2008 Final Statistics + = ROOKIE GI PLAYER AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IBB SO SB CS DP E SLG OBP +Baisley,J .256 14 43 1 11 12 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 7 0 0 2 1 .279 .319 +Bankston,W .203 17 59 4 12 18 3 0 1 4 0 1 1 2 0 15 0 0 0 1 .305 .238 +Barton,D .226 140 446 59 101 155 17 5 9 47 6 3 3 65 5 99 2 1 6 13 .348 .327 Blanton,J .000 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 Bowen,R .176 37 91 6 16 26 5 1 1 9 2 0 1 4 0 38 0 0 2 2 .286 .219 Brown,E .244 117 402 48 98 155 14 2 13 59 0 4 5 27 2 65 4 2 16 4 .386 .297 Buck,T .226 38 155 16 35 67 9 1 7 25 0 2 4 11 0 38 1 0 2 0 .432 .291 Chavez,E .247 23 89 10 22 35 7 0 2 14 0 0 0 6 0 18 0 0 2 1 .393 .295 +Conrad,B .158 6 19 0 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 1 1 .211 .158 Crosby,B .237 145 556 66 132 194 39 1 7 61 0 2 0 47 0 96 7 3 18 17 .349 .296 +Cunningham,A .250 22 80 7 20 32 7 1 1 14 0 0 1 6 1 24 2 0 1 3 .400 .310 Cust,J .231 148 481 77 111 229 19 0 33 77 0 4 2 111 3 197 0 0 7 4 .476 .375 Davis,R .260 101 196 28 51 73 5 4 3 19 2 1 1 7 0 34 25 6 1 1 .372 .288 Denorfia,C .290 29 62 10 18 24 3 0 1 9 2 0 1 6 0 16 2 0 3 0 .387 .362 Duchscherer,J .000 22 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Ellis,M .233 117 442 55 103 165 20 3 12 41 5 2 5 53 2 65 14 2 11 4 .373 .321 Eveland,D .250 29 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 .250 .400 +Fiorentino,J 1.000 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 +Gonzalez,C .242 85 302 31 73 109 22 1 4 26 1 0 0 13 1 81 4 1 7 2 .361 .273 Hannahan,J .218 143 436 48 95 149 27 0 9 47 3 5 2 55 4 131 2 0 5 11 .342 .305 Harden,R .250 13 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 Johnson,D .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Murphy,D .184 46 103 10 19 31 3 0 3 13 0 1 2 11 0 38 2 1 1 3 .301 .274 Murton,M .100 9 30 1 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 1 0 .133 .129 +Patterson,E .174 30 92 11 16 19 3 0 0 8 0 0 0 12 0 24 8 0 0 5 .207 .269 +Pennington,C .242 36 99 14 24 29 5 0 0 9 2 1 2 13 0 18 4 1 1 5 .293 .339 +Petit,G .348 14 23 4 8 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 0 0 0 2 .435 .400 +Smith,G .500 32 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 Suzuki,K .279 148 530 54 148 196 25 1 7 42 2 1 11 44 2 69 2 3 20 6 .370 .346 Sweeney,M .286 42 126 13 36 50 8 0 2 12 0 1 2 7 0 6 0 0 3 0 .397 .331 +Sweeney,R .286 115 384 53 110 147 18 2 5 45 2 6 3 38 3 67 9 1 9 1 .383 .350 Thomas,F .263 55 186 20 49 72 6 1 5 19 0 1 2 28 0 44 0 0 6 0 .387 .364 (TOT) .240 71 246 27 59 92 7 1 8 30 0 1 3 39 0 57 0 0 9 0 .374 .349 .176 161 17 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 11 0 0 1 11 .176 .222 OAKLAND .242 161 5451 646 1318 2009 270 23 125 610 30 35 48 574 23 1226 88 21 126 98 .369 .318 OPPONENTS .253 161 5396 690 1364 2115 284 31 135 665 32 53 54 576 45 1061 70 41 142 81 .392 .328

PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK AVG Blanton,J 5 12 4.96 20 20 0 0 0 0 127.0 145 74 70 12 1 35 3 62 1 0 .284 +Blevins,J 1 3 3.11 36 0 0 8 0 0 37.2 32 14 13 2 3 13 2 35 0 0 .230 Braden,D 5 4 4.14 19 10 0 7 0 0 71.2 77 36 33 8 2 25 2 41 0 1 .284 Brown,A 1 0 3.09 31 0 0 13 0 0 35.0 23 13 12 3 1 21 1 28 0 0 .187 Calero,E 0 0 3.86 5 0 0 3 0 0 4.2 3 3 2 0 0 3 0 7 0 0 .176 Casilla,S 2 1 3.93 51 0 0 9 0 2 50.1 60 22 22 5 3 20 2 43 6 0 .299 +Devine,J 6 1 0.59 42 0 0 10 0 1 45.2 23 7 3 0 0 15 2 49 0 0 .150 Dinardo,L 1 2 7.43 11 2 0 8 0 0 23.0 31 20 19 3 2 13 2 12 1 0 .316 Duchscherer,J 10 8 2.54 22 22 1 0 1 0 141.2 107 45 40 11 8 34 2 95 1 0 .210 Embree,A 2 5 4.96 70 0 0 11 0 0 61.2 59 36 34 8 2 30 5 57 2 0 .253 Eveland,D 9 9 4.34 29 29 1 0 0 0 168.0 172 82 81 10 12 77 2 118 6 1 .269 Foulke,K 0 3 4.06 31 0 0 9 0 1 31.0 28 14 14 7 1 13 2 23 1 0 .241 +Gallagher,S 2 3 5.88 11 11 0 0 0 0 56.2 60 42 37 7 2 36 1 54 0 0 .270 Gaudin,C 5 3 3.59 26 6 0 9 0 0 62.2 63 29 25 6 3 17 1 44 2 1 .263 +Gonzalez,G 1 4 7.68 10 7 0 3 0 0 34.0 32 34 29 9 3 25 1 34 1 0 .242 +Gray,J 0 0 7.71 5 0 0 2 0 0 4.2 8 4 4 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 .364 Harden,R 5 1 2.34 13 13 0 0 0 0 77.0 57 21 20 5 1 31 1 92 1 0 .206 +Hernandez,F 1 0 18.00 3 0 0 1 0 0 3.0 4 6 6 0 1 5 0 2 0 0 .308 +Meyer,D 0 4 7.48 11 4 0 5 0 0 27.2 35 28 23 6 1 14 0 20 0 0 .304 +Outman,J 1 2 4.56 6 4 0 0 0 0 25.2 34 14 13 1 2 8 1 19 1 0 .327 Saarloos,K 1 0 5.47 8 1 0 1 0 0 26.1 37 17 16 2 0 4 1 12 0 0 .330 +Smith,G 7 16 4.16 32 32 2 0 0 0 190.1 169 92 88 21 3 87 5 111 5 1 .243 Street,H 7 5 3.73 63 0 0 37 0 18 70.0 58 29 29 6 1 27 6 69 2 0 .229 +Ziegler,B 3 0 1.06 47 0 0 21 0 11 59.2 47 8 7 2 1 22 3 30 0 0 .236 OAKLAND 75 86 4.01 161 161 4 157 7 33 1435.0 1364 690 640 135 54 576 45 1061 30 4 .253 OPPONENTS 86 75 3.73 161 161 8 153 10 49 1442.0 1318 646 598 125 48 574 23 1226 44 4 .242

86 2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 2008 Fielding Statistics PCT G GS PO A E TC DP TP Blanton,J .972 20 20 14 21 1 36 4 0 +Blevins,J .500 36 0 0 3 3 6 1 0 Braden,D .941 19 10 2 14 1 17 0 0 Brown,A 1.000 31 0 2 4 0 6 0 0 Calero,E .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Casilla,S 1.000 51 0 7 3 0 10 1 0 +Devine,J 1.000 42 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 Dinardo,L 1.000 11 2 3 3 0 6 1 0 Duchscherer,J 1.000 22 22 5 13 0 18 1 0 Embree,A 1.000 70 0 2 6 0 8 0 0 Eveland,D 1.000 29 29 5 18 0 23 2 0 Foulke,K 1.000 31 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 +Gallagher,S 1.000 11 11 3 6 0 9 1 0 Gaudin,C .778 26 6 7 7 4 18 0 0 +Gonzalez,G 1.000 10 7 1 5 0 6 1 0 +Gray,J 1.000 5 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 Harden,R 1.000 13 13 3 3 0 6 0 0 +Hernandez,F 1.000 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 +Meyer,D .500 11 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 +Outman,J .750 6 4 1 2 1 4 0 0 Saarloos,K 1.000 8 1 1 4 0 5 0 0 +Smith,G 1.000 32 32 7 31 0 38 1 0 Street,H 1.000 63 0 3 8 0 11 1 0 +Ziegler,B 1.000 47 0 0 14 0 14 2 0

CATCHER PCT G GS PO A E TC DP TP PB Bowen,R .987 31 25 147 9 2 158 1 0 3 Suzuki,K .994 141 136 927 53 6 986 4 0 5

FIRST BASE PCT G GS PO A E TC DP TP +Baisley,J .974 4 4 37 1 1 39 3 0 +Bankston,W .991 13 12 104 6 1 111 10 0 +Barton,D .988 134 124 1021 73 13 1107 128 0 Bowen,R 1.000 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 Brown,E 1.000 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Hannahan,J .978 10 10 82 5 2 89 7 0 Sweeney,M 1.000 13 11 89 11 0 100 9 0

SECOND BASE PCT G GS PO A E TC DP TP +Conrad,B 1.000 2 2 4 3 0 7 1 0 Davis,R .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ellis,M .993 115 114 228 336 4 568 88 0 Murphy,D 1.000 10 7 12 20 0 32 3 0 +Patterson,E .960 20 19 48 49 4 101 15 0 +Pennington,C 1.000 16 15 33 44 0 77 17 0 +Petit,G 1.000 4 4 7 14 0 21 1 0

THIRD BASE PCT G GS PO A E TC DP TP +Baisley,J 1.000 10 10 6 14 0 20 1 0 +Barton,D 1.000 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 Chavez,E .978 15 15 12 32 1 45 4 0 +Conrad,B .833 4 4 1 4 1 6 1 0 Hannahan,J .970 126 106 70 218 9 297 24 0 Murphy,D .975 24 18 12 27 1 40 7 0 +Pennington,C .950 9 8 8 11 1 20 2 0

SHORTSTOP PCT G GS PO A E TC DP TP Crosby,B .972 145 144 202 383 17 602 99 0 Murphy,D .949 13 9 10 27 2 39 6 0 +Pennington,C .867 10 6 10 16 4 30 5 0 +Petit,G .905 8 2 7 12 2 21 5 0

OUTFIELD PCT G GS PO A E TC DP TP Brown,E .981 100 95 200 10 4 214 3 0 Buck,T 1.000 37 37 84 3 0 87 0 0 +Cunningham,A .941 20 20 47 1 3 51 0 0 Cust,J .972 83 82 133 4 4 141 0 0 Davis,R .993 84 41 147 4 1 152 2 0 Denorfia,C 1.000 24 16 37 1 0 38 0 0 +Fiorentino,J .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +Gonzalez,C .991 81 76 219 5 2 226 1 0 Murphy,D .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Murton,M 1.000 7 7 27 1 0 28 1 0 +Patterson,E .938 8 7 15 0 1 16 0 0 +Sweeney,R .996 110 102 243 6 1 250 0 0

2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 87 2008 Day-By-Day Results

GA/ LEADER CUM. DATE G OPP W-L SCORE REC POS GB AND LEAD WINNER LOSER SAVE ATT. ATT. 3/25 1 BOS* L 5-6 (10) 0-1 4 -½ LAA/SEA/TEX -- Okajima Street Papelbon 44,628* 44,628 3/26 2 BOS* W 5-1 1-1 t1 -- OAK/LAA/SEA/TEX -- Harden Lester 44,735* 89,363 (2 dates) 3/31 OFF DAY 2 -½ SEA ½ 4/1 3 BOS L 1-2 1-2 4 -½ LAA/SEA/TEX -- Matsuzaka Blanton Papelbon 36,067* 125,430 4/2 4 BOS L 0-5 1-3 4 -1½ LAA/SEA -- Lester Embree 21,625 147,055 4/3 OFF DAY 4 -2 LAA ½ 4/4 5 CLE W 6-3 2-3 4 -1 LAA ½ Duchscherer Byrd 13,916 160,971 4/5 6 CLE W 6-1 3-3 2 -1 LAA 1 Eveland Sabathia 16,279 177,250 4/6 7 CLE L 1-2 3-4 3 -1 LAA ½ Lee Blanton Borowski 16,384 193,634 (7 dates) 4/7 OFF DAY 3 -1½ LAA 1 4/8 8 at TOR W 9-8 4-4 2 ½ LAA ½ Embree Accardo Street 31,336 31,336 4/9 9 at TOR W 6-3 5-4 2 ½ LAA ½ Hernandez Accardo Street 16,102 47,438 4/10 10 at TOR W 3-2 (12) 6-4 t1 -- OAK/LAA -- Devine League Foulke 16,521 63,959 4/11 11 at CLE W 9-7 7-4 1 +1 OAK 1 Blanton Sabathia Street 17,859 81,818 4/12 12 at CLE W 7-3 8-4 1 +2 OAK 2 DiNardo Carmona 19,170 100,988 4/13 13 at CLE L 1-7 8-5 1 +1 OAK 1 Lee Gaudin 17,228 118,216 4/14 14 at CWS W 2-1 9-5 1 +1 OAK 1 Smith Buehrle Street 20,430 138,646 4/15 15 at CWS L 1-4 9-6 t1 -- OAK/LAA -- Danks Eveland Jenks 18,254 156,900 (8 dates) 4/16 16 SEA L 2-4 9-7 t1 -- OAK/LAA -- HERNANDEZ Blanton 21,126 214,760 4/17 17 SEA L 1-8 9-8 t2 -1 LAA 1 Silva DiNardo 10,164 224,924 4/18 18 KC W 13-2 10-8 2 -1 LAA 1 Gaudin Bannister 12,528 237,452 4/19 19 KC W 6-5 11-8 2 -1 LAA 1 Devine Peralta Street 20,390 257,842 4/20 20 KC W 7-1 12-8 t1 -- OAK/LAA -- Eveland Hochevar 18,645 276,487 4/21 OFF DAY t1 -- OAK/LAA -- 4/22 21 MIN L 4-5 12-9 t1 -- OAK/LAA -- Rincon Blanton Nathan 10,267 286,754 4/23 22 MIN W 3-0 13-9 t1 -- OAK/LAA -- Gaudin Bonser Street 15,242 301,996 4/24 23 MIN W 11-2 14-9 t1 -- OAK/LAA -- Smith Liriano 12,593 314,589 (15 dates) 4/25 24 at SEA W 4-3 15-9 t1 -- OAK/LAA -- Eveland Batista Street 40,835 197,735 4/26 25 at SEA L 3-5 15-10 t1 -- OAK/LAA -- Bedard Duchscherer 37,570 235,305 4/27 26 at SEA W 4-2 16-10 t1 -- OAK/LAA -- Blanton Hernandez Street 32,631 267,936 4/28 27 at LAA W 14-2 17-10 1 +1 OAK 1 Gaudin Garland 37,725 305,661 4/29 28 at LAA L 0-2 17-11 t1 -- OAK/LAA -- Saunders SMITH Rodriguez 35,764 341,425 4/30 29 at LAA L 1-6 17-12 2 -1 LAA 1 Santana Eveland 35,301 376,726 5/1 30 at LAA W 15-8 18-12 t1 -- OAK/LAA -- Duchscherer Moseley 37,396 414,122 (15 dates) 5/2 31 TEX L 3-4 18-13 t1 -- OAK/LAA -- Padilla Blanton Wilson 15,408 329,997 5/3 32 TEX L 3-6 18-14 2 -1 LAA 1 Murray Gaudin Benoit 20,524 350,521 5/4 33 TEX W 3-1 19-14 2 -1 LAA 1 Casilla Feldman Street 31,673 382,194 5/5 34 BAL W 2-1 (10) 20-14 2 -1 LAA 1 Devine Johnson 10,128 392,322 5/6 35 BAL W 4-2 21-14 2 -1 LAA 1 Duchscherer Burres Casilla 11,492 403,814 5/7 36 BAL W 6-5 (10) 22-14 t1 -- OAK/LAA -- Braden Cormier 15,235 419,049 (21 dates) 5/8 OFF DAY t1 -- OAK/LAA -- 5/9 37 at TEX L 0-4 22-15 t1 -- OAK/LAA -- Feldman Smith 23,516 437,638 5/10 38 at TEX L 4-6 22-16 t1 -- OAK/LAA -- Rupe Eveland 22,899 460,537 5/11 39 at TEX W 12-6 23-16 1 +1 OAK 1 Casilla German 23,959 484,496 5/12 OFF DAY 1 +½ OAK ½ 5/13 40 at CLE L 0-4 23-17 2 -½ LAA ½ Byrd Duchscherer Kobayashi 16,974 501,470 5/14 41 at CLE L 0-2 23-18 2 -½ LAA ½ SABATHIA Blanton 18,188 519,658 5/15 42 at CLE L 2-4 23-19 2 -½ LAA ½ Laffey Smith Kobayashi 26,764 546,422 5/16 43 at ATL L 2-3 23-20 2 -1½ LAA 1½ Acosta Embree 31,004 577,426 5/17 44 at ATL W 5-4 24-20 2 -½ LAA ½ Harden Hudson 38,324 615,750 5/18 45 at ATL L 2-5 24-21 2 -1½ LAA 1½ Reyes Duchscherer 31,025 646,775 (24 dates)

88 2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide GA/ LEADER CUM. DATE G OPP W-L SCORE REC POS GB AND LEAD WINNER LOSER SAVE ATT. ATT. 5/19 46 TB L 6-7 (13) 24-22 2 -2 LAA 2 Hammel Gaudin Percival 11,077 430,126 5/20 47 TB L 2-3 24-23 2 -3 LAA 3 Kazmir Smith Percival 11,272 441,398 5/21 48 TB W 9-1 25-23 2 -3 LAA 3 EVELAND Sonnanstine 22,712 464,110 5/22 OFF DAY 2 -2½ LAA 2½ 5/23 49 BOS W 8-3 26-23 2 -2½ LAA 2½ Harden Wakefield 29,051 493,161 5/24 50 BOS W 3-0 27-23 2 -2½ LAA 2½ Duchscherer Beckett Street 33,468 526,629 5/25 51 BOS W 6-3 28-23 2 -1½ LAA 1½ Blanton Lester Street 35,067* 561,696 5/26 OFF DAY 2 -2 LAA 2 5/27 52 TOR W 3-1 29-23 2 -2 LAA 2 Smith Burnett Street 10,635 572,331 5/28 53 TOR L 1-2 29-24 2 -2 LAA 2 Halladay Foulke Ryan 17,460 589,791 5/29 54 TOR L 0-12 29-25 2 -2½ LAA 2½ Litsch Eveland 21,862 611,653 (30 dates) 5/30 55 at TEX L 1-3 29-26 2 -2½ LAA 2½ Millwood Duchscherer Wilson 21,763 668,538 5/31 56 at TEX L 4-8 29-27 2 -3½ LAA 3½ Ponson Blanton 36,798 705,336 6/1 57 at TEX W 13-8 30-27 2 -3½ LAA 3½ Gaudin Wright 17,661 722,997 (27 dates) 6/2 58 DET W 3-2 31-27 2 -3½ LAA 3½ Street Cruceta 11,772 623,425 6/3 59 DET W 5-4 (11) 32-27 2 -3½ LAA 3½ Gaudin Seay 10,871 634,296 6/4 60 DET W 10-2 33-27 2 -3½ LAA 3½ Duchscherer Robertson 19,258 653,554 6/5 OFF DAY 2 -3½ LAA 3½ 6/6 61 LAA L 1-3 33-28 2 -4½ LAA 4½ Lackey Blanton Rodriguez 25,120 678,674 6/7 62 LAA L 3-5 33-29 2 -5½ LAA 5½ Garland Smith Rodriguez 29,294 707,968 6/8 63 LAA W 7-3 (12) 34-29 2 -4½ LAA 4½ Ziegler Bootcheck 26,332 734,300 6/9 OFF DAY 2 -4 LAA 4 6/10 64 NYY L 1-3 34-30 2 -5 LAA 5 Wang Eveland Rivera 26,402 760,702 6/11 65 NYY W 8-4 35-30 2 -5 LAA 5 Duchscherer Rasner 27,292 787,994 6/12 66 NYY L 1-4 35-31 2 -5½ LAA 5½ Pettitte Blanton Rivera 28,658 816,652 (39 dates) 6/13 67 at SF W 5-1 36-31 2 -4½ LAA 4½ Smith Zito 42,445* 765,442 6/14 68 at SF W 4-0 37-31 2 -3½ LAA 3½ Harden Cain 40,873* 806,315 6/15 69 at SF W 5-3 38-31 2 -3½ LAA 3½ Eveland Correia Street 41,547* 847,862 6/16 OFF DAY 2 -3 LAA 3 6/17 70 at ARI W 15-1 39-31 2 -3 LAA 3 Duchscherer Webb 28,710 876,572 6/18 71 at ARI L 1-11 39-32 2 -3 LAA 3 Haren Blanton 28,507 905,079 6/19 72 at ARI L 1-2 39-33 2 -3½ LAA 3½ Pena Foulke Lyon 31,997 937,076 (33 dates) 6/20 73 FLA W 7-6 (11) 40-33 2 -3½ LAA 3½ Brown Waechter 15,035 831,687 6/21 74 FLA L 4-6 40-34 2 -4½ LAA 4½ Pinto Gregg Street 19,287 850,974 6/22 75 FLA W 7-1 41-34 2 -4½ LAA 4½ Duchscherer Miller 22,461 873,435 6/23 OFF DAY 2 -5 LAA 5 624 76 PHI W 5-2 42-34 2 -5 LAA 5 Blanton Moyer Street 13,348 886,783 6/25 77 PHI L 0-4 42-35 2 -5 LAA 5 Kendrick Smith 22,231 909,014 6/26 78 PHI W 5-0 43-35 2 -4½ LAA 4½ Harden Eaton 17,228 926,242 6/27 79 SF W 4-1 44-35 2 -3½ LAA 3½ Eveland Yabu Street 27,125 953,367 6/28 80 SF L 0-1 44-36 2 -3½ LAA 3½ Lincecum Duchscherer Wilson 36,067* 989,434 6/29 81 SF L 1-11 44-37 2 -4½ LAA 4½ Sanchez Blanton 33,841 1,023,275 (48 dates) 6/30 82 at LAA W 6-1 45-37 2 -3½ LAA 3½ SMITH Garland 42,046 979,122 7/1 83 at LAA L 3-5 45-38 2 -4½ LAA 4½ Shields Embree Rodriguez 42,047 1,021,169 7/2 84 at LAA L 4-7 45-39 2 -5½ LAA 5½ Saunders Foulke Rodriguez 41,091 1,062,260 7/3 85 at CWS W 3-2 46-39 2 -5 LAA 5 Duchscherer VAZQUEZ Street 26,730 1,088,990 7/4 86 at CWS W 7-1 47-39 2 -5 LAA 5 Blanton Buehrle 29,600 1,118,590 7/5 87 at CWS L 1-6 47-40 2 -5 LAA 5 Floyd Smith 35,586 1,154,176 7/6 88 at CWS L 3-4 47-41 2 -6 LAA 6 Danks Harden Linebrink 31,955 1,186,131 (40 dates) 7/7 89 SEA W 4-3 48-41 2 -6 LAA 6 Eveland WASHBURN Street 11,129 1,034,404 7/8 90 SEA W 2-0 49-41 2 -5 LAA 5 DUCHSCHERER SILVA 12,543 1,046,947 7/9 91 SEA L 4-6 49-42 2 -5 LAA 5 Corcoran Blanton Morrow 21,128 1,068,075 7/10 92 SEA W 3-2 (11) 50-42 2 -5 LAA 5 Street Jimenez 15,187 1,083,262 7/11 93 LAA W 9-2 51-42 2 -4 LAA 4 Gallagher Garland 31,372 1,114,634 7/12 94 LAA L 1-4 51-43 2 -5 LAA 5 Santana Eveland Rodriguez 27,161 1,141,795 7/13 95 LAA L 3-4 51-44 2 -6 LAA 6 Arredondo Street Rodriguez 29,352 1,171,147 (55 dates)

