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2007 A’s POST SEASON INFORMATION GUIDE

Table of Contents

Bob Geren Bio ...... 2 Starting Day-By-Day ...... 51 Coaches Bios Team Notes ...... 53 ...... 3 Final Statistics ...... 56 ...... 3 Day-By-Day ...... 57 Bob Schaefer ...... 4 Wild Card Day-By-Day ...... 61 Ty Van Burkleo ...... 4 Chronology ...... 62 ...... 5 Fielding ...... 76 ...... 5 Pinch Hitting ...... 77 Player Bios with Runners in ...... 78 ...... 6 Designated Hitting ...... 79 ...... 7 Batting with the Bases Loaded ...... 80 ...... 8 Club Statistics ...... 81 Rob Bowen ...... 9 Highs and Lows ...... 82 ...... 10 Miscellaneous Stats ...... 83 Andrew Brown ...... 11 Transactions ...... 84 Dee Brown ...... 12 How the A’s Were Built ...... 85 ...... 13 Before the All-Star Break ...... 86 ...... 14 After the All-Star Break ...... 87 Santiago Casilla ...... 15 April ...... 88 ...... 16 May ...... 89 ...... 18 June ...... 90 Jack Cust ...... 18 July ...... 91 Jeff DaVanon ...... 20 August ...... 92 Lenny DiNardo ...... 21 September ...... 93 Justin Duchscherer ...... 22 Home ...... 94 Mark Ellis ...... 23 Road ...... 95 Alan Embree ...... 24 Day ...... 96 J.J. Furmaniak ...... 25 Night ...... 97 ...... 26 Left ...... 98 Jack Hannahan ...... 27 Right ...... 99 ...... 27 Grass ...... 100 ...... 28 Turf ...... 101 Dan Johnson ...... 30 Standings ...... 102 ...... 31 Wild Card Standings ...... 103 ...... 32 Attendance ...... 103 Ruddy Lugo ...... 33 Team Leaders ...... 104 Jay Marshall ...... 34 American League Batting Leaders ...... 106 Adam Melhuse ...... 35 American League Pitching Leaders ...... 108 ...... 36 American League Rookie Leaders ...... 110 Donnie Murphy ...... 37 Team Leaders ...... 112 ...... 37 National League Batting Leaders ...... 114 Marco Scutaro ...... 39 National League Pitching Leaders ...... 116 Chris Snelling ...... 40 Sacramento Recap ...... 118 Shannon Stewart ...... 41 Midland Recap ...... 119 ...... 42 Stockton Recap ...... 120 ...... 43 Kane County Recap ...... 121 ...... 44 Vancouver Recap ...... 122 Kevin Thompson ...... 45 Arizona Recap ...... 123 Additional Players ...... 46 Roster ...... 124

1 53 MGR

Robert Peter Geren A former , Geren’s professional playing career spanned 15 Named as A’s , November 13, 2002 seasons, including five years in the Major Leagues with the New York Named as A’s , November 17, 2006 Yankees and . Originally a first round pick of the Padres Birthdate: September 22, 1961 in 1979, Geren was traded to the St. Louis organization prior to making Birthplace/Resides: San Diego, / Danville, California his Major League debut with the Yankees in 1988. He played four seasons Contract Status: Second year of a three-year contract through 2009 with New York from 1988-91 and enjoyed his best season in 1989 when he batted .288 and a career high nine home runs. After spending the Bob Geren was named the 28th manager in franchise history and the 1992 season in ’s minor league system, Geren finished his playing 17th in Oakland history on November 17, 2006. He guided the A’s to a career with San Diego in 1993. He owns a .233 career batting average in 76-86 record in his first season as manager, a year that saw the A’s use an 307 Major League games. Oakland record 54 players while tying a club record by using the disabled A native of San Diego, Geren attended Clairemont High School. Bob list 22 times. and his wife Pam, reside in Danville with their sons, Brett and Bobby. Geren has been a member of the A’s coaching staff for the last five seasons, serving as the club’s bench coach in 2006 after spending the Major League Record previous three seasons as bullpen coach. He joined the A’s organization in 1999 as manager of -A Modesto and spent the next three seasons AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI (2000-02) at the helm of the -A . He also M.L. TOTALS .233 307 765 62 178 21 1 22 76 managed in the farm system for three seasons, guiding Utica of the New York-Penn League in 1995, the Red Sox Gulf Coast Managerial Record League team in 1996 and Sarasota of the Florida State League in 1998. His sevenyear managerial record on the minor league level is 452-390, YEAR CLUB LEAGUE CLASS W-L POS including a 319-253 record in the A’s system. He gained further manage- 1995 Utica New York-Penn Rookie 33-40 5th/Pickney 1996 GCL Red Sox Gulf Coast Rookie 24-36 4th/Western rial experience in the 2005 off-season, leading Escogido in the Domini- 1998 Sarasota Florida State Single-A 76-61 3rd/Western can Winter League. 1999 Modesto California Single-A 88-52 1st/North Geren was named the ’s Manager of the Year in 2000 Sacramento Pacific Coast Triple-A 90-54 1st/Sout 1999 after his Modesto club finished 88-52 and won both halves in the 2001 Sacramento Pacific Coast Triple-A 75-69 1st/South Northern Division of the California League. He then led Triple-A Sacra- 2002 Sacramento Pacific Coast Triple-A 66-78 3rd/South mento to consecutive first place finishes in the Southern Division of the 2007 OAKLAND American Majors 76-86 3rd/West , as the River Cats posted a 90-54 record in 2000 and Major League Totals 76-86 75-69 in 2001. Minor League Totals 452-390

Athletics Managers

Manager Years W L Pct. Notes Manager Years W L Pct. Notes Connie Mack 1901-50 3627 3891 .482 9 A.L. Pennants Chuck Tanner 1976 87 74 .540 5 World Championships Jack McKeon 1977,78 71 105 .403 Started 1977 season, Jimmie Dykes 1951-53 208 254 .450 finished 1978 Eddie Joost 1954 51 103 .331 Bobby Winkles 1977-78 61 86 .415 Finished 1977 season, 1955-57 151 260 .367 started 1978 1957-59 162 196 .453 1979 54 108 .333 Bob Elliot 1960 58 96 .377 1980-82 215 218 .497 1 A.L. West Title 1961 26 33 .441 Steve Boros 1983-84 94 112 .456 Hank Bauer 1961-62, 69 187 226 .453 Jackie Moore 1984-86 163 190 .462 Ed Lopat 1963-64 90 124 .421 Jeff Newman 1986 2 8 .200 Interim Manager Mel McGaha 1964-65 45 91 .331 1986-1995 798 673 .542 4 A.L. West Titles Haywood Sullivan 1965 54 82 .397 3 A.L. Pennants Alvin Dark 1966-67, 74-75 314 291 .519 2 A.L. West Titles 1 World Championship 1 A.L. Pennant Art Howe 1996-2002 600 533 .530 2 A.L. West Titles 1 World Championship 1 A.L. Wild Card Luke Appling 1967 10 30 .250 2003-2006 368 280 .568 2 A.L. West Titles 1968 82 80 .506 Bob Geren 2007- 76 86 .469 John McNamara 1969-70 97 78 .554 1971-73 288 190 .603 3 A.L. West Titles 2 A.L. Pennants 2 World Championships

2 2007 A’s COACHING STAFF

35 BRAD FISCHER BULLPEN 16 RENE LACHEMANN 3rd BASE

Bradley James Fischer Rene George Lachemann Named as A’s bullpen coach, December 6, 1995. Named as A’s bench coach, October 26, 2004 Birthdate: June 28, 1956 Birthdate: May 4, 1945 Birthplace/Resides: Blissfield, Michigan / McFarland, Wisconsin Birthplace/Resides: Los Angeles, California / Scottsdale, Arizona

The 2007 season marked Brad Fischer’s 29th season in the A’s orga- Rene Lachemann was the A’s third base coach in 2007 after coach- nization and his 11th at the Major League level. He had been a minor ing at first base in 2006 and serving as the A’s bench coach in 2005. This league player, minor league manager, minor league instructor and assis- is Lachemann’s second stint with the A’s as he was a member of Tony tant director of player development before Art Howe named him as his LaRussa’s coaching staff from 1987-92, spending two seasons as the first bullpen coach in 1996. Brad was the A’s first base coach in 1997 before base coach and four years at third base. moving back to the bullpen for the 1998 season. He returned to the first Lachemann’s career in spans 43 years and in- base coaching box in 2003 and switched back to the bullpen in 2006. cludes Major League managerial stints in Seattle (1981-83), Milwaukee Fischer’s playing career lasted just one season (1978) at Bend, the (1984) and Florida (1993-96). His career record as a Major League man- A’s rookie league club, although he did appear in emergency situations at ager stands at 428-559 (.434). Lachemann has been on a coaching staff of Madison in 1983 and ’84. He was of baseball in 1979 but returned to a team that has reached postseason play six times in his career (1986 with the Oakland organization in 1980 as manager of Single-A Medford. Boston; 1988-90; 92; 2006 with Oakland), including four World In his second season as manager, the A’s won the appearances. He was also a member of the American League’s coaching championship with a 42-28 record as Fischer earned Manager of the Year staff for the 1987 and 1990 All-Star Games. honors. After a promotion to Madison he guided the Muskies to a league Prior to joining the A’s, Lachemann served as the bench coach for championship in 1982 and a playoff appearance in 1984. Fischer man- the (2003-04) and (2000-02) and third aged at Huntsville from 1985-87 and reached the playoff all three years, base coach in St. Louis (1997-99), where he was reunited with Tony including his second league championship in 1985. The former catcher LaRussa. took over the helm of the A’s Triple-A affiliate at Tacoma from 1988-90 Lachemann began his managerial career in 1973, spending five sea- and in his final season with the Tigers he reached the postseason for the sons in Oakland’s minor league system. He also gained managerial expe- seventh time. Fischer finished his 11-year minor league managerial ca- rience during winter ball, managing in , Venezuela and Mexico reer with a 743-670 record. during the 1976-81 off-seasons. In 1978, he earned manager of the year Following his stint as a manager, Fischer was a minor league in- honors at Mayaguez after leading the Puerto Rican team to the Caribbean structor for the A’s from 1991-93. He then spent two seasons working championship. with Keith Lieppman as the assistant director of player development. A former catcher, Lachemann was signed by the Kansas City Athlet- Fischer attended Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo and ics in 1964 and made his Major League debut with the A’s in 1965, spend- earned a B.S. degree in Industrial Education. He hit .352 with 34 RBI in ing the entire season in Kansas City. His first Major League hit was a 40 games as a senior and signed with the A’s as a non-drafted free agent. pinch hit home off Chicago’s Gary Peters. He also appeared briefly in He and his wife, Mary, have four children, Dan (24), Kelly (21), Kaitlyn the Majors with the Athletics in both 1966 and 1968. In 118 big league (16) and Ryan (12). contests, he hit .210 with nine home runs and 33 RBI. Lachemann’s brothers, Marcel and Bill, also have Major League MINOR LEAGUE RECORD coaching experience. Marcel served as Rene’s pitching coach with the Florida Marlins in 1993 and when Marcel left the Marlins to manage the AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI California Angels in May of 1994, it marked the second time in big league TOTALS .267 58 180 26 48 8 2 3 27 history two brothers were managing at the same time (1879 - Boston’s Harry Wright and Providence’s George Wright). A native of Los Angeles, Lachemann attended Dorsey High School and the University of Southern California. He resides in Scottsdale, Ariz. with his wife, Lauri and has two sons, Jim and Britt, and three grandchil- dren.

MAJOR LEAGUE RECORD

AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TOTALS .210 118 281 23 59 9 1 9 33

3 38 BOB SCHAEFER BENCH 39 TY VAN BURKLEO HITTING

Robert W. Schaefer Tyler Lee Van Burkelo Named as A’s bench coach, November 29, 2006 Named as A’s hitting coach, December 4, 2006 Birthdate: May 22, 1944 Birthdate: October 7, 1962 Birthplace/Resides: Putnam, Connecticut / Fort Myers, Florida Birthplace/Resides: Oakland, California / Grass Valley, California

One of three new faces on the A’s coaching staff in 2007, Bob Schaefer The 2007 season was Ty Van Burkleo’s first as the A’s hitting coach was the A’s bench coach after spending one season with the after serving as the minor league roving hitting instructor in the Los An- as a Special Assistant to the General Manager. geles Angels organization for the previous six seasons. Prior to joining The 2007 season marked Schaefer’s ninth year on a Major League the Angels organization, he spent four seasons as a minor league coach in coaching staff and his sixth as a bench coach. He previously served as the organization (1997-2000), serving as a coach bench coach for Kansas City in 1991 and from 2002-05. Schaefer also at Rookie-Lethbridge in 1997, Single-A High Desert in 1998 and - coached first base for the Royals from 1988-90 and had the added respon- A El Paso in 1999-2000. He began his coaching career in the Angels orga- sibilities of coach during his final four seasons with the Royals nization as a player/coach at Single-A Lake Elsinore in 1996. organization. He is officially 1-0 as a Major League manager, as he served Van Burkleo played professionally for 14 seasons, including Major as the Royals interim skipper in 1991 between the release of League stints with the California Angels (1993) and and the hiring of Hal McRae. (1994). He made his Major League debut with the Angels on July 28, The 63-year old Schaefer has seven seasons of minor league mana- 1993 and hit .152 with one for the Halos. He was hitless in five gerial experience, including two seasons at Greensboro (1980-81), one at bats for the Rockies in 1994. Van Burkleo played five seasons in Japan year at Jackson (1983), two years with Tidewater (1984-85) and single for Seibu (1987-90) and Hiroshima (1991). He led the 1988 Seibu club to seasons with Glenn Falls (1986) and Memphis (1987). He was named the Japan League Championship, earning player of the year honors after Manager of the Year in 1980 and 1981 and Eastern hitting .268 with 38 home runs and 90 RBI. A 1980 graduate of Chatsworth League Manager of the Year in 1986. (CA) High School, he was originally signed as a free agent in 1981 by Schaefer also served as a Special Assistant to the GM with Balti- Milwaukee out of Los Angeles Valley College. more from 1999-2001 and spent six seasons in the Boston Red Sox orga- Ty makes his off-season home in Grass Valley with his wife, Chris- nization from 1993-98, the final five as Director of Player Development. tine, and five children—Britney, Cameron, Sierra, Devin and Walker Schaefer was selected by St. Louis in the 1966 June draft and spent three seasons in the Cardinals organization as a . MAJOR LEAGUE RECORD Schaefer graduated from the University of Connecticut in 1967 and later returned to receive his Master’s degree in Physical Education. He AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI received UConn’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2005 which celebrated TOTALS .132 14 38 2 5 3 0 1 1 his achievements with the Huskies baseball program, which included a trip to the 1965 College World Series. Bob makes his off-season home in Fort Myers, Fla. with his wife, Betty. The couple has two children—Lori and Jamie.

4 36 TYE WALLER 1st BASE 48 CURT YOUNG PITCHING

Elliott Tyrone Waller Curtis Allen Young Named as A’s first base coach, December 21, 2006 Named as A’s pitching coach, December 2, 2003 Birthdate: March 14, 1957 Birthdate: April 16, 1960 Birthplace/Resides: Fresno, California / San Diego, California Birthplace/Resides: Saginaw, Michigan / Scottsdale, Arizona

Tye Waller completed his first season as the A’s first base coach in Curt Young completed his fourth season as the A’s pitching coach, a 2007 after serving in the same capacity with the San Diego Padres in position he was appointed to on December 2, 2003. The 2007 season 2006. His 19-years in the Padre organization also included a six-year stint marked Young’s 20th in the Oakland organization, which includes 12 years as the Padres director of player development (2000-05) before he returned as a player and four years as a minor league coach. to the field in 2006. Over the past four seasons, the A’s pitching staff has allowed the Waller began his coaching career in 1988 with the Padres rookie- fewest home runs in the American League (618), ranks second in oppo- level club in Spokane, Wash. He then served as the club’s minor league nents batting average (.260), tied for second in shutouts (40) and third in and instructor from 1989-93 before taking over the ERA (4.09). During Young’s tenure as pitching coach, five A’s pitchers— managerial duties at Spokane for the 1994 season. Waller accepted his (2004), (2004), Justin Duchscherer (2005), first Major League coaching position in 1995 as the Padres bullpen coach (2006) and Dan Haren (2007)—have been selected to the Ameri- and then served as San Diego’s coordinator of minor league instruction can League All-Star team, while Huston Street earned 2005 Ameri- from 1997-1999. can League Rookie of the Year honors. Zito (July, 2005), Selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the fourth round of the 1977 (August, 2006) and Haren (May, 2007) earned AL of the Month First-Year Player Draft, Waller played 11 seasons professionally, includ- Awards while Joe Blanton twice earned AL Rookie of the Month Awards ing parts of four seasons in the Majors. In his first season of professional in 2005. ball, he batted .320 for Calgary and led the Pioneer League in hits, runs Young began his coaching career in 2000 as the pitching coach at and RBI on his way to league MVP honors. He made his Major League Double-A Midland. His first Midland staff compiled a 4.64 ERA which debut with the Cardinals in 1980 and appeared in five games for the Red- was the lowest figure posted by the club in 15 years. His 2001 staff birds. He was traded to the Chicago Cubs in the off-season to complete a bettered the previous year’s figure by 24 points, finishing with a 4.40 deal that sent and to the Cubs for Bruce Sutter. ERA, and in 2002 the Rockhounds finished with a 3.88 ERA. Young was He appeared in 30 games for the Cubs in 1981 and finished the season moved up to Triple-A Sacramento for the 2003 season and the River Cats batting .268 with three home runs and 13 RBI. Waller was traded to the posted the fourth best ERA in the Pacific Coast League (3.90) en route to White Sox in December of 1982 and signed a free agent contract with the the PCL Championship. Astros in 1983. He appeared in 11 games for the Astros in 1987, his last Young compiled a 69-53 record and a 4.31 ERA in 251 games, 162 season of professional ball. starts, in an 11-year Major League career that included stints with Oak- A native of Fresno, Waller graduated from Hoover High School and land (1983-91, 93), Kansas City (1992) and the (1992). attended San Diego City College for two years. Tye makes his off-season He was originally drafted by the A’s in the fourth round of the 1981 June home in San Diego with his wife, Cynthia. The couple has four children— draft and made his Major League debut in 1983. The left-hander went 13- Elliott and triplets Todd, Terrence and Tiffany. 9 with a 3.45 ERA in 1986 and led the team in victories, earning him an Opening Day start in 1987. He matched his career best in wins in 1987, MAJOR LEAGUE RECORD posting a 13-7 record and a 4.08 ERA in a career high 31 starts. Young was also a member of the A’s starting rotation when they won three con- AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI secutive American League pennants from 1988-90. He tossed two one- TOTALS .2369 63 110 18 26 3 1 3 14 hitters during his career: October 5, 1986 against Kansas City and June 9, 1987 against Chicago. Young graduated from Arthur Hill High School in Saginaw, Michi- gan, where he also starred as a quarterback, and attended Central Michi- gan University. In 1980, he pitched for the United States team in the World Amateur Baseball Tournament in Japan. Young makes his off- season home in Scottsdale, Arizona with his wife, Kathy and their two sons.

MAJOR LEAGUE RECORD

W-L ERA G IP H R ER BB SO TOTALS 69-53 4.31 251 1107.0 1133 581 530 366 536

5 10 DARIC BARTON 1B

Height/Weight 6-0 / 224 by pitches (6) and on-base percentage Bats/Throws Left / Right (.389)…had career highs in games, at OAKLAND A’s HIGHEST Birthdate August 16, 1985 bats, doubles and triples…tied for fourth SINGLE SEASON BATTING AVERAGE Birthplace/Resides Springfield, Vermont / Huntington Beach, California among all Triple-A batters in walks (78), (min. 75 PA) Obtained Acquired from the St. Louis Cardinals with pitchers Kiko ranked seventh in on-base percentage Calero and Dan Haren for pitcher Mark Mulder, December (.389) and was eighth in doubles .400 Mike Davis, 1982 18, 2004 (38)…now has a .301 (498 for 1655) .350 , 1971 Contract Status First year of a one-year contract through 2007. batting average in 460 career minor .347 Daric Barton, 2007 league games…has 313 walks for a .414 .342 Jason Giambi, 2001 2007 Highlights on-base percentage…batted .304 (109 .341 Tito Francona, 1969 Spent the entire regular season at Triple-A Sacramento and also played for for 359) with eight of his nine home runs the River Cats in the first round of the Pacific Coast League playoffs be- against right-handed pitching compared fore he was selected by Oakland on September 10…started all 18 games at to .268 (42 for 157) against left-handers…hit .321 with six home runs and first base for the A’s following his promotion and batted .347 in his Major 49 RBI in 85 games before the Triple-A All-Star break and .246 with three League debut…of his 25 hits, 13 were for extra bases (nine doubles, four home runs and 21 RBI in 51 games after the break…batted over .300 in home runs) and he had a .639 slugging percentage…added 10 walks for a just one month and that was in July when he hit .454 (49 for 108) with 14 .429 on-base percentage…based on a minimum of 75 plate appearances, doubles, two home runs and 20 RBI in 27 games…added nine walks for a he had the third best single season batting average in Oakland history, the .500 on-base percentage…had 43 multiple hit games…had a .302 average sixth best slugging percentage and the ninth best on-base with runners in scoring position and was 4 for 11 (.364) with a percentage…reached base safely via hit or walk in all 18 of his games, with the bases loaded…seven of his nine home runs were solo shots and which is the longest reaching base streak to start a career in Oakland six came in the sixth or later…started games at six different spots in history…the previous mark was 14 by Bruce Robinson in 1978…had nine the order, including 63 in the three spot and 53 batting cleanup…appeared multiple hit games in his 18 contests…hit .378 (17 for 45) with three of his in 115 games at first base, 18 at third base and five at …was four home runs against right-handed pitching compared to .296 (8 for 27) also 1 for 2 with one RBI as a …went 8 for 20 (.400) over his against left-handers…batted .419 on the road and .293 in Oakland…was first six games but then went 29 for 144 (.201) over his next 39 games just 1 for 12 (.083) with runners in scoring position…was 12 for 43 (.279) from April 11 to May 24 to drop his average to .226…had a grand slam and against a pitcher the first time he saw him in a game and 13 for 29 (.448) a season high five RBI on May 3 at Las Vegas…went 19 consecutive games after that…made 16 of his 18 starts batting second in the order…did not without a from May 18 to June 9…snapped out of his with commit an in 159 total chances at first base…made his ML debut on two four-hit games in a four-game series at Colorado Springs on May 25 September 10 at Seattle and went 2 for 3 with a double and two and 28…then had a 24-game hitting streak from June 5 to 29, which was walks…walked in his first two plate appearances before doubling off Ryan the longest streak in the PCL in 2007…hit .490 (49 for 100) during the Feierabend in the sixth inning for his first ML hit…had nine hits in his first streak with 14 doubles, two home runs, 20 RBI and 24 runs scored…that five games, which tied the Oakland record for most hits by a player in his included a streak of 11 straight multiple hit games from June 15 to 25 (27 first five ML games…shares the mark with Mitchell Page (1977), Jeff Cox for 40, .675)…had four-hit games on June 21 against Tacoma and June 24 (1980) and (1997)…hit his first ML home run on September at Salt Lake…also scored four runs in the game against Tacoma…the hit- 14 against Texas, a two-run shot off Kason Gabbard in the third inning…had ting streak pushed his season average to .329 and he was batting .321 as a career high three hits in that game…had a nine-game hitting streak from late as July 23…then went 33 for 148 (.223) over his final 39 regular sea- September 16 to 26 (13 for 35, .371) and hit safely in 15 of his 18 son games…followed that up by going 11 for 20 (.550) with four home games…batted .293 with nine home runs and 70 RBI in 136 games with runs, 10 RBI, four walks and five runs scored in five games against Salt Sacramento…led the River Cats in games, at bats (516), runs (84), hits Lake in the first round of the PCL playoffs before he was promoted to (151), doubles (38), RBI and walks (78) and was second in triples (5), hit Oakland.

LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD BARTON’S CAREER HIGHS Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E Hits: 3, September 14, 2007 vs. Texas 2003 Johnson City .294 54 170 29 50 10 0 4 29 0 3 2 37 48 0 3 .424 .420 4 Runs: 2 (three games), last: September 16, 2007 vs. Texas 2004 Peoria .313 90 313 63 98 23 0 13 77 0 3 8 69 44 4 4 .511 .445 11 Doubles: 2, September 21, 2007 at Cleveland 2005 Stockton .318 79 292 60 93 16 2 8 52 0 4 3 62 49 0 1 .469 .438 9 Triples: None Midland .316 56 212 38 67 20 1 5 37 0 2 0 35 30 1 1 .491 .410 5 Home Runs: 1 (four times), last: September 30, 2007 vs. Los An- 2006 Sacramento .259 43 147 25 38 6 4 2 22 0 1 0 32 25 1 0 .395 .389 7 geles (AL) Arizona A’s .200 2 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .200 0 Runs Batted In: 2 (twice), last: September 23, 2007 at Cleveland 2007 Sacramento .293 136 516 84 151 38 5 9 70 0 4 6 78 69 3 4 .438 .389 17 Walks: 2 (twice), last: September 26, 2007 at Boston OAKLAND .347 18 72 16 25 9 0 4 8 0 1 1 10 11 1 0 .639 .429 0 : 2 (four times), last: September 19, 2007 vs. Seattle ML Totals .347 18 72 16 25 9 0 4 8 0 1 1 10 11 1 0 .639 .429 0 Stolen Bases: 1, September 12, 2007 at Seattle Hitting Streak: 9, September 16 to 26, 2007 Hitless Streak (At Bats): 6, September 14 to 15, 2007

6 55 JOE BLANTON RHP

Height/Weight 6-3 / 256 lowest in the AL…is 29-19 with a 3.39 Bats/Throws Right / Right ERA (149 er in 395.1 ip) in 61 career starts OAKLAND A’s Birthdate December 11, 1980 on four days rest and 13-15 with a 5.31 HIGHEST STRIKEOUT TO WALK RATIO Birthplace/Resides Nashville, Tennessee / Bowling Green, Kentucky ERA (134 er in 227.1 ip) in his other 37 Obtained Selected in the 1st round (24th selection overall) of the starts…was 8-5 with a 3.28 ERA and .239 3.91 Dan Haren, 2006 June, 2002 draft opponents batting average in 19 starts be- 3.50 Joe Blanton, 2007 Contract Status First year of a one-year contract through 2007. fore the All-Star Break and 6-5 with a 4.89 3.49 Dan Haren, 2007 ERA and .309 opponents batting average 3.44 , 1999 2007 Highlights in 15 starts after the break…was ninth in 3.42 , 1971 Was 14-10 with a 3.95 ERA in 34 the AL in ERA at the break…received run starts…tied for the American League lead OAKLAND A’s support of three runs or fewer in 20 of his in games started, ranked second in FEWEST WALKS PER 34 starts and had the ninth lowest run support in the AL with a mark of pitched (230.0), tied for third in complete NINE INNINGS 4.70…was 9-1 when receiving four or more runs of support and is now 32- games (3) and tied for fifth in shutouts 2 (.941) in his career with run support of four runs or more…in his career, 1.30 Catfish Hunter, 1974 (1)…led the A’s pitching staff in innings 1.53 Gil Heredia, 1999 he averages run support of 1.82 in his losses (41 r in 203.0 ip), 4.29 in his pitched, complete games and shutouts and 1.57 Joe Blanton, 2007 no decisions (62 r in 130.0 ip) and 7.05 in his wins (227 r in 289.2 ip)…was tied for the team lead in games 1.76 , 1972 2-0 with a 1.57 ERA in three interleague starts and is now 6-3 with a 2.99 started…had career highs in starts, com- 1.80 Ken Holtzman, 1974 ERA (26 er in 78.1 ip) in 12 career starts against the National League…went plete games, innings pitched and strikeouts 0 for 4 with three strikeouts at the plate and is now 1 for 9 (.111) with four (140) and his 10 losses were the fewest of strikeouts and three sacrifice hits in his career…was 3-0 with a 3.08 ERA his three full seasons…issued just 40 walks in 230.0 innings, an average of in four starts against Los Angeles after entering the season with an 0-6 1.57 walks per nine innings…that mark was fourth lowest in the AL and record and a 3.77 ERA in his career against the Angels…the A’s were 17- third lowest in Oakland history…his .301 opponents on-base percentage 17 in his starting assignments and are 53-45 (.541) in his career…tossed was 10th lowest in the AL…with 140 strikeouts, he had a strikeout to walk seven or more innings in 19 of his 34 starts, allowed two runs or fewer 15 ratio of 3.50, which was seventh best in the AL and second highest in times and walked two batters or fewer 30 times…had nine starts without a Oakland history to Dan Haren’s 3.91 from 2006…yielded 16 home runs walk, 14 with just one and never walked more than three…walked one for an average of 0.63 per nine innings, which was fourth lowest in the batter or fewer in 10 consecutive starts from June 13 to July 30, which tied AL…allowed 240 hits, which was the most in the AL…also tied fourth in for the second longest such streak in Oakland history…went 19 consecu- most earned runs allowed (101), was sixth in pitches thrown (3483) and tive starts with two walks or fewer from June 13 to September 15, equaling tied for ninth in runs (106)…allowed a .269 opponents batting average, the third longest such streak in Oakland history…was 4-3 with a 4.28 ERA which broke down to .248 (117 for 471) by right-handed hitters and .291 in 11 starts at the end of May and then went 3-1 with a 1.58 ERA in six (123 for 422) against left-handers…allowed 14 of his 16 home runs to starts in June…led the AL and ranked second in the Majors in June ERA…is right-handers…10 of his home runs were solo shots…opponents were 4 now 10-4 with a 2.39 ERA (32 er in 120.1 ip) in 17 career starts in June…the for 7 (.571) with a grand slam with the bases loaded…allowed a .271 op- wins and ERA are his best for any month of the season…then went 1-4 ponents batting average the first time through the lineup, .220 the second with a 5.49 ERA in July…that included a four-game losing streak from time through and .312 after that…was 7-5 with a 2.69 ERA and .227 oppo- July 8 to 30 (6.75 ERA)…then went 6-2 with a 4.26 ERA in 11 starts over nents batting average in 15 starts in Oakland compared to 7-5 with a 5.11 the final two months of the season…tossed a six-hitter on ERA and .304 opponents batting average in 19 starts on the road…had the April 25 against Seattle but lost 2-0 in a 1 hour and 47 minute game...it lowest home ERA in the AL and the fourth highest road ERA…is now 22- was the A’s quickest game since August 12, 1979 at Minnesota (1 hour and 15 with a 3.55 ERA (126 er in 319.0 ip) in 48 career appearances in Oak- 43 minutes)…it was his first of three complete games in 2007 but it was land and 20-19 with a 4.66 ERA (163 er in 314.2 ip) in 54 games on the his third career complete game loss…is now 3-3 despite a 1.04 ERA (6 er road…was 11-6 with a 3.07 ERA in 22 starts on four days rest and 3-4 with in 52.0 ip) in six career complete games…the A’s have been shutout in two a 5.68 ERA in his other 12 starts…his ERA on four days rest was fifth of his complete games and scored one run twice…tossed a 1-0, three-hit shutout against Minnesota on June 2 in 1 hour and 49 minutes…it was the low-hit complete game of his LIFETIME PITCHING RECORD career and his second game under 1 hour and 50 Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK minutes…is the first A’s pitcher to have two games 2002 Vancouver 1 1 3.14 4 2 0 0 0 14.1 11 5 5 0 0 2 0 15 0 0 Modesto 0 1 7.50 2 1 0 0 0 6.0 8 6 5 1 0 6 0 6 0 1 2003 Kane County 8 7 2.57 21 21 2 2 0 133.0 110 47 38 6 5 19 0 144 1 0 ...more Blanton on next page Midland 3 1 1.26 7 5 1 0 1 35.2 21 6 5 1 0 7 0 30 0 0 2004 Sacramento 11 8 4.19 28 26 1 0 0 176.1 199 101 82 13 6 34 2 143 6 0 OAKLAND 0 0 5.63 3 0 0 0 0 8.0 6 5 5 1 0 2 0 6 0 0 BLANTON’S CAREER HIGHS 2005 OAKLAND 12 12 3.53 33 33 2 0 0 201.1 178 86 79 23 5 67 3 116 4 2 Low Hit Complete Game: 3, June 2, 2007 vs. Minnesota 2006 OAKLAND 16 12 4.82 32 31 1 1 0 194.1 241 111 104 17 5 58 4 107 3 0 Innings Pitched: 9.0 (four times), last: July 3, 2007 vs. Toronto 2007 OAKLAND 14 10 3.95 34 34 3 1 0 230.0 240 106 101 16 4 40 4 140 3 1 Fewest Innings Pitched, Starter: 0.1, May 25, 2005 at Tampa ML Totals 42 34 4.10 102 98 6 2 0 633.2 665 308 289 57 14 167 11 369 10 3 Bay Hits: 12, July 8, 2007 vs. Seattle DIVISION SERIES RECORD Runs: 9 (twice), last: August 10, 2007 at Detroit Year Club/Opp. W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK Earned Runs: 9 (twice), last: August 10, 2007 at Detroit 2006 OAK vs. MIN (Did not ) Walks: 5 (twice), last: May 26, 2006 at Texas Strikeouts: 10, August 31, 2005 at Los Angeles (AL) LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RECORD Home Runs: 3 (twice), last: May 27, 2007 at Baltimore Longest Winning Streak: 4, June 14 to 29, 2005 Year Club/Opp. W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK Longest Losing Streak: 5, April 19 to May 25, 2005 2006 OAK vs. DET 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 Longest Scoreless Streak: 18.0, August 16 to 31, 2005

7 Blanton, continued Houston on June 13…tossed a career high 122 pitches in a complete game four-hitter on July 3 in a 3-1 win over Toronto…allowed at least 10 hits in under 1:50 in one season since Ken Holtzman in 1975…it was the 26th four straight starts from July 8 to 25, the longest such streak by an A’s complete game 1-0 shutout in Oakland history but just the second since pitcher since did it from August 11-28, 1982…began that 1991…was involved in two other 1-0 games in 2007, both in June…was streak by allowing a career high 12 hits in the A’s 7-3 loss to Seattle on July the losing pitcher in the A’s 1-0 loss to Boston on June 7 and had a no 8…yielded a career high tying nine runs in 4.0 innings on August 10 at decision in a 1-0 loss at New York (NL) on June 23…the last A’s pitcher to Detroit but ended up with a no decision in the A’s 16-10 win…was the be involved in three 1-0 games in a season was in 1980…has winning pitcher in his 100th career appearance, a 7-3 A’s win over Texas on been the in three of the A’s four 1-0 losses over the last September 15 in Oakland…that extended his winning streak to three games, three years…allowed an Oakland record tying six doubles in a 7-3 win at one of three three-game winning streaks he compiled in 2007.

64 JERRY BLEVINS LHP

Height/Weight 6-6 / 175 career high 77.1 innings…had a strikeout to walk ratio of 5.67 and aver- Bats/Throws Left / Left aged 11.87 strikeouts per nine innings…yielded just three home runs, or Birthdate September 6, 1983 one every 25.8 innings…allowed a .200 opponents batting average, which Birthplace/Resides Johnson City, Tennessee / Swanton, Ohio included .198 (38 for 192) against right-handed hitters and .205 (17 for 83) Obtained Acquired from the Chicago Cubs with Rob Bowen in ex- against left-handers…allowed all three of his home runs against right- change for and cash, July 16, 2007 handers…opponents were 13 for 66 (.197) with runners in scoring Contract Status First year of a one-year contract through 2007. position…was acquired by the A’s from the Chicago Cubs along with Rob Bowen in exchange for Jason Kendall and cash considerations on July 2007 Highlights 16…was assigned to Double-A Midland following the trade and was 1-3 Began the season with Single-A Daytona of the Florida State League in the with a and a 3.32 ERA in 17 relief appearances with the Chicago Cubs organization but finished it in the Major Leagues with Rockhounds…struck out the side on July 25 against Frisco for his only Oakland…had a loss and a 9.64 ERA in six relief appearances with the A’s save…added a season high five strikeouts in 2.0 innings against Frisco on and allowed a .348 opponents batting average…left-handed hitters were 3 August 1…was 0-3 with a 4.60 ERA over his first 14 outings and then did for 9 (.333) and right-handers were 5 for 14 (.357) with a home not allow a run over his final four outings beginning on August 22 (6.0 ip, run…opponents were 3 for 4 (.750) with runners in scoring 1 h, 9 so)…was promoted to Triple-A Sacramento on August 31 and made position…stranded all three of his inherited runners and first batters faced one regular season appearance with the River Cats on September 1 at Tuc- were 2 for 6 (.333) with a home run…was selected from Triple-A Sacra- son (2.2 ip, 1 h, 4 so)…then went 1-0 with two saves in four postseason mento on September 15 after the River Cats won the Pacific Coast League appearances for Sacramento and did not allow a run in 9.0 innings (4 h, 2 Championship and made his ML debut with Oakland on September 16 bb)…struck out 20 of the 33 batters he faced…did not allow a run over his against Texas…entered the game in the ninth inning with the A’s trailing final 17.2 minor league innings…began the season at Single-A Daytona in 11-9 and retired the side in order…struck out the first batter he faced, the Cubs organization and was 1-0 with six saves and a 0.38 ERA in 15 David Murphy…his longest outing came on September 21 at Cleveland appearances…allowed just one run in 23.2 innings and did not yield a when he tossed 1.2 scoreless innings and retired all five batters that he home run…right-handers were just 8 for 62 (.129)…did not allow a run faced…allowed at least one run in three of his six outings with the over his first seven outings (11.0 ip) or his final seven (10.2 ip)…was A’s…including September 26 at Boston when he allowed four runs on promoted to Double-A Tennessee on May 15 and was 2-2 with three saves three hits and a walk without retiring a batter…was charged with the loss and a 1.53 ERA in 23 appearances with the Smokies…allowed just one as he entered the game in the sixth inning with the score tied at five…was run over an 18-game span from May 20 to July 1 (1 er in 24.0 ip, 0.38 a combined 5-5 with a 1.63 ERA in a career high 56 relief appearances ERA)…that included a 10-game scoreless streak from May 20 to June 8 with four minor league teams in two different organizations…converted (12.0 ip, 7 h, 2 bb, 15 so)…went 15 consecutive games without a walk all 10 of his save opportunities and allowed 5 of his 25 (20.0%) inherited from May 26 to July 1 (20.2 ip)…tossed a season high 3.0 scoreless in- runners to score…walked just 18 and struck out a career high 102 in a nings (0 h, 0 bb) and picked up the win on July 1 against Mississippi.

LIFETIME PITCHING RECORD BLEVINS’ CAREER HIGHS Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK Low Hit Complete Game: None 2004 Boise 6 1 1.62 23 0 0 0 5 33.1 17 7 6 1 3 21 1 42 2 0 Innings Pitched: 1.2, September 21, 2007 at Cleveland 2005 Peoria 3 7 5.54 48 2 0 0 14 76.1 75 51 47 6 5 38 0 96 5 0 Hits: 3 (twice), last: September 26, 2007 at Boston 2006 Daytona 0 1 9.00 8 0 0 0 1 11.0 18 12 11 0 1 4 0 9 0 1 Runs: 4, September 26, 2007 at Boston Boise 1 2 6.04 16 0 0 0 0 22.1 27 22 15 3 3 8 0 19 1 0 Earned Runs: 3, September 26, 2007 at Boston West Tenn 0 0 1.42 5 0 0 0 1 6.1 5 1 1 0 1 1 0 8 0 0 Walks: 1 (twice), last: September 26, 2007 at Boston 2007 Daytona 1 0 0.38 15 0 0 0 6 23.2 13 1 1 0 1 5 2 32 0 0 Strikeouts: 1 (three times), last: September 21, 2007 at Cleveland Tennessee 2 2 1.53 23 0 0 0 3 29.1 23 5 5 1 1 8 1 37 1 0 Home Runs: 1, September 26, 2007 at Boston Midland 1 3 3.32 17 0 0 0 1 21.2 18 10 8 2 0 5 1 29 2 0 Longest Winning Streak: None Sacramento 1 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 Longest Losing Streak: 1, September 26, 2007 to present OAKLAND 0 1 9.64 6 0 0 0 0 4.2 8 6 5 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 Longest Scoreless Streak: 1.2, September 21, 2007 ML Totals 0 1 9.64 6 0 0 0 0 4.2 8 6 5 1 0 2 0 3 0 0

8 17 ROB BOWEN C

Height/Weight 6-3 / 225 out just 4 of 38 (10.5%) attempted base stealers, including 1 of 8 (12.5%) Bats/Throws Switch / Right with Oakland…has thrown out 6 of 62 (9.7%) would be base stealers in his Birthdate February 24, 1981 career…was acquired from the Chicago Cubs on July 16 along with minor Birthplace/Resides Bedford, Texas / McDonough, Georgia league pitcher Jerry Blevins in exchange for Jason Kendall and Obtained Acquired from the Chicago Cubs with minor league pitcher cash…served as the back-up to Kurt Suzuki and started 14 of the A’s 69 Jerry Blevins in exchange for Jason Kendall and cash, July games behind the plate following the trade…was 12 for 42 (.286) in his 16, 2007 starting assignments with Oakland…went 2 for 10 (.200) with no RBI and Contract Status First year of a one-year contract through 2007. one walk over his first nine games with the A’s through August 6…then had his first career two-homer game on August 8 at Texas…homered from 2007 Highlights both sides of the plate, marking the seventh time the feat has been accom- Was acquired by the A’s from the Cubs in the Jason Kendall trade in mid- plished in Athletics history (last: Nick Swisher, July 26, 2007 at July and ended up batting .279 with two home runs and five RBI in 21 Seattle)…went 10 for 33 (.303) with two home runs, five RBI and nine games with Oakland…the A’s were his third team in 2007 as he started the walks over his final 12 games starting on August 8…had a career best five- year in San Diego before being dealt to Chicago…hit .268 in 30 games game hitting streak from August 8 to 29 (7 for 15, .467)…went 0 for 10 with the Padres and .065 in 10 games with the Cubs…combined with all with eight strikeouts over his final three games…was on San Diego’s Open- three teams to bat .231 with four home runs and 18 RBI in 61 games…the ing Day Roster and went 4 for 24 (.167) over his first nine games through switch-hitter batted .250 (12 for 48) against left-handed pitching and .222 April 18…allowed five stolen bases on April 15 at Los Angeles (NL)…then (24 for 108) with three of his four home runs against right-handers…now went 6 for 11 (.545) over his next three games, including his first career has a .221 (17 for 77) career average against south paws and .219 (46 for three-hit game on April 20 at Colorado…had a career high four walks on 210) with six of his eight home runs against right-handers…hit .258 with April 24 at Arizona, but that was part of an 0 for 17 streak…had his second all four of his home runs and nine of his 18 RBI in the seventh inning or career three-hit game on May 26 against Milwaukee and was 5 for 15 later…seven of his eight career home runs have come after the sixth (.333) in seven games in May…now has a .353 (12 for 34) career average inning…had a .172 batting average at his home ballparks and .272 on the in May, his best for any month…had a career high four RBI on June 2 at road…now has a .192 (24 for 125) career average at his home Washington…had his third career three-hit game on June 14 at Tampa ballparks…was 2 for 5 (.400) with nine RBI with the bases loaded and is Bay…went 2 for 4 with his second home run of the season on June 17 at now 5 for 11 (.455) with 14 RBI with bases full in his career…saw most of Chicago (NL) in his final game as a Padre…was traded to the Cubs on his action in the bottom two spots in the order as he hit .223 in 31 games June 20 with minor league outfielder Kyler Burke for catcher Michael hitting eighth and .317 in 18 games when batting ninth…made 56 of his Barrett…singled in his first official with the Cubs on June 21 at appearances at catcher, including 45 starts…was also 0 for 4 with four Texas but then went 0 for his next 22…went 2 for 31 (.065) in 10 games strikeouts as a pinch hitter, all of which came in the National League…tossed total with Chicago before he was traded to Oakland on July 16.

LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD BOWEN’S CAREER HIGHS Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E Hits: 3 (three times), last: June 14, 2007 at Tampa Bay 1999 GCL Twins .260 29 77 10 20 4 0 0 11 1 3 0 20 15 2 2 .312 .400 8 Runs: 3, April 19, 2007 vs. Arizona 2000 Elizabethton .288 21 73 17 21 3 0 4 19 0 0 0 11 18 0 0 .493 .381 3 Doubles: 2 (twice), last: June 14, 2007 at Tampa Bay 2001 Quad City .255 106 385 47 98 18 2 18 70 2 3 2 37 112 4 0 .452 .321 6 Triples: None 2002 Ft. Myers .184 100 342 52 63 12 1 10 49 2 5 5 38 69 1 0 .313 .272 12 Home Runs: 2, August 8, 2007 at Texas Quad City .190 5 21 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 .238 .261 0 Runs Batted In: 4, June 2, 2007 at Washington 2003 New Britain .306 42 134 17 41 13 0 1 16 1 0 2 13 24 0 0 .425 .376 2 Walks: 4, April 24, 2007 at Arizona Rochester .257 30 105 14 27 7 0 6 17 0 0 1 11 25 0 0 .495 .333 1 Strikeouts: 3 (six times), last: September 19, 2007 vs. Seattle MINNESOTA .100 7 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 .100 .091 1 Stolen Bases: 1, April 11, 2007 vs. San Francisco 2004 New Britain .197 77 249 28 49 10 0 9 24 1 1 3 31 76 3 0 .345 .292 8 Hitting Streak: 5, August 8 to 29, 2007 MINNESOTA .111 17 27 1 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 4 10 0 0 .222 .226 1 Hitless Streak (At Bats): 22, June 21 to July 4, 2007 2005 Rochester .267 87 262 38 70 13 2 6 25 0 0 4 37 68 0 2 .401 .366 4 2006 Lake Elsinore .143 2 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .143 .143 0 SAN DIEGO .245 94 94 22 23 5 0 3 13 1 1 1 13 26 0 1 .394 .339 1 2007 SAN DIEGO .268 30 82 12 22 8 0 2 11 1 1 1 13 28 1 2 .439 .371 3 CHICAGO (NL) .065 10 31 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 13 0 0 .097 .167 1 OAKLAND .279 21 43 6 12 1 0 2 5 1 0 0 10 20 0 0 .415 .442 1 AL Totals .200 45 80 7 16 1 0 3 8 2 1 0 14 34 0 0 .325 .316 3 NL Totals .227 134 207 37 47 14 0 5 26 2 3 2 30 67 1 3 .367 .326 5 ML Totals .220 179 287 44 63 15 0 8 34 4 4 2 44 101 1 3 .355 .323 8

DIVISION SERIES RECORD Year Club/Opp. AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2006 SD vs. STL 1.000 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0

9 61 DALLAS BRADEN LHP

Height/Weight 6-1 / 195 defeated the Orioles, 4-2 (6.0 ip, 3 h, 1 r, 1 er, 1 bb, 6 so)…lost his next Bats/Throws Left / Left start on April 29 to Tampa Bay and was optioned back to Sacramento Birthdate August 13, 1983 following the game…went 0-2 with a 7.71 ERA in two starts during his Birthplace/Resides Phoenix, Arizona / Stockton, California second stint from May 12 to 17…pitched exclusively in relief during his Obtained Selected in the 24th round of the June, 2004 draft third stint from June 25 to July 6 and had a 4.50 ERA in three Contract Status First year of a one-year contract through 2007. appearances…returned to the rotation during his fourth stint from July 16 to August 12 and was 0-4 with a 6.52 ERA in six starts…struck out a 2007 Highlights career high seven batters on July 16 against Texas, a figure he matched Was one of nine players to make their Major League debut with the A’s in against the Rangers on August 6…tossed a career high seven innings and 2007 and he had five stints with Oakland…was the winning pitcher in his allowed just one run on July 22 against Baltimore, but the A’s were shutout debut on April 24 at Baltimore but then lost each of his final eight deci- 2-0 and he took the loss…was 1-1 with a 1.38 ERA in his two starts against sions to finish 1-8 with a 6.72 ERA in 20 games, 14 starts…based upon a the Orioles and 0-7 with a 7.89 ERA against everyone else…left with the minimum of 70 innings pitched, his ERA was third highest in the Ameri- lead in consecutive starts on August 1 against Detroit and August 6 at can League and third highest in Oakland history behind (6.89 Texas only to have the bullpen blow the save both times…allowed a career in 1995) and Omar Olivares (6.75 in 2000)…his .111 winning percentage high eight runs in 1.2 innings on August 12 at Detroit, his shortest outing was the lowest in the AL and third lowest in the Majors based on a mini- as a starter…returned to Oakland for a fifth time on September 1 when mum of seven decisions…using the same minimum, it was fourth lowest rosters expanded and was 0-1 with a 7.78 ERA in seven games, four in Oakland history and the lowest since Mike Mohler went 1-10 in starts…did not allow a run in his three relief appearances (4.1 ip)…allowed 1997…the eight-game losing streak tied for the longest in the AL in 2007 a career high nine hits in 4.2 innings on September 2 against and it equaled the seventh longest in Oakland history…it was the longest Detroit…allowed six runs in 3.1 innings on September 23 at Cleveland to by an Oakland pitcher since Mohler lost eight straight from April 5 to May extend his losing streak to eight games…was 3-3 with a 2.84 ERA in 13 28, 1997…was 1-8 with a 7.31 ERA and .315 opponents batting average in combined starts with Sacramento and Double-A Midland…walked just 21 his 14 starting assignments and 0-0 with a 2.16 ERA and .200 opponents and struck out 87 in 76.0 innings…allowed a .201 opponents batting aver- batting average in six relief appearances…allowed a .303 opponents bat- age, which included .196 (36 for 184) against right-handed hitters and ting average, which included .214 (12 for 56) against left-handed hitters .213 (20 for 94) against left-handers…five of the six home runs he allowed and .324 (79 for 244) against right-handers…the mark against righties was were hit by right-handers…opponents were 9 for 47 (.191) with runners in fourth highest in the AL…allowed just one of his nine home runs against scoring position…his teams were 7-6 in his starting assignments…tossed lefties…six of the home runs were solo shots…opponents hit .326 with six or more innings in nine of his 13 starts, allowed two runs or fewer nine runners in scoring position, including .341 with RISP and two outs…was times and walked two batters or fewer 11 times…began the season at Mid- 0-5 with a 5.65 ERA and .281 opponents batting average in 10 games, land and went 1-0 with a 2.25 ERA in two starts before he was promoted to eight starts, in Oakland compared to 1-3 with an 8.28 ERA and .331 oppo- Sacramento on April 19…ended up going 2-3 with a 2.95 ERA in 11 starts nents batting average in 10 games, six starts on the road…allowed a .230 with the River Cats…had two complete games, which tied for third in the opponents batting average over his first 30 pitches in a game, .301 over Pacific Coast League…made his first career start at the Triple-A level on pitches 31 through 75 and .471 after that…had a 1.93 ERA and 20 strikeouts April 19 at Portland and tossed 6.0 shutout innings…ended up with a no in 14.0 innings in the first inning of a game and a 7.87 ERA and 35 strikeouts decision in the River Cats 6-5, 10-inning win and was promoted to in 58.1 innings after that…received run support of two runs or fewer in 10 Oakland…made his second Triple-A start on May 4 against Tucson and of his 14 starts and he had season run support of 3.80 in his starting had another no decision, despite allowing just one run in 6.0 innings…went assignments…the A’s scored just nine runs in his eight losses (35.2 ip, 2.27 0-1 with a 6.35 ERA in four starts in June…picked up his first win at run support)…the A’s were 5-9 in his starting assignments…tossed six or Sacramento on July 7 against Fresno when he struck out 10 and allowed more innings in just three of his 14 starts and pitched fewer than five in- just one run on three hits and a walk in 6.2 innings…tossed back-to-back nings in eight of his starts…allowed two runs or fewer four times and complete games in his final two minor league starts…had a five-hitter in a walked two batters or fewer 12 times….first batters faced were 0 for 5 4-1 loss to Fresno on August 22…then tossed a three-hit shutout on August with a walk in his six relief appearances and he allowed 1 of his 4 inherited 27 against Colorado Springs in a 3-0 Sacramento win…did not walk a runners to score…was selected from Triple-A Sacramento on April 23 and batter and struck out a River Cats record 17 to earn Pacific Coast League made his Major League debut the next day at Baltimore…became the 33rd Pitcher of the Week honors…threw 81 of his 106 pitches for strikes. pitcher in Oakland history to start in his debut and the 10th to win as he

LIFETIME PITCHING RECORD BRADEN’S CAREER HIGHS Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK Low Hit Complete Game: None 2004 Vancouver 2 0 2.33 8 0 0 0 2 19.1 15 7 5 1 0 3 0 30 0 0 Innings Pitched: 7.0, July 22, 2007 vs. Baltimore. As reliever: Kane County 2 1 4.70 5 5 0 0 0 23.0 22 13 12 2 0 6 1 33 1 1 3.0, September 16, 2007 vs. Texas 2005 Stockton 6 0 2.68 7 7 1 0 0 43.2 31 14 13 4 3 11 0 64 4 2 Fewest Innings Pitched, Starter: 1.2, August 12, 2007 at De- Midland 9 5 3.90 16 16 0 0 0 97.0 104 43 42 5 1 32 1 71 8 3 troit 2006 Arizona A’s 2 0 0.86 6 6 0 0 0 21.0 12 2 2 0 0 3 0 36 1 0 Hits: 9, September 2, 2007 vs. Detroit. As reliever: 2 (twice), last: Stockton 2 0 6.23 3 3 0 0 0 13.0 12 9 9 3 2 5 0 17 0 0 June 29, 2007 at New York (AL) Midland 0 0 16.20 1 1 0 0 0 3.1 9 6 6 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 Runs: 8, August 12, 2007 at Detroit. As reliever: 2, June 27, 2007 2007 Midland 1 0 2.25 2 2 0 0 0 12.0 5 3 3 2 0 3 0 13 0 0 at Cleveland Sacramento 2 3 2.95 11 11 2 1 0 64.0 51 22 21 4 2 18 1 74 2 2 Earned Runs: 8, August 12, 2007 at Detroit. As reliever: 2, June OAKLAND 1 8 6.72 20 14 0 0 0 72.1 91 59 54 9 2 26 1 55 6 1 27, 2007 at Cleveland ML Totals 1 8 6.72 20 14 0 0 0 72.1 91 59 54 9 2 26 1 55 6 1 Walks: 4, July 22, 2007 vs. Baltimore. As reliever: 2, September 16, 2007 vs. Texas Strikeouts: 7 (twice), last: August 6, 2007 at Texas. As reliever: 2, September 16, 2007 vs. Texas Home Runs: 3, April 29, 2007 vs. Tampa Bay. As reliever: 2, June 27, 2007 at Cleveland Longest Winning Streak: 1, April 24, 2007 Longest Losing Streak: 8, April 29, 2007 to present Longest Scoreless Streak: 7.0, April 24 to 29, 2007

10 54 ANDREW BROWN RHP

Height/Weight 6-6 / 230 third and the A’s leading 2-1 and allowed an Ordonez RBI single for the Bats/Throws Right / Right blown save…the A’s scored a run in the bottom of the sixth to retake the Birthdate February 17, 1981 lead and give him the win…added win number two three outings later on Birthplace/Resides Chardon, Ohio / Deltona, Florida August 6 at Texas when he tossed 2.0 scoreless innings and struck out a Obtained Acquired from the San Diego Padres for Milton Bradley career high five…had a streak from August 2 to 14 where he retired 26 of and cash, June 29, 2007 28 batters faced, including 11 by strikeout…was 2-0 with a 1.69 ERA and Contract Status First year of a one-year contract through 2007. a .151 opponents batting average in 15 games through August 14…then went 1-3 with a 7.52 ERA and .329 opponents average over his final 18 2007 Highlights outings…did not allow a run in 13 of his first 15 outings, but allowed at Was acquired from the San Diego Padres organization in the Milton Brad- least one run in eight of his final 18…first batters were 3 for 15 (.200) ley trade at the end of June and was promoted to Oakland in mid-July…spent through August 14 and 8 for 16 (.500) with a walk and a after the remainder of the season with the A’s and was 3-3 with a 4.54 ERA in 33 that…had a career opening 37-game, 45.1-inning, 192-batter homerless relief appearances…allowed just one home run in 41.2 innings for an aver- streak come to an end on September 16 against Texas when he allowed a age of 0.22 per nine innings…that mark ranked fifth lowest among Ameri- Michael Young grand slam in the eighth inning for the blown save and loss can League relievers…added 43 strikeouts for an average of 9.3 strikeouts in a 11-9 decision…the four runs allowed were a career high…was ac- per nine innings…allowed a .245 opponents batting average, which in- quired by the A’s from the San Diego organization on June 29 for Milton cluded a .247 (22 for 89) mark against right-handed hitters and .242 (16 Bradley and cash considerations…was assigned to Triple-A Sacramento for 66) against left-handers…his opponents average increased slightly to and converted all four of his save opportunities in five outings before his .264 with runners in scoring position but dropped to .200 with RISP and promotion to Oakland…had a 3.60 ERA and allowed a .300 opponents two outs…allowed just 2 of his 16 inherited runners to score (12.5%) but batting average without walking a batter in 5.0 innings…began the season first batters faced were 11 for 31 (.355) with a walk and a hit by pitch…also with the Padres Triple-A affiliate in Portland and was 2-3 with a 2.78 ERA had two blown saves…compiled an 8.22 ERA in eight appearances on no in 32 appearances…combined for a 2-3 record, four saves, one blown save days rest and had a 3.71 ERA in his others 25 outings…had a .283 oppo- and a 2.95 ERA in 37 appearances with the Beavers and River Cats…walked nents batting average over his first 15 pitches in a game and .179 after 15 while striking out 49 in 40.2 innings (10.8 strikeouts per nine that…had six wild pitches, which tied for fourth most among AL innings)…allowed a .213 opponents batting average, which broke down to relievers…tossed one or more innings in 29 of his 33 outings, including .167 (15 for 90) by right-handed hitters and .283 (17 for 60) by left- two or more seven times…his career high was 2.1 innings on August 5 handers…opponents were 7 for 40 (.145) with runners in scoring position, against Los Angeles…was selected from Triple-A Sacramento on July 12 including 1 for 17 (.059) with RISP and two outs…posted a 0.59 ERA in and made his A’s debut that night at Minnesota (0.2 ip, 1 so)…allowed April, a 7.36 ERA in May and a 1.64 ERA in June…allowed 2 of 9 (22.2%) three runs without retiring a batter in his third outing on July 17 against inherited runners to score…tossed at least one inning in 33 of his 37 Texas but then did not allow a run in 11 of his next 12 outings (1 er in 18.2 outings…did not allow an over a 13-game stretch from April 7 ip, 0.48 ERA), including a 10-game, 15.0-inning scoreless streak from to May 11 (17.2 ip)…struck out a minor league high four batters in April 7 July 25 to August 14…recorded his first Major League win on August 1 at Fresno…his longest Triple-A outing came on April 17 against Sacra- against Detroit…relieved Braden in the sixth inning with a runner on the mento when he tossed 2.1 shutout innings and picked up the win.

LIFETIME PITCHING RECORD BROWN’S CAREER HIGHS Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK Low Hit Complete Game: None 1999 GCL Braves 1 1 2.34 11 11 0 0 0 42.1 40 15 11 4 3 16 0 57 1 4 Innings Pitched: 2.1, August 5, 2007 vs. Los Angeles (AL) 200 (Injured — Did not pitch) Hits: 3 (five times), last: September 26, 2007 at Boston 2001 Jamestown 3 4 3.92 14 12 0 0 0 64.1 50 29 28 5 3 31 0 59 5 0 Runs: 4, September 16, 2007 vs. Texas 2002 Vero Beach 10 10 4.11 25 24 1 1 0 127.0 97 63 58 13 8 62 0 129 9 3 Earned Runs: 4, September 16, 2007 vs. Texas 2003 Jacksonville 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Walks: 3 (twice), last: , September 23, 2007 at Cleveland 2004 Jacksonville 1 3 4.02 8 8 0 0 0 40.1 36 23 18 5 2 14 0 58 3 0 Strikeouts: 5, August 6, 2007 at Texas Akron 3 6 4.66 17 17 0 0 0 77.1 66 44 40 7 3 36 1 67 4 0 Home Runs: 1, September 16, 2007 vs. Texas Buffalo 1 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 1 0 Longest Winning Streak: 2, August 1 to 6, 2007 2005 Buffalo 4 2 3.36 49 0 0 0 4 69.2 52 28 26 7 3 19 0 81 4 0 Longest Losing Streak: 2, August 28 to September 12, 2007 2006 Buffalo 5 4 2.60 39 0 0 0 5 62.1 52 21 18 5 4 36 1 53 9 0 Longest Scoreless Streak: 15.0, July 25 to August 14, 2007 CLEVELAND 0 0 3.60 9 0 0 0 0 10.0 6 4 4 0 1 8 1 7 1 0 2007 Portland 2 3 2.78 32 0 0 0 0 35.2 26 14 11 3 2 15 0 43 0 5 Sacramento 0 0 3.60 5 0 0 0 4 5.0 6 2 2 1 1 0 0 6 0 0 OAKLAND 3 3 4.54 33 0 0 0 0 41.2 38 21 21 1 3 17 3 43 6 0 ML Totals 3 3 4.35 42 0 0 0 0 51.2 44 25 25 1 4 25 4 50 7 0

11 18 DEE BROWN OF

Height/Weight 6-0 / 220 for 262) against right-handers…hit .279 with runners in scoring Bats/Throws Left / Right position…batted in six different spots in the order, but saw his most action Birthdate March 27, 1978 hitting fourth where he had a .331 batting average with nine home runs and Birthplace/Resides Bronx, New York / Kissimmee, Florida 30 RBI in 33 games, all with Sacramento…appeared in 53 games at desig- Obtained Acquired from the Arizona Diamondbacks for cash consid- nated hitter, 36 in left field and four in right field…was also 3 for 7 (.429) erations, May 30, 2007 with three walks as a pinch hitter…went 9 for 30 (.300) over his first 10 Contract Status First year of a one-year contract through 2007. games with Tucson before a 6 for 41 (.146) streak dropped his average to .211 on May 6…then went 22 for 60 (.367) over his final 17 games in the 2007 Highlights Diamondbacks organization before he was traded on May 30…hit .415 Began the season in the Arizona organization but was acquired by the A’s (17 for 41) with three home runs and 11 RBI over his first nine games with in a minor league trade at the end of May and ended up appearing in eight Sacramento from May 30 to June 8…that included a grand slam and a games with Oakland…was 0 for 3 with two strikeouts and did not make a season high five RBI on June 2 against Round Rock and his first of two start…was traded to the A’s organization for cash considerations on May four-hit games on June 8 at Tucson…then went 2 for 27 (.074) over his 30 and was brought up to Oakland for the first time on June 29…went 0 for next seven games…both of the hits were home runs and both came on June 1 in one game in right field on July 4 against Toronto, his first appearance 12 at Fresno…was batting .284 with seven home runs and 26 RBI in 28 in the Majors since October 3, 2004 while playing for Kansas City…was games with the River Cats when the A’s called for the first time on June designated for assignment on July 8 and sent outright to Triple-A Sacra- 29…returned to Sacramento on July 12 and hit .310 with seven home runs mento on July 11…returned to Oakland on August 18 and spent the re- and 28 RBI over his final 34 games…went 13 for 32 (.406) over an eight- mainder of the season with the A’s…appeared in just seven of the A’s 39 game stretch from July 21-28…then went 1 for 16 over his next four games, games during his second stint and was 0 for 2 in seven games (four in left including a four-strikeout game on July 31 at Nashville…was a perfect 4 field, three in right field)…was batting .282 with two home runs and 24 for 4 on August 3 against New Orleans, matching his season high in RBI in 41 games with Triple-A Tucson when he was traded to the A’s hits…had a season best nine-game hitting streak from August 7 to 16…went organization…went on to hit .298 with 14 home runs and 54 RBI in 62 13 for 35 (.371) with three home runs and 14 RBI during the streak…then games with Sacramento…combined to bat .293 with 16 home runs and 76 went 0 for 5 on August 17 at Portland and was called up by Oakland the RBI in 103 games in the Pacific Coast League…his batting average in- next day…ended up batting .362 with five home runs and 18 RBI in 16 cluded a .316 (36 for 114) mark against left-handed pitching and .282 (74 games in August.

LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD BROWN’S CAREER HIGHS Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E Hits: 4 (twice), September 9, 2004 at Detroit; August 4, 2003 at 1996 GCL Royals .050 7 20 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 0 2 .100 .095 0 Chicago (AL) 1997 Spokane .326 73 298 67 97 20 6 13 73 0 1 2 38 65 17 4 .564 .404 7 Runs: 3, September 7, 2004 at Detroit 1998 Wilmington .258 128 442 64 114 30 2 10 58 1 0 7 53 115 26 10 .403 .347 13 Doubles: 2 (twice), last: September 4, 2004 at Minnesota KANSAS CITY .000 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 0 Triples: 1, September 26, 2002 vs. Detroit 1999 Wilmington .308 61 221 49 68 10 2 13 46 0 0 4 44 56 20 8 .549 .431 2 Home Runs: 2, September 7, 2004 at Detroit Wichita .353 65 235 58 83 14 3 12 56 1 2 3 35 41 10 8 .591 .440 5 Runs Batted In: 5, July 16, 2004 vs. Minnesota KANSAS CITY .080 12 25 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 0 .080 .148 1 Walks: 2 (eight times), last: July 2, 2004 at San Diego 2000 Omaha .269 125 479 76 129 25 6 23 70 0 3 3 37 112 20 3 .491 .324 7 Strikeouts: 3 (five times), last: September 14, 2004 vs. New York KANSAS CITY .160 15 25 4 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 9 0 0 .200 .250 0 (AL) 2001 KANSAS CITY .245 106 380 39 93 19 0 7 40 1 2 1 22 81 5 3 .350 .286 2 Stolen Bases: 1 (eight times), last: July 11, 2004 at Baltimore Omaha .297 10 37 5 11 0 0 2 6 0 1 1 3 5 0 0 .459 .357 1 Hitting Streak: 9 (twice), last: August 6-September 10, 2004 2002 Omaha .275 121 458 66 126 23 1 17 75 0 4 6 44 111 10 4 .441 .344 5 Hitless Streak (At Bats): 28, September 8 to 27, 2001 KANSAS CITY .235 16 51 5 12 3 1 1 7 0 0 0 4 20 0 0 .392 .291 1 2003 KANSAS CITY .227 50 132 16 30 7 0 2 14 0 1 2 8 37 1 1 .326 .280 1 AZL Royals .714 2 7 4 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .750 0 Omaha .277 12 47 6 13 2 0 2 9 0 1 1 4 9 1 0 .447 .340 1 2004 Wichita .303 61 241 42 73 19 2 12 50 0 3 2 24 38 1 4 .548 .367 3 KANSAS CITY .251 59 195 19 49 7 0 4 24 1 1 1 11 50 2 2 .349 .293 2 Omaha .125 10 40 2 5 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 .275 .125 0 2005 Trenton .118 13 51 4 6 1 0 2 6 0 0 1 5 17 0 0 .255 .211 0 Harrisburg .194 43 144 16 28 7 0 5 16 0 2 6 11 33 2 4 .347 .276 2 New Orleans .286 30 77 4 22 4 0 3 16 0 2 1 3 13 0 2 .455 .313 0 2006 Wichita .307 95 384 56 118 22 0 16 78 0 10 4 24 64 2 0 .490 .346 0 Omaha .151 16 53 3 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 11 0 0 .170 .224 0 2007 Tucson .282 41 131 25 37 7 0 2 24 0 0 1 13 24 1 1 .382 .352 1 Sacramento .298 62 245 47 73 14 0 14 54 0 6 2 24 52 2 0 .527 .357 0 OAKLAND .000 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 0 M.L. Totals .233 271 814 86 190 37 1 14 89 2 4 4 50 207 8 6 .333 .280 7

12 6 TRAVIS BUCK OF

Height/Weight 6-2 / 227 pared to .218 during the day…hit .333 when leading off an inning…started Bats/Throws Left / Right a team leading 56 games in right field and also made 16 starts in left field Birthdate November 18, 1983 and three in center field…did not commit an error in 80 games total in the Birthplace/Resides Richland, Washington / West Richland, Washington outfield and his 148 total chances were the most among Major League Obtained Selected as a compensation pick following the first round outfielders with no errors…started games at every spot in the order except of the June, 2005 draft third and fourth and saw his most action with 42 starts in the leadoff Contract Status First year of a one-year contract through 2007. spot…made each of his last 38 starts batting leadoff and hit .304 with a .383 on-base percentage in 43 games overall while hitting first…made the 2007 Highlights A’s Opening Day roster less than two years after being selected as a com- Made his Major League debut at the age of 23 in just his third professional pensation pick following the first round of the 2005 draft…is the first A’s season, but an assortment of injuries limited his playing time to just 82 player from that draft to reach the Majors…made his Major League debut games…batted .288 in those games and added seven home runs and 34 on April 2 at Seattle and went 1 for 3 in a start in right field…doubled off RBI…had two stints on the disabled list…missed 13 games during his first Felix Hernandez in the sixth inning for his first ML hit…hit his first ML stint from June 28 to July 14 with a sprained right thumb…went on the DL home run on April 20 at Texas, a two-run shot off Bruce Chen in the fourth for the second time on August 18 with a strained left hamstring…had also inning…added a three-run double in the second inning for a career high been bothered by elbow problems all year and underwent surgery to re- five RBI and also had the first three-walk game of his career…his second move bone chips from his right elbow on September 10 and missed the home run on April 28 against Tampa Bay snapped a career long 0 for 16 remainder of the season…never started more than seven consecutive games streak…did not go more than two consecutive games without a hit the rest all year…ranked second among American League rookies in slugging (.474) of the season…started seven consecutive games from May 26 to June 2, and triples (5), third in on-base percentage (.377) and fifth in batting, doubles his longest such streak of the season…had his first of three four-hit games (22) and walks (39)…led the A’s in triples…got off to a slow start as he hit on June 8 at San Francisco and batted .500 (12 for 24) in six games against .190 in April…then hit .300 or better in three of his other four months and the Giants…was placed on the DL for the first time on June 29 retroactive batted a combined .315 (70 for 222) in 62 games from May 1 until the end to June 28 and went 1 for 7 with a triple, a RBI and two walks in a two- of the season…hit .352 in May, .317 in June, .264 in July and .327 in game rehab assignment with Triple-A Sacramento on July 12 and 13…was August…hit six home runs over his first 36 games through May 28 but reinstated from the DL on July 14 and appeared in 13 consecutive games then homered just once over his final 46 contests…the A’s were 6-1 in from July 14 to 27, his longest consecutive games played streak of the games in which he homered…fared better against left-handed pitching as season…had a season high tying seven-game hitting streak from July 30 to he hit .323 with four home runs in 65 at bats against lefties compared to August 5 (9 for 26, .346) and ended up batting .339 (20 for 59) with seven .277 with three home runs in 220 at bats against righties…hit .272 with doubles over his final 15 games…including his third career four-hit game three home runs and 22 RBI over the first six innings but improved to .322 on August 10 at Detroit…hit .526 (10 for 19) in five games against the with four home runs and 12 RBI in the seventh inning or later…batted Tigers…was placed on the DL for the second time on August 20 retroac- .392 in 13 interleague games…added eight walks for a .483 on-base per- tive to August 18 and missed the remainder of the season. centage, which ranked eighth best in the Majors…batted .318 at night com-

LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD BUCK’S CAREER HIGHS Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E Hits: 4 (three times), last: August 10, 2007 at Detroit 2005 Vancouver .361 9 36 7 13 1 0 2 9 0 0 0 5 8 1 1 .556 .439 2 Runs: 3 (twice), last: August 10 2007 at Detroit Kane County .341 32 123 17 42 13 0 1 22 1 1 0 19 19 3 1 .472 .427 1 Doubles: 2 (twice), last: August 1, 2007 vs. Detroit 2006 Stockton .349 34 126 24 44 17 3 3 26 0 5 0 14 18 2 1 .603 .400 1 Triples: 1 (five times), last: August 10, 2007 at Detroit Midland .302 50 212 32 64 22 1 4 22 1 0 3 22 39 9 1 .472 .376 0 Home Runs: 1 (seven times), last: July 24, 2007 at Los Angeles 2007 OAKLAND .288 82 285 41 82 22 5 7 34 2 4 4 39 66 4 1 .474 .377 0 (AL) Sacramento .143 2 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 .429 .333 0 Runs Batted In: 5, April 20, 2007 at Texas ML Totals .288 82 285 41 82 22 5 7 34 2 4 4 39 66 4 1 .474 .377 0 Walks: 3, April 20, 2007 at Texas Strikeouts: 4, August 6, 2007 at Texas Stolen Bases: 1 (four times), last: August 16, 2007 vs. Chicago (AL) Hitting Streak: 7 (twice), last: July 30 to August 5, 2007 Hitless Streak (At Bats): 16, April 20 to 27, 2007

13 50 KIKO CALERO RHP

Height/Weight 6-1 / 210 on base…allowed 9 of 28 (32.1%) inherited runners to score, first batters Bats/Throws Right / Right faced were 15 for 42 (357) with two walks and a hit by pitch and he had Birthdate January 9, 1975 three blown saves…his opponents average against first batters faced ranked Birthplace/Resides Santurce, Puerto Rico / Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico third highest among AL relievers…had a .173 (31 for 179) career average Obtained Acquired from the St. Louis Cardinals with pitcher Dan against first batters faced entering the season…opponents were successful Haren and catcher Daric Barton for pitcher Mark Mulder, in all eight attempts off him and are now 25 for 29 (86.2%) in December 18, 2004 his career…did not allow a hit against the opponents number four hitters Contract Status First year of a one-year contract through 2007. who were a combined 0 for 11 with four walks and a hit by pitch…was charged with the loss in his first outing on April 3 at Seattle when he al- 2007 Highlights lowed three runs in 0.1 innings in the A’s 8-4 loss…lost each of his first Appeared in just 46 games as shoulder problems led to a stint on the dis- four decisions through June 1, giving him a career high five-game losing abled list in late June and caused him to miss the final month of the streak dating back to September 25, 2006…allowed four runs over his first season…was 1-5 with a save and a 5.75 ERA…the games pitched were two games (1.1 ip) but then did not allow a run over his next seven games the fewest in his three seasons with the A’s and the ERA was more than two and 6.2 innings from April 8 to 21…that dropped his ERA to 4.91, which runs above his previous career high of 3.41 from 2006…his .293 oppo- was the lowest it would be all year…made the 200th appearance of his nents batting average was more than 60 points above his previous high of career on April 11 against Chicago (1.1 ip) and retired all four batters that .231 from last year…now has a .226 (197 for 871) opponents average in he faced…did not allow a run in two outings against Chicago in 2007 (2.0 his career…his .373 opponents on-base percentage and .446 opponents ip) and has not allowed a run in eight career outings against the White Sox slugging percentage were also career highs…his five losses tied for sixth (8.2 ip)…tossed a season high 2.0 shutout innings on April 13 against New among American League relievers and were also a career high…had just York…also tossed 2.0 innings on May 5 at Tampa Bay and August 17 five career losses in 195 games entering 2007…struck out 31 batters in against Kansas City…did not allow a run in six of his eight outings in 40.2 innings, just the second time in his five seasons in the Majors that he June, but posted an 8.44 ERA in the month…picked up his lone win of the has finished with fewer strikeouts than innings pitched…has 248 career season on June 8 at San Francisco when he retired both batters that he strikeouts in 238.0 innings (9.38 per nine innings)…his opponents batting faced in a the A’s 5-3, 10-inning win…allowed three runs in 0.2 innings on average broke down to .245 (12 for 49) against left-handed hitters and .315 June 16 against St. Louis and went seven games without pitching before he (34 for 108) against right-handers…entered the season with a .208 career was placed on the disabled list on June 25, retroactive to June 17, with an mark against right-handers…allowed a .354 average with runners in scor- inflamed right shoulder…had a 6.39 ERA and .263 opponents batting av- ing position and all three of the home runs he allowed came with runners erage in 31 outings when he was placed on the DL…was reinstated on July 6 and compiled a 4.70 ERA while yielding a .345 opponents batting average over his final 15 LIFETIME PITCHING RECORD games…walked 12 and struck out 10 in 15.1 innings Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK over that span and first batters faced were 8 for 15 1996 Spokane 4 2 2.52 17 11 0 0 1 75.0 77 34 21 5 3 18 0 61 2 2 (.533)…including 5 for 6 with two triples over his 1997 Wichita 11 9 4.44 23 22 2 0 0 127.2 120 78 63 15 4 44 0 100 2 2 final six games…picked up his lone save of the sea- 1998 Lansing 1 0 3.78 4 4 0 0 0 16.2 19 7 7 1 2 7 0 10 1 1 Wilmington 7 3 2.86 17 17 0 0 0 97.2 74 33 31 7 7 51 1 90 6 0 son on August 6 at Texas when he tossed a scoreless Wichita 1 0 9.64 3 3 0 0 0 14.0 23 16 15 2 1 6 0 5 0 0 13th inning in the A’s 9-7 win…pitched in just four of 1999 Wichita 9 3 4.11 26 23 1 1 1 129.1 143 67 59 14 6 57 3 92 7 2 the A’s next 18 games through August 25 (5.0 ip, 8 h, 2000 Wichita 10 7 3.63 28 25 0 0 0 153.2 141 74 62 16 10 66 2 130 7 1 2001 Wichita 14 5 3.33 27 19 0 0 0 124.1 110 57 46 10 7 51 1 94 7 1 3 r, 3 er, 4 bb, 2 so)…his final outing came on August 2002 Wichita 1 0 2.25 5 2 0 0 0 16.0 10 5 4 2 0 5 0 15 1 0 25 at Tampa Bay (0.2 ip, 2 h, 1 so)…was sidelined Omaha 7 7 3.44 20 18 0 0 0 125.2 112 52 48 11 4 35 1 109 6 1 with shoulder problems for the remainder of the sea- 2003 ST. LOUIS 1 1 2.82 26 1 0 0 1 38.1 29 12 12 5 1 20 2 51 3 1 son. 2004 Memphis 0 0 2.49 12 3 0 0 1 25.1 20 8 7 3 1 11 2 33 2 0 ST. LOUIS 3 1 2.78 41 0 0 0 2 45.1 27 14 14 5 1 10 1 47 1 0 2005 OAKLAND 4 1 3.23 58 0 0 0 1 55.2 45 20 20 6 1 18 2 52 2 0 Sacramento 0 0 9.00 2 2 0 0 0 2.0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2006 OAKLAND 3 2 3.41 70 0 0 0 2 58.0 50 22 22 4 0 24 3 67 1 0 2007 OAKLAND 1 5 5.75 46 0 0 0 1 40.2 46 26 26 3 2 21 2 31 1 0 AL Totals 8 8 3.97 174 0 0 0 4 154.1 141 68 68 13 3 63 7 150 4 0 NL Totals 4 2 2.80 67 1 0 0 3 83.2 56 26 26 10 2 30 3 98 4 1 ML Totals 12 10 3.55 241 1 0 0 7 238.0 197 94 94 23 5 93 10 248 8 1

DIVISION SERIES RECORD CALERO’S CAREER HIGHS Year Club/Opp. W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK Low Hit Complete Game: None 2004 STL vs. L.A. 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Innings Pitched: 5.0, June 16, 2003 at Milwaukee. As reliever: 2006 OAK vs. MIN 1 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4.0, June 11, 2003 at Boston Totals 1 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 Hits: 5, May 26, 2004 vs. Pittsburgh Runs: 5, May 4, 2005 vs. Texas LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RECORD Earned Runs: 5, May 4, 2005 vs. Texas Year Club/Opp. W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK Walks: 4, April 27, 2003 at Florida 2004 STL vs. HOU 0 0 3.86 5 0 0 0 0 7.0 8 3 3 1 1 1 0 7 0 0 Strikeouts: 9, June 16, 2003 at Milwaukee. As reliever: 5, April 2006 OAK vs. DET 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 27, 2003 at Florida Totals 0 0 3.00 8 0 0 0 0 9.0 11 3 3 1 1 2 0 8 0 0 Home Runs: 2 (twice), last: May 8, 2005 at New York (AL) Longest Winning Streak: 4, September 15, 2004 to April 16, WORLD SERIES RECORD 2005 Longest Losing Streak: 5, September 25, 2006 to June 5, 2007 Year Club/Opp. W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK Longest Scoreless Streak: 18.1, September 12, 2004 to April 2004 STL vs. BOS 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 30, 2005

14 44 SANTIAGO CASILLA RHP

Height/Weight 6-0 / 202 and .270 opponents batting average over his final 26 outings…allowed at Bats/Throws Right / Right least one run in 11 of those games…tossed at least one inning in 18 of his Birthdate July 25, 1980 first 20 appearances but tossed one inning or fewer in 21 of his final 26 Birthplace/Resides San Cristobal, Dominican Republic / Juan Baron, Domini- games…tossed 2.0 innings on nine occasions, matching his career can Republic high…recorded his first Major League win in his second outing on June 4 Obtained Signed as a non-drafted free agent, January 31, 2000 against Boston when he tossed a scoreless 11th inning in the A’s 5-4 Contract Status First year of a one-year contract through 2007. win…then picked up his first career save two days later against the Red Sox on June 6…entered the game in the eighth inning with two outs and a 2007 Highlights runner on first with the A’s leading 3-2 and retired four of the final Saw his first significant playing time in the Major Leagues and was 3-1 batters…save number two came on June 4 at Houston…struck out a career with two saves, three blown saves and a 4.44 ERA in 46 relief appearances high four batters in 1.1 innings on June 19 against Cincinnati…was tagged after he was called up by the A’s in June…had just nine appearances with with the first loss of his career on June 23 at New York (NL)…entered the the A’s over the previous three seasons…allowed just 5 of 31 (16.1%) game in the bottom of the ninth inning with no score and allowed a double, inherited runners to score, which was the fourth lowest percentage in the an intentional walk and a Wright RBI double for the loss…followed that American League…issued six intentional walks, which tied for fifth among up with six scoreless outings from June 26 to July 13 (8.2 ip)…then al- all AL pitchers…allowed a .224 opponents batting average, which included lowed 19 runs over an 18-game stretch from July 15 to August 25 (9.16 .212 (14 for 66) against left-handed hitters and .230 (29 for 126) against ERA)…was ejected from the game on August 23 at Tampa Bay by home right-handers…has allowed a .223 opponents average in his career, in- plate umpire John Hirschbeck for throwing at Brendan Harris…allowed cluding .211 (19 for 90) against lefties and .231 (33 for 143) against just 1 of 22 inherited runners to score over his first 37 games through the righties…opponents were 14 for 56 (.250) with runners in scoring posi- end of August…then allowed 4 of 9 to score in nine games in tion, but were just 5 for 29 (.172) with RISP and two outs…first batters September…put together a seven game, 6.1-inning scoreless streak from faced were 8 for 41 (.195) with four walks…has allowed a .188 (9 for 48) August 28 to September 12 and then allowed five runs over his final four average against first batters in his career…compiled a 2.96 ERA and al- games (4.2 ip) to finish the year with a 4.44 ERA…was 2-1 with three lowed a .161 opponents batting average in 21 outings in Oakland com- saves and a 4.13 ERA in 22 appearances with Sacramento…yielded just pared to a 5.81 ERA and .276 opponents average in 25 outings on the one home run in 24.0 innings and struck out 29 (10.9 per nine road…had a 0.45 ERA and .169 opponents batting average in 16 outings innings)…allowed a .209 opponents batting average, which included a .140 before the All-Star Break and a 7.04 ERA and .256 opponents batting av- (8 for 57) mark against right-handed hitters and .345 (10 for 29) against erage in 30 outings after the break…posted a 7.62 ERA in 13 outings on no left-handers…had eight walks and four strikeouts against lefties and six days rest and a 3.35 ERA in his other 33 outings…had a 1.77 ERA and walks and 25 strikeouts against righties…did not allow a run in 10 outings .155 opponents batting average in 15 outings during the day and a 6.23 (11.1 ip) at Sacramento’s home ballpark, Raleys Field…had a 7.82 ERA in ERA and .264 opponents average in 31 outings at night…posted a 1.04 12 appearances on the road…did not allow a run in the ninth inning (7.1 ip, ERA in eight interleague outings and had a 5.14 ERA against AL 12 so)…allowed 3 of 14 (21.4%) inherited runners to score…did not allow teams…including 8.40 against AL West foes…now has a 0.84 ERA (1 er a run in nine of his first 10 outings, but allowed four runs in 0.1 innings on in 10.2 ip) in 10 career outings against the National League…has a 9.00 April 19 at Portland in the one game he allowed a run…also allowed four ERA (17 er in 17.0 ip) in 18 career appearances against divisional runs in 0.1 innings on May 13 at Iowa to give him a 6.06 ERA over his first competition…was recalled from Triple-A Sacramento on June 3 and did 15 games…finished the Triple-A portion of his campaign with a seven- not allow a run over his first 10 outings (12.1 ip)…did not allow a run in 18 game, 7.2-inning scoreless streak starting on May 15…picked up two of of his first 20 outings and had a 0.70 ERA and .174 opponents batting his three saves over that span. average over his first 20 games through July 21…then posted an 8.28 ERA

LIFETIME PITCHING RECORD CASILLA’S CAREER HIGHS Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK Low Hit Complete Game: None 2000 DSL A’s 6 2 3.26 11 10 0 0 0 47.0 33 24 17 2 5 29 0 56 5 1 Innings Pitched: 2.0 (10 times), last: September 23, 2007 at Cleve- 2001 AZL A’s 4 2 2.85 12 7 0 0 0 47.1 37 19 15 2 2 6 0 50 5 0 land 2002 AZL A’s 2 1 2.44 13 8 0 0 1 59.0 56 24 16 5 3 17 0 66 4 1 Hits: 4, August 25, 2007 at Tampa Bay Vancouver 0 3 7.30 3 3 0 0 0 12.1 15 11 10 1 1 7 0 16 1 1 Runs: 3 (six times), last: September 14, 2007 vs. Texas 2003 Kane County 0 1 2.55 14 9 0 0 0 42.1 40 14 12 0 3 19 0 28 5 0 Earned Runs: 3 (six times), last: September 14, 2007 vs. Texas 2004 Kane County 1 0 0.30 25 0 0 0 16 30.0 16 2 1 0 4 6 2 49 3 0 Walks: 3 (twice), last: August 7, 2007 at Texas Midland 2 0 1.50 13 0 0 0 2 18.0 10 3 3 0 1 15 0 32 2 0 Strikeouts: 4, June 19, 2007 vs. Cincinnati Sacramento 1 2 3.95 11 0 0 0 1 13.2 10 6 6 1 0 9 1 21 0 0 Home Runs: 1 (nine times), last: September 14, 2007 vs. Texas OAKLAND 0 0 12.71 4 0 0 0 0 5.2 5 8 8 3 1 9 0 5 0 0 Longest Winning Streak: 2, June 4 to 10, 2007 2005 Midland 0 0 1.08 10 0 0 0 6 16.2 9 3 2 1 0 9 0 30 1 0 Longest Losing Streak: 1, June 23, 2007 Sacramento 3 6 4.47 44 0 0 0 20 48.1 45 30 24 6 1 20 1 73 5 0 Longest Scoreless Streak: 12.1, June 3 to 19, 2007 OAKLAND 0 0 3.00 3 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2006 Sacramento 2 0 3.27 25 0 0 0 4 33.0 25 13 12 2 2 10 1 32 1 0 OAKLAND 0 0 11.57 2 0 0 0 0 2.1 2 3 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2007 Sacramento 2 1 4.13 22 0 0 0 3 24.0 18 11 11 1 0 14 2 29 4 0 OAKLAND 3 1 4.44 46 0 0 0 2 50.2 43 25 25 6 1 23 6 52 5 0 ML Totals 3 1 5.40 55 0 0 0 2 61.2 52 37 37 9 2 35 6 60 6 0

15 3 ERIC CHAVEZ 3B

Height/Weight 6-1 / 219 hits and strikeouts, ninth in total bases, tied for ninth in RBI and 10th in Bats/Throws Left / Right doubles and slugging…10 of his 15 home runs came in Oakland and he Birthdate December 7, 1977 now has 114 career home runs at home, which ranks fourth on the all-time Birthplace/Resides Los Angeles, California / Poway, California Coliseum list…has 221 career home runs as a third baseman, which is an Obtained Selected in the 1st round (10th selection overall) of the on-going Athletics franchise record…since 1999, his first full season in June, 1996 draft the Majors, only Troy Glaus has more home runs as a third baseman Contract Status Third year of a six-year contract extension through 2010 (257)…12 of his home runs in 2007 came off right-handed pitching, 10 with a club option for 2011. were solo shots and nine were with two strikes…the A’s were 10-5 in games in which he homered and are now 160-52 (.755) when he homers in his 2007 Highlights career…hit .204 with runners in scoring position and now has a .203 (46 Appeared in just 90 games as he spent the final two months of the season for 227) average with RISP over the last two seasons…was 1 for 10 with on the disabled list…those were the fewest games played of his nine full the bases loaded and is now 2 for 20 (.100) with the bases full over the last seasons in the Majors…was placed on the DL on August 3 retroactive to two seasons…batted .197 (36 for 183) against a pitcher the first time he July 27 with lower back spasms but ended up having surgery to repair a saw him in a game and .291 (46 for 158) after that…was batting .230 (43 torn labrum on his right shoulder on September 5…also had for 187) with five home runs and 21 RBI over his first 46 games through microdiscectomy surgery on his back on October 9…hit a career low .240, May 27…then hit .297 (19 for 64) with seven home runs and 12 RBI over marking the fourth consecutive season his average has decreased…also a 17-game span from May 28 to June 15…finished the season by batting had career lows in at bats (341), runs (43), hits (82), RBI (46), walks (34) .222 (20 for 90) with three home runs and 13 RBI over his final 27 and on-base percentage (.306) and matched his low in doubles (21) and games…made the A’s Opening Day roster for the ninth consecutive season total bases (152)…his 15 home runs were his fewest since 1999 when he and also made his ninth consecutive Opening Day start…that ties the Oak- had 13…the six-time American League Gold Glove Award winner com- land record for consecutive Opening Day starts held by Bando (1968-76) mitted just six errors in 88 games at third base for a .9751 fielding and (1988-96)…the nine Opening Day starts also tie for percentage…did not qualify for the league leaders but his percentage was second most in Oakland history to (12) and tie Bando second best among AL third basemen with 81 or more games (Iwamura, and for the most by an Oakland third baseman…batted TB .9753)…it was also the second best mark of his career…started a team .186 in May, which was his second lowest average ever in a month to his leading 87 games at third and now has 1210 career games as a third .179 in June of 2006 (min. 50 at bats)…went 1 for 31 with runners in baseman…that is second most in A’s history to Sal Bando who played scoring position from May 12 to June 8…hit his second career walk-off 1395 games at third in an Oakland uniform and 1446 total in an A’s home run in the A’s 5-4 win over Boston on June 4, a solo shot with two uniform…ranks among the top 10 in nearly every category on the Oakland outs in the bottom of the 11th inning off …his other came on career lists…is second in doubles (266), third in extra base hits (513), June 20, 2001 against Seattle…it was his fourth career game-ending fourth in home runs (227) and total bases (2212), fifth in hits (1225) and hit…went 0 for 6 with his first career four-strikeout game on June 12 at RBI (762), sixth in games played (1256), at bats (4553), runs (710) and Houston…then homered in three consecutive games from June 13 to 15, strikeouts (866) and seventh in walks (550) and slugging percentage (.486)…is sixth in Athletics history in home runs, seventh in extra base ...more Chavez on next page

Oakland A’s Career Batting Leaders

RUNS HITS DOUBLES HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN SLUGGING PCT. 1. Henderson 1270 1. Henderson 1768 1. Henderson 289 1. McGwire 363 1. McGwire 941 1. McGwire .551 2. McGwire 773 2. Campaneris 1355 2. Chavez 266 2. Jackson 268 2. Canseco 793 2. Giambi .545 3. Jackson 743 3. Lansford 1317 3. Jackson 230 3. Canseco 254 3. Bando 789 3. Stairs .509 4. Bando 725 4. Bando 1279 4. Giambi 228 4. Chavez 227 4. Jackson 770 4. Canseco .507 5. Campaneris 722 5. Chavez 1225 5. Rudi 214 5. Bando 192 5. Chavez 762 5. Jackson .501 6. Chavez 710 6. Jackson 1207 6. Bando 208 6. Giambi 187 6. Giambi 675 6. Berroa .499 7. Canseco 662 7. McGwire 1157 7. Steinbach 205 7. Henderson 167 7. Henderson 648 7. Chavez .486 8. Lansford 617 8. Steinbach 1144 8. Lansford 201 8. Tejada 156 8. Tejada 604 8. Grieve .475 9. Murphy 614 9. Rudi 1079 9. McGwire 195 9. Murphy 153 9. Steinbach 595 9. Swisher .464 10. Giambi 601 10. Giambi 1048 10. Tejada 191 10. Steinbach 132 10. Murphy 563 10. Tejada .460 Canseco 1048 (minimum 1500 PA)

GAMES AT BATS WALKS TOTAL BASES EXTRA BASE HITS 1. Henderson 1704 1. Henderson 6140 1. Henderson 1227 1. Henderson 2640 1. McGwire 563 2. Bando 1410 2. Campaneris 5159 2. McGwire 847 2. McGwire 2451 2. Jackson 521 3. McGwire 1329 3. Bando 4991 3. Bando 775 3. Jackson 2287 3. Chavez 513 4. Jackson 1311 4. Lansford 4568 4. Murphy 693 4. Chavez 2212 4. Henderson 497 5. Campaneris 1295 Jackson 4568 5. Jackson 623 5. Bando 2107 5. Canseco 448 6. Chavez 1256 6. Chavez 4553 6. Giambi 586 6. Canseco 2012 6. Giambi 422 7. Murphy 1213 7. McGwire 4448 7. Chavez 550 7. Giambi 1851 Bando 422 8. Lansford 1203 8. Steinbach 4162 8. Tenace 475 8. Lansford 1846 8. Rudi 362 9. Steinbach 1199 9. Murphy 4047 9. Canseco 469 9. Steinbach 1773 9. Tejada 358 10. Rudi 1088 10. Canseco 3970 10. Phillips 413 10. Campaneris 1764 10. Steinbach 351

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the fourth time he has done that in his career…it was the first time since August 26-28, 2004…had a season best eight-game hitting streak from June 27 to July 4 (11 for 29, .379)…started each of the A’s first four games after the All-Star Break…then missed the next four games from July 16-20 and made just three starts over the A’s final 17 games before going on the DL on August 3…pinch ran on July 24 at Los Angeles, his first appearance as a pinch runner since July 31, 2000 against Toronto…also pinch ran the next day and scored both times…missed 60 games while on the DL…it was his third career stint on the DL, but his first since missing 33 games with a broken right hand in 2004…was transferred to the 60-day DL on September 1.

