O AKLAND A THLETICS Season in Review Oakland Athletics Baseball Company7000 Coliseum WayOakland, CA 94621 510-638-4900www.athletics.comA’s PR on Twitter @AsMedia Alerts OAKLAND ATHLETICS (68-94, 5th place in AL West, -20) ABOUT THE A’S: The A’s compiled a 68-94 (.420) OAKLAND A’S LOWEST from 1999-2014 and never worse than sixth…were leading the AL with record, which was the worst record in the American WINNING PERCENTAGE a 3.47 ERA as late as Aug. 13…compiled a 5.78 ERA after that, which League and tied for fourth worst in the majors…it was the highest in the majors by more than half a run (Atlanta, 5.11)… also tied for the fourth worst record in Oakland histo- W L PCT set a franchise record by using 30 pitchers, breaking the mark of 27 set ry and was the worst since 1997 (65-97)…it marked 1979 54 108 .333 in 1915…led the AL and tied for fourth in the majors in shutouts (15)… 1977 63 98 .391 the third time in Oakland history the A’s had the 1997 65 97 .401 finished with 1179 strikeouts, which was the third best total in Athletics his- worst record in the AL (1993 and 1997)…finished 2015 68 94 .420 tory behind the 2014 (1244) and 2013 (1183) A’s…surrendered 172 home in last place in the AL West, 20 games behind first 1993 68 94 .420 runs, which tied for sixth most in Oakland history and were the most since place Texas…it was the eighth time the A’s finished 1982 68 94 .420 1998 (179)…allowed just 13 triples, which were second fewest by a Major last in the West (1977, 79, 93, 95, 97, 98, 2009)… League team in a non-strike season since at least 1914 (source: Stats, finished 18 games behind Houston for the second Wild Card…spent 142 Inc.)…the fewest triples are 11 by the 2014 A’s. days alone in last place, which are the third most such days in Oakland history (162 in 2009, 153 in 1997)…spent each of the final 74 days in last STARTING PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers were 47-63 with a 3.91 ERA… dating back to July 23 and all but four days in last dating back to May 8… ranked third in the American League in ERA but tied Detroit for the fewest also spent six days in sole possession of first, three days tied for first, five wins…had the second lowest winning percentage (.427) and tied for third days in second, three days tied for second, two days in third, five days tied in losses…the wins were the fewest by A’s starters since 1997 (29)…led for third, nine days in fourth and three days tied for fourth. the AL in fewest home runs (98) and extra base hits (283), tied for the lead in fewest triples (8), ranked second in lowest opponents slugging percent- ONE-RUN AND TWO-RUN GAMES: The A’s went 19-35 (.352) in one-run age (.385) and fewest doubles (157) and third in OPS (.700)…the extra games to set Oakland records for lowest winning percentage and most base hits were second fewest in the majors (LAD, 252) and the fewest by losses in one-run games…broke the previous marks of a .381 winning an A’s team in a non-strike season since 1978 (233)…averaged just 92.5 percentage in 1980 and 32 losses in 1976…the 35 one-run losses tied pitches per start, which was fourth lowest in the AL and second lowest by for third most in Athletics history and were the most since 1945 (38)…the an A’s team since Stats, Inc. began tracking pitches in 1988 (91.6 in 1997). .352 winning percentage tied for fifth worst in Athletics history and was the worst since 1946 (13-29, .310)…led the majors in one-run losses, had the BULLPEN: The A’s bullpen compiled a 4.56 ERA, which was the highest second worst record to Toronto (15-28, .349) and ranked sixth in games in the American League, third highest in the majors and eighth highest in (54)…the 54 one-run games match the most by an A’s team over the last Oakland history…ranked last in the majors in saves (28) and save percent- 39 years (went 32-22 in 2006)…were 31-53 (.369) in games decided by age (52.8%) and second in the AL in blown saves (25) and fewest save two runs or fewer to set Oakland records for lowest winning percentage opportunities (53)…the save percentage was third lowest in Oakland his- (.369) and most losses (53) in games decided by two runs or fewer…the tory and the lowest since 1980 (52.0%)…the saves tied for fifth fewest in 53 losses by two runs or fewer tied for third in Athletics history and were a non-strike season and were the fewest since 1982 (22), which was also the most since 1945 (55)…had the most losses in the majors by two runs the last time the A’s finished last in the majors in saves…allowed 74 home or fewer, the second worst record to Cincinnati (26-45, .366) and tied for runs, which was second most in the majors to Boston (76) and second fifth in games (84). most in Athletics history to the 1964 Kansas City A’s (92 in 1964)…had the second highest opponents slugging percentage in the AL (.428)…tied an DEFENSIVE DOINGS: The A’s committed a Major League leading 126 Oakland record for losses by the bullpen with 31 (also 1993)…allowed 88- errors, four more than Pittsburgh…it