONT OFFICE Chicago-NL, San Diego, San Francisco, Baltimore, Texas and California. A ninth round selection by the Cubs in 1980, Lefferts made his major league debut with Chicago in 1983. In 1984, Lefferts posted a career-best 2.13 ERA for the West Division champion Padres and tossed 10 scoreless innings in six postseason appear- ances. He was the winning pitcher in the final two NLCS games against Chicago and earned the in the Padres only World Series victory against Detroit. In 1987, Lefferts made 44 appearances for San Francisco, including three scoreless outings in the NLCS against St. Louis. In 1989, he matched Gary Lavelle’s team record for saves by a left-handed pitcher with 20 and appeared in five postseason games, making two appearances in the NLCS versus

Chicago and three against the A’s in the World Series. After recording 23 saves in 1991, he was converted to a 2009 ATHLETICS starter in 1992 and finished with a 13-9 record and 3.69 ERA in 27 starts for the Padres. Lefferts retired after making 30 appearances for the California Angels during the 1994 season. Lefferts and his wife Wendy reside in Anthem, Ariz. with their four children, Brock, Brady, Taylor, Tanner and Lindsay.

CASEY MYERS Hitting Coach REVIEW Casey Myers will serve as the Canadians hitting coach this season after beginning his coaching career as a player-coach with Midland last year, also handling the hitting coach duties with the RockHounds. Drafted by the A’s in the 9th round of the 2001 June Draft, he has compiled a .293 career batting average over the last seven seasons within the A’s minor league system. Myers makes his off-season home in Phoenix, Ariz. RECORDS 2008 VANCOUVER SEASON SUMMARY

League: Northwest League (eight teams). Team Record: Finished 34-42 (3rd/-6.0) overall in the Northwest League West. Individual Honors: Jose Guzman named to Northwest League Post-Season All-Star Team. HISTORY Team League Rankings: Vancouver ranked seventh in the Northwest League in batting average (.234), seventh in runs scored (314), seventh in hits (578), seventh in home runs (28), second in walks (332), third in strikeouts (616) and seventh in stolen bases (59)…ranked fourth in the league in ERA (4.18), fifth in hits (654), fourth in saves (20), seventh in home runs allowed (26), tied for fourth in walks allowed (309) and finished second in the league in strikeouts (626).

OAKLAND’S 20-GAME WINNING STREAK OPPONENTS During the 2002 season, the Oakland Athletics set an record by winning 20 consecutive games from August 13 to September 4. It was the third longest winning streak in the Major Leagues since 1900 and was the longest in 67 years. The streak broke the previous American League record of 19 set by the 1906 (Aug. 2 to 23) and matched by the 1947 New York Yankees (June 29 to July 17). The streak also bettered the previous Athletics franchise record of 17 set in 1931 (May 5 to 25) as well as the previous Oakland record of 14 set in 1988 (April 23 to May 9). The A’s outscored the opposition 141-65 during the streak and trailed in just 10 of the 180 innings. Here’s a game-by-game look at Oakland’s American League- PLAYER DEVELOPMENT record 20-game winning streak.

Date Opponent Score Date Opponent Score Aug. 13 Toronto 5-4 Aug. 24 at Detroit 12-3 Aug. 14 Toronto 4-2 Aug. 25 at Detroit 10-7 Aug. 16 Chicago 1-0 Aug. 26 at Kansas City 6-3 Aug. 17 Chicago 9-2 Aug. 27 at Kansas City 6-4 Aug. 18 Chicago 7-4 Aug. 28 at Kansas City 7-1 Aug. 19 at Cleveland 8-1 Aug. 30 Minnesota 4-2 Aug. 20 at Cleveland 6-3 Aug. 31 Minnesota 6-3

Aug. 21 at Cleveland 6-0 Sept. 1 Minnesota 7-5 MISCELLANEOUS Aug. 22 at Cleveland 9-3 Sept. 2 Kansas City 7-6 Aug. 23 at Detroit 9-1 Sept. 4 Kansas City 12-11

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIA GUIDE ❯ 367 MISCELLANEOUS PLAYER DEVELOPMENT OPPONENTS HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW 2009 ATHLETICS FRONT OFFICE Haviland rankedtiedforninthinstrikeouts(61). ranked eighthininningspitched(75.2)…JoseGuzmanledtheleaguesaves(15)andgames(30)…Shawn (.404)…Pedro Figueroa tiedfortheleagueleadinstrikeouts(77)…RonnyMorla(77)and (17)…David Thomastiedforsixthindoubles(18)…JasonChristianrankedseventhon-basepercentage emT tl 44 .8 67 0 0 32 4 663.2 654 20 369 2654 6 308 0 626 62 309 76 3 10 10 4.18 34-42 1 0 1 0 3 5 .258 Team 3.1 0 0 .294 0-1 Total 20 Villegas, 2.70 Thomas, Juan 01 2-1 9 0 5 1 0 1-1 5 20 2.41 18.2 Tejeda,11 0 3 0 13 0 0 Daniel 5.17 0 31.1 30 1 22 0 0 0 0-5 0 2 24 2 8 18 Tacker,0 5 7 0 Edgar 0 19 1 .172 10.03 35.0 51 2.1 0 14 80 40 0 3 44 Smalley, 0 24 .438 0-1 39 1 20 Ryne 7.71 34 0 Rivera, 27 8 5-1 Kenneth .246 3 0 0 2-6 3.07 29.1 19 20 01 02 Morla, 6.1 0 01 10 11 7 4.88 21 1 3 01 5 Julio 10 16 0 0 10 3 0 0-0 0 5 .342 1 10 0 75.2 0 50 7 87 12 0 16 0 0 9.95 Lysander,50 45 34 5.2 41 Ronny 3 0 0 0 .350 1-0 33 0 20 .345 Lee, 77 7.94 6 Brent 0 .190 Chad .285 Team Total .234 76 2473 314 578 131 16 28 275 46 23 50 332 6 616 59 29 45 .334 .334 .334 45 6165929 6 28 275 46 23 50 .23476 332 16 2473 131 0 578 314 110 .167 0 Team.192 0 2 10 4892 0 .313 2 0 0 Total16 5 1 2 .320 .181 West, 31 4 0 7 1 59 160 29 3 Wentzell, 24 Jareck 2 24 Tirado, .125 8 Daniel 2 4332 Thomas, Francisco .259 0 0 5 12 4 0 .280 4374 .211 16 .290 .425 0 2 0 8 32 5 51 David 6 8 .388 57 166 29 2 207 35 18 22 60 30 BATTERS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IBB SO SB CS DP SLG OBP SLG DP SB CS SO IBB BB SH RBI SF HP HR 3B 2B H R AB G AVG BATTERS Individual LeagueRankings: ❯ 368 1-3 Salem-Keizer . JULY 28-30 Salem-Keizer . . Triat 27-27 City . . 22-22 Everett . . JUNE 2009 VANCOUVER MINORLEAGUESCHEDULE Leblanc Poirier, Mathieu Hornbeck, 2-2 0 2 0 0 7 10 4.88 2-1 15.0 31.1 13 30 7 01 6 710 18 01 Hertzler, Ben 0 10 18 21 3.60 17 18 0 Hernandez, 40 .241 Brad 3 1 Haviland, 03 Carlos 7 0 8 0 0 9 0-2 38 2-0 39.2 32 0 1 .256 70 0 2-3 Hart, 1 2.52 35.2 1.82 26 0 Shawn 1 15 60 0 3.48 54.1 11 56 1 0 18 90 10 25 13 Guzman, 21 2-2 .221 13 1 Michael 0 40 18 1 2.25 1 30 0 61 0 Gomez, 8 Jose 15 18 1 3-2 12 1 36.0 34 9 0 5.94 36.1 46 14 Garcia, 1 24 0 .202 2-4 12 2 Fabian 25 13 0 .262 24 0 38 4.46 36.1 33 6 2 3 12 60 2 01 5 19 1 1-1 0 Fitts, 22 14 0 5 0 18 Hector 26 8 0 2.86 3 34.2 32 0 18 10 27 0 0 6.1 12 14 0 Figueroa, 22 9 0 11 .245 0 4 .308 Matthew 0-0 22 40 1 4 2-5 7.11 .324 1 Deaza, 3.93 Pedro 15 0 0 .248 68.2 62 4-4 15 0 2 .244 Barham, 37 0 3 3.46 52.0 Inoel 30 51 0 20 70 23 15 32 0 20 77 3 TreyPITCHERS W-L 17 0 4 36 7 0 .238 .262 ERA G GS 2 3001 .244 0 Rutherford, Rodney .250 4 52 0 2 0 CG 0 2 4 1801 .302 0 16 0 4 .195 8 14 1 .275 82 3383 6 1 Rivera, .282 .444 43 29 0 2 0 4 1 11 .486 40 39 124 SHO 35 0 Pruitt, 33 Julio 3 0 50 13 .206 .079 8 63 Nunez, J.D. 22 .125 0 2 6 Napoleon, 20 Juan 0 2135 0 .281 0 SV .302 6 0 0 8 Macias, Dusty 0 12 3 410 1 2 .244 .340 2 2 1 28 3 4 2 3 1 2 .372 61 .250 2310 41 Luis, 1 209 Lorenzo.261 2 12 0 .079 51 32 16 1 1 38 29 9 5 1 38 .264 .151 128 19 1 1 13 5 Love, 901 SVO 37 Marcos .133 119 18 14 .200 0 Lissman, Dante IP 5 4 14 0 0 5242 2 1 0 .294 0 831 281 291 LeVier,.314 Michael .387 .292 6 0 .282 0 0 9 22 0 0 81 12 5 2 4 H .349 1 2 3 .324 .219 .322 1 0 1 21 10 .241 0 1 8 Jernigan, 7 44 4 5 Mitchell 50 30 0 155 0 4 3 170 34 1 25 .111 41 0 15 45 Gil, 15 Ryne .208 R 16 5 0 72 1 25 0 7 Correa, Leonardo 2610 .458 0 .200 5 0 35 .355 4 201 11 Coleman, 62 .125 Walter ER 0 0 .263 0 1 Christian, Dustin 8 1 .319 10 0 2 72 0 23 19 13 65 Barfield, Jason .291 1 4 3 0 24 1 0 13 1 HR 1 2 62 .432 6 39 1 213 16 4253 Arrieche, 2 62 Jeremy.404 .271 .375 27 3 1 41 2 1 .341 69 1 26 16 0 251 17 .125 7 68 Carlos 28 HB BB IBB SO WP BK AVG

VANCOUVER SEASONSUMMARY ❯

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIAGUIDE . 1 0141 2 6 01 6 3 3 390 .290 0 0 15 4 1 5 .322 .210 16 2 6 40 124 26 15 1 009 600 0 . 4 1 9 01 7 01 1 10 4 9.2 0 0 .129 1-0 60 0 0.93 29-31 Boise at . . 23-27 . . .Spokane Yakima at 18-22 . . 15-17 Everett at . . 10-14 Boise . . 4-8 Spokane ..at Jeremy BarfieldtiedforfifthintheleagueRBI(41)and10thdoubles continued 20-22 Eugene . ..at 14-18 Tri-City . . 11-13 . ..Eugene 8-10 Salem-Keizer at . Yakima 3-7 . 1-2 Boise at . AUGUST 4-6 Everett . 1-3 Everett at . SEPTEMBER 39-31 . . .Eugene 26-28 Eugene . ..at 23-25 Salem-Keizer at . . FRONT OFFICE ARIZONA A’S - ROOKIE

MARCUS JENSEN Manager

Marcus Jensen takes over the reins as manager with the Arizona A’s after spending two 2009 ATHLETICS years as the hitting coach. Jensen, a former catcher, was drafted by San Francisco in the 33rd round of the 1990 June Draft. He spent the first six years of his career playing at various levels in the Giants minor league system before making his Major League debut on April 14, 1996. He compiled a .184 batting aver- age while playing in 145 career games with San Francisco (1996-1997), Detroit (1997), Milwaukee (1998; 2002), St. Louis (1999), Minnesota (2000), Boston (2001) and Texas (2001). He spent the 2003 season with the Yankees’ Triple-A affiliate before closing out his career playing for various independent league teams from 2004-2006. In addi- tion, Jensen was a member of the 2000 U.S. Olympic team that defeated for the Gold medal.

Jensen makes his off-season home in Scottsdale, Ariz. with his son Marcus. REVIEW

ARIEL PRIETO Pitching Coach

Ariel Prieto makes his professional coaching debut as the Arizona A’s pitching coach. A former Oakland 1st round draft selection (5th pick overall) in the June, 1995 free-agent draft, Prieto spent five seasons with Oakland (1995-2000) and one campaign with Tampa RECORDS Bay. He was the A’s Opening Night starter in 1997 and recorded a career-high 22 starts and six wins while posting a 5.04 ERA that year. The right-handed pitcher spent stints on the disabled list each season before undergoing multiple surgeries in 1998 and missing all of the 1999 season due to injury. He compiled a 15-24 record and 4.85 ERA in 70 career appearances, 60 starts. From 2003-2005 Prieto played in the Minor Leagues and in 2006 played on the Winter League team in Mexico. Prieto is a graduate of Fajardo University in the Isle of Pines, Cuba. He was a member of the Cuban National Team from 1990-1994, where he set the National Team record for strikeouts in one game when he fanned 20 at

Nicaragua in 1990. HISTORY A native of , Cuba, Prieto makes his off-season home in Miami, Fla. with his wife Janet and daughters Ariel and Melanea.

JUAN DILONE Hitting Coach OPPONENTS Juan Dilone returns for his second stint as hitting coach for the Arizona A’s (also, 2004) after holding the position of coordinator of Dominican instruction for the past four years. Prior to that, he served as hitting coach at short-season Single-A Vancouver (2003) and Single-A Visalia (2002). Dilone signed a free agent contract with Oakland in 1990 and spent six seasons (1991-94; 96-97) in the A’s farm system. A former infielder, Dilone spent his last two seasons at Single-A Modesto, where he batted a career best

.265 with 14 home runs in 1996. PLAYER DEVELOPMENT A native of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Dilone makes his off-season home in Higuey, Dominican Republic. MISCELLANEOUS

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIA GUIDE ❯ 369 MISCELLANEOUS PLAYER DEVELOPMENT OPPONENTS HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW 2009 ATHLETICS FRONT OFFICE ERA (1.41)…AnviorisRamirez ledtheleagueinhomerunsallowed(14). Leyja tiedforfourthinrunsscored (42)andranked12thinbattingaverage(.315)…JulioRamossecond finished tiedfortheleadintriples(10),rankedsecondRBI(42)andthird inhomeruns(8)…Nino the leadindoubles(17)andranked11thbattingaverage(.316)…RashunDixonledleaguestrikeouts(68), the leagueinhomerunsallowed(31),rankedsixthwalks(189)andeighthstrikeouts(413). (67)…ranked seventhintheleagueERA(4.81),ledhitsallowed(557),rankedfifthsaves(12), hits (502),secondinhomeruns(26),fifthwalks(197),strikeouts(511)andseventhstolenbases Star Team. aaoe ee 349 2 8 0 40001 0 2 20 .455 .563 3 0 40 0 2501 0 .395 10 0 .283 1 3 0 16 0 2 2 1 Paramore, 2 5 8 22 .256 7 9 Ortiz, 22 Petey 86 1 .364 9 26 2130 .296 0 Mercedes, 7 Gabriel .259 2510 9 .267 81 0 1 0 2 Made, .250 31 Wilson 5 .315 1 2 1 61 0 0 1 25 0 0 1310 10 2 1 3 1 3 .433 43 .479 19 0 .169 6 165 70 Leyja, 12 71 1 Alcibiades 52 .431 .383 0 0 42 12 10 22 3 10 .198 86 1 0 17 4 Jernigan, 28 Nino 12 1221 .197 0 20 .333 7 .301 60 8 Hudson, Ryne 40 17 0 4 0 22 House, 2 0 0 Herbert 0 2 10 1 12 1 .164 1 .273 18 61 0 10 1 19 10 .378 .263 Tyreace 99 26 29 25 orge,K ye 253 9 9 6 1 1205 0 001 3 2001 .388 0 Rodriguez, .314 2 2 11 2 0 5 1 Keyter 4 26 .265 9 98 30 Team Total .261 56 1921 303 502 97 32 26 256 15 20 41 197 0 511 67 24 48 .386 .340 .386 48 5116724 1 0 10 .615 26 0 256 15 20 41 .533 0 197 0 32 .000 97 .26156 2 .400 1921 31 0 0 502 0 303 2 2 0 0 0 220 0 Team 0 2 .176 0 10 .200 .164 0 4 6 Total 0 41 0 .250 Thomas, 1 0 3 0 13 2 .4625 0 0 1 0 0 Sweeney, 0 4 David 3 3330 5 .305 0 0 1 .0001 Soto, .284 .098 0 8 4 Ryan 13 3 51 2 4 1 17 2 6 Sosa, 2 Ramon 21 10 1 0 19 .1003 .200 30 8 12 2 0 95 .281 0 11 Smith, 31 Wilfredo .347 1 1 .234 Sierra, 64 Jake 15 21 1 13 1101 .284 0 Rodriguez, Angel .319 6 62 1 3 0 Yunior 0 3 .247 81 20 28 12 umn eu .6 1 2 3 1 0 110 0 10 .867 .529 0 0 0 30 0 2 0 1 1.333 0 0 3 .500 3 0 20 7 1920 0 1 Guzman, .346 1 1 0 10 1 2 2 .340 15 12 0 0 0 6 .4675 Gil, Jesus .235 81 1 19 23 10 0 Dixon, 30 Leonardo 5 2 3 0 6852 .263 .525 8 0 101 1.000 42 0 0 .333 3 3 1 0 Desme, .328 45 .3332 Rashun 18 .688 10 1 179 .300 2 60 47 50 0 32 0 1 1 1 Crisostomo, Greg 5 0 0 2 2486 0 .413 0 90 Coleman, Jose 1 0 10 .381 4 0 6 13 15 .6674 .308 3 4 Buck, 5 27 Dustin 28 .222 7 104 32 17 Travis (T7th/-18.0) intheArizonaLeague. Individual Honors: Team Record: League: SUMMARY 2008 ARIZONAA’SSEASON 370 Rodriguez, Raymond Penaloza, Carmelo Franklin Hernandez, OBP SLG DP SB CS SO IBB BB SH RBI SF HP HR 3B 2B 0 40 H .500 .333 0 0 R 50 0 2 1 AB 0 2 G 6 AVG Berroa, Christopher 4 22 .2736 Baisley, Jeff BATTERS Individual LeagueRankings: Team LeagueRankings: 01 Esteban German,MarioRamos JoseOrtiz,BarryZito Hudson Adam Piatt,Tim 2001 EricChavez,JayWitasick 2000 BenGrieve, BradRigby 1999 D.T. Cromer, Adams Willie 1998 Steve Cox, Derek Manning 1997 1996 1995 ❯

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIAGUIDE ArizonaLeague(nineteams). ORGANIZATIONAL PLAYER ANDPITCHEROFTHEYEAR Finished11-17(7th/-10.0)inthefirsthalf…10-18(7th/-11.0)secondhalf…21-35overall . 1 3 5 1 0 0 5 1 1 1043 .311 0 .396 5 30 1 2 0 0 0 14 .311 8 45 13 . 7 7 8 1 7 0 4 3 0 3201 .269 0 .238 4 50 0 2 0 0 7 14 .179 9 78 27 . 5 9 2 1 2 01 5 1 0 1901 .323 0 .343 0 5 10 2 0 3 1 2 16 .258 9 62 19 4 611 .316 .489 4 0 36 0 2 4 .373 55 18 5 225 17 71 29 Franklin Hernandez, NinoLeyjaandJulioRamosnamedtoArizonaLeaguePost-SeasonAll- FranklinHernandez, ArizonaA’s rankedsixthinbattingaverage(.261),runsscored (303),sixthin Franklin Hernandez ledtheleagueinhits(71),totalbases(110),finishedtiedfor Franklin Hernandez 08 , , Trevor Cahill Jeff Baisley, JasonWindsor 2008 , DallasBraden 2007 DanJohnson,Jairo Garcia 2006 Graham Koonce,RichHarden 2005 GrahamKoonce,RichHarden 2004 2003 2002 PITCHERS W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV SVO IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK AVG FRONT OFFICE Adames, Joselito 0-3 8.31 14 3 0 0 0 0 30.1 45 39 28 0 0 17 0 20 8 3 .357 Delgado, Richard 0-4 6.00 14 0 0 0 5 5 18.0 25 12 12 2 0 10 3 17 0 0 .342 Doolittle, Ryan 2-3 4.44 14 7 0 0 0 0 46.2 50 28 23 2 2 10 0 36 3 0 .275 Ferreras, Ronald 1-4 4.37 14 0 0 0 1 2 22.2 21 15 11 0 4 14 0 22 0 2 .263 Foulke, Keith 0-0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .333 Garcia, Jose 0-0 0.00 3 3 0 0 0 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 .100 Hunter, Brett 0-0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .250 Joseph, Jonathan 1-1 4.56 16 0 0 0 4 7 23.2 30 17 12 1 2 11 1 37 6 0 .300

Leblanc Poirier, Mathieu 0-1 7.89 11 2 0 0 0 2 21.2 34 23 19 1 5 6 0 18 2 1 .362 2009 ATHLETICS Lee, Chad 0-0 0.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 .200 Madsen, Michael 0-0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Murray, Justin 0-1 1.69 3 1 0 0 0 0 10.2 6 5 2 1 1 2 0 7 0 0 .154 Oliveros, Jose 2-1 4.93 14 5 0 0 0 1 34.2 54 23 19 0 1 16 0 22 2 1 .353 Penalba, Ricardo 1-0 3.86 7 1 0 0 1 1 9.1 7 5 4 0 1 3 0 12 2 0 .219 Quinonez, Jose 1-0 10.57 8 0 0 0 0 0 7.2 10 10 9 0 2 6 0 5 0 1 .333 Ramirez, Anvioris 2-4 6.22 14 6 0 0 0 0 46.1 52 38 32 14 2 16 0 34 2 2 .281 Ramos, Julio 3-2 1.41 14 7 0 0 0 0 51.0 56 17 8 0 1 12 0 36 4 0 .279 Samuel, David 0-1 7.84 12 0 0 0 0 0 10.1 14 14 9 0 6 9 0 10 5 1 .292 Schultz, Patrick 4-3 5.24 14 7 0 0 0 1 44.2 43 33 26 0 1 25 0 30 5 1 .250