All-Time A’s Home Run Leaders (1901-2007)

CAREER CAREER, THIRD BASEMAN SEASON, THIRD BASEMAN AT McAFEE COLISEUM 1. Mark McGwire 363 1. Eric Chavez 221 1. Eric Chavez, 2001 32 1. Mark McGwire 166 2. Jimmie Foxx 302 2. Sal Bando 191 2. Sal Bando, 1969 31 2. 146 3. Reggie Jackson 269 3. Carney Lansford 86 3. Eric Chavez, 2004 29 3. 122 4. Jose Canseco 254 4. Wayne Gross 79 Eric Chavez, 2003 29 4. Eric Chavez 114 5. Bob Johnson 252 5. Ed Charles 65 Eric Chavez, 2002 29 5. Jason Giambi 107 6. Eric Chavez 227 6. Mike Higgins 64 6. Sal Bando, 1973 28 6. Sal Bando 90 7. Al Simmons 209 7. Scott Brosius 49 7. Sal Bando, 1976 27 7. Miguel Tejada 83 8. Sal Bando 192 8. Frank Baker 48 8. Eric Chavez, 2005 26 8. Rickey Henderson 82 9. Gus Zernial 191 9. Jimmy Dykes 38 Eric Chavez, 2000 26 9. Dwayne Murphy 67 10. Jason Giambi 187 Hector Lopez 38 10. Sal Bando, 1971 24 67

LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD CHAVEZ’ CAREER HIGHS Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E Hits: 5, June 12, 2005 at Atlanta; 4 (seven times), last: April 16, 1997 Visalia .271 134 520 67 141 30 3 18 100 3 2 2 37 91 13 7 .444 .321 32 2006 vs. Texas 1998 Huntsville .328 88 335 66 110 27 1 22 86 3 3 1 42 61 12 4 .612 .402 14 Runs: 4, July 20, 2001 at Kansas City Edmonton .325 47 194 38 63 18 0 11 40 0 2 1 12 32 2 3 .588 .364 7 Doubles: 2 (17 times), last: May 8, 2007 at Kansas City OAKLAND .311 16 45 6 14 4 1 0 6 0 0 0 3 5 1 1 .444 .354 0 Triples: 1 (20 times), last: June 9, 2007 at San Francisco 1999 OAKLAND .247 115 356 47 88 21 2 13 50 0 0 0 46 56 1 1 .427 .333 9 Home Runs: 2 (15 times), April 11, 2006 at Minnesota; September 2000 OAKLAND .277 153 501 89 139 23 4 26 86 0 5 1 62 94 2 2 .495 .355 18 18, 2005 at Boston; July 25, 2005 vs. Cleveland; June 12, 2005 at 2001 OAKLAND .288 151 552 91 159 43 0 32 114 0 7 4 41 99 8 2 .540 .338 12 Atlanta; August 20, 2004 at Tampa Bay; May 4, 2004 vs. New York 2002 OAKLAND .275 153 585 87 161 31 3 34 109 0 2 1 65 119 8 3 .513 .348 17 (AL); September 11, 2003 vs. Anaheim; August 6, 2003 at Detroit; 2003 OAKLAND .282 156 588 94 166 39 5 29 101 0 3 1 62 89 8 3 .514 .350 14 August 19, 2002 at Cleveland; August 1, 2002 vs. Detroit; June 4, 2004 OAKLAND .276 125 475 87 131 20 0 29 77 0 4 3 95 99 6 3 .501 .397 13 2002 vs. Seattle; April 9, 2002 at Texas; August 30, 2001 at Balti- Sacramento .308 3 13 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .385 .357 0 more; July 20, 2001 at Kansas City; April 26, 2001 at Chicago (AL) 2005 OAKLAND .269 160 625 92 168 40 1 27 101 0 9 2 58 129 6 0 .466 .329 15 Runs Batted In: 8, August 30, 2001 at Baltimore; 6, July 20, 2001 2006 OAKLAND .241 137 485 74 117 24 2 22 72 0 6 1 84 100 3 0 .435 .351 5 at Kansas City; 6, April 26, 2001 at Chicago (AL); 5 (four times), 2007 OAKLAND .240 90 341 43 82 21 2 15 46 0 4 0 34 76 4 2 .446 .306 6 last: September 18, 2005 at Boston ML Totals .269 1256 4553 710 1225 266 20 227 762 0 40 13 550 866 47 17 .486 .347 109 Walks: 4 (twice), last: June 17, 2006 vs. Los Angeles (NL) Strikeouts: 4, June 12, 2007 at Houston DIVISION SERIES RECORD Stolen Bases: 1 (47 times), last: June 24, 2007 at New York (NL) Hitting Streak: 15, May 27 to June 18, 2000 Year Club/Opp. AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E Hitless Streak (At Bats): 26, July 11 to 18, 2002 2000 OAK vs. NY .333 5 21 4 7 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 .476 .333 0 2001 OAK vs. NY .143 5 21 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 .190 .143 1 2002 OAK vs. MIN .381 5 21 3 8 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .524 .435 0 2003 OAK vs. BOS .045 5 22 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 .091 .087 2 2006 OAK vs. MIN .200 3 10 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 .600 .333 0 Totals .221 23 95 10 21 6 0 2 10 0 0 0 5 18 1 0 .347 .260 3

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RECORD Year Club/Opp. AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2006 OAK vs. DET .231 4 13 1 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 .538 .333 1

17 7 BOBBY CROSBY SS

Height/Weight 6-3 / 206 eighth spot in the order and saw his most Bats/Throws Right / Right action with 43 starts batting sixth…had ATHLETICS Birthdate January 12, 1980 his best success hitting seventh where he CAREER HOME RUN LEADERS Birthplace/Resides Lakewood, California / Cypress, California batted .333 (17 for 51)…of his 93 appear- Obtained Selected in the 1st round (25th selection overall) of the ances, he made a team leading 92 starts 1. Tejada 156 June, 2001 draft at shortstop along with one pinch run- 2. Joost 116 Contract Status Third year of a five-year contract through 2009. ning appearance…committed 14 errors 3. Campaneris 68 for a career low .967 fielding 4. Crosby 48 2007 Highlights percentage…now has 431 career games 5. DeMaestri 47 Played fewer than 100 games for the third consecutive season as a broken at shortstop, which is seventh most in left hand ended his season in late July…it was his fifth career stint on the Oakland history…hit .320 against Kan- disabled list and all have come in the last three years…missed the A’s final sas City and now has a .319 (37 for 116) career average against the Royals 62 games and has now missed 194 games due to injuries over the last three with six home runs and 23 RBI in 29 games…the average is his best against years…batted .226 with eight home runs and 31 RBI in 93 games…the any AL team and the home runs and RBI match his best against any average, home runs and RBI were all career lows…now has a .228 batting team…made his fourth consecutive Opening Day start at shortstop for the average, 17 home runs and 71 RBI in 189 games over the last two A’s on April 2 at Seattle…went 3 for 27 (.111) over an eight-game stretch years…walked just 23 times in 2007 for a .278 on-base percentage…that from April 6 to 15 and ended up batting .215 in April…had his best month was the lowest on-base percentage by an Athletic with 350 or more plate in May when he batted .291 with three home runs and 11 RBI…that in- appearances since 1993 when Craig Paquette had a .245 on-base cluded a season best nine-game hitting streak from May 11 to 19 (13 for percentage…using the same minimum, he had the fourth lowest on-base 36, .361) with three home runs and eight RBI…then hit .184 in percentage in the American League and the sixth lowest batting average June…matched his season high with three hits on June 9 at San Francisco, and slugging percentage…stole a career high 10 bases and ranked second one of two three hit games he had in 2007…homered in the sixth inning on on the A’s in steals…was batting .266 with five home runs and 20 RBI July 5 against Seattle to snap a 14-game streak without an RBI and a 21- over his first 42 games through May 23…then went 37 for 191 (.194) with game streak without a home run…had just three RBI over his final 30 three home runs and 11 RBI over his final 51 games…hit seven of his eight games…then went 1 for 20 over his next six games…walked in the sev- home runs in Oakland where he also collected 25 of his 31 RBI…seven of enth inning on July 16 against Texas to snap a career long streak of 20 his home runs were solo shots and four either tied the game or put the A’s games and 79 plate appearances without a walk…ended up batting .203 in ahead…now has 48 career home runs, which is fourth most in Athletics July…was hit by a Justin Speier pitch in the eighth inning on July 24 at franchise history by a shortstop…the A’s were 6-2 in games in which he Los Angeles, which resulted in a fractured left hand…was placed on the homered…batted .202 with runners in scoring position and now has a .215 15-day DL the next day and missed the remainder of the season…was (89 for 413) career average with RISP, including .207 (12 for 58) with no transferred to the 60-day DL on September 15. grand slams with the bases loaded…started games from the fifth through

LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD CROSBY’S CAREER HIGHS Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E Hits: 4 (four times), last: May 30, 2006 vs. Kansas City 2001 Modesto .395 11 38 7 15 5 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 8 0 0 .605 .439 4 Runs: 3 (four times), last: June 5, 2005 vs. Toronto 2002 Modesto .307 73 280 47 86 17 2 2 38 2 1 7 33 43 5 0 .404 .393 19 Doubles: 2 (12 times), last: June 17, 2007 vs. St. Louis Midland .281 59 228 31 64 16 0 7 31 3 1 0 19 41 9 2 .443 .335 13 Triples: 1 (five times), last: August 13, 2005 vs. Minnesota 2003 Sacramento .308 127 465 86 143 32 6 22 90 4 4 7 63 110 24 4 .544 .395 15 Home Runs: 2, May 21, 2004 vs. Kansas City OAKLAND .000 11 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 .000 .143 2 Runs Batted In: 4, July 5, 2005 at Toronto 2004 OAKLAND .239 151 545 70 130 34 1 22 64 5 6 9 58 141 7 3 .426 .319 19 Walks: 3 (three times), last: July 14, 2006 at Boston 2005 OAKLAND .276 84 333 66 92 25 4 9 38 1 1 1 35 54 0 0 .456 .346 7 Strikeouts: 4, September 24, 2004 at Anaheim Stockton .333 3 9 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .444 .455 0 Stolen Bases: 3, June 27, 2006 at San Diego Sacramento .083 3 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 .083 0 Hitting Streak: 13, June 18 to July 2, 2005 2006 OAKLAND .229 96 358 42 82 12 0 9 40 2 2 0 36 76 8 1 .338 .298 12 Hitless Streak (At Bats): 21, July 5 to 13, 2006 2007 OAKLAND .226 93 349 40 79 16 0 8 31 0 0 2 23 62 10 2 .341 .278 14 ML Totals .240 435 1597 219 383 87 5 48 173 8 9 13 153 338 25 6 .391 .310 54 32 JACK CUST DH/OF

Height/Weight 6-1 / 231 strikeouts (164), on-base percentage (.408) and slugging percentage Bats/Throws Left / Right (.504)…was acquired from the Padres organization for a player to be named Birthdate January 7, 1979 later or cash in a minor league trade on May 3 and was selected by Oak- Birthplace/Resides Flemington, New Jersey / New Hope, Pennsylvania land on May 4…appeared in 124 games with the A’s and batted .256…de- Obtained Acquired from the San Diego Padres organization for a spite spending the first month of the season in the minors, he led the Ameri- or cash considerations, May 3, can League in strikeouts, ranked second in walks, seventh in on-base per- 2007 centage and tied for 11th in home runs…become the first Oakland player to Contract Status First year of a one-year contract through 2007. lead the AL in strikeouts since Tony Armas in 1981…his 164 strikeouts were third most in Athletics franchise history and the most since Jose 2007 Highlights Canseco set the record with 175 in 1986…his strikeout total was the high- Began the season at Triple-A Portland in the San Diego organization but finished it as the A’s team leader in home runs (26), RBI (82), walks (105), ...more Cust on next page

18 Cust, continued 13, an honor he shared with teammate Dan Johnson…went 8 for 23 (.348) with five home runs and 13 RBI in six games…hit a three-run home run on est in Major League history by a player with 125 games played or fewer May 19 against San Francisco, giving him eight home runs and 20 RBI in and his average of 3.09 plate appearances per strikeout was sixth lowest in his first 13 games as an Athletic…became the first player in Oakland his- ML history…averaged 4.83 plate appearances per walk, which was the tory to hit eight home runs in his first 41 at bats with the A’s…the previous best mark by an AL hitter since Mark McGwire had a mark of 4.72 in quickest was Dave Kingman who did it in 63 at bats in 1984…snapped a 1996…walked or struck out in 269 of his 507 plate appearances (53.1%) career long 0 for 17 streak with his second inning double on May 28 against to become the first player in ML history (min. 502 PA) to either walk or Texas…hit the 200th minor league home run of his career on June 15 while strikeout in at least half of his plate appearances…his 26 home runs were playing for Oakland…had homered in a game that was suspended on May the fewest by an A’s team leader in a non-strike season since Ruben Sierra 2 and that game was completed on the 15th and added to the statistics…had hit 22 in 1993…his 82 RBI marked just the second time since 1984 that the three straight three-hit games from June 15 to 17, the 11th time in Oakland A’s team leader finished with fewer than 88 RBI (McGwire and Giambi, history a player has done that…is the first to do it since Scott Hatteberg 81 in 1997)…hit 15 of his 26 home runs with runners on base (one grand (April 8-10, 2003)…snapped a season high 23-game, 67-at bat homerless slam, five three-run, nine two-run), which tied for fifth most in the AL…11 streak on June 17 against St. Louis and hit seven home runs over a 14- came with two strikes, which also tied for fifth in the AL, and nine put the game span from June 17 to July 3…compiled a season best seven-game A’s ahead…ranked first in the AL in lowest percent of pitches put in play hitting streak from June 20 to 29 (10 for 27, .370)…had a then-career high (10.6%), second in pitches per (4.40) and fourth in per- five RBI on June 27 at Cleveland…hit .385 (15 for 39) with seven home cent of pitches taken (64.1%)…the percent of pitches put in play were the runs and 19 RBI in 10 games against Cleveland in 2007…the seven home lowest by a Major Leaguer since 1988 and the pitches per plate appearance runs equaled the most in Oakland history in one season against the Indians were second best by an Athletic over that span (Henderson, 4.60 in (Canseco and McGwire also had seven each in 1990)…was 2 for 5 with 1994)…had a roller coaster season with his batting average as he hit .222 his first career grand slam, a double and a career high seven RBI on Au- in May, .329 in June, .213 in July, .314 in August and .193 in September…hit gust 10 at Detroit…the seven RBI were the most by an A’s designated .273 against right-handed pitchers and .218 against lefties…batted .294 in hitter since Troy Neel also had seven on July 8, 1993 vs. Boston…had his Oakland and .219 on the road…hit .347 in 16 interleague games compared second career two-homer game on August 14 against Chicago…led the to .243 against AL teams…had two home runs in 39 games against AL Majors with 41 strikeouts and 30 walks in 25 games in September…is just West teams and 24 home runs in 85 games against everyone else…made the second player in Oakland history to strikeout 40 times in one 56 starts at designated hitter, 46 in right field and 12 in left field…also month…joins who had 43 in August of 1968…is the fifth went 1 for 6 (.167) with three walks and two strikeouts as a pinch player in Oakland history to walk 30 times in a month, the first since Jason hitter…started games at every spot in the order from third through eighth, Giambi had 30 in June of 2000…had at least one walk or strikeout in each including 50 starts hitting cleanup and 31 starts batting third…batted .283 of his final 45 games beginning on August 11…that is the second longest with eight home runs and 20 RBI in 32 games total in the three spot…was such streak in Oakland history to a 50-game streak by Jose Canseco from tied for the Pacific Coast League lead and tied for fifth in all of minor October 6, 1985 to May 31, 1986…reached base safely via hit or walk in league baseball with eight home runs when he was traded to the A’s on each of his final 24 games beginning on September 2…hit .300 with nine May 3…his first week as an Athletic was one of the most memorable in home runs and 20 RBI in 25 games with Triple-A Portland in the San Oakland history…made his A’s debut on May 6 at Tampa Bay and homered Diego organization…that gave him 35 home runs and 102 RBI in 149 to become the 15th player in Oakland history to homer in his first game as professional games in 2007…added 19 walks in the PCL for a .430 on- an Athletic…then had his first career two-homer game on May 10 at Kan- base percentage and struck out 29 times…went 3 for 26 (.115) with no RBI sas City…that began a streak of four consecutive games with a home run over his first eight games, 18 for 36 (.500) with eight home runs and 17 and he had five home runs and 12 RBI total over that span…capped the RBI over his next 10 games and 3 for 18 (.167) with one home run and streak with his first career walk-off home run on May 13 against three RBI over his final seven games…had three two-homer games with Cleveland…his three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning com- the Beavers (April 14 vs. Fresno, April 20 vs. Sacramento, April 23 at pleted the A’s five run ninth inning in a 10-7 win over the Indians…was Colorado Springs). named American League Co-Player of the Week for the week of May 7-

LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD CUST’S CAREER HIGHS Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E Hits: 3 (seven times), last: August 13, 2007 at Detroit 1997 AZL D’backs .306 35 121 26 37 11 1 3 33 0 0 0 31 39 2 0 .488 .447 5 Runs: 3, June 15, 2007 vs. St. Louis 1998 South Bend .242 16 62 5 15 3 0 0 4 0 1 0 5 20 0 1 .290 .294 4 Doubles: 1 (27 times), last: September 17, 2007 vs. Seattle Lethbridge .345 73 223 75 77 20 2 11 56 0 2 4 86 71 15 8 .601 .530 0 Triples: 1, August 18, 2007 vs. Kansas City 1999 High Desert .334 125 455 107 152 42 3 32 112 0 3 2 96 145 1 4 .651 .450 12 Home Runs: 2 (twice), August 14, 2007 vs. Chicago (AL); May 2000 El Paso .293 129 447 100 131 32 6 20 75 0 2 2 117 150 12 9 .526 .440 11 10, 2007 at Kansas City 2001 Tucson .278 135 442 81 123 24 2 27 79 0 5 5 102 160 6 3 .525 .415 11 Runs Batted In: 7, August 10, 2007 at Detroit; 5, June 27, 2007 at ARIZONA .500 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .667 0 Cleveland 2002 Colorado Springs.265 105 359 74 95 24 0 23 55 0 3 5 83 121 6 3 .524 .407 6 Walks: 3 (twice), last: September 19, 2007 vs. Seattle COLORADO .169 35 65 8 11 2 0 1 8 0 1 0 12 32 0 1 .246 .295 1 Strikeouts: 4 (twice), last: September 9, 2007 at Texas 2003 Ottawa .285 97 333 55 95 18 1 9 58 0 2 0 80 94 5 2 .426 .422 3 Stolen Bases: None BALTIMORE .260 27 73 7 19 7 0 4 11 0 0 1 10 25 0 0 .521 .357 0 Hitting Streak: 7, June 20 to 29, 2007 2004 BALTIMORE .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 0 Hitless Streak (At Bats): 17, May 21 to 27, 2007 Ottawa .235 102 344 55 81 15 1 17 55 0 2 2 65 127 4 0 .433 .358 2 2005 Sacramento .257 134 479 95 123 28 1 19 75 0 3 3 115 153 2 4 .438 .402 4 2006 Portland .293 138 441 97 129 23 0 30 77 0 3 4 143 124 0 3 .549 .467 5 SAN DIEGO .333 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 0 2007 Portland .300 25 80 17 24 7 0 9 20 0 1 0 19 29 0 0 .725 .430 1 OAKLAND .256 124 395 61 101 18 1 26 82 0 6 1 105 164 0 2 .504 .408 4 AL Totals .256 152 469 68 120 25 1 30 93 0 6 2 115 190 0 2 .505 .400 4 NL Totals .186 42 70 9 13 2 0 1 8 0 1 0 13 33 0 1 .257 .310 1 ML Totals .247 194 539 77 133 27 1 31 101 0 7 2 128 223 0 3 .473 .389 5

19 37 JEFF DaVANON OF

Height/Weight 6-0 / 200 start) in left field…was also 1 for 5 with a walk and three strikeouts as a Bats/Throws Switch / Right pinch hitter…signed by the A’s organization to a minor league contract on Birthdate December 8, 1973 August 10 and went 9 for 28 (.321) with a home run, two RBI and seven Birthplace/Resides San Diego, California / Chandler, Arizona walks in seven games with Triple-A Sacramento before he was selected by Obtained Signed as a free agent to a minor league contract, August Oakland on August 17 when Mark Kotsay went on the DL…started 10 10, 2007 consecutive games in center field from August 18 to 29 but made just five Contract Status First year of a one-year contract through 2007. starts (four in center field, one in left field) over the final 27 games…did not commit an error in 25 games in the outfield…had multiple hit games in 2007 Highlights each of his first two starts on August 18 and 19 against Kansas City and hit Was signed by the A’s to a minor league contract in August after he was .300 with three RBI over his first eight games with the A’s…then batted released by Arizona and ended up batting .238 with five RBI in 26 games .182 with two RBI over his final 18 contests with Oakland…opened the with Oakland…began the season on the Diamondbacks disabled list as he season on the Diamondbacks disabled list as he was recovering from sur- was recovering from ankle surgery and hit .154 with one RBI in 13 games gery on his left ankle that ended his 2006 season early…was transferred to with Arizona before his release…combined for a .213 batting average, no the 60-day DL on May 16…began a rehab assignment at Single-A Visalia home runs and six RBI in 39 games at the Major League level…the switch- on June 28 and went 14 for 42 (.333) with five doubles, one triple, one hitter batted .429 (6 for 14) against left-handed pitching and .173 (13 for home run, five RBI and 10 walks in 12 games with the Oaks…was trans- 75) against right-handers…has a .268 (49 for 183) career average against ferred to Triple-A Tucson on July 12 and hit .333 (5 for 15) with one walk south paws and .257 (284 for 1105) against righties…his average slipped in five games before he was reinstated from the disabled list on July to .190 with runners in scoring position and he was 1 for 10 with a walk 17…started three of the Diamondbacks first four games in right field after and one RBI with the bases loaded…hit .276 against a pitcher the first time his return and made five starts total for Arizona, all in right field…went 2 he saw him in a game and .097 after that…appeared in 23 games (14 starts) for 9 (.222) over his first three games and 2 for 17 (.118) over his next 10 in center field, eight games (five starts) in right field and three games (one games…was released on August 3.

LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD DAVANON’S CAREER HIGHS Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E Hits: 4 (twice), August 24, 2004 vs. Kansas City; June 1, 2003 at 1995 Southern Oregon .251 57 167 29 42 6 2 1 17 5 1 0 34 49 6 5 .329 .376 8 Tampa Bay 1996 West Michigan .242 89 289 43 70 13 4 2 33 2 1 1 49 66 5 7 .336 .353 2 Runs: 3 (eight times), last: August 23, 2007 at Tampa Bay 1997 Visalia .255 119 408 70 104 17 3 6 38 10 2 0 81 101 23 14 .355 .377 10 Doubles: 2, May 29, 2004 at Chicago (AL) 1998 Modesto .336 84 301 66 101 17 4 5 60 0 6 1 59 69 33 10 .468 .439 13 Triples: 1 (13 times), last: August 18, 2007 vs. Kansas City 1999 Midland .342 100 374 87 128 29 11 11 60 4 5 4 53 68 18 10 .567 .424 7 Home Runs: 2 (three times), June 4, 2003 at Montreal, June 3, Edmonton .326 34 132 35 43 8 3 6 19 1 1 1 20 27 11 4 .568 .416 0 2003 at Montreal, June 1, 2003 at Tampa Bay ANAHEIM .200 7 20 4 4 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 2 7 0 1 .450 .273 0 Runs Batted In: 4 (four times), last: August 24, 2004 vs. Kansas 2000 ANAHEIM (Injured — Did not play) City 2001 Salt Lake .313 69 256 46 80 19 8 10 48 1 4 3 32 57 8 3 .566 .390 1 Walks: 3 (four times), last: August 7, 2005 vs. Tampa Bay ANAHEIM .193 40 88 7 17 2 1 5 9 0 1 0 11 29 1 3 .409 .280 1 Strikeouts: 4, May 4, 2003 at Toronto 2002 ANAHEIM .167 16 30 3 5 3 0 1 4 1 0 0 2 6 1 0 .367 .219 0 Stolen Bases: 2 (five times), last: August 5, 2005 vs. Tampa Bay Salt Lake .330 25 100 21 33 10 1 5 18 1 1 1 17 24 5 3 .600 .429 2 Hitting Streak: 10, May 23 to June 5, 2004 AZL Angels .667 5 15 5 10 6 1 0 4 0 1 0 5 2 2 0 1.200 .714 0 Hitless Streak (At Bats): 20, September 9 to 21, 2003 2003 Salt Lake .300 16 60 11 18 4 1 2 14 2 0 1 9 9 4 1 .500 .400 2 ANAHEIM .282 123 330 56 93 16 1 12 43 4 5 1 42 59 17 5 .445 .360 4 2004 ANAHEIM .277 108 285 41 79 11 4 7 34 1 5 0 46 54 18 3 .418 .372 1 Salt Lake .625 3 8 4 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1.000 .700 0 2005 LOS ANGELES (AL) .231 108 225 42 52 10 1 2 15 3 2 2 39 44 11 6 .311 .347 1 2006 ARIZONA .290 87 221 38 64 12 4 5 35 0 4 0 31 42 10 4 .448 .371 2 2007 Visalia .333 12 42 5 14 5 1 1 5 0 0 0 10 3 1 3 .571 .462 0 Tucson .333 5 15 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 .333 .412 0 ARIZONA .154 13 26 5 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 5 8 1 1 .231 .303 1 Sacramento .321 7 28 7 9 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 7 5 1 3 .464 .457 1 OAKLAND .238 26 63 9 15 1 1 0 5 0 1 0 7 19 0 0 .286 .310 0 AL Totals .255 428 1041 162 265 43 9 28 114 9 14 3 149 218 48 18 .394 .345 7 NL Totals .275 100 247 43 68 14 4 5 36 0 5 1 36 50 11 5 .425 .363 3 ML Totals .259 528 1288 205 333 57 13 33 150 9 19 4 185 268 59 23 .400 .349 10

DIVISION SERIES RECORD Year Club/Opp. AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2004 ANA vs. BOS .200 3 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 .200 .333 0 2005 LAA vs. NYY — 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — 0 Totals .200 4 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 .200 .333 0

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RECORD Year Club/Opp. AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2005 LAA vs. CWS .000 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0

20 56 LENNY DiNARDO LHP

Height/Weight 6-2 / 208 A’s were 10-10 in his 20 starting assignments…tossed six innings or fewer Bats/Throws Left / Left in 17 of his 20 starts, allowed two runs or fewer eight times and walked Birthdate September 19, 1979 two batters or fewer 14 times…allowed 2 of 11 (18.2%) inherited runners Birthplace/Resides Miami, Florida / High Springs, Florida to score and first batters faced were 4 for 15 (.267) in his relief Obtained Claimed off wavers from Boston, February 14, 2007 appearances…tossed at least one inning in 14 of his 15 relief appearances, Contract Status First year of a one-year contract through 2007. including five outings of three or more innings…made the A’s Opening Day roster and posted a 1.83 ERA in 11 relief appearances before moving 2007 Highlights into the starting rotation…did not allow a run in seven of those Began the season in the A’s bullpen but moved into the starting rotation at outings…tossed 4.0 shutout innings in relief of Chad Gaudin on April 27 the end of May and finished the season with an 8-10 record and a 4.11 against Seattle and 4.2 scoreless innings in relief of Colby Lewis on May ERA in 35 games, 20 starts…his first 11 appearances came in relief and he 22 at Chicago…took Lewis’ spot in the starting rotation on May 29 against then started in 20 of his 21 appearances from May 29 to September 16 Texas and lost, despite allowing just one earned run in 5.1 innings…then before finishing the season with three appearances out of the bullpen…was tossed 6.0 shutout innings in each of his next two starts on June 5 and 10 7-8 with a 4.93 ERA and .293 opponents batting average in his 20 starting for a career high 12.0 inning scoreless streak…walked a career high six assignments and 1-2 with a 1.82 ERA in his 15 relief appearances…allowed batters on June 5 in a 2-0 win against Boston to become the ninth pitcher in just one home run in 34.2 relief innings…is one of three pitchers in Oak- Oakland history to walk six or more batters and not allow a run (last: Zito, land history with 20 or more starts and 15 or more relief appearances in September 4, 2000 at Toronto)…singled off in the fifth inning one season (Lary Sorensen, 46 G/21 GS in 1984; Doug Johns, 40 G/23 GS on June 10 at San Francisco for his first Major League hit…was 2-2 with a in 1996)…now has a 5.49 ERA (77 er in 126.1 ip) in 27 career starts and a 1.22 ERA, a .200 opponents batting average and one home run in 37.0 3.44 ERA (33 er in 86.1 ip) in 51 career relief appearances…was charged innings over his first 14 games, three starts, through June 10…then went with 14 unearned runs, which was fifth most in the American 6-8 with a 5.25 ERA, a .305 opponents batting average and 12 home runs League…opponents grounded into 27 double plays, which was sixth most allowed over his final 21 games, 17 starts, beginning on June 16…allowed in the AL…however, he averaged 1.85 grounded into double plays per a home run to Shawn Green on June 22 at New York (NL), snapping a 13- nine innings, which was the best ratio in the AL and the best in Oakland game (four start), 40.2-inning, 165-batters faced streak without allowing a history, based on a minimum of 100 innings pitched…it was the best by an home run dating back to April 14…his one mid-season relief appearance AL pitcher since Bill Swift had a mark of 1.85 for Seattle in 1988…using came on July 7 against Seattle when he tossed 6.1 scoreless innings in the 100 innings pitched minimum, he had the third lowest strikeout to relief of Rich Harden in a 4-0 A’s loss…it matched the longest outing by an walk ratio (1.18) and strikeout per nine inning average (4.04) in the AL in A’s reliever in 2007 and it was the longest scoreless outing by an A’s re- 2007 as he had 59 strikeouts and 50 walks in 131.1 innings…allowed a liever since Steve Chitren tossed 6.1 scoreless innings on September 16, .278 opponents batting average, which included a .271 (105 for 387) mark 1990 against Minnesota…returned to the rotation after Harden returned to against right-handed hitters and .304 (31 for 102) against lefties…his op- the disabled list and, after a loss on July 13 at Minnesota, he put together a ponents average increased to .307 with runners in scoring position, al- career high five-game winning streak from July 18 to August 19…com- though that marked dropped to .190 with RISP and two outs…opponents piled a 3.67 ERA over that seven start stretch, which included an outing on hit .176 with two outs and .292 with one or no outs…allowed a .263 oppo- July 29 at Seattle when he allowed a career high tying seven runs in 3.0 nents batting average over his first 60 pitches in a game and .325 after innings…however, ended up with a no decision in a 14-10 A’s loss…capped that…was 5-5 with a 3.41 ERA and .247 opponents batting average in 20 the winning streak by tossing a career high 8.0 innings and allowing just appearances in Oakland and 3-5 with a 5.02 ERA and .315 opponents bat- one run on August 19 against Kansas City…then finished the season with ting average in 15 games on the road…now has a 3.36 career ERA (46 er a four-game losing streak, posting an 8.28 ERA and a .364 opponents bat- in 123.1 ip) in his home ballparks and 6.45 (64 er in 89.1 ip) on the ting average over his final eight games, five starts…tossed 1.2 innings in road…was 3-5 with a 2.72 ERA in 19 game, seven starts, before the All- each of his final two starts on September 9 at Texas and September 16 Star Break and 5-5 with a 5.27 ERA in 16 games, 13 starts, after the against Texas…finished the season with three relief appearances (8.2 ip, break…allowed a .320 average to hitters leading off an inning and oppo- 10 h, 3 r, 3 er, 1 bb, 5 so). nents are now batting .332 (65 for 196) in his career in that situation…the

LIFETIME PITCHING RECORD DINARDO’S CAREER HIGHS Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK Low Hit Complete Game: None 2001 Brooklyn 1 2 2.00 9 5 0 0 0 36.0 26 10 8 0 1 17 0 40 4 0 Innings Pitched: 8.0, August 19, 2007 vs. Kansas City. As re- 2002 Columbia 5 5 4.35 24 19 0 0 1 101.1 106 60 49 3 13 56 1 103 11 0 liever: 6.1, July 7, 2007 vs. Seattle 2003 St. Lucie 3 8 2.01 19 13 1 0 1 85.0 64 27 19 1 3 14 0 93 5 0 Fewest Innings Pitched, Starter: 1.2 (twice), last: September Binghamton 1 3 3.60 7 7 1 0 0 40.0 35 19 16 3 4 13 0 36 0 0 16, 2007 vs. Texas 2004 Sarasota 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Hits: 10, April 22, 2006 at Toronto. As reliever: 6, April 12, 2006 Pawtucket 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 vs. Toronto BOSTON 0 0 4.23 22 0 0 0 0 27.2 34 17 13 1 2 12 1 21 1 0 Runs: 7 (three times), last: September 9, 2007 at Texas. As re- GCL Red Sox 0 0 0.00 2 1 0 0 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 liever: 4, September 24, 2006 at Toronto Portland 1 0 9.53 3 0 0 0 0 5.2 8 6 6 1 0 1 0 4 1 0 Earned Runs: 7 (twice), last: July 29, 2007 at Seattle. As reliever: 2005 Pawtucket 6 3 3.15 23 22 0 0 0 108.2 109 51 38 7 10 35 0 93 1 3 4, September 24, 2006 at Toronto BOSTON 0 1 1.84 8 1 0 0 0 14.2 13 6 3 1 0 5 1 15 1 0 Walks: 6, June 5, 2007 vs. Boston. As reliever: 4, September 2, 2006 BOSTON 1 2 7.85 13 6 0 0 0 39.0 61 35 34 6 1 20 1 17 1 0 2006 vs. Toronto Pawtucket 0 0 12.00 2 2 0 0 0 3.0 5 4 4 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 Strikeouts: 6, September 2, 2005 vs. Baltimore. As reliever: 5, GCL Red Sox 0 0 0.00 2 2 0 0 0 4.2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 July 7, 2007 vs. Seattle Portland 0 1 31.50 1 1 0 0 0 2.0 7 7 7 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 Home Runs: 2 (three times), last: September 4, 2007 at Los Ange- 2007 OAKLAND 8 10 4.11 35 20 0 0 0 131.1 136 74 60 13 3 50 2 59 2 0 les (AL). As reliever: 1 (five times), last: April 14, 2007 vs. New ML Totals 9 13 4.66 78 27 0 0 0 212.2 244 132 110 21 6 87 5 112 5 0 York (AL) Longest Winning Streak: 5, July 18 to August 19, 2007 Longest Losing Streak: 4, August 24 to September 29, 2007 Longest Scoreless Streak: 12.0, June 5 to 10, 2007

21 58 JUSTIN DUCHSCHERER RHP

Height/Weight 6-2 / 201 with RISP and two outs…allowed 2 of 7 (28.6%) inherited runners to score Bats/Throws Right / Right and first batters faced were 3 for 16 (.188)…has allowed a .132 (9 for 68) Birthdate November 19, 1977 batting average to first batters faced over the last two years…tossed at Birthplace/Resides Aberdeen, South Dakota / Colleyville, Texas least one inning in 13 of his 17 outings and his only outing over 1.0 innings Obtained Acquired from the for Luis Vizcaino, March came on April 5 at Los Angeles when he tossed 1.2 scoreless innings…was 18, 2002 charged with his first blown save of the season in that game but later picked Contract Status First year of a one-year contract through 2007. up the win in the A’s 4-3 victory…did not allow a run in three outings and 3.2 innings against Los Angeles in 2007 and now has a 16-game, 20.1- 2007 Highlights inning scoreless streak against the Angels dating back to April 23, 2005…has Appeared in just 17 games before going on the disabled list in the middle a 1.21 ERA (5 er in 37.1 ip) in 22 career outings against Los Angeles…did of May with a strained right hip…had season ending surgery on the hip on not allow a run over a six-game stretch from April 24 to May 5 (5.1 July 11…was 3-3 with two blown saves and a 4.96 ERA…the ERA was ip)…picked up the win in consecutive outings on May 1 at Boston and his highest since posting a 12.27 ERA in five games during his first season May 4 at Tampa Bay, tossing a scoreless inning in each outing…first bat- in 2001 with Texas…allowed a .281 opponents batting average, a .351 on- ters faced were 1 for their last 11 and he made his final appearance on May base percentage and a.563 slugging percentage, which were also his high- 14 against Kansas City (1.0 ip, 3 h, 2 r, 2 er)…was placed on the DL on est figures since 2001 (.353/.421/.676)…his batting average broke down May 22 retroactive to May 15, his second career stint on the DL…made to .176 (6 for 34) against right-handers and .400 (12 for 30) against left- one rehab start at Single-A Stockton on May 28 (1.0 ip, 1 so) before return- handers…however, allowed all three of his home runs to right-handed ing to the DL…Dr. Thomas Byrd in Nashville, Tennessee performed sur- hitters…opponents were just 1 for 20 (.050) with runners in scoring posi- gery on the hip on July 11 and Duchscherer was transferred to the 60-day tion, including 0 for 10 with RISP and two outs…has allowed a .133 (8 for DL the next day…missed the A’s final 125 games. 60) average with RISP over the last two years, including .091 (3 for 33)

LIFETIME PITCHING RECORD DUCHSCHERER’S CAREER HIGHS Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK Low Hit Complete Game: None 1996 GCL Red Sox 0 2 3.13 13 8 0 0 1 54.2 52 26 19 0 3 14 0 45 4 6 Innings Pitched: 7.0, September 9, 2003 vs. Anaheim. As re- 1997 GCL Red Sox 2 3 1.81 10 8 0 0 0 44.2 34 18 9 0 3 17 0 59 5 4 liever: 5.0 (three times), last: August 27, 2004 vs. Tampa Bay Michigan 1 1 5.63 4 4 0 0 0 24.0 26 17 15 1 3 10 0 19 0 0 Hits: 7 (twice), last: September 14, 2003 at Texas. As reliever: 6 1998 Michigan 7 12 4.79 30 26 0 0 0 142.2 166 87 76 9 13 47 3 106 7 1 (twice), last: June 26, 2004 vs. San Francisco 1999 Augusta 4 0 0.22 6 6 0 0 0 41.0 21 1 1 0 0 8 0 39 1 0 Runs: 6, September 25, 2001 vs. Seattle. As reliever: 5, September Sarasota 7 7 4.49 20 18 0 0 0 112.1 101 62 56 14 12 30 0 105 5 0 5, 2001 vs. Minnesota 2000 Trenton 7 9 3.39 24 24 2 2 0 143.1 134 59 54 7 6 35 1 126 6 1 Earned Runs: 6, September 25, 2001 vs. Seattle. As reliever: 5, 2001 Trenton 6 3 2.44 12 12 1 1 0 73.2 49 25 20 6 5 14 1 69 0 0 September 5, 2001 vs. Minnesota Tulsa 4 0 2.08 6 6 1 0 0 43.1 39 14 10 3 2 10 0 55 0 0 Walks: 2 (16 times), last: April 22, 2007 at Texas TEXAS 1 1 12.27 5 2 0 0 0 14.2 24 20 20 5 4 4 0 11 1 0 Strikeouts: 6, September 9, 2003 vs. Anaheim. As reliever: 4 (four Oklahoma 3 3 2.84 7 7 1 1 0 50.2 48 20 16 6 4 10 0 52 0 0 times), last time: October 2, 2005 at Seattle 2002 Sacramento 2 4 5.57 14 11 0 0 0 63.0 73 45 39 7 2 17 0 52 1 0 Home Runs: 2 (six times), last time: June 11, 2005 at Atlanta 2003 Sacramento 14 2 3.25 24 23 0 0 0 155.0 151 59 56 12 2 18 0 117 2 0 Longest Winning Streak: 4 (twice), last: September 13, 2004 to OAKLAND 1 1 3.31 4 3 0 0 0 16.1 17 7 6 1 2 3 0 15 0 0 April 27, 2005 2004 OAKLAND 7 6 3.27 53 0 0 0 0 96.1 85 37 35 13 5 32 6 59 1 1 Longest Losing Streak: 3, July 21 to August 12, 2004 2005 OAKLAND 7 4 2.21 65 0 0 0 5 85.2 67 25 21 7 2 19 3 85 2 0 Longest Scoreless Streak: 14.0, September 24, 2005 to April 2006 OAKLAND 2 1 2.91 53 0 0 0 9 55.2 52 18 18 4 1 9 0 51 3 0 18, 2006 Sacramento 0 0 0.00 2 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2007 OAKLAND 3 3 4.96 17 0 0 0 0 16.1 18 9 9 3 0 8 3 13 0 0 Stockton 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ML Totals 21 16 3.44 197 5 0 0 14 285.0 263 116 109 33 14 75 12 234 7 1

DIVISION SERIES RECORD Year Club/Opp. W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK 2006 OAK vs. MIN 0 0 2.25 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RECORD Year Club/Opp. W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK 2006 OAK vs. DET (Did not pitch)

ALL-STAR GAME RECORD Year Club/Site W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK 2005 A.L./Det. (Did not pitch)