2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 89 GA/ LEADER CUM. DATE G OPP W-L SCORE REC POS GB AND LEAD WINNER LOSER SAVE ATT. ATT. 7/14-16 ALL-STAR BREAK 51-44 2 -6 LAA 6 7/17 OFF DAY 2 -6 LAA 6 7/18 96 at NYY L 1-7 51-45 2 -7 LAA 7 Mussina Smith 54,145* 1,240,276 7/19 97 at NYY L 3-4 (12) 51-46 2 -8 LAA 8 Robertson DiNardo 54,183* 1,294,459 7/20 98 at NYY L 1-2 51-47 2 -9 LAA 9 Pettitte Duchscherer Rivera 54,366* 1,348,825 7/21 99 at TB L 0-4 51-48 3 -9 LAA 8½ Kazmir Eveland 12,428 1,361,253 7/22 100 at TB W 8-1 52-48 2 -9 LAA 9 Braden Sonnanstine 16,800 1,378,053 7/23 101 at TB L 3-4 52-49 2 -10 LAA 10 Shields Smith Percival 23,437 1,401,490 (46 dates) 7/24 OFF DAY 2 -10 LAA 10 7/25 102 TEX L 6-14 52-50 3 -11 LAA 10½ Padilla Blevins 20,141 1,191,288 7/26 103 TEX L 4-9 52-51 3 -12 LAA 10½ Harrison Duchscherer 20,653 1,211,941 7/27 104 TEX W 6-5 53-51 3 -11 LAA 10½ Blevins Hurley Street 21,135 1,233,076 7/28 105 KC L 2-4 53-52 3 -12 LAA 11½ Greinke Braden Soria 12,464 1,245,540 7/29 106 KC L 2-5 53-53 3 -13 LAA 11½ Meche Smith Soria 12,182 1,257,722 7/30 107 KC L 3-4 (10) 53-54 3 -14 LAA 11½ R. Ramirez Street Soria 26,272 1,283,994 (61 dates) 7/31 OFF DAY 3 -14½ LAA 12½ 8/1 108 at BOS L 1-2 (12) 53-55 3 -15½ LAA 12½ Timlin Embree 37,832* 1,439,322 8/2 109 at BOS L 2-12 53-56 3 -15½ LAA 12½ Lester Eveland 37,838* 1,477,160 8/3 110 at BOS L 2-5 53-57 3 -15½ LAA 11½ Matsuzaka Braden Papelbon 37,317* 1,514,477 8/4 111 at TOR L 1-6 53-58 3 -16½ LAA 11½ Halladay Gallagher 24,761 1,539,238 8/5 112 at TOR L 3-4 53-59 3 -16½ LAA 10½ Carlson Street 23,580 1,562,818 8/6 113 at TOR L 1-5 53-60 3 -17½ LAA 11½ Marcum Gonzalez 29,256 1,592,074 8/7 114 at TOR L 4-6 53-61 3 -18 LAA 12 Burnett Blevins Ryan 28,821 1,620,895 8/8 115 at DET W 4-2 54-61 3 -18 LAA 13 Braden Rogers Ziegler 41,457* 1,662,352 8/9 116 at DET L 2-10 54-62 3 -19 LAA 14 Galarraga Meyer 41,308* 1,703,660 8/10 117 at DET L 1-6 54-63 3 -20 LAA 14 Robertson Smith Rodney 40,743 1,744,403 (56 dates) 8/11 OFF DAY 3 -20 LAA 14 8/12 118 TB W 2-1 55-63 3 -20 LAA 15 Gonzalez Kazmir Ziegler 14,284 1,298,278 8/13 119 TB L 2-3 55-64 3 -20 LAA 15 Sonnanstine Duchscherer Percival 21,438 1,319,716 8/14 120 TB L 6-7 (12) 55-65 3 -20½ LAA 15½ Hammel Casilla Miller 16,689 1,336,405 8/15 121 CWS W 6-4 56-65 3 -19½ LAA 15½ Street Ramirez 19,405 1,355,810 8/16 122 CWS L 1-2 56-66 3 -20½ LAA 15½ Danks Smith Jenks 22,206 1,378,016 8/17 123 CWS L 1-13 56-67 3 -20½ LAA 15½ Vazquez Gonzalez 28,843 1,406,859 (67 dates) 8/18 124 at MIN W 3-2 57-67 3 -19½ LAA 15½ Saarloos Blackburn Ziegler 25,024 1,769,427 8/19 125 at MIN L 2-13 57-68 3 -19½ LAA 15½ Slowey Gallagher 35,256 1,804,683 8/20 126 at MIN L 1-3 57-69 3 -20½ LAA 15½ Liriano Braden Nathan 30,888 1,835,571 8/21 127 at SEA W 2-0 58-69 3 -19½ LAA 15 Smith Rowland-Smith Ziegler 25,611 1,861,182 8/22 128 at SEA L 5-7 58-70 3 -19½ LAA 15 Corcoran Blevins Putz 26,603 1,887,785 8/23 129 at SEA W 5-1 59-70 3 -19½ LAA 16 Eveland Washburn 34,145 1,921,930 8/24 130 at SEA L 4-8 59-71 3 -20½ LAA 17 Hernandez Meyer Putz 28,731 1,950,661 8/25 131 at LAA W 2-1 60-71 3 -19½ LAA 16 Braden Weaver Ziegler 39,584 1,990,245 8/26 132 at LAA L 1-5 60-72 3 -20½ LAA 16 LACKEY Smith 37,431 2,027,676 8/27 133 at LAA W 6-5 61-72 3 -19½ LAA 15 Street Saunders Ziegler 38,587 2,066,263 (66 dates) 8/28 134 MIN W 3-2 62-72 3 -19½ LAA 16 Devine Breslow 12,357 1,419,216 8/29 135 MIN L 2-12 62-73 3 -20½ LAA 17 Slowey Meyer Breslow 22,355 1,441,571 8/30 136 MIN W 3-2 63-73 3 -20½ LAA 18 Street Nathan 25,238 1,466,809 8/31 137 MIN L 4-12 63-74 3 -20½ LAA 17 Baker Smith 18,427 1,485,236 (71 dates) 9/1 OFF DAY 3 -20½ LAA 17½ 9/2 138 at KC L 2-5 63-75 3 -21½ LAA 17½ Greinke Gonzalez Soria 11,143 2,077,406 9/3 at KC PPD, Rain 3 -21 LAA 16½ 9/4 139 at KC (1) L 4-5 (10) 63-76 Soria Devine 140 at KC (2) L 6-9 63-77 3 -22½ LAA 17 Davies Meyer Ramirez 12,791 2,090,197 9/5 141 at BAL W 11-2 64-77 3 -21½ LAA 17 Braden Waters 14,984 2,105,181 9/6 at BAL CCD, Rain 142 at BAL W 5-1 65-77 3 -20½ LAA 16 Smith Cabrera 21,553 2,126,734 9/7 OFF DAY 3 -21 LAA 17 9/8 143 at DET L 8-14 65-78 3 -22 LAA 17½ Fossum Gonzalez 37,981 2,164,715 9/9 144 at DET W 3-2 66-78 3 -21 LAA 16½ Devine Rodney Ziegler 37,240 2,201,955 9/10 145 at DET W 5-2 67-78 3 -21 LAA 17½ Street Galarraga Ziegler 37,194 2,239,149 (73 dates)

90 2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide GA/ LEADER CUM. DATE G OPP W-L SCORE REC POS GB AND LEAD WINNER LOSER SAVE ATT. ATT. 9/11 146 TEX L 1-6 67-79 3 -22 LAA 17½ Nippert Braden 10,566 1,495,802 9/12 147 TEX L 0-7 67-80 3 -23 LAA 17½ HARRISON Smith 15,117 1,510,919 9/13 148 TEX W 7-1 68-80 3 -23 LAA 18½ Outman Feldman 21,102 1,532,021 9/14 149 TEX W 7-4 69-80 3 -23 LAA 19½ Devine Madrigal Ziegler 18,551 1,550,572 9/15 OFF DAY 3 -23 LAA 19 9/16 150 LAA W 8-1 70-80 3 -22 LAA 18 Gallagher Lackey 14,325 1,564,897 9/17 151 LAA W 3-2 71-80 3 -21 LAA 18 Ziegler Rodriguez 20,102 1,584,999 9/18 152 LAA L 4-6 71-81 3 -22 LAA 18½ Saunders Outman Rodriguez 12,645 1,597,644 9/19 153 SEA W 2-0 72-81 3 -22 LAA 19½ Eveland HERNANDEZ Ziegler 30,149 1,627,793 9/20 154 SEA W 8-7 73-81 3 -22 LAA 20½ Street Thomas Ziegler 18,756 1,646,548 9/21 155 SEA W 5-3 74-81 3 -22 LAA 21½ Ziegler Batista Devine 18,707 1,665,255 (81 dates) 9/22 156 at TEX W 4-3 (11) 75-81 2 -22 LAA 22 Embree Mendoza Casilla 14,925 2,254,074 9/23 157 at TEX L 4-6 75-82 3 -22 LAA 21½ Wright Embree Francisco 18,408 2,272,482 9/24 158 at TEX L 4-14 75-83 3 -23 LAA 21½ Harrison Eveland 16,832 2,289,314 9/25 OFF DAY 3 -23½ LAA 22 9/26 159 at SEA L 8-10 75-84 3 -23½ LAA 21 Morrow Gallagher Corcoran 24,662 2,313,976 9/27 160 at SEA L 3-7 75-85 3 -23½ LAA 20 Rowland-Smith Smith Green 24,440 2,338,416 9/28 161 at SEA L 3-4 75-86 3 -24½ LAA 21 Dickey Outman Putz 27,110 2,365,526 (79 dates) *indicates game at Tokyo, Japan

2008 Wild Card Day-By-Day

DATE POS GB LEADER LEAD DATE POS GB LEADER LEAD DATE POS GB LEADER LEAD 7/14-16 3 -4½ TB 2½ 8/10 8 -12½ BOS 1½ 9/4 9 -19½ BOS 5½ 7/17 3 -4½ TB 2½ 8/11 8 -13 BOS 2 9/5 8 -19½ BOS 5½ 7/18 t3 -5 BOS 2 8/12 8 -13 BOS 2½ 9/6 8 -18½ BOS 6 7/19 4 -5 BOS 1 8/13 8 -14 BOS 2½ 9/7 8 -19 BOS 6½ 7/20 4 -5 BOS 1 8/14 8 -15 BOS 3 9/8 8 -20 BOS 7 7/21 5 -6 BOS 2 8/15 8 -14½ BOS 2½ 9/9 8 -19 BOS 6 7/22 4 -6 BOS 3 8/16 8 -14½ BOS 1½ 9/10 8 -18 BOS 5½ 7/23 t4 -7 BOS 3 8/17 t8 -14½ BOS ½ 9/11 8 -18½ BOS 5½ 7/24 t4 -7 BOS 3 8/18 8 -14½ BOS 1½ 9/12 8 -19½ BOS 6 7/25 t5 -7 BOS 2 8/19 9 -15½ BOS 1½ 9/13 8 -19 BOS 5 7/26 t6 -7 BOS 1 8/20 9 -15½ BOS ½ 9/14 8 -19 BOS 6 7/27 t5 -7 BOS 2 8/21 9 -15 BOS/MIN -- 9/15 8 -19½ BOS 7 7/28 t6 -7 BOS 2 8/22 9 -16 BOS ½ 9/16 t7 -18½ BOS 7 7/29 7 -7 BOS 1 8/23 9 -15 BOS ½ 9/17 t7 -17½ BOS 7 7/30 7 -7 BOS 1 8/24 9 -16 BOS 1 9/18 8 -18 BOS 6½ 7/31 7 -7 BOS ½ 8/25 9 -15½ BOS 1½ 9/19 7 -18 BOS 7½ 8/1 7 -8 BOS ½ 8/26 9 -16½ BOS 2½ 9/20 7 -17 BOS 6½ 8/2 t7 -9 BOS 1½ 8/27 9 -16½ BOS 2½ 9/21 7 -17 BOS 6½ 8/3 t7 -10 BOS 2 8/28 9 -15½ BOS 2½ 9/22 6 -16 BOS 6 8/4 t7 -10 BOS 1½ 8/29 9 -16½ BOS 2½ 9/23 7 -17 BOS 6 8/5 8 -11 BOS 2½ 8/30 9 -16½ BOS 3½ 9/24 7 -18 BOS 6 8/6 8 -12 BOS 2½ 8/31 9 -16½ BOS 2½ 9/25 7 -18½ BOS 7 8/7 8 -12½ BOS 2½ 9/1 t8 -17 BOS 3 9/26 7 -18½ BOS 6 8/8 8 -11½ BOS 1½ 9/2 t8 -18 BOS 4 9/27 7 -19 BOS 6 8/9 8 -12½ BOS 2 9/3 8 -18½ BOS 5 9/28 7 -19½ BOS 6

2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 91 2008 A’s Chronology

March 25 Andrew Brown tosses two-thirds of an inning in relief of A’s 5 vs. Boston 6 (@ Tokyo Dome, 10) Harden. Alan Embree enters the game with two out and (0-1, 4th, -0.5) two on in the sixth in relief of Brown and stranded both The A’s lose their first game of the season as they host the runners to get out of the inning. Embree would then allow Red Sox in Japan. Joe Blanton makes his first Opening a to start off the seventh and a to break Day start and allows three runs and seven hits with one the scoreless game. With those runs, the lefty is tagged walk and three over five and two-thirds innings with his first loss of the year. Lenny DiNardo starts off the of work for the no decision. Mark Ellis starts the scoring eighth by allowing four straight singles and is replaced with a solo shot in the first inning, followed later by a before recording an out, finishing with two earned runs. RBI-ground out from Bobby Crosby to put two on the Santiago Casilla relieves DiNardo and allows only one board. Blanton allows three runs in the top of the sixth and one of DiNardo’s inherited runners to score in his to give up the lead, but the A’s come back in the bottom inning of work. pitches the ninth and allows of the inning with a single from Crosby followed by a a solo home run to cap off the scoring for Boston at five. two-run homer from Jack Hannahan to regain the lead at 4-3. Alan Embree (1.1 ip) and Keith Foulke (1.0 ip) work April 3 scoreless outings before handing the ball to Huston Street OFF DAY in the ninth inning who allows a home run to the second (1-3, 4th, -2.0) batter he faces to send the game to extra innings where he later allows a two-run double in the 10th that would April 4 cost the A’s the game. Emil Brown has an RBI-double in A’s 6 vs. Cleveland 3 the bottom of the inning but is tagged out at third base (2-3, 4th, -1.0) on the throw. Justin Duchscherer makes his first start since September 20, 2003 and works five innings, allowing four hits, one March 26 run, while walking two and striking out six to earn the A’s 5 vs. Boston 1 (@ Tokyo Dome) win. He allows back-to-back singles to lead off the sixth (1-1, 1st, --) before he is taken out of the game with slight biceps The A’s win their first contest of the season as Rich Harden tendonitis. gets Oakland on the board first goes six strong innings allowing only one run on three by scoring from third base on a passed ball in the second hits, walking three while striking out nine to earn the win. inning. The scoring continues for the A’s in the fifth as Chris Denorfia starts the scoring in the second inning by the first four batters of the inning reach base followed by bringing home Bobby Crosby who doubled in the inning. a sacrifice fly from Jack Hannahan and RBI-singles from Emil Brown continues the scoring the following inning both Kurt Suzuki and Ryan Sweeney to put the A’s up with his first home run as an Athletic, a three-run shot. 5-0. Santiago Casilla relieves Duchscherer in the sixth Harden allows only a solo home run to Manny Ramirez in and induces a double play that allows one of his inherited the sixth inning before handing the ball over to Santiago runners to score. Keith Foulke gets the ball in the seventh Casilla, Keith Foulke and Alan Embree who each toss a and allows a home run to the first batter he faces before scoreless inning to close out the game and split the A’s retiring the next three to complete his inning of work. two-game opening series in Japan. Huston Street pitches the ninth, allowing a solo home run before closing out the game. April 1 A’s 1 vs. Boston 2 April 5 (1-2, 4th, -0.5) A’s 6 vs. Cleveland 1 Joe Blanton makes the 100th start of his career but is (3-3, 2nd, -1.0) tagged with his first loss of the season in the A’s home Oakland scores three runs in the first inning which is all opener. Jack Cust leads off the bottom of the second with the offense necessary to secure the win. his first long ball of the year for the A’s lone run in the makes his debut as an Athletic and tosses seven strong game. Blanton throws six innings, allowing two runs on innings, yielding one run on six hits and one walk while seven hits and one walk while striking out three. Santiago striking out seven to earn the win. Emil Brown starts off Casilla pitches a scoreless seventh and eighth inning the scoring for the A’s with an RBI-single in the first to before Keith Foulke tosses a scoreless ninth. Kurt Suzuki bring home who had tripled, followed later singles to lead off the bottom of the third and Bobby in the inning by a two-run double from Jack Cust. Mark Crosby singles to lead off the bottom of the eighth for the Ellis would tack on another run in the fifth with a solo A’s only other hits in the game. Travis Buck strikes out in shot, his second home run of the year, and would later all four of his plate appearances. Daric Barton also strikes single home two more runs in the eighth to cap off the out to close out the game and to end his streak of reaching scoring for the A’s. Keith Foulke works a scoreless and base in each of his first 20 Major League games. hitless eighth and Andrew Brown retired the Indians in a row in the ninth to finish the game. April 2 A’s 0 vs. Boston 5 April 6 (1-3, 4th, -1.5) A’s 1 vs. Cleveland 2 The A’s are shut out and swept for the first time this year (3-4, 3rd, -1.0) in the finale of their two-game series with Boston. Rich Joe Blanton works six and two-thirds innings but is Harden throws five scoreless innings allowing four hits tagged with his second loss of the season after scattering and four walks while striking out six for the no decision. two runs on seven hits and four walks with two strikeouts.

92 2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide Blanton walks in the winning run with two outs in the with one of Buck’s doubles that drives in Ryan Sweeney. seventh inning before Santiago Casilla relieves him and Santiago Casilla works a scoreless two-thirds of an inning gets a to leave the bases loaded for the Indians. in relief of Eveland to finish the seventh. Alan Embree The A’s get on the board first in the third inning with a pitches the eighth and allows a to the first batter he sacrifice fly from Travis Buck to score Kurt Suzuki, but faces, followed by a sacrifice fly that ties the game at 1-1 that would be all the offense Oakland produces in the for the Blue Jays. Andrew Brown works a scoreless ninth game. Alan Embree works a scoreless eighth and Andrew and Joey Devine pitches a scoreless 10th and 11th inning. Brown a scoreless ninth. Bobby Crosby grounds out with Buck brings home two in the top of the 12th with his third two outs and a runner on to wrap up the game. two-bagger of the game to give the A’s a 3-1 lead. Keith Foulke pitches the bottom of the frame and allows a run April 7 but induces a double play to escape a jam and earn his OFF DAY first save of the year. Devine picks up the win, his first (3-4, 3rd, -1.5) of the year.

April 8 April 11 A’s 9 @ Toronto 8 A’s 9 @ Cleveland 7 (4-4, 2nd, -0.5) (7-4, 1st, +1.0) The A’s win their first road game backed by a strong effort Every Athletic who stepped to the plate recorded a hit from rookie Ryan Sweeney, who went 2 for 5 with two as the A’s gather 15 hits en route to their fourth straight RBI, including the game-winning RBI-triple in the top of victory. Joe Blanton goes seven and two-thirds innings, the ninth. Jack Cust brings two runs to the plate with a allowing five runs on eight hits to earn his first win of the ground out in the sixth to break a 6-6 tie. Reliever Alan year. Mike Sweeney singles in a run in the first inning to Embree, despite giving both runs back to the Indians in start the scoring. The A’s score five in the second thanks the eighth, would end up with the win thanks to Sweeney’s to RBI-doubles from Jack Cust, Mark Ellis and Daric effort in the ninth inning. Mike Sweeney got Oakland on Barton, along with a RBI-single from Chris Denorfia and board first with a RBI-double in the first inning. The A’s a sacrifice fly from Mike Sweeney. Mark Ellis brings in would then put up five in the second with an RBI-ground another run on a sacrifice fly the following inning and out by Kurt Suzuki, RBI-doubles from Ryan Sweeney and Donnie Murphy two-run single in the fourth caps off the Travis Buck, an RBI-triple from Mark Ellis and a sacrifice scoring for the A’s and give Blanton a 9-1 lead. Blanton fly by Daric Barton. Chad Gaudin makes the start and goes starts the eighth inning and records two outs before four innings, allowing six runs, five earned, on eights hits leaving the game after allowing two runs to score that and one walk with three strikeouts gets the no decision. inning and with two runners on. Fernando Hernandez Andrew Brown follows with two scoreless innings of relieves Blanton but hits the first batter he faces and work in the fifth and sixth, and Keith Foulke tosses a walks in a run before he is pulled for Santiago Casilla. scoreless seventh. Huston Street throws a scoreless ninth Casilla gives up a double to the first batter he faces and inning for the A’s first save of the year. surrendered two more runs. Huston Street relieves Casilla that inning and retires his first batter to end the Indians’ April 9 rally. Street retires Cleveland in order in the ninth to pick A’s 6 @ Toronto 3 up his third save of the year. (5-4, 2nd, -0.5) Oakland scores their game-winning run in the ninth inning April 12 for the second consecutive night as Mark Ellis’ four hits A’s 7 @ Cleveland 3 help to complete an A’s come-from-behind win. With the (8-4, 1st, +2.0) A’s down 3-2, Ellis sparked a four-run rally in the top of The A’s win their fifth straight on the road as Lenny the ninth inning with a game-tying triple to deep right. DiNardo makes the start and goes five innings, allowing Emil Brown reaches on a fielder’s choice two batters later two runs on six hits with three strikeouts for his first win to score Ellis and give Oakland a 4-3 lead. Greg Smith of the year. Mark Ellis gets Oakland on the board first gives up only two hits in six innings of work with five with a RBI-double in the third inning followed by a RBI- walks and five strikeouts in his stellar Major League single by Daric Barton. The A’s get another run in the next debut. Smith survives a rough first inning when he saw inning by a pinch-hit walk from Chris Denorfia with the the Blue Jays score three runs, two of which are earned, bases loaded. Denorfia would remain in the game as Ryan before settling down and pitch five shutout innings. Sweeney leaves with an injured leg. The A’s once again Santiago Casilla pitches a scoreless seventh. Fernando rally in the seventh inning with Emil Brown’s RBI-single Hernandez pitched a scoreless eighth to earn the win and and a three-run blast from Bobby Crosby for his first Huston Street tossed a scoreless ninth to earn his second home run of the year. Joey Devine and Alan Embree each save of the season. pitch a scoreless inning each of relief and Andrew Brown allows an unearned run to score in the ninth as he pitches April 10 the final two innings of the game. A’s 3 @ Toronto 2 (12) (6-4, t-1st, --) April 13 Travis Buck produces all the offense the A’s would need A’s 1 @ Cleveland 7 to complete the sweep, going 3 for 6 with three doubles (8-5, 1st, +1.0) and three RBI. Dana Eveland makes another solid start Chad Gaudin goes six innings and allows three runs on but ends up with the no decision after working six-plus four hits and four walks with four strikeouts for the loss innings of scoreless baseball, surrendering three hits, to snap the A’s five-game winning streak. Mark Ellis had a three walks with six strikeouts; the lefty leaves the game run-scoring single in the fourth to plate Travis Buck who with a 1-0 lead. The A’s get their first run in the fifth had tripled to lead off the inning. That is all the offense the

2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 93 A’s can muster against Cleveland’s Cliff Lee who retired be charged with five runs, four walks and two strikeouts the A’s in a row in seven of his eight innings pitched. for his first lost of the year. Kirk Saarloos works five and Fernandez Hernandez pitches two innings in relief of two-thirds innings in relief of DiNardo and allows three Gaudin and allowed four runs on four hits and two walks. runs, two earned, on four hits and two walks. Emil Brown Kurt Suzuki manages the only other hit for Oakland to triples home the A’s lone run in the fourth inning, scoring leadoff the ninth inning. Jack Cust. Joey Devine retires the Mariners in order for a scoreless inning of work in the ninth. April 14 A’s 2 @ Chicago 1 April 18 (9-5, 1st, +1.0) A’s 13 vs. Kansas City 2 Greg Smith tosses seven strong innings, allowing only (10-8. 2nd, -1.0) one run on six hits and one walk while striking out four to Bobby Crosby records five RBI, finishing 3 for 4 with earn his first win of the season. Smith did his best to keep three runs scored, as the A’s rally from behind in the sixth Chicago off the base paths, picking off Nick Swisher at inning to take the lead and win the game. Oakland gets first base in the third and Jermaine Dye who was caught on the board in the first inning with a RBI-single from stealing second base in the seventh. Kurt Suzuki goes Emil Brown to plate first-time leadoff hitter Kurt Suzuki. 4 for 4 and gets Oakland on the board first with a run- Chad Gaudin makes the start and surrenders two runs, scoring single in the fourth inning to plate Mike Sweeney. one earned, against one walk with eight strikeouts over Emil Brown singles in Sweeney again in the sixth inning seven solid innings of work, en route to his first win of to give the A’s a 2-0 lead. Chicago would get a run back the season. The A’s enter the sixth inning down 2-1 but in the bottom of the frame, their lone run of the game. receive singles from their first three hitters of the inning, Santiago Casilla records the first two outs of the eighth followed by a two-run double by Crosby. After a sacrifice and Alan Embree gets the final out that inning before fly from Travis Buck and a run-scoring single from Jack giving way to Huston Street who tosses a scoreless ninth Hannahan the A’s finish the inning up 5-2. The A’s scoring to pick up his fourth save of the year. would not end there, as they erupt for eight runs in the eighth inning with a two-out rally, capped by a two-run April 15 double by Brown and a three-run blast by Crosby, his A’s 1 @ Chicago 4 second home run of the year. Santiago Casilla works a (9-6, t-1st, --) scoreless eighth and Andrew Brown a scoreless ninth as It takes the A’s nine innings to score their first and only both retire the Royals in order to seal the deal. run of the game but it prove to be a lost cause as they split their two-game series with the White Sox in Chicago. April 19 Emil Brown brings home Daric Barton on sacrifice fly in A’s 6 vs. Kansas City 5 the ninth and Bobby Crosby comes up next with one out (11-8, 2nd, -1.0) and one on but grounds into a double play on the first Oakland explodes for 16 hits as every Athletic in the game pitch he sees to end the game. Dana Eveland makes the records a hit as the A’s defeat the Royals. Greg Smith start and lasts four and two-thirds innings, scattering four makes the start and goes five innings, giving up four runs, runs, three earned, on five hits and three walks with two three earned, six hits and a walk while striking out four. strikeouts en route to his first loss of the year. Eveland Smith serves up a home run in the first inning and another serves up a three-run homer to Carlos Quentin to put the in the second to leave the A’s trailing 4-0. Emil Brown A’s down 0-3 early. Joey Devine tosses a scoreless inning and Bobby Crosby contribute with RBI-singles in the fifth and a third and Kirk Saarloos hurls two scoreless innings as the A’s pick away at the Royals’ early and tally three to shut down Chicago in relief of Eveland. runs in the frame. Ryan Sweeney delivers a run-scoring single in the next inning to tie the game. Kurt Suzuki April 16 drives in a run in the seventh, followed by a RBI-triple A’s 2 vs. Seattle 4 from Daric Barton. Joey Devine pitches a scoreless sixth (9-7, t-1st, --) and seventh to notch the win, his second of the year. Alan Joe Blanton goes eight innings but allows four runs on 12 Embree records two outs in the eighth but leaves in favor hits while striking out two for his third loss of the season. of Huston Street, who strikes out the first batter he faces. Seattle scores three runs in the first inning, which would Street would give a run back with two outs in the ninth be all the offense their starting pitcher, Felix Hernandez, but gets his next batter out to earn his fifth save of the would need. The A’s score in the second inning with a season. RBI-single from Kurt Suzuki as Hernandez retired 16 of the next 18 batters before allowing RBI-single from April 20 Daric Barton in the eighth inning. Hernandez strikes A’s 7 vs. Kansas City 1 out eight and goes the distance for a complete game (12-8, t-1st, --) victory. Andrew Brown retires the Mariners in order for a Dana Eveland makes a solid start and the A’s put up four scoreless inning of work in the ninth. runs in the fourth inning to complete the sweep of Kansas City. Eveland goes five and two-thirds innings, yielding April 17 only one run on three hits, four walks with three strikeouts A’s 1 vs. Seattle 8 to earn his second win of the year. The scoring begins (9-8, t-2nd, -1.0) for Oakland in the fourth with back-to-back RBI-singles The A’s drop their second in a row to Seattle and are swept by Chris Denorfia and Rob Bowen followed by a two- in the two-game series. Lenny DiNardo makes the start, run double from Jack Hannahan and another RBI-single lasting only two and a third innings. He is unable to get from Mark Ellis, to give the A’s a 5-1 lead. Oakland scores through the third inning after loading the bases twice another run on a single in the fifth from Bowen again, and walks in a run before he is lifted. DiNardo would and one in the sixth from Bobby Crosby to cap Oakland’s

94 2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide scoring for the day. Andrew Brown tosses two and a third Emil Brown and a wild pitch to bring home Thomas. scoreless innings and Santiago Casilla posts a scoreless Ryan Sweeney drives in one more for Oakland in the inning to shut down the Royals the rest of the game. third inning on a sacrifice fly. Dana Eveland works five and a third innings, scattering three runs on six hits and April 21 one walk while striking out three to earn his third win. OFF DAY Santiago Casilla relieves Eveland in the sixth and allows (12-8, t-1st, --) a sacrifice fly to the first batter he faces. Casilla would toss an inning and a third before Alan Embree finishes April 22 the seventh inning for Casilla. Andrew Brown works a A’s 4 vs. Minnesota 5 scoreless eighth and Huston Street a scoreless ninth to (12-9, t-1st, --) pick up his seventh save of the year. Kurt Suzuki singles in a pair of runs in the fifth inning to get Oakland on the board, and Emil Brown hits his second April 26 home run of the season in the sixth, a two-run shot, to give A’s 3 @ Seattle 5 starter Joe Blanton a 4-3 lead. Blanton then allows a solo (15-10, t-1st, --) home run in the next inning to tie the score at 4-4. The The A’s rally late in the game but ultimately fall one run righty works seven and two-thirds innings, allowing nine short. Mike Sweeney gets the A’s on the board in the hits, five runs, four earned runs, while striking out seven. eighth inning with a solo home run, his second of the year. Blanton gives the ball to Alan Embree with two outs and Daric Barton drives in two runs in the ninth with a pinch- runners on first and third in the eighth. Embree allows a hit single that caps the scoring for Oakland. Sweeney single to the only batter he faces which gives Minnesota a grounds out with the bases loaded to cut the A’s rally short 5-4 lead and slaps Blanton with his fourth loss of the year. and end the game. Justin Duchscherer goes five innings, Santiago Casilla replaces Embree and strikes out the first yielding two runs on six hits for his first loss of the season. batter he faces to end the inning. Casilla also pitches a Joey Devine pitches the sixth inning and allows a run to scoreless ninth as the A’s fall to the Twins. score. Dallas Braden works the final two innings for the A’s bullpen, pitching a scoreless seventh and allowing April 23 two runs in the eighth. A’s 3 vs. Minnesota 0 (13-9, t-1st, --) April 27 Chad Gaudin and the bullpen combine for a six-hit shutout A’s 4 @ Seattle 2 against the Twins to even the series at a game apiece. Emil (16-10, t-1st, --) Brown starts the scoring with a sacrifice fly in the second Oakland bats around in the eighth inning, registering four inning followed by an RBI-single by Mike Sweeney in runs to rally from behind and take the rubber match of its the third. Sweeney would complete the offense for the A’s three-game series against the Mariners. Emil Brown starts in the eighth with his first home run of the year, a solo the rally off by singling in Jack Hannahan and Mark Ellis. shot, as he finished the game 2 for 3 with two RBI and Jack Cust and Ryan Sweeney follow suit with run-scoring two runs scored. Gaudin works seven scoreless innings singled. Joe Blanton pitches seven innings, allowing two allowing only four hits while striking out four to earn his runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out three second win of the season. Alan Embree retires the Twins to earn his second win of the season. Santiago Casilla in order in the eighth and Huston Street allows two hits works a scoreless eighth inning and Huston Street retires in a scoreless inning of work in the ninth to earn his sixth Seattle in order in the ninth to pick up his eighth save of save of the year. the year.