Sharpe, Steven 0-1 10.12 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.2 4 3 3 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 .364 REVIEW Storey, Mickey 2-2 3.27 14 0 0 0 1 1 22.0 17 8 8 2 1 6 0 23 1 0 .210 Street, Juston 0-1 3.32 16 0 0 0 0 1 19.0 25 16 7 1 2 5 1 19 5 0 .313 Vidal, Pedro 1-0 2.95 14 5 0 0 0 0 39.2 30 21 13 5 2 10 0 32 3 0 .204 Villegas, Juan 1-1 10.80 6 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 13 8 8 0 1 4 0 8 1 0 .419 Windsor, Jason 0-2 7.36 4 4 0 0 0 0 11.0 15 13 9 2 1 5 0 9 0 0 .319 Team Total 21-35 4.81 56 56 0 1 12 21 490.2 557 348 262 31 37 189 5 413 51 12 .285

2009 ARIZONA SCHEDULE RECORDS

JUNE 7 ...... at Angels 26 ...... Off Day 12 ...... Cubs 21 ...... Off Day 8 ...... Giants 27 ...... at Cubs 13 ...... at Giants 22 ...... Cubs 9 ...... at Cubs 28 ...... Angels 14 ...... at Angels 23 ...... at Angels 10 ...... Brewers 29 ...... at Giants 15 ...... Off Day 24 ...... Giants 11 ...... Off Day 30 ...... Brewers 16 ...... Rangers 25 ...... at Brewers 12 ...... Angels 31 ...... Off Day 17 ...... Dodgers 26 ...... Off Day 13 ...... at Giants 18 ...... at Rangers 27 ...... at Cubs 14 ...... Cubs AUGUST 19 ...... at Padres 28 ...... Angels 15 ...... at Brewers 1 ...... Royals 20 ...... Off Day HISTORY 29 ...... at Giants 16 ...... Off Day 2 ...... at Cleveland 21 ...... Cubs 30 ...... Brewers 17 ...... at Rangers 3 ...... at Mariners 22 ...... at Angels 18 ...... Indians 4 ...... Mariners 23 ...... Giants JULY 19 ...... at Royals 5 ...... Off Day 24 ...... at Brewers 1 ...... Off Day 20 ...... Padres 6 ...... at Cleveland 25 ...... Off Day 2 ...... Dodgers 21 ...... Off Day 7 ...... Royals 26 ...... at Brewers 3 ...... at Padres 22 ...... Cubs 8 ...... at Brewers 27 ...... Angels 4 ...... Mariners 23 ...... at Angels 9 ...... Giants 28 ...... at Giants 5 ...... at Dodgers 24 ...... Giants 10 ...... Off Day 29 ...... Brewers OPPONENTS 6 ...... Off Day 25 ...... at Brewers 11 ...... Brewers

2008 ORGANIZATIONAL STANDINGS PLAYER DEVELOPMENT First Half Second Half Overall Club W-L Pos. GB W-L Pos. GB W-L Pos. GB Pct. Sacramento (AAA) — — — — — — 83-61 1st — .576 Midland (AA) 34-36 3rd -9.0 41-29 T1st — 75-65 T2nd -9.0 .536 Stockton (A) 42-28 2nd -1.0 34-36 3rd -8.0 76-64 2nd -9.0 .543 Kane County (A) 39-29 2nd -2.5 33-37 6th -10.5 72-66 T3rd -6.5 .522 Vancouver (Short-A) — — — — — — 34-42 3rd -6.0 .447 Arizona (Rookie) 11-17 7th -10.0 10-18 7th -11.0 21-35 T7th -18.0 .375 MISCELLANEOUS

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIA GUIDE ❯ 371 MISCELLANEOUS PLAYER DEVELOPMENT OPPONENTS HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW 2009 ATHLETICS FRONT OFFICE otn oha T 132 131 133 132 137 STO STO,KCC STO Carter, 134 Christopher STO Horton, Joshua Brown, Corey MID,STO KCC Gilbert, Archie 139 Martinez, Frank Dowling, Greg SAC,MID Cunningham, Aaron ibr,Aci SO 194 215 220 STO KCC MID Gilbert, Archie 225 Dowling, Greg Zeringue, Jon SAC,MID Cunningham, Aaron 372 236 248 253 SAC 265 Guzman, Jesus 288 STO,KCC MID 72 Conrad, Brooks MID,STO TB Everidge, Tommy Brown, Corey 75 Doolittle, Sean STO Club(s) Carter, Christopher 85 TOTAL BASES 78 MID 86 STO,KCC two hitterstied STO Zeringue, Jon 89 86 89 Brown, Corey Gilbert, Archie 89 SAC SAC,MID Cunningham, Aaron SAC,MID 101 Conrad, Brooks MID,STO R MID Pennington, Cliff 73 Everidge, Tommy Doolittle, Sean STO 73 74 Carter, Christopher Club(s) RUNS SCORED 89 STO,KCC SAC 83 91 KCC Bankston, Wes STO,KCC Cobb, Larry 88 Johnson, Todd SAC,MID,ATH 91 MID Brown, Corey 104 115 Guzman, Jesus SAC MID,STO Zeringue, Jon Conrad, Brooks Doolittle, Sean STO MID Carter, Christopher Everidge, Tommy RBI Club(s) RBI 148 153 MID,STO MID Guzman, Jesus Everidge, Tommy Doolittle, Sean HITS Club(s) H mt,Jk KC T .8 8 33 4 1 47 6 91 34 RBI 88 323 HR 17 84 H 145 .282 R 64 AB 415 74 13 KCC,ATH 55116 .281 109413 G 100 (Minimum 313atbats) 34 2 Pennington, .349 89123 Avg. .280115440 55 Johnson, SAC, 9 242 91 .28785 KCC 22 321 5692 Smith, Jake 52106 89153 95343 Cliff .286137535 Doolittle, .309 MID, Todd Richard, MID SAC,MID,ATH Baisley, SAC, Sean Massaro, .29687 KCC STO 321 499510 Sulentic, Michael Cunningham, Club Jeff 66 SAC, STO ATH Guzman, Jesus 17 Michael 86139 Matthew .329107423 BATTING AVERAGE SAC, Aaron MID, ORGANIZATIONAL BATTING LEADERS MID .30795 348 43 0 39 STO 2008 ORGANIZATIONAL107 LEADERS ❯

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIAGUIDE SAC, MID,ATH SAC, MID,ATH 226 145 ee itr id 5 6 6 8 10 ATH DR-2 6 seven hitterstied Rosario, Robin MID Leyja, Nino ATH SAC, MID Cunningham, Aaron Sellers, Justin 27 Dixon, Rashun 29 TRIPLES Club(s) 27 SAC,ATH 29 3B 26 30 SAC,MID,ATH STO,KCC Guzman, Jesus 33 32 Baisley, Jeff MID Brown, Corey 34 SAC STO Recker, Anthony Conrad, Brooks 40 KCC Gilbert, Archie STO Carter, Christopher MID,STO MID Dowling, Greg 16 Everidge, Tommy Doolittle, Sean 16 19 DOUBLES Club(s) 2B 19 STO,KCC STO,KCC SAC 23 MID,KCC 20 Rogowski, Casey 35 Brown, Corey 35 31 Cobb, Larry 37 Klein, Adam De LaCruz,Jonatan STO DR-1 SAC,MID 52 Mitchell, Jermaine KCC STO Pennington, Cliff SB Richard, Michael MID Gilbert, Archie 55 54 Donovan, Todd Club(s) STOLEN BASES 55 63 58 STO two hitterstied STO Mitchell, Jermaine 63 73 STO,KCC MID Gilbert, Archie 77 Everidge, Tommy SAC MID,STO MID,KCC Brown, Corey 93 Powell, Landon Doolittle, Sean Klein, Adam SAC,MID STO Carter, Christopher Pennington, Cliff WALKS Club(s) BB ibr,Aci SO .364 .358 .361 MID,STO .368 .369 STO Doolittle, Sean .371 STO Carter, Christopher SAC,ATH STO Gilbert, Archie .378 KCC Sulentic, Matthew Richard, Michael SAC,MID Baisley, Jeff .400 Putnam, Danny SAC,MID Cunningham, Aaron .480 .481 SAC,ATH .496 .488 .495 .508 STO Baisley, SAC,MID Jeff MID,STO Sulentic, Matthew .510 SAC Putnam, Danny Doolittle, Sean SAC STO,KCC Bankston, Wes Conrad, Brooks .532 Brown, Corey SAC,MID Cunningham, Aaron enntn lf SC I .404 OBP SAC,MID Guzman, Jesus Pennington, Cliff Club(s) ON-BASE PCT. .569 44 SLG Guzman, Jesus STO Carter, Christopher 48 Club(s) 48 SLUGGING PCT. MID 45 56 SAC,MID,ATH 46 Recker, Anthony KCC 62 Guzman, Jesus 59 MID SAC,MID Cunningham, Aaron Dowling, Greg 65 STO,KCC MID 75 Zeringue, Jon Everidge, Tommy SAC MID,STO Brown, Corey Conrad, Brooks 17 Doolittle, Sean STO Carter, Christopher SAC,MID 20 EXTRA-BASE HITS 22 23 17 SAC,MID,ATH 17 Gaetti, Joe 22 28 SAC Guzman, Jesus SAC,MID Cunningham, Aaron MID,STO MID Bankston, Wes 30 MID 39 Everidge, Tommy Doolittle, Sean SAC HR STO,KCC Zeringue, Jon Conrad, Brooks Brown, Corey Club(s) STO Carter, Christopher HOME RUNS Cu() EBH Club(s) SAC, MID,ATH SAC, MID,ATH .404 .545 ORGANIZATIONAL PITCHING LEADERS FRONT OFFICE

EARNED AVERAGE Club(s) W-L ERA IP H BB SO Cahill, Trevor MID, STO 11-5 2.61 124.1 76 50 136 Mazzaro, Vincent SAC, MID 15-6 2.74 171.0 164 45 131 Hodsdon, Scott KCC 5-8 2.93 120.0 134 23 86 Simmons, James MID 9-6 3.51 136.0 150 32 120 Banwart, Travis STO, KCC 4-7 3.59 100.1 102 43 95 Anderson, Brett MID, STO 11-5 3.69 105.0 95 27 118 Italiano, Craig STO, KCC 8-4 3.78 100.0 87 61 112 2009 ATHLETICS Fernandez, Jason SAC, MID, STO 10-9 4.01 150.1 155 71 110 Saarloos, Kirk SAC 9-4 4.22 140.2 150 36 79 Gonzalez, Gio SAC 8-7 4.24 123.0 106 61 128 (Minimum 93.0 )

STRIKEOUTS Club(s) SO WINS Club(s) W SAVES Club(s) SV Rodriguez, Henry MID, STO 147 Mazzaro, Vincent SAC, MID 15 Carignan, Andrew MID, STO 28 Cahill, Trevor MID, STO 136 Cahill, Trevor MID, STO 11 Demel, Sam STO 18

Mazzaro, Vincent SAC, MID 131 Anderson, Brett MID, STO 11 Guzman, Jose STO, VAN 15 REVIEW Gonzalez, Gio SAC 128 Fernandez, Jason SAC, MID, STO 10 Friend, Justin KCC 11 Godfrey, Graham SAC, STO 123 Meyer, Dan SAC 10 Blevins, Jerry SAC 10 Simmons, James MID 120 Saarloos, Kirk SAC 9 Lansford, Jared MID, STO 8 Anderson, Brett MID, STO 118 Simmons, James MID 9 Currin, Pat MID, STO 8 Italiano, Craig STO, KCC 112 Webb, Ryan MID 9 Ziegler, Brad SAC 8 Fernandez, Jason SAC, MID, STO 110 Heuser, James STO 9 Delgado, Richard ATH, DR-2 7 Bailey, Andrew MID 110 Three pitchers tied 8 Walters, Nick KCC 5 Prinz, Bret SAC 5 INNINGS PITCHED Club(s) IP COMPLETE GAMES Club(s) CG RECORDS Mazzaro, Vincent SAC, MID 171.0 Saarloos, Kirk SAC 1 Richmond, Jamie KCC 163.1 Gonzalez, Gio SAC 1 Fernandez, Jason SAC, MID, STO 150.1 Richmond, Jamie KCC 1 Knox, Brad SAC, MID 145.1 Astacio, Andres DR-1 1 Godfrey, Graham SAC, STO 140.2 Banwart, Travis STO, KCC 1 Saarloos, Kirk SAC 140.2 Brito, Jose DR-2 1 Simmons, James MID 136.0 Braden, Dallas SAC 1 Webb, Ryan MID 130.0 Cahill, Trevor MID, STO 124.1

Gonzalez, Gio SAC 123.0 HISTORY

A’S FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICKS 1965 , OF 1982 None (2) 1998 , LHP 1966 , OF 1983 Stan Hilton, RHP 1999 , LHP 1967 Brian Bickerton, LHP 1984 Mark McGwire, 1B 2000 None (6) 1968 , RHP* 1985 , SS 2001 Bobby Crosby, SS

1969 Dan Stanhouse, RHP/SS 1986 Scott Hemond, C , RHP (7) OPPONENTS 1970 , OF 1987 , OF 2002 , OF (8) 1971 William Daniels, RHP 1988 , 3B , RHP (9) 1972 , SS 1989 None (3) John McCurdy, SS 1973 Randy Scarbery, RHP 1990 , RHP (4) , RHP (10) 1974 Jerry Johnson, C* Don Peters, RHP 2003 Brad Sullivan, RHP 1975 Bruce Robinson, C 1991 , SS Brian Snyder, 3B (11) 1976 Mike Sullivan, RHP* 1992 Benji Grigsby, RHP 2004 , C (12) 1977 Craig Harris, RHP 1993 , RHP Richie Robnett, OF PLAYER DEVELOPMENT 1978 , RHP 1994 , OF 2005 Cliff Pennington, SS , LHP (1) 1995 Ariel Prieto, RHP 2006 None (13) 1979 Juan Bustabad, INF* 1996 , SS 2007 James Simmons 1980 Mike King, LHP 1997 Chris Enochs, RHP 2008 1981 Tim Pyznarski, 3B Eric DuBose, LHP (5)

* Did not sign with A’s (7) Compensation for the loss of free agent (1) Compensation for the loss of free agent Mike Jorgensen (8) Compensation for the loss of free agent (2) Choice to Boston as compensation for Joe Rudi (9) Compensation for the loss of free agent (3) Choice to Seattle as compensation for (10) Compensation for the loss of free agent Jason Isringhausen

(4) Compensation for the loss of free agent (11) Compensation for the loss of free agent Ray Durham MISCELLANEOUS (5) Compensation for the loss of free agent Mike Bordick (12) Compensation for the loss of free agent Keith Foulke (6) Choice to Anaheim as compensation for Mike Magnante (13) Choice to Washington as compensation for

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIA GUIDE ❯ 373 MISCELLANEOUS PLAYER DEVELOPMENT OPPONENTS HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW 2009 ATHLETICS FRONT OFFICE 374 0 ee ie IF emn T) ahil,T RR ’ 217 6’3 185 215 6’1 R/R 6’0 R/R 210 R/R 6’5 185 180 Nashville,TN 6’0 6’0 R/R 195 200 200 R/R R/R 6’1 Lindale,TX 175 195 6’3 6’0 5’10 Pinole,CA R/R 6’2 177 R/R 180 L/R R/R Roseville,CA 5’8 R/R 6’1 L/L Livermore, 6’0 CA 175 Belmont(TN) R/R 186 Mesa,AZ R/R Dayton, Hudson,NC 5’11 INF PinoleValley HS 160 NV Knoxville, TN Texas-Tyler Aptos,CA R/R Lexington,KT 6’0 LakeCharles,LA Troy, RHP MI C Bartlesville, OK 175 RosevilleHS 192 R/R CanyonCountry, CA Livermore HS 6’3 SouthCaldwellHS 6’5 Nevada-Reno 220 RHP BrighamYoung LexingtonCatholicHS Bold indicatedplayerssigned RHP 2B 185 Derek Wiley 6’5 Walters StateCC L/L R/L RHP 185 North 6’2 LHP 50 2B 200 Brett Holland Scottsdale, AZ R/R 210 6’6 195 49 Matt 6’2 Syracuse, L/L ColeyCrank 3B R/R 6’2 48 JonathanGraham CasciaHallHS Bowman 6’2 AptosHS NY MissionCollege 47 BarbeHS L/L Derek Benny R/R 46 R/R Troy Phoenix,AZ HS RHP JamesMesser Manhattan,KS 45 RHP Robins,IA CF JohnMaronde CF 215 200 DesertMountainHS 6’2 44 SiouxFallsSD L/R KentWalton Binghamton SS 185 43 Farmington, 6’0 LHP 210 Hawn William RHP 42 205 6’3 CT 175 6’1 41 L/L Roseville,CA 210 MtMorris,IL DennisClement Canton,MI 6’2 5’10 40 Jeffrey R/R R/R 5’11 6’3 175 RobertCrocker R/R 175 39 Doiron Ryan Dennis R/R KansasState 38 R/R 170 R/R KansasState JonathanBerti 6’1 Pompano 37 195 Portsmouth,VA 5’10 Hill Virgil Milton, WichitaState LHP StatenIsland,NY 36 XavierHS RHP L/R Tabernacle, RileyWelchBeach, NJ 6’2 175 35 FL R/R 205 183 6’2 180 Harvard CumberlandCountyCollege R/R RHP Virginia MilitaryInstitute 34 FL LHP SS 220 6’2 R/R BenjaminHornbeck 6’0 Columbus,GA Florida R/R 6’1 6’2 RHP 33 Shawn South RHP DeltaState LHP 32 Atlantic Arecibo, 2B PR R/R Minot,ND Haviland R/R Alabama S/R Laval,Quebec 215 31 Mickey Kentucky JustinMurray Arizona RHP 30 Kevin 205 Houston,TX Tulsa, DustinColeman Storey 200 6’5 29 WinstonSalem,NC LHP Lakeland, FL Brent WarrenJernigan RHP 6’2 TexasOK 28 State 6’1 R/R RyanDoolittle ColumbusState 27 Riverside,CA S/R Trey Camden, NJ Barham AntonioLuchettiHS RHP 180 26 L/L HoustonChristianHS KennySmalley AhuntsicCollege 25 5’10 Lewis-ClarkStateCollege 3B ChristopherRusin RHP 24 Preston Guilmet RHP 210 6’2 R/R SS CatawbaCollege 23 R/R RHP MathieuLeblanc-Poirier MinotHS Wt 22 Ht Spring,TX RodneyRutherford SouthFlorida B/T 21 Arizona OF MichaelHart Arvada,CO 20 Allen,TX 3B Terry, RayanGonzlaez 1B RHP 5’11 L/L 19 Palmdale,CA 185 18 ChipolaJC MS Whittier, MatthewFitts 17 Bradley SanJacintoCollege Hometown NinoLeyja 16 CA DavidThomas Glenn R/R OF 6’4 CollegeoftheCanyons 15 Moorpark, 215 DanielThomas OF L/R 14 6’3 ZacharyElgie 170 Loveland, Terry 13 CA OF WichitaState ChristopherBerroa ArizonaState OF 12 HS Altamonte OH 11 LHP Fullerton Jeremy10 Rashun Barfield OF Springs, C 9 Mitchell R/R RHP Pepperdine6’5 Dixon 215 Tyreace8 House School Oakland, FL Pos 7 BrettLeVier S/R 5’10 Michigan AnthonyCapra 6 CA SS 175 PeteyParamore5 Jason Hunter RHP 4 Cal 3 Christian Miami 2B 2 TysonBerkeley 1 Jemile Ross Rd Name Weeks 2008 OAKLAND A’S DRAFTPICKS ❯

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIAGUIDE FRONT OFFICE ORGANIZATIONAL PLAYERS

JOSELITO ADAMES RHP Born: Elias Pina, Dominican Republic, November, 26, 1988; Home: Elias Pina, Dominican Republic Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 6-3; Weight: 175 Obtained: Signed as a non-drafted free agent, September 4, 2006

Signed by Juan Carlos De La Cruz. 2009 ATHLETICS Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK 2007 DSL A’s-2 (R) 1 4 5.11 15 12 0 0 0 37.0 42 28 21 3 3 38 0 44 4 0 2008 DSL A’s-1 (R) 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 AZL A’s (R) 0 3 8.31 14 3 0 0 0 30.1 45 39 28 0 0 17 0 20 8 3

MICHAEL LOUIS AFFRONTI IF Born: Brooklyn, New York, February 13, 1984; Home: Dix Hills, New York Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 6-0; Weight: 209 Obtained: Selected in the 17th round of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft

Graduated from Commack HS (NY)…attended LeMoyne College...signed by Jeff Bittiger. REVIEW Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2006 Vancouver (A) .212 72 273 43 58 10 1 4 31 9 5 5 21 47 8 3 .300 .276 19 2007 Kane County (A) .264 78 295 38 78 15 0 5 29 6 2 4 18 48 8 2 .366 .313 14 Stockton (A) .321 26 109 18 35 5 2 2 12 1 3 2 7 20 2 1 .459 .364 5 2008 Stockton (A) .271 70 273 33 74 13 2 5 26 3 4 8 13 39 4 2 .388 .319 10 Midland (AA) .265 27 98 8 26 8 0 2 14 3 1 1 0 20 0 0 .408 .270 7 Sacramento (AAA) .367 9 30 5 11 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .467 .367 2

BRETT F. ANDERSON LHP RECORDS See biography in 2009 Non-Roster Players section.

CARLOS EDUARDO ARRIECHE IF Born: Barquisimeto, Lara, Venezuela, March 30, 1985; Home: Barquisimeto, Lara, Venezuela Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 5-9; Weight: 203 Obtained: Signed as a non-drafted free agent, November 28, 2002 Graduated from U. E Jose Maria Dominguez HS…signed by Julio Franco.

Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E HISTORY 2003 DSL A’s-1 (R) .165 30 79 5 13 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 10 2 0 .177 .185 - 2004 DSL A’s-2 (R) .258 59 186 19 48 6 0 0 11 3 0 2 18 14 9 4 .290 .330 - 2005 DSL A’s-2 (R) .226 62 186 36 42 6 1 3 19 4 2 10 32 33 14 3 .317 .365 - 2006 ALS A’s (R) .251 46 167 27 42 8 1 0 22 2 2 7 21 33 11 2 .311 .355 10 2007 Vancouver (A) .143 9 28 4 4 1 1 0 5 0 1 1 4 5 2 0 .250 .265 3 AZL A’s (R) .311 32 119 22 37 6 3 0 25 0 1 3 19 15 7 3 .412 .415 8 Stockton (A) .156 9 32 3 5 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 9 1 1 .188 .182 3 2008 Kane County (A) .230 19 61 2 14 4 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 11 0 1 .295 .230 3

Vancouver (A) .125 7 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 .125 .263 4 OPPONENTS Stockton (A) .225 24 80 8 18 6 0 0 7 1 1 3 1 19 0 0 .300 .259 6

JORGE LUIS ARRIOJA RHP Born: Guarico, Zaraza, Venezuela, January, 25, 1989; Home: Guarico, Zaraza, Venezuela Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 6-1; Weight: 155 Obtained: Signed as a non-drafted free agent, July 15, 2005

Signed by Julio Franco. PLAYER DEVELOPMENT Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK 2006 DSL A’s-1 (R) 1 2 2.82 8 2 0 0 0 22.1 22 10 7 0 0 8 0 14 1 0 DSL A’s-2 (R) 1 4 2.53 8 6 1 1 0 32.0 22 11 9 0 2 10 0 25 1 0 2007 DSL A’s-1 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 AZL A’s (R) 0 1 6.27 7 3 0 0 0 18.2 22 15 13 1 1 5 0 16 0 0 2008 (Injured – Did Not Play)

ANDREW SCOTT BAILEY RHP See biography in 2009 Non-Roster Players section. MISCELLANEOUS

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIA GUIDE ❯ 375 MISCELLANEOUS PLAYER DEVELOPMENT OPPONENTS HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW 2009 ATHLETICS FRONT OFFICE Graduated from Greenbrier ChristianAcademy(VA)…graduated from MilitaryInstitute…signedbyMattRanson. Virginia Obtained: 0 4 54 0 32 0 7 29 35 63 0 58.2 0 WP Bats: BB SO HB IBB HR ER 0 R BK 4 4.45 14 2 H IP G GS CG L ERA SHO W SV Stockton (A) 0 2 041 010 2008 2 1 0 Kane 45.0 362113 2007 Kane 0 1 2 6 2.60 County 2 12 Year Club County 3 0 0 2.38 71 (A) (A) 41.2 39 2 15 1 0 0 0 11 11 41 Born: ❯ 376 SB CS SO BB HP SLG 2B E 3B SF HR OBP H SH RBI R AB G Goes by“Tagg” – Seebiographyin2009Non-RosterPlayers section. AVG. 2008 AZL Year Club .311 A’s 13 45 8 WP BB SO HB IBB HR ER 14 0 R BK 0 0 3125 (R) H 10 4 3 IP G GS CG .311 L Bats: ERA SHO W SV .396 Born: 2 4 2008 2 Stockton 2.39 Year Club 0 15 0 0 0 (A) 26.1 18 8743 1 11 4 37 0 Bats: 0 1 Born: 7 0 12 0 71 0 7 0 33 0 2 WP 2 0 BB SO 4 HB IBB HR ER 0 0 R BK 0 3 13.1 231714 0 46 Stockton H 7.71 27 0 6 0 5 28 38 0 8 0 1 74 1 0 0 0 77.1 0 0 9.45 9 IP 0 G 11 GS 7.0 0 0 12 77.2 CG 89 47 37 032 46 0 L 0 06 ERA (A) 086 SHO 5.33 11 76204 0 0 W 0 22 SV 422 6 11 6 128.0 71265 4 0 2008 3.80 3.14 15 5 23 1 23 Midland 111 5954 1 0 32.1 302221 2007 (AA) 0 Dunedin 0 4 0 5.85 19 2006 (A) Lansing 2005 Auburn (A) (A) 2004 Auburn Year Club (A) WP BB SO HB IBB HR ER R BK H IP G GS CG L Bats: ERA SHO W 0 7 SV Born: 036 517 1 0 0 52.0 512320 0 4 4 7 3.46 20 2008 Vancouver Year Club (A) SB CS Bats: SO BB HP SLG 2B E 3B SF HR OBP H SH RBI Born: R AB G Goes by“Trey” AVG. 3 5 .375 .341 12642 5 1 2 341 .271 2008 69 0 Vancouver 251 286817 Year Club (A) Born: RBI (T5th)anddoubles(T10th)in2008. Graduated from KleinHS(TX)…attendedSanJacintoCollege…signedbyBlakeDavis…rankedamongNorthwestLeagueleadersin Obtained: Graduated from PennsaukenHS…attended ChipolaJuniorCollege…signedbyArmannBrown. Obtained: Graduated from MarianCentralCatholicHS…attendedLindenwoodUniversity. Obtained: Player Draft…signedbyAndyBeene….rankedthird intheNewYork-Penn Leagueinstartsandfinishedfifthstrikeouts2005. Graduated from KleinOakHS(Spring,TX)andBlinnCollege...originallyselectedbyToronto inthe11thround ofthe2004First Obtained: Bats: Graduated from StateUniversity…signedbyJeremy Goddard Scheid. HS(KS)...attendedWichita Obtained: TRAVIS JORDANBANWART ROBERT TAGGERT BOZIED CHRISTOPHER BERROA MICHAEL JOSEPHBENACKA KRISTIAN DANIELBELL DONALD EARLBARHAM JEREMY BARFIELD

ORGANIZATIONAL PLAYERS ❯ Right; Right; Right; Right; Left; Right; Wichita, Kansas,February14,1986; Wichita, Pennsauken, NewJersey, February3,1989; Chicago, Illinois,August2,1982; Katy, Texas, January11, 1984; November7,1985; Norfolk, Virgina, Houston, Texas, July12,1988;

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIAGUIDE Selected inthe25thround ofthe 2008First-Year PlayerDraft Selected inthe8thround ofthe2008First-Year PlayerDraft Selected inthe11thround ofthe2008First-Year PlayerDraft Signed asafree agenttoaminorleaguecontract,July23,2008 Acquired from theToronto BlueJayswithpitcherGrahamGodfrey forinfielderMarco Scutaro, November18,2007 Selected inthe4thround ofthe2007First-Year PlayerDraft Throws: Throws: Throws: Throws: Throws: Throws: Left; Right; Right; Right; Right; Right; Height: Height: Height: Height: Height: Height: 6-0; continued 6-5; 6-0; 6-2; 6-0; 6-3; Home: Home: Weight: Home: Weight: Weight: Weight: Weight: Weight: Home: Home: Plantersville, Texas Spring, Texas Algonquin, Illinois 215 215 175 200 194 200 Portsmouth, Virginia Portsmouth, Virginia Home: Wichita, Kansas Wichita, Camden, NewJersey RHP RHP RHP LHP -Year OF OF IF COREY ALLEN BROWN OF FRONT OFFICE Born: Tampa, Florida, November 26, 1985; Home: Tampa, Florida Bats: Left; Throws: Left; Height: 6-1; Weight: 208 Obtained: Selected in the compensation round (59th overall) of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft Graduated from H.B. Plant High School...attended Oklahoma State University...named Big 12 Freshman Player of the Year in 2005…selected as a compensation pick for the loss of free agent Barry Zito…signed by Blake Davis…named to Midwest League midseason All-Star team in 2008…ranked second in the A’s farm system in home runs (30) in 2008. Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E

2007 Vancouver (A) .268 59 213 31 57 18 4 11 48 0 3 3 37 77 5 3 .545 .379 5 2009 ATHLETICS 2008 Kane County (A) .270 85 300 44 81 18 2 14 49 3 4 3 41 96 12 0 .483 .359 3 Stockton (A) .260 49 196 34 51 9 0 16 34 0 0 1 17 72 4 1 .551 .322 1

KEVIN JAMES BUNCH RHP Born: George Air Force Base, California, November 4, 1986; Home: Victorville, California Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 6-5; Weight: 230 Obtained: Selected in the 7th round of the 2005 First-Year Player Draft Graduated from Serrano HS (CA) in 2005...signed by Randy Johnson. Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK 2005 AZL A’s (R) 2 0 2.70 5 0 0 0 1 10.0 6 3 3 1 1 3 0 11 2 0 REVIEW 2006 AZL A’s (R) 0 1 4.38 4 4 0 0 0 12.1 12 11 6 0 2 10 0 14 1 0 Vancouver (A) 0 1 11.57 10 1 0 0 1 16.1 31 21 21 3 0 9 2 7 2 0 2007 (Injured — Did Not Play) 2008 (Injured — Did Not Play)

TREVOR JOHN CAHILL RHP See biography in 2009 Non-Roster Players section.

KEVIN CAMERON RHP RECORDS See biography in 2009 Non-Roster Players section.

ANTHONY GUERINO SALVATORE CAPRA LHP Born: Wheat Ridge, Colorado, April 3, 1987; Home: Arvada, Colorado Bats: Left; Throws: Left; Height: 6-1; Weight: 200 Obtained: Selected in the 4th round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft. Graduated from Arvada West HS (CO)…attended Wichita State University…signed by Yancy Ayres.

Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK HISTORY 2008 Kane County (A) 4 3 4.22 10 10 0 0 0 49.0 48 25 23 3 2 22 0 39 6 0

ADRIAN CARDENAS IF See biography in 2009 Non-Roster Players section.

GARY ANDREW CARIGNAN RHP Goes by “Andrew” – See biography in 2009 Non-Roster Players section. OPPONENTS MATTHEW REESE CARSON OF Goes by “Matt” – See biography in 2009 Non-Roster Players section.

VERNON CHRISTOPHER CARTER IF Goes by “Chris” – See biography in 2009 Non-Roster Players section.

YUSUF ALI CARTER OF PLAYER DEVELOPMENT Born: New York, New York, February 6, 1985; Home: Brooklyn, New York Bats: Switch; Throws: Right; Height: 6-2; Weight: 215 Obtained: Selected in the Triple-A portion of the , December 11, 2008 Graduated from Canarsie High School (NY)…attended El Paso Community College…originally selected by in the 12th round of the 2005 First-Year Player Draft. Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2005 Mesa (R) .263 11 38 6 10 2 0 1 8 0 0 0 1 14 1 0 .395 .275 0 2006 Peoria (A) .210 78 276 36 58 8 1 12 54 0 4 1 23 88 3 3 .377 .270 9 2007 Peoria (A) .258 68 252 37 65 9 5 10 41 2 2 0 10 84 11 4 .452 .284 5 Daytona (A) .190 58 195 17 37 9 2 6 28 1 1 0 10 64 4 2 .349 .228 7 MISCELLANEOUS 2008 Daytona (A) .233 83 279 55 65 18 1 13 40 2 3 2 27 69 16 4 .444 .302 6

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIA GUIDE ❯ 377 MISCELLANEOUS PLAYER DEVELOPMENT OPPONENTS HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW 2009 ATHLETICS FRONT OFFICE leaders inon-basepercentage (7th)in2008. Graduated from LovelandHS(OH)…attendedUniversityofMichigan…signedbyRichSparks…rankedamongNorthwestLeague Obtained: Bats: WP Bats: BB SO HB IBB HR ER R BK H IP G GS 0 1 CG L ERA SHO W SV 7 0 9 0 0 71 214 4 25 1 1 0 0 0 66.0 74 39 23 11.2 141513 32 2008 4.36 0 14 0 13 1 0 2 2007 7 AZL 10.03 2006 A’sAZL Year Club A’s(R) (R) Born: ❯ Midland (AA) 5 1 1.89 12 7 0 0 0 52.1 45 17 11 3 1 10 1 50 5 0 5 378 150 110 3 0 0 0 4 52.1 451711 0 141 1 5 7 1.89 12 510 1 0 0 45.0 452319 Midland 0 8 WP 2008 BB SO HB IBB HR 9 ER 1 4 R BK (AA) 3.80 H Midland IP G GS 2007 CG L ERA SHO Stockton W SV (AA) 1 6 2006 (A) 048 2005 412 0 Bakersfield 4 0 2004 4 0 Charleston 62.1 522723 3.55 5 0 0 0 0 4 SC (A) 6 0 0 3.32 35 2003 12.2 (A) 0 10 6510 0 Hudson 10 Year0 Club Valley 0 1 (A) 1.69 5 0 2 0 1 0 06 10.2 9210 0 Bats: Born: SB CS SO BB HP SLG 2B E 3B SF HR OBP H SH RBI Goes by“Bobby” R AB G AVG. Vancouver .319 19 (A) 72 13 2008 23 8 1 0 624 AZL Year Club 26 1 0 .222 7 A’s.458 27 460 0 1 502 .355 10 1 1 3 (R) .333 .300 Bats: 2 Born: Goes by“Dusty” SB CS SO BB HP Kane SLG 2B E 3B SF HR OBP H SH RBI R County .273 AB (A) G 6 107 011448019 AVG. .441 406 57 2 .352 2008 13 70 111 25 16 5 .118 Stockton Sacramento 5 2007 4415310 .298 17 120 Kane .320 0 6 2 0 314 1 9 .375 15 1 (A) County (AAA) .358 12749 1 431 .118 .211 4 80 1 2006 (A) 40 .000 275 465810 2 0 Vancouver 5 0 1 .273 0 114 .292 Year1 Club 63 2 (A) .000 253 427414 .000 0 Born: SB CS SO BB HP SLG 2B E 3B SF HR OBP H SH RBI Goes by“Larry” R AB G AVG. Kane 1 2396513 .432 .404 1 18 1 County 424 .291 2008 62 1 Vancouver 213 276216 (A) .320 6 Year Club 25 381 (A) 0 0 18 0 .360 .320 1 Born: Weissman. Attended LongBeachStateUniversity…originallysignedasanon-draftedfree agentbyTampa Bay, April18,2003…signedbyCraig Obtained: teams in2008. ranked seventhintheNorthwestLeaguebattingaverage2006…namedtoMidwestmidseasonandpostseasonAll-Star Graduated from LakewoodRanchHS(FL)…attendedManateeJC…attendedCollegeofCharleston...signedbyNeilAvent…finished Obtained: Graduated from O’Gorman HS (SD)…attended Wichita StateUniversity…signedbyYancyGraduated from O’GormanHS(SD)…attendedWichita Ayres. Obtained: Bats: Graduated from MillikanHS(CA)…signedbyCraigWeissmann. Obtained: KYLE MYCHALCHRISTENSEN ROBERT T. CRAMER DUSTIN COLEMAN LAWRENCE LOFTONCOBB JASON RYAN CHRISTIAN

ORGANIZATIONAL PLAYERS ❯ Left; Anaheim, California, October 28,1979; Anaheim,California, Right; Left; Right; Right; Long Beach, California, September18,1988; Long Beach,California, Sioux Falls,SouthDakota,April20,1987; Bradenton, Florida,July10,1985; Cincinnati, Ohio,June16,1987;

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIAGUIDE Re-signedasafree agenttoaminorleaguecontract,January22,2009 Selected inthe5thround ofthe2008First-Year PlayerDraft Selected inthe27thround ofthe 2006First-Year PlayerDraft Selected inthe28thround ofthe2008First-Year PlayerDraft Selected inthe15thround ofthe2006First-Year PlayerDraft Throws: Throws: Throws: Throws: Throws: Left; Right; Right; Right; Right; Height: Height: Height: Height: Height: 6-1; 6-3; continued 5-8; 6-2; 6-3; Weight: Home: Weight: Home: Weight: Weight: Weight: Home: Loveland, Ohio 190 Home: Bradenton, Florida 170 174 185 220 Home: (Injured –DidNotPlay) (Injured –DidNotPitch) Anaheim,California Sioux Falls,SouthDakota (Did NotPlay) (Did NotPlay) Long Beach,California RHP LHP OF IF IF

JOSE CRISOTOMO OF FRONT OFFICE Born: San Pedro Macoris, Dominican Republic, April 20, 1989; Home: San Pedro Macoris, Dominican Republic Bats: Left; Throws: Left; Height: 6-1; Weight: 165 Obtained: Signed as a non-drafted free agent, September 4, 2006 Signed by Amaurys Reyes. Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2007 DSL A’s-1 (R) .247 52 166 30 41 7 2 3 31 2 1 2 32 25 13 8 .367 .373 2 2008 DSL A’s-1 (R) .400 3 10 5 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 .600 .500 0

AZL A’s (R) .308 28 104 17 32 5 3 0 9 0 1 0 13 24 8 6 .413 .381 3 2009 ATHLETICS

PATRICK HART CURRIN RHP Born: Durham, North Carolina, May 12, 1984; Home: Chapel Hill, North Carolina Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 6-0; Weight: 186 Obtained: Selected in the 22nd round of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft Graduated from Chapel Hill HS (NC)…attended University of North Carolina Greensboro...signed by Neil Avent. Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK 2006 Vancouver (A) 2 5 3.66 19 0 0 0 2 32.0 32 16 13 2 0 8 1 38 3 0 2007 Kane County (A) 0 0 3.14 8 0 0 0 1 14.1 11 5 5 0 2 6 1 17 1 0 Stockton (A) 4 7 4.80 43 1 0 0 12 65.2 65 39 35 5 3 22 5 73 4 0 REVIEW 2008 Stockton (A) 0 1 3.40 31 1 0 0 7 45.0 53 19 17 3 2 13 3 40 4 0 Midland (AA) 4 3 6.80 28 0 0 0 1 46.1 61 37 35 7 1 15 1 34 0 1

FAUTINO DE LOS SANTOS RHP Born: Samana, Dominican Republic, February 15, 1986; Home: Samana, Dominican Republic Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 6-2; Weight: 219 Obtained: Acquired from the Chicago White Sox with pitcher Gio Gonzalez and outfielder Ryan Sweeney for outfielder Nick Swisher, January 3, 2008 RECORDS Originally signed by Chicago on December 2, 2005…named the South Atlantic League’s Most Outstanding Major League Prospect in 2007…named to the South Atlantic League midseason and postseason All-Star teams in 2007…pitched for the World Team in the 2007 Futures Game in San Francisco. Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK 2006 DSL White Sox (R) 3 3 1.86 10 9 0 0 0 48.1 44 20 10 0 5 10 0 61 4 1 2007 Kannapolis (A) 9 4 2.40 21 15 0 0 0 97.2 49 33 26 5 8 36 1 121 18 3 Winston-Salem (A) 1 1 3.65 5 5 0 0 0 24.2 20 12 10 3 1 7 0 32 1 0 2008 Stockton (A) 2 2 5.87 5 5 0 0 0 23.0 29 17 15 3 1 11 0 26 5 1

SCOTT LEE DEAL RHP HISTORY Born: Tacoma, Washington, December 11, 1986; Home: University Place, Washington Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 6-3; Weight: 197 Obtained: Selected in the 5th round of the 2005 First-Year Player Draft Graduated from Curtis HS (WA) in 2005...signed by Darren Watkins…ranked second in the Northwest League in wins in 2006. Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK 2005 AZL A’s (R) 1 2 4.97 9 7 0 0 0 25.1 34 17 14 2 4 12 0 19 2 0 2006 Vancouver (A) 8 4 3.91 15 15 0 0 0 76.0 73 37 33 3 8 17 0 35 2 0 OPPONENTS 2007 Kane County (A) 7 10 4.29 27 25 1 0 0 149.0 183 82 71 10 10 38 1 74 3 2 2008 Kane County (A) 6 6 4.73 32 17 0 0 1 121.2 131 69 64 19 4 40 2 86 6 0

SAMUEL VINCENTE DEMEL RHP Born: Channelview, Texas, October 23, 1985; Home: Spring, Texas Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 6-0; Weight: 210 Obtained: Selected in the 3rd round of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft PLAYER DEVELOPMENT Graduated from Spring HS (TX)...attended Texas Christian University…signed by Blake Davis…ranked second in the California League in saves and games pitched in 2008…ranked second in the A’s farm system in saves in 2008. Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK 2007 Stockton (A) 0 0 7.07 11 0 0 0 0 14.0 16 16 11 2 2 15 1 13 4 0 Kane County (A) 0 1 0.96 9 0 0 0 4 9.1 3 2 1 0 0 4 1 10 2 0 2008 Stockton (A) 5 2 3.36 54 0 0 0 18 67.0 61 31 25 5 3 32 1 90 10 0 MISCELLANEOUS

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIA GUIDE ❯ 379 MISCELLANEOUS PLAYER DEVELOPMENT OPPONENTS HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW 2009 ATHLETICS FRONT OFFICE 2008 Midland (AA) 1 3 7.16 38 1 0 0 1 49.0 60 39 39 4 0 34 2 44 7 0 7 244 034 4 1 0 49.0 6039 0 5 Sacramento 0 3 1 1 120 7.16 38 0 8 (AAA) 0 4 2008 4 3.75 Midland 0 0 3 0 2 28.1 281814 0 Alexandria 0 2007 3 (AA) 0 2 2 1 2 12.0 96510 0 4.45 Alexandria 19 09 2 12 0 (Ind.) 2.25 3 2006 17 0 0 (Ind.) 0 1.37 Calgary 7 0 48 0 (Ind.) 20.0 0 2 12 6518 0 24 21 0 52.2 21 9820 1 22 4 102 0 2005 Bats: Player Draft. Graduated from RanchoBernardo HS (CA)…originallyselectedbytheChicagoWhiteSoxin18thround ofthe2001First-Year Obtained: Born: Goes by“Grant” ❯ 380 0 2 2 0 123 7 053 WP BB SO 1 HB IBB HR ER R BK 018 1 0 0 3 H 24.1 251816 2 0 1 0 52.2 351714 0 IP G 0 GS 3 47 2 0 1 CG 5.92 1 L 4 8 ERA 10 SHO 2 2.39 21 W Cedar 10 SV 4 0 2004 58.0 61 29 64 24 Rockford Wisconsin 3.72 0 13 Rapids 11 (Ind.) (A) 0 2003 1 (A) 0 0 2 Rockford4.76 2002 1 0 1 1 0 0 046 Bristol 0 06 5.2 7310 1.88 2001 8 (Ind.) (R) AZL 3 17 0 1 0 7 0 Year Club 1 White 0 0 43.1 462618 28.2 0 0 Sox 19 86139 0 3 5 1 3.74 21 18 1 (R) Bats: Born: WP BB SO HB IBB HR ER R BK H IP G GS CG L ERA SHO 0 3 W SV See biographyin2009Non-RosterPlayerssection. 036 210 2 0 0 46.2 502823 0 3 2 7 4.44 14 2008 AZL Year Club A’s (R) Bats: Born: SB CS SO BB HP SLG 2B E 3B SF HR OBP H SH RBI R AB G See biographyin2009Non-RosterPlayerssection. AVG. 2 5 .525 .328 11868 2 3 2008 0 AZL 842 .263 3 Year45 10 Club A’s 179 3247 (R) Bats: Born: SB CS SO BB HP SLG 2B E 3B SF HR OBP H SH RBI See biographyin2009Non-RosterPlayerssection. R AB G AVG. 2008 AZL 2007 3210 .333 Vancouver 2 0 Year1 20 Club A’s0 .261 12 (A) 46 6 1.333 (R) 12 3 0 1 60 .500 21 2 2 0 .391 .358 0 winning theconference’s triplecrown witha.405battingaverage,15homerunsand53RBI…signedbyRickMagnante. Graduated from StockdaleHS(CA)...attendedCalPolySanLuisObispo...namedBigWest Conference’s PlayeroftheYear after Obtained: Graduated from SenecaHS(NJ)…attended CumberlandCountyCollege…signedbyMarc Sauer. Obtained: home runs(3rd) in2008. Graduated from Terry HS(MS)…signedbyKelceyMucker…rankedamongArizonaLeagueleadersintriples(T1st),RBI(T2nd)and Obtained: GREGORY GRANTDESME JUSTIN SETHDOWDY SEAN ROBERT DOOLITTLE RYAN DOOLITTLE JOSHUA ADAMDONALDSON RASHUN DEONTEDIXON JOSEPH WILLIAMDILLON