22 14 MARK ELLIS 2B

Height/Weight 5-11 / 190 and .386 against Bats/Throws Right / Right righties…hit .237 with LONGEST ERRORLESS STREAK, Birthdate June 6, 1977 runners in scoring posi- OAKLAND SECOND BASEMAN Birthplace/Resides Rapid City, South Dakota / Scottsdale, Arizona tion but was 7 for 22 Obtained Acquired from Kansas City with and cash (.318) with a grand slam 102 Ellis, May 14-Sept. 10, 2007 as part of a three-team seven-player deal, January 8, 2001. and 21 RBI with the bases 70 Bournigal, Aug. 6, 1996-Sept. 25, 1998 61 Green, April 7-July 6, 1973 The A’s traded Ben Grieve and cash to Tampa Bay and A.J. loaded…has a .225 (63 60 Scutaro, July 31, 2004-July 1, 2005 Hinch, Angel Berroa and cash to Kansas City. Tampa Bay for 280) average with 60 Blankenship, June 23, 1991-May 29, 1992 traded Roberto Hernandez to Kansas City and Cory Lidle to RISP over the last two Oakland. seasons after batting .305 Contract Status Second year of a three-year contract through 2008. over his first three seasons…hit 11 of his 19 home runs after the All-Star Break…now has 39 2007 Highlights home runs in 340 career games after the break and 19 home runs in 308 Had one of the best seasons by a second games before the break…hit .327 with 38 RBI in 52 games against AL West baseman in Oakland history as he batted MOST HOME RUNS, teams and .250 with 38 RBI in 98 games against everyone else…his aver- .276 with 19 home runs and 76 RBI in 150 ATHLETICS SECOND age against the West included a .403 mark against Texas with two home games…set an Athletics franchise record BASEMAN runs and 15 RBI in 16 games…appeared exclusively at second base where for home runs by a second baseman, top- he played in 150 games…now has 626 career appearances at second base, ping the previous mark of 16 held by Jimmy CAREER which is second in Oakland history to the record of 721 by Dick Green…it 76 Dick Green Dykes (1921) and is eighth most in Athletics franchise history…started games at every spot in 56 Mark Ellis (1983)…set an Oakland record for RBI by 39 Max Bishop the order except the three spot…made 38 starts hitting fifth, 32 hitting sixth a second baseman…tied for second among 37 Jimmy Dykes and 31 batting second… made his fourth Opening Day start at second base American League second baseman in home 29 in the last five years on April 2 at Seattle…in Oakland history, only Green runs and was third in RBI…now has 56 (6) has made more Opening Day starts at second…tied his career high with career home runs as a second baseman, SEASON five RBI on April 4 in Seattle…had the game-ending RBI single in the bot- which is an Oakland record and second most 19 Mark Ellis, 2007 tom of the ninth on April 10 against Chicago, his second career “walk-off” in franchise history to Dick Green, who hit 16 Davey Lopes, 1983 hit…the other was also a single on May 25, 2003 vs. Kansas City…singled 76 from 1963-74…ranked second among 16 Jimmy Dykes, 1921 in the third inning on May 4 at Tampa Bay for his 500th career hit…committed AL second baseman with a .994 fielding 15 Dick Green, 1965 two errors on one play in the third inning on May 13 against Cleveland…it percentage, 302 and 499 assists, was 14 Scott Spiezio, 1997 was his third career two-error game, his first since May 18, 2003 at third with 806 total chances and finished 14 Hector Lopez, 1958 Cleveland…began his 102-game errorless streak the next day…hit his sec- fourth with 104 double plays…set Oakland ond career grand slam on May 18 against San Francisco and matched his records for assists and double plays by a career high with five RBI…the home run was the 40th of his career as a second baseman…the assists were second most in Athletics history to Jimmy second baseman, which broke Green’s Oakland record for home runs by a Dykes’ 522 with Philadelphia in 1921 and the double plays were the most second baseman…was batting .235 with three home runs and 23 RBI in 45 since Jerry Lumpe had 105 with Kansas City in 1961…his fielding percent- games through the end of May…became a father for the first time on June 1 age was third best in A’s history…committed just five errors in 150 games when his wife, Sarah, gave birth to a boy (Briggs William) and then hit .330 at second base and set an Athletics franchise record for second basemen (37 for 112) with five home runs, 18 RBI and 12 multiple hit games over his with a 102-game errorless streak from May 14 to September 10…had 540 next 28 games from June 2 to July 2…hit for the 17th cycle in Athletics consecutive errorless chances during the streak…had career highs in at bats history June 4 against Boston…it was the sixth in Oakland history and the (583), runs (84), hits (161), doubles (33), home runs (19), RBI (76), stolen second in Coliseum history…the only other Coliseum cycle by any player bases (9), hit by pitches (10) and total bases (257) and matched his high in was by Eric Chavez on June 21, 2000 against Baltimore…the four hits strikeouts (94)…led the A’s in at bats and total bases and tied for the team matched his career high and he also had four hits on June 26 at Cleveland lead in games (150), runs and hit by pitches…the games, runs and total and September 11 at Seattle…had his first career two homer game on July bases were the fewest by an A’s team leader since 1997…batted .313 with 23 at Los Angeles…had a career high 11-game hitting streak from August 11 of his 19 home runs against left-handed pitching…tied for second in the 16 to 26 (13 for 44, .295)…had 10 hits over a three-game span from Sep- AL in home runs against left-handers…slugged .600 against left-handers tember 9 to 11 to tie an Oakland record…it was the seventh time and the first since Carney Lansford did it from May 15-17, 1988… made his first career start batting fourth on LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD September 16 against Texas and was 2 for 5 with a Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E home run and three RBI…batted .351 with 20 RBI in 1999 Spokane .327 71 281 67 92 14 0 7 47 5 4 3 47 40 21 7 .452 .424 16 24 games in September…the RBI were his most ever 2000 Wilmington .302 132 484 83 146 27 4 6 62 4 3 7 78 72 25 7 .411 .404 31 in a month…now has a .303 (137 for 452) career aver- Wichita .318 7 22 4 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 5 1 0 .364 .444 0 age in September, his best mark for any month of the 2001 Sacramento .273 132 472 71 129 38 0 10 53 5 5 5 54 78 21 7 .417 .351 19 2002 Sacramento .298 21 84 14 25 10 1 0 5 0 0 4 6 13 4 0 .440 .372 3 season. OAKLAND .272 98 345 58 94 16 4 6 35 8 3 4 44 54 4 2 .394 .359 11 2003 OAKLAND .248 154 553 78 137 31 5 9 52 9 5 7 48 94 6 2 .371 .313 14 ELLIS’ CAREER HIGHS 2004 OAKLAND (Injured — Did not play) 2005 OAKLAND .316 122 434 76 137 21 5 13 52 4 0 4 44 51 1 3 .477 .384 6 Hits: 4 (six times), last: September 11, 2007 at Seattle 2006 OAKLAND .249 124 441 64 110 25 1 11 52 4 7 8 40 76 4 0 .385 .319 2 Runs: 3 (eight times), last: September 2, 2007 vs. Detroit Sacramento .167 4 12 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 .167 .375 0 Doubles: 2 (13 times), last: April 20, 2007 at Texas 2007 OAKLAND .276 150 583 84 161 33 3 19 76 2 3 10 44 94 9 4 .441 .336 5 Triples: 2, August 3, 2002 vs. Detroit ML Totals .271 648 2356 360 639 126 18 58 267 27 18 33 220 369 24 11 .414 .340 38 Home Runs: 2, July 23, 2007 at Los Angeles (AL) Runs Batted In: 5 (four times), May 18, 2007 vs. San Francisco; DIVISION SERIES RECORD April 4, 2007 at Seattle; July 14, 2006 at Boston; September 21, 2003 vs. Seattle Year Club/Opp. AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E Walks: 4, July 11, 2002 at Baltimore 2002 OAK vs. MIN .368 5 19 1 7 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .632 .400 1 Strikeouts: 3 (nine times), last: September 21, 2007 at Cleveland 2003 OAK vs. BOS .118 5 17 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 7 0 0 .118 .318 1 Stolen Bases: 1 (24 times), last: September 13, 2007 vs. Texas 2006 OAK vs. MIN .286 2 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .286 .286 0 Hitting Streak: 11, August 16 to 26, 2007 Totals .256 12 43 3 11 2 0 1 4 0 0 1 5 11 0 0 .372 .347 2 Hitless Streak (At Bats): 17, April 29 to May 3, 2003

23 41 ALAN EMBREE LHP

Height/Weight 6-2 / 200 tied for third lowest among AL closers…also led the A’s with 68 appear- Bats/Throws Left / Left ances and topped A’s relievers with a career high 68.0 innings pitched…it Birthdate January 23, 1970 was the ninth consecutive season he appeared in at least 60 games, making Birthplace/Resides Dalles, Oregon / Vancouver, Washington him one of four pitchers to appear in 60 or more games in each season Obtained Signed as a free agent, December 6, 2006 since 1999 (Steve Kline, , David Weathers)…now has 776 Contract Status First year of a two-year contract through 2008 with a club career games pitched, which ranks 45th in Major League history and 14th option for 2009. among pitchers active at the end of the 2007 season…was 1-2 with a 3.97 ERA in his 68 appearances…allowed a career high 67 hits for a .258 oppo- 2007 Highlights nents batting average…that included .205 (15 for 73) by left-handed hit- Took over as the A’s closer when Huston Street went on the disabled list in ters and .278 (52 for 187) by right-handers…allowed four of his home mid-May and ended up leading the club with 17 saves…set an Oakland runs to right-handers…all five of his home runs came in night games on record for saves by a left-handed pitcher, topping the previous mark of 12 the road…did not allow a home run in 35.2 innings in Oakland and 23.1 set by in 1989…the saves were a career high as he had just innings during the day…four of his five home runs came when pitching on eight saves in 708 games pitched over his previous 13 seasons in the no days rest and he had a 5.47 ERA and converted 6 of 9 save opportuni- Majors…they were the fewest saves by an A’s team leader since 1996 ties in 26 such outings…compiled a 3.02 ERA and was 11 for 12 in save when Bill Taylor led the club with 17…tied for 11th in the American League chances in his other 42 appearances…first batters faced were 17 for 66 in saves but had four blown saves for a save percentage of 80.9%, which (.258) with a walk and he allowed 7 of 31 (22.6%) inherited runners to score…allowed 6 of his first 11 inherited runners to LIFETIME PITCHING RECORD score but just 1 of his last 20…opponents hit .228 over Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK his first 15 pitches in a game and .349 after that…did 1990 Burlington 4 4 2.64 15 15 0 0 0 81.2 87 36 24 3 0 30 0 58 5 4 not allow a run in seven interleague outings (9.0 ip, 4 1991 Columbus 10 8 3.59 27 26 3 1 0 155.1 126 80 62 4 4 77 1 137 7 0 h, 9 so) and was 1-0 with four saves in four 1992 Kinston 10 5 3.30 15 15 1 0 0 101.0 89 48 37 10 2 32 0 115 6 3 Canton-Akron 7 2 2.28 12 12 0 0 0 79.0 61 24 20 2 2 28 1 56 2 1 opportunities…tossed one inning or fewer in 53 of his CLEVELAND 0 2 7.00 4 4 0 0 0 18.0 19 14 14 3 1 8 0 12 1 1 68 outings and did not allow a run in 51 of his 1993 Canton-Akron 0 0 3.38 1 1 0 0 0 5.1 3 2 2 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 1994 Canton-Akron 9 16 5.50 30 27 2 1 0 157.0 183 106 96 15 4 64 3 81 8 1 appearances…did not allow a run over his first six 1995 Buffalo 3 4 0.89 30 0 0 0 5 40.2 31 10 4 0 1 19 2 56 0 0 outings (5.1 ip) but then yielded eight runs over his CLEVELAND 3 2 5.11 23 0 0 0 1 24.2 23 16 14 2 0 16 0 23 1 0 next 15 outings from April 13 to May 16 (12.0 ip, 6.00 1996 CLEVELAND 1 1 6.39 24 0 0 0 0 31.0 30 26 22 10 0 21 3 33 3 0 Buffalo 4 1 3.93 20 0 0 0 5 34.1 26 16 15 1 1 14 0 46 5 0 ERA)…when Street went on the disabled list on May 1997 ATLANTA 3 1 2.54 66 0 0 0 0 46.0 36 13 13 1 2 20 2 45 3 1 15, Embree took over the closers role with his first 1998 ATLANTA 1 0 4.34 20 0 0 0 0 18.2 23 14 9 2 0 10 0 19 0 0 save on May 19 against San Francisco when he retired ARIZONA 3 2 4.11 35 0 0 0 1 35.0 33 18 16 5 1 13 0 24 3 0 1999 SAN FRANCISCO 3 2 3.38 68 0 0 0 0 58.2 42 22 22 6 3 26 2 53 3 0 the side in order in the ninth inning in a 4-2 A’s 2000 SAN FRANCISCO 3 5 4.95 63 0 0 0 2 60.0 62 34 33 4 3 25 2 49 1 0 win…went 1-1 with 15 saves, three blown saves, a 2001 SAN FRANCISCO 0 2 11.25 22 0 0 0 0 20.0 34 26 25 7 2 10 2 25 1 0 3.03 ERA and a .186 opponents batting average in 32 Fresno 1 0 1.13 7 0 0 0 1 8.0 5 3 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 CHICAGO (AL) 1 2 5.03 39 0 0 0 0 34.0 31 21 19 7 1 7 0 34 2 0 outings from May 19 to August 14 as the A’s 2002 SAN DIEGO 3 4 1.26 36 0 0 0 0 28.2 23 7 4 2 0 9 2 38 1 0 closer…did not allow any of his 10 inherited runners BOSTON 1 2 2.97 32 0 0 0 2 33.1 24 12 11 4 1 11 1 43 0 0 to score over that span…then posted a 6.00 ERA and 2003 BOSTON 4 1 4.25 65 0 0 0 1 55.0 49 26 26 5 0 16 3 45 0 0 Sarasota 0 0 13.50 1 1 0 0 0 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .317 opponents batting over his final 15 outings and 2004 BOSTON 2 2 4.13 71 0 0 0 0 52.1 49 28 24 7 1 11 1 37 0 0 did not pitch after September 15…converted all four 2005 BOSTON 1 4 7.65 43 0 0 0 1 37.2 42 33 32 8 1 11 2 30 1 1 of his save opportunities and did not allow a run over NEW YORK (AL) 1 1 7.53 24 0 0 0 0 14.1 20 14 12 2 1 3 1 8 0 0 2006 SAN DIEGO 4 3 3.27 73 0 0 0 0 52.1 50 21 19 4 0 15 2 53 0 0 a seven-game stretch from May 16 to June 3 (7.0 2007 OAKLAND 1 2 3.97 68 0 0 0 17 68.0 67 30 30 5 0 19 5 51 0 0 ip)…was charged with his first blown save on June 4 AL Totals 15 19 4.98 393 4 0 0 22 368.1 354 220 204 53 6 123 16 316 8 2 against Boston but then went another six games and NL Totals 20 19 3.97 383 0 0 0 3 319.1 303 155 141 31 11 128 12 306 12 1 ML Totals 35 38 4.52 776 4 0 0 25 687.2 657 375 345 84 17 251 28 622 20 3 8.0 innings from June 8 to 20 without allowing a run…capped that streak on June 20 against Cincinnati DIVISION SERIES RECORD Year Club/Opp. W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK ...more Embree on next page 1996 CLE vs. BAL 0 0 9.00 3 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2000 ATL vs. NY (NL) 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2003 BOS vs. OAK 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 EMBREE’S CAREER HIGHS 2004 BOS vs. TEX 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2006 SD vs. STL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Low Hit Complete Game: None Totals 0 0 1.50 11 0 0 0 0 6.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 Innings Pitched: 6.0, September 28, 1992 vs. New York (AL). As reliever: 3.0 (twice), last: June 15, 2003 vs. Houston LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RECORD Fewest Innings Pitched, Starter: 3.1, September 22, 1992 at Boston Year Club/Opp. W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK Hits: 7 (twice), last: September 26, 1995 at Minnesota. As reliever: 1995 CLE vs. SEA 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7, September 26, 1995 at Minnesota 1997 ATL vs. FLA 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 Runs: 6, September 26, 1995 at Minnesota 2003 BOS vs. NY (AL) 1 0 0.00 5 0 0 0 0 4.2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Earned Runs: 6, September 26, 1995 at Minnesota 2004 BOS vs. NY (AL) 0 0 3.86 6 0 0 0 0 4.2 9 2 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 Walks: 3 (six times), last: June 26, 2007 at Cleveland. As reliever: Totals 1 0 1.69 13 0 0 0 0 10.2 12 2 2 0 0 2 1 5 0 0 3 (four times), last: June 26, 2007 at Cleveland Strikeouts: 7, June 22, 2002 vs. New York (AL) WORLD SERIES RECORD Home Runs: 4, May 20, 2001 at Atlanta Year Club/Opp. W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK Longest Winning Streak: 6, July 21, 1997 to August 20, 1998 1995 CLE vs. ATL 0 0 2.70 4 0 0 0 0 3.1 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 Longest Losing Streak: 5, May 21 to September 18, 2002 2004 BOS vs. STL 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 1.2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 Longest Scoreless Streak: 14.1 (twice), last: June 9 to July 7, Totals 0 0 1.80 7 0 0 0 0 5.0 3 2 1 0 0 2 1 6 0 0 2002

24 Embree, continued inning scoreless streak from July 14 to August 4…finished the month of July with a 0.96 ERA, his best one month ERA since June of 2002 when he with a six-out save…the 2.0 innings pitched matched his season did not allow an earned run in 12.2 innings…retired 22 consecutive batters high…allowed five runs on two hits and three walks in 0.2 innings on June from July 23 to August 4…the streak came to an end when he allowed a 26 at Cleveland for the blown save and loss…the walks matched his career leadoff home run to Michael Young in the bottom of the ninth inning on high (sixth time, fourth time as a reliever) and the runs were his most in a August 6 at Texas for the blown save…recorded two more saves after game since May 28, 1996 at Texas when he also allowed five runs…then Street returned to the closers role on August 15…including September 15 converted five consecutive save opportunities over a 13-game span from against Texas when he recorded the final five outs of the A’s 7-3 win…that July 1 to August 4…did not allow a run in 12 of those outings for a 0.69 was his final outing of the season. ERA and .140 opponents batting average…that included a season best 10.0

8 J.J. FURMANIAK IF

Height/Weight 5-11 / 185 Triple-A All-Star Break and .344 in 23 games after the break…hit .313 in Bats/Throws Right / Right 84 night games compared to .212 in 22 day games…appeared in 43 games Birthdate July 31, 1979 at shortstop, 25 at second base, 21 at third base, 17 in left field, one in right Birthplace/Resides Bolingbrook, Illinois / Bolingbrook, Illinois field and one at designated hitter…was also 0 for 1 as a pinch hitter…hit in Obtained Signed to a minor league contract, November 7, 2006 every spot in the order except fourth and fifth…hit .327 with 10 home runs Contract Status First year of a one-year contract through 2007. and a .396 on-base percentage in 61 games in the leadoff spot and batted second 28 times…reached base safely via hit or walk in each of his first 31 2007 Highlights games through May 10…hit .303 with a .412 on-base percentage over that Had four stints with the A’s and was 3 for 17 (.176) with one RBI in 16 span…had a pair of two-steal games on April 6 against Tacoma and April games…was 0 for 7 in Oakland and 3 for 10 (.300) on the road…appeared 13 at Tacoma and swiped 10 bases in 22 games in April…had 11 steals in four games at second base, three at shortstop, two at third base, two in over his final 84 games…had his first of five four-hit games on April 14 at right field and one in left field…also pinch ran seven times and scored Tacoma…compiled a season best 12-game hitting streak from April 29 to three runs in those appearances…made five starts (two at third base, two at May 10 (20 for 54, .370)…capped his 31-game reaching base streak by shortstop, one at second base)…was selected from Triple-A Sacramento homering in consecutive games on May 9 and 10 at Omaha but then went on June 16 and went 0 for 1 in one game at second base during his first 0 for 4 the next day…went 4 for 5 with two home runs and three RBI on stint that ended on June 20…did not play during his second stint from July May 14 at Iowa…it was his only two homer game of the season and the 12 to 14…brought up for a third time on August 3 and went 0 for 4 with a RBI matched his season high…that boosted his batting average to .324 but walk in five games before he was optioned on August 14…returned for the he went 5 for 55 (.091) over his next 15 games from May 15 to 30 to drop final time on August 20 and went 3 for 12 (.250) over his final 10 his average to .258…finished May with six home runs in 29 games…was games…three of his five starts came during a four-game series at Tampa batting .275 with 11 home runs and 36 RBI in 66 games when the A’s Bay from August 23 to 26 (3 for 10, one RBI) but he would not get another called for the first time on June 16…returned to Sacramento on June 21 bat until September 28…appeared in just two of the final 21 games after and had a pair of four-hit games on June 22 against Tacoma and June 28 September 5…spent the balance of the season at Sacramento where he against Fresno…finished June with a .350 batting average and recorded 10 batted .292 with 15 home runs and 51 RBI in 106 games…added 49 walks of his 18 doubles in 24 games in the month…hit .286 (22 for 77) in 18 for a .373 on-base percentage…led the River Cats in stolen bases (21), hit games from June 21 to July 8 following his first option from by pitches (8) and strikeouts (105) and ranked second in at bats (424), runs Oakland…returned to Sacramento a third time on July 14 and had another (70), hits (124) and home runs…ranked fourth in the A’s farm system in four-hit game on July 24 at Memphis…went 26 for 74 (.351) in 18 games stolen bases and was sixth in batting…hit .298 (94 for 315) against right- during his third stint with the River Cats…was sent to Sacramento for the handed pitching and .275 (30 for 109) against left-handers…his average final time on August 14 and hit safely in all five games (7 for 22, .318) slipped to .264 with runners in scoring position…hit 12 of his 15 home before he was promoted to Oakland for the final time on August 20. runs on the road…11 were solo shots…batted .277 in 83 games before the

LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD FURMANIAK’S CAREER HIGHS Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E Hits: 2, October 1, 2005 vs. Milwaukee 2000 Idaho Falls .343 62 245 72 84 18 2 5 38 0 4 5 4 48 10 3 .494 .446 16 Runs: 1 (eight times), last: August 31, 2007 vs. Detroit 2001 Fort Wayne .220 123 436 57 96 24 3 5 35 3 7 4 55 117 11 6 .323 .309 28 Doubles: 1 (twice), last: August 25, 2007 at Tampa Bay 2002 Lake Elsinore .257 106 381 50 98 16 6 7 43 5 5 6 26 100 11 9 .386 .311 22 Triples: 1, October 1, 2005 vs. Milwaukee 2003 Lake Elsinore .314 78 309 65 97 22 8 9 54 3 2 8 36 55 10 4 .524 .397 2 Home Runs: None Mobile .262 31 103 10 27 4 1 3 11 1 1 4 8 27 0 0 .408 .336 9 Runs Batted In: 1 (twice), last: August 25, 2007 at Tampa Bay 2004 Mobile .196 14 51 10 10 4 1 1 8 0 0 1 7 15 1 0 .333 .305 2 Walks: 1 (seven times), last: September 29, 2007 vs. Los Angeles Portland .294 120 425 71 125 24 4 17 73 2 7 6 33 86 8 5 .489 .348 5 (AL) 2005 Portland .266 99 387 54 103 16 4 14 47 5 2 6 28 86 9 5 .437 .324 15 Strikeouts: 2 (three times), last: September 27, 2007 vs. Los An- Indianapolis .288 36 139 12 40 5 3 2 21 1 1 2 4 32 5 3 .410 .315 5 geles (AL) PITTSBURGH .192 13 26 3 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 .308 .300 1 Stolen Bases: None 2006 Indianapolis .213 114 371 43 79 12 3 6 27 4 1 2 25 85 15 4 .310 .266 17 Hitting Streak: 3, August 23 to 26, 2007 2007 Sacramento .292 106 424 70 124 18 2 15 51 5 4 8 49 105 21 8 .450 .373 13 Hitless Streak (At Bats): 11, September 19 to 26, 2005 OAKLAND .176 16 17 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 8 0 0 .235 .364 1 AL Totals .176 16 17 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 8 0 0 .235 .364 1 NL Totals .192 13 26 3 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 .308 .300 1 ML Totals .186 29 43 8 8 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 7 12 0 0 279 .327 2

25 57 CHAD GAUDIN RHP

Height/Weight 5-10 / 188 batting average the first time through the lineup, .219 the second time Bats/Throws Right / Right through and .290 after that…opponents were successful in 12 of 13 (92.3%) Birthdate March 24, 1983 stolen attempts with him on the mound, which was third highest in the AL Birthplace/Resides New Orleans, Louisiana / Harahan, Louisiana and second highest in Oakland history (Lilly, 96.0% in 2003)…opponents Obtained Acquired from Toronto for a PTBNL (outfielder Dustin are now 22 for 24 (91.7%) off him in his career…was 2-1 with a 3.56 ERA Majewski on December 8), December 5, 2005 in seven starts during the day compared to 9-12 with a 4.66 ERA in 27 Contract Status First year of a one-year contract through 2007 starts at night…his 27 starts at night were the most by an A’s pitcher since Vida Blue and Ken Holtzman both had 27 such starts in 1975…the A’s 2007 Highlights were 18-16 in his starting assignments, which included 11-3 over his first Was placed in the A’s starting rotation when Esteban Loaiza went on the 14 starts and 7-13 over his final 20 assignments…tossed seven or more disabled list to start the season and pitched exclusively as a starter for the innings in nine of his 34 starts, allowed two runs or fewer 16 times and first time in his career…was 11-13 with a 4.42 ERA in 34 starts…his sta- walked two batters or fewer 15 times…left with the lead in five of his no tistics before and after the All-Star Break told his story in 2007 as he was decisions in which he pitched at least five innings only to have the bullpen 8-3 with a 2.88 ERA, .246 opponents batting average and five home runs blown the save…allowed two home runs in his first start on April 5 at Los allowed in 18 starts before the break and 3-10 with a 6.30 ERA, .290 oppo- Angeles but then had a 10-start, 67.0-inning, 284-batter homerless streak nents batting average and 16 home runs allowed in 16 starts after the that ended when Jason Kubel homered in the sixth inning on June 3 against break…ranked fourth in the American League in ERA at the break and Minnesota…picked up his first win of the season on April 17 against Los only two Oakland pitchers since 1991 had a lower ERA at the break (Haren, Angeles to give him a career high five-game winning streak dating back to 2.30 in 2007 and Hudson, 2.71 in 2003)…then led the Majors in losses July 4, 2006…finished April with a 1-1 record and a 2.54 ERA in five after the break and compiled the highest ERA in the AL…is the fourth starts…the ERA ranked seventh in the AL…then went 4-0 with a 2.15 pitcher in Oakland history to lose 10 games after the All-Star Break along ERA in six starts in May…tied for second in the AL in May wins and with Brian Kingman (12 in 1980), (11 in 1978) and Rick ranked fifth in ERA…won his first start in June, giving him a career high Langford (10 in 1977)…his ERA was third highest ever by an Oakland tying five-game winning streak from May 8 to June 3 (2.15 ERA)…was 6- pitcher after the break (Wasdin, 6.84 in 1996; Haynes, 6.35 in 1998)…for 1 with a 2.43 ERA, a .242 opponents batting average and three home runs the season, he led the A’s in losses, runs (108), walks (100) and hit batters allowed in 13 starts entering play on June 14…then went 5-12 with a 5.70 (8) and tied for the team lead in games started…became just the second A’s ERA, a .282 opponents batting average and 18 home runs allowed over his pitcher since 1993 to walk 100 or more batters (Appier, 102 in 2000)…tied last 21 starts…the 12 losses were the most in the Majors from June 14 until for the AL lead in games started, was second in walks, third in intentional the end of the season…walked five or more batters in three consecutive walks (8), tied for sixth in runs, seventh in grounded into double plays starts from July 12 to 23, the longest such streak by an Oakland starter (26), tied for eighth in losses, tied for ninth in earned runs (98) and tied for since did it in four consecutive starts from August 16- 10th in hit batters…struck out 154 for a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.54, September 3, 1993…that streak began a career high tying five-game los- which was second lowest in the AL…now has 255 career strikeouts and ing streak from July 12 to August 7 (8.54 ERA)…included in that stretch 180 walks for a ratio of 1.42…had the fourth highest opponents on-base was his first career complete game, a four-hitter in the A’s 4-3 loss at Se- percentage in the AL (.354)…allowed a league leading eight triples, which attle on July 28…finished July with a 1-3 record and a 6.44 ERA in five tied for the seventh highest single season total in Oakland history…15 of starts…the ERA was fifth highest in the AL…had his first career 10 strikeout the 21 home runs he allowed came with the bases empty as have 29 of his game on August 23 at Tampa Bay…matched his career high with 10 hits 38 career home runs…eight of his 21 home runs came against Los Ange- (fourth time) in just 3.2 innings on September 8 in a 7-3 loss at les, the most ever in one season by an Oakland pitcher against the Texas…allowed a career high eight runs (three earned) in 4.0 innings in an Angels…allowed a .267 opponents batting average, which included a .250 8-7 loss to Seattle on September 18…walked a career and A’s season high (94 for 376) mark against right-handed hitters and .282 (111 for 393) against seven batters in 4.0 innings in a 7-3 loss at Boston on September 25…it left-handers…had 32 walks and 105 strikeouts against right-handers and was just the fourth time in Oakland history a pitcher walked seven or more 68 walks and 49 strikeouts against left-handers…his opponents average in four innings or fewer…then struck out a career and A’s season high 11 dropped to .256 with runners in scoring position, including .192 with RISP batters in his next and final start on September 30 against Los and two outs and .115 with the bases loaded…has allowed a .182 (31 for Angeles…went 1-4 with a 6.46 ERA in six starts in September. 170) career average with RISP and two outs…allowed a .295 opponents

LIFETIME PITCHING RECORD GAUDIN’S CAREER HIGHS Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK Low Hit Complete Game: 4, July 28, 2007 at Seattle 2002 Charleston-SC 4 6 2.26 26 17 0 0 1 119.1 106 43 30 5 11 37 0 106 4 3 Innings Pitched: 8.0 (three times), last: September 30, 2007 vs. 2003 Bakersfield 5 3 2.13 14 14 1 0 0 80.1 63 23 19 2 1 23 0 70 0 2 Los Angeles. As reliever: 5.0, September 18, 2003 at Boston Orlando 2 0 0.47 3 3 1 1 0 19.0 8 1 1 0 0 3 0 23 0 0 Fewest Innings Pitched, Starter: 0.2, June 22, 2004 at Toronto TAMPA BAY 2 0 3.60 15 3 0 0 0 40.0 37 18 16 4 1 16 0 23 1 0 Hits: 10 (four times), last: September 8, 2007 at Texas. As reliever: 2004 Durham 1 3 4.72 17 7 0 0 2 47.2 48 26 25 8 2 17 0 52 0 1 8, September 1, 2004 vs. Baltimore TAMPA BAY 1 2 4.85 26 4 0 0 0 42.2 59 27 23 4 4 16 4 30 0 0 Runs: 8, September 18, 2007 vs. Seattle. As reliever: 6, September 2005 Syracuse 9 8 3.35 23 23 2 2 0 150.1 140 61 56 12 8 35 0 113 5 2 7, 2004 at New York (AL) TORONTO 1 3 13.15 5 3 0 0 0 13.0 31 19 19 6 1 6 0 12 0 0 Earned Runs: 7 (twice), last: August 7, 2007 at Texas. As re- 2006 Sacramento 3 0 0.37 4 4 0 0 0 24.1 14 6 1 0 0 8 0 26 0 0 liever: 4, September 1, 2004 vs. Baltimore OAKLAND 4 2 3.09 55 0 0 0 2 64.0 51 24 22 3 1 42 2 36 2 2 Walks: 7, September 25, 2007 at Boston. As reliever: 3 (three times), 2007 OAKLAND 11 13 4.42 34 34 1 0 0 199.1 205 108 98 21 8 100 8 154 3 1 last: September 21, 2006 at Cleveland ML Totals 19 20 4.46 135 44 1 0 2 359.0 383 196 178 38 15 180 14 255 6 3 Strikeouts: 11, September 30, 2007 vs. Los Angeles; 10, August 23, 2007 at Tampa Bay. As reliever: 4 (twice), last: May 26, 2006 at DIVISION SERIES RECORD Texas Home Runs: 3, June 14, 2005 vs. St. Louis. As reliever: 2 (twice), Year Club/Opp. W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK last: May 4, 2006 vs. Cleveland 2006 OAK vs. MIN (Did not pitch) Longest Winning Streak: 5 (twice), last: May 8 to June 3, 2007 Longest Losing Streak: 5 (twice), last: July 12 to August 7, 2007 LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RECORD Longest Scoreless Streak: 20.2, July 13 to September 9, 2006 Year Club/Opp. W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK 2006 OAK vs. DET 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 3.1 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0

26 22 JACK HANNAHAN IF

Height/Weight 6-2 / 205 career high three hits in that game against the Tigers, a total he matched on Bats/Throws Left / Right September 16 against Texas…went 16 for 47 (.340) over a 12-game stretch Birthdate March 4, 1980 from September 7 to 19 to boost his average to .296…then went 6 for 29 Birthplace/Resides St. Paul, Minnesota / St. Paul, Minnesota (.207) over his final eight games to finish the year at .278…hit .295 with 13 Obtained Acquired from the for Jason Perry, August 14, home runs and 63 RBI in 101 games with Toledo…added 76 walks for a 2007 .422 on-base percentage…led the in on-base percent- Contract Status First year of a one-year contract through 2007. age and finished second in walks…reached base safely via hit or walk in 92 of his 101 games…including his time with Oakland, he reached base safely 2007 Highlights in 128 out of 142 professional games…his home runs, RBI, walks and on- Was acquired from the Detroit Tigers organization in a minor league trade base percentage were minor league career highs as was his .476 slugging in the middle of August a week and a half after Eric Chavez went on the percentage…batted .307 (77 for 251) against right-handed pitching and .259 disabled list and started 40 of the A’s final 43 games at third base…batted (22 for 85) against left-handers…hit in every spot in the order from third .278 with three home runs and 24 RBI in 41 games with Oakland after through eighth, including 30 games in the five spot and 23 each hitting spending the first four and a half months of the season at Triple-A fourth and seventh…batted .356 when hitting fifth and hit six of his 13 Toledo…added 21 walks for a .369 on-base percentage and reached base home runs from the seven spot…appeared in 37 games at second base, 35 at safely via hit or walk in 36 of his 41 games…was 14 for 35 (.400) against designated hitter, 21 at third base and seven at first base…did not commit left-handed pitching compared to a .239 (26 for 109) batting average against an error in 71 chances at third base and made just three errors as a second right-handers…hit .208 with the bases empty and .347 with runners on baseman for a .985 fielding percentage…hit .347 as a second baseman but base…including .317 with runners in scoring position and .350 with RISP seven of his 13 home runs came as a designated hitter…hit .125 (4 for 32) and two outs…batted .309 with 10 of his 24 RBI in the seventh inning or over his first 10 games before hitting safely in a season high eight consecu- later…hit .323 against a pitcher the first time he saw him in a game, .242 the tive games from April 22 to May 2 (10 for 29, .345)…reached base safely second time and .067 after that…started games at four different spots in the via hit or walk in 32 consecutive games from April 19 to May 25…finished order, including 20 in the eight spot and 15 in the seven spot…was acquired April with a .200 batting average but then hit .333 in May…had a season from the Detroit Tigers organization on August 14 for outfielder Jason Perry high four RBI on May 7 at Rochester and then had his first of seven three- in a minor league trade and reported directly to Oakland…went 0 for 9 with hit games on May 9 against the Red Wings…was on the seven-day disabled Detroit in 2006 and was 0 for his first 4 with Oakland before doubling off list from May 26 to June 3 with a strained right quadriceps…was batting Mark Buehrle in the fifth inning on August 15 against Chicago for his first .268 with two home runs and 22 RBI over his first 47 games through June Major League hit…collected his first career RBI with a fourth inning single 10…then hit .481 (26 for 54) with six home runs, 22 RBI, 21 walks (.627 the next day against the White Sox…was 2 for 15 (.133) with one RBI over on-base percentage) and 18 runs scored over a 17-game stretch from June his first five games before putting together a 12-game hitting streak from 11 to 28…capped that streak with a season high tying eight-game hitting August 19 to 31…hit .317 (13 for 41) with all three of his home runs and streak from June 21 to 28 (12 for 23, .522)…had his lone two-homer game nine RBI during the streak…hit the first home run of his big league career of the season on June 22 against Indianapolis…had a season high four walks on August 20 at Toronto, a three-run shot off Shaun Marcum in the third on June 26 against Ottawa…finished June with a .375 batting average, seven inning…had his first game-ending hit on August 29 against Toronto with an home runs, 25 RBI, 26 walks (.528 on-base percentage) and 22 runs scored 11th inning single in the A’s 5-4 win…did it again three games later on Sep- in 26 games…was batting .322 on June 28 but then went 31 for 125 (.248) tember 2 against Detroit with a RBI single in the bottom of the 10th…had a over his final 36 games with the Mud Hens.

LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD HANNAHAN’S CAREER HIGHS Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E Hits: 3 (twice), last: September 16, 2007 vs. Texas 2001 Oneonta .291 14 55 11 16 4 1 0 8 0 3 0 5 7 2 1 .400 .333 2 Runs: 2, September 16, 2007 vs. Texas West Michigan .318 46 170 24 54 11 0 1 27 0 1 1 26 39 4 2 .400 .409 9 Doubles: 1, September 18, 2007 vs. Seattle 2002 Lakeland .272 66 246 28 67 11 1 6 42 0 4 1 36 44 9 3 .398 .362 12 Triples: None Erie .239 65 226 17 54 12 1 3 20 0 0 2 21 50 2 1 .341 .309 9 Home Runs: 1 (three times), last: August 31, 2007 vs. Detroit 2003 Erie .257 135 471 64 121 18 0 9 45 5 2 3 48 78 2 0 .352 .328 34 Runs Batted In: 3 (twice), last: September 2, 2007 vs. Detroit 2004 Erie .273 108 374 48 102 21 1 8 39 1 1 2 53 60 7 3 .398 .365 15 Walks: 3, September 3, 2007 at Los Angeles (AL) 2005 Erie .136 7 22 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 8 0 0 .136 .269 1 Strikeouts: 3, September 22, 2007 at Cleveland Toledo .269 68 238 31 64 15 0 4 28 0 3 3 25 58 6 3 .382 .342 9 Stolen Bases: 1, August 22, 2007 at Toronto 2006 Toledo .282 119 415 59 117 27 0 9 62 3 7 8 61 114 9 6 .412 .379 16 Hitting Streak: 12, August 19 to 31, 2007 DETROIT .000 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .100 0 Hitless Streak (At Bats): 13, May 25, 2006 to August 15, 2007 2007 Toledo .295 101 336 56 99 20 1 13 63 0 4 1 76 92 5 5 .476 .422 3 OAKLAND .278 41 144 16 40 12 0 3 24 1 2 1 21 39 1 0 .424 .369 3 ML Totals .261 44 153 16 40 12 0 3 24 1 2 1 22 40 1 0 .399 .354 3 40 RICH HARDEN RHP

Height/Weight 6-1 / 195 starts…was 1-2 with a 2.45 ERA…went 1-1 with a 1.42 ERA in three starts Bats/Throws Left / Right before going on the DL for the first time on April 23 retroactive to April 16 Birthdate November 30, 1981 with a strained right shoulder…was reinstated from the DL on June 21 and Birthplace/Resides Victoria, British Columbia / Victoria, British Columbia began his return in the bullpen…did not allow a run in three relief appear- Obtained Selected in the 17th round of the June, 2000 draft ances (4.0 ip) before being moved back into the starting rotation on July 7 Contract Status Third year of a four-year contract through 2008 with a club against Seattle…allowed four runs in 2.2 innings and took the loss…was option for 2009. placed back on the DL on July 12 retroactive to July 8 with a strained right shoulder and missed the remainder of the season…it was the second con- 2007 Highlights secutive season he had two stints on the DL and he now has five career Had his season interrupted by injury for the third consecutive year as two stints on the disabled list limited him to seven games, including four ...more Harden on next page

27 Harden, continued 2-2 in his four starting assignments and are now 49-27 (.645) in his 76 career starts…tossed at least six innings in three of his starts, allowed two runs or fewer three times and walked two batters or fewer three times…first stints on the disabled list…is 5-2 with a 3.61 ERA in 16 games, 13 starts, batters faced were 0 for 3 with two strikeouts in his three relief appearances over the last two years and 15-7 with a 3.19 ERA in 38 games, 32 starts, and he did not inherit any runners… combined with Jay Marshall and Huston over the last three years…was 1-2 with a 2.91 ERA in his four starting Street on a three-hit shutout in his first start, a 9-0 A’s win at Seattle on April assignments and 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA (4.0 ip, 0 h) in his three relief 4…allowed all three of the hits in 7.0 innings and is now 16-3 with a 1.52 appearances…now has a 0.82 ERA (1 er in 11.0 ip) and .105 (4 for 38) ERA (33 er in 195.1 ip) in 26 career starts where he pitches at least seven opponents average in eight career relief appearances…allowed a .202 op- innings…took the loss in his second start, the A’s home opener on April 9 ponents batting average, which included a .098 (4 for 41) mark against right- against Chicago…it marked his first loss since August 9, 2005 against Los handed hitters and .292 (14 for 48) against left-handers…opponents were Angeles and snapped his winning streak at a career high tying six just 1 for 14 (.071) with runners in scoring position and he has allowed a games…posted a 3.05 ERA and .181 opponents batting average over that .211 (73 for 346) career average with RISP…allowed a .114 opponents bat- 14-game, 11-start stretch that dated back to August 19, 2005…also won six ting average the first time through the lineup, .241 the second time through straight from July 15 to August 31, 2004…the loss also snapped a streak and .375 after that…has allowed a .133 (15 for 113) opponents average the where the A’s won 11 consecutive games in which he started…that tied for first time through the lineup over the last two years…did not allow a run the fourth longest such streak in Oakland history…had a no decision in his (11.0 ip) and held the opposition to a .086 batting average in four games on third start on April 15 against New York, a game the A’s won 5-4 on Marco the road compared to a 4.30 ERA and .278 opponents average in three starts Scutaro’s walk-off home run…allowed just one run in six innings and left in Oakland…opponents were 9 for 23 (.391) with four walks when leading in the seventh inning with tightness in his right shoulder…went on the dis- off an inning…allowed one run or less in two of his four starts and had a abled list and made one rehab appearance with Triple-A Sacramento on win and a no decision in those starts…has allowed one run or fewer in 28 of June 20 against Tacoma (1.0 ip, 1 h, 1 so) before he was reinstated from the his 76 career starts (36.8%) but is 15-0 with 13 no decisions in those starts…is DL…was placed in the bullpen upon his return…did not allow a run or hit 27-0 in 33 career starts with run support of four runs or more…the A’s were in three relief appearances and retired 12 of the 14 batters that he faced, six by strikeout…made his fourth and final start of the sea- LIFETIME PITCHING RECORD son on July 7 against Seattle, a loss in the A’s 4-0 decision…left after 2.2 innings, his shortest outing as Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK 2001 Vancouver 2 4 3.39 18 14 0 0 0 74.1 47 29 28 3 4 38 0 100 8 1 a starter since June 26, 2004 against San Francisco 2002 Visalia 4 3 2.93 12 12 1 0 0 67.2 49 27 22 4 1 24 0 85 3 1 when he tossed 2.1 innings…went back on the DL and Midland 8 3 2.95 16 16 1 0 0 85.1 67 33 28 2 3 52 1 102 1 1 continued to rehab towards a possible late season 2003 Midland 2 0 0.00 2 2 0 0 0 13.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 return…was transferred to the 60-day DL on August Sacramento 9 4 3.15 16 14 0 0 0 88.2 72 34 31 6 1 35 0 91 5 0 22 and was eventually shut down for the remainder of OAKLAND 5 4 4.46 15 13 0 0 0 74.2 72 38 37 5 1 40 1 67 6 0 2004 Sacramento 0 0 5.40 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 6 3 3 0 0 3 0 6 0 0 the season in late September. OAKLAND 11 7 3.99 31 31 0 0 0 189.2 171 90 84 16 3 81 6 167 4 1 2005 OAKLAND 10 5 2.53 22 19 2 1 0 128.0 93 42 36 7 2 43 0 121 6 0 Sacramento 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 2006 OAKLAND 4 0 4.24 9 9 0 0 0 46.2 31 22 22 5 1 26 0 49 0 0 HARDEN’S CAREER HIGHS Sacramento 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 Low Hit Complete Game: 2, July 14, 2005 vs. Texas 2007 OAKLAND 1 2 2.45 7 4 0 0 0 25.2 18 7 7 3 0 11 1 27 0 0 Innings Pitched: 9.0 (twice), last: July 14, 2005 vs. Texas Sacramento 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Fewest Innings Pitched, Starter: 2.1, June 26, 2004 vs. San ML Totals 31 18 3.60 84 76 2 1 0 464.2 385 199 186 36 7 201 8 431 16 1 Francisco Hits: 12, July 29, 2005 vs. Detroit DIVISION SERIES RECORD Runs: 8, August 21, 2003 at Boston Year Club/Opp. W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK Earned Runs: 8, August 21, 2003 at Boston 2003 OAK vs. BOS 1 1 13.50 2 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 2 2 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 Walks: 7, August 21, 2003 at Boston 2006 OAK vs. MIN (Did not pitch) Strikeouts: 10, August 31, 2003 vs. Tampa Bay Totals 1 1 13.50 2 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 2 2 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 Home Runs: 3, August 20, 2004 at Tampa Bay Longest Winning Streak: 6 (twice), last: August 19, 2005 to April LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RECORD 4, 2007 Longest Losing Streak: 3 (twice), last: May 2 to 13, 2005 Year Club/Opp. W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK Longest Scoreless Streak: 18.1, August 14, 2005 to April 4, 2006 OAK vs. DET 0 1 4.76 1 1 0 0 0 5.2 5 3 3 1 0 5 0 4 0 0 2006 15 DAN HAREN RHP