April 24 April 28 A’s 11 vs. Minnesota 2 A’s 14 @ Los Angeles 2 (14-9, t-1st, --) (17-10, 1st, +1.0) Donnie Murphy homers twice and records four RBI as the Chad Gaudin makes a strong start and is backed by A’s take the rubber match of the series against Minnesota. a huge offensive effort from the A’s to win their first Starter Greg Smith allows a leadoff home run to begin the meeting against their Western rivals. Frank Thomas starts game but recoups to last seven innings and earn his second the scoring in the first with a RBI triple. Daric Barton win of the season. The A’s take the lead back in the bottom adds a three-run homer in the third. Thomas singles in of the first by batting around and putting up six runs in another run in the fifth and Jack Hannahan hits a solo shot the frame to chase Twin’s starter Francisco Liriano from in the sixth before the A’s offensive effort explodes for the game after he records only two outs. Emil Brown and eight runs in the seventh inning. Emil Brown starts it off Murphy drive in a pair of runs each in the first, while Kurt in the seventh with a two-run home run, followed by run- Suzuki and Chris Denorfia each knock in a run the same scoring singles from Ryan Sweeney, Chris Denorfia and inning. Mike Sweeney has a two-run double in the fourth. Rajai Davis. Gaudin works six innings allowing two runs, Murphy hits his first home run of the year in the fifth and one earned, on fives hits and two walks while striking his second in the sixth, both solo shots, to cap the scoring out four to earn his third win. Andrew Brown tosses a for the A’s. Andrew Brown works a scoreless eighth and scoreless seventh and Dallas Braden works a scoreless Joey Devine a scoreless ninth to finish the game. eighth and ninth to finish the game.

April 25 April 29 A’s 4 @ Seattle 3 A’s 0 @ Los Angeles 2 (15-9, t-1st, --) (17-11, t-1st, --) The A’s strike first with three in the first inning ona Greg Smith pitches the first complete game of his big RBI-single by Frank Thomas, a bases loaded walk by league career but also suffers his big league loss as the A’s

2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 95 are blanked. Oakland never had a runner touch third base May 3 as they manage only four hits and three walks, stranding A’s 3 vs. Texas 6 six runners in the game. Smith goes the distance for eight (18-14, 2nd, -1.0) innings, allowing two runs on three hits and three walks Mike Sweeney goes 2 for 4 with a two-run double in the while striking out five. Smith allows the first of his runs fifth inning and Bobby Crosby provides a RBI-single in to score on a wild pitch in the third inning and his second the sixth but the A’s fall short to Texas for the second run on a ground out from the next batter. The lefty would game in a row. Chad Gaudin makes the start and works six never allow a runner past first base the rest of the way as innings, allowing five runs on eight hits, two walks and a the A’s offensively fall short. home run while striking out three to suffer his second loss of the season. Joey Devine tosses a scoreless seventh and April 30 Santiago Casilla a scoreless eighth before Andrew Brown A’s 1 @ Los Angeles 6 allows a run in the ninth. (17-12, 2nd, -1.0) Ryan Sweeney drives in the A’s lone run in the fifth inning May 4 with a RBI-single to score Jack Cust as the A’s drop their A’s 3 vs. Texas 1 second contest against their rivals and drop to second (19-14, 2nd, -1.0) place in the West Division. Oakland manages six hits Greg Smith logs a strong start going six innings and but grounds into three double plays to cut their offensive allowing just one run – a solo home run in the third effort short. Dana Eveland makes the start and is charged inning – on three hits and two walks while striking out with all six of the Angels runs, as he surrenders seven a 10 batters. Despite his domination on the mound, he hits and two walks while striking out five and is tagged does not factor into the decision as the A’s fail to score with his second loss of the year. Joey Devine tosses two- their first run until the seventh inning. Jack Cust starts thirds of an inning in relief of Eveland, Alan Embree off the seventh with a two-run home run, his fourth of the pitches a scoreless seventh and Dallas Braden throws a year and third in his last four games, and Ryan Sweeney scoreless eighth as the A’s finish the month a game out provides a RBI-single to give the A’s a 3-1 lead. Santiago of first place. Casilla tosses a scoreless seventh to pick up the win, his first of the season. Alan Embree throws a scoreless eighth May 1 and Huston Street a scoreless ninth to record his ninth A’s 15 @ Los Angeles 8 save of the year. (18-12, t-1st, --) Jack Cust and Emil Brown each collect four hits as the A’s May 5 explode for 15 runs on 20 hits to defeat the Angels. In the A’s 2 vs. Baltimore 1 (10) second inning, the A’s parlay four straight walks, a wild (20-14, 2nd, -1.0) pitch and a two-run single by Kurt Suzuki for a 4-0 lead. Emil Brown goes 3 for 4 and provides the winning RBI- Starter Justin Duchscherer records the first two outs in the single in the bottom of the 10th inning. Dana Eveland second inning but Jack Cust’s error in left field allows the makes a solid start, yielding three hits and four walks inning to continue as Los Angeles scores five unearned while striking out four in seven scoreless innings. Eveland runs in the inning. Jack Hannahan brings home Frank starts the eighth and allows a single to the first batter Thomas on a sacrifice fly in the third and Daric Barton before handing the ball to Andrew Brown who records singles in a run in the fourth before the A’s break it open one out. Alan Embree nails down the final two outs of in the fifth with eight runs on a Cust home run and RBI- the inning in relief of Brown. The A’s get their first run singles from Hannahan, Ryan Sweeney, Barton, Thomas in the seventh with an RBI-single from Rajai Davis that and Bobby Crosby. Duchscherer goes five innings, scores Emil Brown. Huston Street enters the ninth with a allowing six runs, one earned, on six hits, a walk and two 1-0 lead but surrenders the tying run in his one inning of home runs while striking out six for his second win of the work for his second blown save of the year. Joey Devine year. Andrew Brown tosses a scoreless sixth and Santiago retires the Orioles in order in the 10th to pick up his third Casilla a scoreless seventh. Dallas Braden works the final victory of the season. two innings, tossing a scoreless eighth but allowing two runs in the ninth. May 6 A’s 4 vs. Baltimore 2 May 2 (21-14, 2nd, -1.0) A’s 3 vs. Texas 4 Justin Duchscherer tosses seven strong innings, yielding (18-13, t-1st, --) two runs on four hits and two walks while striking out Four errors are the downfall for the A’s in the loss to four to earn his third win of the season. The A’s strike first Texas. Joe Blanton is tagged with his fifth loss of the in the bottom of the first with a run-scoring single that season, pitching seven innings, scattering four runs, scores Frank Thomas from second base. Oakland loads two earned, on seven hits and a walk. The A’s record all the bases with no outs in the third and plates two runs on their runs in the fourth inning as Jack Cust homers for back-to-back ground outs from Bobby Crosby and Mark the second straight day, his third of the year, and Bobby Ellis. Rajai Davis knocks in the final A’s run on sacrifice Crosby drives in two more runs on the first of his two fly in the sixth that scores Ellis. Alan Embree tosses a doubles to give Blanton a 3-2 lead. Blanton allows the scoreless eighth and Santiago Casilla a scoreless ninth to Rangers to tie it in the next inning and a throwing error earn his first save of the season. by first baseman Daric Barton gives Texas the late lead. Alan Embree retires Texas in order in the eighth inning and Huston Street sets the Rangers down in order in the ninth before the A’s are retired in order in the bottom of the inning to fall a run short.

96 2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide May 7 and two-thirds innings, allowing five runs on eight hits A’s 6 vs. Baltimore 5 (10) and four walks before handing the ball to Joey Devine. (22-14, t-1st, --) Devine records the final out in the fourth and tosses a Mark Ellis hits the first walk-off home run of his career scoreless fifth before giving way to Santiago Casilla in with a shot off the left field foul poll to give the A’s their the sixth with one out and a runner on. Casilla allows the fourth straight victory, ending their homestand with a inherited runner to score as Texas ties up the score, 6-6. three-game sweep of the Orioles. Joe Blanton makes the Oakland comes back to score six runs over the final three start and does not factor into the decision after allowing frames to regain their lead. Casilla, who records two outs two runs on eight hits and three walks over five and two- in the seventh for an inning and a third of work, earns his thirds innings of work. The A’s begin the scoring with a second win of the year. Alan Embree tosses a scoreless run in the first and tack on two more in the fifth when inning and a third and Hustron Street a scoreless ninth to Kurt Suzuki hits a two-run homer, his first of the year. shut down Texas. Joey Devine relieves Blanton with two outs in the sixth and tosses a scoreless seventh, but Andrew Brown allows May 12 three Orioles to score and surrenders the lead before OFF DAY Dallas Braden enters the game with two outs and gets out (23-16, 1st, +0.5) of the jam. Braden goes on to blank the Orioles over the next two innings and earn his first win of the year, thanks May 13 to Ellis’s third home run of the season in the bottom of A’s 0 @ Cleveland 4 the 10th. (23-17, 2nd, -0.5) Justin Duchscherer is stung with his second loss of the May 8 season as the A’s are shut out. Duchscherer goes six and OFF DAY two-thirds innings and gives up only one run on four hits (22-14, t-1st, --) and two walks while striking out six. Ryan Sweeney goes 2 for 2 for the A’s and singles in the second inning with a May 9 runner in scoring position but Frank Thomas is called out A’s 0 @ Texas 4 at home on the throw. Alan Embree gets the final out of (22-15, t-1st, --) the seventh for Duchscherer and records the first two outs The A’s have their four-game winning streak snapped as of the eighth before handing the ball to Andrew Brown they are stifled in the first game on their road trip. Greg with runners on the corners. Brown allows a three-run Smith works six innings, scattering four runs on six hits, home run to the first batter he faces with two of the runs two walks and a home run while striking out four only to charged to Embree. absorb his second loss of the year. Oakland had a runner in scoring position three times in the game but could not May 14 advance any of them past second base until the ninth A’s 0 @ Cleveland 2 inning. Jack Cust and Frank Thomas start off the final (23-18, 2nd, -0.5) frame with back-to-back singles but Emil Brown grounds Joe Blanton is the tough luck loser in the A’s second into a double play for the second time in the game and shutout loss in as many nights. Blanton throws seven Bobby Crosby strikes out on foul tip with a runner at third innings and allows two runs on two solo homers, which to end the game. Chad Gaudin works a scoreless seventh proves to be all Cleveland would need to secure the win. and eighth inning in relief of Smith. Keith Foulke works a scoreless eighth inning. Mike Sweeney is the only Athletic to collect multiple hits as May 10 Oakland hitters could not solve Cleveland starter C.C. A’s 4 @ Texas 6 Sabathia, who tossed the complete game shutout with 11 (22-16, t-1st, --) strikeouts. The A’s fall short for the second day in a row against the Rangers. Emil Brown singles in a run in the third inning May 15 and Ryan Sweeney adds another run in the next inning A’s 2 @ Cleveland 4 with a sacrifice fly. Oakland would not score again until (23-19, 2nd, -0.5) the ninth inning when Frank Thomas hits a two-run Rob Bowen reaches base on a throwing error that scores double, but the A’s fall two runs short. Dana Eveland Bobby Crosby in the second inning to break a 44.1 inning allows three runs on six hits, two walks and a home run scoreless streak by Cleveland starters. The A’s get their while striking out five over six innings in his third loss only other run of the game in the ninth inning when Jack of the season. Santiago Casilla records two outs in the Cust scores on a wild pitch. Starter Greg Smith surrenders seventh before handing the ball to Alan Embree who gets three runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out the final out of the inning, but not before allowing a run. seven over four and two-thirds innings of work for his Keith Foulke works the final inning for the A’s bullpen, third loss of the year. Joey Devine relieves Smith tossing allowing Texas to score two more runs. a scoreless fifth and sixth inning. Santiago Casilla gets the ball in the seventh and allows a home run on the first May 11 pitch he throws that would chase him from the game with A’s 12 @ Texas 6 what would later be found to be an injury. Chad Gaudin (23-16, 1st, +1.0) takes the ball for Casilla and works a scoreless inning in Emil Brown belts out four RBI and the A’s steal five bases the seventh and Huston Street tosses a scoreless eighth as Oakland avoids the three-game sweep. Brown’s three- as the A’s fall short and are swept by Cleveland in the run home run in the first inning gives starter Rich Harden three-game series. a 4-0 lead before he ever takes the hill. The four runs would not be enough for Harden, as he only works three

2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 97 May 16 Emil Brown in the second. Thomas hits his second homer A’s 2 @ Atlanta 3 of the game in the sixth, a solo shot to tie the game at 4-4. (23-20, 2nd, -1.5) Joe Blanton works six innings and allows four runs on Dana Eveland makes a solid start and records his first six hits and a walk. Joey Devine allows a run and records Major League hit with a single in the fourth inning, but two outs in the seventh before handing the ball to Keith Alan Embree surrenders the game-winning run late in Foulke who gets the final out of the inning. Ryan Sweeney Oakland’s first interleague meeting of the year. The A’s singles in a run in the eighth to tie the game at 5-5 after forge to a 2-0 lead in the second after Eveland lays down Foulke tossed a scoreless top half of the frame. Huston a bunt that results in a throwing error and a run scored, Street throws a scoreless ninth and 10th, recording five followed by a run-scoring groundout from Jack Hannahan. strikeouts, before Alan Embree pitches a scoreless 11th. Eveland works five and two-thirds innings, scattering two Chad Gaudin tosses a scoreless 12th before allowing two runs on six hits and three walks while striking out four. runs in the 13th for his third loss of the season. Daric Eveland allows Atlanta to tie it in the sixth with two outs, Barton triples in a run in the bottom half of the inning then Joey Devine replaces him to strike out the first batter but Kurt Suzuki follows with a pop out to leave the tying he faces to get out of the inning. Devine works a scoreless run 90 feet away. seventh and Alan Embree gives up the a run in the eighth for his second loss of the season. May 20 A’s 2 vs. Tampa Bay 3 May 17 (24-23, 2nd, -3.0) A’s 5 @ Atlanta 4 Frank Thomas homers for the third time in the last two (24-20, 2nd, -0.5) days with a solo home run in the ninth and Greg Smith Ryan Sweeney goes 2 for 3 with his first home run of the makes a solid start but the A’s lose their third straight. year to lead the A’s to their first interleague win of the Smith kept the Rays scoreless through seven innings but season. Jack Cust starts the scoring off with a solo home ran into trouble in the eighth when he allowed a leadoff run in the first inning, his fifth homer of the year, and walk followed by a single, and was relieved by Joey Sweeney connects for a three-run homer in the second Devine. Devine would serve up a bases clearing double before Daric Barton adds another run by walking with the in the inning to give the Rays a 3-1 lead. Smith is charged bases loaded in the third inning. Rich Harden makes the with the two runs over his seven innings of work, slapping start and tosses seven strong innings, giving up only one him with his fourth loss of the year. Devine strikes out run on four hits and a walk while striking out eight to the side in the eighth but is charged with one run on the earn his second win of the year. Harden also collects his three-run double that gives him his first blown save of the first Major League hit with a single to lead off the fourth. year. Dallas Braden tosses a scoreless ninth. Rajai Davis Keith Foulke relieves Harden and pitches a scoreless starts the scoring for the A’s with a RBI-single in the fifth eighth before Huston Street works the ninth and allows inning. Atlanta to score three runs and come within a run of the A’s before striking out his sixth batter faced to end the May 21 Braves’ rally and the game. A’s 9 vs. Tampa Bay 1 (25-23, 2nd, -3.0) May 18 Dana Eveland allows only three hits and one run, a solo A’s 2 @ Atlanta 5 home run, while striking out five in the first complete (24-21, 2nd, -1.5) game of his career in earning his fourth win of the season. The A’s record 11 hits but leave 11 runners on base to drop Jack Cust hits two home runs, both two-run shots, to lead their first interleague series of the year. Bobby Crosby’s the A’s offense over Tampa Bay. Bobby Crosby starts solo home run in the first inning, his third of the year, the scoring in third with a two-run double, followed gives the A’s the early lead. The A’s load the bases with by an RBI-double from Emil Brown in the fourth. Jack no outs in the next inning but are unable to bring a runner Hannahan hits a solo shot in the fifth and is followed home. Emil Brown leads off the sixth inning with a single by the first of Cust’s home runs. Kurt Suzuki doubles in and Jack Hannahan follows with a double to score Brown another run in the sixth and Cust hits his second homer of before Gregorio Petit, who made his Major League debut the day in the seventh inning, his seventh home run of the by recording his first Major League hit with a single in the season, which caps the scoring for Oakland. fourth, doubles to set up runners at second and third with one out. Frank Thomas strikes out and Ryan Sweeney May 22 grounds out to leave the runners stranded, a common OFF DAY Oakland theme in this game. Justin Duchscherer suffers (25-23, 2nd, -2.5) his third loss the year, after allowing three runs on seven hits and two walks. Chad Gaudin works two scoreless May 23 innings and Alan Embree is nicked for two runs in his A’s 8 vs. Boston 3 inning of work in the eighth. (26-23, 2nd, -2.5) Rich Harden works a strong six innings, allowing only May 19 two runs on three walks and four hits while fanning eight A’s 6 vs. Tampa Bay 7 (13) for his third win of the year. The A’s open the scoring (24-22, 2nd, -2.0) in the first with Jack Cust’s RBI-single, followed bya Frank Thomas breaks the second-longest homerless two-run home run by Frank Thomas, his seventh of the drought of his career to lead the A’s offense with two season. Ryan Sweeney delivers a run-scoring single in the home runs, but Oakland falls in extra innings to Tampa third and Mark Ellis follows with a three-run shot. Bobby Bay. Thomas connects for his first homer in the first Crosby finishes the scoring for the A’s in the sixth with a inning, a two-run shot, followed by a solo home run from sacrifice fly. Joey Devine works two innings in relief of

98 2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide Harden, allowing one unearned run to score, and Huston one run over seven innings on five hits while striking out Street works a scoreless ninth. five, but does not factor into the decision. The A’s get their lone run in the third inning on one of Cust’s three singles May 24 in the game. Chad Gaudin works a scoreless eighth inning A’s 3 vs. Boston 0 before Keith Foulke allows a run during his inning of (27-23, 2nd, -2.5) work in the ninth that gives the Blue Jays a 2-1 lead and Justin Duchscherer no-hits the Red Sox through six and leaves Foulke with his first loss of the season. a third innings as he combines with Huston Street for a one-hit shutout over Boston. Duchscherer allows his only May 29 hit to David Ortiz, a single with one out in the seventh A’s 0 vs. Toronto 12 inning. Duchscherer did not issue a walk and strikes out (29-25, 2nd, -2.5) four over eight scoreless innings for his fourth win of the Jack Hannahan and Emil Brown go a combined 5 for 8 to season. The A’s drive in their first run in the second inning lead the A’s offense, which bangs out eight hits but is shut on a fielder’s choice that scores Mike Sweeney. Ryan out by the Blue Jays. Brown triples in the sixth inning and Sweeney hits his a solo home run to lead off the seventh is the only A’s player to get past second base as Oakland for Oakland and Mike Sweeney caps the scoring for the again leaves 10 men on the base paths. Eric Chavez A’s in the next inning with a run-scoring single. Huston makes his season debut and goes 0 for 4 with a strikeout. Street retires the Red Sox in order in the ninth to complete Starter Dana Eveland is roughed up during his four and a the one-hitter and picks up his 10th save of the year. third innings of work, yielding seven runs on 11 hits and two walks while striking out three. Dallas Braden works May 25 two and two-thirds innings in relief of Eveland and allows A’s 6 vs. Boston 3 three runs on four walks. Lenny DiNardo pitches the final (28-23, 2nd, -1.5) two innings and gives up a two-run home run to former Jack Hannahan leads the A’s offense, going 2 for 5 with Athletic Shanon Stewart. two RBI and two runs scored as the A’s win their fourth in a row and complete the three-game sweep of Boston. May 30 Joe Blanton makes the start and earns his third win of the A’s 1 @ Texas 3 season after working six innings, scattering three runs on (29-26, 2nd, -2.5) five hits and four walks while striking out seven. Emil Carlos Gonzalez makes his Major League debut and goes Brown ties the game at 1-1 for Oakland with a RBI-single 2 for 3 with his first RBI, but that would be the only run in the first. Mike Sweeney follows in the third with a for Oakland as the A’s lose their third straight game. Justin run-scoring single, while Jack Hannahan drives in a pair Duchscherer makes a quality start, allowing two runs on of runs with a single the next inning. Jack Cust caps the six hits and a walk while striking out five over his six offense in the seventh with a two-run shot on the first pitch innings of work. Carlos Gonzales collects his first Major he sees. Keith Foulke retires the Red Sox in order in the League hit with a double to lead off the third inning and seventh before Joey Devine and Alan Embree combine follows it up with another double in the fifth that drives in for a scoreless eighth. Huston Street closes out the game Mark Ellis. Keith Foulke works an inning and two-thirds with a scoreless ninth for his 11th save of the year. in relief of Duchscherer and allows a run to score. Kiko Calero collects the final out for the A’s bullpen in the May 26 eighth inning. Eric Chavez gets his first hit of the season OFF DAY with a single to lead off the ninth for Oakland, but Ellis (28-23, 2nd, -2.0) grounds into a double play to end the game.