marked the first time the A’s led the of-257 (34.2%) inherited runners to score, which was the highest percent- majors in errors since 1978 (179)…the errors were the most by an A’s team age in the majors…had the highest opponents slugging percentage in the since 2000 when they had 134…the errors led to 65 unearned runs, which majors against first batters faced (.469) and the most RBI (68)…yielded 19 were second most in the majors (San Diego, 76)…have made 569 errors first-batter home runs, which ranked third in the AL and were the most by over the last five seasons, which are the most in the majors (Pittsburgh, an A’s team since 1974 (first year data is available)…employed 24 reliev- 561)…Marcus Semien led the American League in errors (35) and Brett ers, which were the most in Oakland history and second most in Athletics Lawrie ranked second (24)…the 59 errors were the most by two A’s team- history (26 in 1955). mates since Ed Busch (41) and Irv Hall (26) combined for 67 with the 1944 Philadelphia A’s…they were the most by an AL duo since U.L Washington THE DISABLED LIST: The A’s used the disabled list 23 times, which (36) and George Brett (25) had 61 for the 1983 Kansas City Royals…they matched the 2010 club for second most in Oakland history (had 25 in were the most in the majors by two teammates since 1993 when Wil Cor- 2008)…A’s players combined to miss 1103 games while on the DL, an dero (36) and Mike Lansing (24) combined for 60 with Montreal. average of 48.0 games per stint…four players had two stints on the DL, including Coco Crisp, Ike Davis, Sean Doolittle and A.J. Griffin…Jarrod HOME AND AWAY: The A’s compiled a 34-47 (.420) record at home and Parker was the only player to miss the entire season and Doolittle (121 on the road…it was the first time in Oakland history and second time in games) and Taylor Thompson (112) also missed at least 100 games…had Athletics history (1947) the A’s had identical records both at home and on a season-high 11 players on the DL from May 22-24, which were the A’s the road…the home record was second worst in Oakland history (31-50 in most players on the DL at one time since Aug. 20-21, 2010 when they also 1979) and it was the first time the A’s finished more than one game under had 11…had at least six players on the DL every day through Aug. 2…the .500 at home since 1998…tied Cincinnati and Milwaukee for the worst season low was three players from Aug. 22-23…have had at least three record at home in the majors…had the worst home record in the majors players on the DL every day since July 30, 2011 and have not had fewer for the first time since 1964 when the Kansas City A’s went 26-55 (.321)… than two players on the DL since the end of the 2006 season when they had a losing record on the road for the second consecutive season and had just one. seventh time in the last nine years…had the third worst mark on the road in the American League. THIS AND THAT: The A’s had a .420 winning percentage but were out- scored 729-694 for a run differential of -35…are the first team in mod- OFFENSE: The A’s batted .251, which ranked ninth in the American ern Major League history (since 1900) to finish with a record of .420 or League…set an Oakland record for triples in a season with 46…broke the worse and a run differential of -35 or greater…led the majors in slugging previous mark of 40 set in 1968, the A’s first season in Oakland…ranked percentage (.580) and RBI (132) with the bases loaded, ranked third in second in the AL in triples but had the third fewest extra base hits (469) and batting average (.336) and tied for third in grand slams (6)…the slugging second lowest slugging percentage (.395)…walked just 475 times, which percentage was second best in Oakland history (.712 in 2000)…A’s pinch was third fewest in Oakland history in a non-strike season…the only lower hitters led the American League in walks (19) and ranked second in batting totals were 433 in 1978 and 472 in 1968…ranked 10th in the AL in on- average (.255), on-base percentage (.340), hits (34) and plate appear- base percentage (.312)…were ninth in runs scored (694)…set an Athletics ances (159)…the hits were the most by an A’s team since 1998 (35)…had record for fewest sacrifice hits in a season with a Major League low 14… a 15-32 (.319) record in games in which the opponent started a left-handed broke the previous mark of 18 set in 2007…the sacrifice hits tied for fifth pitcher, which was the second worst record in the majors (Colorado, 11- fewest in ML history…had the second fewest strikeouts in the AL (1119), 32)…it was also the worst mark in Oakland history…went 10-23 (.303) tied for third in fewest hit by pitches (40) and hit the fourth fewest home against AL East competition, which was the worst mark in A’s history… runs (146)…led the AL and ranked third in the majors in infield hits (158)… were 27-44 (.380) after the All-Star Break, which was the worst record in the infield hits are second most by an A’s team since Stats, Inc.