Height/Weight 6-5 / 220 started, was fifth in innings pitched (222.2) Bats/Throws Right / Right and tied for fifth in wild pitches (10)…had a OAKLAND A’s Birthdate September 17, 1980 career high 55 walks, but still had the eighth MOST WINS ON A Birthplace/Resides Monterey Park, California / West Covina, California best strikeout to walk ratio in the AL and the TEAM WITH A Obtained Acquired from the St. Louis Cardinals with pitcher Kiko Calero third best in Oakland history (3.49)…now has LOSING RECORD and catcher Daric Barton for pitcher Mark Mulder, Decem- a 3.47 strikeout to walk ratio (531 so/81 bb) 16 Rogers, 1998 ber 18, 2004 in three seasons with the A’s, which is second 15 Haren, 2007 Contract Status Second year of a four-year contract through 2009 with a best in Oakland history to 14 Blanton, 2007 club option for 2010. (7.15)…has an average of 2.08 walks per nine 14 Stottlemyre, 1995 innings with the A’s, which is also second in 14 Witt, 1993 2007 Highlights Oakland history to Eckersley (1.30)…had ca- 14 Codiroli, 1985 Was 15-9 with a 3.07 ERA in 34 starts…led the American League in ERA reer lows in opponents batting average (.247), 14 Blue, 1977 for most of the season and ended up finishing third with the lowest ERA of on-base percentage (.292) and slugging per- his career…also led the A’s and finished with career highs in wins and centage (.396)…the on-base percentage was strikeouts (192)…his strikeout total ranked eighth in the AL and tied for the sixth lowest in the AL and the batting average was 10th best but he allowed fifth highest single season total in Oakland history…his 15 wins were sec- a team leading 24 home runs and tied for second in the AL with seven ond highest in Oakland history on a team with a losing record (, 16 in 1998)…led the AL in pitches thrown (3635), tied for the lead in games ...more Haren on next page

28 Haren, continued night ERA (3.17), ninth in road ERA (3.34) and 10th in day ERA (2.90)…was 12-4 with a OAKLAND A’s 2.80 ERA in 23 starts on four days rest and 3- LOWEST AVERAGE triples…his opponents average broke down to .230 (99 for 431) against 5 with a 3.69 ERA in his other 11 starts…his WITH RISP left-handed hitters and .264 (115 for 436) against right-handers…allowed a ERA on four days rest was the lowest in the (since 1974) .181 average with runners in scoring position, which was the lowest mark AL and third lowest in the Majors…is now .154 Lacey, 1977 in the AL and second lowest in the Majors (Smoltz, ATL .178)…it was fourth 36-21 with a 3.28 ERA (181 er in 496.2 ip) in .158 McCatty, 1981 lowest by an Oakland pitcher since 1974…was 10-3 with a 2.30 ERA and 77 career starts on four days rest and 12-22 .176 Blue, 1976 .205 opponents batting average in 19 starts before the All-Star Break and 5- with a 4.94 ERA (145 er in 264.0 ip) in his .181 Haren, 2007 6 with a 4.15 ERA and .298 opponents batting average in 15 starts after the other 44 starts…was 4-0 with a 2.25 ERA and .185 Zito, 2002 break…led the AL in ERA at the break and was tied for fourth in wins…his .200 opponents batting average in four ERA was seventh lowest in Oakland history before the break and the lowest interleague starts and tied for the interleague since had a 2.22 ERA in 1989…was named to his first All-Star lead in wins (Verlander, DET)…is now 7-2 with a 2.93 ERA (27 er in 83.0 team and started for the AL to become the sixth Oakland pitcher to start an ip) and .219 (66 for 301) opponents batting average in 12 career interleague All-Star game (Blue 1971 and 1975, Hunter 1973, Stewart 1989, Welch starts…went 6-1 against AL East teams and is now 17-8 in his career against 1990, Mulder 2004)…had a no decision in the AL’s 5-4 win at San Fran- the AL East compared to 32-36 against all other divisions…the A’s were 19- cisco (2.0 ip, 2 h, 1 r, 1 er, 1 bb, 2 so)…his ERA increased every month of 15 in his starting assignments and are 58-44 (.568) in his 102 career starts in the season…went 3-2 with a 1.60 ERA in six starts in April and 3-0 with a an Oakland uniform…tossed seven or more innings in 15 of his 34 starts, 1.67 ERA in six starts in May…led the AL in ERA in both April and May but just twice after June 20…allowed two runs or fewer 16 times and walked and was named AL Pitcher of the Month in May…it was the first time he two batters or fewer 25 times…has walked two batters or fewer in 86 of his has won the award…his April and May ERA were the two lowest single 102 career starts with the A’s, including zero 24 times…made the first Open- month ERA’s of his career…then went 3-0 with a 2.55 ERA in five starts in ing Day start of his career on April 2 at Seattle but took the loss in a 4-0 June…had the eighth best June ERA in the AL… his season ERA at the end decision…became the 12th different pitcher to start an opener for the A’s in of June was 1.91, making him the fourth pitcher in Oakland history to have the last 15 years…had a career high 10-game winning streak over a 15-start an ERA under 2.00 at the end of June (Blue, 1.53 in 1971; Nash, 1.64 in stretch from April 18 to July 1…had a 2.23 ERA and .199 opponents batting 1968; Odom, 1.92 in 1968)…then went 4-1 with a 4.10 ERA in July, 1-2 average during the streak, which was the longest in the Majors in 2007 and with a 4.15 ERA in August and 1-4 with a 4.82 ERA in September…his the seventh of 10 or more games in Oakland history…allowed two earned season ERA increased over 18 consecutive starts from June 15 to Septem- runs or less during the first 12 games of the streak, which was the longest ber 17, going from 1.58 to 3.12…did not allow more than five runs in a start such streak in Oakland history, topping the previous mark of 11 by Jim all year, joining Vida Blue (1971) and Catfish Hunter (1972) as the only Nash in 1968…made the 100th appearance of his career and combined with starting pitchers in Oakland history to go an entire season without allowing Duchscherer and Street on a five-hit shutout in the A’s 3-0 win over Los more than five runs in a game (min. 27 starts)…received run support of two Angeles on April 18…had a streak of five consecutive starts from May 14 runs or fewer in 12 of his 34 starts…was 0-8 in those starts and 15-1 in his to June 4 where he tossed seven or more innings and allowed four or fewer 22 starts with more than two runs of support…is now 45-7 (.865) with three hits…was the first pitcher in Athletics history to do that…the previous best or more runs of support in his career…was charged with 15 unearned runs, was four by Bobo Newsom (1945) and Chuck Dobson (1970)…made his which tied for third most in the AL…had six no decisions over a 19-start 100th career start and had a no decision in a 5-4, 11-inning win over Boston stretch from June 4 to September 12 and the bullpen blew the save in five of on June 4…was 14-4 with a 2.66 ERA on August 21 and then went 1-5 with those no decisions…ranked fourth in the AL in home ERA (2.82), fifth in a 4.78 ERA over his final seven starts…had a season high 10 strikeouts on August 26 against Tampa Bay, but that started a sea- son high four-game losing streak…allowed a career LIFETIME PITCHING RECORD high 12 hits in back-to-back starts on September 7 at Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK Texas and September 12 at Seattle…it was just the 2001 New Jersey 3 3 3.10 12 8 0 0 1 52.1 47 22 18 6 5 8 0 57 1 0 fourth time in Oakland history a pitcher allowed 12 or 2002 Peoria 7 3 1.95 14 14 1 0 0 101.2 89 32 22 6 2 12 0 89 4 2 Potomac 3 6 3.62 14 14 1 0 0 92.0 90 43 37 8 3 19 2 82 2 1 more hits in back-to-back starts, the first since Rick 2003 Tennessee 6 0 0.82 8 8 0 0 0 55.0 36 8 5 2 1 6 0 49 1 0 Langford did it in three straight starts from August 17- Memphis 2 1 4.93 8 8 0 0 0 45.2 50 25 25 6 4 8 1 35 1 1 28, 1982…that was part of a four-game streak from ST. LOUIS 3 7 5.08 14 14 0 0 0 72.2 84 44 41 9 5 22 0 43 3 0 September 1-17 when he allowed 10 or more hits, the 2004 Memphis 11 4 4.15 21 21 0 0 0 128.0 137 60 59 19 3 33 1 150 2 0 ST. LOUIS 3 3 4.50 14 5 0 0 0 46.0 45 23 23 4 2 17 2 32 1 0 fourth such streak in Oakland history and the second th 2005 OAKLAND 14 12 3.73 34 34 3 0 0 217.0 212 101 90 26 6 53 5 163 6 0 this year (Blanton, July 8-25)…made his 100 career 2006 OAKLAND 14 13 4.12 34 34 2 0 0 223.0 224 109 102 31 10 45 6 176 10 0 start as an Athletic on September 17 in a 4-0 loss to 2007 OAKLAND 15 9 3.07 34 34 0 0 0 222.2 214 91 76 24 3 55 1 192 10 0 Seattle. AL Totals 43 34 3.64 102 102 5 0 0 662.2 650 301 268 81 19 153 12 531 26 0 NL Totals 6 10 4.85 28 19 0 0 0 118.2 129 67 64 13 7 39 2 75 4 0 ML Totals 49 44 3.82 130 121 5 0 0 781.1 779 368 332 94 26 192 14 606 30 0

DIVISION SERIES RECORD Year Club/Opp. W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK 2004 STL vs. L.A. 1 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 HAREN’S CAREER HIGHS 2006 OAK vs. MIN 1 0 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 9 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 Totals 2 0 2.25 2 1 0 0 0 8.0 10 2 2 1 0 2 0 5 0 0 Low Hit Complete Game: 3, August 12, 2005 vs. Minnesota Innings Pitched: 9.0 (five times), last: July 31, 2006 at Los Ange- LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RECORD les (AL) Fewest Innings Pitched, Starter: 1.2, July 8, 2003 at San Fran- Year Club/Opp. W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK cisco 2004 STL vs. HOU 0 0 10.80 2 0 0 0 0 1.2 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 Hits: 12 (three times), last: September 12, 2007 at Seattle 2006 OAK vs. DET 0 0 5.40 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 7 3 3 1 0 2 0 7 2 0 Runs: 10, June 10, 2004 at Chicago (NL) Totals 0 0 6.75 3 1 0 0 0 6.2 10 5 5 2 0 3 0 9 2 0 Earned Runs: 10, June 10, 2004 at Chicago (NL) Walks: 5 (twice), last: June 24, 2006 at San Francisco WORLD SERIES RECORD Strikeouts: 12, August 27, 2006 at Texasl 10, August 26, 2007 at Year Club/Opp. W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK Tampa Bay 2004 STL vs. BOS 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 4.2 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 Home Runs: 3, August 21, 2007 at Toronto Longest Winning Streak: 10, April 18 to July 1, 2007; 9, May 31 ALL-STAR GAME RECORD to August 7, 2005 Longest Losing Streak: 6, April 23 to May 26, 2005; 6, August Year Club/Site W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK 16, 2003 to August 3, 2004 2007 A.L./SF 0 0 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 Longest Scoreless Streak: 19.0, May 14-24, 2006

29 29 DAN JOHNSON 1B

Height/Weight 6-2 / 216 hitter…is now 0 for 14 with two walks and two RBI in his career in the Bats/Throws Left / Right pinch…began the season on the 15-day disabled list with a torn labrum in Birthdate August 10, 1979 his left hip but missed just 20 games…went 3 for 5 (.600) with a home run Birthplace/Resides Coon Rapids, Minnesota / Coon Rapids, Minnesota and three RBI in two games with Triple-A Sacramento on a rehab assign- Obtained Selected in the seventh round of the June, 2001 draft ment on April 23 and 24 and was reinstated from the DL on April 25…got Contract Status First year of a one-year contract through 2007. off to a fast start as he hit .327 (34 for 104) over his first 29 games through May 27…then hit .205 (64 for 312) over his final 88 games…had a career 2007 Highlights and A’s season high 15-game hitting streak from April 28 to May 15…hit Batted .236 with 18 home runs and 62 RBI in 117 games in his third season .411 (23 for 56) with five doubles, four home runs, 13 RBI, 14 runs scored with the A’s…added 72 walks for a .349 on-base percentage…had career and 13 walks during the streak…matched his career highs on May 10 at highs in games, at bats (416), home runs, RBI, walks and strikeouts (77) Kansas City with four hits, two home runs, four RBI and four runs and matched his best in triples (1)…hit .237 (62 for 262) against right- scored…had the first 4-4-4-4 box score line in Oakland history…also handed pitchers and .234 (36 for 154) against left-handers…now has a walked twice, marking the 15th time in Oakland history a player reached .249 (194 for 778) career average against right-handers and .247 (74 for base six times in one game…it was the first time since August 28, 1998 at 299) against lefties…his average dropped to .200 with runners in scoring Cleveland when both Jason Giambi and Rickey Henderson did it…is the position, which ranked seventh lowest in the American League…has a first player in Oakland history with at least four runs, four hits, four RBI, .219 (64 for 292) career average with RISP…was 1 for 14 (.071) with the two home runs and two walks in one game…was named American League bases loaded, which was the lowest mark in the AL…is a .188 (6 for 32) Co-Player of the Week for the week of May 7 to 13, an honor he shared career hitter with the bases full, but three of the six hits are grand slams…hit with teammate Jack Cust…hit .545 (12 for 22) with three doubles, three .217 in Oakland after batting .284 in the Coliseum over the first two years home runs, six RBI and 10 runs scored…had the game-ending of his career…batted .260 before the All-Star Break and .204 after the on May 15 against Kansas City, his first career walk-off plate appearance… break…hit .267 during the day compared to .218 at night…now has a .293 went 2 for 3 with three walks on May 18 against San Francisco, the second (119 for 406) career average during the day and .222 (149 for 671) at time in May he reached base safely at least five times in a game…scored a night…ranked second in the AL in highest percent of pitches taken career high tying four runs on May 18 against San Francisco for the sec- (64.5%)…hit .190 in interleague play…went 14 for 33 (.424) against Cleve- ond time in 2007 and the third time in his career…is just the fourth player land and batted .357 with four home runs and eight RBI in eight games in Oakland history with three career games of four or more runs scored against Kansas City…has a .333 (22 for 66) career average against the (Giambi, Henderson, Tejada)…finished May with a .323 (32 for 99) bat- Royals with seven home runs and 13 RBI in 19 games…started games at ting average along with five home runs and 19 RBI in 27 games…then hit every spot in the order from third through seventh and made a team lead- .204 in June…snapped a career long 24-game, 93-at bat homerless streak ing 40 starts in the five spot…was 4 for 26 (.154) in eight games hitting on June 15 against St. Louis…matched his career high with four hits on third…committed four errors over his first 58 games at first base and then June 28 at Cleveland…hit .156 in July, the lowest single month batting finished the season with a 39-game errorless streak for a career best .996 average of his career…followed that up with a .214 mark in August…singled fielding percentage…started a team leading 96 games at first base, but all in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning on August 31 against of those came over a 124-game stretch from April 25, when he was rein- Detroit for his second “walk-off” plate appearance of the season… hit his stated from the disabled list, to September 9, the day before Daric Barton third career grand slam in the top of the ninth inning on September 10 at was promoted from Sacramento…started 12 of the A’s final 18 games at Seattle and matched his career high with four RBI…had his second two- designated hitter and made 17 starts at DH for the season…batted .263 homer game of the season on September 15 against Texas…it was the third with four home runs and 15 RBI as a DH and was 0 for 3 as a pinch of his career…also matched his career high with four RBI in that game.

LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD JOHNSON’S CAREER HIGHS Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E Hits: 4 (four times), June 28, 2007 at Cleveland; May 10, 2007 at 2001 Vancouver .283 69 247 36 70 15 2 11 41 0 4 2 27 63 0 0 .494 .354 12 Kansas City; June 15, 2006 vs. Seattle; July 27, 2005 vs. Cleveland 2002 Modesto .293 126 426 56 125 23 1 21 85 1 8 0 57 87 4 1 .500 .371 7 Runs: 4 (three times), last: May 18, 2007 vs. San Francisco 2003 Midland .290 139 538 90 156 26 4 27 114 0 11 2 68 82 7 4 .504 .365 8 Doubles: 2 (three times), last: June 14, 2007 at Houston Sacramento .250 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .250 0 Triples: 1 (twice), last: May 30,, 2007 vs. Texas 2004 Sacramento .299 142 535 95 160 29 5 29 111 0 7 9 89 93 0 1 .535 .403 12 Home Runs: 2 (three times), September 15, 2007 vs. Texas; May 2005 Sacramento .324 47 182 36 59 17 0 8 41 0 2 1 32 24 0 1 .549 .424 4 10, 2007 at Kansas City; June 11, 2006 at New York (AL) OAKLAND .275 109 375 54 103 21 0 15 58 0 8 1 50 52 0 1 .451 .355 6 Runs Batted In: 4 (six times), last: September 15, 2007 vs. Texas 2006 OAKLAND .234 91 286 30 67 13 1 9 37 0 5 0 40 45 0 0 .381 .323 4 Walks: 3 (three times), last: June 12, 2007 at Houston Sacramento .314 46 172 34 54 13 1 7 44 0 2 3 32 27 0 1 .523 .426 4 Strikeouts: 3 (three times), last: September 13, 2007 vs. Texas 2007 Sacramento .600 2 5 1 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1.200 .750 0 Stolen Bases: None OAKLAND .236 117 416 53 98 20 1 18 62 0 4 3 72 77 0 0 .418 .349 4 Hitting Streak: 15, April 28 to May 15, 2007 M.L. Totals .249 317 1077 137 268 54 2 42 157 0 17 4 162 174 0 1 .420 .344 14 Hitless Streak (At Bats): 28, October 2, 2005-April 14, 2006

DIVISION SERIES RECORD Year Club/Opp. AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2006 OAK vs. MIN (Did not play)

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RECORD Year Club/Opp. AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2006 OAK vs. DET (Did not play)

30 21 MARK KOTSAY CF

Height/Weight 6-0 / 204 disabled list after having Bats/Throws Left / Left microdiscectomy surgery on his MOST OUTFIELD ASSISTS, Birthdate December 2, 1975 lower back on March 8…was trans- MAJORS, SINCE 1998 Birthplace/Resides Whitter, California / Reno, Nevada ferred to the 60-day DL on April 110 Mark Kotsay Obtained Acquired from the San Diego Padres for Ramon Hernandez 23…was sent to Triple-A Sacramento 107 Vladimir Guerrero and , November 25, 2003 on a rehab assignment on May 21 and 101 Bobby Abreu Contract Status Second year of a three-year contract through 2008. hit .270 (10 for 37) with a double, 93 Andruw Jones two RBI and seven walks in 10 93 Carlos Beltran 2007 Highlights games…was reinstated from the DL Began the season on the disabled list on June 1…started slowly as he went as he was recovering from spring OAKLAND A’S CAREER 2 for 27 (.074) with a walk over his first eight games…then went 17 for 43 training back surgery and appeared in BATTING LEADERS (.395) with six doubles, a home run and seven RBI over his next 10 games 56 games before the back problems 1. Jason Giambi .308 to lift his average to .271 on June 20…finished the season by hitting .184 returned in August and ended his 2. Geronimo Berroa .293 (25 for 136) with no home runs over his final 38 games…had a season th season…batted .214, which was the 3. Carney Lansford .288 high four hits on June 12 at Houston…it was his 18 career game of four lowest average of his career outside 4. Rickey Henderson .288 or more hits…hit the game tying home run in the ninth inning that night of his first season when he hit .192 in 5. Mark Kotsay .282 against the Astros to snap a career long 53-game homerless streak…his 14 games with Florida in 1997…his (min. 1500 plate appearances) previous long was 51 games from September 20, 2003 to June 1, 2004…the average has decreased in each of the home run was his first since July 22, 2006 at Detroit…it was his only last three seasons…however, he has home run of the season and he finished the year with a 45-game homerless a .282 batting average in four seasons with the A’s, which is fifth best in streak…the home run came on the road and 18 of his 23 home runs over Oakland history…added a .279 on-base percentage and .296 slugging per- the last three years have come away from the Coliseum…had a season best centage and both of those figures were also his lowest outside of 1997 five-game hitting streak from June 15 to 20 (8 for 20, .400)…committed (.250/.250)…hit just .130 (6 for 46) against left-handed pitching compared his first error of the season on July 3 against Toronto, snapping a career to .238 (38 for 160) against right-handers…his career splits are even at high 110-game errorless streak dating back to his last error on May 26, .282 each…his batting average also included a .172 mark in Oakland and 2006…his previous high was 91 games from September 30, 2004-July 17, .190 at night…batted .294 with runners in scoring position and .189 with 2005…went 11 consecutive games and 47 plate appearances without a the bases empty…had five assists in 56 games in the outfield, all in center, strikeout from June 30 to July 18…that was his longest streak since a 12- and now has 110 assists dating back to 1998…those are the most assists game stretch from July 2 to 18, 2000…his at bat in the fifth inning on among Major League outfielders over that span, three more than Vladimir August 4 against Los Angeles was the 5000th of his career…batted .071 (2 Guerrero who has 107…also leads ML outfielders with 30 double plays for 28) in eight games in August…missed six of the A’s final 11 games since 1998 (Guerrero, 28)…did not have a pinch hitting appearance in before going on the DL on was 1 for 16 in the five games in which he 2007…has a .411 (23 for 56) career average as a pinch hitter, which is the appeared…was placed on the disabled list on August 17 retroactive to best among active players with 50 or more plate appearances…did not August 15 with lower back spasms…it was his fourth career stint on the appear in a game and opened the season on the 15-day DL.

LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD KOTSAY’S CAREER HIGHS Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E Hits: 5 (twice), April 30, 2005 vs. Seattle; June 22, 1998 at Tampa 1996 Kane County .283 17 60 16 17 5 0 2 8 0 1 1 16 8 3 0 .467 .436 0 Bay; 4 (16 times), last: June 12, 2007 at Houston 1997 Portland .306 114 438 103 134 27 2 20 77 0 3 0 75 65 17 5 .514 .405 2 Runs: 4, May 29, 2002 vs. Colorado FLORIDA .192 14 52 5 10 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 4 7 3 0 .250 .250 0 Doubles: 3, April 22, 1998 vs. Colorado 1998 FLORIDA .279 154 578 72 161 25 7 11 68 7 3 1 34 61 10 5 .403 .318 6 Triples: 1 (41 times), last: September 15, 2006 vs. Chicago (AL) 1999 FLORIDA .271 148 495 57 134 23 9 8 50 2 9 0 29 50 7 6 .402 .306 5 Home Runs: 2 (three times), September 6, 2004 vs. Boston; July 2000 FLORIDA .298 152 530 87 158 31 5 12 57 2 4 0 42 46 19 9 .443 .347 3 24, 2004 vs. Texas; September 22, 2002 vs. Los Angeles 2001 SAN DIEGO .291 119 406 67 118 29 1 10 58 1 3 2 48 58 13 5 .441 .366 4 Runs Batted In: 4 (eight times), last time: September 6, 2006 vs. 2002 SAN DIEGO .292 153 578 82 169 27 7 17 61 2 4 3 59 89 11 9 .452 .359 4 Texas 2003 SAN DIEGO .266 128 482 64 128 28 4 7 38 1 1 1 56 82 6 3 .384 .343 3 Walks: 4, May 13, 2001 vs. Florida 2004 OAKLAND .314 148 606 78 190 37 3 15 63 5 5 2 55 70 8 5 .459 .370 6 Strikeouts: 4 (three times), last: September 14, 2003 at Los Angeles 2005 OAKLAND .280 139 582 75 163 35 1 15 82 2 4 1 40 51 5 5 .421 .325 4 Stolen Bases: 2 (eight times), last: June 10, 2006 at New York (AL) 2006 OAKLAND .275 129 502 57 138 29 3 7 59 4 6 2 44 55 6 3 .386 .332 4 Hitting Streak: 16, July 22 to August 18, 2006; 16, May 24 to June 2007 Sacramento .270 10 37 2 10 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 1 2 0 .297 .386 0 9, 2002; 15, September 13 to 28, 2004 OAKLAND .214 56 206 20 44 14 0 1 20 0 1 0 19 20 1 1 .296 .279 2 Hitless Streak (At Bats): 29, June 25 to July 3, 2006 AL Totals .282 472 1896 230 535 115 7 38 224 11 16 5 158 196 20 14 .410 .336 16 NL Totals .281 868 3121 434 878 164 34 65 336 16 24 7 272 393 69 37 .418 .338 25 ML Totals .282 1340 5017 664 1413 279 41 103 560 27 40 12 430 589 89 51 .415 .337 41

DIVISION SERIES RECORD Year Club/Opp. AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2006 OAK vs. MIN .143 3 14 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .357 .143 0

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RECORD Year Club/Opp. AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2006 OAK vs. DET .250 4 16 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 .375 .333 0

31 46 COLBY LEWIS RHP

Height/Weight 6-4 / 230 er in 167.1 ip) in 34 career starts and 1-3 with a 5.22 ERA (29 er in 50.0 ip) Bats/Throws Right / Right in 38 relief appearances…did not allow a run in his first 10 relief appear- Birthdate August 2, 1979 ances from May 26 to June 14 (10.0 ip, 2 h, 0 bb, 5 so) and held the Birthplace/Resides Bakersfield, California / Bakersfield, California opposition to a .067 batting average…retired an A’s season high 24 con- Obtained Signed as a free agent to a minor league contract, March secutive batters from June 1 to 17…that was the longest streak by an A’s 24, 2007 pitcher since Mike Mohler retired 27 in a row from April 15 to 28, 1996…it Contract Status First year of a one-year contract through 2007. was the third longest in Oakland history by a reliever…the streak came to an end on June 17 against St. Louis when he allowed four runs on four hits 2007 Highlights in 1.0 innings and took the loss…allowed at least one run in seven con- Split his season between Oakland and Triple-A Sacramento and had two secutive games from June 17 to July 6 and allowed 14 runs total over that stints with the A’s…was 0-2 with a 6.45 ERA in 26 games, one start, with span for a 10.32 ERA and .377 opponents batting average…tossed a score- the A’s and 8-3 with a 1.88 ERA in 15 starts with the River Cats…is now less inning of relief on July 13 at Minnesota but was designated for assign- 12-15 with a 6.71 ERA in 72 career outings in the Majors…the ERA is ment on July 16 and sent outright to Sacrament on July 19…was 0-2 with second highest among Major League pitchers with 200 or more innings an 8.06 ERA in 19 games with Oakland during his first stint…went 3-2 pitched in the post-World War II era (Mike Johnson, 6.85 from 1997- with a 3.40 ERA in seven starts with Sacramento in July and August and 2001)…his 26 games pitched with the A’s matched his career high from was brought back to Oakland on August 29…posted a 3.00 ERA in seven 2003 with Texas…allowed a .293 opponents batting average, which in- relief appearances in September…tossed 4.0 innings on September 9 at cluded a .255 (27 for 106) average against right-handed hitters and .386 Texas, his longest outing ever as a reliever…his 1.88 ERA at Sacramento (17 for 44) against left-handers…yielded seven doubles and two home was the best among River Cats pitchers with 25 or more innings…tied for runs to left-handers for a .682 slugging percentage…his .361 opponents second on the staff in wins (8) and was third in strikeouts (97)…walked on-base percentage was a career low…allowed a .349 average with run- just 23 for a strikeout to walk ratio of 4.22…allowed just eight home runs ners in scoring position and .225 with the bases empty…allowed five of or one per 12.0 innings…opponents hit .202, which included .190 (28 for his seven home runs with runners on base…opponents hit .203 over his 15 147) by left-handers and .210 (42 for 200) by right-handers…allowed six pitches in a game and .370 after that…compiled a 3.86 ERA and .254 of his eight home runs against righties…his opponents average dropped to opponents batting average in 13 outings in Oakland and had an 8.44 ERA .167 with runners in scoring position…was 7-0 with a 1.59 ERA in nine and .322 opponents batting average in 13 appearances on the road…did starts on the road compared to 1-3 with a 2.31 ERA in six starts at home…the not commit an error in 26 games and has no errors in 72 career games…first River Cats were 12-3 in his starting assignments…tossed seven or more batters faced were 3 for 21 (.143) with two walks in his relief appearances innings in six of his 15 starts, allowed two runs or fewer 11 times and but he allowed 11 of 21 (52.4%) inherited runners to score…was 5-1 with walked two or fewer 11 times…was the losing pitcher in his first start on a 2.31 ERA in eight starts at Sacramento when he was selected by the A’s April 8 against Tacoma but then put together a seven-game winning streak on May 22…started that night at Chicago and allowed 10 runs on 12 hits over his next 10 Triple-A starts from April 13 to August 2…had a 1.84 and two walks in 3.1 innings in the A’s 10-4 loss…the runs and hits were ERA and .179 opponents batting average during the streak…struck out a both career highs and it was just the eighth time in Oakland history a pitcher season high 12 batters in 6.0 innings on April 23 against Las Vegas…had allowed at least 10 earned runs in a game…was moved to the bullpen three straight 10 strikeout games on August 8 against Oklahoma, August following that game and posted a 4.46 ERA and .248 opponents batting 14 at Portland and August 20 at Tacoma and had more strikeouts than average in his 25 relief appearances…is now 11-12 with a 7.15 ERA (133 innings pitched in seven of his 15 starts.

LIFETIME PITCHING RECORD LEWIS’ CAREER HIGHS Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK Low Hit Complete Game: None 1999 Pulaski 7 3 1.95 14 11 1 1 0 64.2 46 24 14 3 7 27 0 84 3 4 Innings Pitched: 7.2, August 15, 2003 vs. Chicago (AL). As re- 2000 Charlotte 11 10 4.07 28 27 3 1 0 163.2 169 83 74 11 10 45 0 153 11 2 liever: 4.0, September 9, 2007 at Texas 2001 Charlotte 1 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 Fewest Innings Pitched, Starter: 1.1, August 27, 2003 at Kan- Tulsa 10 10 4.50 25 25 1 0 0 156.0 150 85 78 15 16 62 2 162 16 0 sas City 2002 Oklahoma 5 6 3.63 20 20 0 0 0 106.2 100 49 43 4 7 28 0 99 5 0 Hits: 12, May 22, 2007 at Chicago (AL). As reliever: 5 (twice), TEXAS 1 3 6.29 15 4 0 0 0 34.1 42 26 24 4 2 26 2 28 3 1 last: July 2, 2007 vs. Toronto 2003 Oklahoma 5 1 3.02 7 7 0 0 0 47.2 36 16 16 6 0 19 0 43 3 2 Runs: 10, May 22, 2007 at Chicago (AL). As reliever: 4 (twice), TEXAS 10 9 7.30 26 26 0 0 0 127.0 163 104 103 23 5 70 1 88 5 0 last: June 17, 2007 vs. St. Louis 2004 TEXAS 1 1 4.11 3 3 0 0 0 15.1 13 7 7 1 1 13 0 11 0 0 Earned Runs: 10, May 22, 2007 at Chicago (AL). As reliever: 4 2005 DETROIT (Injured — Did not pitch) (twice), last: June 17, 2007 vs. St. Louis 2006 Toledo 6 7 3.96 24 24 0 0 0 147.2 154 70 65 13 7 36 0 104 1 0 Walks: 8, April 10, 2003 vs. Oakland. As reliever: 4, April 15, DETROIT 0 0 3.00 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 8 1 1 1 0 1 0 5 0 0 2002 vs. Seattle 2007 Sacramento 8 3 1.88 15 15 0 0 0 95.2 70 24 20 8 1 23 0 97 1 0 Strikeouts: 10, August 15, 2003 vs. Chicago (AL). As reliever: 4 OAKLAND 0 2 6.45 26 1 0 0 0 37.2 44 28 27 7 3 14 3 23 1 1 (three times), last: September 9, 2007 at Texas ML Totals 12 15 6.71 72 34 0 0 0 217.1 270 166 162 36 11 124 6 155 9 2 Home Runs: 4, August 5, 2003 at New York (AL). As reliever: 2 (twice), last: May 22, 2007 at Chicago (AL) Longest Winning Streak: 5, September 1, 2003-April 7, 2004 Longest Losing Streak: 4, June 6-August 5, 2003 Longest Scoreless Streak: 11.0, May 26 to June 17, 2007

32 45 RUDDY LUGO RHP

Height/Weight 6-0 / 215 in 13 outings during the day and a 6.16 ERA and .295 opponents batting Bats/Throws Right / Right average in 25 appearances at night…did not commit an error in 38 games Birthdate May 22, 1980 and has not made an error in 102 career appearances…tossed at least one Birthplace/Resides Barahona, Dominican Republic / Brooklyn, New York inning in 30 of his 38 outings, including two or more nine times…was on Obtained Claimed on waivers from Tampa Bay, June 14, 2007 Tampa Bay’s Opening Day roster and allowed at least one run in six of his Contract Status First year of a one-year contract through 2007. first seven appearances for a 14.85 ERA…did not allow a run in his next four outings (4.0 ip), including three against Oakland, but was optioned to 2007 Highlights Triple-A Durham on May 6…went 2-1 with a 1.84 ERA in 11 appearances Was claimed on waivers by the A’s from Tampa Bay on June 14 and was 4- for the Bulls but was designated for assignment on June 12…was claimed 0 with a 4.30 ERA in 27 games over three stints with the A’s…posted a on waivers by the A’s on June 14 and tossed a scoreless inning on June 15 21.00 ERA in three appearances over his first two stints but then went 4-0 against St. Louis…then allowed a career high seven runs on a career high with a 2.86 ERA and .210 opponents batting average in 24 games over his five hits in just 0.2 innings the next day against the Cardinals and was final stint, which began on August 4…had two wins and a 9.28 ERA in 11 optioned to Triple-A Sacramento on June 18…did not allow a base runner games with the Devil Rays and was 6-0 with a 5.40 ERA in 38 relief ap- and posted two saves in three outings with the River Cats (3.0 ip) before he pearances overall…his ERA was second highest in Major League history was brought back to Oakland on June 25…tossed 1.1 scoreless innings on among undefeated pitchers with six or more wins…Bob Veale went 6-0 June 28 at Cleveland and was optioned back to Sacramento on June 29…had with a 6.99 ERA in 37 games for Pittsburgh in 1971…was tied for sixth seven saves and a 0.53 ERA in 14 outings during his second stint with the among American League relievers in wins…also ranked tied for fourth River Cats and was brought back to Oakland for the final time on August with 37 walks and struck out just 34…now has 74 walks and 82 strikeouts 4…compiled a 2.50 ERA in 10 outings in August and a 3.24 ERA in 14 in 133.1 career innings…allowed 19 of 38 (50.0%) inherited runners to appearances in September…tossed a season high 3.0 innings on August 24 score, which was the highest mark in the AL and second highest in the at Tampa Bay…recorded his sixth and final win by tossing 1.1 scoreless Majors (Flores, STL 55.9%)…has allowed 34 of 68 (50.0%) inherited run- innings in the A’s 7-4 win at Seattle on September 11…his six-game win- ners to score in his career…first batters faced were 8 for 34 (.235) with ning streak was the longest active streak in the AL at the end of the three walks and he was charged with two blown saves, both with the Devil season…made his 100th career appearance on September 25 at Boston…was Rays…opponents hit .261, which included a .244 (19 for 78) mark by left- 3-0 with 10 saves and a 0.45 ERA in 17 appearances with handed hitters and .274 (29 for 206) by right-handers…allowed all three Sacramento…ranked fifth in the A’s farm system in saves…did not allow a of his home runs against lefties…allowed a .307 average with runners in run in 16 of his 17 outings and held the opposition to a .081 batting scoring position and opponents were 3 for 9 with the bases loaded…has average…combined for a 5-1 record and a 1.04 ERA in 28 Triple-A ap- allowed a .462 (6 for 13, 16 RBI) average with the bases loaded in his pearances overall…converted 10 of 11 (90.9%) save opportunities and al- career…had a 2.84 ERA in 10 outings on one day rest and a 6.31 ERA in lowed just 1 of 10 (10.0%) inherited runners to score…allowed a .149 his other 28 outings…now has a 3.21 ERA (19 er in 53.1 ip) in 40 career opponents batting average, which included a .115 (7 for 61) mark against outings on one day rest and a 5.18 ERA (46 er in 80.0 ip) in his other 62 right-handers and .189 (10 for 53) against left-handers…did not allow a appearances…compiled a 4.08 ERA and .194 opponents batting average home run in 34.2 innings and did not allow a run in 23 of his 28 games.

LIFETIME PITCHING RECORD LUGO’S CAREER HIGHS Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK Low Hit Complete Game: None 1999 Ogden 1 2 7.88 6 6 0 0 0 24.0 35 23 21 2 1 12 0 26 1 0 Innings Pitched: 3.1 (twice), last: August 12, 2006 at Oakland 2000 Ogden 5 5 3.44 16 16 1 0 0 91.2 82 48 35 7 12 52 1 88 7 0 Hits: 5, June 16, 2007 vs. St. Louis 2001 Beloit 1 0 0.60 10 0 0 0 5 15.0 10 1 1 0 1 6 0 20 0 0 Runs: 7, June 16, 2007 vs. St. Louis Wilmington 0 2 3.77 16 0 0 0 2 31.0 29 14 13 2 2 13 0 23 2 0 Earned Runs: 7, June 16, 2007 vs. St. Louis 2002 Vero Beach 8 2 2.38 22 9 1 1 1 87.0 68 28 23 5 3 26 0 77 7 0 Walks: 3 (four times), last: August 29, 2007 vs. Toronto Jacksonville 3 1 4.05 11 2 0 0 1 33.1 34 15 15 3 3 13 5 23 4 0 Strikeouts: 4, April 21, 2006 at Texas 2003 Round Rock 4 15 6.01 41 15 1 0 1 118.1 133 93 79 12 5 53 5 112 3 0 Home Runs: 1 (seven times), last: August 18, 2007 vs. Kansas 2004 Jupiter 1 7 5.22 31 0 0 0 11 39.2 42 31 23 4 4 15 4 33 3 0 City Carolina 0 1 4.91 8 1 0 0 0 14.2 16 10 8 3 1 9 0 6 0 0 Longest Winning Streak: 6, April 5 to September 11, 2007 2005 Visalia 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 7 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Longest Losing Streak: 2 (twice), last: September 14 to 28, 2006 Montgomery 1 1 1.12 26 0 0 0 2 40.1 25 12 5 1 1 23 0 48 8 0 Longest Scoreless Streak: 13.2, August 4 to 23, 2006 2006 Visalia 0 0 6.75 4 0 0 0 1 4.0 6 4 3 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 TAMPA BAY 2 4 3.81 64 0 0 0 0 85.0 75 39 36 4 5 37 0 48 3 0 2007 TAMPA BAY 2 0 9.28 11 0 0 0 0 10.2 17 11 11 2 0 13 2 8 1 0 Durham 2 1 1.84 11 0 0 0 0 14.2 12 5 3 0 0 12 1 7 1 0 OAKLAND 4 0 4.30 27 0 0 0 0 37.2 31 18 18 1 2 24 4 26 1 0 Sacramento 3 0 0.45 17 0 0 0 10 20.0 5 1 1 0 0 7 0 22 1 0 ML Totals 8 4 4.39 102 0 0 0 0 133.1 123 68 65 7 7 74 6 82 5 0

33 52 JAY MARSHALL LHP

Height/Weight 6-5 / 205 he faced in his Major League career…made his debut on Opening Day at Bats/Throws Left / Left Seattle on April 2 and got the final out of the eighth inning, inducing Ibanez Birthdate February 25, 1983 to ground out…recorded his first ML win in his eighth career outing on Birthplace/Resides St. Louis, Missouri / Manchester, Missouri April 15 against New York…entered the game in the eighth inning with Obtained Selected in the , December 7, 2006 two outs and the A’s trailing 4-2 and retired three of the final four Contract Status First year of a one-year contract through 2007. batters…picked up the win when Marco Scutaro hit a three-run walk off home run…did not allow a run in eight of his first nine outings through 2007 Highlights April 20 for a 2.25 ERA…then allowed a career high five runs on a career Was selected from the organization in the Rule 5 draft high five hits in just 1.0 inning on April 21 at Texas…finished April with a and spent the entire season on the A’s roster…was 1-2 with a 6.43 ERA in 4.76 ERA in 13 appearances, his best ERA and most games pitched for any 51 relief appearances…tied for sixth among American League rookies in month of the season…first batters faced were 0 for 12 with a walk in the games pitched…allowed just 6 of 36 (16.7%) inherited runners to score, month…was charged with his only two losses of the season in back-to- which tied for the sixth lowest percentage in the AL…first batters faced back outings on May 2 at Boston and May 5 at Tampa Bay…was also were 11 for 46 (.239) with three walks and a hit by pitch and he also had charged with his first blown save in the game against the Red Sox…went two blown saves…struck out just 18 batters in 42.0 innings, an average of 14 consecutive outings (7.2 innings) without a strikeout from May 19 to 3.86 strikeouts per nine innings…that was the lowest figure among AL June 17…those were the most consecutive appearances without a strikeout relievers and third lowest in the Majors…walked 22 for a strikeout to walk in Oakland history, topping the previous mark of 12 by Mike Mohler (1993) ratio of 0.82…his .298 opponents batting average broke down to .296 (21 and Dave Von Ohlen (1986)…pitched less than one inning in each of his for 71) against left-handed hitters and .299 (29 for 97) against right- first 12 outings during that streak…finished May with a 6.52 ERA in 11 handers…allowed all three of his home runs to righties…opponents hit games and then posted a 6.35 ERA in 11 outings in June…was charged .354 with runners in scoring position and were 2 for 11 (.182) with the with his second blown save of the season on June 8 at San bases loaded…saw most of his action in the first half of the season as he Francisco…pitched just once over an 12-day span from June 20 to July was 1-2 with a 5.83 ERA and .278 opponents batting average in 37 games 1…had a 5.06 ERA in six outings in July and did not pitch over a 14-game before the All-Star Break…then appeared in just 14 of the A’s 74 games span from July 28 to August 10…tossed a season high 2.2 innings on Au- after the break and had no decisions, a 7.82 ERA and .340 opponents bat- gust 12 at Detroit…allowed at least one run in four consecutive appear- ting average…had a 4.21 ERA and .266 opponents batting average in 29 ances from August 17 to 25 and yielded a total of nine runs in 4.1 innings appearances in Oakland compared to a 9.92 ERA and .338 opponents bat- over that stretch…struck out a season high four batters in 2.0 innings on ting average in 22 outings on the road…did not allow a home run in 25.2 August 24 at Tampa Bay…then matched his season high by allowing five innings at home…had a 2.92 ERA and .217 opponents batting average in runs in just 0.1 innings the next day against the Devil Rays…made just 15 outings on one day rest and a 7.89 ERA and .328 opponents average in three appearances in the month of September and did not allow a run (2.1 his other 36 outings…had a 4.91 ERA and .204 opponents batting average ip)…pitched just once after September 8 and his final outing came on Sep- in 14 outings during the day and a 7.24 ERA and .342 opponents batting tember 18 against Seattle when he tossed 2.0 scoreless innings and al- average in 37 games at night…tossed less than one inning in 29 of his 51 lowed just one walk…allowed just 1 of 12 inherited runners to score after outings and recorded more than three outs in a game just 10 times…the 24- the All-Star Break. year old rookie got off to a strong start as he retired the first 12 batters that

LIFETIME PITCHING RECORD MARSHALL’S CAREER HIGHS Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK Low Hit Complete Game: None 2003 Bristol 2 0 2.61 10 10 0 0 0 41.1 38 15 12 3 4 13 0 42 2 0 Innings Pitched: 2.2, August 12, 2007 at Detroit 2004 Bristol 1 6 3.59 11 11 0 0 0 57.2 63 31 23 8 2 8 1 52 4 1 Hits: 5, April 21, 2007 at Texas Great Falls 2 0 3.45 4 2 0 0 0 15.2 19 9 6 2 0 6 0 17 0 0 Runs: 5 (twice), last: August 25, 2007 at Tampa Bay 2005 Great Falls 2 0 2.70 29 0 0 0 6 43.1 35 20 13 3 3 7 0 43 1 0 Earned Runs: 5, August 25, 2007 at Tampa Bay 2006 Winston-Salem 5 1 1.02 58 0 0 0 4 62.0 46 11 7 2 2 8 0 44 2 1 Walks: 3, July 4, 2007 vs. Toronto 2007 OAKLAND 1 2 6.43 51 0 0 0 0 42.0 50 33 30 3 4 22 6 18 2 0 Strikeouts: 4, August 24, 2007 at Tampa Bay M.L. Totals 1 2 6.43 51 0 0 0 0 42.0 50 33 30 3 4 22 6 18 2 0 Home Runs: 1 (three times), last: June 24, 2007 at New York (NL) Longest Winning Streak: 1, April 15, 2007 Longest Losing Streak: 2, May 2, 2007 to present Longest Scoreless Streak: 4.0, April 2 to 9, 2007