ORGANIZATIONAL PLAYERS ❯ Right; Left; Right; Right; Rancho Cucamonga(A) Rancho Cucamonga(A) Bakersfield, California, April4,1986; Bakersfield, California, San Diego, California, August 13,1983; San Diego,California, Tabernacle, NewJersey, March 25,1988; Jackson, Mississippi,August27,1990;

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIAGUIDE Signed asafree agenttoaminorleaguecontract,September15,2007 Selected inthe2ndround ofthe2007First-Year PlayerDraft Selected inthe26thround ofthe 2008First-Year PlayerDraft Selected inthe10thround ofthe 2008First-Year PlayerDraft Throws: Throws: Throws: Throws: Left; Right; Right; Right; Height: 2 3 4.11 15 3 0 0 0 30.2 27 15 14 5 2 17 0 32 2 0 2 032 217 5 0 0 30.2 271514 0 3 2 3 4.11 15 3 4 4.98 46 3 0 0 0 77.2 87 47 43 13 2 36 0 64 4 0 4 064 236 0 0 77.2 87474313 0 4 3 3 4.98 46 Height: Height: Height: 6-0; continued 6-2; 6-3; 6-2; Weight: Weight: Weight: Weight: Home: Home: Home: 167 Home: 209 185 210 Bakersfield, California Terry, Mississippi Chula Vista, California Chula Vista, Tabernacle, NewJersey RHP LHP OF OF IF IF C GREGORY CHARLES DOWLING IF FRONT OFFICE Born: Marietta, Georgia, November 15, 1983; Home: Marietta, Georgia Bats: Left; Throws: Left; Height: 6-3; Weight: 229 Obtained: Selected in the 19th round of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft Graduated from Pope HS (GA)…attended Georgia Southern University...signed by Armann Brown…named to Midwest League midseason All-Star team in 2008. Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2006 Vancouver (A) .268 72 261 20 70 17 0 1 28 1 5 3 26 50 2 1 .345 .336 13

2007 Kane County (A) .262 124 451 60 118 15 1 13 78 1 4 7 49 66 1 1 .386 .341 6 2009 ATHLETICS 2008 Kane County (A) .269 132 510 51 137 33 0 15 71 3 7 8 30 86 1 1 .422 .315 12

LEONARDO ESPINAL (BURGOS) RHP Born: Cabrera, Dominican Republic, February 6, 1984; Home: Maria Trinidad Sanchez, Dominican Republic Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 6-4; Weight: 244 Obtained: Signed as a non-drafted free agent, March 3, 2003 Signed by Raymond Abreu…ranked third in saves in the Northwest League in 2007. Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK 2003 DSL A’s-2 (R) 1 3 2.96 12 8 0 0 0 48.2 49 24 16 2 0 12 0 33 1 0 2004 Vancouver (A) 0 2 6.75 2 2 0 0 0 9.1 11 8 7 1 2 2 0 6 0 0 REVIEW 2005 DSL A’s-2 (R) 1 3 3.49 12 11 0 0 0 28.1 32 19 11 0 2 16 0 17 3 1 2006 AZL A’s (R) 1 3 2.41 14 2 0 0 1 37.1 36 14 10 3 1 16 0 27 8 1 2007 Stockton (A) 0 0 34.71 2 0 0 0 0 2.1 6 9 9 1 0 7 0 2 2 0 Vancouver (A) 0 2 3.43 20 0 0 0 12 21.0 15 10 8 1 0 13 1 21 7 3 2008 Kane County (A) 5 5 3.06 40 0 0 0 4 61.2 60 29 21 3 3 23 1 53 5 2

THOMAS JAMES EVERIDGE IF Born: Santa Rosa, California, April 20, 1983; Home: Glen Ellen, California Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 6-0; Weight: 244 RECORDS Obtained: Selected in the 10th round of the 2004 First-Year Player Draft Graduated from Sonoma Valley HS (CA) in 2001...attended Sonoma State University...signed by Scott Kidd…was fifth in the California League in runs scored in 2006…lead the California League in home runs in 2007…led the A’s farm system in home runs (26), RBI (94) and tied for first in total bases (233) in 2007…named to Texas League midseason and postseason All-Star teams in 2008…led the TL and the A’s farm system in RBI in 2008…ranked fourth in the TL in hits, tied for fourth in doubles and tied for fifth in home runs in 2008. Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2004 Vancouver (A) .274 74 292 42 80 13 1 6 52 1 3 4 23 72 0 0 .387 .332 9 2005 Kane County (A) .279 114 365 59 102 26 3 14 66 0 8 1 56 73 1 0 .482 .370 9 HISTORY 2006 Stockton (A) .252 133 504 89 127 32 2 20 83 0 9 13 44 116 5 5 .442 .323 17 2007 Stockton (A) .258 124 461 75 119 13 3 26 90 0 6 6 66 103 2 2 .469 .354 14 Midland (AA) .361 10 36 7 13 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 .472 .395 0 2008 Midland (AA) .279 136 531 89 148 34 0 22 115 0 14 7 55 133 0 0 .467 .346 7

CHRISTOPHER ROBERT FARLEY RHP Born: Greenfield, Massachusetts, February 24, 1983; Home: Athol, Massachusetts

Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 6-1; Weight: 230 OPPONENTS Obtained: Signed as a free agent to a minor league contract, November 29, 2007 Graduated from Mahar Regional HS (MA)...originally selected by Boston in the 14th round of the 2001 First-Year Player Draft. Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK 2001 GCL Red Sox (R) 0 1 16.62 3 2 0 0 0 4.1 8 8 8 0 0 8 0 3 0 0 2002 GCL Red Sox (R) 2 3 4.40 12 6 0 0 0 43.0 34 28 21 1 5 29 0 38 3 0 2003 Lowell (A) 1 3 4.70 18 0 0 0 0 30.2 30 17 16 1 2 9 1 29 1 0

2004 Augusta (A) 3 5 5.10 38 1 0 0 2 72.1 69 52 41 6 16 28 0 54 5 2 PLAYER DEVELOPMENT 2005 North Shore (Ind.) 1 0 4.38 8 0 0 0 0 12.1 10 6 6 1 1 1 0 12 4 0 New Jersey (A) 0 1 7.23 5 3 0 0 0 18.2 23 16 15 1 0 0 0 18 4 0 2006 North Shore (Ind.) 6 3 3.42 12 12 3 2 0 71.0 58 31 27 4 8 2 0 46 4 0 2007 Staten Island (A) 1 2 3.93 8 7 0 0 0 34.1 40 20 15 1 5 11 0 36 4 0 Scranton/WB (AAA) 0 1 12.27 1 1 0 0 0 3.2 9 5 5 1 0 2 0 6 0 0 2008 Kane County (A) 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 Stockton (A) 2 1 1.74 14 0 0 0 3 20.2 21 7 4 1 0 4 0 20 1 0 Midland (AA) 2 2 4.01 33 1 0 0 1 60.2 55 36 27 5 4 33 2 59 8 0 Sacramento (AAA) 0 0 18.00 3 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 4 4 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIA GUIDE ❯ 381 MISCELLANEOUS PLAYER DEVELOPMENT OPPONENTS HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW 2009 ATHLETICS FRONT OFFICE farm systemleadersinERA(6th)2008. Signed byJuanCarlosDeLaCruz…finishedtiedfortheleadinNorthwestLeaguestrikeouts2008…rankedamongA’s Obtained: 0 7 77 1 51 9 0 9 0 109.2 41 53 104 0 5 3.36 1918 9 WP BB SO HB IBB HR ER R BK 1 3 0 0 H 2 0 4.91 760 IP Midland G 36.2 GS CG 99 42 L Stockton ERA 0 SHO 3 21 W 0 1 4 0 SV 3 0 20 17 28 (AA) (A) 46 7 123 5 213 2 1 34 0 39 1 0 82 2008 110.2 33.1 371712 1 0 2 1 Sacramento 2 3 2007 2.77 3111 8 3.24 Kane 12 County 2006 0 (AAA) Vancouver 1 (A) Year Club (A) 13.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 05 4.0 96013 0 Bats: Born: ❯ Stockton (A) 3 3 4.44 22 0 0 0 0 26.1 19 19 13 3 2 22 1 24 6 0 6 382 124 222 2 5 3 0 0 26.1 1913 353 0 3 221 3 0 4.44 22 2 2 0 43.0 362318 0 4 2 1 3.77 Stockton 25 (A) 0 1 Oneonta 0 7 WP 112 2008 BB SO HB IBB HR ER R BK (A) 4 0 3 050 0 Kane H 1 0 422 133 4 IP G 0 0 0 GS 0 2007 0 90 CG 12.2 1811 012 2 L ERA 44.0 331711 County SHO West W 2 0 SV 1 1 0 0 0 25 29.1 251410 2 6 5 4 0 6 Michigan 2.25 2 0 13 West 3 0 7.82 (A) 5 3 3 0.00 0 2006 0 4 0 3.07 (A) 0 23 0 28 1 35 1 59 0 1.50 5.2 201 0 Oneonta 72.1 0 Michigan 2005 12 0 Oneonta 0 10 0 0 0 1 2004 1 (A) (A) 7 (A) GCL 3.48 1311 3 0 24.0 2003 0 10 407 GCL 2 Tigers 2.33 25 0 13 0 Tigers 0 Year Club 0 0 (R) 19.1 10 6503 WP 0 11 BB SO 3 HB IBB HR ER R BK 23 0 H IP G GS CG 1 4 L Bats: ERA SHO W SV 022 Born: 9 4 1 0 0 34.2 321211 0 1 1 1 2.86 18 2008 Vancouver Year Club (A) 4 3 0 77 3 0 Bats: 32 3 25 0 Born: 3 12 30 0 2 37 2 4 3 62 0 68.2 0 027 135 0 1 0 0 WP 43.0 59 411 431 BB SO HB IBB HR 9 ER 5 R BK 3.93 15 2 184 3929 0 2 1 6 0 1 8 14 H 44.0 412621 6.07 13 29 135.2 0 IP G 0 2 GS 2 7 2008 CG 4.30 L VancouverERA 17 SHO AZL W SV 0 2007 (A) A’sVancouver2 7 3 13 040 02.27 (A) (R) 3 311 2006 3 1 0 49.2 522116 DSL 2005 DSL 0 2 1 2 A’s-2 2 2.90 2004 15 0 A’s-1DSL (R) 4.50 1 0 Year Club 1 A’s-2 0 0 0 01 (R) 6.0 531 0 (R) 0 1 17 1 2 0 022 10 1 Bats: 414 2 0 1 0 WP Born: 22.2 211511 BB SO HB IBB HR 7 ER R BK 0 4 1 0 12 H 4.37 14 29 031.2 IP G 0 GS CG L ERA SHO AZL W SV 0 A’s1 6 1 15 042 01.99 (R) 3 316 2008 1 1 0 44.2 452617 DSL 2007 DSL 0 3 1 3 A’s-1 4 3.43 2006 14 0 A’s-1DSL (R) 6.75 2 0 Year Club 0 A’s-2 0 0 0 03 (R) 4.0 431 0 (R) Bats: Born: Graduated from Woodlawn HS(LA)…attendedUniversityofLouisianaLafayette...signedbyKelceyMucker. Obtained: Attended EscuelaRafelschool...originallysignedbyDetroit asanon-draftedfree agent, September18,2002. Obtained: Graduated from Cardinal NewmanHS...attendedLewis-ClarkSt.College…signedbyJimCoffman. Obtained: Signed byJuanCarlosDeLaCruz. Obtained: JASON MICHAELFERNANDEZ JOSE FRAGOSO(GOMEZ) MATTHEW FITTS PEDRO JOSEFIGUEROA(VIZCAINO) RONALD FERRERAS

ORGANIZATIONAL PLAYERS ❯ Right; Right; Right; Left; Right; Baton Rouge,Louisiana,January8,1985; Santiago, DominicanRepublic,November12,1984; September 14,1985; Lompoc, California, Santo Domingo,DominicanRepublic,November23,1985; Azua, DominicanRepublic,February8,1987;

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIAGUIDE Signed asanon-draftedfree agent,November20,2003 Selected inthe11thround ofthe2006First-Year PlayerDraft Selected intheTriple-A portionoftheRule 5draft,December6,2007 Selected inthe16thround ofthe2008First-Year PlayerDraft Signed asanon-draftedfree agent,November4,2005 Throws: Throws: Throws: Throws: Throws: Left; Right; Right; Right; Right; Height: Height: Height: Height: Height: 6-1; continued 6-2; 6-0; 6-1; 6-1; Weight: Weight: Weight: Weight: Weight: 195 Home: Home: 180 170 205 180 Home: Riverside, California Baton Rouge,Louisiana Home: Azua, DominicanRepublic Home: Santiago, DominicanRepublic Santo Domingo,DominicanRepublic RHP RHP RHP RHP LHP JUSTIN DEWEY FRASH IF FRONT OFFICE Born: Oxnard, California, April 26, 1984; Home: Camarillo, California Bats: Left; Throws: Right; Height: 5-9; Weight: 198 Obtained: Selected in the 27th round of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft Graduated from Camarillo HS (CA) in 2002…attended Oxnard CC (Oxnard, CA) for two years before transferring to University of Hawaii...signed by Rick Magnante. Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2007 Vancouver (A) .244 56 193 25 47 11 2 0 22 5 0 1 25 31 1 4 .321 .333 11

2008 Kane County (A) .281 72 274 34 77 10 0 1 24 4 0 0 27 58 2 1 .328 .346 8 2009 ATHLETICS

JUSTIN DALEY FRIEND RHP Born: Tracy, California, June 21, 1986; Home: Manteca, California Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 6-1; Weight: 216 Obtained: Selected in the 13th round of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft Graduated from East Union HS (CA)...attended Chabot College (CA) for two years before transferring to Oklahoma State University… signed by Blake Davis. Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK 2007 Vancouver (A) 0 2 3.25 17 1 0 0 1 27.2 26 11 10 0 1 19 0 31 4 0 2008 Kane County (A) 5 5 3.84 42 0 0 0 11 63.1 59 34 27 6 3 32 2 78 11 0 REVIEW

ANGEL MIGUEL GARCIA RHP Born: Rio Piedra, , October 28, 1983; Home: Toe Alta, Puerto Rico Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 6-7; Weight: 230 Obtained: Signed as a free agent to a minor league contract, November 28, 2007 Graduated from Nicolas Sevilla HS (Toe Alta, PR) in 2000…was originally selected by Minnesota in the fourth round of the 2001 First- Year Player Draft and signed by Minnesota scout Hector Otero.

Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK RECORDS 2001 GCL Twins (R) 0 3 5.60 9 6 0 0 1 17.2 20 15 11 0 0 12 0 22 2 1 2002 GCL Twins (R) 4 4 3.40 13 7 0 0 0 53.0 41 24 20 0 7 31 0 63 4 0 2003 Elizabethton (R) 2 1 2.89 9 9 0 0 0 37.1 37 18 12 5 1 18 0 44 2 0 2004 GCL Twins (R) 0 0 0.00 6 1 0 0 0 8.0 6 2 0 0 0 3 0 9 1 0 Quad Cities (A) 2 0 6.30 5 1 0 0 0 10.0 10 7 7 2 1 5 0 8 2 0 2005 Beloit (A) 2 0 4.26 17 3 0 0 0 25.1 14 13 12 2 3 20 0 33 2 0 2006 Fort Meyers (A) 2 1 2.93 8 0 0 0 0 15.1 11 5 5 0 0 9 0 13 1 0 2007 Fort Meyers (A) 0 2 3.38 25 0 0 0 4 45.1 33 22 17 1 2 26 2 44 4 0 New Britain (AA) 1 0 7.97 13 1 0 0 0 20.1 21 21 18 6 1 15 0 17 0 0 2008 (Did Not Play) HISTORY

HECTOR RAMON GARCIA (GUERRERO) RHP Born: La Romana, Dominican Republic, October 22, 1985; Home: La Romana, Dominican Republic Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 6-2; Weight: 200 Obtained: Signed as a non-drafted free agent, January 19, 2004 Signed by Bernardino Rosario. Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK OPPONENTS 2004 DSL A’s-2 (R) 0 2 5.57 11 4 0 0 0 21.0 18 17 13 0 5 16 1 17 6 3 2005 DSL A’s-1 (R) 0 0 5.79 7 0 0 0 0 9.1 6 6 6 0 4 9 0 10 5 0 2006 DSL A’s-2 (R) 3 2 3.63 13 1 0 0 1 17.1 18 13 7 0 2 17 0 15 5 0 2007 DSL A’s-2 (R) 0 0 8.44 2 0 0 0 0 5.1 4 5 5 0 1 6 0 5 2 1 AZL A’s (R) 0 2 5.94 18 0 0 0 0 33.1 25 24 22 2 7 20 1 31 7 2 2008 Vancouver (A) 2 4 4.46 12 6 0 0 0 36.1 33 22 18 1 4 27 0 22 4 1

LEONARDO JOSE GIL IF PLAYER DEVELOPMENT Born: Barquisimeto, Lara, Venezuela, August 18, 1987; Home: Barquisimeto, Lara, Venezuela Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 6-1; Weight: 198 Obtained: Signed as a non-drafted free agent, January 16, 2006 Signed by Julio Franco. Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2006 DSL A’s-1 (R) .308 50 182 26 56 4 1 0 15 0 1 2 13 32 3 1 .341 .359 11 2007 AZL A’s (R) .257 39 140 22 36 5 4 0 20 1 0 2 14 39 5 2 .350 .333 13 2008 AZL A’s (R) .235 23 81 10 19 6 0 1 10 1 2 2 12 19 2 0 .346 .340 9 Vancouver (A) .208 25 72 5 15 3 0 1 8 1 2 3 10 29 1 1 .292 .322 4 MISCELLANEOUS

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIA GUIDE ❯ 383 MISCELLANEOUS PLAYER DEVELOPMENT OPPONENTS HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW 2009 ATHLETICS FRONT OFFICE Graduated from Westbrook HS(TX)…attendedLamarUniversity...signed byKelceyMucker. Obtained: Bats: in saves2008…ledtheNorthwestLeague saves(15)andgamespitched(30)in2008. Signed byBernardino Rosario…namedtoNorthwestLeaguepostseasonAll-Starteamin2008...ranked third intheA’s farmsystem Obtained: Bats: Born: ❯ 384 WP Bats: BB SO HB IBB HR ER R BK 0 7 H Born: 175 IP G GS 447 CG 2 0 L ERA SHO 76.2 78544211 W 1 1 SV 0 5 5 5 022 5 2 4.93 44 121 152 3 0 0 220 2008 25.1 252114 5 Stockton 0 7 0 2 1 51.1 281512 0 2007 4.97 18 (A) Kane 0 3 3 0 2.10 2006 30 County Vancouver Year(A) Club (A) WP BB SO HB IBB HR ER R BK H Born: IP G GS CG L ERA SHO W SV 0 5 0 0 Sacramento 0 2 8 2 5 1 134.0 74 0 0 5.10 29 119 24 67 157 90761437 3 36 0 3.98 0 (AAA) 110.2 21 8 0 21 132 63 49 2008 4.05 Stockton 2 0 0 0 0 0 2007 04 6.2 63102 0 (A) Lansing Year Club (A) 0 0 028 Born: 6 3 4 0 0 41.2 382117 WP 0 BB SO HB IBB HR ER 1 1 R BK 5 3.67 14 Kane 0 H 1 IP G GS Midland 2 County 2 CG 1 3.38 L ERA 8 0 SHO Stockton 0 0 W 0 0 SV 0 042 1 2.96 90 0 (A) 0 (AA) (A) 0 3 24.1 16.0 2 15 1 24 3 0 0 6 8 19 7621 0 10 1 10 1 0 0 0 Midland 57.2 632624 2008 3.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 4 8 Sacramento 09 3.75 6.0 84210 0 15 (AA) 2007 0 (AAA) AZL 0 Year Club A’s7.11 3 0 1 0 0 0 01 6.1 865314 0 (R) Bats: Born: SB CS SO BB HP SLG 2B E 3B SF HR OBP H SH RBI R AB 512556135 G 18 .278 AVG. 0 .406 9373935 119 2008 .364 13 2 749 478 85 Stockton 2 5 .372 .457 133 30 7 6 4 2007 .289 62135 (A) .444 Kannapolis 949 .408 4 4 6 101 2006 342 669917 4 (A) Great 226 .332 2005 52 1 Falls 187 416213 GCL Year(R) Club Red Sox (R) .219 24 73 9 16 3 0 0 7162 10 0 0 .260 .293 0 Tramuta…ranked fifthintheA’s farmsysteminstrikeouts(123)2008. Attended CollegeofCharleston...originallydraftedbyToronto inthe34thround ofthe2006First-Year PlayerDraft...signedb Obtained: Collegiate BaseballWriters Association andtheAmericanBaseballCoachesAssociationin2007...signedbyRickMagnante. Graduated from Harvard Westlake HS(CA)…attendedEmoryUniversity...named SouthRegionPitcheroftheYear byboththeNational Obtained: Bats: All-Star teamin2008…rankedtiedforsecondtheA’s farmsysteminstolenbases2008. Leaguemidseason Hill…led thePioneerLeagueinstolenbasesandrankedseventhbattingaverage2006…namedtoCalifornia with a36-gamehittingstreak in2005…originallysignedbyBostonasanon-draftedfree agentonJune16,2005...signedbyNaki Attended CalStateEastBay…wasnamedBay“MaleAthleteoftheYear” asasenior…establishedschoolrecord Obtained: ARCHIE MARZETTGILBERT JOSE LUISGUZMAN DERRICK CHARLESGORDON GRAHAM H.GODFREY JASON DAVID GLUSHON