May 27 May 31 A’s 3 vs. Toronto 1 A’s 4 @ Texas 8 (29-23, 2nd, -2.0) (29-27, 2nd, -3.5) Greg Smith throws six and two-thirds scoreless innings, Travis Buck and Jack Hannahan drive in two runs apiece allowing six hits and one walk while striking out three en but the A’s are doubled up by Texas as they lose their route to his third win of the season and the fifth consecutive fourth straight game. Joe Blanton is tagged with his for the A’s. Oakland puts up their first run in the second seventh loss of the year after allowing six runs on 10 hits inning when Emil Brown steals second base and scores on and a walk in six innings of work. The A’s lead off the a throwing error by the Toronto . Jack Hannahan fifth inning with four straight singles; the fourth from hits a run-scoring double in the fourth that plates Kurt Travis Buck who drives in Eric Chavez and Emil Brown. Suzuki, followed by a single from Bobby Crosby to score Jack Hannahan drives in Mark Ellis on a sacrifice fly in Hannahan. Alan Embree relieves Smith and records the the fifth as has RBI double in the seventh. Eric Chavez last out of the seventh inning before allowing a run to finishes 3 for 4 in the game with a double and arun score during his inning of work in the eighth. Huston scored. Chad Gaudin works an inning and two-thirds in Street finishes the game for the A’s bullpen and tosses a relief of Blanton and allows two runs before Brad Ziegler scoreless ninth for his 12th save of the year. makes his Major League debut and records the final out of the eighth inning by picking off the runner at first. May 28 A’s 1 vs. Toronto 2 June 1 (29-24, 2nd, -2.0) A’s 13 @ Texas 8 Rich Harden makes a strong start and Jack Cust goes 3 for (30-27, 2nd, -3.5) 4 as the A’s saw their five-game winning streak come to The A’s rally in the seventh inning, scoring nine runs to an end. Oakland had opportunities to take control of the secure the victory over the . Mark Ellis game but left 10 men on base in the game. Harden allows starts the seventh with a single, followed by seven straight

2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 99 Athletics safely reaching base. With the bases loaded and career hits. Rob Bowen’s RBI-single scores the outfielder. zero out, Jack Hannahan hammers a two-run double to Jack Hannahan adds a double to score Bowen as the A’s right field. Bobby Crosby follows suit, driving in two bat around. Despite issuing more than two walks for the runs to give Oakland an 8-7 lead. Jack Cust hits his ninth first time in his career (5), Justin Duchscherer is credited home run of the season, a two-run blast, to extend the A’s with his fifth win of the season, going six-plus innings lead. Oakland bats around, with Ellis capping the inning and limiting the Tigers to just two runs on three hits. Alan with a solo home run. Pitching in relief, Chad Gaudin Embree finishes the seventh inning for Duchscherer and allows just one hit in the sixth inning to earn his fourth Brad Ziegler and Kiko Calero pitch a scoreless eighth and win of the season. The Rangers score two runs in the first ninth inning respectively, to wrap up the game. inning off starter Greg Smith, but the A’s battle back to gain the advantage 4-2 before Texas scores five runs in June 5 the sixth. All that did was set up A’s offensive explosion Off day the following inning. (33-27, 2nd, -3.5)

June 2 June 6 A’s 3 vs. Detroit 2 A’s 1 vs. Los Angeles 3 (31-27, 2nd, -3.5) (33-28, 2nd, -4.5) Bobby Crosby collects his third career walk-off hit and Jack Cust hits his 10th home run of the season, a solo gives the A’s a 3-2 win over the . Kurt Suzuki shot in the seventh inning, as the A’s lose to the Angels. leads off the ninth inning with a single off Francisco Joe Blanton makes a solid start, working seven innings Cruceta, who was tagged with the loss, and advances to and yields three runs, two earned, on seven hits and a second on a sacrifice bunt from Jack Hannahan. Huston walk. He is tagged with his eighth loss of the season. The Street earns his first win of the season pitching a scoreless A’s manage only five hits and no walks against Angel ninth in relief of Rich Harden. Harden scatters five hits, pitching, leaving a total of four men on base in the game. surrenders two runs in six and two-thirds innings of Kurt Suzuki and Daric Barton each hit a double but work. Mark Ellis drives in the game’s first run with a neither make it past second base. Chad Gaudin works two sacrifice fly in the first inning to bring home Hannahan. scoreless innings in relief of Blanton for the A’s bullpen, Curtis Granderson leads off the sixth with a solo home as Oakland falls four and a half games back behind the run and the Tigers seize the lead the same inning on Jeff Angels in the West. Larish’s RBI-single. Daric Barton ties up the game with a solo home run in the seventh off Kenny Rogers, who June 7 historically has pitched well against the green and gold. A’s 3 vs. Los Angeles 5 Keith Foulke tosses a scoreless one and a third inning of (33-29, 2nd, -5.5) work. Oakland mounts a rally late in the game on a pair of home runs from Travis Buck, a two-run blast to left field June 3 in the eighth inning, and Jack Cust’s 11th home run of A’s 5 vs. Detroit 4 (11 innings) the season, a solo shot off Francisco Rodriguez in the (32-27, 2nd, -3.5) ninth. But the A’s ultimately fall 5-3 to the Angels. Greg The A’s finish the game in walk-off fashion for the second Smith suffers his fifth loss of the season, going six and a straight night as they edge the Detroit Tigers, 5-4. In the third of an inning, giving up five runs on seven hits. Brad bottom of the 11th, Kurt Suzuki reaches base on a fielder’s Ziegler and Keith Foulke each turn in scoreless innings choice, Mark Ellis singles and Bobby Crosby walks to of relief. Maicer Izturis leads off the game with a home load the bases for Jack Cust, who takes two home run run for the second straight night and becomes the first caliber hacks before hitting an infield single to Miguel Angel to hit a lead off home run from different sides of Cabrera. The first baseman comes in to field the high the plate on consecutive games. Carlos Gonzalez leads chopper and with no one covering first base, Cust slides the A’s offensively and finishes the night going 2 for 4 in safely, as Suzuki scores the game-winning run for the with both his hits being doubles. He becomes the first second consecutive game to conclude the wacky night. Major Leaguer to record an extra base hit for his first Both teams combine to walk 22 batters — it was first time seven career hits since Johnny Mize did so in 1936. the A’s issue 12 walks and still hold on to win since April of 1982. Chad Gaudin gets the win, surrendering three June 8 hits over two scoreless innings to finish off the game. A’s 7 vs. Los Angeles 3 (12 innings) Dana Eveland starts and goes four and a third innings, (34-29, 2nd, -4.5) allowing three runs on three hits and walking seven. With the bases loaded in the 12th inning, Mark Ellis takes the first offering from Angles’ Chris Bootcheck and June 4 smacks it down the left field line. The ball barely remains A’s 10 vs. Detroit 2 fair as it bounces off the foul pole and Ellis’ grand slam (33-27, 2nd, -3.5) seals the A’s win over the 7-3, in The A’s complete their fifth sweep of the season, beating extra innings. It was the second baseman’s third career the Detroit Tigers, 10-2, thanks to a two-out six-run rally grand slam, his second career walk-off home run, and was in the seventh inning. Mark Ellis starts the inning with a the fifth game-ending grand slam in Oakland history. It walk and then scores on Daric Barton’s two-out single. was the first walk-off grand slam for Oakland since Mark Travis Buck, who hit his second home run of the season McGwire hit one out on June 30, 1995, also against the in the sixth inning, reaches on an infield single in the Angels. Brad Ziegler (1-0) earns his first Major League seventh to load the bases for Carlos Gonzalez. Gonzalez win, pitching a scoreless 11th and 12th. Rich Harden hits a bases clearing double and becomes the first player pitches six solid innings; including striking out the side on in Oakland history to hit five doubles for his first five nine pitches in the first inning, and allowing three runs on

100 2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide six hits but receives a no decision. Ellis scores the game’s inning, striking out two in relief of Blanton, and Brad first run in the first inning when he doubles andthen Ziegler pitches a 1-2-3 ninth. scores on Eric Chavez’s single to snap Ervin Santana’s 23 scoreless innings over the A’s. June 13 A’s 5 at San Francisco 1 June 9 (36-31, 2nd, -4.5) Off day The A’s continue their dominance of the San Francisco (34-29, 2nd, -4.0) Giants with a 5-1 win. Greg Smith, despite struggling with his command throughout the game, claims the win going June 10 five innings, yielding one run on three hits. However, he A’s 1 vs. New York 3 did issue six walks. With the bases loaded in the second (34-30, 2nd, -5.0) inning, stole home to score the Giants’ only The continue their dominance of run of the game. Barry Zito remains winless against his the A’s at McAfee Coliseum with a 3-1 win in the former club. Daric Barton starts the third inning with a opening night of the three-game series. Chien-Ming single and scores on Ryan Sweeney’s RBI-single. Jack Wang goes seven-plus innings and surrenders one run Cust and Eric Chavez each drive in a run for the A’s that on seven hits. The Yankees strike first, scoring two runs same inning. Cust adds a sacrifice fly to score Mark Ellis in the opening inning to give New York the early lead, in the seventh inning to round off the A’s scoring. Chad a lead they never relinquished. Mark Ellis leads the A’s Gaudin works two scoreless innings in relief of Smith offensively, collecting three hits and driving in the A’s and Keith Foulke retires the Giants in a row in the eighth. only run of the game. Jack Cust reaches based on a In the ninth, Huston Street has to battle the elements in single, advances to second on Eric Chavez’ groundout addition to the Giants’ lineup as AT&T Park’s infield and then scores on Ellis’s RBI-double. Oakland leaves sprinkling system comes on right before Street delivers eight men on base. Dana Eveland endures the loss, his first pitch to the final batter of the game. TheA’s pitching six innings, allowing two runs on four hits, closer, however, perseveres to give the A’s the win. walking six batters and fanning three. The loss for Eveland is his fifth of the season. Chad Gaudin works June 14 a scoreless inning and a third in relief of Eveland A’s 4 at San Francisco 0 before Andrew Brown works a scoreless two-thirds of (37-31, 2nd, -3.5) an inning. Keith Foulke allows a solo home run in his Rich Harden allows one hit, fans nine in six innings and, inning of work in the ninth inning. with help from Brad Ziegler, Alan Embree, Keith Foulke and Huston Street, blank the Giants, 4-0. It is Harden’s June 11 fourth win of the season. The Giants’ Matt Cain gets the A’s 8 vs. New York 4 loss despite going seven innings, allowing three runs on (35-30, 2nd, -5.0) six hits with 11 strikeouts. Ryan Sweeney singles in the A few records fall in the A’s 8-4 win over the New York first and scores the game’s opening run on Jack Cust’ Yankees. hits his 192nd home run in the RBI-double. Kurt Suzuki hit his first career triple in the second inning off Justin Duchscherer to tie Tino Martinez seventh inning and comes home on a Daric Barton two- for 14th place on New York’s all-time home run list, out sacrifice fly. In the eighth inning, with runners on the which gives the Yankees the early 1-0 lead. But the A’s corners and one out, Mark Ellis scores on a wild pitch. explode the following inning, when Giambi’s error allows The same thing happen the following frame when Carlos Travis Buck to reach first base. After Kurt Suzuki fouls Gonzalez reaches base on a single, advances to third on out, six straight Athletics pound out hits and score six Suzuki’s single, and scores a wild pitch. runs to chase Darrell Rasner from the game. Duchscherer pitches seven innings giving up one run to earn his sixth June 15 win of the year. Kiko Calero enters in the ninth and gives A’s 5 at San Francisco 3 up three runs, two earned, in one-third of an innings’ (38-31, 2nd, -3.5) work. Alan Embree finishes off the game, appearing in Eric Chavez goes 3 for 4 with one run scored and two his 808th career game to pass Nolan Ryan and take sole RBI to help the A’s complete their sweep of the Giants possession of 38th place all-time in games pitched. with a 5-3 win. Coming off the disabled list, Kevin Correia suffers the loss after surrendering five runs on June 12 seven hits in five-plus innings of work. Dana Eveland A’s 1 vs. New York 4 fares much better, going six-plus innings, scattering one (35-31, 2nd, -5.5) run on six hits for the win. Chavez and the A’s break The New York Yankees wins the rubber match of the the game open in the sixth inning scoring four runs, all three-game series, beating Oakland, 4-1, thanks to Hideki started by the ’s RBI-single. With runners Matsui’s grand slam in the sixth inning off Joe Blanton. It on first and second, Bobby Crosby jacks a RBI-double to is Matsui’s fifth career grand slam as the center followed by Carlos Gonzalez’s RBI-single to score celebrates his 34th birthday. Blanton, who had cruised Chavez. Daric Barton concludes the innings’ scoring with through five scoreless innings before Matsui’s slam, is a fielder’s choice to short driving home Crosby. Brad charged with the four runs and six hits in six-plus innings Ziegler relieves Eveland in the seventh and records the of work and suffers his ninth loss of the year. Andy Pettitte first two outs before handing the ball to Alan Embree, and Mariano Rivera combine to limit the A’s to just one who gets the final out of the inning. Keith Foulke pitches run on five hits. Mark Ellis opens the second inning with a a scoreless eighth and Huston Street earns his 13th save double and advances to third on Emil Brown’s groundout. of the season, pitching a 1-2-3 ninth. Carlos Gonzalez singles to score Ellis for the A’s lone run of the game. Andrew Brown tosses a scoreless seventh

2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 101 June 16 based on Luis Gonzalez’s error to start the 11th; Hannahan Off Day replaces Chavez as a pinch runner and scores on Suzuki’s (38-31, 2nd, -3.0) walk-off single. The catcher finishes 4 for 5 with a home run and five RBI. Suzuki hits his third home run of the June 17 season, a two-run shot to left field, in the fourth inning A’s 15 at Arizona 1 followed by Carlos Gonzalez’s solo home run. It is the (39-31, 2nd, -3.0) A’s first back-to-back home runs of the season and it gives The A’s explode for 15 runs on 15 hits, 11 of which are Oakland a 3-0 lead. Rich Harden lasts five and two-thirds for extra bases and six of them home runs, as they defeat innings, allowing one run on five hits and two walks the 15-1. Arizona’s ace Brandon while striking out five. Brad Ziegler records the final out Webb is chased from the game in the fourth inning, his of the sixth inning. Harden’s pitching efforts is wasted as shortest outing since September 17, 2004 when he went Florida battles back with four home runs, including Dan only two innings. Mark Ellis leads the A’s offense with Uggla collecting his 22nd and 23rd homer of the season. two home runs and finishes 3 for 4, scoring four runs Uggla’s second home run of the night comes in the ninth with four RBI. The second baseman starts the game with off Huston Street to force extra innings, giving Street his a double and then scores the first of the A’s 15 runs on third blown save of the year. Andrew Brown works two Eric Chavez groundout. Oakland scores at least a run in scoreless innings and earns his first win of the season after every inning except the sixth and the seventh, including Suzuki doubles in the winning run in the eleventh. an explosion of six runs in the ninth inning. Justin Duchscherer pitches eight strong innings and limited the June 21 Diamondbacks to just one run on five hits; the righty also A’s 4 vs. Florida 6 strikes out six batters to get his seventh win of the season. (40-34, 2nd, -4.5) Andrew Brown pitches a scoreless ninth in relief to close For the second straight night, the Florida Marlins rally out the game for the A’s. late in the game. And this time they come out on top with the 6-4 win over the A’s. Dan Uggla hits the go-ahead, June 18 three-run double in the ninth inning off Huston Street A’s 1 at Arizona 11 to secure the victory for the Marlins. Street suffers his (39-32, 2nd, -3.0) second loss of the season, giving up those three runs on After the previous night’s offensive blowout, the A’s bats two hits and walks two in two-thirds of an inning of work. go cold when pitches seven stifling innings, The A’s attempt a comeback in the bottom of the ninth striking out eight and holding his former club to just one when Bobby Crosby singles and then is driven home on run on four hits. Arizona doesn’t waste time getting on Kurt Suzuki’s RBI-single. Florida’s Kevin Gregg then the scoreboard, driving in five runs in the first inning with loads the bases via walks before forcing Ryan Sweeney four straight D’backs reaching base to start the game. to ground out to end the game. Dana Eveland did not get Haren helps his own cause when he smacks a three-run a decision after struggling with his command throughout double to center in the third inning. Joe Blanton lasts just the game, scattering eight hits, two runs, two walks and three innings, giving up eight runs on seven hits and is four strikeouts in six-plus innings. Brad Ziegler works tagged with his 10th loss of the season. The A’s score their a scoreless two-thirds of an inning in relief before Alan lone run of the game in the seventh inning when Carlos Embree allows a solo home run during his inning of work Gonzalez doubles and then comes home on Kurt Suzuki’s in the eighth to absorb his third blown save of the season RBI-single. Brad Ziegler pitched one inning in relief of as the Marlins tie the game at 3-3. Huston Street enters in Blanton. Chad Gaudin went two innings and surrenders the ninth but lasts only two-thirds of an inning, allowing three runs, including a two-run home run, and Kiko three runs for his second loss of the year. Chad Gaudin Calero tosses two innings, striking out three to finish off records the final out of the ninth for the A’s bullpen. the game for the A’s. June 22 June 19 A’s 7 vs. Florida 1 A’s 1 at Arizona 2 (41-34, 2nd, -4.5) (39-33, 2nd, -3.5) Justin Duchscherer secures his eighth win of the season, Greg Smith allows only a run on three hits and three walks pitching the A’s to victory with a dominating performance. while striking out four over five innings but he does not He allows only one run, a home run to Jeremy Hermida, factor into the decision. Jack Cust singles in Mark Ellis and six hits as the A’s defeat the Florida Marlins, 7-1. in the sixth inning for the A’s lone run of the game. Jack Bobby Crosby has a RBI-single in the first to get Oakland Hannahan and Ryan Sweeney are the only two Athletics on the board. The A’s would follow with a four-run third to collect multiple hits in the game for Oakland. Brad inning that features a passed ball to score Donnie Murphy Ziegler tosses an inning and a third of scoreless relief of from third base and a failed double play attempt. Kurt Smith before Alan Embree gets the final two outs to finish Suzuki grounds out to first baseman Jorge Cantu, who off the seventh inning. Keith Foulke allows a solo home then tries to complete a double play at home. Catcher run to the first batter he faces in the eighth inning and Mike Rabelo misses the tag of Ryan Sweeney, who scores, suffers his second loss of the season. and Emil Brown adds a two-run single. Carlos Gonzalez and Mark Ellis put on the double steal in the sixth inning, June 20 with Gonzalez stealing home and Ellis second base. Cust A’s 7 vs. Florida 6 (11 innings) would single in the inning to bring home Ellis and cap (40-33, 2nd, -3.5) the scoring for the A’s. Andrew Brown records the final Kurt Suzuki delivers the game-ending hit, driving in out of the eighth inning in relief of Duchscherer and Jack Hannahan in the 11th inning to propel the A’s the Chad Gaudin pitches a scoreless ninth to close out the 7-6 victory over the Florida Marlins. Eric Chavez reaches game. Ellis and Manager were both ejected

102 2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide after Ellis struck out looking with runners on second and the A’s fifth run of the game, aided by a fielding error by third to end the seventh inning. Ellis’ ejection was the first Shane Victorino. Andrew Brown pitches a scoreless ninth for Oakland on the season and the first of his seven-year in relief of Harden to maintain the shutout for the A’s. career. June 27 June 23 A’s 4 vs. San Francisco 1 Off Day (44-35, 2nd, -3.5) (41-34, 2nd, -5.0) The A’s once again dominate their Bay Area rival with a 4-1 win at McAfee Coliseum, and extends their winning June 24 streak in the Bay Bridge series to seven straight games A’s 5 vs. Philadelphia 2 over the . Dana Eveland goes seven- (42-34, 2nd, -5.0) plus inning, allowing one run on five hits to earn his sixth The Oakland A’s score all five runs on home runs as they win of the season. The Giants score first in the third inning, defeat the , 5-2, in a matchup of the but the A’s respond in the fourth when Carlos Gonzalez one-time cross-town rivals. Philadelphia gets on the board doubles and then comes home on Jack Hannahan’s RBI- first with a solo home run by Pat Burrell in the fourth. single. Keiichi Yabu, pitching in relief of starter Kevin Jamie Moyer strikes out nine hitters, giving up three runs Correia, surrenders consecutive hits to Bobby Crosby, on five hits, but takes the loss despite limiting Oakland to Carlos Gonzalez and Emil Brown. All three would later just one hit going into seventh inning. Emil Brown gave score and Brad Ziegler works a scoreless two-thirds of an the A’s the lead with his three-run home run in the seventh, inning in relief of Eveland. Huston Street pitches a perfect scoring Ryan Sweeney and Bobby Crosby, who each reach ninth inning with one strikeout to earn his 15th save of the base on singles. Joe Blanton snaps a personal four-game season and to secure the win for the A’s. losing streak, going seven innings and giving up one run on four hits. Shane Victorino scores the Phillies’ other run June 28 on a Ryan Howard RBI-single in the top of the eighth off A’s 0 vs. San Francisco 1 Alan Embree and Jack Cust adds a two-run opposite field (44-36, 2nd, -3.5) home run that same inning to round out the scoring for It is a classic pitchers’ duel between aces Justin the A’s. Huston Street retires Philadelphia in order in the Duchscherer and San Francisco’s Tim Lincecum, but ninth to notch his 14th save of the season. the A’s come out on the wrong end of the 1-0 game. Duchscherer pitches brilliantly and allows only three June 25 Giants to reach base; he goes eight solid innings of two- A’s 0 vs. Philadelphia 4 hit work, with the other base runner reaching base via a (42-35, 2nd, -5.0) walk, but is tagged with his fifth loss of the season and his The Philadelphia Phillies snap a six-game losing streak first loss at home. The last time A’s pitchers allowed two with the 4-0 win over the A’s. Oakland is shut out for the hits and lost was July 20, 1994 when they also lost 1-0 to seventh time this season as Phillies’ Kyle Kendrick has the New York Yankees. Fred Lewis starts the fourth inning a no-hitter going into the fifth inning when it is broken with a single and then Ray Durham doubles shortly after. up by Jack Hannahan’s ground-rule double, Oakland’s Lewis then scores the game’s lone run when Randy Winn only extra-base hit of the game. After walking Jack Cust reaches based on a fielding error by Daric Barton. It was in the first inning, Kendrick retires 11 consecutive batters all the offense the Giants need that day with Lincecum — before Hannahan’s hit. Chase Utley breaks out of his 1 for who surrenders five hits and strikes out 11 batters in seven 29 slump with four hits this game. Greg Smith is tagged innings of work — on the mound. Kurt Suzuki collects with his sixth loss after pitching five-plus inning and three hits and Mark Ellis reaches third base twice in the giving up four runs on seven hits; Smith also walks two game but only be stranded both times. The A’s strike out batters and fans three Philles before giving way to Chad a total of 14 times, including three a piece by Carlos Gaudin and the A’s bullpen. Gaudin would go on to pitch Gonzalez, Emil Brown and Jack Hannahan. Keith Foulke a scoreless seventh before Santiago Casilla and Andrew tosses a scoreless ninth in relief of Duchscherer. Rajai Brown each toss a shutout inning in the eighth and ninth, Davis steals his second bag of the game in the bottom respectively. of the ninth to move into scoring position with only one out but Daric Barton strikes out and Ellis grounds out to June 26 end the game. A’s 5 vs. Philadelphia 0 (43-35, 2nd, -4.5) June 29 Rich Harden and the A’s return the favor in the rubber A’s 1 vs. San Francisco 11 match between the two clubs, shutting out the Philadelphia (44-37, 2nd, -4.5) Phillies 5-0. Harden goes eight solid innings, yielding Joe Blanton and the A’s start the game well but then hit just two hits while striking out 11 batters to earn his fifth a buzzsaw in the fourth inning en route to an 11-1 loss win of the year. The A’s didn’t waste any time getting to the San Francisco Giants. Blanton retires 11 straight their offense started, scoring two runs in the first inning. batters before surrendering seven runs on eight hits as the Mark Ellis walks and scores on Ryan Sweeney’s double. Giants bat around in the both fourth and fifth innings. Jack Jack Cust’s RBI-single brings Sweeney home, however, Cust hits a solo home run in the second inning for the A’s Sweeney leaves the game with a sprained left ankle after only run of the game as Jonathan Sanchez limits the A’s to scoring on a slide at the plate. Carlos Gonzalez adds to just that one run on four hits and strikes out six in seven the A’s lead with a solo home run in the sixth inning and innings. Blanton suffers his 11th loss of the season which Oakland tacks on two more runs in the eighth inning. ties an Oakland record for the second most losses before Eric Chavez walks to start the eighth and scores on Jack the All-Star Break. Santiago Casilla works the seventh Hannahan’s RBI-double. The third baseman then scores inning and allows a two-run home run. One positive note

2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 103 in the blowout was Brad Ziegler, who pitched a 1-2-3 July 3 eighth inning, extending his career-opening scoreless A’s 3 @ Chicago 2 streak to 13 innings, passing Steve Ontiveros for the third (46-39, 2nd, -5.0) longest such streak in Oakland history. Chad Gaudin A pair of home runs is all the A’s need to defeat the Chicago pitches a scoreless ninth to finish the game for the A’s White Sox. Jack Cust’s 14th home run of the season, a bullpen. two-run shot, in the fourth inning evens up the score at two apiece after starter Justin Duchscherer surrenders two June 30 runs, including a lead-off homer to Dewayne Wise, in the A’s 6 at Los Angeles 1 opening frame. Donnie Murphy hits a solo home run in (45-37, 2nd, -3.5) the fifth inning to break the tie. After a shaky opening Greg Smith pitches the second complete game of his frame, Duchscherer settles down to earn his ninth win of career and helps the A’s defeat the Angels 6-1. Smith’s the season, pitching seven innings, giving up two runs previous complete game also came against Los Angeles on five hits and two walks while striking out four. Alan when he was tagged with a 2-0 loss, but tonight the lefty Embree comes in to relieve Duchscherer in the eighth and limits the Angels’ offense to one run, a solo home run gets the first out before surrendering a double. Huston from Mike Napoli, and four hits to earn his fifth win of Street is brought in get the final five outs of the game; he the season. Bobby Crosby opens the second inning with gives up one hit but strikes out three to earn his 16th save a double, advances to third on a Carlos Gonzalez single, of the season. and scores on Mark Ellis’ groundout. Daric Barton drives Gonzalez home with a two-out single to center to give July 4 the A’s the 2-0 led. The A’s strike again late in the game A’s 7 @ Chicago 1 in three consecutive innings to tack on four more runs. (47-39, 2nd, -5.0) In the seventh, Eric Chavez hits a two-run single, Ryan The A’s offense pounds out 17 hits en route to a 7-1 Sweeney slams a RBI-double to in the eighth inning and victory over the White Sox in the second game of their Ellis’ single, aided by a error, scores four-game series. Jack Cust and Donnie Murphy each Crosby in the final inning. collect two hits and drive in two runs while Wes Bankston and Emil Brown both have three-hit games. Every A’s July 1 hitter records a hit with the exception of Mark Ellis, who A’s 3 @ Los Angeles 5 instead draws four walks. Oakland does however leave (45-38, 2nd, -4.5) 13 runners stranded in the game. Joe Blanton wins his The A’s squander an early 2-0 lead when the Angeles fifth game of the season after tossing seven solid innings, tie the game up in the bottom of the third inning. Bobby surrendering one run on six hits and two walks while Crosby scores Ryan Sweeney on an infield single in the striking out five. Brad Ziegler and Santiago Casilla pitch first inning and Mark Ellis scores on Sweeney’s RBI- a scoreless eighth and ninth inning, respectively, to shut single in the second. Ellis collects two hits, two runs and down the White Sox the rest of the way. an RBI. One of Ellis’ hits is a solo home run, his ninth of the season, in the eighth inning to regain the lead for the July 5 A’s. But the Angels score three runs in the bottom of the A’s 1 @ Chicago 6 eighth inning to secure the victory. Rich Harden goes five (47-40, 2nd, -5.0) innings, scattering five hits and allowing two runs while Ryan Sweeney’s solo home run in the ninth inning keeps striking out five, but does not register a decision. Brad the A’s from being shut out by the White Sox as they Ziegler pitches two scoreless innings in relief and collects lose 6-1. All but two of the game’s seven runs come off three strikeouts before giving way to Alan Embree in the homers. Oakland only manages four hits off Chicago’s eighth inning. Embree gives up a run-scoring single and pitching staff with Wes Bankston and Sweeney each the game-winning two-run home run and is pulled with collecting two. Sweeney reaches base in all four of his two outs. Chad Gaudin gets the final out of the inning. plate appearances, drawing two walks in addition to his pair of hits, one of which is his third home run of the year. July 2 Former Athletic Nick Swisher goes 1 for 3 with a home A’s 4 @ Los Angeles 7 run, one RBI and scores two runs against his old ball club. (45-39, 2nd, -5.5) Greg Smith takes the loss, his seventh of the year, after The Oakland bullpen once again surrenders the tying and allowing four runs on five hits, two home runs and six go-ahead run late in the game. In the sixth inning, Keith walks while striking out five over five innings pitched. Foulke serves up an RBI-double and then surrenders a Chad Gaudin and Jerry Blevins each toss a scoreless two-out, two- run homer as the Angels hold on to win. inning in relief. Andrew Brown works the eighth inning Dana Eveland starts for Oakland and pitches five and and allows a solo home run. two-thirds innings, allowing three runs on four hits, walks one and strikes out four. The A’s score their first run when July 6 Emil Brown doubles and baserunner Bobby Crosby A’s 3 @ Chicago 4 scores on an Angels’ throwing error. Mark Ellis’ two-run (47-41, 2nd, -6.0) single in the top of the sixth pushes the A’s ahead of Los The A’s attempt a comeback in the ninth but ultimately Angeles 3-2 before the Angels take control of the game fall short a run for back-to-back losses against the White late. Oakland gets one run back in the seventh when Rob Sox. Rob Bowen’s two-run double in the seventh inning Bowen reaches base on another throwing error that leads scores the A’s first runs of the game. Trailing in the ninth, to Carlos Gonzalez arriving home safely. Santiago Casilla Mark Ellis drives home Jack Hannahan with a RBI-single pitches the seventh inning and gives up a run and Chad to make it a one-run game, but with runners on first and Gaudin also gives up a run on one hit over his inning of second Jack Cust flies out to end the game. Rich Harden work in the eighth. is tagged with his first loss of the season after throwing