34 4 ADAM MELHUSE C

Height/Weight 6-2 / 202 since 2000 (24)…has been on a Major League roster for all but 15 days Bats/Throws Switch / Right over the past three seasons but has appeared in just 123 games over that Birthdate March 27, 1972 span…the switch-hitter batted .222 (6 for 27) against left-handers and .209 Birthplace/Resides Santa Clara, California / San Luis Obispo, California (14 for 67) against right-handers…hit .161 with the bases empty and .289 Obtained Signed as a free agent, September 1, 2007 with runners on base…including .333 with runners in scoring position…was Contract Status First year of a one-year contract through 2007. batting .273 at the All-Star Break but then hit .128 after the break…batted .282 during the day and .164 at night…was 6 for 13 (.462) with a home run 2007 Highlights and four RBI in five interleague games…did not commit an error in 25 Started and ended the sea- games (132 total chances) behind the plate and now has a 115-game error- son with Oakland, but LONGEST ERRORLESS STREAK, less streak as a catcher…that includes a 100-game streak with the A’s, played for Triple-A Sac- OAKLAND CATCHER which is second longest in Oakland history to the record of 107 by Mike 107 Macfarlane, July 11, 1998-Sept. 23, 1999 ramento and the Texas Macfarlane from July 11, 1998 to September 23, 1999…his last error came 100 Melhuse, June 5, 2004-present Rangers in on June 3, 2004 against Toronto…tossed out 3 of 19 (15.8%) attempted 96 Miller, April 5-September 10, 2004 between…made the A’s 92 Haney, July 4, 1974-April 25, 1976 base stealers…in addition to his 25 games, 20 starts, at catcher, he also Opening Day roster for 86 Hassey, July 7, 1988-July 7, 1989 made six appearances, including three starts, at third base…all three of his the fourth consecutive starts at third came with Texas…was also 2 for 3 (.667) with two walks season but was optioned and one RBI as a pinch hitter…both of his pinch hits came with to Sacramento on April 25…was brought back to Oakland on May 1 and Texas…again saw limited duty with the A’s as the back-up to Jason Kendall was hitting .231 with two RBI in 12 games with the A’s before he was as he started just two of the A’s first 20 games at catcher…also appeared in traded to Texas for cash considerations on June 9…hit .206 with a home one game at third over that stretch and was 1 for 6 (.167) with a double in run and seven RBI in 23 games with the Rangers before he was designated three games when he was optioned to Sacramento on April 25…went 3 for for assignment on August 23 and released on August 24…re-signed with 8 (.375) with two doubles in two games with the River Cats before he was Oakland on September 1 but did not appear in a game with the A’s over the recalled by Oakland on May 1…started five of the A’s 35 games at catcher final month of the season…hit .213 with one home run and nine RBI in 35 from May 1 to June 8 and was 5 for 19 (.263) with two RBI in nine games games overall with the A’s and Rangers…the 35 games were his fewest overall over that stretch before being dealt to Texas…started 13 of the Rangers 66 games at catcher from June 9 to August 23, but none after August 2…his final three starts with LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD the Rangers came at third base…went 0 for 1 in his Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E Texas debut on June 10 against Milwaukee but then 1993 St. Catharines .256 73 266 40 68 14 2 5 32 2 3 0 45 61 4 0 .380 .360 14 put together a career best six-game hitting streak from 1994 Hagerstown .258 118 422 61 109 16 3 11 58 1 6 1 53 77 6 8 .389 .338 13 1995 Dunedin .215 123 428 43 92 20 0 4 41 1 4 1 61 87 6 1 .290 .312 13 June 12 to 29 (9 for 21, .429)…matched his career 1996 Dunedin .248 97 315 50 78 23 2 13 51 0 4 3 69 68 3 1 .457 .384 15 high with three hits on June 17 at Cincinnati and hit Knoxville .213 32 94 13 20 3 0 1 6 1 1 0 14 29 0 1 .277 .312 2 his lone home run in his next game on June 21 against 1997 Knoxville .230 31 87 14 20 3 0 3 10 1 1 0 19 19 0 0 .368 .364 2 Syracuse .237 38 118 7 28 5 1 2 9 0 1 1 12 18 1 1 .347 .311 2 Chicago (NL)…had his hitting streak snapped with 1998 Knoxville .300 76 240 56 72 22 0 15 43 0 0 0 70 39 4 4 .579 .458 11 an 0 for 3 performance on July 1 at Boston and went Syracuse .289 12 38 4 11 3 0 1 7 0 1 0 7 6 0 0 .447 .391 2 5 for 46 (.109) over his final 16 games as a Ranger. 1999 Knoxville .294 107 374 79 110 25 0 19 69 0 3 4 108 76 5 6 .513 .454 6 Syracuse .282 21 71 15 20 5 0 2 16 0 0 0 10 20 1 1 .437 .370 0 2000 San Antonio .397 16 58 17 23 7 0 2 9 1 1 2 11 9 3 0 .621 .500 2 Albuquerque .343 36 108 21 37 9 0 1 19 2 0 0 22 21 4 2 .454 .454 0 LOS ANGELES .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 0 COLORADO .174 23 23 3 4 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 .261 .269 0 Colorado Springs .279 42 140 23 39 5 1 3 18 0 0 0 21 35 2 3 .393 .373 2 2001 Colorado Springs .266 54 184 26 49 10 1 7 32 1 0 2 31 42 0 1 .446 .378 5 COLORADO .183 40 71 5 13 2 0 1 8 0 2 0 6 18 1 0 .254 .241 1 2002 Iowa .292 72 226 33 66 19 0 7 39 1 0 0 28 47 2 3 .469 .370 7 Colorado Springs .348 34 115 25 40 10 1 6 20 0 1 0 16 23 2 1 .609 .424 4 2003 Sacramento .286 45 147 26 42 9 0 3 17 0 1 1 26 32 0 1 .408 .394 2 OAKLAND .299 40 77 13 23 7 0 5 14 0 0 0 9 19 0 0 .584 .372 2 2004 OAKLAND .257 69 214 23 55 11 0 11 31 1 0 0 16 47 0 1 .463 .309 3 2005 OAKLAND .247 39 97 11 24 7 0 2 12 0 0 0 5 28 0 0 .381 .284 0 2006 OAKLAND .219 49 128 10 28 8 0 4 18 0 1 1 9 34 0 1 .375 .273 0 2007 OAKLAND .231 12 26 2 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 8 0 0 .269 .333 0 Sacramento .375 2 8 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .625 .375 0 TEXAS .206 23 68 6 14 3 0 1 7 1 0 1 3 18 0 0 .294 .250 0 MELHUSE’S CAREER HIGHS AL Totals .246 232 610 65 150 37 0 23 84 2 1 2 46 154 0 2 .420 .300 5 Hits: 3 (seven times), last: June 17, 2007 at Cincinnati. NOTE: NL Totals .179 64 95 8 17 2 1 1 12 0 2 0 9 24 1 0 .253 .245 1 Also had 3 on October 5, 2003 at Boston in ALDS Game 4. ML Totals .237 296 705 73 167 39 1 24 96 2 3 2 55 178 1 2 .397 .293 6 Runs: 3 (three times), last: August 7, 2005 at Kansas City Doubles: 2 (twice), last: June 1, 2004 vs. Chicago (AL) DIVISION SERIES RECORD Triples: 1, September 17, 2000 at Los Angeles Year Club/Opp. AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E Home Runs: 1 (24 times), last time: June 21, 2007 vs. Chicago 2003 OAK vs. BOS .600 2 5 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 .600 0 (NL) 2006 OAK vs. MIN (Did not play) Runs Batted In: 5, June 13, 2004 vs. Pittsburgh Totals .600 2 5 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 .600 0 Walks: 2 (three times), last: June 13, 2004 vs. Pittsburgh Strikeouts: 3 (three times), last: June 25, 2007 at Detroit LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RECORD Stolen Bases: 1, August 10, 2001 at Cincinnati Hitting Streak: 6, June 12 to 29, 2007 Year Club/Opp. AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E Hitless Streak (At Bats): 14 (three times), last: July 22 to August 2006 OAK vs. DET .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 0 2, 2007

35 30 DAN MEYER RHP

Height/Weight 6-3 / 222 a no decision in the A’s 11-9 win…then allowed five runs on a career high Bats/Throws Right / Left six hits in a career high 4.2 innings on September 19 against Seattle and Birthdate July 3, 1981 lost…his final outing came in relief on September 25 at Boston (0.2 ip, 2 Birthplace/Resides Woodbury, New Jersey / Hobe Sound, Florida h, 1 r, 1 er, 1 bb)…he began the season on Sacramento’s disabled list with Obtained Acquired from the Atlanta Braves with pitcher Juan Cruz left shoulder tendinitis and was reinstated from the DL on April 23…made and outfielder Charles Thomas for pitcher Tim Hudson, one start for Double-A Midland on April 23 at Corpus Christi and had a no December 16, 2004 decision in a 4-3 Rockhounds win (4.0 ip, 5 h, 3 r, 3 er, 4 bb, 2 so, 2 Contract Status First year of a one-year contract through 2007. hr)…was sent back to Sacramento on April 27 and was a combined 8-2 with a 3.39 ERA in 22 starts at both of his minor league stops…issued a 2007 Highlights career high 55 walks…led the A’s farm system in ERA…topped the River Spent most of the season with Triple-A Sacramento where he was 8-2 with Cats in strikeouts (105) and tied for second in wins (8)…opponents hit a 3.28 ERA in 21 starts…ranked second in the Pacific Coast League in .247, which broke down to .223 (69 for 310) against right-handed hitters ERA to Tacoma’s Jorge Campilo (3.07) and topped PCL starters in oppo- and .307 (39 for 127) against left-handers…allowed 11 of his 14 home nents batting (.243)…also made one start with Oakland in mid-August and runs against right-handers…12 of the home runs were solo shots…his op- then returned to Oakland in September following the conclusion of the ponents average dropped to .182 with runners in scoring position…went regular season at Sacramento…was 0-2 with an 8.82 ERA in six games, 3-1 with a 1.64 ERA over his final seven minor league starts after going 5- three starts, with the A’s…was 0-2 with an 11.12 ERA and .327 opponents 1 with a 4.42 ERA over his first 15 starts…his teams were 14-8 (.636) in batting average in his three starts, all of which came in Oakland, and 0-0 his starting assignments…tossed six or more innings in seven of his 22 with a 3.60 ERA and .211 opponents batting average in his three relief starts, including six of his last eight…allowed two runs or fewer 15 times, appearances, all of which came on the road…allowed a .294 opponents including each of his last eight…walked two batters or fewer eight times, batting average, which included a .250 (12 for 48) average against right- including each of his last five…allowed two runs or fewer in each of his handed hitters and .400 (8 for 20) against left-handers…his opponents av- first five starts with the River Cats, going 1-0 with a 2.28 ERA…struck out erage included a .158 mark with the bases empty and .526 with runners in 11 in 6.0 innings against Round Rock on June 5…also struck out 10 on scoring position…allowed a .200 average over his first 15 pitches in a June 22 against Tacoma and matched his season high with 11 on July 20 game and .321 after that…opponents were just 1 for 14 (.071) with two against Salt Lake…was 3-0 with a 3.27 ERA over his first nine starts…then walks when leading off an inning…first batters faced were 1 for 3 (.333) went 2-1 with a 5.93 ERA over his next five starts from June 16 to July with a home run in his relief appearances and he allowed 1 of 3 (33.3%) 8…was charged with his first loss of the season on June 16 against Las inherited runners to score…was recalled from Sacramento for the first time Vegas when he allowed a season high six runs in 5.0 innings…allowed on August 13 and made his A’s debut with a start against Kansas City on two runs or fewer in each of his last eight starts beginning on July 8…tossed August 17…allowed a career high six runs on five hits and two walks in a season high 7.1 shutout innings but ended up with a no decision in 4.0 innings and was the losing pitcher in the A’s 9-2 loss…was optioned Sacramento’s 1-0 loss at Memphis on July 26…it was the only outing in back to Sacramento the next day…returned to Oakland at the conclusion which he did not allow a run…allowed one run in seven innings on July 31 of the regular season for the River Cats on September 3 and his first two at Nashville but took the loss in Sacramento’s 2-0 loss…left with a 2-1 outings came in relief…struck out a career high four batters in 3.1 innings lead on August 7 against Oklahoma but ended up with a no decision in the of relief on September 8 at Texas…then had a two-start stint in the rotation River Cats 7-3 loss…it was the fourth time he left a game with a lead only from September 14 to 19…matched his career high with four strikeouts to have the bullpen blow a save…won each of his two starts following his and six runs allowed in 2.2 innings on September 14 against Texas but had option from Oakland and did not walk a batter in either outing.

LIFETIME PITCHING RECORD MEYER’S CAREER HIGHS Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK Low Hit Complete Game: None 2002 Danville 3 3 2.74 13 13 1 0 0 65.2 47 22 20 4 5 18 0 77 4 0 Innings Pitched: 4.2, September 19, 2007 vs. Seattle. As reliever: 2003 Rome 4 4 2.87 15 15 0 0 0 81.2 76 35 26 6 6 15 1 95 7 0 3.1, September 8, 2007 at Texas Myrtle Beach 3 6 2.87 13 13 0 0 0 78.1 69 29 25 7 3 17 1 63 1 0 Fewest Innings Pitched, Starter: 2.2, September 14, 2007 vs. 2004 Greenville 6 3 2.22 14 13 0 0 0 65.0 50 17 16 1 4 12 0 86 2 0 Texas Richmond 3 3 2.79 12 11 0 0 0 61.1 62 23 19 6 1 25 1 60 2 1 Hits: 6, September 19, 2007 vs. Seattle. As reliever: 2 (twice), last: ATLANTA 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 September 25, 2007 at Boston 2005 Sacramento 2 8 5.36 19 17 0 0 0 89.0 101 64 53 15 2 43 0 63 2 0 Runs: 6 (twice), last: September 14, 2007 vs. Texas. As reliever: 1 2006 Sacramento 3 3 5.07 10 10 0 0 0 49.2 63 32 28 10 2 20 0 29 4 0 (twice), last: September 25, 2007 at Boston 2007 Midland 0 0 6.75 1 1 0 0 0 4.0 5 3 3 2 0 4 0 2 1 0 Earned Runs: 6, September 14, 2007 vs. Texas. As reliever: 1 Sacramento 8 2 3.28 21 21 0 0 0 115.1 103 44 42 12 1 51 4 105 8 0 (twice), last: September 25, 2007 at Boston OAKLAND 0 2 8.82 6 3 0 0 0 16.1 20 19 16 2 0 9 0 11 3 0 Walks: 3, September 14, 2007 vs. Texas. As reliever: 1 (three times), AL Totals 0 2 8.82 6 3 0 0 0 16.1 20 19 16 2 0 9 0 11 3 0 last: September 25, 2007 at Boston NL Totals 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 Strikeouts: 4 (twice), last: September 14, 2007 vs. Texas. As re- ML Totals 0 2 7.85 8 3 0 0 0 18.1 22 19 16 2 0 10 1 12 3 0 liever: 4, September 8, 2007 at Texas Home Runs: 1 (twice), last: September 25, 2007 at Boston. As reliever: 1, September 25, 2007 at Boston Longest Winning Streak: None Longest Losing Streak: 2, August 17, 2007 to present Longest Scoreless Streak: 4.1, August 17 to September 8, 2007

36 12 DONNIE MURPHY IF

Height/Weight 5-10 / 185 after Crosby broke his hand and hit .232 over his final 36 games…hit .276 Bats/Throws Right / Right (16 for 58) over his first 15 games during his fourth stint, including a career Birthdate March 10, 1983 best five-game hitting streak from August 6 to 11 (8 for 23, .348)…con- Birthplace/Resides Lakewood, California / Surprise, Arizona nected for his first home run of the season on August 2 against Los Angeles, Obtained Acquired from the for cash consider- snapping a 46-game homerless drought dating back to his last round tripper ations, November 28, 2006 on July 20, 2005…all eight of his doubles came over a 19-game span from Contract Status First year of a one-year contract through 2007. July 25 to August 15…collected a career high three RBI on July 28 at Se- attle, a figure he matched on August 10 at Detroit and September 26 at 2007 Highlights Boston…had four home runs and nine RBI over an 11-game stretch from Had four stints with the A’s in 2007 but did not see regular playing time August 2 to 14…went 3 for 22 (.136) over a seven-game span from August until his final tour with the club began in late July after Bobby Crosby went 12 to 18 and was placed on the disabled list on August 22 retroactive to on the disabled list…made 30 starts at shortstop and 21 of those came over August 19 with a strained right rib cage muscle…was reinstated from the a 24-game span from July 25 to August 18 before his own stint on the DL DL on September 3 and went 7 for 32 (.219) over his final 12 games…had caused him to miss 14 games…hit .220 with six home runs and 21 RBI in his first career three hit game on September 5 at Los Angeles…drove in a 42 games overall with Oakland…batted .279 (12 for 43) against left-handed run in the fifth inning on September 14 against Texas on a , the pitching and .187 (14 for 75) against right-handers…hit four of his six home A’s first successful suicide squeeze since July 31, 2000 against Toronto (Ryan runs off lefties and had a .628 slugging percentage off south paws com- Christenson)…snapped a career long 0 for 19 streak with his seventh in- pared to .333 off righties…has hit five of his seven career home runs off ning single on September 17 against Seattle…spent the balance of the sea- left-handers…his average improved to .270 with runners in scoring son at Triple-A Sacramento where he batted .326 with three home runs and position…hit .189 against a pitcher the first time he saw him in a game and 22 RBI in 45 games…added 17 walks for a .388 on-base percentage…had .273 after that…had his best success against Los Angeles as he was 7 for 17 a .509 slugging percentage…hit .511 (24 for 47) off left-handed pitching (.412) with two home runs, six RBI and six runs scored in six games…started and .258 (33 for 128) against right-handers…his average improved to .375 games in each of the bottom three spots in the order and saw his most action with runners in scoring position…batted .370 at home and .287 on the with 17 starts in the eight spot…hit .345 with three home runs and nine RBI road…hit .352 at night and .255 during day games…hit in every spot in the in 10 games when batting ninth…committed five errors in 31 games at short- order except first and fourth and saw his most playing time with 14 games stop for a .962 fielding percentage…also appeared in two games at second batting eighth…appeared in 39 games at shortstop, four at second base, one base and one at third base…was 0 for 5 with three strikeouts as a pinch at third base and one in left field…had a season best nine-game hitting streak hitter and is now 1 for 10 (.100) with one walk in his career in the from April 9 to 22 (13 for 35, .371)…scored a run in nine consecutive games pinch…began the season at Triple-A Sacramento and was brought to Oak- from April 24 to May 3…had his first of two four-hit games on May 1 at land for the first time on May 23…appeared in just one game, going 0 for 1 Las Vegas when he was a perfect 4 for 4 with a walk and two doubles…was at second base on May 26 at Baltimore before he was optioned back to batting .348 with two home runs and 11 RBI in 23 games through May 5 Sacramento on June 1…returned again on June 8 and had a pinch running before going on the Sacramento disabled list on May 6 with a strained left appearance and three at bats as a pinch hitter (0 for 3) before he was sent shoulder…was reinstated from the DL on May 21 and went 2 for 4 that down on June 15…recalled for a third time on June 29 and went 0 for 2 in night against Salt Lake to boost his average to .354 before his first promo- three games before he was placed on the bereavement list on July 12…was tion to Oakland…went 23 for 79 (.291) over his final 20 games with the reinstated on July 17 and optioned to Sacramento…went 0 for 6 in eight River Cats…had his second four-hit game on June 7 at Tucson…had back- games over his first three stints…was recalled for a final time on July 25 to-back three-hit games on June 19 and 20 against Tacoma.

LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD MURPHY’S CAREER HIGHS Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E Hits: 3, September 5, 2007 at Los Angeles (AL) 2002 Spokane .303 28 109 20 33 10 2 0 15 0 0 3 6 17 0 0 .431 .356 8 Runs: 2 (four times), last: September 26, 2007 at Boston Burlington .225 33 120 12 27 6 3 0 15 1 5 4 11 31 0 2 .325 .300 10 Doubles: 1 (16 times), last: August 15, 2007 vs. Chicago (AL) 2003 Burlington .313 132 504 77 158 29 6 5 98 3 7 9 65 78 15 6 .425 .397 14 Triples: None 2004 Wilmington .256 129 485 67 124 32 5 10 75 2 8 4 52 96 1 1 .404 .328 20 Home Runs: 1 (seven times), last: September 26, 2007 at Boston KANSAS CITY .185 7 27 1 5 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 .296 .185 0 Runs Batted In: 3 (three times), last: September 26, 2007 at Bos- 2005 Wichita .313 50 214 33 67 13 1 10 32 3 1 4 13 32 1 1 .523 .362 6 ton KANSAS CITY .156 32 77 4 12 5 0 1 8 1 1 0 9 23 0 1 .260 .241 4 Walks: 2, July 28, 2007 at Seattle 2006 Wichita .249 94 366 57 91 25 1 14 45 2 0 8 19 65 6 3 .437 .300 5 Strikeouts: 3 (four times), last: August 11, 2007 at Detroit 2007 Sacramento .326 45 175 31 57 19 2 3 22 3 2 2 17 44 4 2 .509 .388 3 Stolen Bases: 1 (twice), last: August 10,2007 at Detroit OAKLAND .220 42 118 21 26 8 0 6 21 1 1 2 10 35 1 0 .441 .290 5 Hitting Streak: 5, August 6 to 11, 2007 ML Totals .194 81 222 26 43 16 0 7 32 2 2 2 19 65 2 1 .360 .261 9 Hitless Streak (At Bats): 19, September 8 to 17, 2007 31 MIKE PIAZZA DH

Height/Weight 6-3 / 224 of a two-month stint on the disabled list…the 83 games played were the Bats/Throws Right / Right third fewest of his career and he did not reach double figures in home runs Birthdate September 4, 1968 for the first time since hitting one home run in 21 games in his first season Birthplace/Resides Norristown, Pennsylvania / Miami Beach, Florida in 1992…his eight home runs brought his career total to 427, which ranks Obtained Signed as a free agent, December 8, 2006 39th in Major League history and 10th among players who were active at the Contract Status First year of a one-year contract through 2007. end of the 2007 season…his ML record total for home runs by a catcher remained at 396…had a .313 on-base percentage and a .414 slugging per- 2007 Highlights centage, both of which were his lowest since 1992 (.284/.319)…now has a Completed his 16th season in the Major Leagues but after 15 years as a .545 career slugging percentage, which ranks 29th in ML history (min. 5000 catcher in the National League, he was used exclusively as a designated PA)…hit .315 with six of his eight home runs and 29 of his 44 RBI on the hitter and pinch hitter in his first season in the American League… batted .275 with eight home runs and 44 RBI and was limited to 83 games because ...more Piazza on next page 37 Piazza, continued 14 or more grand slams in his career…batted .320 during the day MOST HOME RUNS AS A road…batted just .227 in Oakland…has a .320 (1164 for 3632) career aver- and .254 at night…now has a .323 CATCHER, CAREER age on the road and .294 (963 for 3279) at home…hit seven of his eight (646 for 2002) career average dur- 1. Mike Piazza 396 home runs off right-handed pitching…four of his home runs came against ing the day compared to .302 (1481 2. Carlton Fisk 351 3. Johnny Bench 327 Los Angeles and all of those came in Angel Stadium…those were his first for 4909) at night…hit .283 with 4. Yogi Berra 306 career home runs at Angel Stadium and he has now homered in 40 different eight home runs and 44 RBI in 73 5. Lance Parrish 299 ballparks in his career…the only current ballparks in which he has not games, including 71 starts, at desig- homered are Busch Stadium, Comerica Park and the Metrodome…had one nated hitter…was also 1 for 11 (.091) home run and eight RBI in 26 games before the All-Star Break and seven with a walk and two RBI as a pinch home runs and 36 RBI in 57 games after the break…was 5 for 9 (.556) with hitter…made a team leading 57 starts in the four spot in the order and also 10 RBI with the bases loaded and had the fifth best batting average in the hit fifth 11 times and third three times…made his 15th consecutive Opening AL with the bases full…now has a .371 (59 for 159) career average with the Day starting assignment on April 2 at Seattle, the first 14 of which came as bases loaded with 14 grand slams…is one of 16 players in ML history with a catcher…became the ninth different Opening Day starter at designated hitter for the A’s in the last 11 years…went 0 for 7 over LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD his first two games before compiling a season best nine- Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E game hitting streak from April 4 to 13 (15 for 37, 1989 Salem .268 57 198 22 53 11 0 8 25 0 1 2 13 51 0 0 .444 .318 6 .405)…followed that up by going 1 for 22 over his next 1990 Vero Beach .250 88 272 27 68 20 0 6 45 0 1 1 11 68 0 1 .390 .281 16 five games…hit his first AL home run on April 5 at 1991 Bakersfield .277 117 448 71 124 27 2 29 80 0 8 3 47 83 0 3 .540 .344 15 Los Angeles, a two-out solo shot off Francisco 1992 San Antonio .377 31 114 18 43 11 0 7 21 0 0 0 13 18 0 0 .658 .441 4 Albuquerque .341 94 358 54 122 22 5 16 69 0 1 2 37 57 1 3 .564 .405 9 Rodriguez in the top of the ninth inning to a break a 3- LOS ANGELES .232 21 69 5 16 3 0 1 7 0 0 1 4 12 0 0 .319 .284 1 3 tie in the A’s 4-3 win…that would be his only home 1993 LOS ANGELES .318 149 547 81 174 24 2 35 112 0 6 3 46 86 3 4 .561 .370 11 run in April, his fewest ever in April in a non-strike 1994 LOS ANGELES .319 107 405 64 129 18 0 24 92 0 2 1 33 65 1 3 .541 .370 10 season…his previous low was two in 2005…had a six- 1995 LOS ANGELES .346 112 434 82 150 17 0 32 93 0 1 1 39 80 1 0 .606 .400 9 1996 LOS ANGELES .336 148 547 87 184 16 0 36 105 0 2 1 81 93 0 3 .563 .422 9 game hitting streak from April 26 to May 2 (9 for 23, 1997 LOS ANGELES .362 152 556 104 201 32 1 40 124 0 5 3 69 77 5 1 .638 .431 16 .391) to push his season average to .282…sprained his 1998 LOS ANGELES .282 37 149 20 42 5 0 9 30 0 1 0 11 27 0 0 .497 .329 2 right shoulder on May 2 at Boston in a collision with FLORIDA .278 5 18 1 5 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .389 .263 1 Mike Lowell at third base and was placed on the 15- NEW YORK (NL) .348 109 394 67 137 33 0 23 76 0 3 2 47 53 1 0 .607 .417 8 day disabled list retroactive to May 3…had a six-game 1999 NEW YORK (NL) .303 141 534 100 162 25 0 40 124 0 7 1 51 70 2 2 .575 .361 11 2000 NEW YORK (NL) .324 136 482 90 156 26 0 38 113 0 2 3 58 69 4 2 .614 .398 3 rehab assignment, going 7 for 17 (.412) with two 2001 NEW YORK (NL) .300 141 503 81 151 29 0 36 94 0 1 2 67 87 0 2 .573 .384 9 doubles and a RBI in three games with Triple-A Sacra- 2002 NEW YORK (NL) .280 135 478 69 134 23 2 33 98 0 3 3 57 82 0 3 .544 .359 12 mento from July 13 to 15 and 3 for 9 (.333) with two 2003 Norfolk .176 5 17 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 .353 .222 0 home runs and four RBI in three games with Single-A NEW YORK (NL) .286 68 234 37 67 13 0 11 34 0 3 1 35 40 0 0 .483 .377 7 2004 St. Lucie .500 2 6 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .667 .500 0 Stockton from July 17 to 19…was reinstated from the NEW YORK (NL) .266 129 455 47 121 21 0 20 54 0 3 2 68 78 0 0 .444 .362 13 DL on July 20 and hit .272 (56 for 206) with seven 2005 NEW YORK (NL) .251 113 398 41 100 23 0 19 62 0 0 3 41 67 0 0 .452 .326 2 home runs and 36 RBI over his final 57 games…had 2006 SAN DIEGO .283 126 399 39 113 19 1 22 68 0 3 3 34 66 0 0 .501 .342 8 an eight-game hitting streak from July 21 to 30 and hit 2007 OAKLAND .275 83 309 33 85 17 1 8 44 0 2 0 18 61 0 0 .414 .313 0 Sacramento .412 3 17 1 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .529 .412 0 .428 (15 for 35) with two home runs and 11 RBI dur- Stockton .333 3 9 2 3 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 1.000 .455 0 ing the streak…homered on July 23 at Los Angeles to AL Totals .275 83 309 33 85 17 1 8 44 0 2 0 18 61 0 0 .414 .313 0 snap a 24-game, 95-at bat homerless streak…it was NL Totals .309 1829 6602 1015 2042 327 7 419 1291 0 43 30 741 1052 17 20 .551 .379 132 his second most consecutive at bats without a home ML Totals .308 1912 6911 1048 2127 344 8 427 1335 0 45 30 759 1113 17 20 .545 .377 132 run in his career (98, May 9-June 16, 2005) and his DIVISION SERIES RECORD third most games…hit .341 in 10 games in July and his season average was .305 at the conclusion of play on Year Club/Opp. AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 1995 LA vs. CIN .214 3 14 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .500 .214 0 August 1…then went 12 for 67 (.179) over his next 17 1996 LA vs. ATL .300 3 10 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 .300 .333 0 games to drop his average to .266…snapped out of the 1999 NYM vs. ARI .222 2 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .222 .222 0 slump on August 23 at Tampa Bay when he went 4 for 2000 NYM vs. SF .214 4 14 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 .286 .389 0 5 with two doubles, a home run and five RBI…it was 2006 SD vs. STL .100 4 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .100 0 his 16th career game of five or more RBI, his first since Totals .211 16 57 3 12 3 0 1 3 0 1 0 5 12 0 0 .316 .270 0 August 4, 2005 against Milwaukee when he also had LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RECORD five…it was his 27th game of four or more hits…batted .238 with 15 RBI in 26 games in August…started just Year Club/Opp. AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 1999 NYM vs. ATL .167 6 24 1 4 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 1 6 0 0 .192 .292 3 six of the A’s final 18 games following the promotion 2000 NYM vs. STL .412 5 17 7 7 3 0 2 4 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 .941 .545 0 of Daric Barton on September 10… pinch hit in five Totals .268 11 41 8 11 3 0 3 8 0 1 0 6 6 0 0 .561 .354 3 consecutive games from September 16-21 and was 0 for 4 with one walk. WORLD SERIES RECORD Year Club/Opp. AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E PIAZZA’S CAREER HIGHS 2000 NYM vs. NYY .273 5 22 3 6 2 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 .636 .273 0 Hits: 5 (twice), April 7, 2004 at Atlanta; April 14, 2000 at Pitts- ALL-STAR GAME RECORD burgh; 4 (25 times), last: August 23, 2007 at Tampa Bay Runs: 4 (twice), last: April 5, 2002 at Atlanta Year Club/Site AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E Doubles: 2 (27 times), last: September 11, 2007 at Seattle 1993 NL/Bal. .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 0 Triples: 1 (eight times), last: August 16, 2007 vs. Chicago (AL) 1994 NL/Pit. .250 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 0 Home Runs: 3, June 29, 1996 at Colorado; 2 (36 times), last: Au- 1995 NL/Tex. .333 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.333 .333 0 gust 9, 2006 at New York (NL) 1996 NL/Phi. .667 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.000 .667 0 Runs Batted In: 7, August 27, 1995 at Philadelphia; 6 (six times), 1997 NL/Cle. .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .500 0 July 3, 2002 at Philadelphia; April 30, 2002 at Arizona; April 9, 1998 NL/Col. .333 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 0 1998 vs. Arizona; August 27, 1997 at Pittsburgh; June 29, 1996 at 1999 NL/Bos. .500 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 0 Colorado; May 7, 1995 at Colorado; 5 (nine times), last: August 23, 2000 NL/Atl. (Injured — Did not play) 2007 at Tampa Bay 2001 NL/Sea. .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 Walks: 4, May 27, 2000 at St. Louis 2002 NL/Mil. .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 Strikeouts: 4 (three times), last: September 27, 2002 vs. Atlanta 2004 NL/Hou. .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 0 Stolen Bases: 2, August 28, 1997 vs. Oakland 2005 NL/Det. .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 0 Hitting Streak: 24, May 25 to June 22, 1999 Totals .240 11 25 2 6 1 0 2 5 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 .520 .269 0 Hitless Streak (At Bats): 26, August 9-22, 2006 38 19 MARCO SCUTARO IF

Height/Weight 5-10 / 186 starts in right field were the first of his Bats/Throws Right / Right career…was 2 for 8 (.250) with one RBI OAKLAND A’s MOST Birthdate October 30, 1975 as a pinch hitter but is 6 for 38 (.158) in CAREER WALK-OFF PLATE APPEARANCES Birthplace/Resides San Felipe, Venezuela / San Felipe, Venezuela his career…started the season 1 for 20 Obtained Claimed on waivers, October 9, 2003 before hitting a three-run “walk-off” 19 Rickey Henderson Contract Status First year of a one-year contract through 2007. home run on a 0-2 pitch off Mariano 12 Sal Bando Rivera on April 15 in the A’s 5-4 win over 11 Carney Lansford 2007 Highlights New York…it was his second career 9 Marco Scutaro The A’s utility infielder once again saw significant playing time due to “walk-off” home run (also August 25, 9 Gene Tenace injuries as he started 86 games at five different positions…started 38 games 2004 vs. Baltimore) and his ninth game at shortstop, 33 at third base, 12 at second base, two in right field and one ending plate appearance in four seasons in left field…since 1984, the only other Athletic to start at least 10 game at with the A’s (two home runs, six singles and a sacrifice /error)…made three different infield positions is in 1990 (73 at second, 33 his first Major League appearance in right field on April 24 at Baltimore at short, 17 at third)…the last Athletic to start at least one game at five and then started in left field on April 29 against Tampa Bay…finished different positions was Tony Phillips in 1999…has started 410 of the A’s April with a .139 batting average and did not appear in a game over a 648 (63.3%) games over the last four years (183 at shortstop, 180 at sec- seven-game stretch from April 30 to May 9…then hit .326 in May to boost ond base, 43 at third base, two in right field, two in left field)…has ap- his average to .244…batted .235 in June and .241 in July…tied the Ameri- peared in 476 games since joining the A’s in 2004…only Eric Chavez, can League record for errors by a third baseman in one game when he with 512, has played more games for Oakland over that span…is the only made four on July 6 against Seattle…it was the 23rd time, the first since Athletic to appear in at least 100 games in each of the last four Edgar Martinez on May 6, 1990 for Seattle…it was the first four-error seasons…batted .260 with seven home runs and 41 RBI in 104 games…hit game by any player in Oakland history, regardless of position…it was the .309 (25 for 81) with three of his seven home runs against left-handed first four-error game by a Major Leaguer since Mark DeRosa on May 2, pitching compared to .245 (63 for 257) against right-handers…his average 2004 for Atlanta and the first by an AL player since Jose Valentin on April improved to .293 with runners in scoring position, including .348 with 8, 2000 for Chicago…started 57 of the A’s final 70 games beginning on RISP and two outs…had five home runs in 38 games during the day com- July 16 (30 at shortstop, 25 at third base, two at second base)…played in pared to two home runs in 66 games at night…now has 17 home runs in the 500th game of his career on July 25 at Los Angeles…hit his first career 203 career games during the day and 14 home runs in 348 games at grand slam and matched his career high with four RBI on August 6 at night…started games at every spot in the order except first, third and fourth Texas…the slam came with two outs in the first inning off and saw his most action with 34 starts in the seven spot…hit .319 in 21 in the A’s 9-7, 13-inning win…had another four RBI game less than a games batting eighth…committed nine errors in 36 games at third base for week later on August 12 at Detroit and had 10 RBI in 10 games against the a .906 fielding percentage…now has a .912 (12 errors in 96 chances and Tigers…was a perfect 4 for 4 on August 19 against Kansas City and then 57 games) career fielding percentage at third…did not commit an error in singled in his first two at bats the next day at Toronto to give him six 13 games at second base and has a .993 (7 errors in 1041 chances and 254) consecutive hits…the four hits against the Royals matched his career career fielding percentage as a second baseman…his four games and two high…went 15 for 42 (.357) with three home runs and 17 RBI over an 11- game span from August 6 to 20…had 20 of his 41 RBI and three of his seven home runs in 25 games in LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD August…the RBI were his most ever in a month…has Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 10 home runs and 43 RBI in his career in August, his 1995 DSL Indians .393 66 262 71 103 18 6 0 38 2 4 8 20 11 32 11 .508 .446 0 best figures for any month of the season…had a sea- 1996 Columbus .251 85 315 66 79 12 3 10 45 4 5 4 38 86 6 3 .403 .334 17 son best seven-game hitting streak from September 2 1997 Kinston .272 97 378 58 103 17 6 10 59 2 3 9 35 72 23 7 .429 .346 11 Buffalo .263 21 57 8 15 3 0 1 6 1 1 0 6 8 0 1 .368 .328 3 to 10 (10 for 27, .370). 1998 Akron .316 124 462 68 146 27 6 11 62 4 6 10 47 71 33 16 .472 .387 15 Buffalo .231 8 26 3 6 3 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .346 .231 2 1999 Buffalo .273 129 462 76 126 24 2 8 51 6 4 6 61 69 21 6 .385 .362 16 2000 Buffalo .275 124 425 67 117 20 5 5 54 7 7 9 61 53 9 6 .381 .373 15 Indianapolis .538 4 13 5 7 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1.000 .571 0 2001 Indianapolis .295 132 495 87 146 29 3 11 50 5 3 10 62 83 11 11 .432 .382 19 2002 Norfolk .319 97 354 48 113 22 6 7 28 7 1 2 30 61 7 8 .475 .375 10 NEW YORK (NL) .222 27 36 2 8 0 1 1 6 1 1 0 0 11 0 1 .361 .216 1 2003 Norfolk .311 70 244 42 76 18 3 9 32 9 4 6 33 34 11 6 .520 .401 7 NEW YORK (NL) .213 48 75 10 16 4 0 2 6 1 1 1 13 14 2 0 .347 .333 2 2004 OAKLAND .273 137 455 50 124 32 1 7 43 5 1 0 16 58 0 0 .393 .297 5 2005 OAKLAND .247 118 381 48 94 22 3 9 37 4 2 0 36 48 5 2 .391 .310 9 2006 OAKLAND .266 117 365 52 97 21 6 5 41 3 5 0 50 66 5 1 .397 .350 13 2007 OAKLAND .260 104 338 49 88 13 0 7 41 2 2 2 35 40 2 1 .361 .332 14 SCUTARO’S CAREER HIGHS AL Totals .262 476 1539 199 403 88 10 28 162 14 10 2 137 212 12 4 .387 .321 41 Hits: 4 (twice), August 19, 2007 vs. Kansas City; September 15, NL Totals .216 75 111 12 24 4 1 3 12 2 2 1 13 25 2 1 .351 .299 3 2006 vs. Chicago (AL) ML Totals .259 551 1650 211 427 92 11 31 174 16 12 3 150 237 14 5 .384 .320 44 Runs: 3 (twice), last: May 22, 2007 at Chicago (AL) Doubles: 2 (seven times), last: August 29, 2007 vs. Toronto DIVISION SERIES RECORD Triples: 1 (11 times), last: September 24, 2006 vs. Los Angeles (AL) Year Club/Opp. AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E Home Runs: 1 (31 times), last: August 19, 2007 vs. Kansas City 2006 OAK vs. MIN .333 3 12 1 4 4 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .667 .333 0 Runs Batted In: 4 (three times), last: August 12, 2007 at Detroit Walks: 3, April 18, 2005 at Texas LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RECORD Strikeouts: 3 (seven times), last: September 25, 2007 at Boston Stolen Bases: 2, August 22, 2006 at Toronto Year Club/Opp. AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E Hitting Streak: 12, April 9 to 21, 2004 2006 OAK vs. DET .067 4 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .067 .067 0 Hitless Streak (At Bats): 18, April 8 to 22, 2006

39 11 CHRIS SNELLING OF

Height/Weight 5-10 / 160 games with Oakland (five in center field, one in left field) and went 7 for Bats/Throws Left / Left 20 (.350) with five walks and four runs scored…hit safely in each of his Birthdate December 31, 1981 first five games and matched his career high with two hits on May 5 at Birthplace/Resides North Miami, Florida / Peoria, Arizona Tampa Bay and May 8 at Kansas City…was placed on the disabled list on Obtained Acquired from the on May 2, 2007 May 16 retroactive to May 11 with a left knee contusion…injured his knee in exchange for outfielder Ryan Langerhans. in the second inning on May 10 at Kansas City…was sent to Sacramento Contract Status First year of a one-year contract through 2007. to begin a rehab assignment on June 4 and went 3 for 15 (.200) with two RBI in four games before his knee problems returned and his rehab was 2007 Highlights halted on June 12…returned to Sacramento again on June 24 and went 0 Was acquired by the A’s from the Washington Nationals in early May and for 4 in two games before he was returned from rehab on June 27 and appeared in just six games before going on the disabled list and missing transferred to the 60-day DL on June 29…did not play the rest of the the remainder of the season…it was his eighth career stint on the DL…has year…started 10 games with the Nationals, all in left field…was also 1 for been on the DL at least once every year since 2002 and twice in 2005 and 4 as a pinch hitter and is now 4 for 12 (.333) in his career in the pinch…hit 2006…has never played more than 36 games at the Major League .269 (7 for 26) over his first 12 games and then went 3 for 23 (.130) over level…batted a combined .246 with one home run and seven RBI in 30 his final 12 games before being dealt to the A’s…hit his first National games with the A’s and Nationals…added a career high 14 walks for a .395 League home run on April 14 at New York, a solo shot off Orlando on-base percentage…was hitting .204 with one home run and seven RBI Hernandez…had a career high three RBI in that game…had the game- in 24 games with Washington when he was traded to the A’s for Ryan winning infield single in the top of the 14th inning on April 20 at Florida. Langerhans following the game on May 2…started each of his first six

LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD SNELLING’S CAREER HIGHS Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E Hits: 2 (13 times), last: May 8, 2007 at Kansas City 1999 Everett .306 69 265 46 81 15 3 10 50 3 5 6 33 24 8 9 .498 .388 1 Runs: 2 (seven times), last: April 17, 2007 vs. Atlanta 2000 Wisconsin .305 72 259 44 79 9 5 9 56 1 9 6 34 34 7 4 .483 .386 2 Doubles: 1 (nine times), last: April 10, 2007 at Atlanta 2001 San Bernardino .336 114 450 90 151 29 10 7 73 2 3 21 45 63 12 5 .491 .418 4 Triples: 1 (twice), last: April 17, 2007 vs. Atlanta 2002 San Antonio .326 23 89 10 29 9 2 1 12 3 0 4 12 11 5 1 .506 .429 0 Home Runs: 2, August 29, 2006 vs. Los Angeles (AL) Seattle .148 8 27 2 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 .259 .207 0 Runs Batted In: 3, April 14, 2007 at New York (NL) 2003 San Antonio .333 47 186 24 62 12 2 3 25 0 3 5 8 30 1 7 .468 .371 0 Walks: 2 (four times), last: September 15, 2006 at Kansas City Tacoma .269 18 67 11 18 2 0 3 10 0 1 2 5 12 1 0 .433 .333 0 Strikeouts: 3 (twice), last: September 8, 2006 vs. Texas 2004 AZL Mariners .313 10 32 8 10 4 1 0 9 0 0 3 7 3 1 0 .500 .476 2 Stolen Bases: 1 (twice), last: September 13, 2006 vs. Toronto 2005 Tacoma .370 65 246 50 91 17 2 8 46 1 4 4 36 43 2 3 .553 .452 2 Hitting Streak: 8, August 18-27, 2006 SEATTLE .276 15 29 4 8 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 2 .448 .382 0 Hitless Streak (At Bats): 17, May 30, 2002-July 15, 2005 2006 Tacoma .216 69 241 36 52 13 1 5 39 2 5 11 31 60 4 2 .340 .326 2 SEATTLE .250 36 96 14 24 6 1 3 8 5 1 4 13 38 2 1 .427 .360 1 2007 WASHINGTON .204 24 49 6 10 1 1 1 7 0 0 3 9 11 0 1 .327 .361 0 OAKLAND .350 6 20 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 .350 .480 0 Sacramento .158 6 19 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 6 0 0 .158 .304 0 AL Totals .250 65 172 24 43 8 1 5 12 6 1 4 25 48 2 3 .395 .356 1 NL Totals .204 24 49 6 10 1 1 1 7 0 0 3 9 11 0 1 .327 .361 0 ML Totals .240 89 221 30 53 9 2 6 19 6 1 7 34 59 2 4 .380 .357 1