ORGANIZATIONAL PLAYERS ❯ Switch; Right; Right; Right; Right; Hayward, July8,1983; California, San Cristobal,DominicanRepublic,November5,1987; Beaumont, Texas, October16,1983; Tampa, Florida,August9,1984; Tarzana, May26,1985; California,

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIAGUIDE Selected inthe26thround ofthe2006First-Year PlayerDraft Signed asanon-draftedfree agent,February23,2005 Acquired from theToronto BlueJayswithpitcherKristianBellforinfielderMarco Scutaro, November18,2007 Signed asanon-draftedfree agent,June18,2007 Signed asafree agenttoaminorleaguecontract,December14,2007 Throws: Throws: Throws: Throws: Throws: Right; Right; Right; Right; Left; Height: Height: Height: Height: Height: continued 6-3; 5-11; 6-2; 5-8; 5-10; Home: Home: Home: Weight: Weight: Weight: Weight: Weight: Home: Birmingham, Alabama Union City, California Encino, California 209 202 184 220 Beaumont, Texas 188 Home: San Cristobal,DominicanRepublic y Marc RHP RHP RHP LHP OF a

Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK FRONT OFFICE 2005 DSL A’s-1 (R) 5 2 3.25 13 9 1 0 0 52.2 61 29 19 1 3 10 0 40 1 1 2006 DSL A’s-2 (R) 1 1 3.72 2 2 0 0 0 9.2 10 5 4 0 1 0 0 5 1 0 AZL A’s (R) 2 0 3.03 13 3 0 0 0 35.2 31 18 12 2 6 7 0 27 3 0 Sacramento (AAA) 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0.2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2007 Stockton (A) 1 3 6.91 7 5 0 0 0 28.2 36 23 22 4 3 15 0 15 3 1 Vancouver (A) 3 4 4.59 15 12 0 0 0 64.2 65 43 33 4 6 24 0 39 7 0 2008 Stockton (A) 0 0 2.08 4 0 0 0 0 4.1 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 Vancouver (A) 2 2 2.25 30 0 0 0 15 36.0 34 14 9 1 2 12 2 38 3 0 2009 ATHLETICS MICHAEL RICHARD HART RHP Born: Staten Island, New York, February 9, 1987; Home: Staten Island, New York Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 6-1; Weight: 210 Obtained: Selected in the 19th round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft Graduated from Monsignor Farrell HS (NY)…attended Texas State University…signed by Blake Davis. Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK 2008 Vancouver (A) 0 2 2.52 15 6 0 0 1 35.2 26 11 10 1 1 13 1 40 1 0

SHAWN HAVILAND RHP REVIEW Born: Middletown, Connecticut, November 10, 1985; Home: Farmington, Connecticut Bats: Left; Throws: Right; Height: 6-2; Weight: 200 Obtained: Selected in the 33rd round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft Graduated from Farmington HS...graduated from …signed by Marc Sauer…ranked among Northwest League leaders in strikeouts (T10th) in 2008. Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK 2008 Vancouver (A) 2 3 3.48 18 9 0 0 0 54.1 56 25 21 1 3 18 1 61 8 1

CARLOS DANIEL HERNANDEZ LHP RECORDS Born: Santa Clara, California, March 4, 1987; Home: Santa Clara, California Bats: Left; Throws: Left; Height: 5-11; Weight: 188 Obtained: Selected in the 35th round of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft Attended West Valley College...signed by Sam Geaney on May 24, 2007. Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK 2007 Vancouver (A) 0 0 11.57 2 0 0 0 0 2.1 6 4 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 AZL A’s (R) 2 1 5.59 6 0 0 0 0 9.2 9 6 6 0 0 3 0 14 1 0 2008 Vancouver (A) 2 0 1.82 7 7 0 0 0 39.2 32 9 8 0 3 7 0 38 0 1 Kane County (A) 5 0 2.29 7 6 0 0 0 35.1 30 9 9 1 0 7 0 29 2 0 HISTORY

FRANKLIN HERNANDEZ (GONZALEZ) IF Born: San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic, April 19, 1987; Home: San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 6-3; Weight: 204 Obtained: Signed as a non-drafted free agent, December 17, 2003 Signed by Juan Eduardo Martinez…named to Arizona League postseason All-Star team in 2008…led the AZL in hits, total bases (110) and tied for the lead in doubles in 2008…ranked third in the A’s farm system in batting average in 2008. OPPONENTS Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2004 DSL A’s-1 (R) .194 48 134 9 26 4 0 0 7 1 0 2 14 42 1 2 .224 .280 - 2005 DSL A’s-1 (R) .205 61 176 15 36 6 3 5 23 3 1 0 17 60 8 1 .358 .273 - 2006 DSL A’s-1 (R) .270 45 152 22 41 9 2 1 14 1 3 1 19 40 2 2 .375 .349 8 2007 DSL A’s-2 (R) .273 5 22 2 6 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 4 1 0 .318 .346 2 AZL A’s (R) .222 21 63 8 14 4 0 1 7 2 0 3 2 22 1 0 .333 .279 0 2008 AZL A’s (R) .316 55 225 29 71 17 5 4 36 0 2 4 18 61 1 1 .489 .373 6 PLAYER DEVELOPMENT BRADLEY JAMES HERTZLER LHP Born: Providence, Rhode Island, April 11, 1986; Home: Westport, Massachusetts Bats: Right; Throws: Left; Height: 6-0; Weight: 221 Obtained: Selected in the 15th round of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft Graduated from East Providence HS (R.I.)…attended Community College of Rhode Island before transferring to University of Maine... signed by Jeff Bittiger. Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK 2007 Vancouver (A) 3 6 4.20 13 12 1 1 0 60.0 62 36 28 5 4 14 0 46 2 0 2008 Kane County (A) 2 5 5.26 26 4 0 0 0 63.1 70 45 37 5 9 13 0 49 3 3 Vancouver (A) 2 1 3.60 7 1 0 0 0 15.0 13 10 6 1 0 7 0 7 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIA GUIDE ❯ 385 MISCELLANEOUS PLAYER DEVELOPMENT OPPONENTS HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW 2009 ATHLETICS FRONT OFFICE ranked amongMidwestLeagueleadersinstrikeouts(3rd) andinningspitched(T3rd) in2007. Graduated from LaSalle-PeruTownship HS(IL)in2002...attendedIllinoisValley CommunityCollege...signedbyJimPransky…finis Obtained: Bats: Graduated from PalmdaleHS…attendedCollegeoftheCanyons…signedby JTStotts. Obtained: Collegiate Baseballin2005…signedbyNeilAvent. Graduated from OrangeHS(NC)...attendedUniversityofNorthCarolina...earned LouisvilleSlugger Freshman All-Americahonorsf Obtained: Graduated from SunnyslopeHS (AZ)…attended KansasStateUniversity…signedbyYancy Ayres. Obtained: WP BB SO HB IBB HR ER R BK H IP G GS CG L ERA SHO W SV Year Club Born: ❯ 386 Bats: Born: SB CS SO BB HP SLG 2B E 3B SF HR OBP H SH RBI R AB G See biographyin2009Non-RosterPlayerssection. AVG. 2008 AZL Year Club .263 A’s 29 99 25 (R) 26 1 0 0 10 1 18 Bats: 22 12 1 Born: SB CS SO BB HP SLG 2B E 3B SF HR OBP H SH RBI .273 R .378 AB G 1 AVG. Kane 2008 .277 Stockton County 118 2007 (A) (A) .279 477 Vancouver Year Club 63 .268 38 14 122 (A) 132 41 7 28 15 11 2 4 0 1 1 6487 34 6 1 0 1 42 14 15 13 49 .390 28 87 2 6 27 3 .426 WP 1 BB SO HB IBB HR ER R BK .331 5 .352 H .346 Bats: .417 IP G GS CG Born: L 7 20 ERA SHO W 1 3 SV 040 118 2 1 0 Kane 31.1 301817 0 2 2 0 4.88 18 County 1 2008 0 Vancouver (A) 2.25 3 0 Year Club 0 (A) 1 0 0 05 4.0 310 0 0 WP 4 BB SO HB IBB HR ER R BK 67 H 0 Bats: IP G GS 23 CG 5 Born: L ERA SHO W SV 5 34 39 65 0 67.0 0 1 1 4.57 1610 0 7 4 2008 0 0 086 Kane 8 5 120.0 717 23 0 2.93 2007 25 Vancouver23 County 134 6039 (A) Year(A) Club Bats: 1 2 Born: 3 55 4 0 2 103 26 81161 7 1 0 95.1 985948 5 0 3 9 6 30 33 4.53 58 48 0 65.1 0 0 3 0 2008 4 028 4.13 1412 Stockton 5 616 0 1 2007 (A) Kane 2 0 1 0 0 016 5 8 37.2 332213 2006 8 0 11 VancouverCounty 155.0 2 313 4.12 0 27 147 2 26 3 0 150 8271191041 1 2005 (A) 3.11 2 (A) 15 0 13.2 191716 1 0 Kane 0 2004 0 AZL 10.54 14 2003 County A’sAZL 0 2 A’s(R) (A) 4.30 (R) 18 0 0 0 0 14.2 11 8702 2 16 2 10 1 Obtained: system inERA2008. the NorthwestLeagueinwins2007…rankedamongMidwestleadersERA(9th)2008…rankedfourthA’s farm Graduated from RanchoCucamongaHS...attendedAzusaPacificUniversity…signedbyCraigWeissman…finished tiedforthird in Obtained: JAMES ADAMHEUSER JONATHAN HUNTON BRETT T. HUNTER TYREACE DEWAYNE HOUSE JOSHUA RYAN HORTON BENJAMIN CHARLESHORNBECK SCOTT BENJAMINHODSDON

ORGANIZATIONAL PLAYERS ❯ Left; Right; Right; Left; Right; Right; Spring Valley, Illinois,March 30,1984; Plainfield, NewJersey, November30,1982; MarchSan Diego,California, 1,1988; Durham, NorthCarolina, February 19,1986; Phoenix, Arizona,July22,1987; May31,1985; Geldora, California,

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIAGUIDE Selected inthe27thround ofthe2003First-Year PlayerDraft Selected inthe6thround ofthe2008First-Year PlayerDraft Selected inthe2ndround ofthe2007First-Year PlayerDraft Selected inthe32ndround ofthe2008First-Year PlayerDraft Signed asafree agenttoaminorleaguecontract,January 9,2009. Selected inthe6thround ofthe2007First-Year PlayerDraft Throws: Throws: Throws: Throws: Throws: Throws: Left; Right; Right; Right; Left; Right; Height: Height: Height: Height: Height: Height: 6-5; 6-1; 6-5; continued 6-9; 5-10; 6-2; Weight: Home: Weight: Weight: Home: Weight: Weight: Weight: Home: Home: Phoenix, Arizona 213 Rancho Cucamonga,California 211 192 Home: 250 182 Home: 180 Palmdale, California Peru, Illinois North Plainfield,NewJersey Hillsborough, NorthCarolina RHP RHP RHP LHP LHP OF rom rom hed IF Graduated from North Plainfield HS (NJ)…attended Lamar University. FRONT OFFICE Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK 2004 Boise (A) 1 1 4.03 21 0 0 0 2 29.0 26 15 13 1 1 24 1 34 7 0 2005 Peoria (A) 0 2 7.42 25 0 0 0 3 30.1 38 28 25 3 4 17 0 30 3 2 Boise (A) 1 3 3.20 19 0 0 0 4 25.1 22 16 9 2 3 15 0 28 5 0 2006 Daytona (A) 6 5 4.32 48 0 0 0 3 66.2 62 40 32 4 6 34 0 54 15 1 2007 Coastal Bend (Ind.) 1 2 2.23 36 0 0 0 2 40.1 29 11 10 1 0 16 1 54 5 0 New Jersey (Ind.) 0 1 8.10 3 0 0 0 0 3.1 7 4 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 Lancaster (Ind.) 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 2008 Fort Worth (Ind.) 5 1 0.81 48 0 0 0 23 55.2 26 7 5 3 0 18 3 71 6 0 2009 ATHLETICS Somerset (Ind.) 0 0 3.68 8 0 0 0 1 7.1 6 3 3 1 0 4 0 8 0 0

THOMAS CRAIG ITALIANO RHP Goes by “Craig” Born: Cleveland, Ohio, July 22, 1986; Home: Flower Mound, Texas Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 6-4; Weight: 216 Obtained: Selected in the 2nd round of the 2005 First-Year Player Draft Graduated from Flower Mound HS (TX) in 2005...selected with the 2nd round pick of the as compensation for the loss of ...signed by Blake Davis…named to Midwest League midseason All-Star team in 2008. REVIEW Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK 2005 AZL A’s (R) 1 2 6.75 8 3 0 0 0 18.2 20 17 14 0 4 8 0 27 6 0 2006 Kane County (A) 0 1 3.50 4 4 0 0 0 18.0 18 12 7 1 3 9 0 23 4 0 2007 Kane County (A) 0 3 12.71 6 6 0 0 0 17.0 32 25 24 3 2 16 0 24 1 0 2008 Kane County (A) 7 0 1.16 14 14 0 0 0 70.0 43 16 9 2 3 35 0 79 12 0 Stockton (A) 1 4 9.90 14 5 0 0 0 30.0 44 37 33 7 1 26 0 33 4 0

KEVIN RYNE JERNIGAN IF Goes by “Ryne” RECORDS Born: Milton, Florida, June 27, 1985; Home: Milton, Florida Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 5-10; Weight: 175 Obtained: Selected in the 30th round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft Graduated from Milton HS (FL)…attended University of South Alabama…signed by Armann Brown. Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2008 Vancouver (A) .111 16 45 0 5 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 5 9 0 1 .133 .200 2 AZL A’s (R) .333 17 60 7 20 4 1 0 7 0 1 1 10 13 1 0 .433 .431 4

TODDRIC LAWRENCE JOHNSON CF HISTORY Born: Jackson, Mississippi, December 17, 1984; Home: Jackson, Mississippi Bats: Left; Throws: Left; Height: 6-1; Weight: 203 Obtained: Selected in the 14th round of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft Graduated from Provine HS (MS)…attended University of Southern Mississippi...signed by Kelcey Mucker…ranked among Midwest League leaders in RBI (8th) in 2008. Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2006 Vancouver (A) .333 10 36 9 12 3 1 0 3 1 0 1 5 7 3 0 .472 .429 0

Kane County (A) .286 28 105 21 30 2 1 0 12 1 0 0 5 15 3 3 .324 .318 1 OPPONENTS 2007 Kane County (A) .242 104 372 45 90 16 1 6 48 1 3 5 35 85 3 1 .339 .313 3 2008 Kane County (A) .281 109 413 55 116 24 5 13 74 3 7 5 42 81 11 4 .458 .349 4

JONATHAN JOHNSTON C Born: Trenton, New Jersey, February 13, 1984; Home: Hamilton Township, New Jersey Bats: Left; Throws: Right; Height: 5-11; Weight: 198 Obtained: Selected in the 42nd round of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft PLAYER DEVELOPMENT Graduated from Peddie School HS (NJ)…graduated from US Naval Academy…on military leave in 2007, called back in 2008...signed by Craig Weissmann. Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2008 Kane County (A) .228 36 114 21 26 4 0 1 11 1 3 2 21 38 11 4 .289 .350 2

JONATHAN JOSEPH (RICHARDSON) RHP Born: San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic, May 17, 1988; Home: San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 6-1; Weight: 180 Obtained: Signed as a non-drafted free agent, June 15, 2006

Signed by Amaurys Reyes. MISCELLANEOUS

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIA GUIDE ❯ 387 MISCELLANEOUS PLAYER DEVELOPMENT OPPONENTS HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW 2009 ATHLETICS FRONT OFFICE Graduated from NorthwoodHS(CA)…attendedYavapai College(AZ)...signedbyJeremy SchiedonJune4,2006. Obtained: (33) in2007…rankedamongMidwestLeague leaders inwalks(T3rd) in2008. Arizona Leagueinstolenbasesandon-basepercentage andrankedsecondinrunsscored…led theA’s farmsysteminstolenbases Graduated from Crossroads StateUniversity, HS(CA)...attended California LosAngeles...signedbyRickMagnante…in 2007,ledth Obtained: League postseasonAll-Starteamasaleft-handedrelief pitcherin2005...ledtheA’s farmsysteminERA2005. Graduated from LagunaCreek HS(CA)in2001...attendedSanJoseStateUniversity...signed byScottKidd...namedtotheNorthwe Obtained: 0 6 137 211 1 1 7 4 0 23.2 301712 038 0 1 1 0 WP 313 BB 4.56 SO HB IBB HR ER 16 R BK 4 2 0 39.0 553733 H AZL 0 IP G 3 1 GS 1 CG 7.62 L 16 ERA A’sSHO W SV (R) AZL 1 10 2008 036 A’s 418 DSL (R) 4 0 0 1 43.1 432117 2007 1 A’s-2 0 1 4 8 DSL 4.50 3.53 2006 3 0 11 2 DSL 0 0 1 (R) Year0 0 Club A’s-1A’s-110.0 965024 1 13 0 1.23 2 0 1 (R) 1 0 0 05 (R) 7.1 310 0 ❯ Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SO 388 BB HP SLG 2B E 3B SF HR OBP H SH RBI R 7 AB 2686018 G .346 Kane .416 3 5 AVG. 5 County 126 .271 79 2 (A) 266 61 7213 2008 Midland .313 2007 7 16 650 0 0 152 AZL 1 Year Club (AA) .263 .313 A’s 45 .476 0 152 (R) 51 40 5 2 0 11 015 58 37 33 7 Bats: .322 .477 Born: 2 SB CS SO BB HP SLG 2B E 3B SF HR OBP H SH RBI R AB G AVG. 2008 1 6 .340 2007 .342 51735 5 0 .272 Stockton 2006 3 3 Kansas 5 114 .382 .273 118 2005 .362 58 0 4134887 (A) City .281 Vancouver 209 30 57 11 1 12 430 126 Year 559 (A) Club (A) 75 466 79 4 131 24 117 24 2 5 45 028 49 1 1 92 2 1 169 Bats: 222 .372 6 Born: .356 5.2632421 0 0 7 WP BB SO HB IBB 0 HR ER 0 R BK 3 3 3 0 2.88 47 H 166 IP G 326 GS CG L ERA 9 SHO Midland 2 0 W SV 70.0 513327 2008 (AA) 0 0 Sacramento 2 2 7 0 3.47 51 173 (AAA) 0 423 2007 0 0 9 0 60.2 381311 Stockton 3.24 2006 7 0 0 Kane 0 0 3 1 5 1 0 8.1 6530 2 1.63 2005 49 16 (A) County 2 0 0 Vancouver Year(A) Club 1.95 23 0 (A) 0 0 14 27.2 20 7620 0 11 1 WP 38 BB SO HB IBB 0 HR ER R BK H Bats: IP G GS CG 0 2 Born: L ERA SHO W SV 037 1 3 8 2 273 2 2 0 515 36.1 362014 5 0 4 0 2 72.2 642719 0 0 2008 3.47 19 Kane 0 1 8 2 2.35 2007 34 County Vancouver Year(A) Club (A) Bats: Born: Goes by“Chad” SB CS SO BB HP SLG 2B E 3B SF HR OBP H SH RBI R AB G 8 AVG. 4196815 .299 .299 3 1 0 2008 215 2 Kane .214 6 2007 54 Vancouver 187 3340 2006 County (A) Year Club (A) .244 104 340 43 83 7 3 2 Bats: 26 312 29 Born: 103 3 8 .300 .306 11 Graduated from ChaparralHS(Temecula, CA)in2001...attendedPepperdine University...signed byRickMagnante. Obtained: Graduated from HighSchool(MD)...attended University ofMaryland…signedbyJeff Northern Bittinger. Obtained: SHANE PAUL KEOUGH ADAM BENJAMINKLEIN STEVEN MATTHEW KLEEN BRAD THOMASKILBY CHARLES STERLINGSKERFOOT

ORGANIZATIONAL PLAYERS ❯ Left; Right; Left; Right; Switch; Los Angeles, California, August 21,1983; Los Angeles,California, May21,1983; Redlands, California, February19,1983; Modesto, California, Annapolis, Maryland,April1,1985; September11,1986; Los Angeles,California,

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIAGUIDE Selected inthe36thround ofthe 2005First-Year PlayerDraft Selected inthe48thround ofthe2007First-Year PlayerDraft Selected inthe29thround ofthe 2005First-Year PlayerDraft Selected inthe11thround ofthe2005First-Year PlayerDraft Selected inthe30thround ofthe 2007First-Year PlayerDraft Throws: Throws: Throws: Throws: Throws: Left; Left; Right; Right; Right; Height: Height: Height: Height: Height: 5-11; 6-2; continued 6-4; 6-0; 6-2; Weight: Weight: Weight: Weight: Home: Home: Weight: Home: 230 Home: 172 Owings, Maryland Menifee, California 205 185 199 Home: (Injured –DidNotPlay) (Injured —DidNotPlay) Elk Grove, California Los Angeles,California Coto DeCaza,California RHP LHP OF OF IF st e JARED TYLER LANSFORD RHP FRONT OFFICE See biography in 2009 Non-Roster Players section.

CHAD EDWARD LEE RHP Born: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, December 20, 1985; Home: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 6-4; Weight: 215 Obtained: Selected in the 4th round of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft Graduated from Putnam City North HS (OK)…attended Barton County CC (KS)...signed by Jeremy Schied. 2009 ATHLETICS Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK 2006 Vancouver (A) 3 2 4.29 12 10 0 0 0 50.1 50 28 24 5 3 15 0 31 2 0 2007 (Injured — Did Not Play) 2008 Vancouver (A) 0 0 9.95 5 0 0 0 0 6.1 10 10 7 0 2 10 0 3 1 0 AZL A’s (R) 0 0 0.00 2 1 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0

MATHIEU LEBLANC POIRIER RHP Born: Laval, Quebec, March 10, 1987; Home: Laval, Quebec Bats: Left; Throws: Right; Height: 6-1; Weight: 175 Obtained: Selected in the 21st round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft

Attended College Ahuntsic…signed by Matt Higginson. REVIEW Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK 2008 AZL A’s (R) 0 1 7.89 11 2 0 0 0 21.2 34 23 19 1 5 6 0 18 2 1 Vancouver (A) 1 0 0.93 6 0 0 0 0 9.2 4 1 1 0 1 7 0 9 1 0

ALEX ARNOLD LEON RHP Goes by “Arnold” – See biography in 2009 Non-Roster Players section.