104 2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide five innings, allowing three runs, two earned, on five hits innings, allowing just four hits and one walk. Brad Ziegler and four walks while striking out four. Santiago Casilla, pitches a scoreless seventh inning before giving way to pitching in relief of Harden, gives up a run over an inning Santiago Casilla who gives up a run after recording only and a third pitched. Jerry Blevins tosses a final scoreless one out in the eighth. Jerry Blevins is called upon to finish one and two-thirds innings. out the inning. Alan Embree gives up the tying run in his inning of work in the ninth before Huston Street tosses a July 7 scoreless 10th and 11th inning, allowing only one hit to A’s 4 vs. Seattle 3 earn his second win of the season. (48-41, 2nd, -6.0) Oakland erases an early 3-0 deficit to win 4-3 and snap July 11 their eight-game home losing streak to the Mariners. A’s 9 vs. Los Angeles 2 Richie Sexson belts a three-run home run off starter Dana (51-42, 2nd, -4.0) Eveland in the first inning to give Seattle the early lead; Sean Gallagher earns his first win in his Oakland debut as it is Eveland’s first home run allowed since May 21. But the A’s defeat their division rival Los Angeles. Gallagher Eveland settles down after the rough first inning to earn goes seven innings, allowing two runs on two hits, three the win after going five-plus innings, allowing three runs walks and fans seven. The A’s put up six runs in the third against nine hits and four walks. Mark Ellis’ RBI-single in and chase the Angels’ Jon Garland from the game. In the the third scores the A’s first run and Oakland takes control third, six of the first seven A’s batters reach base safely of the game with a three-run fifth inning that is highlighted and all come around to score. Matt Murton, also recently by Wes Bankston’s first career home run, a two-run shot acquired with Gallagher in the Rich Harden trade and to left field, and Ryan Sweeney’s run-scoring single. Brad making his debut with Oakland, has a two-run single in Ziegler, Alan Embree, and Huston Street combine to the inning. The A’s belt out 15 hits led by Emil Brown shut down Seattle the remainder of the game with Street and Jack Hannahan, who both have three-hit games. getting his 17th save of the season. Hannahan collects three RBI on the day. Andrew Brown and Dallas Braden each pitch a scoreless inning in relief July 8 of Gallagher to secure the win. A’s 2 vs. Seattle 0 (49-41, 2nd, -5.0) July 12 Justin Duchscherer tosses the first complete game of his A’s 1 vs. Los Angeles 4 career, a two-hit shutout, to lead the A’s past the Mariners (51-43, 2nd, -5.0) 2-0. Oakland strikes early, scoring their first run in the Oakland scores their only run of the game in the eighth first inning on an Emil Brown RBI-single and a sacrifice inning when Emil Brown hits a two-out single and is fly from Donnie Murphy in the second that scores Kurt followed by a RBI-double from Carlos Gonzalez. Both Suzuki, which is all the A’s would need for the victory. players are the A’s only batters to have multiple hits in the With the win, Duchscherer, who allows just the two hits game, with each collecting two. Dana Eveland is tagged and strikes out four, becomes the fifth Oakland pitcher with his sixth loss of the year after tossing five and one- since 1993 to earn 10 wins before the All-Star Break. third innings, allowing two runs on five hits, five walks Offensively for the A’s, Ryan Sweeney, Suzuki and Jack and five strikeouts. Santiago Casilla works one and a third Hannahan each collect two hits off Seattle’s Carlos Silva, inning in relief of Eveland and surrenders one run on two who also pitches a complete game. hits and a walk. Brad Ziegler gets the ball next and works a scoreless one and a third innings. Huston Street shuts July 9 down the Angels in the ninth. A’s 4 vs. Seattle 6 (49-42, 2nd, -5.0) July 13 Joe Blanton surrenders five runs in the fifth inning as the A’s 3 vs. Los Angeles 4 A’s lose 6-4 to Seattle. Blanton is tagged with his 12th (51-44, 2nd, -6.0) loss of the season, matching his season total from 2005 Huston Street gives up the tying and go-ahead runs and 2006, after surrendering six runs on nine hits with two in the ninth inning as the A’s drop the rubber match of strikeouts over six innings of work. Jack Cust gets the A’s their three-game series against the Angels. Oakland on the board with a solo home run in the second inning, gets the early lead, scoring two runs in the first inning snapping a 0 for 18 hitless streak. Donnie Murphy drives on RBI-singles from Emil Brown and Carlos Gonzalez. in three more runs for Oakland with a bases-clearing Justin Duchscherer tosses seven and two-thirds innings double in the fourth inning. Jerry Blevins, Santiago and surrenders two runs on five hits, one home run and Casilla and Andrew Brown each toss a scoreless inning in two walks while striking out three for the no-decision. relief to shut down Seattle the rest of the way. Duchscherer has his 18-inning scoreless streak snapped in the fourth when Howie Kendrick drives home the Angles’ July 10 first run. Brad Ziegler records the final out of the eighth in A’s 3 vs. Seattle 2 (11) relief of Duchscherer. With Oakland leading 3-2 entering (50-42, 2nd, -5.0) the ninth, Street allows the first two batters he faces to Three late solo home runs account for all the A’s offense, reach base and then a sacrifice fly to tie the game and a including Emil Brown’s first career walk-off homer in the RBI-single to give the Angels the lead. He is tagged with 11th inning. Jack Cust hits his 17th home run of the season his fourth blown save and third loss of the year. to open the ninth and bring the A’s within one before Kurt Suzuki slams a pinch-hit home run to left field to tie the July 14-16 game. Suzuki’s blast is Oakland’s first pinch-hit home (51-44, 2nd, -6.0) run since August 28, 2006. Greg Smith makes the start ALL STAR BREAK and gets the no-decision despite tossing a scoreless six

2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 105 July 18 with one out in the eighth but strikes out his next two A’s 1 @ New York 7 betters to complete his scoreless inning of work. (51-45, 2nd, -7.0) Greg Smith lasts only three and two-thirds innings, July 22 allowing six runs on eight hits and five walks for his A’s 8 @ Tampa Bay 1 eighth loss of the season. The A’s start the scoring in the (52-48, 2nd, -9.0) first inning with a RBI-ground out from Ryan Sweeney Oakland snaps their six-game losing streak with an that plates Mark Ellis, but that would be the only time in 8-1 win over Tampa Bay. Jack Hannahan leads the A’s the game Oakland moves a runner past second base. Jerry offensively, going 2 for 4 with a three-run home run in the Blevins relieves Smith and tosses a scoreless inning and fourth inning to score the A’s first runs of the game, and a third. Dallas Braden relieves Blevins and allows a run finishes the night with a career-high four RBI. Oakland over his inning of work in the sixth. Andrew Brown and pads their lead with four more runs in the eighth inning Lenny DiNardo toss a scoreless seventh and eighth inning when Kurt Suzuki has an RBI-double, Bobby Crosby hits respectively to shut down New York the rest of the way. a sacrifice fly, and Hannahan singles in Rajai Davis and Oakland leaves seven men on base. Carlos Gonzalez, who scores on an error by Tampa Bay. Ryan Sweeney scores in the ninth inning on another error July 19 from the Rays. Dallas Braden surrenders four hits, four A’s 3 @ New York 4 (12) walks and strikes out one over five innings to earn his (51-46, 2nd, -8.0) second win of the year. Jerry Blevins works a scoreless Ryan Sweeney comes through with the go-ahead RBI in sixth before Brad Ziegler works a scoreless seventh and the top of the ninth for Oakland but Huston Street finds eighth to extend his career-opening scoreless streak to himself with a blown save as the A’s drop their fourth game 23 2/3 innings. Huston Street shuts down the Rays in the in a row. Sean Gallagher makes the start and works five ninth to secure the victory. innings, allowing two runs on seven hits and four walks while striking out seven. Alan Embree, Santiago Casilla July 23 and Brad Ziegler each toss a scoreless inning in the sixth, A’s 3 @ Tampa Bay 4 seventh and eighth for the A’s bullpen, before Huston (52-49, 2nd, -10.0) Street allows a run to score on three hits and a walk in the The A’s mount a ninth-inning rally but fall one run short ninth for his fifth blown save of the year. Jerry Blevins in the series-finale against the Rays. Emil Brown starts throws a scoreless 10th and Lenny DiNardo a scoreless off the second inning with a solo home run, his eighth of 11th before hitting a batter with the basses loaded and the year, and Carlos Gonzalez follows with a solo shot one out in the 12th for his second loss of the season. The of his own, his third of the year. Greg Smith works six- A’s get their first run in the fifth on a sacrifice fly from plus innings, allowing four runs on five hits, two home Ryan Sweeney and tack on another in the seventh after runs and two walks while striking out four for his ninth Wes Bankston scores on a wild pitch. Sweeney finishes loss of the season. Smith starts the seventh and allows a the day 2 for 4 with two RBI. double to the first batter he faces before handing the ball to Santiago Casilla who allows Smith’s runner to score. July 20 Alan Embree records the final two outs of the seventh A’s 1 @ New York 2 before Jerry Blevins tosses a scoreless eighth. Oakland (51-47, 2nd, -9.0) enters the ninth down 4-2 and gets a run on a sacrifice Oakland drops their fifth game in a row as they are fly from Emil Brown. Bobby Crosby grounds out with a swept by the Yankees in their three-game series. Justin runner at first to end the game. Duchscherer makes the start and allows two runs on six hits and three walks while striking out four, but is left July 24 with his sixth loss of the year as the A’s manage only one (52-49, 2nd, -10.0) run in the game. Oakland gets its lone run in the sixth on OFF DAY a RBI-single from Ryan Sweeney. The A’s leave a total of two men on base in the game as they manage only five July 25 hits and no walks. Alan Embree relieves Duchscherer and A’s 6 vs. Texas 14 tosses a scoreless eighth inning. Rajai Davis is caught (52-50, 3rd, -11.0) stealing second base with two outs in the bottom of the Sean Gallagher makes the start and works five and a third ninth inning to end the game. innings, allowing five runs, one earned, on nine hits, five walks and two home runs while striking out five for the July 21 no-decision. The A’s get on the board first with a five-run A’s 0 @ Tampa Bay 4 third inning featuring RBI-singles from Carlos Gonzalez (51-48, 3rd, -9.0) and Brooks Conrad and a two-run single by Jack The A’s drop their sixth consecutive game as they are shut Hannahan. Jerry Blevins relieves Gallagher and allows a out in the first game of their three-game set against the run to score over his inning and a third for his first loss Rays. Ryan Sweeney and Jack Cust collect the A’s only of the season. Brad Ziegler tosses an inning and a third in two hits in the game. Oakland does get their leadoff batter relief of Blevins to match George McQuillan’s 101-year aboard via walk in four innings but would leave five old major league record with 25 consecutive scoreless men total on base in the game. Dana Eveland works five innings to start a career. Alan Embree tosses a third of an innings and allows all four of Tampa Bay’s runs against inning and allows four runs before Andrew Brown allows seven hits, two home runs and four walks while striking four runs in two-thirds of an inning, as the A’s fall to third out four for his seventh loss of the year to even his record place in the . at 7-7. Andrew Brown works two scoreless innings in relief of Eveland, and Santiago Casilla loads the bases

106 2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide July 26 July 30 A’s 4 vs. Texas 9 A’s 3 vs. Kansas City 4 (10) (52-51, 3rd, -12.0) (53-54, 3rd, -14.0) Justin Duchscherer makes the start and surrenders a career- Huston Street walks the first batter he faces to start the high eight runs on nine hits, two walks and two home runs 10th inning before surrendering a double and a sacrifice while striking out six in six innings for his seventh loss of fly that scores the go-ahead run as the Royals complete the year. Bobby Crosby brings the first A’s run to the plate the sweep of the A’s with a 4-3 win. Oakland generates on a RBI-single in the third inning, followed by a sacrifice 13 hits and six walks but squanders most of their scoring fly from Wes Bankston. Emil Brown tacks on another run opportunities, stranding 15 runners. Sean Gallagher hurls in the fifth with a solo home run, his ninth of the year. five innings, scattering three runs on five hits, three walks Mark Ellis scores the A’s final run of the game with a and while striking out four, but does not factor in the solo home run to lead off the ninth inning, his tenth of the decision. Brad Ziegler tosses three scoreless innings to season. Lenny DiNardo works three innings in relief of extend his Major League record career-opening scoreless Duchscherer and allows a solo home run. streak to 30 innings. He also becomes the fourth pitcher in Oakland history to throw 30 or more consecutive scoreless July 27 innings. The A’s lead 2-0 on a pair of RBI-singles from A’s 6 vs. Texas 5 Bobby Crosby and Ryan Sweeney in the second inning (53-51, 3rd, -11.0) before Kansas City responds by also driving in two runs. Kurt Suzuki goes 3 for 4 with three RBI as the A’s jump Crosby ties the game at three apiece with a run-scoring to an early 6-1 lead. Dana Eveland starts and throws four single in the seventh and the game remains even until the and two-thirds innings, allowing five runs on eight hits 10th inning. Street is tagged with the loss after allowing a and two walks while striking out five for the no-decision. run in his inning and two-thirds of work. Jerry Blevins is Jack Cust starts the scoring for the A’s in the first inning brought in to get the final out of the 10th before the A’s go with a two-run home run, his 19th of the year. Jack down in order in the bottom half of the frame. Hannahan continues the scoring in the next inning with an RBI-double to plate Bobby Crosby, followed a batter July 31 later by Kurt Suzuki with a three-run shot, his fifth of OFF DAY the season. Jerry Blevins records the final out of the fifth (53-54, 3rd, -14.5) inning and tosses a scoreless sixth that would earn him the first win of his Major League career. Brad Ziegler tosses August 1 a scoreless seventh and eighth inning, and sets a modern A’s 1 @ Boston 2 (12) Major League record for consecutive scoreless innings to (53-55, 3rd, -15.5) start a career with 27. Huston Street retires Texas in order Jack Cust ties the game with a solo-home run in the eighth in the ninth to close out the game and earn his 18th save inning, but that would be the lone run for the A’s on the of the season. night as they fall in extra innings to the Red Sox. Justin Duchscherer starts for the A’s and works six innings, July 28 allowing one run on three walks and five hits while A’s 2 vs. Kansas City 4 striking out two, but would not factor in the decision. (53-52, 3rd, -12.0) Santiago Casilla tosses a scoreless seventh before Brad Dallas Braden gets the start and works six and two-thirds Ziegler works a scoreless eighth and ninth. Huston Street innings, allowing four runs on a pair of two-run home and Jerry Blevins toss a scoreless 10th and 11th inning runs while striking out seven, but is tagged with his first respectively. Alan Embree starts the 12th and gets two loss of the season. Carlos Gonzalez gets Oakland on the outs before allows the game-ending run for his fourth loss board in the fourth inning with a double to score Kurt of the season. Suzuki from first base. Ryan Sweeney drives in the A’s only other run in the eighth with a single to plate Eric August 2 Patterson. Santiago Casilla relieves Braden in the seventh A’s 2 @ Boston 12 and records the final out of the inning and two more in the (53-56, 3rd, -15.5) eighth. Alan Embree records the final out of the eighth in Emil Brown puts Oakland on the board early in the game relief of Casilla and tosses a scoreless ninth to finish the with a two-run home run in the first inning, his 10th of game for the A’s bullpen, as Oakland drops the first game the season, but that would be all the offense the A’s could of their three-game set against Kansas City. muster as they drop their fifth game in a row. Dana Eveland starts and lasts only two innings, allowing nine runs on July 29 eight hits, two home runs and two walks for his eighth A’s 2 vs. Kansas City 5 loss of the season. Lenny DiNardo relieves Eveland in the (53-53, 3rd, -13.0) third inning and allows one of Eveland’s runners to score Greg Smith works seven innings but allows five runs on before retiring the side. DiNardo finishes the game for the four hits, two home runs, and two walks while striking A’s bullpen, working six innings and allowing three runs out five for his 10th loss of the season. Mark Ellis singles on six hits, a home run and three walks while striking out in the first A’s run in the fourth inning and Bobby Crosby two. Designated hitter Frank Thomas is the only Athletic brings in the only other A’s run in the seventh on a RBI- to record multiple hits, going 2 for 4, as the A’s collect ground out to score Ellis. Jerry Blevins tosses a scoreless seven hits and leave five men on base. eighth inning and Lenny DiNardo a scoreless ninth to finish the game for the A’s bullpen. Oakland loses for the second consecutive game to fall to the .500 mark for the first time since April 8, when they were 4-4.

2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 107 August 3 load the bases with no outs but Mark Ellis grounds into a A’s 2 @ Boston 5 force out at the plate followed by a double play from Jack (53-57, 3rd, -15.5) Hannahan. The A’s manage only the three hits in the game The A’s manufacture only two runs on one swing of the bat and leave a total of four men on base as they lose their for the second day in a row, as Daric Barton belts a two-run season-high ninth game in a row. home run in the fifth inning, his fourth of the year. Dallas Braden starts and works only three and a third innings, August 7 allowing four runs on six hits for his second loss of the A’s 4 @ Toronto 6 season. Santiago Casilla relieves Braden and allows an (53-61, 3rd, -18.0) inherited runner to score before working a scoreless fifth Justin Duchscherer starts and works five innings, allowing inning. Joey Devine allows a single and a walk without four runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out retiring a batter in the sixth inning before Alan Embree six, but does not factor in the decision. The A’s get on the retires the next three batters, allowing one unearned run board first in the second inning with a RBI-double from on a sacrifice fly. Huston Street tosses a scoreless seventh Bobby Crosby, followed by a two-run home run from and Dan Meyer a scoreless eighth to finish the game as Daric Barton, his fifth of the season. Ryan Sweeney adds Oakland drops their sixth consecutive game. a solo home run to lead off the fifth, his fourth of the year, which caps the scoring for the A’s. Jerry Blevins starts the August 4 sixth and loads the bases before hitting a batter to force A’s 1 @ Toronto 6 in a run and give the Blue Jays a 5-4 lead. Joey Devine (53-58, 3rd, -16.5) relieves Blevins and allows one of Blevins runners to Sean Gallagher starts for the A’s but lasts only three score on a sacrifice fly. Devine tosses a scoreless seventh innings after allowing five runs, four earned, on four hits before Brad Ziegler adds a scoreless eighth. Blevins is and four walks while striking out four for his fifth loss of charged with his second loss of the season and the A’s the season. Two of Gallagher’s four earned runs come on drop their season-high 10th consecutive game. a bases loaded hit-by-pitch, once in the second inning and again in the third. Bobby Crosby finishes 2 for 3 and puts August 8 up the A’s only run in the eighth inning with a solo home A’s 4 @ Detroit 2 run, his fifth of the season. Dan Meyer starts the fourth in (54-61, 3rd, -18.0) relief of Gallagher and tosses four scoreless innings while Dallas Braden allows two runs on five hits and a walk striking out three. Jerry Blevins tosses a scoreless eighth while striking out two over seven innings for his third and Oakland loses their seventh game in a row to fall to win of the season. Brad Ziegler completes a six-out save 2-14 since the All-Star break. for the first save of his career as the A’s snap their 10- game losing streak. Oakland scores three times in the fifth August 5 inning on a bases loaded two-run single by Rajai Davis A’s 3 @ Toronto 4 and a RBI-single by Mark Ellis. Emil Brown leads off the (53-59, 3rd, -16.5) sixth with a solo home run, his 11th of the season, to cap The A’s take a lead into the bottom of the ninth inning the scoring for the A’s, but that was all they would need but Huston Street is tagged with his sixth blown save to secure the victory. Ziegler tosses a scoreless eighth and of the season after serving up the game-ending two-out ninth to extend his consecutive inning scoreless streak to single. Greg Smith starts and works six innings, allowing 37 innings, tying the Oakland club record set by Mike two runs on four hits and two walks while striking out Torrez in 1976. four. Brad Ziegler works a scoreless seventh and eighth to extend his consecutive scoreless inning streak to 34, August 9 setting a new record for Oakland relievers. Mark Ellis A’s 2 @ Detroit 10 puts the A’s on the board first with a run-scoring single in (54-62, 3rd, -19.0) the second inning and Bobby Crosby adds a two-run triple The A’s collect 10 hits but scored just two runs and leave in the fourth to cap the scoring for Oakland. Rookies Ryan eight men on base as they fall to the Tigers. Frank Thomas Sweeney and Carlos Gonzalez finish 3 for 5 and 4 for 4, clubs a solo home run in the first inning, his eighth of the respectively. Street starts the ninth and records two outs season, but starter Dan Meyer would not be able to hold before allowing two runs on three hits and a walk for his the lead. Meyer works five innings and allows three runs, fifth loss of the season. It is the A’s eighth consecutive all on solo home runs, while scattering six hits, walking loss. one and striking out two for his first loss of the season. Jack Cust contributes an RBI-single in the fourth inning August 6 that plates Carlos Gonzalez and caps the scoring for A’s 1 @ Toronto 5 the A’s. Santiago Casilla works a scoreless sixth before (53-60, 3rd, -17.5) Alan Embree allows a three-run home run in the seventh Gio Gonzalez makes his Major League debut and takes inning. Lenny DiNardo allows four runs, three earned, the loss after allowing four runs on four hits, a home on five hits in the eighth. Bobby Crosby and Kurt Suzuki run and two walks while striking out four in six innings. come up with back-to-back hits to start the ninth, but the Gonzalez allows a three-run home run in the first inning next three A’s batters are retired in order to end the game. but settles down to retire 15 of 16 batters before allowing a single to start the seventh that chases him from the game. August 10 Santiago Casilla allows Gonzalez’s runner to score before A’s 1 @ Detroit 6 Joey Devine induces a double play to end the inning. (54-63, 3rd, -20.0) Bobby Crosby provides the A’s only run with a solo home Greg Smith lasts only four and two-thirds innings, run, his sixth of the year, to lead off the sixth inning. The surrendering one run on a solo home run, scattering three A’s start off the seventh with two singles and a walk to hits and walking a career-high seven batters while striking

108 2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide out two for his 11th loss of the year. The A’s score their season. Daric Barton adds a two-run double in the second. first and only run in the eighth inning on a Mark Ellis Dan Meyer starts the fifth allows a run before handing single that plates Jack Hannahan. Huston Street relieves Alan Embree get the final out to end the inning. Embree Smith in the fifth inning with two out and two on and adds a scoreless sixth before Joey Devine shuts down strikes out the first batter he faced to end the inning. Street the Rays in the seventh. Brad Ziegler hurls a scoreless then allows three runs in the sixth before Joey Devine eighth inning before allowing the go-ahead run in the ends the threat and tosses a scoreless seventh. Jerry ninth. Frank Thomas’ RBI-single in the bottom half of the Blevins allows two runs, one earned, in the eighth. Emil inning ties the game. Huston Street sets down Tampa Bay Brown doubles to start the ninth but the next three hitters in order in the 10th and Santiago Casilla works a scoreless are retired in order as the A’s drop the rubber-match of 11th inning. Casilla then allows two runs in the 12th and their three-game series against the Tigers. is tagged with his first loss of the season. The A’s score once in the bottom of the 12th but it is not enough as they August 11 fall by a final score of 7-6. The A’s use seven pitchers in OFF DAY the game and Tampa Bay uses eight for 15 altogether. (54-63, 3rd, -20.0) August 15 August 12 A’s 6 vs. Chicago 4 A’s 2 vs. Tampa Bay 1 (56-65, 3rd, -19.5) (55-63, 3rd, -20.0) Mark Ellis and Jack Cust each hit solo home runs in the Rookie Gio Gonzalez makes his first start at McAfee eighth inning to tie the game and Kurt Suzuki hits a pinch- Coliseum and earns his first Major League win after hit walk-off two-run home run as the A’s take game one throwing five-plus innings and allowing one run on five of their three-game series against the White Sox. Dallas hits and four walks while striking out five. Gonzalez starts Braden starts and works seven innings, allowing three the sixth and allows a single and a walk to the first two runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out four, batters before being relieved by Jerry Blevins, who sets but does not factor in the decision. Jerry Blevins allows a down the next three hitters. Blevins also tosses a scoreless solo home run in the eight inning and Huston Street tosses seventh. Bobby Crosby provides the A’s offense with his a scoreless ninth for the win, his third of the year. The seventh home run of the season, a two-run shot, in the A’s get on the board in the sixth on a two-run home run second inning. Joey Devine tosses a scoreless eighth by Jack Cust, his first of the game. Ellis starts the eighth before Brad Ziegler adds a scoreless ninth to pick up inning with a solo shot of his own, his 11th of the year, his second save and extend his career-opening scoreless and is followed two batters later by Cust’s second home streak to 38 innings. The streak sets an Oakland record run of the game, a solo shot and his 22nd of the season. for the longest scoreless streak and an American League rookie record for the longest scoreless streak, breaking a August 16 90-year old mark set by the Yankees’ Hank Thormahlen A’s 1 vs. Chicago 2 in 1918. (56-66, 3rd, -20.5) Greg Smith allows two runs on eight hits and two walks August 13 while striking out one over five innings but is charged A’s 2 vs. Tampa Bay 3 with his 12th loss of the season as the A’s manage just (55-64, 3rd, -20.0) one run and drop their second game against Chicago to Justin Duchscherer works six and a third innings but is even the three-game series at a game apiece. Emil Brown charged with three runs on six hits, two home runs and drives in the A’s lone run in the third inning on a single to a walk while striking out a career-high eight, only to plate Kurt Suzuki. Santiago Casilla tossed one and a third suffer his eighth loss of the year. Jerry Bleins replaces scoreless innings and Alan Embree gets the final two outs Duchscherer in the seventh inning and allows an inherited of the seventh inning. Joey Devine shuts down Chicago runner to score. The A’s only offense in the game comes in the eighth and Dan Meyer follows with a scoreless from Eric Patterson, who singles with the bases loaded in ninth. The A’s put runners in scoring position in each of the fifth to bring two runners home in Bobby Crosby and the first four innings, including a bases loaded situation Jack Hannahan. Alan Embree shuts down the Rays in the in the fourth, but come up empty, as they ground into two eighth inning and Huston Street follows with a scoreless costly double plays. Oakland strands nine after collecting ninth. Jack Cust leads off the ninth with a walk and is six hits. replaced by pinch runner Rajai Davis, who is caught stealing second base. August 17 A’s 1 vs. Chicago 13 August 14 (56-67, 3rd, -20.5) A’s 6 vs. Tampa Bay 7 (12) Gio Gonzalez makes the third Major League start of his (55-65, 3rd, -20.5) career but struggles after working just three and a third Brad Ziegler allows the first run of his career in the ninth innings. He allows eight runs, seven earned, on six hits, to break a 4-4 tie and snap his career-opening scoreless three home runs and five walks while striking out two streak at 39 innings, a modern Major League record to for his second career loss. Daric Barton collects two of start a career. The A’s rally with a run of their own in the the A’s four hits, one of which drives in the A’s lone run bottom half of the inning before falling short in the 12th in the eighth on a RBI-single to plate Cliff Pennington. to drop the rubber match of their three-game set against Jerry Blevins replaces Gonzalez in the fourth inning and the Rays. Sean Gallagher starts and works four innings, induces groundball double play from the first batter he allowing three runs on four hits and four walks while faces to get out of the inning. Blevins goes on to toss a striking out four. Carlos Gonzalez gets the A’s on the scoreless fifth and sixth. Dan Meyer gets the ball to start board with a two-run home run in the first, his fourth of the the seventh and allows five runs total in the inning, four