40 24 SHANNON STEWART OF

Height/Weight 6-1 / 207 started three games in center…appeared in 139 games total in left field, Bats/Throws Right / Right which tied for the AL lead…was also 2 for 6 (.333) with three RBI as a Birthdate February 25, 1974 pinch hitter…was just 1 for 9 with no RBI in his career in the pinch enter- Birthplace/Resides Cincinnati, Ohio / Miami, Florida ing this season…hit his first home run of the season on April 20 at Texas, Obtained Signed as a free agent, February 8, 2007 snapping a 56-game, 228-at bat homerless streak dating back to his last Contract Status First year of a one-year contract through 2007. home run on April 5, 2006 at Toronto…also matched his career high with four RBI (seventh time, first since May 15, 2005 against Texas)…started 2007 Highlights three games in center field over a five-game span from April 28 to May 4, Signed by Oakland as a free agent just prior to the start of spring training his first starts in center since June 27, 1999 at Tampa Bay…has made 96 and ended up leading the A’s in batting (.290), hits (167), stolen bases (11) career starts in center…matched his career high with three walks on May 4 and multiple hit games (50)…added 12 home runs and 48 RBI in 146 at Tampa Bay (sixth time, first since April 6, 2004 vs. Cleveland)…was games…the games played were the second most of his career to his high batting .237 with two home runs and seven RBI over his first 30 games of 155 in 2001…the stolen bases were his most since swiping 14 in through May 8…then hit .358 with five home runs and 20 RBI over a 48- 2002…hit .324 with 10 of his 12 home runs and 37 of his 48 RBI on the game span from May 9 to July 12…went 4 for 6 on May 10 at Kansas City, road…had the eighth best road batting average in the American League…hit his first of four four-hit games…also had four hits on June 27 at Cleve- just .252 in Oakland and now has a .232 (92 for 397) career average in the land, August 13 at Detroit and September 12 at Seattle…tied for sixth in Coliseum, his lowest average in any AL ballpark…batted .348 with seven the AL in games of four or more hits and now has 29 career games of four of his 12 home runs and 23 of his 48 RBI in the seventh inning or later…his or more hits…that is tied for sixth most in the Majors since he made his average after the sixth inning was third best in the AL…hit .262 over the debut in 1995…had a pinch hit RBI single in the ninth inning on May 14 first six innings of a game…had 65 hits after the sixth inning, which were against Kansas City, his first pinch hit since June 8, 1998 at Florida…his at the most by an Athletic since Claudell Washington had 68 in 1975…struck bat in the first inning on May 25 at Baltimore was the 5000th of his out 60 times in 630 plate appearances for an average of 10.5 plate appear- career…singled in the third inning on June 3 against Minnesota for the ances per strikeout, which was 10th best in the AL…also ranked ninth in 1500th hit of his career…hit two home runs over his first 59 games through the AL in singles (132)…batted .300 or better in four of the sixth June 17…then connected for five home runs over a 10-game span from months…his best mark came in June when he hit .373, which was the June 20 to 30 and had 10 home runs over his final 87 games…had an A’s ninth best average in the AL that month…also batted .321 in September, season high tying 15-game hitting streak from June 25 to July 12…hit .448 .313 in July and .310 in May…hit .309 before the All-Star Break and .269 (30 for 67) during the streak…it was his 15th career hitting streak of 10 or after the break…batted .307 at night and .261 during the day…now has a more games and his fourth of at least 15 games…the hitting streak pushed .310 (1136 for 3665) career average at night compared to .274 (475 for his season average to .311 but he hit .230 over a 43-game stretch from July 1734) during the day…hit .404 against Cleveland…made a team leading 13 to August 31 to drop his average to .283…recorded the 300th double of 100 starts in the leadoff spot where he hit .297 with a .354 on-base percent- his career in the fifth inning on July 13 in Minnesota…went 0 for 4 with age and 63 runs scored…started games in every spot in the order except three strikeouts on August 25 at Tampa Bay, just the third three strikeout fourth, eight and ninth…led the A’s with 128 starts in left field and also game of his career (also May 28, 1999 vs. New York and June 6, 2001 vs. Tampa Bay)…hit .210 in 26 games in August, the third lowest single month batting average of his career…hit LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD .203 in 14 games in September of 2005 and .176 in Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E seven games in September of 1996…led off the game 1992 GCL Blue Jays .233 50 172 44 40 1 0 1 11 4 2 3 24 27 32 5 .256 .333 1 with a home run for the 23rd time in his career on 1993 St.Catharines .279 75 301 53 84 15 2 3 29 3 3 2 33 43 25 11 .372 .351 0 September 4 at Los Angeles. 1994 Hagerstown .324 56 225 39 73 10 5 4 25 2 2 1 23 39 15 11 .467 .386 1 1995 Knoxville .287 138 498 89 143 24 6 5 55 3 5 6 89 61 42 16 .390 .398 6 TORONTO .211 12 38 2 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 5 2 0 .211 .318 1 1996 Syracuse .298 112 420 77 125 26 8 6 42 5 4 2 54 61 35 8 .440 .377 5 TORONTO .176 7 17 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 .235 .222 1 1997 TORONTO .286 44 168 25 48 13 7 0 22 0 2 4 19 24 10 3 .446 .368 2 Syracuse .346 58 208 41 72 13 1 5 24 1 0 4 36 26 9 6 .490 .452 2 1998 TORONTO .279 144 516 90 144 29 3 12 55 6 1 15 67 77 51 18 .417 .377 6 1999 TORONTO .304 145 608 102 185 28 2 11 67 3 4 8 59 83 37 14 .411 .371 5 2000 TORONTO .319 136 583 107 186 43 5 21 69 1 4 6 37 79 20 5 .518 .363 2 Dunedin 1.000 1 3 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1.333 1.000 0 2001 TORONTO .316 155 640 103 202 44 7 12 60 0 1 11 46 72 27 10 .463 .371 5 2002 TORONTO .303 141 577 103 175 38 6 10 45 0 1 9 54 60 14 2 .442 .371 2 2003 TORONTO .294 71 303 47 89 22 2 7 35 0 8 2 27 30 1 2 .449 .347 4 Syracuse .000 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .250 0 MINNESOTA .322 65 270 43 87 22 0 6 38 2 3 4 25 36 3 4 .470 .364 1 2004 MINNESOTA .304 92 378 46 115 17 2 11 47 1 3 1 47 44 6 3 .447 .380 3 STEWART’S CAREER HIGHS Rochester .333 3 9 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .444 .400 0 2005 MINNESOTA .274 132 551 69 151 27 3 10 56 1 5 8 34 73 7 5 .388 .323 4 Hits: 5, September 19, 2002 at Baltimore; 4, (28 times), last: Sep- 2006 MINNESOTA .293 44 174 21 51 5 1 2 21 0 1 1 14 19 3 1 .368 .347 1 tember 12, 2007 at Seattle Rochester .278 5 18 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 .333 .333 0 Runs: 5, June 25, 2002 at Tampa Bay 2007 OAKLAND .290 146 576 79 167 22 1 12 48 1 3 3 47 60 11 3 .394 .345 4 Doubles: 4, July 18, 2000 vs. New York (NL) ML Totals .298 1334 5399 839 1611 311 39 114 566 15 36 73 482 666 193 70 .434 .362 41 Triples: 3, September 20, 1997 at New York (AL) Home Runs: 2, April 3, 2000 vs. Kansas City DIVISION SERIES RECORD Runs Batted In: 4 (seven times), last: April 20, 2007 at Texas Walks: 3 (six times), last: May 4, 2007 at Tampa Bay Year Club/Opp. AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E Strikeouts: 3 (three times), last: August 25, 2007 at Tampa Bay 2003 MIN vs. NYY .400 4 15 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 .533 471 0 Stolen Bases: 3 (three times), last: July 26, 2001 at Boston 2004 MIN vs. NYY .200 4 20 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 .200 .190 0 Hitting Streak: 26, August 1 to 29, 1999 Totals .286 8 35 1 10 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 6 1 0 .316 .343 0 Hitless Streak (At Bats): 20, May 18 to 24, 2002

41 20 HUSTON STREET RHP

Height/Weight 6-0 / 200 saves in 7 chances…allowed four of Bats/Throws Right / Right his five home runs during day OAKLAND CAREER SAVE LEADERS Birthdate August 2, 1983 games…tossed at least one inning in 320 Dennis Eckersley Birthplace/Resides Austin, Texas / Austin, Texas 45 of his 48 outings and pitched ex- 136 Follie Fingers Obtained Selected as a compensation pick following the 1st round actly one inning 41 times…recorded 100 Bill Taylor (40th selection overall) of the June, 2004 draft the decision in three straight games 76 Huston Street Contract Status First year of a one-year contract through 2007. from April 10 to 13 to become just the 75 Jason Isringhausen fourth pitcher in Oakland history to do MOST SAVES BY AGE 24 2007 Highlights that…joins Rollie Fingers (September 106 Francisco Rodriguez Missed two months with a mid-season stint on the disabled list and ap- 10-11, 1972), Jay Howell (June 9-11, 95 Gregg Olson peared in just 48 games, his fewest in his three seasons in the Majors…was 1985) and (September 1- 91 5-2 with 16 saves and a 2.88 ERA…the saves were also the fewest of his 4, 2002)…had two wins and a loss 86 Byung-Hyun Kim th 76 Huston Street career and he tied for 13 in the American League in saves…converted 16 during the stretch…matched his career (Since 1969...includes season of 21 (76.2%) save opportunities and had the lowest save percentage among high by issuing three walks in 0.2 in- in which player turned 24) AL closers…it was the lowest save percentage by an A’s closer since Den- nings in a loss to Chicago on April nis Eckersley went 19 for 25 (76.0%) in 1994…his five blown saves tied 11…was charged with his second for eighth most in the AL, but the A’s came back to win three of those blown save of the season on May 5 at Tampa Bay when he allowed a games…has 20 blown saves over the last three years, the most in the AL leadoff home run to Ty Wigginton in the bottom of the ninth…the home over that span, but the A’s have an 11-9 record in those games…now has run snapped a 51-game, 52.0-inning, 215-batter homerless streak dating 76 career saves, which is fourth most in Oakland history…it is fifth most back to June 24, 2006 at San Francisco…was 2-1 with nine saves, two in Major League history by the age of 24…struck out 63 batters in 50.0 blown saves, a 2.50 ERA and a .148 opponents batting average in 18 ap- innings, an average of 11.34 strikeouts per nine innings, which ranked pearances through May 12…was placed on the 15-day disabled list on third among AL relievers…issued just 12 walks and his strikeout to walk May 15, retroactive to May 13, with an irritation of the right ulnar ratio of 5.25 was fifth best among AL relievers…tied for eighth in fewest nerve…made one rehab appearance with Triple-A Sacramento on July 21 walks per nine innings (2.16)…now has 202 strikeouts and 51 walks in against Salt Lake (1.0 ip, 1 h, 2 so) and was reinstated from the DL on July 199.0 career innings…allowed a .190 opponents batting average and a 23…went 3-1 with seven saves, three blown saves, a 3.09 ERA and .211 .239 opponents on-base percentage, both of which were career opponents batting average in 30 outings following his return…worked as a lows…ranked fifth among AL relievers in on-base percentage and ninth in setup man immediately following his return from the DL…matched his batting average…allowed a career high five home runs and matched his career high by allowing four runs in 0.2 innings on July 29 at Seattle and career high with five wins…his opponents batting average included a .162 took the loss…recorded at least one strikeout in 19 consecutive appear- (16 for 99) mark against right-handed hitters and .224 (19 for 85) against ances from July 29 to September 5, equaling the third longest such streak left-handers…issued just two of his 12 walks to right-handers for a .178 by a reliever in Oakland history…had 34 strikeouts in 20.2 innings over on-base percentage…surrendered four of his five home runs to left- that stretch (14.81 per nine innings)…retired a season high 15 consecutive handers…now has a .209 career opponents average, including .184 (75 for batters from August 8 to 15…resumed his role as the A’s closer on August 408) by righties and .242 (77 for 318) with nine of his 12 career home runs 15 and went 3-0 with seven saves, three blown saves, a 2.95 ERA and .198 by lefties…four of his home runs in 2007 were solo shots…first batters opponents batting average over his final 19 games…had a career high ty- faced were 10 for 46 (.217) with two walks and he allowed 2 of 5 (40.0%) ing four strikeouts and retired all six batters that he faced in a season high inherited runners to score…converted 11 of 12 (91.7%) save opportunities 2.0 innings on August 27 against Toronto…was charged with the blown in his 17 outings on no days rest and 5 of 9 (55.6%) in his other 31 save in back-to-back outings on August 29 against Toronto and August 31 outings…in his career, he is 35 for 40 (87.5%) in saves chances on no days against Detroit…the A’s came back to win both games…put together a rest and 41 for 56 (73.2%) on one or more days rest…compiled a 1.64 season best 8.1 inning scoreless streak from August 31 to September 14 ERA and .162 opponents batting average in 30 outings at night while go- and did not allow an earned run over an 11.1 inning stretch through Sep- ing 3-0 with 12 saves in 14 opportunities…had a 5.29 ERA and .239 oppo- tember 28…allowed one run in the final game of the season to finish Sep- nents batting average in 18 outings during the day and was 2-2 with 4 tember with a 0.95 ERA in 11 outings.

LIFETIME PITCHING RECORD STREET’S CAREER HIGHS Year Club W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK Low Hit Complete Game: None 2004 Kane County 0 1 1.69 9 0 0 0 4 10.2 9 2 2 0 0 5 1 14 1 0 Innings Pitched: 3.1, July 10, 2005 at Chicago (AL) Midland 1 0 1.35 10 0 0 0 3 13.1 10 2 2 0 1 3 0 14 1 0 Hits: 5 (twice), last: September 25, 2006 at Seattle Sacramento 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 1 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Runs: 4 (twice), last: July 29, 2007 at Seattle 2005 OAKLAND 5 1 1.72 67 0 0 0 23 78.1 53 17 15 3 2 26 4 72 1 0 Earned Runs: 4, April 16, 2006 vs. Texas 2006 OAKLAND 4 4 3.31 69 0 0 0 37 70.2 64 28 26 4 2 13 3 67 4 0 Walks: 3 (twice), last: April 11, 2007 vs. Chicago (AL) 2007 OAKLAND 5 2 2.88 48 0 0 0 16 50.0 35 20 16 5 0 12 3 63 0 0 Strikeouts: 4 (three times), last: August 27, 2007 vs. Toronto Sacramento 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Home Runs: 2, August 29, 2007 vs. Toronto ML Totals 14 7 2.58 184 0 0 0 76 199.0 152 65 57 12 4 51 10 202 5 4 Longest Winning Streak: 5, May 30, 2005 to April 4, 2006 Longest Losing Streak: 3, April 16 to June 24, 2006 DIVISION SERIES RECORD Longest Scoreless Streak: 14.0, July 10 to August 5, 2005 Year Club/Opp. W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK 2006 OAK vs. MIN 0 0 3.00 3 0 0 0 2 3.0 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RECORD Year Club/Opp. W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK 2006 OAK vs. DET 0 1 10.80 2 0 0 0 0 3.1 4 4 4 2 0 0 0 3 0 0

42 28 KURT SUZUKI C

Height/Weight 6-0 / 197 the Athletics, joining Shane Komine (2006), Ron Darling (1991-95) and Bats/Throws Right / Right Lenn Sakata (1986)…collected his first ML hit on June 14 at Houston, a Birthdate October 4, 1983 pinch hit single off Brian Moehler in the 11th inning of the A’s 6-5 win…hit Birthplace/Resides Wailuki, Hawaii / Wailuki, Hawaii his first home run in his fourth game on June 19 against Cincinnati, a solo Obtained Selected in the 2nd round of the June, 2004 draft shot off Todd Coffey in the eighth inning…homered again in his next game Contract Status First year of a one-year contract through 2007 on June 27 at Cleveland…had a five-game hitting streak from June 14 to July 1 (7 for 16, .438) that put his average at .412 after his first six 2007 Highlights games…then had a career long 0 for 21 streak from July 2 to 20…caught Made his Major League debut with Oakland in June and spent five weeks Komine in the eighth and ninth innings on July 17 against Texas to become as the back-up to Jason Kendall before starting 56 of the A’s final 70 games the first Hawaiian born battery in Major League history…had his first ca- at catcher following the trade of Kendall on July 16…made 61 starts total reer walk-off home run on August 16 against Chicago, a three-run shot off behind the plate…since 1988, the only Oakland rookie to start more games Matt Thornton with two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning in an 8-5 at catcher is A.J. Hinch, who started 109 games in 1998…batted .249 with win…added a career high four RBI…had his first career three-hit game on seven home runs and 39 RBI in 68 games overall with the A’s…led the August 26 at Tampa Bay…matched his career high with four RBI on Sep- team with three sacrifice hits…hit .281 (45 for 160) against right-handed tember 2 against Detroit…hit his first career grand slam in the second pitching and .151 (8 for 53) against left-handers…however, hit three of his inning on September 10 at Seattle…the four RBI matched his career seven home runs against south paws…his averaged improved to .290 with high…had a career high seven-game hitting streak from September 16 to runners in scoring position…was 4 for 9 (.444) with a grand slam and 10 26 (8 for 27, .296)…closed out the A’s season with a walk-off single in the RBI with the bases loaded…five of his seven home runs came with run- bottom of the ninth inning in the A’s 3-2 win over Los Angeles on Septem- ners on base (three two-run, one three-run and one grand slam)…batted ber 30…began the year at Sacramento where he batted .280 with three .288 with five of his seven home runs in the seventh inning or later…hit home runs and 27 RBI in 55 games…those were his first games ever at the .229 over the first six innings of the game…batted .333 during 20 games Triple-A Level…hit .344 (22 for 64) against left-handed pitching and .252 compared to .222 in 48 games at night…posted his best numbers against (37 for 147) against right-handers…batted .327 on the road compared to Detroit as he hit .414 with one home run and eight RBI in eight games .231 at home…hit .234 with runners in scoring position…batted .290 with against the Tigers…saw most of his action batting ninth where he made a all three of his home runs in 44 games at catcher and .238 with no home team leading 47 starts…had six home runs from the nine spot in the order, runs and four RBI in 11 games at designated hitter…tossed out 16 of 42 which was third most in the American League…appeared in 66 games at (38.1%) attempted base stealers…hit in every spot in the order except first, catcher and tossed out 7 of 36 (19.4%) attempted base stealers…also made eighth and ninth and saw his most action with 33 games in the five two starts at designated hitter and was 1 for 2 as a pinch hitter…hit .185 spot…batted .306 over his first 32 games through May 11, went 5 for 39 over his first 21 games through July 28, .312 over his next 28 games through (.128) over his next 10 games through May 23 and then hit .333 over his September 2 and .212 over his final 19 games…had 11 RBI over his first final 13 games…had three home runs and 22 RBI over his first 34 games 34 games through August 14 and 28 RBI over his final 34 games…was and no home runs and five RBI over his final 21 games…had a season best selected from Triple-A Sacramento on June 10 and made his Major League eight-game hitting streak from April 15 to 23 (10 for 27, .370)…had back- debut on June 12 at Houston…grounded out as a pinch hitter in his first at to-back three-hit games in his final two Triple-A contests on June 7 and 8 bat in the 10th inning…became the fourth Hawaiian born player to play for at Tucson.

LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD SUZUKI’S CAREER HIGHS Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E Hits: 3, August 26, 2007 at Tampa Bay 2004 Vancouver .297 46 175 27 52 10 3 3 31 3 3 12 18 26 0 1 .440 .394 1 Runs: 3, July 29, 2007 at Seattle 2005 Stockton .277 114 441 85 122 26 5 12 65 2 5 12 63 61 5 3 .440 .378 15 Doubles: 2, September 16, 2007 vs. Texas 2006 Midland .285 99 376 64 107 26 1 7 55 0 1 9 58 50 5 3 .336 .284 2 Triples: None 2007 Sacramento .280 55 211 32 59 9 0 3 27 1 3 4 21 41 0 0 .365 .351 3 Home Runs: 1 (seven times), last: September 10, 2007 at Seattle OAKLAND .249 68 213 27 53 13 0 7 39 3 5 3 24 39 0 0 .408 .327 2 Runs Batted In: 4 (three times), last: September 10, 2007 at Seattle ML Totals .249 68 213 27 53 13 0 7 39 3 5 3 24 39 0 0 .408 .327 2 Walks: 2 (twice), last: September 15, 2007 vs. Texas Strikeouts: 3, August 14, 2007 vs. Chicago (AL) Stolen Bases: None Hitting Streak: 7, September 16 to 26, 2007 Hitless Streak (At Bats): 21, July 2 to 20, 2007

43 33 NICK SWISHER OF

Height/Weight 6-0 / 212 82 in left, 57 in center and seven Bats/Throws Switch / Left at DH…the switch-hitter batted OAKLAND A’s CAREER ON- Birthdate January 25, 1980 .291 (44 for 151) against left- BASE PERCENTAGE LEADERS Birthplace/Resides Columbus, Ohio / Parkersburg, West Virginia handed pitching and .250 (97 for 1. Jason Giambi .412 Obtained Selected in the 1st round (16th selection overall) of the 388) against right-handers…had 2. Rickey Henderson .409 June, 2002 draft 42 walks and 30 strikeouts against 3. Mark McGwire .380 Contract Status First year of a five-year contract through 2011 with a club lefties and 58 walks and 101 4. Gene Tenace .374 option for 2012. strikeouts against righties…had a 5. Rick Monday .371 .458 on-base percentage against 6. Ben Grieve .370 2007 Highlights left-handers, which was third best 7. Bill North .364 Hit .262 with 22 home runs and 78 RBI in the AL…now has a .271 (115 8. Matt Stairs .363 9. Nick Swisher .361 in his third full season in the Majors…it MOST HOME RUNS, for 425) career average against 10. Geronimo Berroa .361 was the second consecutive season he im- ATHLETICS SWITCH south paws with 88 walks and 82 HITTER (since 1901) (min. 1500 plate appearances) proved his batting average as he hit .236 strikeouts, compared to .244 (291 in 2005 and .254 in 2006…added 100 CAREER for 1192) with 172 walks and 322 walks for a .381 on-base percentage, 80 Nick Swisher strikeouts against right- which also improved for the second con- 60 Ruben Sierra handers…has hit 63 of his 80 career home runs off right-handers…had 14 secutive season…now has a .361 career 48 Tony Phillips home runs and 52 RBI on the road compared to eight home runs and 26 on-base percentage, which is ninth best 33 Scott Spiezio RBI in Oakland…15 of his 22 home runs were solo shots, 17 came at night in Oakland history…his batting average, 25 Bobby Kielty and 10 either tied the game or put the A’s ahead…hit .234 in interleague on-base percentage and walks were all play and now has a .196 (37 for 189) career average against the National SEASON career highs as were his 36 doubles and League…hit in every spot in the order from second through sixth and led 35 Nick Swisher, 2006 three stolen bases…matched his best with 23 Ruben Sierra, 1994 the A’s in most starts batting third (78) and second (49)…hit 11 of his 22 141 hits…ranked sixth in the American 22 Nick Swisher, 2007 home runs from the two spot, which tied for second most in the League in walks, seventh in pitches per 22 Ruben Sierra, 1993 AL…appeared in 59 games in center field, 57 in right field, 44 at first base plate appearance (4.25) and 10th in 21 Nick Swisher, 2005 and six at designated hitter…was also 0 for 1 as a pinch hitter and is now 0 strikeouts (131)…also tied for fourth in for 6 in his career in the pinch…made his third consecutive Opening Day sacrifice flies (9), tied for fifth in inten- start on April 2 at Seattle…it was his second consecutive start at first base tional walks (12) and was seventh in percent of pitches taken (62.8%)…led after starting in right field in 2005…had his first of three two-homer games the A’s in doubles, sacrifice flies and go-ahead RBI (20) and tied for the on April 23 at Baltimore…the first home run was the 61st of his career, team lead in games (150), runs scored (84) and hit by pitches (10)…the which broke Ruben Sierra’s all-time Athletics record for home runs by a games and runs scored were the fewest by an A’s team leader since …also homered twice on July 26 at Seattle and September 9 at 1987…reached the 20 home run plateau for the third consecutive season Texas and now has nine career multi-homer games…hit one home run and his 22 home runs ranked second among AL switch-hitters to Cleveland’s right-handed and one home run left-handed in all three of his multi-homer Victor Martinez (25)…they matched the third best total in Athletics his- games in 2007 and five times in his career…there have been just eight tory by a switch-hitter…now has 80 career home runs, which is a franchise such performances in Athletics history…agreed to terms on a five-year record for a switch-hitter…continued to show versatility on defense as he contract through the 2011 season with a club option for 2012 on May started 57 games in center field, 46 in right field, 39 at first base and five at 11…had a career high five RBI on May 21 at Chicago and did so without designated hitter…the starts in center field were the first of his career and the aid of a home run…it was the eighth time in Oakland history a player they led the team…is one of three players in Oakland history to start at has driven in at least five runs without a home run…that game started a least 30 games at three different positions…joins in 2006 (51 season best 10-game hitting streak (15 for 37, .405)…homered in all three in left, 44 in center, 41 in right) and Jason Giambi in 1996 (43 in left, 42 at first, 38 at third)…in his career, he has made 164 starts in right, 134 at first, ...more Swisher on next page

LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD SWISHER’S CAREER HIGHS Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E Hits: 4, September 8, 2006 at Tampa Bay 2002 Vancouver .250 13 44 10 11 3 0 2 12 0 1 2 13 11 3 0 .455 .433 0 Runs: 3 (13 times), last: September 9, 2007 at Texas Visalia .240 49 183 22 44 13 2 4 23 2 1 2 26 48 3 1 .399 .340 4 Doubles: 2 (six times), last: August 15, 2006 vs. Seattle 2003 Modesto .296 51 189 38 56 14 2 10 43 0 5 2 41 49 0 2 .550 .418 4 Triples: 1 (four times), last: August 14, 2007 vs. Chicago Midland .230 76 287 36 66 24 2 5 43 0 6 6 37 76 0 1 .380 .324 5 Home Runs: 2 (nine times), September 9, 2007 at Texas; July 26, 2004 Sacramento .269 125 443 109 119 28 2 29 92 0 5 3 103 109 3 3 .537 .406 7 2007 at Seatte; April 23, 2007 at Baltimore; June 21, 2006 at Colo- OAKLAND .250 20 60 11 15 4 0 2 8 0 1 2 8 11 0 0 .417 .352 3 rado; May 11, 2006 at Toronto; April 18, 2006 vs. Detroit; April 12, 2005 OAKLAND .236 131 462 66 109 32 1 21 74 0 1 4 55 110 0 1 .446 .322 2 2006 at Minnesota; June 26, 2005 vs. San Francisco; April 6, 2005 Sacramento .391 6 23 4 9 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 7 0 1 .522 .462 0 at Baltimore 2006 OAKLAND .254 157 556 106 141 24 2 35 95 2 6 11 97 152 1 2 .493 .372 8 Runs Batted In: 5, May 21, 2007 at Chicago (AL) 2007 OAKLAND .262 150 539 84 141 36 1 22 78 1 9 10 100 131 3 2 .455 .381 5 Walks: 3 (13 times), last: August 10, 2007 at Detroit ML Totals .251 458 1617 267 406 96 4 80 255 3 17 27 260 404 4 5 .464 .361 18 Strikeouts: 5, June 29, 2006 at San Diego Stolen Bases: 1 (four times), last: September 10, 2007 at Seattle DIVISION SERIES RECORD Hitting Streak: 11, April 30 to May 11, 2006 Hitless Streak (At Bats): 17, June 24 to 29, 2006 Year Club/Opp. AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2006 OAK vs. MIN .300 3 10 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 .500 .417 0

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RECORD Year Club/Opp. AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2006 OAK vs. DET .100 4 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 .100 .400 0

44 Swisher, continued field…scored a run in 10 consecutive games from September 5 to 15 (15 runs total)…11 of those runs came against Texas and he scored 20 runs in games at Baltimore May 25-27, the second time he has homered in three 18 games against the Rangers in 2007, the most ever by an Athletic against straight games in his career…had five home runs in eight games against Texas…was hit by a pitch in three consecutive games against Texas from Baltimore and all five came in five games at Camden Yards…batted .333 September 14 to 16 and was ejected from the game after charging the with five home runs and 23 RBI in May, all his best one-month figures in mound on September 16 after he was hit by a Vicente Padilla pitch in his 2007…now has a .301 (69 for 229) career average in May, his best for one first at bat…he is the fourth player in Oakland history to get hit by a pitch month…was batting .305 at the end of May and then hit .216 in June and in at least three straight games…also homered in each of those three games .205 in July…now has a .204 (74 for 363) average in June and July over against the Rangers, the third time he has done that in his career…was the last two years…his averaged had fallen to .248 on August 11 but he hit suspended for three games for charging the mound and served his suspen- .294 over his final 41 games…committed his first error of the season as an sion from September 18 to 21…matched his season high with three hits in outfielder on August 25, snapping a 105-game errorless streak as an out- his first game back on September 22 at Cleveland but went 3 for 23 (.130) fielder dating back to his last error on June 19, 2006 at Colorado in left over his final six games. 51 KEVIN THOMPSON OF

Height/Weight 5-10 / 190 20…spent the balance of the season at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, where he Bats/Throws Right / Right hit .281 with five home runs and 37 RBI in 77 games…added 42 walks for Birthdate September 18, 1979 a .382 on-base percentage…stole a team leading 24 bases and now has 229 Birthplace/Resides Fort Worth, Texas / Fort Worth, Texas career steals in 728 minor league games…hit .290 (53 for 183) with four Obtained Claimed on waivers, September 7, 2007 of his five home runs against right-handers and .262 (22 for 84) against Contract Status First year of a one-year contract through 2007 left-handers…his batting average improved to .310 with runners in scor- ing position, including .385 with RISP and two outs…four of his five home 2007 Highlights runs came at the Yankees home ballpark but he hit .310 on the road…hit in Was claimed off waivers from the New York Yankees on September 7 and every spot in the order except fifth and ninth and saw his most playing went 1 for 14 (.071) with one RBI in nine games with the A’s in time with 41 games in the leadoff spot…appeared in 48 games in center September…had a RBI single in the seventh inning in his first game with field, 16 in left field, nine in right field and four at designated hitter…stole Oakland on September 9 at Texas, but finished the season 0 for his last a season high three bases in the second game of the season on April 6 10…appeared in five games (two starts) in center field with the A’s, two against Norfolk and went 3 for 10 (.300) over his first three games before games (one start) in left field and one game in right field…also hit .190 his first promotion to New York on April 8…went 5 for 45 (.111) over his with two RBI in 13 games over three stints with the Yankees…hit .143 first 11 games following his return but then put together a season best with three doubles and three RBI in 22 games overall…went 0 for 11 at seven-game hitting streak from May 9 to 16 (12 for 29, .414)…had seven home and hit .208 on the road…was 2 for 10 (.200) with runners in scoring doubles over a nine-game span from May 14 to 24…had his first of three position but was 0 for 7 with RISP and two outs…was 0 for 16 with two four-hit games on May 20 at Richmond and was hitting .260 when he was outs and 5 for 19 (.263) with fewer than two outs… appeared in seven promoted to New York for a second time on June 1…returned on June 5 games (three starts) in left field, six games (three starts) in right field, six and went 10 for 25 (.400) in eight games before returning to New York on games (two starts) in center field and three games at designated hitter…was June 17…had four hits, including a pair of doubles, on June 8 at also 1 for 3 (.333) with two strikeouts as a pinch hitter…hit in every spot in Buffalo…was optioned back to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre for the final time the order…was called up by New York for the first time on April 8 and on July 20 and hit .279 (31 for 111) over his final 34 games…matched his went 2 for 8 (.250) in six games before he was optioned to Triple-A Scranton/ season high with a seven-game hitting streak from July 31 to August (10 Wilkes-Barre on April 24…did not appear in a game during his second for 27, .370)…had his third four-hit game on August 2 at Ottawa…was stint from June 1 to 5…recalled for a third time on June 17 and was 2 for designated for assignment on September 1 and claimed off waivers by the 13 (.154) in seven games before he was optioned for the final time on July A’s six days later.

LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD THOMPSON’S CAREER HIGHS Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E Hits: 2 (twice), last: September 14, 2006 vs. Tampa Bay 2000 GCL Yankees .267 20 75 13 20 7 1 2 9 0 1 1 10 14 2 3 .467 .356 1 Runs: 1 (nine times), last: September 16, 2007 vs. Texas 2001 Staten Island .262 68 260 46 68 11 4 6 33 1 2 5 36 48 11 5 .404 .360 5 Doubles: 1 (six times), last; July 14, 2007 at Tampa Bay 2002 Greensboro .283 62 226 44 64 24 3 3 31 0 1 6 37 42 14 3 .456 .396 7 Triples: None Tampa .184 25 87 10 16 5 0 0 7 2 2 2 13 15 11 1 .241 .298 2 Home Runs: 1, June 10, 2006 vs. Oakland Staten Island .302 36 139 25 42 5 2 4 14 1 1 0 17 24 6 3 .453 .376 2 Runs Batted In: 3, June 4, 2006 at Baltimore 2003 Tampa .331 44 163 42 54 13 4 5 25 0 6 2 32 27 16 5 .552 .433 0 Walks: 2, September 9, 2006 at Baltimore Trenton .226 86 328 48 74 16 2 5 20 3 2 4 37 57 47 8 .332 .310 6 Strikeouts: 2 (five times), last: July 14, 2007 at Tampa Bay 2004 Tampa .356 11 45 12 16 4 0 2 6 0 0 1 4 7 9 2 .578 .420 0 Stolen Bases: 1 (twice), last: October 1, 2006 vs. Toronto Trenton .281 69 270 43 76 17 0 9 17 2 0 4 30 40 29 10 .444 .362 1 Hitting Streak: 3, June 3 to 10, 2006 2005 Trenton .329 81 313 59 103 28 5 12 43 2 3 6 53 68 25 6 .565 .432 3 Hitless Streak (At Bats): 10, September 9, 2007 to present Columbus .249 58 209 28 52 17 0 2 28 4 4 6 23 45 18 5 .359 .335 4 2006 Columbus .265 91 362 69 96 22 5 9 44 4 4 2 44 63 17 7 .428 .345 6 NEW YORK (AL) .300 19 30 5 9 3 0 1 6 1 0 0 6 9 2 0 .500 .417 0 2007 Scranton-Wilkes Barre .281 77 267 39 75 18 3 5 37 5 2 3 42 56 24 8 .427 .382 3 NEW YORK (AL) .190 13 21 2 4 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 10 0 0 .333 .261 0 OAKLAND .071 9 14 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 .071 .133 1 ML Totals .215 41 65 9 14 6 0 1 9 1 0 0 9 22 2 0 .354 .311 1

45 ADDITIONAL PLAYERS

HIRAM BOCACHICA Was selected by Oakland from Triple-A Sacramento home runs and 12 RBI over a 13-game span from July 18 to August 1…batted on May 16 and went 1 for 17 (.059) in six games before he was designated for .403 (27 for 67) with six home runs and 20 RBI over a 19-game stretch from assignment on May 30…was claimed on waivers by San Diego on May 31 and July 20 to August 24…capped that streak by going 3 for 5 with two home runs hit .238 with a home run and two RBI in 27 games with Padres before he was and a career high six RBI on August 24 at Philadelphia…hit a pair of three-run designated for assignment again on July 18…was sent outright to Triple-A home runs in the Padres 14-3 win and it was his sixth career two-homer Portland on July 20 and finished the season on the Beavers disabled list…batted game…that put his batting average at .368 with San Diego but he went 10 for a combined .200 with two home runs and five RBI in 33 games at the Major 49 (.204) over his final 15 games to finish the Padres portion of his campaign at League level…began the year at Sacramento and hit .318 with nine home runs .313. and 32 RBI in 35 games…added 25 walks for a .450 on-base percentage…hit safely in each of his first 11 games (14 for 42, .333)…went 2 for 5 with two AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS home runs and six RBI on May 12 at Iowa, including a grand slam…had four 2007 Oak .292 19 65 6 19 4 02781421 SD .313 42 144 31 45 5 1 11 30 23 27 3 1 home runs and 15 RBI over his final eight games with the River Cats…was Career .273 691 2453 362 670 138 13 81 322 309 504 69 32 promoted to Oakland on May 16 and made six appearances in center field, including five starts…his one hit for the A’s was a two-run home run on May Was acquired by the A’s from the for 23 at Chicago in a 4-0 A’s win…claimed on waivers by San Diego on May 31 two players to be named later and cash considerations on April 27…spent the and made 11 starts in right field, three in center field and one in left field…went entire season on the disabled list after having “Tommy John” surgery on his 6 for 22 (.273) over his first eight games and 9 for 41 (.220) over his final 19 right elbow…was batting .264 with a home run and six RBI in 20 games with contests…was sent to Portland on July 20 and hit .184 with no home runs and Cincinnati during spring training before tearing the ulnar collateral ligament in three RBI in 13 games…added 12 walks for a .385 on-base his right elbow…was placed on the Reds disabled list on March 24 and trans- percentage…combined to hit .287 with nine home runs, 35 RBI, 37 walks and ferred to the 60-day DL on April 13…the A’s sent Marcus McBeth to the Reds a .434 on-base percentage in 48 games with Sacramento and Portland…hit on April 28 as the first player to be named later and completed the trade by .296 (16 for 54) against left-handed pitching and .283 (32 for 113) against sending Ben Jukich on June 12. right-handers…hit .354 with six of his nine home runs and 19 of his 35 RBI in the seventh inning or later…batted .346 with runners in scoring position…was AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS placed on the Portland disabled list on August 14 with a strained right elbow 2007 (Injured — Did not play) and missed the remainder of the season. Career .278 67 144 22 40 9 0 2 9 17 30 2 1

AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS RON FLORES Compiled a 3.57 ERA in 17 relief appearances with the A’s 2007 Oak .059 6 17 2 1 0 0132500from May 18 to July 2 and spent the balance of the season at Triple-A SD .238 27 63 9 15 4 01251332Sacramento…was 0-2 with a blown save with Oakland and issued 12 walks Career .215 272 535 69 115 28 1 15 37 41 139 16 10 while striking out 15 in 17.2 innings…five of those walks were intentional…allowed a .235 opponents batting average, which broke down to MILTON BRADLEY Was on the A’s Opening Day roster but appeared in just .095 (2 for 21) against left-handed hitters and .298 (14 for 47) and both of his 19 games with Oakland…had three stints on the disabled list before he was home runs against right-handers…has allowed five of his six career home runs traded to San Diego at the end of June and went on the DL for a fourth time against righties…his opponents average increased to .313 with runners in scor- before appearing in a game with the Padres…batted .292 with two home runs ing position…first batters faced were 1 for 15 (.067) with two walks and he and seven RBI in 19 games with Oakland and .313 with 11 home runs and 30 now has a .204 (10 for 49) career average against first batters faced…allowed RBI in 42 games with San Diego…his combined numbers were .306 with 13 3 of his 7 (42.9%) inherited runners to score…opponents were 0 for 16 with home runs and 37 RBI in 61 games…has a .288 batting average, 40 home runs two walks when leading off an inning and they are now batting .118 (6 for 51) and 127 RBI in 232 games over the last three years and has eight stints on the with three walks in that situation in his career…the opponents four, five and six DL over that span…hit .362 with seven of his 13 home runs in the seventh hitters were a combined 0 for 19 with three walks…posted a 2.08 ERA and inning or later…was 11 for 32 (.344) with two walks when leading off an allowed a .167 opponents batting average in seven outings in Oakland and had inning…was the A’s Opening Day starter in center field and made 15 starts a 5.00 ERA and .289 opponents batting average in 10 appearances on the there…made his final three starts with the A’s in right field…started 40 games road…allowed both of his home runs on the road…had a 2.38 ERA in 11 out- in left field with the Padres and also made one appearance in right ings on two days rest or less and a 5.68 ERA in his other six outings…compiled field…matched his career high on April 20 in Texas with four walks (August 7, a 2.84 ERA in 10 night games compared to a 5.40 ERA during seven day 2004 vs. Philadelphia) and three runs scored…was batting .263 with a home games…tossed 1.0 innings or fewer in 13 of his 17 outings…was recalled by run and three RBI in 11 games when was placed on the disabled list for the first the A’s on May 18 and did not allow a run in his first 10 outings (8.0 ip, 4 h, 4 time on April 23 with a strained left hamstring…missed 15 games before he bb, 6 so)…had a career best 10.0 inning scoreless streak dating back to Octo- was reinstated on May 11…went 4 for 13 (.308) with a home run and three RBI ber 1, 2006…then posted a 6.52 ERA (9.2 ip, 12 h, 8 r, 7 er, 8 bb, 9 so, 2 hr) in four games before returning to the DL on May 23 retroactive to May 15 with over his final seven outings before he was optioned to Sacramento on July a strained left hamstring…missed 14 games during his second stint on the DL 3…tossed a season high 3.0 scoreless innings and struck out a career high five and was reinstated on May 30…went 5 for 12 (.455) in three games before batters on June 16 against St. Louis…was tagged with the blown save and loss going on the DL for a third time on June 8, retroactive to June 3 with a strained on June 28 at Cleveland when he allowed a three-run home run to Jason Michaels right calf…went 0 for 5 with two walks on a two-game rehab assignment with in the seventh inning of a 4-3 A’s loss…allowed a career high three runs and Triple-A Sacramento on June 16 and 17 and was reinstated from the DL on matched his career high with three walks in his final outing on July 2 against June 20 after missing 16 more games…went 0 for 3 with a walk on June 20 Toronto…was 1-2 with a save, two blown saves and a 2.72 ERA in 40 relief against Cincinnati and was designated for assignment on June 21…missed a appearances with Sacramento…walked 17 and struck out 26 in 36.1 total of 45 games during his first three stints on the DL and appeared in 115 of innings…allowed a .266 opponents batting average, which included .240 (18 the A’s 233 games in his one and a half seasons with Oakland…was traded to for 75) against left-handed hitters and .294 (20 for 68) against right-handers…his San Diego with cash for Andrew Brown on June 29 and was immediately placed opponents average dropped to .190 with runners in scoring position…however, on the DL retroactive to June 21 with a strained left oblique…it was his 12th that mark included a .280 average with RISP and two outs…was 1-1 with a career stint on the DL…was reinstated on July 7 and batted .364 with four save, a 2.14 ERA and .218 opponents batting average in 17 games when he was home runs and 12 RBI in 18 games in July… now has a .303 (144 for 475) promoted to Oakland in May…then went 0-1 with a 3.52 ERA and .323 oppo- career average in the month with 21 home runs and 87 RB in 131 games…the nents batting average in 23 games following his return…tossed at least 1.0 average, home runs and RBI are his best for any month of the season…had five innings in 15 of his first 17 outings and then pitched fewer than 1.0 innings in 46 16 of his final 23 outings…did not allow an earned run over his first eight (.406) streak from July 31 to August 10 pushed his National League average to outings and 9.2 innings and compiled 1.32 ERA over his first 12 games through .317…capped the streak with back-to-back three hit games at Colorado on May 3…then allowed two runs in 1.0 inning on May 5 against Tucson, but August 9 and 10…was 8 for 16 (.500) against the Rockies for the season and picked up his only win of the season…tossed a season high 3.0 scoreless in- now has a .373 (91 for 244) career average against Colorado, his best mark nings for his only save on May 14 at Iowa, his final game before his promotion against any team…ended up batting .349 (29 for 83) with 12 RBI in 26 games to Oakland…that was part of a Triple-A season best 7.0-inning scoreless streak in August…then hit .183 (11 for 60) in September, just the second time he has from May 10 to July 7…made three postseason appearances for Sacramento hit under .200 in a month in his career…returned to postseason play for the and had a blown save and a 20.25 ERA (1.1 ip, 3 h, 3 r, 3 er, 1 bb, 2 so). second consecutive year after going the first 10 years of his career without reaching postseason…appeared in just one game for the Cubs in the National W L ERA G GS CG ShO SV IP H R ER BB SO League Division Series against Arizona, going 1 for 4 with one RBI in Game 3 2007 0 2 3.57 17 0 0 0 0 17.2 16 8 7 12 15 of the Diamondbacks three-game sweep. Career 1 4 3.05 53 0 0 0 1 56.0 52 20 19 22 41 AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS JASON KENDALL Began the season with the A’s and hit .226 with two home 2007 Oak .226 80 292 24 66 10 0 2 22 12 27 3 1 runs and 22 RBI in 80 games before he was traded to the Chicago Cubs with Chi (NL) .270 57 174 21 47 10 1 1 19 19 15 0 3 cash on July 16 for Rob Bowen and minor league pitcher Jerry Blevins…hit Career .297 1682 6225 897 1848 327 31 71 615 588 538 162 77 .270 with a home run and 19 RBI in 57 games with the Cubs and batted .242 with three home runs and 41 RBI in 137 games overall…the batting average JOE KENNEDY Began the season in the A’s starting rotation, was moved to was a career low, 24 points below his previous low of .266 in 2001…also had the bullpen at the All-Star Break and was claimed on waivers by Arizona in career lows in on-base percentage (.301), slugging (.309), runs (45) and walks August before finishing the season with Toronto…was 3-9 with a 4.37 ERA in (31) and matched his low in doubles (20), RBI (41) and stolen bases (3)…the 27 games, 16 starts, with Oakland…that included 2-7 with a 4.03 ERA and slugging percentage was second lowest in the Major Leagues (Punto, MIN .277 opponents batting average in his 16 starts and 1-2 with a 6.94 ERA and .271)…however, his three home runs were two more than his combined total .333 opponents batting average in 11 relief appearances…the A’s were 3-13 over the previous two seasons…was hit by a pitch nine times, which matches (.231) in his starting assignments, but he received run support of two runs or his career low…now has 218 career hit by pitches, which ranks seventh in ML fewer in 11 of his 16 starts, including one run or less in all his losses…the A’s history…appeared in 132 games at catcher and made just 130 starts, the first scored just five runs while he was pitching in his seven losses (33.2 ip, 1.34 run time he has not started at least 140 games since 2001 (127)…tied for second support) and he left with the lead in five of his no decisions only to have the among ML in games started, the first time he has not led the Majors bullpen blow the save…allowed one run in six of his starts but was 0-1 with since 2001…has now started 1119 games at catcher since 2000, which is the five no decisions in those games…16 of his first 17 appearances were as a most in the Majors by 100 games (, 1019)…tossed out 13 of 124 starter with the one relief appearance coming on April 15 against New York (11.5%) attempted base stealers, which was the fourth lowest percentage in the when the A’s had three off days over an eight-day span…went 2-4 over his first Majors…his 111 stolen bases allowed were second most in the Majors (Bard, 12 games (11 starts) through June 6, but had a 3.23 ERA and .256 opponents CLE 121) and second most in his career…played 137 games overall, which batting average over that span…then went 0-3 with a 7.84 ERA and .353 oppo- were his fewest since 1999 when he played in just 78 games…stole three bases, nents batting average over his next five starts through July 4 and was moved to all with the A’s, and now has 162 career steals, which are the most by a ML the bullpen…allowed six runs in his first four relief appearances, including catcher since Ray Schalk stole 177 bases from 1912-29…had 42 strikeouts and July 15 at Minnesota when he took the loss to extend his losing streak to four 31 walks, just the fourth time in his career he had more strikeouts than games…then went 1-1 with a 2.35 ERA over his final seven games with walks…however, averaged 12.2 plate appearances per strikeout, which was Oakland…went 18.2 innings and 89 batters without a strikeout from May 15 to seventh best in the Majors…hit .198 off left-handed pitching, which ranked June 6 to set an Oakland record for consecutive innings without a strikeout…the sixth lowest in the Majors…had a .259 average off right-handers and now has previous mark of 17.2 was shared by Rick Langford (May 10, 1983-September a .297 career average off both left-handers and right-handers in his career…in 9, 1984), Steve McCatty (June 21-July 4, 1983) and (July 13-24, addition to his 132 games at catcher, he also made two appearances in left 1979)…went 1 for 2 with a double and two RBI at Houston on June 12…joins field, both with the A’s, and was 1 for 4 (.250) with a walk and a RBI as a pinch Dan Haren (June 10, 2005 at Atlanta) as the only A’s pitchers to drive in two hitter, all with the Cubs…hit eight 64 times and ninth 41 times…made 37 starts runs in a game since 1973…his final start on July 4 against Toronto was the in the nine spot in the order with Oakland, his first career starts hitting 200th appearance of his career…lasted just 0.2 innings, his shortest outing ever ninth…made his 12th consecutive Opening Day start at catcher on April 2 at as a starter…was claimed on waivers by Arizona on August 4 and posted a Seattle, including his third straight as an Athletic…struck out three times in 20.25 ERA in three relief appearances…allowed six runs in 0.1 innings on that game, just the fourth three-strikeout game of his career…hit .169 with five August 14 at Florida, the most runs he has ever allowed as a reliever…was RBI in April…his April batting average was fourth lowest in the American designated for assignment the next day and was released on August 22…signed League and his lowest ever in a month where he played at least five games…his a minor league contract with Toronto on August 28 and made two appearances previous low was .202 in August, 2005…had a .218 (52 for 239) April average at Triple-A Syracuse (2.2 ip, 2 h, 1 bb, 3 so) before he was called up by the Blue in his three seasons with the A’s…followed that up by hitting .213 in Jays on September 2…had a win and a 5.14 ERA in nine relief May…doubled in the sixth inning on May 16 against Kansas City to snap a appearances…was a combined 4-9 with a 4.80 ERA in 39 games, 16 starts, for career long streak of 32 games and 123 at bats without an extra base hit…that all three teams…the 39 games pitched matched his career high from 2006…al- was the sixth longest such streak in Oakland history and the longest since Mike lowed a .282 opponents batting average, which included a .204 (20 for 98) Bordick went 134 at bats from July 20, 1994 to June 3, 1995…then went an- mark against left-handed hitters and .306 (99 for 324) against right- other 20 games and 73 at bats before his next extra base hit, a double on June handers…now has a .238 (191 for 802) career average against lefties and .294 12 at Houston…threw out Jay Payton attempting to steal in the third inning on (810 for 2756) against righties…allowed all nine of his home runs in 2007 May 25 at Baltimore, snapping a streak of 31 consecutive stolen base attempts against right-handers…has not allowed a home run to a left-handed batter since off him…it was the longest such streak of his career…was batting .194 at the October 2, 2005 at Seattle (Ibanez)…struck out just 51 while walking 55 in conclusion of play on June 10 but hit safely in each of his next six games from 110.2 innings…his strikeout to walk ratio of 0.93 ranked second lowest among June 12 to 18 (12 for 26, .462) to boost his average to .225…homered off Chris Major League pitchers with 100 or more innings…opponents hit .337 with a Sampson in the sixth inning on June 13 at Houston for his first home run since .417 on-base percentage when leading off an inning…first batters faced were 9 May 31, 2006 against Kansas City (Peralta)…the home run snapped a 157- for 18 (.500) with two walks and a hit by pitch in his relief appearances and he game, 619-at bat homerless streak, which was the fifth longest homerless streak allowed 9 of 13 (69.2%) inherited runners to score…now has a .419 (31 for 74) in Oakland history…played left field on June 12 and 14 at Houston, his first career average against first batters faced…committed five errors, which tied appearances in the outfield since September 28, 2001 at St. Louis…made 27 for second most among ML pitchers. starts in the outfield in 2001, his only career appearances at a defensive posi- tion other than catcher entering 2007…finished June with a .295 batting average…hit .214 over his first nine games with the Cubs before a 13 for 32