MYRON JEROME LESLIE IF RECORDS Born: Panama City, Florida, May 2, 1982; Home: Riverview, Florida Bats: Switch; Throws: Right; Height: 6-3; Weight: 237 Obtained: Selected in the 8th round of the 2004 First-Year Player Draft Graduated from Brandon HS (FL) in 2000...attended the University of South Florida...signed by Steve Barningham…finished ranked second in the California League in RBI in 2006. Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2004 Vancouver (A) .245 73 273 41 67 12 2 1 29 2 5 0 41 34 1 1 .315 .339 17 2005 Kane County (A) .275 131 472 77 130 32 2 15 68 0 5 2 78 89 2 1 .447 .377 30 2006 Stockton (A) .273 136 513 81 140 25 0 17 100 0 5 6 71 98 6 3 .421 .365 25 HISTORY 2007 Midland (AA) .288 108 386 53 111 28 1 5 47 1 3 0 64 75 1 1 .404 .386 8 2008 Midland (AA) .248 108 367 47 91 18 0 10 43 0 1 3 51 94 2 3 .379 .344 12

MITCHELL LEVIER OF Born: Whittier, California, January 12, 1988; Home: Whittier, California Bats: Left; Throws: Left; Height: 5-11; Weight: 185 Obtained: Selected in the 9th round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft

Graduated from California HS…attended Fullerton College…signed by Eric Martins. OPPONENTS Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2008 Vancouver (A) .241 50 170 15 41 7 1 0 12 5 1 1 9 52 4 2 .294 .282 0

MARCELINO LEYJA IF Goes by “Nino” Born: Houston, Texas, October 2, 1990; Home: Houston, Texas

Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 5-10; Weight: 170 PLAYER DEVELOPMENT Obtained: Selected in the 15th round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft Graduated from Houston Christian HS…signed by Blake Davis…named to Arizona League postseason All-Star team in 2008… finished tied for fourth in runs scored in the AZL in 2008…ranked fourth in the A’s farm system in batting average in 2008. Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2008 AZL A’s (R) .315 43 165 42 52 12 6 1 25 0 3 1 19 31 10 2 .479 .383 15

DANTE MARQUIS LOVE C Born: San Diego, California, April 8, 1987; Home: San Diego, California Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 5-11; Weight: 193 Obtained: Selected in the 39th round of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft MISCELLANEOUS Attended San Diego City College...signed by Craig Weissman on May 16, 2007.

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIA GUIDE ❯ 389 MISCELLANEOUS PLAYER DEVELOPMENT OPPONENTS HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW 2009 ATHLETICS FRONT OFFICE Bats: Born: SB CS SO BB HP SLG 2B E 3B SF HR OBP H SH RBI R AB G AVG. Vancouver 0 0 .305 .151 .321 31534 6 37 1 (A) 2 119 2008 9 14 0 Kane 18 5 .220 2007 1 36 0 2 Vancouver 118 132610 16 15 Year Club 19 County (A) 23 1 0 (A) .161 .261 9 31 4 5 2 0 ❯ 0 217 .264 0 2 .226 .235 0 390 0 1 0 3 69 0 40 1 26 Born: 3 30 2 3 20 8 21 51 0 65.1 0 33 35 54 0 0 8.1 1 0 0 2 020 0 2.76 11 AZL 5 0 9 0 0 WP 3 1 6 0.00 BB SO 5.09 10 HB IBB HR 5 1 0 ER Sacramento A’s R BK 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 24.0 2110 1.0 0 0 68 (AAA) H 2008 0 Midland 0 0 IP G 4 GS (R) Midland 14 (AA) CG 4 2.25 4 L 2 ERA 1 2 0 SHO 0 2 3.75 W 0 SV 2 0 0 0 (AA) 15 06 0 0 21 12.0 74320 0 56 0 0 Midland 0 80.0 7.1 18.41 20 0 0 5 6 2007 0 0 0 19 0 6 Stockton 3 15 2 0 11 102 0 15 121.1 544 (AA) 1 6.68 24 1 (A) 24 1.69 1512 6 149 949012 2006 Stockton 2005 Vancouver(A) (A) Year Club Bats: Born: AZL SB CS SO BB HP SLG 2B E 3B SF HR OBP H SH RBI .198 R A’s 28 86 DSL AB 2008 G 12 AVG. (R) 17 3 DSL 0 1 605 A’s-1 25 1 .298 0 DSL 2007 A’s-2 28 .267 .400 94 (R) DSL 7 A’s-125 5 16 .250 10 1 28 3 .242 (R) 2 2 2006 0 214 1 2 A’s-2 30 16 04 13 .321 91 (R) DSL 14 Year.600 Club 12 15 23 4 1 53 7 22 4 (R) 1 .400 1 802 A’s-217 3 0 3 1 14 .404 .258 11 01983 14 1 1 2 18 .411 66 (R) 4 .434 .341 13 17 3 1 .429 .352 0 6179 2 Bats: 1 9 .333 Born: .338 9 SB CS SO BB HP SLG 2B E 3B SF HR OBP H SH RBI 2008 R Vancouver AZL AB 2007 G .250 AVG. .281 AZL 38 A’s(A) 45 .298 128 9 2006 3313713 A’s10 5 178 32 2 44 1 0 3 .318 .281 0 (R) 18 DSL - - .376 .264 2005 0 51239 12 3128 168 50 9 DSL 0 016 2 1 21 3 .267 (R) 25 5 61 0 2004 1 15 10 A’s-2A’s-2195 225210 50 DSL 012 10 .222 .197 .281 14 5 60 2 1 Year1 31 2 Club A’s-218 240 178 1135 1 (R) 0 0 31 .302 31 249 0 (R) 22 3 5 .348 1 (R) .222 .323 .411 .263 .344 0 15 9 by ChicagoWhiteSoxscoutsNathanDurstand AlexSlattery…wasadraftandfollowin2002didnotsignuntilMay25,2003. Community College(MO)andhelpedhisteam reach theJuniorCollegeWorld Series…wasanAll-Regionselection…originally signed Graduated from JohnF. KennedyHS…wasFirst-Team All-Stateasasenior…lettered inbasketball andbaseball…attendedJefferson Obtained: Signed byJuanCarlosDeLaCruz…finishedtiedforfourthindoublestheArizonaLeague2007. Obtained: Bats: South DivisionAll-Starteamin2007…namedTexas LeaguePitcheroftheWeek forMay14,2007. Northwest LeaguepostseasonAll-Starteamasarelief pitcherin2005afterleadingtheleagueERA…namedtoTexas League Graduated from Notre DameCathedralLatinHS(OH)in2001...attendedOhioStateUniversity...signed byRichSparks...named tot Obtained: Signed byBernardino Rosario. Obtained: MARCOS ANTONIOLUIS(ANDUJAR) JAY WILLIAMMARSHALL MICHAEL EDWARD MADSEN ALCIBIADES MADE(VALDEZ)

ORGANIZATIONAL PLAYERS ❯ Right; Right; Right; Left; Santo Domingo,DominicanRepublic,November27,1985; St. Louis,Missouri,February25,1983; Mayfield, Ohio,November29,1982; Bani, DominicanRepublic,April5,1989;

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIAGUIDE Claimed off waiversfrom Boston,December6,2007 Signed asanon-draftedfree agent,January15,2004 Selected inthe21stround ofthe2005First-Year PlayerDraft Signed asanon-draftedfree agent,April6,2006 Throws: Throws: Throws: Throws: Left; Right; Right; Right; Height: Height: Height: Height: 6-5; continued 6-1; 6-0; 6-0; Weight: Weight: Weight: Weight: Home: Home: Home: 205 197 168 169 Canfield, Ohio De Soto,Missouri Bani, DominicanRepublic Home: Santo Domingo,DominicanRepublic RHP LHP IF IF he

Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK FRONT OFFICE 2003 Bristol (R) 2 0 2.61 10 10 0 0 0 41.1 38 15 12 3 4 13 0 42 2 0 2004 Bristol (R) 1 6 3.59 11 11 0 0 0 57.2 63 31 23 8 2 8 1 52 4 1 Great Falls (R) 2 0 3.45 4 2 0 0 0 15.2 19 9 6 2 0 6 0 17 0 0 2005 Great Falls (R) 2 0 2.70 29 0 0 0 6 43.1 35 20 13 3 3 7 0 43 1 0 2006 Winston-Salem (A) 5 1 1.02 58 0 0 0 4 62.0 46 11 7 2 2 8 0 44 2 1 2007 OAKLAND 1 2 6.43 51 0 0 0 0 42.0 50 33 30 3 4 22 6 18 2 0 2008 Midland (AA) 1 1 0.84 20 0 0 0 1 32.1 23 4 3 1 1 7 1 21 1 0 Sacramento (AAA) 3 5 6.16 37 0 0 0 2 38.0 55 26 26 3 0 20 4 21 0 0 2009 ATHLETICS FRANK FELIX MARTINEZ (SANCHEZ) IF Born: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, July 19, 1985; Home: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Bats: Switch; Throws: Right; Height: 6-2; Weight: 192 Obtained: Signed as a non-drafted free agent, February 11, 2003 Signed by Angel Eusebio and Juan Carlos De La Cruz. Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2003 DSL A’s (R) .289 67 218 47 63 16 2 3 35 2 2 3 51 41 14 7 .422 .427 - 2004 AZL A’s (R) .207 47 174 25 36 7 5 3 21 5 2 3 13 51 5 5 .356 .271 17 2005 AZL A’s (R) .205 35 117 28 24 6 0 1 7 2 0 3 24 39 3 2 .282 .354 11

Vancouver (A) .167 14 48 6 8 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 12 18 3 1 .188 .328 3 REVIEW 2006 Kane County (A) .261 117 414 72 108 25 2 7 58 5 3 10 44 81 11 3 .382 .344 23 2007 Stockton (A) .267 131 499 65 133 28 6 12 60 3 2 5 35 96 14 4 .419 .320 32 2008 Stockton (A) .279 114 433 65 121 24 4 6 42 2 5 4 36 60 5 5 .395 .337 25 Midland (AA) .260 14 50 7 13 1 1 1 5 2 1 0 3 6 1 0 .380 .296 5

MICHAEL JOSEPH MASSARO OF Born: Pueblo, Colorado, April 15, 1984; Home: Pueblo, Colorado Bats: Left; Throws: Left; Height: 5-11; Weight: 177 Obtained: Selected in the 13th round of the 2005 First-Year Player Draft RECORDS Graduated from Pueblo East HS (CO) in 2002...attended Colorado State University-Pueblo...signed by Jeremy Schied. Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2005 Vancouver (A) .251 58 191 35 48 5 2 1 15 1 1 0 26 51 5 2 .314 .339 2 2006 Kane County (A) .254 50 197 34 50 7 0 1 19 4 1 0 29 31 5 10 .305 .348 1 2007 Kane County (A) .286 129 490 62 140 17 1 1 35 2 2 2 58 81 13 11 .331 .362 1 2008 Midland (AA) .268 24 82 10 22 5 0 0 4 4 0 0 4 14 1 5 .329 .302 1 Stockton (A) .329 56 216 28 71 14 1 0 30 1 2 0 11 30 0 1 .403 .358 1 Sacramento (AAA) .280 15 50 5 14 3 1 0 5 3 0 0 4 9 0 0 .380 .333 0 HISTORY

VINCENT MICHAEL MAZZARO RHP See biography in 2009 Non-Roster Players section.

JERMAINE CORNELIUS MITCHELL OF Born: Naples, Texas, November 2, 1984; Home: Daingerfield, Texas Bats: Left; Throws: Left; Height: 6-0; Weight: 211 Obtained: Selected in the 5th round of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft Graduated from Daingerfield HS (TX)…attended Texarkana CC (TX)…attended University of North Carolina Greensboro...signed by OPPONENTS Neil Avent…ranked among Midwest League leaders in runs scored (4th) and on-base percentage (T3rd) in 2007. Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2006 Vancouver (A) .362 37 138 23 50 7 2 3 23 0 0 3 22 27 14 6 .507 .460 2 2007 Kane County (A) .288 122 431 79 124 20 5 8 58 3 4 1 74 115 24 8 .413 .390 5 2008 Stockton (A) .244 114 422 55 103 20 3 10 49 3 2 7 54 116 23 6 .377 .338 9

MICHAEL DAVID MITCHELL RHP PLAYER DEVELOPMENT Born: St. Louis, Missouri, October 27, 1981; Home: St. Peters, Missouri Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 6-2; Weight: 205 Obtained: Selected in the 35th round of the 2003 First-Year Player Draft Graduated from Fort Zumwalt South HS (MO) in 2000...attended St. Charles CC…signed by Jim Pransky on November 10, 2003. MISCELLANEOUS

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIA GUIDE ❯ 391 MISCELLANEOUS PLAYER DEVELOPMENT OPPONENTS HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW 2009 ATHLETICS FRONT OFFICE aeCut A 0 32 1 0 0 2. 2 1 9 2 1 1 5 0 5 19 1 11 2 2 1 9 0 15 11 1 24 11 1 25.0 1 3 8 0 11 24 020.0 0 0 0 0 0 14 13.60 2 0 19 0 3.24 Stockton 2008 3.24 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 06 WP 8.1 75316 0 BB SO HB IBB Midland 0 HR ER 041 (A) R BK (AA) 014 H 2007 0 0 18 IP G 0 GS AZL Sacramento 41.0 371413 0 CG L 1 1 ERA 1 SHO 0 KaneCounty(A) 2.85 W SV 33 0 A’s(AAA) 14.73 0 4 0 0 1 0 2006 0 24 4.50 Stockton 3.2 876014 0 5 0 0 1 0 (R) 0 03 6.0 531 0 (A) 2005 0 0 Vancouver 2004 0.00 7 0 1 AZL 0 1 0 Year Club 5 0 (A) 16 9.1 410 0 1.35 0 7 A’s0 0 1 13.1 0 ❯ 07 (R) 14 42031 0 392 0 6 77 0 2 8 Bats: 33 5 052 4 Born: 717 41 3 50 87 0 0 0 75.2 WP 0 58.1 532924 BB SO HB IBB HR ER R BK 0 2 4 0 8 H 3.70 15 6 4.88 16 2 IP G GS CG L ERA SHO AZL W SV 2008 Vancouver A’s (A) (R) DSL 2007 2 DSL 1 A’s-2 1 1.60 2006 7 0 0 4 A’s-10 0 DSL (R) 0 2.08 7 1 2 0 Year Club 2 33.2 0 0 0 0 0 06 0 (R) 8.2 8201 26 8613 0 0 4 A’s-15.29 630 56 2 22 0 0 1 17.0 9 0 14 34 8 5 13 1 2 (R) 10 4 46 48 78 0 63.0 0 0 2 Born: 6.57 1311 5 WP BB SO HB IBB HR ER Stockton R BK 1 1 0 4 (A) H 0 IP 0 033 Midland G GS 10.67 530 CG L ERA SHO 14.1 8 W SV 20 4 1 3 3 (AA) 18 0 0 2 0 17 2 17 15 4 0 560 25.1 251413 2008 236 Kane 0 0 3 1 2 4 Kane 4.62 2007 11 11 County 60.0 533326 Kane 0 4 1 1 3.90 41 (A) County County 0 2006 (A) 0 1 (A) 1 Vancouver 0.00 2 0 Year Club 0 1 0 0 1.45 03 2.1 10 0 16 0 (A) 0 0 9 18.2 0 14 531 2 27 0 Bats: Born: Goes by“Scott” 0 3 78 0 1 11 9 3 1 0 1 57 0 Stockton 1.69 15 2 0 21 2 60 0 0 77.2 0 0 16 4 0 09 (A) 10.2 5201 0 1 0 3 2008 1.74 1413 5 42 Kane 49 3 88 0 70.2 1 3 0 WP County BB SO HB IBB 0 HR ER Lakewood R BK 4.12 80 1 2 (A) 0 43.2 6 H 34 5.35 13 5 0 0 23 64 (A) 1 0 Williamsport 0 5 IP 0 G 20 14 GS 50 GCL CG 2 18 2 L ERA SHO 4 W 0 SV 61.1 3.21 53 27 3 (A) 27 3 0 3 3.96 Phillies 0 0 0 2007 15 0 10 1 2006 0 1 14.0 Batavia Lakewood GCL 0 0.00 (R) 13 851 1 0 0 060 0 (A) 2 0 17 0 0 04 (A) 2.0 420 0 1 Phillies 0 2005 0 1 2 0 0 GCL 61.2 4012 2004 2.79 0 (R) 7 GCL 3 0 3 0 1.75 0 0 10 0 10 08 Year9.2 8315 1 Club Phillies Phillies 0 0 (R) 0.00 (R) 1 0 1 0 0 0 04 3.0 10 0 Bats: Born: Jim Pransky. Graduated from ClearLakeHS(Houston,TX)in1998...graduated from Tyler JC...attended theUniversityofNebraska...signedby Obtained: Bats: Davis…finished tiedforthird insavestheNorthwestLeague2006. Graduated from SharpstownHS(TX)…attendedWhartonCountyJCTexas StateUniversity...signed byBlake Obtained: midseason All-Starteamin2008. League ininningspitched,tiedforfirstwins,rankedsecondERAandfourthstrikeouts2004…namedtoMidwestLeagu Attended UniversityofWestern Australia...originallysignedbyPhiladelphiaasafree agentonMarch 10,2003…ledtheGulfCoa Obtained: Signed byAmaurysReyes…finishedtiedfortheleadinNorthwestLeaguestrikeouts 2008. Obtained: JED REARDONMORRIS RONNY MORLA(RONDON) WAYNE SCOTTMOOREJR. SCOTT MICHAELMITCHINSON

ORGANIZATIONAL PLAYERS ❯ Left; Right; Right; Right; Eugene, Oregon, March 4,1980; Hato Mayor, DominicanRepublic,May19,1988; Houston, Texas, December4,1983; Perth, Australia,December28,1984;

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIAGUIDE Selected inthe36thround ofthe2002First-Year PlayerDraft Selected inthe23rd round ofthe2006First-Year PlayerDraft Selected intheTriple-A portionoftheRule5draft,December6,2007 Signed asanon-draftedfree agent, February10,2006 Throws: Throws: Throws: Throws: Right; Right; Right; Right; Height: Height: Height: Height: 5-11; continued 6-2; 6-3; 6-4; Home: Weight: Weight: Weight: Weight: Home: Home: Odessa, Texas 188 211 200 194 Houston, Texas Leeming, Western Australia (Injured –DidNotPlay) Home: Hato Mayor, DominicanRepublic RHP RHP RHP C st e Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E FRONT OFFICE 2002 Vancouver (A) .264 31 87 6 23 7 0 1 16 1 2 7 13 20 1 1 .379 .394 0 2003 Modesto (A) .281 101 367 57 103 26 1 13 75 0 4 5 47 58 1 0 .463 .366 10 2004 Modesto (A) .267 91 303 39 81 20 3 1 37 2 4 12 43 48 1 3 .363 .376 4 2005 Stockton (A) .302 75 268 49 81 26 1 14 55 0 4 3 31 59 1 3 .563 .376 5 Sacramento (AAA) .500 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .500 .667 0 Midland (AA) .111 4 18 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .167 .158 0 2006 Midland (AA) .306 45 170 27 52 6 0 6 17 3 0 3 22 25 1 1 .447 .395 2 2007 AZL A’s (R) .200 2 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 .600 .333 0

2008 Stockton (A) .290 27 107 17 31 8 2 7 32 0 0 0 12 22 0 0 .598 .361 2 2009 ATHLETICS Midland (AA) .261 35 119 15 31 6 1 3 14 0 0 0 13 18 0 0 .403 .333 1

DAVID MOTA RHP Born: El Seibo, Dominican Republic, February 18, 1987; Home: El Seibo, Dominican Republic Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 6-4; Weight: 264 Obtained: Signed as a non-drafted free agent, February 10, 2006 Signed by Amaurys Reyes. Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK 2006 DSL A’s-2 (R) 0 1 12.19 11 0 0 0 0 10.1 13 18 14 2 2 15 0 10 4 0

2007 DSL A’s-2 (R) 1 2 7.71 11 0 0 0 0 16.1 18 18 14 0 2 20 0 18 8 0 REVIEW DSL A’s-1 (R) 0 0 3.38 2 0 0 0 0 2.2 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 2008 (Injured – Did Not Play)

JUSTIN CHARLES MURRAY RHP Born: Manhattan, Kansas, May 11, 1987; Home: Manhattan, Kansas Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 6-5; Weight: 220 Obtained: Selected in the 29th round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft Graduated from Manhattan HS (KS)…attended Kansas State University…signed by Yancy Ayres. RECORDS Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK 2008 AZL A’s (R) 0 1 1.69 3 1 0 0 0 10.2 6 5 2 1 1 2 0 7 0 0 Midland (AA) 2 1 5.52 5 3 0 0 0 14.2 15 9 9 0 0 5 0 5 1 0

MICHAEL DUSTIN NAPOLEON C Goes by “Dusty” Born: Park Ridge, Illinois, May 21, 1986; Home: Wilmette, Illinois Bats: Left; Throws: Right; Height: 6-2; Weight: 235 Obtained: Selected in the 19th round of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft HISTORY Graduated from New Trier HS (IL)...was named 2004 Chicago Sun-Times Athlete of the Year…named Central Suburban League Player of the Year as a senior...was all-state in football as a quarterback and broke the school career records for touchdown passes and passing yards…attended University of Iowa...signed by Kevin Mello. Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2007 Vancouver (A) .235 42 136 14 32 5 0 1 16 1 1 8 19 32 1 1 .294 .360 3 2008 Kane County (A) .205 16 44 3 9 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 9 12 0 1 .227 .345 2 Vancouver (A) .244 61 209 29 51 12 1 2 28 3 1 2 41 41 0 0 .340 .372 9

JUAN GABRIEL NUNEZ (MEJIA) C OPPONENTS Born: Bani, Dominican Republic, August 27, 1987; Home: Bani, Dominican Republic Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 6-0; Weight: 205 Obtained: Signed as a non-drafted free agent, February 1, 2006 Signed by Bernardino Rosario. Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E

2006 DSL A’s-2 (R) .184 15 38 7 7 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 7 7 1 1 .263 .311 1 PLAYER DEVELOPMENT DSL A’s-1 (R) .282 34 110 17 31 3 0 0 9 2 0 1 8 22 1 0 .309 .336 4 2007 AZL A’s (R) .188 21 69 7 13 1 1 0 5 1 0 0 15 22 0 3 .232 .333 2 2008 Stockton (A) .042 11 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 1 0 .042 .207 1 Vancouver (A) .206 22 63 8 13 3 0 1 4 3 0 0 6 18 0 1 .302 .275 3 Kane County (A) .333 7 21 3 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 5 0 0 .333 .417 1

JOSE LUIS OLIVEROS RHP Born: Valencia, Venezuela, September 29, 1989; Home: Valencia, Venezuela Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 6-0; Weight: 170 Obtained: Signed as a non-drafted free agent, January 9, 2007 MISCELLANEOUS Signed by Julio Franco.