2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 109 of which come on a grand slam. Meyer, however, retires would need with Smith’s dominating performance. The the sides in order in the eighth and ninth to shut down home run is Brown’s 12th of the year. Carlos Gonzalez Chicago the rest of the way. The A’s do not draw a walk adds an insurance run in the ninth with his RBI-single. and strike out 10 times. Joey Devine hurls a shutdown seventh and Brad Ziegler adds two scoreless innings to earn the save, his fourth of August 18 the year, and complete the shutout. A’s 3 @ Minnesota 2 (57-67, 3rd, -19.5) August 22 Oakland jumps out to an early 3-0 lead behind Mark Ellis’ A’s 5 @ Seattle 7 lead-off shot in the first inning, his 12th home run of the (58-70, 3rd, -19.5) season, and the A’s tack on two more in the fourth. Frank The day after Oakland pitching shuts out the Mariners, Thomas walks to start the inning and Cust doubles to put the A’s fall 7-5 to Seattle. Rajai Davis gets the A’s on the runners at second and third. Kurt Suzuki then singles to board first with a solo shot in the fourth inning, his second score Thomas and Cust. Justin Duchscherer lasts only two of the year, after he comes off the bench in the third to and two-third innings, allowing three hits and striking out replace Jack Cust who leaves the game because of blurred three before leaving due to an injury. Kirk Saarloos earns vision. Davis and Bobby Crosby lead Oakland offensively, his first win after working a scoreless three and two-thirds each finishing the game with three hits. Starter Gio innings in relief of Duchscherer. Alan Embree strikes Gonzalez does not factor into the decision after pitching out the only batter he faces in the seventh before Huston five innings, scattering four runs, two earned, on five hits Street records the final out of the inning. Street allows and three walks while striking out seven. Jerry Blevins a single in the eighth before Brad Ziegler comes in and pitches one and two-third innings on relief, surrendering allows a RBI triple. A second run scores in the ninning the tying run in the sixth and the go-ahead runs in the on Eric Patterson’s throwing error. Ziegler recoups with a seventh, and is tagged with his third loss of the season. scoreless ninth to notch his third save of the year. Alan Embree tosses a scoreless one and a third innings to shutdown Seattle the rest of the way. August 19 A’s 2 @ Minnesota 13 August 23 (57-68, 3rd, -19.5) A’s 5 @ Seattle 1 Kurt Suzuki’s hits his seventh home run of the season, (59-70, 3rd, -19.5) a solo-shot, in the second inning to give the A’s an Dana Eveland turns in seven strong innings, allowing one early lead. However, Oakland pitching falls apart and run on five hits and one walk, while striking out seven as the surrenders 13 runs on 16 hits as the A’s fall 13-2. Jack A’s come out victorious in Seattle. Wladimir Balentien’s Hannahan drives in the only other Oakland run in the RBI-double in the seventh inning spoils the shutout for fourth when his double brings home Bobby Crosby. Oakland as the A’s guarantee themselves at least a series Starter Sean Gallagher is tagged with 10 runs on 11 hits, split and snap their streak of losing 11 consecutive series. two home runs, three walks and two strikeouts over five Daric Barton’s two-run home run in the fourth gets the innings and suffers his second loss of the year. Santiago A’s on the board. The home run for Barton is his sixth Casilla also is roughed up in his two innings of work of the year. Bobby Crosby, who finishes the night with allowing three runs on five hits, while walking one. Joey three hits for the second consecutive night, drives home Devine enters the game in the eighth and has a shutdown Eric Patterson with a single in the fifth inning and again inning in the A’s loss. scores Patterson with a run-scoring single in the seventh. Frank Thomas tacks on another run with a RBI-single, August 20 capping the scoring for Oakland. Huston Street and Joey A’s 1 @ Minnesota 3 Devine throw a scoreless eighth and ninth, respectively, to (57-69, 3rd, -20.5) shutdown Seattle the rest of the way and secure the win. Oakland grabs the early lead for the second day in a row but also fails to keep it for the second day in a row. Mark August 24 Ellis reaches first on a Minnesota fielding error in the first A’s 4 @ Seattle 8 and advances to second on Emil Brown’s single before (59-71, 3rd, -20.5) Jack Cust’s infield single scores Ellis for the A’s lone run. Jack Hannahan records the first multi-home run game Brown is the only Athletic with multiple hits as he records of his career but it is not enough as the A’s are doubled two in the game. Dallas Braden takes the loss, his third of up by Seattle to finish their four-game set at two games the season, after yielding three runs on six hits and three apiece. Dan Meyer starts and works five innings, allowing walks while striking out seven over five and two-third four runs on three hits, one home run and two walks innings. Huston Street throws a scoreless one and a third while striking out three for his second loss of the season. innings with two strikeouts and Alan Embree strikes out Hannahan starts the scoring with a solo home run in the one in a scoreless eighth inning. first inning and adds the A’s second run with another solo home run in the third, his seventh of the season. Rob August 21 Bowen adds a solo shot of his own in the fifth, his first A’s 2 @ Seattle 0 of the year, and Eric Patterson drives in a run on a RBI- (58-69, 3rd, -19.5) groundout in the seventh to complete the scoring for the Greg Smith shuts out the Mariners over six innings, A’s. Kirk Saarloos works two innings in relief of Meyer allowing four hits and three walks, while striking out and allows four runs on five hits and one walk. Santiago one, as the A’s defeat Seattle in the first meeting of their Casilla tosses a scoreless eighth. four-game series. Smith snaps a personal six-game losing streak to earn his sixth win of the season. Emil Brown hits a two-out, solo home run in the sixth, which is all Oakland

110 2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide August 25 three walks while striking out two. Jerry Blevins throws A’s 2 @ Los Angeles 1 a perfect eighth and Joey Devine picks up his fourth win (60-71, 3rd, -19.5) of the season after tossing a scoreless ninth, thanks to Dallas Braden turns in a solid performance, tossing Suzuki’s efforts in the bottom half of the frame. seven innings and allowing only one run on a solo home run in the sixth. The lefty allows seven hits, two walks, August 29 and strikes out eight for his fourth win of the season. A’s 2 vs. Minnesota 12 Oakland’s bullpen shuts down the Angels in the final two (62-73, 3rd, -20.5) frames. Joey Devine strikes out two in eighth and Brad Dan Meyers remains winless, losing his third game of the Ziegler earns his fifth save of the year with a perfect ninth. year after allowing six runs, two earned, all in the second The A’s score first in the third inning on a solo home run inning before being chased from the game in the A’s loss. by Daric Barton, his seventh of the season. Frank Thomas The lefty yields four hits and two walks, while striking walks with one out in the fourth and advances to third on out two in one and two-thirds innings of work. Frank Jack Hannahan’s double before coming home on a wild Thomas and Kurt Suzuki both collect two hits for the A’s pitch to score the A’s go-ahead run. and Jack Cust knocks in Oakland’s two runs in the fourth with a two-run homer to right field, his 24th of the year. August 26 Kirk Saarloos pitches five innings in relief of Meyer and A’s 1 @ Los Angeles 5 surrenders five runs on 12 hits while striking out four. (60, 72, 3rd, -20.5) Santiago Casilla throws two and a third innings, yielding The A’s fall to Los Angeles in the second game of the one run on four hits, to finish the game. series on a complete game effort from the Angels John Lackey. Greg Smith takes the loss, his 13th of the season, August 30 after allowing five runs on 10 hits and two walks, while A’s 3 vs. Minnesota 2 striking out three over six innings. Oakland scores its (63-73, 3rd, -20.5) lone run of the game in the ninth inning on Jack Cust’s With runners on first and second and no outs in the ninth, 23rd home run of the season to keep the A’s from being Ryan Sweeney drops down a bunt that would stand to be shutout. Rajai Davis is the only Athletic to have multiple the winning play as both runners come around to score on hits in the game as he records two. Santiago Casilla and a throwing error by Minnesota’s Joe Nathan. Jack Cust Jerry Blevins each pitch a scoreless inning of relief to homers for the second consecutive day with his solo shot shutdown the Angels the rest of the way. in the fifth that makes it a one-run game. The home run for Cust is his 25th of the year. Dallas Braden scatters August 27 two runs, one earned, on seven hits and two walks while A’s 6 @ Los Angeles 5 striking out two over six innings but does not factor into (61-72, 3rd, -19.5) the decision. Alan Embree pitches the seventh inning and The A’s put up five runs in the second inning to take a 6-0 walks one before giving way to Huston Street who gets lead that would stand to be just enough for the win. Emil his fifth win of the year after hurling two scoreless innings Brown singles home a run in the first and Eric Patterson with three strikeouts. collects a RBI-single to start the second inning. Bobby Crosby then doubles to tack on two additional runs for the August 31 A’s and Brown adds a two-run home run, his 13th of the A’s 4 vs. Minnesota 12 year. Gio Gonzalez starts for the A’s but lasts only three (63-74, 3rd, -20.5) innings. He allows four runs on three hits and five walks, Greg Smith is roughed up in five innings of work, while striking out four. Alan Embree surrenders a run on allowing eight runs on seven hits, two home runs and one hit and a walk while retiring one batter in the fifth three walks while striking out four in his 14th loss of the inning before Santiago Casilla is called on to record the year. Jack Hannahan’s RBI-double in the fourth gives the final two outs of the frame. Jerry Blevins adds two-thirds A’s their first run of the game. With the bases loaded in of an inning of scoreless relief and Huston Street pitches the eighth, Daric Barton draws a walk to bring home Ryan one and two-thirds innings to earn the win, his fourth of Sweeney and comes through a batter the year. Brad Ziegler hurls a scoreless one and two-thirds later with a two-run single for his first Major League hit.. innings to earn his sixth save. With the victory, the A’s win Keith Foulke and Jerry Blevins each throw a scoreless their first series in their last 12 tries. inning off relief before Alan Embree works the eighth and allows two unearned runs. Brad Ziegler tosses the ninth August 28 and allows two runs, one earned, on one hit and one walk A’s 3 vs. Minnesota 2 in the A’s loss. (62-72, 3rd, -19.5) Kurt Suzuki comes in as a pinch-hitter in the bottom of September 1 the ninth and hits a walk-off double that brings home OFF DAY Ryan Sweeney as the A’s defeat the Twins in the first (63-74, 3rd, -20.5) meeting of their four-game series. It is Suzuki’s second game-ending pinch-hit of the season as he becomes the September 2 first Athletic since Frank Fernandez in 1970 to have two A’s 2 @ Kansas City 5 walk-off pinch hits in a season. Daric Barton gets the (63-75, 3rd, -21.5) A’s on the board in the fourth with a groundball double Daric Barton leads Oakland offensively and accounts for play that scores Frank Thomas. Barton tacks on another all of the A’s runs in a 3 for 3 performance. He delivers a run in the sixth with a RBI-single. Dana Eveland starts triple in the second inning to score Jack Cust and later hits for the A’s but is saddled with a no decision after going a lead-off home run in the fifth, his eighth of the season. seven innings. He surrenders two runs on five hits and Gio Gonzalez is tagged with his third loss after allowing

2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 111 four runs, three earned, on two hits, both home runs, and game two for their second straight victory and secures a three walks while striking out five over four innings. series win over the Orioles behind Jack Cust’s two home Santiago Casilla relives Gonzalez in the fifth inning but run night. Cust starts the scoring for the A’s in the first surrenders a run. Josh Outman makes his Major League inning with a sacrifice fly to drive in Rajai Davis. In the debut and throws two scoreless innings. Joey Devine second, Cust pads Oakland’s lead with a lead-off home retires the Royals in order in the eighth. run followed by another solo shot in the fourth inning, his 27th of the season. Jack Hannahan hits a solo homer of September 3 his own in the fifth inning before Davis triples in another A’s @ Kansas City – Postponed, Rain run. Greg Smith shuts out Baltimore over seven innings (63-75, 3rd, -21.0) and allows three hits and five walks while striking out two for his seventh win of the year. Huston Street enters the September 4 game in the eighth and surrenders a run on two hits while A’s 4 @ Kansas City 5 (10) striking out one. Brad Ziegler pitches a scoreless ninth to A’s 6 @ Kansas City 9 close out the game for the A’s. (63-77, 3rd, -22.5) After dropping the first game of their doubleheader September 7 against the Royals in extra-inning fashion the A’s lose OFF DAY the second games as well and are swept by Kansas City. (65-77, 3rd, -21.0) Dana Eveland starts game one and goes six innings, allowing four runs on 10 hits while striking out five in a September 8 no decision. Huston Street tosses two scoreless innings in A’s 8 @ Detroit 14 relief of Eveland before Joey Devine hurls one and a third (65-78, 3rd, -22.0) and is tagged with the loss after surrendering the game- The A’s get off to an early lead with two runs in the first ending run in the 10th inning. The A’s score three runs in inning on a Daric Barton RBI-triple and a Kurt Suzuki the fifth on a Bobby Crosby RBI single and a Jack Cust RBI-single but rookie Gio Gonzalez finds himself in two-run double. Daric Barton hits his ninth home run of trouble early. Gonzalez lasts only an inning and two- the year in the sixth, a solo shot to tie the game, before thirds, allowing nine runs, eight earned, on five hits, three the A’s fall in extra-innings. Ryan Sweeney goes 3 for 4 home runs, two walks and one strikeout for his fourth with three doubles in the second game, collecting three career loss. After Gonzalez gives up a grand slam and RBI and scoring two runs. Dan Meyer starts and takes hits his next batter he is replaced by Josh Outman in the the loss in the night-cap after working just three and a second inning. Outman records the final out of the inning third innings. He allows eight runs, seven earned, on nine but goes on to allow three runs over his next two innings. hits and two walks while striking out one. Kirk Saarloos Santiago Casilla works a scoreless fifth and sixth before relieves Meyer and allows an inherited runner to score Alan Embree allows a run in the seventh and Jeff Gray while tossing one and two-third scoreless innings. Alan yields a run in the eighth. The A’s bat around in the fifth Embree allows a run in the sixth before Keith Foulke and and put up five runs in the inning, but that would be all the Jerry Blevins shut down Kansas City in the seventh and offense Oakland could muster, in dropping the first game eighth, respectively. of their three game set against Detroit. Kurt Suzuki goes 3 for 5 with a RBI while Rajai Davis and Jack Hannahan September 5 each collect two hits and drive in two runs. A’s 11 @ Baltimore 2 (64-77, 3rd, -21.5) September 9 The A’s offense breaks out to score 11 runs and snap their A’s 3 @ Detroit 2 streak of 40 consecutive games with six runs or less. (66-78, 3rd, -21.0) Oakland puts up an eight-run eighth inning that features Dana Eveland makes the start and works six innings, six walks and only one hit. Jack Cust walks to start the allowing two runs on seven hits, two walks and two inning and is lifted for pinch runner Rajai Davis. Kurt strikeouts but does not factor in the decision as the A’s Suzuki is hit by a pitch and Daric Barton walks to load come from behind in the eighth inning to beat the Tigers, the bases. Orioles’ pitching unravels further and walks 3-2. Oakland gets on the board in the sixth on a RBI- home three straight before recording the inning’s first ground out from Daric Barton that scores Rajai Davis, out. Bobby Crosby walks to bring home Jack Hannahan who had tripled earlier in the inning. Joey Devine tosses a for the fourth run of the inning. Emil Brown files out for scoreless seventh and comes away with the win, his fifth the second out before Davis belts a two-out grand slam, of the year. Davis laces another triple in the eighth to the first of his career. Dallas Braden gets the win after bring in a run and scores on a sacrifice fly by Emil Brown, working five innings and allowing two runs, one earned, which gives the A’s a 3-2 lead. Huston Street starts the on four hits and one walk while striking out three. Jerry eighth and records the first two outs before handing the Blevins, Joey Devine, Keith Foulke and Brad Ziegler ball to Brad Ziegler with the bases loaded. Ziegler strikes combine to shutdown Baltimore the rest of the way to out the final batter in the eighth and then tosses a scoreless secure the victory for the A’s. The four-RBI for Davis are ninth to notch his seventh save of the season. a career-high. September 10 September 6 A’s 5 @ Detroit 2 A’s @ Baltimore – Postponed, Rain (67-78, 3rd, -21.0) A’s 6 @ Baltimore 1 Ryan Sweeney and Jack Cust go back-to-back in the first (65-77, 3rd, -21.0) inning to jump out to a 2-0 lead and the A’s never look The A’s scheduled doubleheader turns into just one back as they win their second game in a row and take after game one is postponed due to rain. Oakland wins their three-game set against Detroit, two games to one.

112 2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide Eric Patterson tacks on another run in the fourth with a seventh and allows the tying run to score for his seventh RBI-single and Aaron Cunningham drives two more in blown save of the year. Jerry Blevins relieves Street in the inning to cap the scoring for Oakland at five. Jerry the seventh and retires the first batter he faces to get out Blevins works a scoreless fifth before allowing three of the inning. Jack Cust singles in a run in the first to get straight singles to starts the sixth. He is relieved by Oakland on the board early and Cliff Pennington follows Santiago Casilla, who allows two runs to score before with a RBI-single of his own in the next inning. Ryan Alan Embree gets the final out of the inning. Huston Sweeney comes up with a bases-loaded single in the Street works a scoreless seventh and earns his sixth win of sixth to drive in two more runs to give the A’s a 4-3 lead. the season. Joey Devine tosses a scoreless eighth before After Street allows the game to be tied in the seventh, Brad Ziegler shuts the Tigers down in the ninth for his Joey Devine works a scoreless eighth and Cunningham eighth save. gives the A’s a 7-4 lead in the bottom half of the inning to give Devine his sixth win of the year. Ziegler shuts down September 11 Texas in the ninth for his ninth save of the season. A’s 1 vs. Texas 6 (67-79, 3rd, -22.0) September 15 Dallas Braden makes the start and allows six runs, five OFF DAY earned, on nine hits and three walks in four-plus innings (69-80, 3rd, -23.0) and is tagged with his fourth loss of the season. Braden starts the fifth and allows a solo home run to the first September 16 batter he faces before Kirk Saarloos enters and works A’s 8 vs. Los Angeles 1 three scoreless innings. Keith Foulke hurls a scoreless (70-80, 3rd, -22.0) eight inning before Jeff Gray retires the Rangers in order Sean Gallagher works seven solid innings, allowing only in the ninth. Cliff Pennington knocks in the A’s only run one run on four hits and no walks while striking out six for in the sixth inning a sacrifice fly that plates Jack Cust. his fifth win of the season, his second with the A’s. Jack Cust strikes out three times to set an Oakland record for Hannahan gets Oakland on the board in the fifth with a strikeouts in a single season at 176. solo-shot, his ninth of the year, and Ryan Sweeney singles in another run in the inning. Kurt Suzuki scores from third September 12 base on a wild pitch in the sixth and Daric Barton doubles A’s 0 vs. Texas 7 in another run in the inning before Oakland puts up three (67-80, 3rd, -23.0) runs in the seventh on two bases-loaded walks and a The A’s are shutout by Texas rookie Matt Harrison, who bases-loaded hit-by-pitch. Travis Buck pads the A’s lead tosses the first complete game of his career and sends with one last run in the eighth inning, giving Oakland an Oakland to their second straight loss. Greg Smith starts 8-1 advantage. Alan Embree and Jerry Blevins each retire and allows six runs on seven hits, two home runs and the side in order in the eighth and ninth respectively to two walks while striking out two over five and two-thirds finish the game and secure the victory over their division- innings for his 15th loss of the year. Jeff Gray relieves rivals. Smith in the sixth inning and gets the final out of the inning before running into trouble in the seventh, allowing a run September 17 to score. Alan Embree enters with one out and the bases A’s 3 vs. Los Angeles 2 loaded and needs only three pitches to induce an inning- (71-80, 3rd, -21.0) ending double play. Gio Gonzalez retires the Rangers in A’s pitching blanks the Angels for eight straight innings order in the eighth and ninth. before Brad Ziegler allows his first home run, a two-run shot in the ninth, to give Los Angeles a 2-1 lead in a September 13 game that would end in walk-off fashion for the A’s in the A’s 7 vs. Texas 1 bottom half of the inning. Greg Smith is dominant over (68-80, 3rd, -23.0) six scoreless innings, allowing four hits and one walk Josh Outman makes his first Major League start and while striking out four. Huston Street and Joey Devine comes away with a win after working five innings and each retire the side in order in the seventh and eighth allowing just one run on four hits and two walks while respectively, before Ziegler allows a two-run home run striking out three. Huston Street, Jerry Blevins, Joey to Mark Teixeira for his first blown save in 10 career save Devine and Brad Ziegler each toss a scoreless inning of opportunities. Ziegler would come away with the win, relief to shut down Texas the rest of the way. Jack Cust however, after Oakland rallies in the bottom of the ninth gets Oakland on the board with a two-run home run in the and capitalizes on two errors to score two runs against fourth inning, his 29th of the season. The A’s follow up Los Angeles’ Francisco Rodriguez. Cliff Pennington with five more runs in the next inning on a two-run single singles with two on and no outs in the ninth to score Daric from Aaron Cunningham and a bases-clearing double Barton and Jack Hannahan comes home on a throwing from Bobby Crosby. error to give the A’s a 3-2 victory.

September 14 September 18 A’s 7 vs. Texas 4 A’s 4 vs. Los Angeles 6 (69-80, 3rd, -23.0) (71-81, 3rd, -22.0) Aaron Cunningham hits the first home run of his career, The A’s rally in the bottom of the ninth inning but come a three-run shot in the eighth inning to break a 4-4 tie up short as they can not complete the three-game sweep and give the A’s their second straight win. Dana Eveland of their division-rival Los Angeles. Josh Outman makes works five innings and allows three runs on four hits and the start and allows three runs on six hits and three walks four walks while striking out six. Alan Embree tosses a while striking out four over four and one-third innings scoreless sixth before Huston Street gets the ball in the and is tagged with his first career loss. Santiago Casilla

2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 113 replaces Outman with one out in the fifth and allows two is followed by Aaron Cunningham, who drills of Outman’s runners to score, one on a steal of home by the first pitch he sees into left field for a two-run double Torii Hunter. Alan Embree shuts down the Angels in the that ties the game at 3-3. Cust comes through in the next sixth before Keith Foulke allows a career-high tying three inning with a two-run home run for his career-high 30th home runs in the seventh. Jeff Gray and Dan Meyer toss of the season to give Oakland a 5-3 lead. Brad Ziegler a scoreless inning in the eighth and ninth respectively. tosses a scoreless eighth and picks up his third win while Oakland starts off the ninth by loading the bases with Joey Devine works a scoreless ninth to pick up his first no outs and scores four times on RBI-singles by Carlos career save. Oakland finishes with a 43-38 home record. Gonzalez and Kurt Suzuki, a bases loaded walk by Jack Cust and a RBI-groundout by Aaron Cunningham. September 22 Ryan Sweeney comes to the plate as the winning run but A’s 4 @ Texas 3 (11) grounds out to end the game. (75-81, 2nd, -22.0) Travis Buck comes through in the 11th inning with a September 19 RBI-single to plate Cliff Pennington as the A’s win their A’s 2 vs. Seattle 0 fourth consecutive game and move into second place in (72-81, 3rd, -22.0) the American League West for the first time since July Dana Eveland is dominant over seven scoreless innings, 24. Greg Smith pitches five innings and allows two runs allowing sevens hits while striking out seven for his ninth on six hits and two walks while striking out one. Oakland win of the season. Joey Devine retires the Mariners in gets on the board in the second on a two-run single by order in the eighth and Brad Ziegler gets out of a basses Pennington, and tacks on another in the third on a RBI- loaded jam in the ninth to earn his 10th save of the year. double from Jack Cust for a 3-2 lead. Jerry Blevins, Travis Buck sends a solo shot into right field to start the Huston Street and Joey Devine each work a scoreless fourth inning for the A’s, his fourth home run of the year, inning in the sixth, seventh and eighth respectively, before which gives Oakland all the offense they would need to Brad Ziegler allows the second home run of his career notch the win. Kurt Suzuki adds a run in the fourth on a in the ninth that ties the game and saddles Ziegler with RBI-single that plates Ryan Sweeney, who had doubled his second career blown save. Ziegler is replaced by Alan in the inning. Jack Cust fans in the fourth inning for his Embree who gets the final out in the ninth before working 187th strikeout on the season, setting a new American a scoreless 10th for his second win of the year. Santiago League record for strikeouts, breaking Milwaukee’s Rob Casilla works a scoreless bottom half of the 11th to pick Deer’s record of 186 set in 1987. up his second save of the season.