47 W L ERA G GS CG ShO SV IP H R ER BB SO sition, including .204 with RISP and two outs…was 5-4 with a 2.99 ERA and 2007 Oak 3 9 4.37 27 16 0 0 0 101.0 109 53 49 48 42 .244 opponents batting average in 12 starts at Sacramento’s Raleys Field and Ari 0 0 20.25 3 0 0 0 0 2.2 4 7 6 2 1 Tor 1 0 5.14 9 0 0 0 0 7.0 6 6 4 5 8 0-8 with a 7.34 ERA and .323 opponents batting average in 11 starts on the Career 43 61 4.79 222 139 7 2 2 908.2 1001 536 484 335 558 road…had 21 walks and 70 strikeouts in 75.1 innings at home and 25 walks and 29 strikeouts in 57.2 innings on the road…was 3-9 with a 5.38 ERA and BOBBY KIELTY Appeared in just 13 games for the A’s in 2007 as he missed .301 opponents batting average in 16 starts before the Triple-A All-Star Break 63 games during a 10-week stay on the disabled list before being released at and 2-3 with a 3.73 ERA and .229 opponents batting average in seven starts the end of July and signing with Boston…batted .200 with three RBI with the after the break…won one game in each of the first three months of the season A’s and hit .231 with a home run and nine RBI in 20 games with the Red Sox and then went 0-2 in July…was 3-11 with a 5.42 ERA and the end of July and for a .218 batting average, one home run and 12 RBI in 33 games overall…those then went 2-1 with a 3.00 ERA in five starts in August…Sacramento was 7-16 were the fewest games played of his career…the switch-hitter batted .260 (13 (.304) in his starting assignments…tossed six or more innings in 14 of his 23 for 50) against left-handed pitching and .162 (6 for 37) against right- starts, allowed two runs or fewer six times and walked two batters or fewer 14 handers…now has a .296 (208 for 702) career average against lefties and .228 times…won his second start of the season on April 12 against Portland, allow- (248 for 1090) against righties…has hit 30 of his 53 career home runs off south ing just one hit in 6.0 shutout innings in a 3-1 River Cats win…then had a paws…hit .320 during the day and .177 at night…batted .154 before the All- season long four-game losing streak and compiled a 6.86 ERA over his next Star Break and .246 after the break…hit .138 against a pitcher the first time he seven starts from April 17 to May 19…allowed one run in 7.0 innings and saw him in a game and .379 after that…hit in every spot in the order except struck out a season high nine for his second win on May 24 against Salt leadoff…appeared in 17 games in right field, 12 in left field and one in center Lake…went 1-3 with a 5.32 ERA over his next four starts…including a loss on field…made 12 starts in right, seven in left and one at designated hitter…was June 3 against Round Rock when he tossed a season high 8.0 innings…was 3- also 0 for 3 with one RBI as a pinch hitter…missed most of spring training as 8 with a 5.31 ERA in 14 starts when the A’s called for the first time on June he had surgery to repair a slight tear of his meniscus in his left knee on March 18…had a loss and a 5.91 ERA in two starts during his second stint from June 2…did not make his first spring appearance until March 26 but made the A’s 23 to 28…then went 2-3 with a 3.73 ERA in seven starts after his final option Opening Day roster…appeared in nine of the A’s first 24 games, including six from Oakland on July 20…matched his season high with nine strikeouts and starts (four in right field, two in left field), and was 4 for 23 (.174) with three tossed 7.0 shutout innings of one-hit ball in his final regular season start on RBI before he was placed on the 15-day disabled list on May 1 retroactive to August 29 against Colorado Springs…then went 1-0 with a 6.55 ERA (11.0 ip, April 29 with a strained left calf…it was his first career stint on the DL…was 12 h, 8 r, 8 er, 3 bb, 7 so) in two postseason starts for the River Cats. transferred to the 60-day DL on May 16…hit .394 (13 for 33) with four doubles, one RBI, four walks and six runs scored in nine games on a rehab assignment W L ERA G GS CG ShO SV IP H R ER BB SO with Triple-A Sacramento from June 27 to July 7…was reinstated from the DL 2007 Oak 0 0 4.70 2 0 0 0 0 7.2 6 4 4 1 1 Career 0 0 4.86 4 2 0 0 0 16.2 16 9 9 9 2 on July 8 and went 3 for 12 (.250) in four games before he was designated for assignment on July 23…was released by the A’s on July 31 and signed a minor RYAN LANGERHANS Was a member of the Oakland A’s organization for league contract with the Boston Red Sox organization on August 8…went 9 for three days…was acquired from the Atlanta Braves following the game on April 38 (.237) with two home runs and five RBI in 10 games with Triple-A Pawtucket 29 in exchange for a player to be named later or cash and went 0 for 4 with a before he was selected by Boston on August 18…appeared in 20 of the Red walk and two strikeouts in two starts in center field during a two-game series at Sox final 40 games, making six starts in right field and five in left field…was 2 Boston on May 1 and 2…was then traded to the Washington Nationals for for 3 in his Boston debut on August 19 against Los Angeles and hit .348 (8 for outfielder Chris Snelling following the game on May 2…is one of 27 players in 23) with a home run and eight RBI over his first seven games…then went 4 for Oakland history to appear in two games or fewer in their career with the 29 (.138) with one RBI over his final 13 games…had a season high three hits A’s…went 3 for 44 (.068) in 20 games with Atlanta and hit .198 with six home and a season high four RBI on August 25 at Chicago and then hit his only home runs and 22 RBI in 103 games with Washington…batted .167 with six home run of the season the next day against the White Sox…had eight of his 12 RBI runs and 23 RBI in 125 games overall…the batting average was the lowest by in 2007 in five games against Chicago…now has nine home runs and 36 RBI a Major Leaguer with 200 or more plate appearances since Greg Vaughn hit in 56 career games against the White Sox, all his best figures against any .163 for Tampa Bay in 2002…had a career high three stolen bases, all with team…was on Boston’s postseason roster. Washington…hit .219 (7 for 32) against left-handers and .157 (28 for 178) against right-handers…his .167 average improved to .238 with runners in scor- AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS 2007 Oak .200 13 35 4 7 1 0033900ing position and he was 2 for 4 with a home run and six RBI with the bases Bos .231 20 52 6 12 2 01951700loaded…four of his six home runs came with runners on base…hit .128 against Career .254 599 1792 257 456 105 6 53 253 246 372 21 6 a pitcher the first time he saw him in a game and .258 after that…appeared in 66 games (15 starts) in left field, 40 games (35 starts) in center field and seven SHANE KOMINE Had two stints with Oakland and had no decisions and a games (two starts) in right field…also went 5 for 26 (.192) as a pinch hitter…was 4.70 ERA in two relief appearances…was recalled from Triple-A Sacramento the Braves Opening Day starter in left field on April 2 at Philadelphia and was for the first time on June 18 but was sent back to Sacramento on June 21 with- 1 for 4…snapped a 0 for 29 streak in his final game as a Brave on April 29 at out pitching…returned for a second time on July 3 and tossed 6.1 innings of Colorado with a third inning double…went 0 for 4 in two games with the A’s relief on July 4 against Toronto (6 h, 4 r, 4 er, 1 bb, 1 so, 2 hr)…those were the before making his Washington debut on May 4 at Chicago…hit .270 (10 for most innings pitched by an A’s reliever since Doug Johns pitched 6.2 innings 37) with a home run and seven RBI over his first 22 games with the on August 23, 1996 at New York…went 12 days until his next outing on July Nationals…capped that streak on May 27 at St. Louis with his first career 17 against Texas (1.1 ip)…pitched to catcher Kurt Suzuki in the eighth inning grand slam, an eighth inning shot off Randy Flores in a 7-2 Washington of that game to become part of the first Hawaiian-born battery in Major League win…went 2 for 18 (.111) over his next 11 games before hitting safely in seven history…was optioned back to Sacramento on July 20…stranded all five of his of eight games from June 12 to 19 (7 for 22, .318)…then went 8 for 71 (.113) inherited runners in his two relief appearances and allowed a .214 opponents over his next 45 games before he was designated for assignment on August batting average…right-handers were 3 for 19 (.158) and lefties were 3 for 9 18…was sent outright to Columbus on August 22 and hit .275 with a home run (.333)…opponents were 0 for 6 with runners in scoring position and they are and two RBI in 14 games before he was brought back to Washington on Sep- now 0 for 11 in his career…spent the balance of the season at Sacramento tember 4…went 5 for 14 (.357) with a triple, a home run and three RBI in 17 where he was 5-12 with a 4.87 ERA in 23 starts…led Sacramento in losses, games in September. games started and home runs allowed (21) and was second in innings pitched (133.0) and strikeouts (99)…had minor league career highs in losses, runs (76), AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS earned runs (72), home runs and walks (46)…allowed a .280 opponents batting 2007 Atl .068 20 44 3 3 1 00161601 average, which broke down to .267 (78 for 292) against right-handed hitters Oak .000 240000001200 Was .198 103 162 24 32 6 2 6 22 22 63 3 0 and .298 (65 for 218) against left-handers…allowed 10 home runs against Career .233 401 867 123 202 45 8 21 93 116 253 4 5 righties and 11 against lefties…opponents hit .287 with runners in scoring po-

48 ESTEBAN LOAIZA Began the season on the disabled list and missed most with seven home runs and 40 RBI in 67 games when the A’s called on June of the season before making two starts with Oakland in late August…went 1-0 21…returned to Sacramento on June 27 and went 5 for 20 (.250) with a home with a 1.84 ERA before he was claimed on waivers by the Dodgers on August run and five RBI in five games before going on the seven-day disabled list on 29…went 1-4 with an 8.34 ERA in five starts with Los Angeles…the two wins July 3 with a sprained right wrist…was reinstated from the DL on August 3 and bring his career total to 125, which is second most by a Mexican-born pitcher went 22 for 89 (.247) over his final 26 games…was 10 for 25 (.400) with five to Fernando Valenzuela (173)…was placed on the 15-day disabled list on April doubles and eight RBI over his last seven regular season games…then went 2 1 retroactive to March 25 with spasms in his right trapezius muscle and was for 25 (.080) with seven walks and three RBI in eight postseason games…both transferred to the 60-day disabled list on May 4…was later diagnosed with a of his hits were for extra bases (one triple, one home run). bulging disc in his neck and torn meniscus in his right knee…was sent to Sac- ramento on a rehab assignment and May 22 and made two starts before having AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS surgery on the knee on May 31…went 0-1 with a 6.75 ERA in two starts during 2007 Oak — 100000001000 Career — 100000001000 his first rehab stint and returned to Sacramento for a second time on August 1…was 2-0 with a 2.95 ERA in four starts during his second stint and posted a Was one of nine players to make his Major League debut 2-1 record and a 3.86 ERA in six starts overall with the River Cats…walked with the A’s in 2007 and batted .214 with one home run and two RBI in 11 just four batters in 28.0 innings…allowed a .313 opponents batting average but games…was part of the A’s first roster move of the season as he was selected that mark dropped to .222 with runners in scoring position…was reinstated from Double-A Midland on April 23 when Milton Bradley went on the dis- from the DL on August 22 and picked up the win in the A’s 4-1 victory that day abled list…made his debut that night at Baltimore with a start in right field and at Toronto…allowed just one run on three hits in 7.2 innings and did not allow went 1 for 4…struck out in his first at bat, but then singled off Erik Bedard in a hit until Aaron Hill homered to lead off the fifth inning…also faced the Blue the fifth inning for his first ML hit…collected his first RBI the next day against Jays in his next start on August 27 in Oakland in Oakland and had a no decision the Orioles with a bases loaded walk in the sixth inning…went 3 for 24 (.125) in the A’s 6-2, 12-inning loss…allowed just two runs in seven innings…won over his first 10 games…then had his first three-hit game and hit his first ML his first start with the Dodgers on September 3 at Chicago, tossing seven in- home run in a 3 for 4 performance on May 10 at Kansas City…hit a solo home nings again and allowing three runs…is now 13-0 with a 1.80 ERA over his run in the seventh inning off Neal Musser but was optioned to Triple-A Sacra- last 16 starts where he has tossed seven or more innings, dating back to August mento the next day…appeared in all three outfield positions for Oakland and 26, 2005…then tossed fewer than five innings in each of his final four starts, made four starts in center field and three in right field…went 0 for 6 with going 0-4 with a 10.34 ERA…allowed eight home runs over that runners in scoring position…batted a combined .250 with five home runs, 38 stretch…walked a career high seven batters on September 16 against Arizona… RBI and a career high three stolen bases in 73 games with four different teams was 2-4 with a 5.79 ERA in seven starts overall with Oakland and Los in the A’s farm system…started the year at Midland, played for Sacramento Angeles…walked 20 and struck out 20, the first time in his career he did not following his option from Oakland and had rehab stints with Single-A Stock- finish with more strikeouts than walks…yielded 10 home runs in 37.1 ton and the A’s affiliate in the Arizona Rookie League following a stint on the innings…allowed a .259 opponents batting average, including .239 (21 for 88) disabled list…his batting average included a .271 (52 for 192) mark against against right-handed hitters and .294 (15 for 51) against left-handers…however, right-handed pitching and .188 (12 for 64) against left-handers…hit .239 with allowed seven of his 10 home runs against righties…his opponents average runners in scoring position…appeared in 28 games in right field, 26 in left field jumped to .364 with runners in scoring position, including .455 with RISP and and 15 in center field…was also 4 for 16 (.250) in four games at designated two outs…has allowed a .320 (55 for 172) average with RISP over the last two hitter and 0 for 2 as a pinch hitter…began the year at Midland and hit .327 with years…opponents hit .212 when leading off an inning…was 2-1 with a 3.26 two home runs and 15 RBI in 13 games before his promotion to Oakland…hit ERA and .188 opponents batting average in three starts during the day and 0-3 safely in 12 of those games, including each of the last nine (12 for 35, with an 8.50 ERA and .329 opponents average in four starts at night. .343)…went 2 for 4 with a home run and a season high five RBI in his final Double-A game on April 22 against San Antonio…was sent to Sacramento W L ERA G GS CG ShO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2007 Oak 1 0 1.84 2 2 0 0 0 14.2 10 3 3 4 5 following his option from Oakland on May 11 and hit .216 with one home run LA (NL) 1 4 8.34 5 5 0 0 0 22.2 26 21 21 16 15 and 17 RBI in 51 games with the River Cats…went 5 for 26 (.192) with two Career 125 112 4.64 367 330 14 6 1 2072.0 2325 1153 1068 599 1372 RBI over his first nine games before fracturing his left finger…was placed on the seven-day disabled list on May 26…went 6 for 19 (.316) with a home run KEVIN MELILLO Was selected from Triple-A Sacramento on June 21 and and one RBI in six games with the A’s affiliate in the Arizona Rookie League made his Major League debut on June 24 at New York against the Mets…pinch from June 27 to July 3, and 4 for 14 (.286) with a home run and five RBI in hit for Jay Marshall in the eighth inning and walked…that was his only appear- three games with Stockton from July 4 to 6…returned to Sacramento on July 7 ance in a game for Oakland in 2007 as he was optioned back to Sacramento on and hit .221 over his final 42 games…batted .184 in 24 games in August, which June 25…batted .262 with 10 home runs and 55 RBI in 98 games with included a 1 for 22 stretch from August 20 to 27…then hit .217 (5 for 23) with Sacramento…missed one month of the season as he was on the disabled list a triple, three home runs and seven RBI in seven postseason games for the from July 3 to August 2 with a sprained left wrist…led the River Cats in triples River Cats. (6) and ranked second in doubles (27) and strikeouts (100)…the triples and strikeouts were career highs…his batting average included a .277 (72 for 260) AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS mark against right-handers and .230 (28 for 122) against left-handers…hit nine 2007 Oak .214 11 28 3 6 0 01231100 of his 10 home runs against righties…batted .315 with runners in scoring posi- Career .214 11 28 3 6 0 01231100 tion and .225 with the bases empty…had a .355 batting average with five home runs in 21 games during the day compared to .239 with five home runs in 77 ERASMO RAMIREZ Made three appearances for the A’s in June and did not games at night…hit in every spot in the order except fourth and saw his most allow a run in 3.0 innings…opponents were 3 for 11 (.273) and he did not action in the leadoff spot where he made 35 starts…had 25 of his 55 RBI when strike out a batter while walking one…was selected from Triple-A Sacramento hitting first…had a .392 batting average in the first inning…appeared in 88 on May 25 and appeared in consecutive games on May 26 and 27 at games at second base and 11 at third base…was also 0 for 1 with a strikeout as Baltimore…then went 18 days without pitching before facing St. Louis in his a pinch hitter…hit .254 with no home runs and six RBI over his first 18 games final outing with Oakland on June 15…was designated for assignment on June through April 26…then went 15 for 33 (.455) with five doubles, two home 16, sent outright to Sacramento on June 18 and elected minor league free agency runs, 13 RBI and four three-hit games over a six-game stretch from April 27 to on June 20…signed a minor league contract with the Florida organization on May 2…that included a season high four RBI on April 28 at Salt Lake…finished June 24 and was selected by the Marlins on July 2…posted a 5.40 ERA in four April with a .318 batting average, his best one month average in 2007…was games and compiled a 2.84 ERA (6.1 ip, 7 h, 2 r, 2 er, 3 bb, 1 so) in seven batting .320 on May 2 and then went 16 for 79 (.203) over his next 19 games appearances overall in the Majors…did not allow a run until his final outing on from May 3 to 22…followed that up with a season best 15-game hitting streak July 13 against Washington when he allowed two runs in 0.2 innings…was from May 23 to June 8…went 21 for 65 (.323) with 17 runs scored, 11 walks, designated for assignment on July 14 and sent outright to Triple-A Albuquer- eight doubles and three home runs during the hitting streak…was batting .267 que on July 18…combined for a 5-1 record, three saves, four blown saves and

49 a 2.51 ERA in 41 relief appearances with Sacramento and 2007…the A’s were his seventh team in 12 Major League seasons and he bat- Albuquerque…allowed a .271 opponents batting average, which broke down ted .289 with 107 home runs and 545 RBI in 1288 career games…hit .313 (10 to .243 (18 for 74) against left-handed hitters and .293 (27 for 92) against right- for 32) against right-handed pitching in 2007 and .188 (3 for 16) against left- handers…allowed three home runs in 43.0 innings…walked six while striking handers…was 2 for 6 (.333) with three RBI as a pinch hitter…tied Shannon out 21…opponents hit .263 with runners in scoring position…began the year at Stewart for the team lead in pinch RBI and tied Stewart and Marco Scutaro for Sacramento and went 3-0 with two saves and a 1.27 ERA in 19 games…did not the lead in pinch hits…batted .348 (8 for 23) with three of his four RBI in the allow a home run in 21.1 innings…did not allow a run in his first six outings seventh inning or later…hit .267 with three doubles and one RBI in 16 spring (7.2 ip) or his final seven (8.1 ip)…had a 5.06 ERA in six games in training games with the A’s and San Diego, including .600 (3 for 5) in two between…recorded the win in back-to-back outings on April 22 and 24 against games with the A’s…had the game tying pinch hit single in the bottom of the Las Vegas…his two saves came in consecutive outings on May 17 and 20 ninth inning of the A’s 2-1 win on April 10 against Chicago…started six con- against Colorado Springs…was 2-1 with a save and a 3.74 ERA in 22 relief secutive games at first base from April 11 to 18 and put together a season best appearances with Albuquerque…had a seven-game scoreless streak from June five-game hitting streak over the last five starts of that stretch (6 for 23, 30 to July 30 (6.0 ip)…did not strike out a batter over his first 11 outings (9.1 .261)…made his only start of the season at designated hitter on April 21 at ip) and then fanned a season high three in 1.0 innings on August 1 against Salt Texas and was 0 for 4…made his second career appearance in the outfield on Lake…had one at bat in 2007 and it came on August 24 against Memphis, a April 27 when he played left field…the other was on August 24, 2004 while strikeout…tossed 2.0 innings in each of his final three outings, matching his playing for the Cubs, also in left field…went 2 for 3 in his final game on May season high for innings pitched…matched his season high with three strikeouts 10 at Kansas City. on August 29 at Round Rock. AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS W L ERA G GS CG ShO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2007 Oak .271 18 48 5 13 1 0042400 2007 Oak 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 32.0 3 0 0 1 0 Career .289 1288 4554 647 1316 284 30 107 545 421 571 66 37 Fla 0 0 5.40 4 0 0 0 0 3.1 4 2 2 2 1 Career 8 4 3.95 91 0 0 0 0 114.0 111 52 50 22 56 JAY WITASICK Was on the A’s Opening Day roster and appeared in 16 games before he was designated for assignment on June 3…was 1-0 with a 3.60 ERA Made his Major League debut with Oakland in with the A’s and was give his release on June 7…signed with Tampa Bay on May and posted an 18.00 ERA in three relief appearances before breaking his June 12 and had no decisions and a 6.61 ERA in 20 outings with the Devil thumb…allowed four runs in 2.0 innings and opponents were 6 for 11 (.545)…al- Rays…was 1-0 with a blown save and a 5.17 ERA in 36 appearances lowed his only inherited runner to score and first batters faced were 1 for 2 with overall…had 27 walks and 18 strikeouts in 31.1 innings and now has 48 walks a walk…was selected from Triple-A Sacramento on May 15 when Huston Street and 41 strikeouts in 54.0 innings over the last two years…opponents batted went on the disabled list and made his ML debut on May 17 against Kansas .267, including .243 (18 for 74) by right-handed hitters and .310 (13 for 42) by City (1.2 ip, 3 h, 1 r, 1 er, 1 bb, 2 so)…also allowed one run without recording left-handers…allowed both of his home runs to right-handers…has not allowed an out on May 20 against San Francisco and yielded two runs in 0.1 innings on a home run to a left-handed hitter since September 13, 2005 at Cleveland by May 21 at Chicago…fractured his right thumb in his outing against the White Ben Broussard…first batters faced were 8 for 27 (.296) with eight walks and a Sox and was placed on the 15-day DL on May 25 retroactive to May 22…made hit by pitch (.472 on-base percentage) and he allowed 3 of 11 (27.3%) inherited one rehab appearance with the A’s affiliate in the Arizona Rookie League on runners to score…has a .299 (94 for 314) career average against first batters July 11 (1.0 ip, 2 so) and two with Sacramento from July 13 to 15 (1.0 ip, 3 h, faced in his relief appearances…posted a 2.30 ERA in 16 appearances in his 3 r, 3 er, 1 bb, 2 so) before he was reinstated from the disabled list and optioned home ballparks and had an 8.04 ERA in 20 games on the road…had a 2.25 to Sacramento on July 16…was 4-1 with two saves, three blown saves and a ERA in 11 day games and a 6.98 ERA in 25 outings at night…tossed less than 4.35 ERA in 31 relief appearances overall with the River Cats…struck out 40 one inning in 13 of his 36 outings…allowed three runs in 0.1 innings in his batters in 39.1 innings, but also issued 21 walks…opponents hit .283, which second outing of the season on April 6 at Los Angeles, but then allowed just included a .247 (23 for 93) mark by right-handed hitters and .339 (20 for 59) by one run over his next nine outings and 9.0 innings with the A’s from April 20 to left-handers…allowed three home runs, all by right-handers…his opponents May 13…pitched a season high 2.0 scoreless innings in his final outing with average increased to .354 with runners in scoring position…was 4-0 with two the A’s on May 29 against Texas…made his Devil Rays debut on June 14 against saves, a 1.93 ERA and a .194 opponents batting average in 15 outings before San Diego (1.1 ip, 2 h, 2 r, 2 er, 2bb)…issued nine walks in 4.1 innings over his he was promoted to Oakland in mid-May…then went 0-1 with a 6.53 ERA and first five games with Tampa Bay…allowed nine runs over a four-game stretch .353 opponents batting average in 16 outings after his stint with the A’s…had a from July 7 to 21 (8 er in 2.0 ip)…appeared in the 400th game of his career on 0.73 ERA in the eighth inning and a 6.00 ERA in all other innings…pitched July 21 at New York and allowed five runs on five hits in 1.0 inning…those one or more innings in 28 of his 31 outings…allowed 7 of 17 (41.2%) inherited were his most runs allowed in a relief appearance since July 13, 2001 at Florida, runners to score…allowed four runs in his first two outings (2.0 ip) and then when he also allowed five runs…committed an error in that game against the went 14 consecutive appearances without allowing an earned run from April 7 Yankees, snapping a 177-game errorless streak dating back to his last miscue to July 13 (17.2 ip, 10 h, 4 r, 7 bb, 18 so)…tossed a season high 2.2 scoreless on August 2, 2003 at Philadelphia…had a 9.53 ERA in 15 appearances with innings on April 13 at Tacoma and picked up his first win of the season…all Tampa Bay when was placed on the 15-day disabled list on July 24, retroactive four of his wins and both of his saves came over a 12-game span from April 13 to July 22 with a strained right elbow…began a rehab assignment at Vero Beach to May 12…did not allow a run in 13 of his 16 outings through July 13 but then of the Florida State League on August 8 and made two appearances (2.0 ip, 1 h, allowed at least one run in seven of his final 15 outings…struck out a season 1 bb, 1 so) before he was transferred to Triple-A Durham on August 14…was high three batters in consecutive outings on August 5 and 7 against Oklahoma 1-0 with a save and a 0.00 ERA (7.1 ip, 2 h, 2 bb, 8 so) in six relief appearances and matched that on August 17 at Portland…allowed a season high four runs in with the Bulls and was reinstated from the DL when rosters expanded on Sep- 1.1 innings in his final outing on September 1 at Tucson…was placed on the tember 1…did not allow a run in five September outings (5.0 ip, 4 h, 2 bb, 3 seven-day disabled list on September 5 with a strained left calf and did not so). pitch for Sacramento during the postseason. W L ERA G GS CG ShO SV IP H R ER BB SO W L ERA G GS CG ShO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2007 Oak 1 0 3.60 16 0 0 0 0 15.0 14 6 6 9 10 2007 Oak 0 0 18.00 3 0 0 0 0 2.0 6 4 4 2 2 TB 0 0 6.61 20 0 0 0 0 16.1 17 13 12 18 8 Career 0 0 18.00 3 0 0 0 0 2.0 6 4 4 2 2 Career 32 41 4.64 405 56 3 1 5 731.1 775 429 377 364 645

TODD WALKER Was signed by the A’s as a free agent to a minor league contract on March 30 after he was released by San Diego on March 26 and made the A’s Opening Day roster…hit .271 with no home runs and four RBI in 18 games, including nine starts at first base, before he was designated for as- signment on May 12…was released on May 17 and did not play again in

50 2007 A's STARTERS DAY-BY-DAYS

JOE BLANTON LENNY DiNARDO

Date Opponent Score Dec ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR #PIT Date Opponent Score Dec ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR #PIT April 3 at SEA 4-8 — 6.00 6.0 5 4407181 May 29 TEX 0-4 L 1.80 5.1 4 4 123082 April 8 at LAA 2-1 W 3.97 5.1 5 1122098 May Totals (7 G, 1 GS) 1-1 1.72 15.2 11 6 3 5 10 0 April 14 NYY 3-4 (13) — 4.00 6.2 5 33351110 June 5 BOS 2-0 W 1.45 6.0 2 0 060089 April 20 at TEX 16-4 W 4.13 6.0 7 3317094 June 10 at SF 2-0 — 1.22 6.0 4 0 025085 April 25 SEA 0-2 L 3.55 9.0 6 22262105 June 16 STL 6-15 L 2.21 3.2 7 5 521077 April Totals (5 G, 5 GS) 2-1 3.55 33.0 28 13 13 8 27 4 June 22 at NYM 1-9 L 2.35 5.1 7 6 210168 May 1 at BOS 5-4 (10) — 3.83 7.0 6 44240106 June 27 at CLE 13-7 W 2.47 5.0 5 2 2331106 May 6 at TB 5-3 W 3.61 7.1 11 32261113 June Totals (5 G, 5 GS) 2-2 3.12 26.0 25 13 9 14 9 2 May 11 CLE 8-2 W 3.48 7.0 5 2205199 July 2 TOR 7-11 L 3.04 2.1 8 6 413160 May 16 KC 3-4 — 3.32 8.0 5 22270118 July 13 at MIN 3-5 L 2.78 5.0 8 3 220083 May 21 at CWS 5-8 L 3.59 5.1 8 64240100 July 18 TEX 6-0 W 2.51 7.0 3 0 003084 May 27 at BAL 4-8 L 4.28 6.0 10 88123110 July 24 at LAA 4-3 W 2.41 6.2 3 1 112093 May Totals (6 G, 6 GS) 2-2 4.87 40.2 45 25 22 9 28 5 July 29 at SEA 10-14 — 3.10 3.0 7 7 720168 June 2 MIN 1-0 W 3.81 9.0 3 00060108 July Totals (6 G, 5 GS) 2-2 4.15 30.1 32 17 14 8 13 2 June 7 BOS 0-1 L 3.60 7.1 4 11321117 Aug. 3 LAA 8-4 — 3.19 6.0 5 3 322195 June 13 at HOU 7-3 W 3.62 7.0 8 3313098 Aug. 8 at TEX 6-3 W 3.28 6.0 8 3 334191 June 18 CIN 6-1 W 3.43 8.0 7 11050106 Aug. 14 CWS 4-3 W 3.29 5.0 6 2 231198 June 23 at NYM 0-1 — 3.19 8.0 5 00160109 Aug. 19 KC 6-1 W 3.13 8.0 5 1 103085 June 28 at CLE 3-4 — 3.24 6.1 6 33130102 Aug. 24 at TB 2-12 L 3.57 2.0 8 6 610153 June Totals (6 G, 6 GS) 3-1 1.58 45.2 33 8 8 6 25 1 Aug. 29 TOR 5-4 (11) — 3.57 5.0 4 2 242291 July 3 TOR 3-1 W 3.09 9.0 4 11140122 August Totals (6 G, 6 GS) 3-1 4.78 32.0 36 17 17 13 12 6 July 8 SEA 3-7 L 3.28 6.0 12 6501192 Sept. 4 at LAA 3-4 L 3.70 6.0 8 4 423290 July 14 at MIN 3-4 L 3.36 7.2 10 44120106 Sept. 9 at TEX 9-12 L 3.87 1.2 4 7 321053 July 20 BAL 1-6 L 3.53 5.2 10 65130108 Sept. 16 TEX 9-11 — 4.18 1.2 2 5 541051 July 25 at LAA 6-7 — 3.69 6.0 11 5503096 September Totals (6 G, 3 GS) 0-3 7.50 18.0 24 19 15 9 10 2 July 30 DET 2-5 L 3.82 6.2 9 55050110 July Totals (6 G, 6 GS) 1-4 5.49 41.0 56 27 25 3 18 1 CHAD GAUDIN Aug. 4 LAA 2-1 W 3.71 7.0 8 11200105 Aug. 10 at DET 16-10 — 4.10 4.0 7 9912275 Date Opponent Score Dec ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR #PIT Aug. 15 CWS 3-2 W 3.94 7.0 5 00050100 April 5 at LAA 4-3 — 3.60 5.0 5 2 203274 Aug. 20 at TOR 6-4 W 3.84 7.0 6 11060104 April 10 CWS 2-1 — 2.53 5.2 3 1 136091 Aug. 25 at TB 3-14 L 3.92 5.0 7 44151102 April 17 LAA 4-1 W 1.96 7.2 4 1 1240101 Aug. 31 DET 5-4 (10) — 3.88 7.0 5 2216096 April 22 at TEX 3-4 — 1.85 6.0 4 1 127097 August Totals (6 G, 6 GS) 3-1 4.14 37.0 38 17 17 5 24 3 April 27 TB 1-4 L 2.54 4.0 4 4 344093 Sept. 5 at LAA 6-2 W 3.81 8.0 6 2213099 April Totals (5 G, 5 GS) 1-1 2.54 28.1 20 9 8 11 24 2 Sept. 10 at SEA 9-3 W 3.77 7.0 8 2211096 May 2 at BOS 4-6 — 2.70 5.0 8 3 222089 Sept. 15 TEX 7-3 W 3.78 7.0 5 3316099 May 8 at KC 6-1 W 2.40 8.0 5 1 118094 Sept. 21 at CLE 3-4 L 3.84 5.2 10 44342106 May 13 CLE 10-7 — 2.93 4.2 8 5 4340109 Sept. 26 at BOS 6-11 — 3.95 5.0 11 5534093 May 18 SF 15-3 W 2.94 6.0 7 2 222098 September Totals (5 G, 5 GS) 3-1 4.41 32.2 40 16 16 9 18 2 May 23 at CWS 4-0 W 2.58 7.1 5 0 0140103 May 28 TEX 5-3 W 2.32 6.2 4 1 0320107 DALLAS BRADEN May Totals (6 G, 6 GS) 4-0 2.15 37.2 37 12 9 12 22 0 June 3 MIN 4-2 W 2.41 5.0 8 2 252194 Date Opponent Score Dec ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR #PIT June 8 at SF 5-3 (10) — 2.43 6.2 6 2 243097 April 24 at BAL 6-1 W 1.50 6.0 3 1116086 June 14 at HOU 6-4 (11) — 2.85 4.1 9 5 542095 April 29 TB 3-5 L 5.23 4.1 6 5535388 June 19 CIN 2-5 L 3.05 6.2 7 4 4241106 April Totals (2 G, 2 GS) 1-1 5.23 10.1 9 6 6 4 11 3 June 25 at CLE 2-5 L 3.14 6.0 6 3 334195 May 12 CLE 3-6 L 5.65 4.0 6 4313083 June 30 at NYY 7-0 W 2.92 7.0 1 0 034096 May 17 KC 4-7 L 6.41 5.1 6 5511095 June Totals (6 G, 6 GS) 2-2 4.04 35.2 37 16 16 21 19 3 May Totals (2 G, 2 GS) 0-2 7.71 9.1 12 98240 July 5 SEA 3-2 W 2.88 7.2 8 2 2430100 July 16 TEX 1-4 L 6.07 6.0 8 44270107 July 12 at MIN 2-6 L 3.18 4.0 6 5 552097 July 22 BAL 0-2 L 5.15 7.0 4 11430104 July 17 TEX 4-11 L 3.39 6.0 8 5 5640109 July 27 at SEA 1-7 L 5.53 4.0 7 7423193 July 23 at LAA 12-6 — 3.66 3.2 6 5 5641100 July Totals (4 G, 3 GS) 0-3 4.58 17.2 20 12 9 8 14 1 July 28 at SEA 3-4 L 3.71 8.0 4 4 417288 Aug. 1 DET 3-2 — 5.28 5.1 4 2223092 July Totals (5 G, 5 GS) 1-3 6.44 29.1 32 21 21 22 20 3 Aug. 6 at TEX 9-7 (13) — 5.12 5.0 6 3217096 Aug. 2 LAA 4-6 L 3.88 6.0 7 5 5332108 Aug. 12 at DET 6-11 L 6.32 1.2 7 8811249 Aug. 7 at TEX 6-8 L 4.18 5.0 8 7 7371101 August Totals (3 G, 3 GS) 0-1 9.00 12.0 17 13 12 4 11 2 Aug. 13 at DET 7-2 W 4.12 6.2 4 2 2290108 Sept. 2 DET 8-7 (10) — 6.75 4.2 9 6623091 Aug. 18 KC 3-7 L 4.25 6.0 10 5 5352102 Sept. 11 at SEA 7-4 — 6.75 4.1 8 4401179 Aug. 23 at TB 12-2 W 4.12 7.0 5 1 1 2 10 0 93 Sept. 23 at CLE 2-6 L 6.88 3.1 8 6623068 Aug. 28 TOR 4-5 — 4.06 7.0 5 2 2451107 Sept. 29 LAA 2-3 — 6.72 3.0 3 1113054 August Totals (6 G, 6 GS) 2-3 5.26 37.2 39 22 22 17 39 6 September Totals (7 G, 4 GS) 0-1 7.78 19.2 29 17 17 8 13 1

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Date Opponent Score Dec ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR #PIT Date Opponent Score Dec ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR #PIT Sept. 3 at LAA 5-9 L 4.25 5.0 8 7623279 April 6 at LAA 2-5 L 1.50 6.0 6 2122188 Sept. 8 at TEX 3-7 L 4.47 3.2 10 6622284 April 11 CWS 3-6 - 1.64 5.0 5 1133084 Sept. 13 TEX 6-5 W 4.47 6.0 8 33281103 April 21 at TEX 0-7 L 3.18 5.0 3 1135090 Sept. 18 SEA 7-8 L 4.52 4.0 8 8313175 April 26 SEA 2-4 - 2.86 5.0 7 1120088 Sept. 25 at BOS 3-7 L 4.56 4.0 3 3373093 April Totals (5 G, 4 GS) 0-2 2.86 22.0 23 8 7 11 11 1 Sept. 30 LAA 3-2 — 4.42 8.0 3 1 1 3 11 1 107 May 5 at TB 2-3 (12) - 2.48 7.0 3 1123184 September Totals (6 G, 6 GS) 1-4 6.46 30.2 40 28 22 17 30 7 May 10 at KC 17-3 W 2.83 6.0 4 3333080 May 15 KC 5-4 (11) - 2.53 7.2 6 1114187 RICH HARDEN May 20 SF 1-4 L 2.70 7.1 8 33102103 May 26 at BAL 3-8 L 3.62 4.2 8 7750194 Date Opponent Score Dec ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR #PIT May Totals (5 G, 5 GS) 1-2 4.13 32.2 29 15 15 12 10 5 April 4 at SEA 9-0 W 0.00 7.0 3 0027094 June 1 MIN 2-3 (10) - 3.30 8.0 6 11410110 April 9 CWS 1-4 L 1.38 6.0 5 22262102 June 6 BOS 3-2 W 3.23 7.0 7 22260100 April 15 NYY 5-4 — 1.42 6.0 5 1127093 June 12 at HOU 4-5 (11) - 3.50 5.0 6 4422188 April Totals (3 G, 3 GS) 1-1 1.42 19.0 13 3 3 6 20 2 June 17 STL 6-10 - 3.62 5.0 7 4341191 July 7 SEA 0-4 L 2.45 2.2 5 4431166 June 24 at NYM 2-10 L 3.98 4.0 8 5512080 June 29 at NYY 1-2 L 3.91 6.0 7 22350110 DAN HAREN June Totals (6 G, 6 GS) 1-2 4.37 35.0 41 18 17 16 17 2 July 4 TOR 3-10 L 4.28 0.2 2 4440036 Date Opponent Score Dec ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR #PIT April 2 at SEA 0-4 L 0.00 6.0 4 4012192 COLBY LEWIS April 7 at LAA 1-2 L 0.69 7.0 6 21320102 April 13 NYY 5-4 (11) — 2.00 5.0 4 33450107 Date Opponent Score Dec ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR #PIT April 18 LAA 3-0 W 1.44 7.0 4 00030109 May 22 at CWS 4-10 L 27.00 3.1 12 10 10 2 0 2 77 April 23 at BAL 6-5 W 1.41 7.0 5 1115198 April 28 TB 12-5 W 1.60 7.1 7 32071100 ESTEBAN LOAIZA April Totals (6 G, 6 GS) 3-2 1.60 39.1 30 13 7 9 24 3 May 4 at TB 5-2 — 1.75 7.0 4 22091102 Date Opponent Score Dec ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR #PIT May 9 at KC 2-3 — 1.89 6.0 6 22170102 Aug. 22 at TOR 4-1 W 1.17 7.2 3 11241109 May 14 KC 1-2 — 1.64 8.0 4 00480117 Aug. 27 TOR 2-6 (12) — 1.84 7.0 7 22210102 May 19 SF 4-2 W 1.74 7.0 3 22261110 August Totals (2 G, 2 GS) 1-0 1.84 14.2 10 33451 May 25 at BAL 3-2 W 1.70 7.0 2 1113091 May 30 TEX 6-1 W 1.64 8.0 4 11340116 DAN MEYER May Totals (6 G, 6 GS) 3-0 1.67 43.0 23 8 8 11 37 2 June 4 BOS 5-4 (11) — 1.70 7.2 4 22192118 Date Opponent Score Dec ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR #PIT June 9 at SF 6-0 W 1.58 7.0 5 00060109 Aug. 17 KC 2-9 L 6.75 4.0 5 6320193 June 15 STL 14-3 W 1.64 7.0 6 32380112 Sept. 14 TEX 11-9 — 8.18 2.2 5 6634073 June 20 CIN 5-3 W 1.78 7.0 6 33252117 Sept. 19 SEA 5-9 L 8.62 4.2 6 5522098 June 26 at CLE 5-8 — 1.91 6.2 8 33341105 June Totals (5 G, 5 GS) 3-0 2.55 35.1 29 11 10 9 32 5 July 1 at NYY 11-5 W 2.20 5.1 8 55250101 July 6 SEA 1-7 L 2.30 6.1 7 43131112 July 15 at MIN 3-4 — 2.33 6.0 7 22330108 July 21 BAL 4-3 W 2.41 6.2 7 33270117 July 26 at SEA 6-2 W 2.42 7.0 7 22271107 July 31 DET 7-3 W 2.44 6.0 6 3213091 July Totals (6 G, 6 GS) 4-1 4.10 37.1 42 19 17 11 28 2 Aug. 5 LAA 3-4 — 2.46 6.0 7 22360113 Aug. 11 at DET 2-5 L 2.53 6.1 9 33142109 Aug. 16 CWS 8-5 (10) — 2.54 6.0 9 42270121 Aug. 21 at TOR 6-4 W 2.66 6.0 6 44093107 Aug. 26 at TB 4-7 L 2.72 6.0 4 5 3 0 10 2 104 August Totals (5 G, 5 GS) 1-2 4.15 30.1 35 18 14 6 36 7 Sept. 1 DET 1-6 L 2.87 6.0 11 55141106 Sept. 7 at TEX 3-5 L 3.03 4.2 12 55371100 Sept. 12at SEA 5-6—3.116.21244160118 Sept. 17 SEA 0-4 L 3.12 8.0 10 43161106 Sept. 22 at CLE 9-3 W 3.12 6.0 7 22161106 Sept. 28 LAA 0-2 L 3.07 6.0 3 21261102 September Totals (6 G, 6 GS) 1-4 4.82 37.1 55 22 20 9 35 5

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