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIA GUIDE ❯ 393 MISCELLANEOUS PLAYER DEVELOPMENT OPPONENTS HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW 2009 ATHLETICS FRONT OFFICE Graduated from AllenHS(TX)…attendedArizonaStateUniversity…signedbyJeremy Schied. Obtained: team. Graduated from ColegioAndres BelloinVenezuela in2002...signedbyJulioFranco…namedtothe2005MidwestLeagueAll-Star Obtained: 1 2 022 WP 116 Bats: BB SO HB IBB HR ER R BK 0 0 0 34.2 542319 H Born: 0 IP G 1 2 GS 5 CG 4.93 L 14 ERA SHO W SV 0 AZL 3 143 A’s 013 (R) 2 0 0 56.1 381614 2008 1 3 7 6 DSL 2.24 2007 14 DSL 0 Year0 Club A’s-2A’s-1 3.60 1 0 1 (R) 0 0 0 04 (R) 5.0 3201 0 ❯ 394 WP Bats: BB SO HB IBB HR ER R BK H Born: IP G GS CG L ERA SHO W SV 1 AZL 0 3.86 7 0 A’s1 0 1 0 9.1 754013 2 2008 12 0 (R) DSL 2007 0 DSL Year0 Club A’s-2 0 3.00 2 0 3 2 A’s-1 2 0 0 06 (R) 6.0 2304 0 4.91 13 0 0 (R) 0 6 14.2 0 12 802 4 SB CS SO BB HP SLG 2B E 16 3B SF HR OBP H 2 SH RBI Born: R AB G AVG. Kane County 2008 (A) .225 AZL Year Club 31 .364 9 A’s102 22 782 0 0 4 14 10 20 23 8 0 0 1 (R) 14 10 .455 22 .563 30 0 0 Bats: 0 .333 Born: .368 Goes by“Petey” 0 Sacramento SB CS SO (AAA) BB HP SLG 2B E 3B SF HR OBP H SH RBI 2008 .118 R 6 17 12 .257 0 Stockton AB 0 31 2007 0 G 2 47 3 AVG. .313 .223 Stockton .299 2006 .176 03083 (A) 171 Kane 96 12 6 17 .167 2005 4 (A) County 44 7 345 0 0 252 4 .242 48 Kane 99 1 2004 20 12 (A) 339 368216 77 13 25 AZL 0 2003 45 0 County 1 13 .306 DSL Year52 341 Club .368 A’s 40 22 (A) .259 .316 87 2 A’s-22 147 5 .267 (R) 23 113 .409 45 63 394 (R) 14 .269 4 1 40 221 35 14 35 12 16 102 59 6 5 3 25 6 17 3 2 6 32 215 Bats: 57 073 30 .476 27 41 2 2 Born: .387 78 0 0 7 .380 .358 SB CS SO BB .366 HP SLG 2B E 3B SF HR OBP H SH RBI - .306 R AB 12 G AVG. 2008 AZL AZL 2007 .256 .268 AZL A’sA’s 26 20 86 9 .147 71 2006 A’s22 5 11 2 23 1 (R) (R) 68 7 19 2 DSL 1 Year16 0213 3 Club 10 3 1 25 0 1 60 15 103 1 (R) 23 2 17 2 A’s-10 0 .395 .211 7 .265 .451 19 341 0 .283 0 2157 1 (R) .216 .297 5 4 6 .263 .375 0 Signed byJuanEduardo Martinez. Obtained: Signed byJulioFranco. Obtained: Signed byRaymondAbreu. Obtained: Bats: GABRIEL ALBERTO ORTIZ (POLANCO) CARMELO JOSEPENALOZA RICARDO PENALBA PRESTON JAMESPARAMORE RAUL EUFRASIOPADRON

ORGANIZATIONAL PLAYERS ❯ Right; Right; Switch; Left; Right; San Pedro DeMacoris,DominicanRepublic,November7,1985; Barquisimeto, Venezuela, March 1,1987; Veraguas, Panama,January6,1989; McKinney, Texas, October 30,1986; Los Teques, Venezuela, September17,1984;

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIAGUIDE Selected inthe3rd round ofthe2008First-Year PlayerDraft Signed asanon-draftedfree agent,October30,2002 Signed asanon-draftedfree agent,July11,2003 Signed asanon-draftedfree agent,July7,2004 Signed asanon-draftedfree agent, September4,2006 Throws: Throws: Throws: Throws: Throws: Right; Right; Right; Right; Right; Height: Height: Height: Height: Height: 6-1; continued 6-2; 6-0; 5-11; 6-2; Weight: Weight: Weight: Weight: Weight: Home: Home: Home: 221 232 165 Allen, Texas Veraguas, Panama 170 205 Home: Cabudare, Lara,Venezuela Mirando, Venezuela Home: San Pedro DeMacoris,DominicanRepublic RHP C C C C Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E FRONT OFFICE 2005 DSL A’s-1 (R) .283 41 99 12 28 5 0 0 7 2 0 2 12 27 2 5 .333 .372 - 2006 DSL A’s-1 (R) .235 43 132 12 31 5 1 0 13 0 2 2 14 20 2 2 .288 .313 5 2007 DSL A’s-1 (R) .267 12 30 4 8 0 1 1 7 0 0 0 3 5 1 1 .433 .333 2 DSL A’s-2 (R) .325 36 123 14 40 8 0 0 16 0 1 5 7 18 1 2 .390 .382 5 2008 DSL A’s-1 (R) .000 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .333 0 AZL A’s (R) .258 19 62 9 16 2 1 0 10 2 0 3 5 19 0 1 .323 .343 1

JAMES DERRICK PRUITT OF Goes by “J.D.” 2009 ATHLETICS Born: Skipperville, Alabama, March 11, 1985; Home: Ariton, Alabama Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 5-9; Weight: 190 Obtained: Selected in the 23rd round of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft Graduated from G.W. Long HS (AL)...attended University of Montevallo...signed by Armann Brown…overall Minor League leader in -by-pitch and led the Northwest League in on-base percentage in 2007. Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2007 Vancouver (A) .211 61 180 44 38 7 1 3 15 1 1 34 50 64 4 2 .311 .460 2 2008 Vancouver (A) .282 40 124 33 35 4 2 4 14 1 1 11 39 33 8 3 .444 .486 0

DANIEL CHRISTOPHER PUTNAM OF REVIEW Born: Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, September 17, 1982; Home: Phoenix, Arizona Bats: Left; Throws: Left; Height: 5-10; Weight: 202 Obtained: Selected in the compensation round (36th overall) of the 2004 First-Year Player Draft Graduated from Rancho Bernardo HS (CA) in 2001…was named USA Today California High School Player of the Year…attended Stanford University where he was a .345 career hitter with 33 home runs and 138 RBI in 157 games over three seasons…was a two- time All Pac-10 Selection, hitting .348 with 16 home runs and 66 RBI as a sophomore in 2003 and .378 with 16 home runs and 62 RBI as a junior in 2004…selected as a compensation pick for the loss of free agent Keith Foulke…signed by Scott Kidd.

Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E RECORDS 2004 Vancouver (A) .289 11 38 10 11 2 0 2 3 0 0 0 14 8 1 0 .500 .481 - Kane County (A) .219 49 160 29 35 5 2 7 27 1 1 3 29 40 0 0 .406 .347 - 2005 Stockton (A) .307 131 514 97 158 37 3 15 100 1 7 6 66 92 1 3 .479 .388 7 2006 Midland (AA) .244 60 225 33 55 13 2 8 37 2 2 2 23 37 2 1 .427 .317 0 AZL A’s (R) .278 6 18 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 2 0 0 .333 .458 1 Stockton (A) .375 10 40 7 15 2 0 1 9 0 0 0 6 8 0 0 .500 .457 1 2007 Midland (AA) .327 13 52 9 17 7 1 2 15 0 0 0 5 4 1 2 .615 .386 0 OAKLAND .214 11 28 3 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 11 0 0 .321 .290 1 Sacramento (AAA) .216 51 171 14 37 11 1 1 17 1 0 4 17 41 2 2 .310 .302 0 AZL A’s (R) .316 6 19 2 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 .474 .381 0 HISTORY Stockton (A) .286 3 14 3 4 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .571 .286 0 2008 Midland (AA) .222 4 18 2 4 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 .389 .263 0 Sacramento (AAA) .276 89 308 54 85 18 2 15 57 1 0 7 47 83 3 2 .494 .384 6

JOHN LANDIS QUINE RHP Born: San Francisco, California, October 8, 1983; Home: Kentfield, California Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 6-0; Weight: 172 Obtained: Selected in the 33rd round of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft OPPONENTS Graduated from Redwood HS (CA)...attended University of San Francisco…signed by Sam Geaney. Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK 2007 Vancouver (A) 0 1 4.43 10 2 0 0 0 22.1 17 12 11 0 0 20 1 15 7 0 2008 (Injured – Did Not Play)

ANVIORIS RAMIREZ LHP

Born: San Cristobal, Dominican Republic, March 10, 1988; Home: San Cristobal, Dominican Republic PLAYER DEVELOPMENT Bats: Left; Throws: Left; Height: 6-1; Weight: 165 Obtained: Signed as a non-drafted free agent, February 23, 2005 Signed by Bernardino Rosario. Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK 2005 DSL A’s-1 (R) 1 6 5.45 12 6 0 0 0 38.0 47 30 23 2 1 10 2 22 1 0 2006 DSL A’s-1 (R) 2 2 3.68 8 1 0 0 0 22.0 24 15 9 1 0 5 0 14 1 0 DSL A’s-2 (R) 1 3 3.52 7 6 2 0 0 38.1 42 18 15 1 3 1 0 27 2 0 2007 DSL A’s-1 (R) 3 4 2.09 14 10 2 1 1 69.0 53 22 16 3 1 10 0 57 4 1 2008 DSL A’s-1 (R) 1 0 1.13 2 2 0 0 0 8.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 1 0 AZL A’s (R) 2 4 6.22 14 6 0 0 0 46.1 52 38 32 14 2 16 0 34 2 2 MISCELLANEOUS

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIA GUIDE ❯ 395 MISCELLANEOUS PLAYER DEVELOPMENT OPPONENTS HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW 2009 ATHLETICS FRONT OFFICE 2008…ranked secondinERAtheAZL2008. Signed byAmaurysReyes…namedtoArizonaLeaguepostseasonAll-Starteamin2008…ledtheA’s farmsysteminERA(1.41) Obtained: Attended MiddleTennessee StateUniversity...signed byArmannBrown. Obtained: Bats: system instolenbases2008. Graduated from BarbeHS(LA)...attendedPrairieViewA&MUniversity...signed byBlakeDavis…rankedtiedforsecondintheA’s f Obtained: WP BB SO HB IBB HR ER R BK H IP G GS CG L ERA SHO W SV Year Club Born: ❯ 396 SB CS SO BB HP SLG 2B E 3B SF HR OBP H SH RBI R AB G AVG. 6 83525 .333 .400 2 7 44135 .346 18 9 .369 2008 5 122 Kane 1 25 5 .289 5 2007 61 242 County Vancouver 225 4165 2 .287 9 85 Year(A) Club 321 5692 (A) Bats: Born: 1 0 .323 .269 11763 11 0 0 SB CS SO 420 BB HP SLG 2B E 3B SF .204 HR OBP H 58 0 SH RBI 201 164112 R Midland AB 2008 G (AA) AVG. Midland .274 2007 117 (AA) .319 Stockton 430 2006 57 56 Kane 2005 (A) 207 118 36 Vancouver 29 4 Year Club County 66 .233 11 17 2 43 64 25 (A) 13 (A) 43 .287 150 47 05 16 27 140 1 2 35 8 109 0 49 2 5 0 18 102 407 .437 .609 16 52 .346 40 0 0 .402 117 Bats: SB CS 5 SO BB 13 HP 24 SLG 2B E 3B .387 SF HR OBP 3 H SH RBI Born: 14 .315 R 57 013 2 AB G 42 AVG. 115 5 5 1 1245810 .277 .315 1 .464 0 11 2 2008 .358 111 7 Kane 4 0 6418714 .326 .206 8 .333 2007 51 3 12 County Vancouver 155 1732 29 7 .251 36 335 Year(A) Club (A) 105 3 371 509313 0 12 1 Bats: 0 7 0 148 Born: 633 8 WP 9 BB SO HB IBB HR 0 0 ER R BK 60.0 593633 1 6 0 H 17 5 5 7 4.95 68 18 IP G 0 GS 56 CG L ERA SHO W 35 SV 5 51.0 2008 Stockton 1 0 1 2007 22 29 1 (A) 0 48 0 65.2 1 Stockton 2.53 8 0 0 0 2 0 1 2006 3.02 13 0 6 Kane 0 (A) 10.2 54309 2 14 1 County 2005 7 0 (A) 1 Vancouver Year Club 14 2.12 20 0 1.41 (A) 0 0 0 2 29.2 3 17 8712 0 0 23 2 2 56 0 Bats: 50 0 Born: 11 3 1 AZLA’s (R) 9 13 31 038.0 0 0 AZL 0 2008 1 3 DSL 5.40 13 2 0 12.13 A’s2 3 0 4 0 0 05 8.1 965203 0 2007 1 A’s-1 (R) DSL 1.50 2006 2 0 DSL 1 2 0 0 07 0 A’s-1(R) 6.0 6210 0 0 A’s-1 (R) 5.68 2 0 1 2 0 0 06 (R) 6.1 754023 0 (44) andRBI(210)…signedbyJeff Bittiger…namedtoTexas LeagueMid-SeasonAll-Starteamin2008. Graduated from CatasauquaHS(PA) College…finishedhiscareer listinhomerun in2001…attendedAlvernia secondontheAlvernia Obtained: Graduated from HS(NM)in2002...attendedAzusaPacificUniversity...signed PiedraVista byRandyJohnson. Obtained: JULIO CESARRAMOS(DICHARDO) MICHAEL JAMARRICHARD ANTHONY VITORECKER MATTHEW DAVID RAY JASON GIBRAY

ORGANIZATIONAL PLAYERS ❯ Left; Right; Right; Switch; Right; La Vega, DominicanRepublic,February13,1988; Lake Charles,Louisiana,August20,1984; Allentown, Pennsylvania,August29,1983; Athens, Tennessee, January28,1984; Albuquerque, NewMexico,July14,1984;

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIAGUIDE Signed asanon-draftedfree agent,February10,2006 Selected inthe18thround ofthe 2007First-Year PlayerDraft Selected inthe11thround ofthe2007First-Year PlayerDraft Selected inthe18thround ofthe2005First-Year PlayerDraft Selected inthe8thround ofthe2005First-Year PlayerDraft Throws: Throws: Throws: Throws: Throws: Left; Right; Right; Right; Right; Height: Height: Height: Height: Height: 6-1; continued 5-11; 6-2; 6-1; 5-9; Weight: Weight: Weight: Weight: Weight: Home: 158 Home: Home: Home: 245 215 186 180 (Injured –DidNotPlay) Riceville, Tennessee Home: Farmington, NewMexico Lake Charles,Louisiana Catasauqua, Pennsylvania La Vega, DominicanRepublic RHP LHP arm IF IF C s JAMES MARK RICHMOND RHP FRONT OFFICE Goes by “Jamie” Born: Toronto, Ontario, Canada, March 23 1986; Home: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 6-3; Weight: 210 Obtained: Acquired from the with pitcher Joey Devine for outfielder , January 14, 2008 Graduated Cawthraw Secondary School (Canada)…attended Texarkana College (TX)…originally selected by Atlanta in the 34th round of the 2004 First-Year Player Draft…signed by Atlanta on May 31, 2005 by Lonnie Goldberg…ranked seventh among South Atlantic League leaders in ERA in 2007…named to Midwest League midseason All-Star team in 2008…led the Midwest League in innings

pitched in 2008. 2009 ATHLETICS Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK 2005 GCL Braves (R) 2 0 3.09 8 0 0 0 0 11.2 7 4 4 0 0 2 0 12 0 0 2006 Danville (R) 7 1 1.21 14 12 0 0 0 67.0 51 11 9 0 0 4 0 52 3 0 2007 Rome (A) 7 6 3.05 25 24 0 0 0 138.2 141 71 47 9 8 25 0 98 8 2 2008 Kane County (A) 7 11 4.79 28 28 1 0 0 163.1 175 99 87 16 11 27 1 98 10 0

KEYTER JOSE RODRIGUEZ OF Born: Caracas, Venezuela, February 7, 1986; Home: Cabudare, Lara, Venezuela Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 6-1; Weight: 175 Obtained: Signed as a non-drafted free agent, September 20, 2004 REVIEW Signed by Julio Franco. Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2005 DSL A’s-2 (R) .219 60 192 16 42 10 0 0 16 3 0 6 10 38 6 3 .271 .279 - 2006 DSL A’s-1 (R) .254 53 181 25 46 10 2 1 24 2 3 6 10 34 3 0 .348 .310 3 2007 DSL A’s-1 (R) .277 56 195 33 54 12 3 3 30 2 4 8 16 40 6 1 .415 .350 0 2008 DSL A’s-2 (R) .250 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 0 AZL A’s (R) .265 30 98 9 26 4 1 2 11 2 0 5 2 20 0 1 .388 .314 2

RAYMOND RODRIGUEZ OF RECORDS Born: Caguas, Puerto Rico, August 11, 1989; Home: Caguas, Puerto Rico Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 6-1; Weight: 190 Obtained: Selected in the 24th round of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft Attended the Puerto Rico Baseball Academy...signed by Ruben Escalera. Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2007 AZL A’s (R) .178 14 45 6 8 2 0 1 4 0 1 0 4 22 0 0 .289 .240 3 2008 AZL A’s (R) .179 27 78 9 14 7 0 0 5 0 0 2 4 32 0 1 .269 .238 3

GUSTAVO JOSE ROSENDO C HISTORY Born: Valencia, Venezuela, March 1, 1986; Home: Carabobo, Venezuela Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 6-0; Weight: 257 Obtained: Signed as a non-drafted free agent, November 6, 2002 Signed by Julio Franco. Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2003 DSL A’s-2 (R) .262 38 126 9 33 3 0 1 22 0 2 1 8 12 0 4 .310 .307 - 2004 DSL A’s-1 (R) .217 50 143 14 31 5 0 0 12 2 1 4 9 16 6 2 .252 .280 - OPPONENTS 2005 AZL A’s (R) .246 34 118 13 29 3 0 0 9 1 0 3 9 18 1 1 .271 .315 7 2006 Vancouver (A) .155 32 103 6 16 2 1 0 9 3 0 1 4 13 0 1 .194 .194 1 2007 Kane County (A) .216 68 222 11 48 8 0 1 18 2 2 1 14 32 2 2 .266 .264 12 2008 Kane County (A) .211 12 38 5 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 5 0 0 .211 .268 0 Stockton (A) .187 26 91 6 17 1 0 1 6 1 0 0 1 16 0 0 .231 .196 4

TYSON ROSS RHP

See biography in 2009 Non-Roster Players section. PLAYER DEVELOPMENT

RODNEY RUTHERFORD IF Born: Columbus, Georgia, June 7, 1985; Home: Columbus, Georgia Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 5-11; Weight: 210 Obtained: Selected in the 20th round of the 2005 First-Year Player Draft Graduated from Shaw HS…attended Columbus State University…signed by Armann Brown. Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2008 Vancouver (A) .210 40 124 15 26 6 2 0 15 4 1 5 16 39 0 0 .290 .322 16 MISCELLANEOUS

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIA GUIDE ❯ 397 MISCELLANEOUS PLAYER DEVELOPMENT OPPONENTS HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW 2009 ATHLETICS FRONT OFFICE Graduated from HighlandHS(TX)...attendedSanDiegoStateUniversity…signedbyCraigWeissman. Obtained: WP BB SO HB IBB HR ER R BK H IP G GS CG L ERA SHO 1 5 W SV 030 125 0 0 0 44.2 433326 0 3 4 7 5.24 14 2008 AZL Year Club A’s (R) Bats: Born: ❯ 08 398 1 WP 4 BB SO HB IBB HR ER R BK 81 H 0 IP G GS 10 CG 4 L ERA SHO W SV 3 20 25 65 0 73.0 0 2008 0 2007 3 2.47 1413 4 0 2006 1 Stockton 2.38 2005 2 0 Vancouver 2 0 0 (A) Year Club 0 (A) 11.1 93012 0 16 0 0 0 015 415 2 0 1 0 Born: 4 31.0 432827 0 0 1 2 36 7.84 19 1 10 1 Midland 1 (AA) 1 10 9 040 10 516 13 0 1 0 WP 1 9 12 30.2 2008 BB SO HB IBB HR 0 ER 0 1 R BK 44.0 311813 0 AZL 3 Stockton 0 53 H 2007 2.00 0 0 1 1 4 0 21 0 IP 9 G 0 1 4 0 GS Midland 30 0 CG 2.66 4 7 2.89 25 L 0 ERA 12.64 A’s(A) SHO 10.12 W 1 SV 1 0 3 0 26 1 Stockton 27.0 0 1 0 2006 5.40 0 Kane 0 3 0 2 9 03 (AA) 1 36 AZL 30 760 2.2 4302 0 2 3 0 40 0 59 0 County 26 09 72.1 (R) 0 0 6.7 40 2 6 0 28.0 (A) A’s(A) 28 0 0 0 25 10 9306 1 3 033 4.48 1614 (R) 14 6 0 5 10 39 2005 0 0 60.0 685039 Kane 4 3 0 5.85 2004 18 Vancouver10 County (A) Year(A) Club WP BB SO HB IBB HR ER R BK H Bats: 0 9 IP G GS CG Born: L ERA SHO 178 W SV 428 7 2 0 78.0 613325 0 5 5 6 2.88 26 2008 Sewell, 2007 Lance 0 1 Vancouver Year Club 4.05 5 0 0 0 0 (A) 0 6.2 531 0 10 0 Bats: Born: Staten WP 1 BB SO HB IBB HR ER Island R BK 1 5 Staten H 2008 1 2.84 4 0 0 0 1 0 (A) IP G 1 0 GS Tampa GCL 2.48 0 15 2 CG 6.1 5 203 0 L ERA Island SHO W 20 0 SV 0.00 0 0 7 0 028 0 0 2 0 0 2 Yankees 0 (A) 7 9.2 503 0 (A) 0 2 29.0 11 4 4.50 2007 0 2 0 0 22 801 0 DSL 0 1 0 022 0 2 0 02 11 2.0 310 0 1 34.0 221410 2006 28 010 Yankees-10 1 4 0 1 0 2 4 GCL 1 0 2005 2.65 10 26.0 261615 (R) 030 GCL 0 425 2004 2 3 3 YankeesYankees5.19 DSL 1 12 0 0 40.0 402410 1 Year Club (R) Yankees-2 0 1 2 (R) 0 8 2.25 11 (R) 3.68 9 0 1 0 1 14.2 0 15 76102 1 16 0 Bats: Born: Graduated from HighlandParkHS…graduatedfrom NorthWestern University. Obtained: Bats: Midwest LeagueAll-Starteamin2006andTexas LeagueSouthDivisionAll-Starteamin2007. University...named 2004MIAAPitcheroftheYear…signed byJimPransky…namedtotheNorthwestLeagueAll-Starteamin2004, Graduated from St.ThomasAquinasHS(KS)in1999...attendedUniversityofIowabefore transferringtoCentralMissouriState Obtained: Originally signedbyNewYork Yankees asanon-draftedfree agent,March 17,2004. Obtained: 2005...signed byRickMagnante. Graduated from Warren HS(CA)in2001...graduated from CerritosCollegein2002...graduatedfrom CalPolySanLuisObispoin Obtained: PATRICK BOWENSCHULTZ JAMES ROBERT SHULL STEVEN ANTHONYSHARPEII LANCE WILLIAMSEWELL JOSUE SENASELENES