September 20 September 23 A’s 8 vs. Seattle 7 A’s 4 @ Texas 6 (73-81, 3rd, -22.0) (75-82, 3rd, -22.0) Daric Barton comes through with a run-scoring single Travis Buck goes 2 for 3 with a two-run home run, but in the eighth inning to give Oakland an 8-7 lead and the the A’s fall short against the Rangers and have their four- A’s never look back as they win their second consecutive game winning streak snapped. Josh Outman starts and game of the three-game set against Seattle. Kirk Saarloos works six innings, allowing three runs on 10 hits and two makes the start and allows five runs on seven hits and one walks while striking out four. Jack Cust gets Oakland on walk over three and a third innings pitched. Jerry Blevins the board in the second inning with a solo-home run, his relieves Saarloos in the fourth and tosses one and two- 31st of the year, and Buck adds two more with a two-run third scoreless innings. Jeff Baisley drives in the first runs shot in the third, his fifth of the season. Cliff Pennington of his career with a two-run single in the second that gets drives in a run on a groundout in the seventh inning to cap Oakland on the board and adds another two-run single in the scoring for the A’s at four. Alan Embree allows three the fourth inning, finishing 2 for 2 with four RBI. Alan runs in the seventh inning to give Texas a 6-4 lead and Embree allows a two-run home run in the sixth that gives is tagged with his fifth blown save and fifth loss of the Seattle a 7-4 lead. Carlos Gonzalez delievers a RBI- season. Gio Gonzalez works a scoreless eighth before the single in the bottom half of the inning and Rob Bowen A’s go down in order in the ninth to end the game and fall follows with a two-run double to tie the game. Huston from second place in the American League West. Street tosses a scoreless seventh and eighth to pick up his seventh win while Brad Ziegler throws a scoreless ninth September 24 for his 11th save. A’s 4 @ Texas 14 (75-83, 3rd, -23.0) September 21 Jack Cust homers for the second consecutive game but A’s 5 vs. Seattle 3 the A’s are out hit 17-10 and drop the rubber match of (74-81, 3rd, -22.0) their three-game set against the Rangers. Dana Eveland The A’s mount a come-from-behind victory, backed by a works five-plus innings and allows seven runs on eight two-run shot from Jack Cust that gives the A’s the lead, as hits, two home runs and three walks while striking out they end their last home game on a high note, completing four to even his record at 9-9. Eveland hits the first batter the three-game sweep of Seattle. Sean Gallagher works he faces to start the sixth and allows a home run to the six and two-thirds innings, allowing three runs on four next batter before handing the ball to Santiago Casilla hits and three walks while striking out five. Jerry Blevins who is also unable to record an out in the inning, allowing relieves Gallagher and allows two inherited runners to four runs on three hits and a walk. Casilla is relieved by score before recording the final out of the inning. Carlos Jeff Gray who allows two of Casilla’s runners to score Gonzalez collects the first hit of the game for Oakland before allowing two runs of his own. Cliff Pennington with a double in the sixth inning. Bobby Crosby knocks gets Oakland on the board in the second with a RBI-single in the first A’s run in the seventh with a RBI-double and and Cust hits his 32nd home run of the year, a solo-shot

114 2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide in the sixth inning. Rob Bowen adds another run in the September 27 seventh on a RBI-double before Chris Denorfia caps the A’s 3 @ Seattle 7 scoring for the A’s in the eighth with his first home run of (75-85, 3rd, -23.5) the season, also a solo-shot. Dan Meyer starts the seventh The A’s drop their fourth game in a row, losing 7-3 and allows a home run to the first batter he faces before despite out-hitting Seattle 10-8. Oakland leaves a total of shutting down the Rangers the rest of the way. nine men on base in the game. Greg Smith works seven innings and allows six runs, five earned, on five hits and September 25 two walks while striking out three for his team-leading OFF DAY 16th loss of the season. Seattle does all of their damage (75-83, 3rd, -23.5) against Smith in the first inning, after which he settles down to retire 19 of his last 21 batters. Smith also records September 26 his 16th of the season in the second inning to tie A’s 8 @ Seattle 10 Texas’ Charlie Hough (1988), Atlanta’s Charlie Leibrandt (75-84, 3rd, -23.5) (’92) and Philadelphia’s Terry Mulholland (’92) for the Jack Cust homers for the third consecutive game and most pickoffs since 1987. Brad Ziegler works the eighth Travis Buck goes 2 for 5 with four RBI but the A’s fall and allows a run on three hits. short by two runs for their third consecutive loss. Sean Gallagher is tagged with his seventh loss of the year after September 28 allowing eight runs on 10 hits and one walk while striking A’s 3 @ Seattle 4 out four over four and two-thirds innings pitched. Jerry (75-86, 3rd, -24.5) Blevins relieves Gallagher with two outs in the fifth and The A’s take an early lead with three runs in the first allows his only inherited runner to score before allowing inning on a Travis Buck leadoff home run, his seventh two runs of his own on a two-run home run. Gio Gonzalez of the year, and a two-run double from Chris Denorfia. shuts the Mariners down the rest of the way for Oakland However, that would be all the A’s could muster as they in the sixth, seventh and eighth and strikes out four. The are shutout the rest of the way for their fifth consecutive A’s get on the board with two in the second on a Jack Cust loss and the three-game sweep by Seattle to end their solo home run, his 33rd of the year, and a Jeff Baisley 2008 season. Josh Outman works six innings and allows single before Buck adds three more in the fourth on a four runs, three earned, on eight hits and one walk while three-run home run, his sixth of the year. striking out five for his second career loss. Jerry Blevins and Joey Devine work scoreless innings in the seventh and eighth to respectively to finish the game for the A’s bullpen. Oakland collects 10 hits but leaves a total of nine men on base for the 4-3 loss to the Mariners.

2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 115 2008 Club Statistics

Home Road Totals Home Road Totals AL West W L W L W L W L W L W L vs. Los Angeles 4 5 5 5 9 10 Shutouts 5 5 2 5 7 10 vs. Seattle 6 3 4 6 10 9 Sho - Individual 1 1 0 1 1 2 vs. Texas 4 6 3 6 7 12 Extra Innings 6 4 2 3 8 7 Totals vs. West 14 14 12 17 26 31 One-Run Decisions 14 14 11 10 25 24 Two-Run Decisions 7 8 5 12 12 20 AL Central W L W L W L vs. LH Starters 15 10 10 18 25 28 vs. Cleveland 2 1 2 4 4 5 vs. RH Starters 28 28 22 30 50 58 vs. Chicago 1 2 3 3 4 5 Grass Fields 42 37 27 40 69 77 vs. Detroit 3 0 3 3 6 3 Artificial Fields 1 1 5 8 6 9 vs. Kansas City 3 3 0 3 3 6 Day Games 18 12 5 17 23 29 vs. Minnesota 4 3 1 2 5 5 Night Games 25 26 27 31 52 57 Totals vs. Central 13 9 9 15 22 24 Oak Opp. AL East W L W L W L Double Plays 169 142 vs. Baltimore 3 0 2 0 5 0 Triple Plays 0 0 vs. Boston 4 3 0 3 4 6 Left On Base 1166 1117 vs. New York 1 2 0 3 1 5 Grand Slam Hr 2 3 vs. Tampa Bay 2 4 1 2 3 6 Home Runs - Home 62 68 vs. Toronto 1 2 3 4 4 6 Home Runs - Road 63 67 Totals vs. East 11 11 6 12 17 23 Totals vs. A.L. 38 34 27 44 65 78

National League W L W L W L vs. Arizona 0 0 1 2 1 2 vs. Atlanta 0 0 1 2 1 2 vs. Florida 2 1 0 0 2 1 vs. Philadelphia 2 1 0 0 2 1 vs. San Francisco 1 2 3 0 4 2 Totals vs. N.L. 5 4 5 4 10 8 Overall Totals 43 38 32 48 75 86

2008 Miscellaneous stats Multiple Hit Games Multiple RBI Games Game Tying/Go Ahead RBI

PLAYER 2 3 4 5 TOT PLAYER 2 3 4 5 6 TOT PLAYER GT GA TOT Baisley 4 0 0 0 4 Baisley 0 0 1 0 0 1 Baisley 2 0 2 Bankston 3 1 0 0 4 Bankston 1 0 0 0 0 1 Bankston 1 0 1 Barton 20 4 0 0 24 Barton 10 1 0 0 0 11 Barton 2 9 11 Bowen 4 0 0 0 4 Bowen 3 0 0 0 0 3 Bowen 2 1 3 Brown 22 4 1 0 27 Brown 6 5 1 0 0 12 Brown 6 19 25 Buck 10 2 0 0 12 Buck 4 1 1 0 0 6 Buck 3 8 11 Chavez 4 3 0 0 7 Chavez 5 1 0 0 0 6 Chavez 4 3 7 Conrad 1 0 0 0 1 Conrad 1 0 0 0 0 1 Crosby 4 10 14 Crosby 24 11 0 0 35 Crosby 10 4 0 1 0 15 Cunningham 0 2 2 Cunningham 6 0 0 0 6 Cunningham 4 1 0 0 0 5 Cust 10 24 34 Cust 15 2 1 0 18 Cust 12 3 1 0 0 16 Davis 2 3 5 Davis 7 2 1 0 10 Davis 3 1 1 0 0 5 Denorfia 1 1 2 Denorfia 4 0 0 0 4 Denorfia 1 0 0 0 0 1 Ellis 3 10 13 Ellis 21 5 1 0 27 Ellis 2 2 2 0 0 6 Gonzalez 1 5 6 Gonzalez 17 1 1 0 19 Gonzalez 2 1 0 0 0 3 Hannahan 7 6 13 Hannahan 15 2 0 0 17 Hannahan 10 2 1 0 0 13 Murphy 0 2 2 Murphy 2 1 0 0 3 Murphy 2 1 1 0 0 4 Patterson 2 0 2 Murton 1 0 0 0 1 Murton 1 0 0 0 0 1 Pennington 2 3 5 Patterson 2 0 0 0 2 Patterson 2 0 0 0 0 2 Suzuki 2 10 12 Pennington 6 0 0 0 6 Pennington 1 0 0 0 0 1 Sweeney, M 0 3 3 Petit 1 0 0 0 1 Suzuki 8 1 0 1 0 10 Sweeney, R 8 9 17 Suzuki 26 8 2 0 36 Sweeney, M 4 0 0 0 0 4 Thomas 3 6 9 Sweeney, M 13 0 0 0 13 Sweeney, R 6 2 0 0 0 8 Sweeney, R 24 5 2 0 31 Thomas 5 1 0 0 0 6 Thomas 10 4 0 0 14

116 2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 2008 Highs and Lows

TEAM BATTING Most Runs, Game, A’s...... 15 (twice), May 1 at Los Angeles and June 17 at Arizona Most Runs, Game, Opponents...... 14, July 25 vs. Texas; September 8 at Detroit and September 24 at Texas Most Runs, Inning, A’s...... 9, June 1 at Texas (7th) Most Runs, Inning, Opponents...... 8, July 25 vs. Texas (9th) and September 24 at Texas (6th) Most Hits, Game, A’s...... 20, May 1 at Los Angeles Most Hits, Game, Opponents...... 20, August 29 vs. Minnesota Most Hits, Inning, A’s...... 8, May 1 at Los Angeles (5th) Most Hits, Inning, Opponents...... 7, September 24 at Texas (6th) and September 26 at Seattle (3rd) Most Home Runs, Game, A’s...... 6, June 17 at Arizona Most Home Runs, Game, Opponents...... 5, September 8 at Detroit Most Doubles, Game, A’s...... 5, June 17 at Arizona; September 4 at Kansas City (G#2); September 24 at Texas Most Doubles, Game, Opponents...... 6, May 29 vs. Toronto and August 22 at Seattle Most Triples, Game, A’s...... 2, April 8 at Toronto and September 9 at Detroit Most Triples, Game, Opponents...... 2 (three times), last: September 8 at Detroit Most Stolen Bases, Game, A’s...... 5, May 11 at Texas Most Stolen Bases, Game, Opponents...... 4, June 8 vs. Los Angeles

TEAM PITCHING Most Strikeouts, A’s...... 15, May 19 vs. Tampa Bay Most Strikeouts, Opponents...... 18, July 19 at New York Most Walks, A’s...... 12, June 3 vs. Detroit Most Walks, Opponents...... 10 (four times), last: September 14 vs. Texas Fewest Hits Allowed, A’s...... 1, May 24 vs. Boston Fewest Hits Allowed, Opponents...... 2, July 21 at Tampa Bay

TEAM MISCELLANEOUS Longest Winning Streak...... 5 (twice), April 8 to 12 and May 21 to 27 Longest Losing Streak...... 10, July 28 to August 7 Longest Game, Innings...... 13, May 19 vs. Tampa Bay Longest Game, Time, Nine Innings...... 3:33, August 27 at Los Angeles Longest Game, Time, Extra Innings...... 4:45, July 19 at New York (12) Shortest Game, Time...... 1:49, July 8 vs. Seattle Largest Margin, Victory...... 14, June 17 at Arizona (15-1) Largest Margin, Loss...... 12, May 29 vs. Toronto (0-12) and August 17 vs. Chicago (1-13) Most Left on Base, Nine Inning Game...... 15, April 19 vs. Kansas City Most Left on Base, Extra Inning Game...... 15, July 30 vs. Kansas City (10) Fewest Left on Base, Game...... 1, April 13 at Cleveland Most Errors, Game...... 4, May 2 vs. Texas Largest Comeback in Win...... 4, April 19 vs. Kansas City Largest Lead Surrendered in Loss...... 5, July 25 vs. Texas

INDIVIDUAL BATTING Most Runs, Game...... 4, Mark Ellis and Ryan Sweeney, June 17 at Arizona Most Hits, Game...... 4 (nine times), last: Ryan Sweeney, September 16 vs. Los Angeles Most Doubles, Game...... 3, Travis Buck, April 10 at Toronto and Ryan Sweeney, September 4 at Kansas City (G#2) Most Triples, Game...... 2, Rajai Davis, September 9 at Detroit Most Home Runs, Game...... 2 (seven times), last: Jack Cust, September 6 at Baltimore Most Runs Batted In, Game...... 5, Bobby Crosby, April 18 vs. Kansas City and Kurt Suzuki, June 20 vs. Florida Most Walks, Game...... 4 (twice), Daric Barton, June 1 at Texas and Mark Ellis, July 4 at Chicago Most Strikeouts, Game...... 4 (eight times), last: Jack Cust, July 25 vs. Texas Most Stolen Bases, Game...... 2 (seven times), last: Cliff Pennington, September 22 at Texas Longest Hitting Streak...... 13, Ryan Sweeney, May 19 to June 19

INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Most Strikeouts, Game...... 11, Rich Harden, June 26 vs. Philadelphia Most Walks, Game...... 7, Dana Eveland, June 3 vs. Detroit and Greg Smith, August 10 at Detroit Most Innings, Game, Starter...... 9.0 (three times), last: Justin Duchscherer, July 8 vs. Seattle Most Innings, Game, Reliever...... 6.0, Lenny DiNardo, August 2 at Boston Low Hit Complete Game...... 2, Justin Duchscherer, July 8 vs. Seattle Most Consecutive Scoreless Innings...... 39.0, Brad Ziegler, May 31 to August 14 Most Consecutive Batters Retired...... 17, Justin Duchscherer, May 18 to 24

2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 117 2008 At A Glance

Season High...... 44-35/51-42 (6/27; 7/11) Leading After 7th...... 62-5 Season Low...... 63-77 (September 4) Leading After 8th...... 64-3 March...... 1-1 Tied After 7th...... 7-9 April...... 16-11 Tied After 8th...... 8-8 May...... 12-15 Trailing After 7th...... 6-72 June...... 16-10 Trailing After 8th...... 3-75 July...... 8-17 Commit No Errors...... 41-42 August...... 10-20 Commit 1 or More Errors...... 34-44 September...... 12-12 More HR Than Opp...... 37-20 Home Series...... 11-13-3 Fewer HR Than Opp...... 13-39 Road Series...... 7-15-4 Same Total HR of Opp...... 25-27 Series Sweeps...... 8-9 Starter Pitches 7 or More...... 31-13 First Game of Series...... 31-22 Starter Pitches Less Than 7...... 44-73 Last Game of Series...... 24-29 When Scoring 4 or More...... 55-22 A’s Score First...... 44-30 When Scoring Less Than 4...... 20-64 Opponent Scores First...... 31-56 Last ...... 18-14 Different Lineups...... 137

2008 Designated Hitting STATS

BATTER AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IBB SO SB CS DP SLG OBP Bankston,W .333 4 15 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .333 .333 Bowen,R .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Brown,E .125 7 16 1 2 5 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 .313 .211 Chavez,E .129 8 31 1 4 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 8 0 0 0 .161 .206 Cust,J .207 61 217 42 45 104 8 0 17 30 0 1 1 47 2 98 0 0 3 .479 .350 Davis,R .333 10 6 4 2 5 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 .833 .429 Denorfia,C .333 5 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 Ellis,M .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Hannahan,J .118 5 17 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 .118 .167 Murphy,D .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Patterson,E .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 Petit,G .000 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Suzuki,K .333 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .600 Sweeney,M .254 19 71 9 18 24 3 0 1 5 0 1 1 6 0 4 0 0 2 .338 .316 Sweeney,R .000 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Thomas,F .266 53 184 20 49 72 6 1 5 18 0 1 2 28 0 43 0 0 6 .391 .367 TOTALS .229 564 84 129 224 18 1 25 64 0 4 5 89 2 163 4 0 12 .397 .337

2008 PINCH Hitting STATISTICS

BATTER AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IBB SO SB CS DP SLG OBP Barton,D .125 8 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 .125 .125 Bowen,R .000 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .400 Brown,E .182 14 11 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 0 0 .273 .357 Buck,T .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 Cunningham,A .500 2 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 .500 Cust,J .000 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .600 Davis,R .000 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .333 Denorfia,C .000 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .500 Ellis,M .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 Gonzalez,C .333 6 6 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .333 .333 Hannahan,J .222 9 9 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .222 .222 Johnson,D .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Murphy,D .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 Murton,M .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 Suzuki,K .625 8 8 2 5 12 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.500 .625 Sweeney,M .231 14 13 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 .308 .286 Sweeney,R .000 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .167 Thomas,F .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 TOTALS .203 65 79 6 16 26 4 0 2 14 0 0 1 11 0 31 1 0 1 .329 .308

118 2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 2008 Batting With RiSP

PLAYER AVG AB H 2B 3B HR RBI RBI MISP MOB BB IBB SO SH SF GIDP Baisley,J .273 11 3 0 0 0 5 5 17 23 2 0 1 0 0 0 Bankston,W .214 14 3 0 0 1 4 3 19 26 1 0 6 0 1 0 Barton,D .247 97 24 2 2 4 38 32 147 203 24 5 23 3 3 2 Bowen,R .333 21 7 3 0 0 8 6 26 38 0 0 8 1 0 1 Brown,E .260 104 27 1 0 5 45 37 146 219 12 2 18 0 4 5 Buck,T .293 41 12 3 0 2 18 15 62 88 8 0 11 0 2 1 Chavez,E .471 17 8 2 0 2 13 10 24 31 1 0 3 0 0 1 Conrad,B .667 3 2 0 0 0 2 2 3 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 Crosby,B .243 140 34 10 1 2 53 44 191 282 14 0 24 0 2 6 Cunningham,A .320 25 8 2 0 1 14 11 35 53 4 1 5 0 0 0 Cust,J .231 117 27 4 0 2 33 29 182 259 35 3 52 0 4 2 Davis,R .267 45 12 0 2 1 16 14 60 87 1 0 7 2 1 1 Denorfia,C .350 20 7 1 0 0 8 7 30 47 3 0 7 1 0 1 Duchscherer,J .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 Ellis,M .260 100 26 2 1 3 31 25 141 199 15 2 12 3 2 5 Eveland,D .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 Fiorentino,J 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gonzalez,C .313 67 21 5 0 1 21 18 83 125 4 1 11 0 0 2 Hannahan,J .155 110 17 2 0 1 26 23 168 239 26 4 42 1 5 2 Harden,R .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 Murphy,D .154 26 4 1 0 0 9 8 41 56 3 0 11 0 1 0 Murton,M .143 7 1 0 0 0 2 2 9 14 0 0 2 0 0 0 Patterson,E .160 25 4 0 0 0 8 8 37 51 4 0 7 0 0 0 Pennington,C .273 22 6 0 0 0 9 9 38 53 6 0 6 2 1 1 Petit,G .125 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 12 2 0 6 0 0 0 Suzuki,K .282 124 35 6 0 4 39 34 171 234 17 2 18 0 1 7 Sweeney,M .320 25 8 2 0 0 9 7 31 49 2 0 1 0 1 1 Sweeney,R .330 97 32 3 0 1 38 35 143 207 13 3 15 1 6 4 Thomas,F .235 34 8 1 0 0 11 11 53 72 6 0 7 0 1 3 ATHLETICS .259 1304 338 51 6 30 461 396 1874 2683 203 23 306 16 35 46

2008 Batting With BASES LOADED

PLAYER AVG AB H 2B 3B HR RBI RBI MISP MOB BB IBB SO SH SF GIDP Baisley,J .500 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bankston,W .000 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 Barton,D .125 8 1 0 0 0 7 7 24 36 3 0 1 0 1 0 Bowen,R .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 9 0 0 2 0 0 0 Brown,E .231 13 3 1 0 0 9 9 30 45 2 0 2 0 0 0 Buck,T .500 4 2 1 0 0 5 5 10 15 0 0 2 0 0 0 Chavez,E .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 9 0 0 1 0 0 1 Crosby,B .238 21 5 2 0 0 15 14 48 72 2 0 4 0 1 0 Cunningham,A .500 4 2 0 0 0 6 6 10 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 Cust,J .200 10 2 0 0 0 7 7 28 42 3 0 6 0 1 0 Davis,R .625 8 5 0 0 1 11 9 16 24 0 0 1 0 0 0 Denorfia,C .667 3 2 0 0 0 3 3 8 12 1 0 1 0 0 0 Duchscherer,J .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 Ellis,M .182 11 2 0 0 1 6 4 24 36 0 0 1 0 1 0 Gonzalez,C .333 9 3 1 0 0 6 5 18 27 0 0 1 0 0 0 Hannahan,J .429 7 3 1 0 0 13 13 28 42 4 0 1 0 3 1 Murphy,D .400 5 2 1 0 0 5 4 10 15 0 0 2 0 0 0 Murton,M 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Patterson,E .400 5 2 0 0 0 5 5 12 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 Pennington,C .000 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 8 12 1 0 0 0 0 1 Suzuki,K .077 13 1 0 0 0 5 5 30 45 2 0 4 0 0 3 Sweeney,M .000 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 Sweeney,R .273 11 3 0 0 0 6 6 24 36 1 0 3 0 0 2 Thomas,F .000 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 10 15 0 0 1 0 1 1 ATHLETICS .265 151 40 7 0 2 119 112 366 549 21 0 34 0 10 9

2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 119 2008 starting lineups

Games By Position

C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH PLAYER G GS G GS G GS G GS G GS G GS G GS G GS G GS Baisley - - 4 4 - - 10 10 ------Bankston - - 13 12 ------4 4 Barton - - 134 124 - - 1 ------Bowen 31 25 1 ------Brown - - 1 ------65 40 1 - 55 55 6 4 Buck ------12 3 - - 34 34 - - Chavez ------15 15 ------8 8 Conrad - - - - 2 2 4 4 ------Crosby ------145 144 ------Cunningham ------18 18 - - 2 2 - - Cust ------78 77 - - 5 5 61 61 Davis - - - - 1 ------84 41 - - 4 - Denorfia ------13 7 12 8 2 1 2 - Ellis - - - - 115 114 ------Fiorentino ------2 - - - - - Gonzalez ------69 66 36 10 - - Hannahan - - 10 10 - - 126 106 ------4 4 Murphy - - - - 10 7 24 18 13 9 1 ------Murton ------7 7 ------Patterson - - - - 20 19 - - - - 8 7 ------Pennington - - - - 16 15 9 8 10 6 ------Petit - - - - 4 4 - - 8 2 ------Suzuki 141 136 ------1 1 Sweeney, M - - 13 11 ------18 17 Sweeney, R ------13 2 51 46 75 54 - - Thomas ------53 53

Starts In The Batting Order

PLAYER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Baisley - - - - - 2 - 7 5 Bankston - - 1 - 2 6 1 5 1 Barton 1 18 18 - 5 15 21 29 17 Bowen - - - - - 1 4 10 10 Brown - - 14 24 44 15 2 - - Buck 25 - - - 1 3 6 2 - Chavez - - - 21 2 - - - - Conrad ------6 Crosby - 34 7 7 21 43 24 8 - Cunningham - 11 - - 1 1 2 5 - Cust - - 62 46 22 13 - - - Davis 24 - - - - - 2 4 11 Denorfia - - - - 3 - 3 5 5 Ellis 38 33 5 - 9 16 12 1 - Gonzalez - 5 1 6 18 19 13 14 - Hannahan 22 2 - - - 13 37 27 19 Murphy ------3 16 15 Murton - 3 - 1 1 - 2 - - Patterson 7 2 - - - - 1 2 14 Pennington 1 4 - - - 2 5 4 13 Petit ------2 4 Suzuki 24 24 9 - 24 7 18 15 16 Sweeney, M - 2 11 14 1 - - - - Sweeney, R 19 23 21 1 7 5 5 5 16 Thomas - - 12 41 - - - - -

120 2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 2008 Player Transactions

Feb. 8 Free agent Keith Foulke agreed to terms on a April 25 Kirk Saarloos outrighted to Sacramento one-year contract, Wes Bankston designated April 26 Justin Duchscherer reinstated from DL; for assignment Lenny DiNardo optioned to Sacramento Feb. 13 Wes Bankston outrighted to Sacramento May 1 Rich Harden sent to Sacramento on a rehab assignment March 6 Landon Powell optioned to Sacramento May 3 Travis Buck sent to Sacramento on a rehab March 7 Javier Herrera and Richie Robnett optioned assignment to Sacramento May 5 Keith Foulke sent to Sacramento on a rehab March 9 Jeff Gray, Kevin Melillo and Dan Meyer assignment optioned to Sacramento May 6 Rich Harden transferred to Stockton on March 16 Jerry Blevins and Henry Rodriguez optioned rehab to Sacramento May 7 Keith Foulke transferred to Stockton on March 18 Joey Devine optioned to Sacramento rehab March 25 Mike Sweeney selected from Sacramento; May 8 Dallas Braden optioned to Sacramento Gregorio Petit optioned to Sacramento; May 9 Keith Foulke returned from rehab assignment Kiko Calero placed on 60-day DL (torn right and reinstated from DL rotator cuff); Eric Chavez placed on 15-day May 10 Travis Buck returned from rehab assignment, DL retroactive to March 19 (back surgery reinstated from DL and optioned to rehab); Chad Gaudin placed on 15-day DL Sacramento; Kiko Calero sent to Sacramento retroactive to March 19 (left hip surgery on a rehab assignment rehab) May 11 Rich Harden returned from rehab assignment and reinstated from DL; Chris Denorfia OPENING DAY ROSTER placed on 15-day DL retroactive to May 7 Pitchers (10): Joe Blanton, Dallas Braden, Andrew (lower back tightness) Brown, Santiago Casilla, Lenny May 15 Eric Chavez sent to Sacramento on a rehab DiNardo, Alan Embree, Keith Foulke, assignment Rich Harden, Fernando Hernandez, May 16 Gregorio Petit recalled from Sacramento; Huston Street Santiago Casilla placed on 15-day DL (right (2): Rob Bowen, Kurt Suzuki elbow soreness) Infielders (7): Daric Barton, Bobby Crosby, Mark May 17 Chris Denorfia sent to Sacramento on a Ellis, Jack Hannahan, Dan Johnson, rehab assignment Donnie Murphy, Mike Sweeney May 19 Dallas Braden recalled from Sacramento; Outfielders (6): Emil Brown, Travis Buck, Jack Cust, Donnie Murphy placed on 15-day DL Chris Denorfia, Jeff Fiorentino, Ryan retroactive to May 18 (right elbow Sweeney inflammation) May 20 Lenny DiNardo recalled from Sacramento; March 29 Dallas Braden, Jeff Fiorentino and Carlos Andrew Brown placed on 15-day DL Gonzalez optioned to Sacramento retroactive to May 14 (appendectomy) April 3 Chad Gaudin sent to Sacramento on a rehab May 24 Chris Denorfia returned from rehab assignment. assignment April 8 Chad Gaudin returned from rehab assignment May 29 Eric Chavez returned from rehab assignment and reinstated from DL; Justin Duchscherer and reinstated from DL; Frank Thomas placed on 15-day DL retroactive to April 5 placed on 15-day DL retroactive to May 28 (strained right biceps) (right quadricep tendinitis); Jeff Fiorentino April 9 Greg Smith selected from Sacramento; Dan designated for assignment Johnson designated for assignment May 30 Carlos Gonzalez and Travis Buck recalled April 10 Joey Devine recalled from Sacramento; Rich from Sacramento; Brad Ziegler selected Harden placed on 15-day DL retroactive to from Sacramento; Kiko Calero returned from April 3 (strained right shoulder) rehab assignment and reinstated from DL; April 14 Kirk Saarloos selected from Sacramento; Joey Devine placed on 15-day DL retroactive Fernando Hernandez designated for to May 26 (right elbow inflammation); Mike assignment Sweeney placed on 15-day DL retroactive April 16 Fernando Hernandez returned to Chicago to May 29 (left knee inflammation); Ryan White Sox organization (Rule 5) Sweeney placed on 15-day DL retroactive to April 18 Dan Johnson claimed off waivers by Tampa May 29 (left toe contusion); Lenny DiNardo Bay and Kevin Melillo designated for assignment April 20 Keith Foulke placed on 15-day DL retroactive June 3 Lenny DiNardo outrighted to Sacramento to April 11 (neck stiffness) June 4 Andrew Brown sent to Stockton on a rehab April 21 Justin Duchscherer sent to Sacrament on a assignment rehab assignment June 5 Kevin Melillo traded to the Toronto Blue April 22 Dallas Braden recalled from Sacramento Jays for cash considerations; Jeff Fiorentino April 23 Rajai Davis claimed off waivers from San claimed off waivers by Baltimore; Ryan Francisco; Kirk Saarloos designated for Sweeney sent to Sacramento on a rehab assignment assignment April 24 Frank Thomas agrees to terms on a one-year June 6 Andrew Brown transferred to Sacramento on contract; Travis Buck placed on 15-day DL rehab retroactive to April 19 (shin splints); Eric June 8 Andrew Brown returned from rehab Chavez transferred to 60-day DL; Justin assignment and reinstated from DL; Dallas Duchscherer returned from rehab assignment Braden optioned to Sacramento