ORGANIZATIONAL PLAYERS ❯ Right; Right; Left; Right; Right; Dallas, Texas, September25,1985; Downey, August21,1983; California, Kansas City, Missouri,July20,1981; San Antonio,Texas, June17,1986; Neiba, DominicanRepublic,October8,1985;

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIAGUIDE Selected inthe7thround ofthe2007First-Year PlayerDraft Signed asanon-draftedfree agent,June22,2008 Selected inthe11thround ofthe 2004First-Year PlayerDraft Selected intheTriple-A portionoftheRule5draft,December11,2008 Selected inthe4thround ofthe2005 First-Year PlayerDraft Throws: Throws: Throws: Throws: Throws: Left; Right; Right; Right; Right; Height: Height: Height: Height: Height: 6-3; continued 6-3; 6-1; 6-1; 6-2; Weight: Weight: Weight: Weight: Weight: Home: Home: Home: Home: 208 Dallas, Texas Gilbert, Arizona 215 186 165 198 Kansas City, Missouri Downey, California Home: (Injured –DidNotPlay) (Injured –DidNotPlay) Barahona, DominicanRepublic RHP RHP RHP RHP LHP DONALD JAMES SIMMONS RHP FRONT OFFICE Goes by “James” – See biography in 2009 Non-Roster Players section.

KENNETH SMALLEY RHP Goes by “Kenny” Born: Geneva, Illinois, June 25, 1987; Home: Mt. Morris, Illinois Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 6-2; Weight: 195 Obtained: Selected in the 24th round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft

Graduated from St. Charles HS (IL)…attended Delta State University…signed by Kelcey Mucker. 2009 ATHLETICS Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK 2008 Vancouver (A) 5 1 3.07 20 0 0 0 1 29.1 19 11 10 2 1 12 0 34 3 0

JACOB SPENCER SMITH C Born: Greensboro, North Carolina, June 5, 1983; Home: Greensboro, North Carolina Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 6-1; Weight: 224 Obtained: Selected in the 21st round of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft Graduated from Southern Guilford HS (NC)…attended East Carolina University...signed by Neil Avent.

Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E REVIEW 2006 Vancouver (A) .215 51 172 16 37 15 1 2 32 0 4 2 21 20 2 2 .349 .302 2 2007 Kane County (A) .293 37 133 14 39 10 0 1 6 1 0 43 16 23 0 1 .391 .382 4 2008 Kane County (A) .288 81 313 32 90 24 0 6 47 2 4 11 25 52 3 0 .422 .357 6 AZL A’s (R) .100 3 10 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .200 .250 0

JORDAN MATTHEW SMITH C Goes by “Matt” Born: Plano, Texas, January 30, 1986; Home: McKinney, Texas

Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 5-11; Weight: 224 RECORDS Obtained: Selected in the 14th round of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft Graduated from McKinney HS (TX)...attended Texas Tech University...signed by Blake Davis. Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2007 Kane County (A) .205 38 122 16 25 6 0 1 8 1 1 4 21 29 1 0 .279 .338 4 2008 Stockton (A) .150 7 20 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 4 0 0 .150 .280 0 Kane County (A) .232 18 56 8 13 6 1 2 8 0 0 1 10 19 1 1 .482 .358 2

WILFRIDO DANIEL SOSA IF

Born: San Pedro De Macoris, Dominican Republic, October 24, 1988; Home: San Pedro De Macoris, Dominican Republic HISTORY Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 6-2; Weight: 170 Obtained: Signed as a non-drafted free agent, November 21, 2006 Signed by Amaurys Reyes. Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2007 DSL A’s-2 (R) .264 56 182 24 48 10 0 1 18 1 1 6 27 41 10 11 .335 .375 23 2008 DSL A’s-1 (R) .129 19 62 13 8 6 0 0 5 0 1 3 10 15 2 1 .226 .276 8 AZL A’s (R) .200 31 95 8 19 6 2 0 13 3 2 4 8 33 3 0 .305 .284 10 OPPONENTS RAMON LEONEL SOTO C Born: Monte Plato, Dominican Republic, November 3, 1987; Home: Monte Plato, Dominican Republic Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 6-2; Weight: 170 Obtained: Signed as a non-drafted free agent, July 15, 2004 Signed by Juan Carlos De La Cruz. Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2005 DSL A’s-2 (R) .158 17 38 5 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 12 1 3 .184 .273 - PLAYER DEVELOPMENT 2006 DSL A’s-2 (R) .189 44 127 12 24 5 2 0 16 1 1 6 16 21 2 1 .260 .307 9 2007 DSL A’s-1 (R) .309 37 97 16 30 6 0 3 18 2 1 3 11 18 1 1 .464 .393 2 2008 DSL A’s-1 (R) .286 4 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .286 .375 0 AZL A’s (R) .098 17 51 4 5 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 4 22 0 0 .176 .164 3

MATTHEW AUSTIN SPENCER OF Born: Morristown, Tennessee, January 27, 1986; Home: Morristown, Tennessee Bats: Left; Throws: Left; Height: 6-4; Weight: 230 Obtained: Acquired from the with pitcher Josh Outman and infielder Adrian Cardenas for pitcher Joe Blanton,

July 17, 2008 MISCELLANEOUS Graduated from Morristown West HS (TN)…attended Arizona State University…originally selected by Philadelphia in the 3rd round of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft and signed by Philadelphia scout Therron Brockish.

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIA GUIDE ❯ 399 MISCELLANEOUS PLAYER DEVELOPMENT OPPONENTS HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW 2009 ATHLETICS FRONT OFFICE Obtained: Bats: SB CS SO BB HP SLG 2B E 3B SF HR OBP H SH RBI .333 Stockton R 41 AB 3 G (A) 168 3 .469 AVG. .320 30 51146 5 2008 56 2 12 1 Clearwater 1 2007 8 1 926 Williamsport .251 .263 3 27 016 .377 51 0 .303 2006 179 214710 51540 3 39 7 85 (A) (A) 1 Fort 7 307 2005 2 .560 Worth 40 426 .245 Edinburg 60 1 77 .376 Year(Ind.) Club 204 245013 12 7 3 .313 6 (Ind.) 42 042 90 30 351 66 5 1 ❯ 52 .368 110 .318 24 4 4 3 47 16 35 89 3 0 .439 .384 4 400 WP BB SO HB IBB HR ER R BK H IP G GS CG L Bats: ERA SHO W SV Born: 2008 2 1 Vancouver Year Club 2.41 13 0 (A) 0 0 0 18.2 0 11 5019 0 20 0 8 0 WP 027 Bats: BB SO HB IBB HR ER R BK 434 H 2 Born: 0 0 35.0 514439 IP G 5 GS 0 CG 0 L ERA SHO 8 W SV 10.03 14 Vancouver (A) 2008 Kane 2007 Year Club County 0 0 (A) 27.00 1 0 1 1 0 0 02 1.0 302 0 Born: Goes by“Ryne” 5 2 .388 .362 34279 2 2 SB CS SO 1 BB HP SLG 2B E 3B SF HR OBP H SH RBI 440 .261 71 2 R Vancouver 276 417219 AB 2008 G (A) AVG. .309 Stockton 4 95 3 .479 Kane 2007 .409 01430 4 (A) 343 1 52 Kane 3 County 222 106 .354 2006 38 1 County 24 Vancouver 144 245110 4 9 (A) .235 Year55 32 Club (A) 30 30 (A) .175 98 91 7 2 12 56 23 4 1 1 .481 206 13 012 14 .368 12 WP 36 6 BB SO HB IBB HR 0 ER R BK 1 19 1 3 2 16 03 H 13 .327 IP G 37 2 GS 0 CG L .327 Bats: ERA SHO W SV 2 .218 Born: .234 3 2008 0 AZL Year Club 1 3.32 A’s 0 16 0 0 WP 0 BB SO HB IBB HR ER R BK (R) 19.0 H 25 1 IP G 16 7125 5 GS CG 19 L ERA 0 SHO W SV Born: 2008 2 AZL Year Club 2 3.27 A’s 0 14 0 0 1 (R) 22.0 0 17 8216 1 23 0 Bats: Born: Graduated from Westlake HS(TX)…attendedUniversityofTexas…signed byBlakeDavis. Obtained: Attended UniversityofSouthFlorida…signedby Trevor Schaffer. Obtained: Bats: 2008. Graduated from Hillcrest Leagueleadersinbattingaverage(8th) HS(TX)…signedbyBlakeDavis…rankedamongCalifornia Obtained: Graduated from DeerfieldBeach HS(FL)…attendedFloridaAtlanticUniversity…signedbyTrevor Schaffer. Obtained: signed byKelceyMuckeronJanuary12,2008. Graduated from Western HillsHS(TX)…attendedTexas A&Min2003,Navarro JC(TX)in2004andRiceUniversityfrom 2006-07... Obtained: MICKEY STOREY DAVID LEETHOMAS DANIEL KYLETHOMAS NATHAN RYNE TACKER MATTHEW ROBERT SULENTIC JUSTON JAMESONSTREET

ORGANIZATIONAL PLAYERS ❯ Right; Switch; Right; Left; Right; Right; Winston-Salem, NorthCarolina, July29,1986; Winston-Salem, Tampa, Florida,February10,1986; Fortworth, Texas, February2,1984; Voorhees, NewJersey, October6,1987; Austin, Texas, August27,1985; Ft. Lauderdale, Florida,March 16,1986;

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIAGUIDE Selected inthe14thround ofthe2008First-Year Player Draft Signed asanon-draftedfree agent,June14,2008 Selected inthe13thround ofthe2008First-Year PlayerDraft Selected inthe3rd round ofthe2006First-Year PlayerDraft Selected inthe31stround ofthe2008First-Year PlayerDraft Selected inthe34thround ofthe2007First-Year PlayerDraft Throws: Throws: Throws: Throws: Throws: Throws: Right; Right; Right; Right; Right; Right; Height: Height: Height: Height: Height: Height: 5-10; continued 6-2; 6-2; 6-2; 6-1; 6-2; Home: Weight: Weight: Weight: Weight: Weight: Home: Home: Weight: Austin, Texas Home: Home: Lakeland, Florida 181 Benbrook, Texas 200 195 183 192 180 (Injured –DidNotPlay) Home: Pompano Beach,Florida Dallas, Texas Winston-Salem, NorthCarolina Winston-Salem, RHP RHP RHP RHP OF OF Graduated from Ledford HS (NC)…attended Catawba College…signed by Neil Avent…ranked among Northwest League leaders in FRONT OFFICE doubles (T6th) in 2008. Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2008 AZL A’s (R) .462 5 13 3 6 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 .615 .533 1 Vancouver (A) .290 57 207 30 60 18 2 2 32 5 6 8 29 43 7 4 .425 .388 2

ALEXANDER VALDEZ (JAVIER) IF Goes by “Alex”

Born: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, September 2, 1984; Home: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 2009 ATHLETICS Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 6-0; Weight: 197 Obtained: Signed as a non-drafted free agent, February 11, 2003 Signed by Juan Carlos De La Cruz. Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2003 DSL A’s-2 (R) .240 35 96 17 23 4 0 0 7 0 0 3 15 19 4 3 .281 .360 - 2004 AZL A’s (R) .272 31 103 14 28 1 2 0 14 2 2 1 11 14 5 3 .320 .342 10 2005 AZL A’s (R) .222 51 189 24 42 5 5 4 39 5 3 4 21 44 8 4 .365 .309 15 2006 Vancouver (A) .273 67 249 30 68 16 4 3 31 4 4 4 15 63 3 2 .406 .320 13 2007 Kane County (A) .264 111 397 55 105 24 6 10 60 2 4 1 34 84 6 4 .431 .321 24 2008 Stockton (A) .169 21 71 5 12 1 0 0 5 0 3 1 2 17 1 2 .183 .195 6 REVIEW

PEDRO VIDAL (AMADOR) RHP Born: San Juan De La Maguana, Dominican Republic, July 31, 1987; Home: San Juan De La Maguana, Dominican Republic Bats: Right; Throws: Right; Height: 6-3; Weight: 194 Obtained: Signed as a non-drafted free agent, June 7, 2006 Signed by Juan Carlos De La Cruz. Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK 2006 DSL A’s-1 (R) 0 0 4.91 4 0 0 0 0 11.0 9 6 6 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 DSL A’s-2 (R) 2 2 2.36 6 6 2 0 0 34.1 33 10 9 0 1 4 0 22 2 0 RECORDS 2007 DSL A’s-2 (R) 1 5 2.43 9 9 0 0 0 40.2 37 20 11 1 1 7 1 31 2 1 DSL A’s-1 (R) 0 0 2.60 7 4 0 0 0 34.2 31 12 10 1 0 12 0 15 2 0 2008 DSL A’s-2 (R) 0 1 1.80 3 2 0 0 0 15.0 8 4 3 1 1 4 0 11 1 0 AZL A’s (R) 1 0 2.95 14 5 0 0 0 39.2 30 21 13 5 2 10 0 32 3 0

CHRISTIAN DURCK VITTERS IF Born: Anaheim, California, June 26, 1985; Home: Anaheim, California Bats: Left; Throws: Right; Height: 6-2; Weight: 198

Obtained: Selected in the 10th round of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft HISTORY Graduated from Cypress HS (CA)…attended Fresno State...signed by Rick Magnante. Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2006 Vancouver (A) .244 12 45 3 11 4 1 0 7 0 1 0 4 9 1 0 .378 .300 4 2007 Kane County (A) .227 86 286 34 65 14 1 5 29 1 1 2 30 81 3 1 .336 .304 19 2008 Kane County (A) .257 33 113 16 29 4 0 2 15 1 5 2 13 28 2 1 .345 .331 7

NICHOLS ADAM WALTERS LHP

Goes by “Nick” OPPONENTS Born: Phoenix, Arizona, September 30, 1985; Home: Glendale, Arizona Bats: Left; Throws: Left; Height: 6-2; Weight: 191 Obtained: Signed as a free agent to a minor league contract, June 12, 2007 Graduated from Mountain Ridge HS (AZ) in 2004…attended Dixie State College...originally drafted by the White Sox in the 31st round of the 2004 First-Year Player Draft…signed by John Kazanas. Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK 2005 Bristol (R) 2 5 3.44 20 0 0 0 1 34.0 34 23 13 6 1 8 0 26 1 1 PLAYER DEVELOPMENT 2006 Great Falls (R) 1 1 4.55 28 0 0 0 1 27.2 29 16 14 1 3 16 0 29 2 0 2007 Vancouver (A) 1 0 3.18 4 0 0 0 0 5.2 8 3 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 Kane County (A) 3 1 1.78 13 0 0 0 1 25.1 25 12 5 2 2 4 0 23 2 0 Stockton (A) 0 0 3.00 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 2008 Kane County (A) 1 4 3.81 41 0 0 0 5 52.0 47 27 22 4 3 36 2 55 8 0

JEMILE N. WEEKS IF See biography in 2009 Non-Roster Players section. MISCELLANEOUS

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIA GUIDE ❯ 401 MISCELLANEOUS PLAYER DEVELOPMENT OPPONENTS HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW 2009 ATHLETICS FRONT OFFICE Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SO BB HP SLG 2B E 3B SF HR OBP H SH RBI R AB G AVG. 2007 AZL Year Club .218 A’s 25 87 22 (R) 19 3 0 1 10 03 14 Bats: 26 12 0 Born: .287 .346 0 ❯ 402 0 0 6 0 2 0 5 41 0 1 2 0 0 25 13.2 211210 6 0 0 0 2 3 2 3 0 4 1 0 39 0 1 6.59 8.88 70 34 Midland 36 24.1 0 23 67 2 30 3 056.2 4 25 3 0 0 3 0 1 24 22 5 17 (AA) 123 0 1 36 32 40 2 0 69 0 035 56.2 0 2008 0 7 10 10 0 010 35.40 OAKLAND 0 5 AZL 118.0 50 0 2 53 2007 Sacramento 0 2 128 0 6 1 5.72 11 33.1 271211 3 Sacramento 0 1 WP 1 (AAA) 3.81 20 BB SO 13 HB IBB 7.36 HR 0 ER 0 4 R BK A’s(AAA) 4 6 064 0 0 6 1 4 H 2.97 8 11.0 IP 2 G GS Midland (R) 15 CG 0 L 5 ERA SHO 09 0 0 13 9215 0 W 2006 SV (AA) 55.1 522822 Midland 2 2 0 3.58 10 10 (AA) Kane 2005 Stockton (A) County 1 2004 0 0 (A) 0 2.77 Vancouver 9 0 Year0 Club 0 3 0.00 4 0 0 0 0 1 13.0 (A) 05 5.0 40 0 1 11 405 1 13 0 Bats: Born: See biographyin2009Non-RosterPlayerssection. 2008 Vancouver .181 59 (A) 160 24 29 7 4 2 16 512 31 48 9 2 .313 .320 2 Graduated from PrincetonHS(OH)...attendedDeltaStateUniversity...signed byKelceyMucker. Obtained: 5 h,3r, 1er, 3bb,so)…namedPacificCoastLeaguePlayeroftheWeek forMay7,2007. from SacramentoonJuly17,2006andmadehisMajorLeaguedebutthatnight,anodecisionin5-3A’s lossatBaltimore (5.0 combined for17winswithMidlandandSacramentoin2006,whichwastiedmostMinorLeaguebaseball…wasselected JC (CA)in2002...attendedCalStateFullertonandwas24-6witha1.82ERAtwoseasons…signedbyA’s scoutRandyJohnson… sign...was alsodraftedbyTexas inthe43rd round ofthe2001First-Year PlayerDraftbutdidnotsign...graduated from West V Graduated from LeighHS(CA)in2000...wasdraftedbyHoustonthe43rd round ofthe2000First-Year PlayerDraftbutdidnot Obtained: JARECK DETRONWEST JASON DAVID WINDSOR JEROME LEEWILLIAMS

ORGANIZATIONAL PLAYERS feature on theA’s uniform. elephant wasreincorporated intomanyoftheteam’s promotional itemsandpublicationsisnowaprominent Prior tothe1988season,A’s brought backanew, more aggressive A’s Elephant.In1995,thetraditionalA’s elephant wasonceagainsentpackingand replaced by, of all animals,amule. the patchtotheiruniformsleeves.However, whenCharlieFinelypurchased theteaminearly1960’s, the That wasthelastyearforelephanton theA’s uniformuntil1955,whentheA’s, nowinKansasCity, added and Cochranethantheelephant’s absence. the nextthree years,althoughtheresurgence wasprobably duemore totheadditionsofFoxx,Simmons,Grove logo withthefamiliar“A”onuniform.TheA’s wentontowintwoWorld ChampionshipsandanALcrown in outitsbriefwelcomeontheA’sIn 1928,Mackdecidedtheelephanthadworn jerseyfronts andreplaced the played betterballforthenextfewyears. So, in1924,theblueelephantwasreplaced bythetraditionalwhiteelephantonteam’s jerseyandtheA’s jersey wasreplaced byablueelephantlogo.Afterfewpoorseasons,Mackdecidedchange wasinorder. By 1920,MackhadfullyadoptedtheElephantasteam’s symbol.Thetraditional“A”onfront oftheteam’s the pachydermsymbol(inbluewithawhite“A”inside)placedonleftsleeveof everyplayer. ance ontheA’s teamsweaters.In1918,theElephantsawitsfirstgameactionwhenMackhad The WhiteElephantremained theteam’s mascotandlaterthatdecade,madeitsfirstappear- their firstAmericanLeaguepennant. defiantly adoptedtheWhiteElephantasteaminsigniaandin1902,Athletics won implying ConnieMackshouldnotbyallowedtospendmoneywithoutsupervision. Mack McGraw dismissedtheA’s withcontemptbycallingthem“TheWhiteElephants,” After helpingformtheAmericanLeaguein1901,NewYork GiantsmanagerJohn ❯ Right; Right; San Bernardino, California, July16,1982; San Bernardino, California, Savannah, Georgia,April30,1985;

2009 OAKLAND ATHLETICS MEDIAGUIDE Selected inthe25thround ofthe2007First-Year PlayerDraft Selected inthe3rd round ofthe2004First-Year PlayerDraft Throws: Throws: Right; Right; Height: Height: THE A’S ELEPHANT 6-2; 5-9; continued Weight: Weight: Home: Home: Cincinnati, Ohio 215 218 Queen Creek, Arizona RHP RHP OF alley ip,