2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 121 June 10 Santiago Casilla sent to Stockton on a rehab August 6 Gio Gonzalez selected from Sacramento; assignment Gregorio Petit optioned to Sacramento; Eric June 12 Donnie Murphy sent to Stockton on a rehab Chavez transferred to 60-day disabled list assignment August 12 Cliff Pennington selected from Sacramento; June 13 Ryan Sweeney returned from rehab Lenny DiNardo optioned to Sacramento; assignment and reinstated from DL; Travis Brooks Conrad designated for assignment Buck optioned to Sacramento; Santiago August 13 Eric Patterson recalled from Sacramento; Casilla and Donnie Murphy transferred to Ryan Sweeney placed on 15-day DL Sacramento on rehab (sprained right thumb) June 19 Santiago Casilla returned from rehab August 14 Brooks Conrad outrighted to Sacramento assignment and reinstated from DL; Kiko August 17 Dan Meyer optioned to Sacramento Calero designated for assignment following the game June 20 Donnie Murphy returned from rehab August 18 Kirk Saarloos selected from Sacramento; assignment and reinstated from DL; Gregorio Wes Bankston designated for assignment; Petit optioned to Sacramento Mike Sweeney sent to Sacramento on a June 27 Kiko Calero released rehab assignment July 2 Wes Bankston selected from Sacramento; August 20 Wes Bankston outrighted to Sacramento Eric Chavez placed on 15-day disabled list August 21 Dana Eveland and Dan Meyer recalled from (right shoulder inflammation) Sacramento; Justin Duchscherer placed on July 4 Jerry Blevins recalled from Sacramento; 15-day disabled list retroactive to August Keith Foulke placed on 15-day disabled 19 (strained hip); Sean Gallagher placed on list retroactive to July 3 (right shoulder 15-day disabled list retroactive to August 20 inflammation) (shoulder fatigue) July 5 Gregorio Petit recalled from Sacramento; August 27 Ryan Sweeney sent to Arizona (Rookie) on a Bobby Crosby placed on 15-day disabled rehab assignment; Keith Foulke transferred list retroactive to July 3 (strained left to Arizona (Rookie) on rehab hamstring) August 28 Ryan Sweeney returned from rehab and July 6 Chris Denorfia sent to Sacramento on a reinstated from the DL; Carlos Gonzalez rehab assignment optioned to Sacramento July 8 Rich Harden and Chad Gaudin traded to August 30 Keith Foulke returned from rehab and the for Sean Gallagher and reinstated from the DL; Aaron Cunningham Matt Murton along with minor leaguers selected from Sacramento; Frank Thomas Josh Donaldson, and Eric Patterson; Dallas placed on 15-day disabled list (strained Braden recalled from Sacramento; Mike right quadricep); Dan Meyer optioned to Sweeney transferred to 60-day disabled list Midland; Andrew Brown transferred to 60- July 11 Wes Bankston optioned to Sacramento day disabled list July 16 Chris Denorfia transferred to Stockton on Sept. 2 Dan Meyer recalled from Midland; Josh rehab Outman selected from Sacramento; Lenny July 17 Joe Blanton traded to the Philadelphia DiNardo outrighted to Sacramento Phillies for minor leaguers Adrian Cardenas, Sept. 3 Mike Sweeney returned from rehab and Josh Outman and Matt Spencer; Gregorio reinstated from the DL; Frank Thomas Petit optioned to Sacramento transferred to the 60-day DL July 18 Bobby Crosby reinstated from DL; Lenny Sept. 4 Sean Gallagher sent to Sacramento on rehab DiNardo selected from Sacramento Sept. 5 Jeff Gray recalled from Sacramento July 19 Wes Bankston recalled from Sacramento; Sept. 9 Jeff Baisley selected from Sacramento; Mike Daric Barton placed on 15-day DL retroactive Sweeney released to July 14 (neck strain); Chris Denorfia Sept. 10 Sean Gallagher returned from rehab and returned from rehab assignment, reinstated reinstated from the DL from DL and optioned to Sacramento Sept. 16 Travis Buck recalled from Sacramento July 21 Brooks Conrad selected from Sacramento; Sept. 17 Chris Denorfia and Carlos Gonzalez recalled Donnie Murphy designated for assignment from Sacramento July 23 Donnie Murphy outrighted to Sacramento Sept. 21 Donnie Murphy selected from Sacramento; July 24 Daric Barton sent to Sacramento on a rehab Mark Ellis placed on 60-day disabled list assignment (right shoulder surgery) July 27 Eric Patterson recalled from Sacramento; October 3 Justin Duchscherer reinstated from the Matt Murton optioned to Sacramento DL; Donnie Murphy and Kirk Saarloos July 28 Joey Devine sent to Sacramento on a rehab outrighted to Sacramento assignment October 20 Mark Ellis agrees to terms on a two-year July 30 Wes Bankston and Eric Patterson optioned to contract through 2010 with a club option for Sacramento following the game 2011 July 31 Frank Thomas reinstated from disabled list October 30 Emil Brown elected free agency August 1 Daric Barton returned from rehab assignment October 31 Joe Dillon claimed off waivers from and reinstated from DL; Gregorio Petit Milwaukee; Frank Thomas reinstated from recalled from Sacramento; Andrew Brown DL and elected free agency placed on 15-day DL retroactive to July 26 Nov. 1 Keith Foulke elected free agency (right shoulder soreness) Nov. 3 Dan Meyer claimed off waivers by Florida; August 2 Joey Devine returned from rehab assignment Alan Embree elected free agency and reinstated from DL; Brooks Conrad optioned to Sacramento; Keith Foulke sent to Sacramento on a rehab assignment August 3 Dan Meyer recalled from Sacramento; Dana Eveland optioned to Sacramento

122 2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide How The A’s Were Built

June 2, 1996 Eric Chavez selected in the 1st round of the June draft

January 31, 2000 Santiago Casilla signed as a non-drafted free agent

January 8, 2001 Mark Ellis acquired from Kansas City in a three-team trade in which the A’s also received Johnny Damon from Kansas City and Cory Lidle from Tampa Bay. The A’s sent Ben Grieve and cash to Tampa Bay and A.J. Hinch, cash and minor league infielder Angel Berroa to Kansas City. Tampa Bay sent Roberto Hernandez to Kansas City June 5, 2001 Bobby Crosby selected in the 1st round of the June draft

March 18, 2002 Justin Duchscherer acquired from the Texas Rangers for pitcher Luis Vizcaino

June 7, 2004 Huston Street selected as a compensation pick following the 1st round of the First-Year Player Draft June 7, 2004 Kurt Suzuki selected in the 2nd round of the First-Year Player Draft June 7, 2004 Dallas Braden selected in the 24th round of the First-Year Player Draft June 7, 2004 Jeff Gray selected in the 32nd round of the First-Year Player Draft June 18, 2004 Brad Ziegler signed as a free agent to a minor league contract December 16, 2004 Dan Meyer acquired from Atlanta with Juan Cruz and Charles Thomas for Tim Hudson December 18, 2004 Daric Barton acquired from St. Louis with Kiko Calero and Dan Haren on for

June 7, 2005 Cliff Pennington selected in the 1st round of the First-Year Player Draft June 7, 2005 Travis Buck selected as a compensation pick following the 1st round of the First-Year Player Draft June 7, 2005 Jeff Baisley selected in the 12th round of the First-Year Player Draft

November 28, 2006 Donnie Murphy acquired from the for cash considerations December 6, 2006 Alan Embree signed as a free agent to a two-year contract with a club option for 2009

April 27, 2007 Chris Denorfia acquired from the for two players to be named later (Marcus McBeth on April 27 and Ben Jukich on June 12) and cash May 3, 2007 Jack Cust acquired from the for a PTBNL or cash in a minor league trade June 29, 2007 Andrew Brown acquired from San Diego for Milton Bradley and cash July 16, 2007 Rob Bowen and Jerry Blevins acquired from the Chicago Cubs for Jason Kendall and cash August 14, 2007 Jack Hannahan acquired from the Detroit Tigers for Jason Perry December 14, 2007 Aaron Cunningham, Dana Eveland Carlos Gonzaez and Greg Smith acquired from the Arizona Diamondbacks with Brett Anderson and in exchange for Dan Haren and Conner Robertson

January 3, 2008 Gio Gonzalez and Ryan Sweeney acquired from the with Fautino De Los Santos for Nick Swisher January 11, 2008 Emil Brown signed as a free agent January 14, 2008 Joey Devine acquired from the with Jamie Richmond for Mark Kotsay January 15, 2008 Kirk Saarloos signed as a free agent to a minor league contract February 8, 2008 Keith Foulke signed as a free agent April 23, 2008 Rajai Davis claimed off waivers from San Francisco April 24, 2008 Frank Thomas signed as a free agent July 8, 2008 Sean Gallagher and Eric Patterson acquired from the Chicago Cubs with Josh Donaldson and Eric Murton for Rich Harden and Chad Gaudin July 17, 2008 Josh Outman acquired from the Philadelphia Phillies with Adrian Cardenas and Matt Spencer for Joe Blanton

Includes all active players and the disabled list as of September 28.

2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 123 2008 STATS AT THE ALL-STAR BREAK

PLAYER AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IBB SO SB CS DP E SLG OBP +Bankston,W .294 9 34 3 10 16 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 .471 .314 +Barton,D .224 89 277 36 62 86 9 3 3 25 3 2 0 44 2 72 0 1 5 8 .310 .328 Bowen,R .204 18 49 4 10 14 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 19 0 0 0 1 .286 .250 Brown,E .255 79 290 38 74 111 12 2 7 47 0 2 2 14 2 44 4 1 9 4 .383 .292 Buck,T .160 26 106 12 17 34 6 1 3 13 0 2 2 9 0 28 0 0 2 0 .321 .235 Chavez,E .247 23 89 10 22 35 7 0 2 14 0 0 0 6 0 18 0 0 2 1 .393 .295 Crosby,B .260 84 331 41 86 124 26 0 4 38 0 1 0 28 0 57 5 3 9 10 .375 .317 Cust,J .229 90 292 47 67 129 8 0 18 47 0 3 2 67 2 114 0 0 5 3 .442 .374 Davis,R .237 60 93 12 22 30 3 1 1 8 0 1 0 3 0 15 11 4 1 0 .323 .258 Denorfia,C .260 25 50 8 13 15 2 0 0 6 2 0 0 6 0 14 2 0 2 0 .300 .339 Ellis,M .238 85 328 47 78 126 17 2 9 34 3 2 3 44 2 41 12 2 7 2 .384 .332 +Fiorentino 1.000 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 +Gonzalez,C .274 39 146 15 40 63 17 0 2 16 1 0 0 4 0 37 3 0 1 0 .432 .293 Hannahan,J .226 87 266 30 60 90 18 0 4 29 2 5 2 38 4 78 2 0 0 8 .338 .322 Johnson,D .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Murphy,D .181 39 94 10 17 29 3 0 3 13 0 1 2 10 0 33 2 1 1 3 .309 .271 Murton,M .083 3 12 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 .083 .154 +Petit,G .348 12 23 4 8 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 0 0 0 2 .435 .400 Suzuki,K .281 86 317 37 89 118 15 1 4 27 1 1 5 22 2 47 2 2 10 5 .372 .336 Sweeney,M .292 40 120 13 35 48 7 0 2 12 0 1 2 7 0 6 0 0 3 0 .400 .338 +Sweeney,R .301 68 206 31 62 84 9 2 3 30 2 4 0 19 2 33 7 1 8 0 .408 .354 Thomas,F .258 44 151 19 39 67 5 1 7 27 0 1 2 26 0 33 0 0 5 0 .444 .372 OAK .319 28 91 12 29 47 4 1 4 16 0 1 1 15 0 20 0 0 2 0 .516 .417

Blanton,J .000 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 +Blevins,J .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Braden,D .000 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Brown,A .000 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Calero,E .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Casilla,S .000 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 +Devine,J .000 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Dinardo,L .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Duchschere .000 16 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Embree,A .000 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Eveland,D .250 19 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 .250 .400 Foulke,K .000 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 +Gallagher, .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Gaudin,C .000 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 Harden,R .250 13 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 +Hernandez, .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Saarloos,K .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 +Smith,G .500 18 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 Street,H .000 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 +Ziegler,B .000 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 PITCHERS .176 95 17 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 11 0 0 1 5 .176 .222 OAKLAND .249 95 3233 410 806 1214 170 14 70 386 17 26 21 344 16 703 50 15 68 52 .376 .323 OPPONENT .235 95 3157 345 742 1111 150 12 65 332 17 27 30 306 20 635 44 26 78 50 .352 .306

PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK AVG Blanton,J 5 12 4.96 20 20 0 0 0 0 127.0 145 74 70 12 1 35 3 62 1 0 .284 +Blevins,J 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 1 0 0 4.1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 .154 Braden,D 1 0 4.50 8 0 0 7 0 0 14.0 15 7 7 0 0 7 1 12 0 0 .283 Brown,A 1 0 2.30 28 0 0 12 0 0 31.1 20 9 8 3 1 16 0 25 0 0 .183 Calero,E 0 0 3.86 5 0 0 3 0 0 4.2 3 3 2 0 0 3 0 7 0 0 .176 Casilla,S 2 0 3.29 30 0 0 4 0 1 27.1 26 10 10 4 1 7 2 27 1 0 .255 +Devine,J 3 0 1.23 18 0 0 3 0 0 22.0 16 5 3 0 0 7 1 28 0 0 .198 Dinardo,L 1 1 10.24 5 2 0 2 0 0 9.2 16 11 11 1 1 6 1 6 0 0 .348 Duchscher 10 5 1.82 16 16 1 0 1 0 108.2 71 27 22 6 6 23 1 66 1 0 .186 Embree,A 1 3 4.58 42 0 0 5 0 0 35.1 36 18 18 4 2 12 1 34 2 0 .265 Eveland,D 7 6 3.49 19 19 1 0 0 0 113.1 103 45 44 4 8 56 2 74 4 1 .246 Foulke,K 0 3 3.81 26 0 0 9 0 1 26.0 22 11 11 4 1 12 2 20 1 0 .229 +Gallagher 1 0 2.57 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 7 0 0 .091 Gaudin,C 5 3 3.59 26 6 0 9 0 0 62.2 63 29 25 6 3 17 1 44 2 1 .263 Harden,R 5 1 2.34 13 13 0 0 0 0 77.0 57 21 20 5 1 31 1 92 1 0 .206 +Hernandez 1 0 18.00 3 0 0 1 0 0 3.0 4 6 6 0 1 5 0 2 0 0 .308 Saarloos, 0 0 2.35 2 0 0 1 0 0 7.2 4 3 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 .143 +Smith,G 5 7 3.43 18 18 2 0 0 0 110.1 91 45 42 10 2 47 2 74 4 0 .228 Street,H 2 3 4.07 38 0 0 31 0 17 42.0 35 19 19 6 1 11 2 42 2 0 .230 +Ziegler,B 1 0 0.00 19 0 0 3 0 0 20.2 11 0 0 0 1 4 0 9 0 0 .177 OAKLAND 51 44 3.39 95 95 4 91 5 19 854.0 742 345 322 65 30 306 20 635 19 2 .235 OPPONENTS 44 51 4.05 95 95 5 90 8 27 846.1 806 410 381 70 21 344 16 703 29 2 .249

124 2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 2008 STATS AFTER THE Break PLAYER AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IBB SO SB CS DP E SLG OBP +Baisley,J .256 14 43 1 11 12 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 7 0 0 2 1 .279 .319 +Bankston,W .080 8 25 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 11 0 0 0 1 .080 .143 +Barton,D .231 51 169 23 39 69 8 2 6 22 3 1 3 21 3 27 2 0 1 5 .408 .325 Bowen,R .143 19 42 2 6 12 3 0 1 4 2 0 1 1 0 19 0 0 2 1 .286 .182 Brown,E .214 38 112 10 24 44 2 0 6 12 0 2 3 13 0 21 0 1 7 0 .393 .308 Buck,T .367 12 49 4 18 33 3 0 4 12 0 0 2 2 0 10 1 0 0 0 .673 .415 +Conrad,B .158 6 19 0 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 1 1 .211 .158 Crosby,B .204 61 225 25 46 70 13 1 3 23 0 1 0 19 0 39 2 0 9 7 .311 .265 +Cunningham .250 22 80 7 20 32 7 1 1 14 0 0 1 6 1 24 2 0 1 3 .400 .310 Cust,J .233 58 189 30 44 100 11 0 15 30 0 1 0 44 1 83 0 0 2 1 .529 .376 Davis,R .282 41 103 16 29 43 2 3 2 11 2 0 1 4 0 19 14 2 0 1 .417 .315 Denorfia,C .417 4 12 2 5 9 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .750 .462 Ellis,M .219 32 114 8 25 39 3 1 3 7 2 0 2 9 0 24 2 0 4 2 .342 .288 +Gonzalez,C .212 46 156 16 33 46 5 1 2 10 0 0 0 9 1 44 1 1 6 2 .295 .255 Hannahan,J .206 56 170 18 35 59 9 0 5 18 1 0 0 17 0 53 0 0 5 3 .347 .278 Murphy,D .222 7 9 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 .222 .300 Murton,M .111 6 18 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 .167 .111 +Patterson, .174 30 92 11 16 19 3 0 0 8 0 0 0 12 0 24 8 0 0 5 .207 .269 +Pennington .242 36 99 14 24 29 5 0 0 9 2 1 2 13 0 18 4 1 1 5 .293 .339 +Petit,G .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Suzuki,K .277 62 213 17 59 78 10 0 3 15 1 0 6 22 0 22 0 1 10 1 .366 .361 Sweeney,M .167 2 6 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .167 +Sweeney,R .270 47 178 22 48 63 9 0 2 15 0 2 3 19 1 34 2 0 1 1 .354 .347 Thomas,F .211 27 95 8 20 25 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 13 0 24 0 0 4 0 .263 .312

+Blevins,J .000 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 Braden,D .000 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 Brown,A .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Casilla,S .000 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 +Devine,J .000 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Dinardo,L .000 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Duchschere .000 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Embree,A .000 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Eveland,D .000 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Foulke,K .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 +Gallagher, .000 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 +Gonzalez,G .000 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 +Gray,J .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 +Meyer,D .000 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 +Outman,J .000 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 Saarloos,K .000 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 +Smith,G .000 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Street,H .000 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 +Ziegler,B .000 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 PITCHERS .000 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 OAKLAND .231 66 2218 236 512 795 100 9 55 224 13 9 27 230 7 523 38 6 58 46 .358 .310 OPPONENT .278 66 2239 345 622 1004 134 19 70 333 15 26 24 270 25 426 26 15 64 31 .448 .358

PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK AVG +Blevins,J 1 3 3.51 32 0 0 7 0 0 33.1 30 14 13 2 3 11 2 32 0 0 .238 Braden,D 4 4 4.06 11 10 0 0 0 0 57.2 62 29 26 8 2 18 1 29 0 1 .284 Brown,A 0 0 9.82 3 0 0 1 0 0 3.2 3 4 4 0 0 5 1 3 0 0 .214 Casilla,S 0 1 4.70 21 0 0 5 0 1 23.0 34 12 12 1 2 13 0 16 5 0 .343 +Devine,J 3 1 0.00 24 0 0 7 0 1 23.2 7 2 0 0 0 8 1 21 0 0 .097 Dinardo,L 0 1 5.40 6 0 0 6 0 0 13.1 15 9 8 2 1 7 1 6 1 0 .288 Duchscher, J 0 3 4.91 6 6 0 0 0 0 33.0 36 18 18 5 2 11 1 29 0 0 .281 Embree,A 1 2 5.47 28 0 0 6 0 0 26.1 23 18 16 4 0 18 4 23 0 0 .237 Eveland,D 2 3 6.09 10 10 0 0 0 0 54.2 69 37 37 6 4 21 0 44 2 0 .311 Foulke,K 0 0 5.40 5 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 3 3 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 .300 +Gallagher, S 1 3 6.34 10 10 0 0 0 0 49.2 58 40 35 7 2 33 1 47 0 0 .290 +Gonzalez, C 1 4 7.68 10 7 0 3 0 0 34.0 32 34 29 9 3 25 1 34 1 0 .242 +Gray,J 0 0 7.71 5 0 0 2 0 0 4.2 8 4 4 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 .364 +Meyer,D 0 4 7.48 11 4 0 5 0 0 27.2 35 28 23 6 1 14 0 20 0 0 .304 +Outman,J 1 2 4.56 6 4 0 0 0 0 25.2 34 14 13 1 2 8 1 19 1 0 .327 Saarloos, 1 0 6.75 6 1 0 0 0 0 18.2 33 14 14 2 0 2 1 11 0 0 .393 +Smith,G 2 9 5.18 14 14 0 0 0 0 80.0 78 47 46 11 1 40 3 37 1 1 .264 Street,H 5 2 3.21 25 0 0 6 0 1 28.0 23 10 10 0 0 16 4 27 0 0 .228 +Ziegler,B 2 0 1.62 28 0 0 18 0 11 39.0 36 8 7 2 0 18 3 21 0 0 .263 OAKLAND 24 42 4.93 66 66 0 66 2 14 581.0 622 345 318 70 24 270 25 426 11 2 .278 OPPONENTS 42 24 3.28 66 66 3 63 2 22 595.2 512 236 217 55 27 230 7 523 15 2 .231

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GI PLAYER AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IBB SO SB CS DP E SLG OBP Barton,D .265 29 102 17 27 39 5 2 1 11 0 1 0 19 0 25 0 0 4 4 .382 .377 Bowen,R .250 3 12 2 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 .250 .308 Brown,E .270 27 100 15 27 42 4 1 3 25 0 2 1 4 1 10 1 0 4 2 .420 .299 Buck,T .154 15 65 5 10 18 6 1 0 6 0 2 2 2 0 20 0 0 1 0 .277 .197 Crosby,B .250 29 112 16 28 42 8 0 2 15 0 0 0 11 0 16 0 0 3 5 .375 .317 Cust,J .176 24 68 11 12 18 3 0 1 7 0 0 1 22 1 27 0 0 0 0 .265 .385 Davis,R .364 6 11 2 4 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .545 .364 Denorfia,C .271 22 48 8 13 15 2 0 0 6 2 0 0 6 0 13 2 0 2 0 .313 .352 Ellis,M .254 29 118 14 30 46 6 2 2 11 0 1 0 14 0 15 3 2 1 1 .390 .331 Fiorentino 1.000 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 Hannahan,J .206 23 63 9 13 21 2 0 2 8 0 1 0 15 1 21 0 0 0 5 .333 .354 Johnson,D .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Murphy,D .250 14 28 4 7 13 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 5 0 12 0 0 0 1 .464 .364 Suzuki,K .289 26 97 14 28 32 4 0 0 8 0 0 2 10 1 13 1 1 2 1 .330 .367 Sweeney,M .309 21 68 10 21 31 4 0 2 8 0 1 1 7 0 1 0 0 2 0 .456 .377 Sweeney,R .258 24 66 6 17 21 2 1 0 11 0 1 0 3 0 14 1 0 3 0 .318 .286 Thomas,F .181 23 83 9 15 28 2 1 3 14 0 0 1 17 0 17 0 0 4 0 .337 .327 OAK .217 7 23 2 5 8 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 6 0 4 0 0 1 0 .348 .379

Blanton,J .000 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Braden,D .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Brown,A .000 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Casilla,S .000 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Devine,J .000 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Dinardo,L .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Duchschere .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Embree,A .000 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Eveland,D .000 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Foulke,K .000 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Gaudin,C .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 Harden,R .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Hernandez, .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Saarloos,K .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Smith,G .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Street,H .000 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 PITCHERS .000 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 OAKLAND .250 29 983 135 246 356 47 9 15 130 2 9 7 125 4 198 9 3 24 22 .362 .336 OPPONENT .239 29 975 102 233 331 43 2 17 96 2 6 12 84 5 193 12 6 29 14 .339 .305

OPP PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK AVG Blanton,J 2 4 4.07 7 7 0 0 0 0 48.2 58 23 22 3 0 9 1 21 1 0 .291 Braden,D 0 0 3.60 3 0 0 3 0 0 5.0 5 2 2 0 0 2 1 5 0 0 .263 Brown,A 0 0 0.00 12 0 0 5 0 0 15.0 6 1 0 0 1 7 0 9 0 0 .125 Casilla,S 0 0 0.00 14 0 0 2 0 0 13.1 9 0 0 0 1 2 0 18 0 0 .200 Devine,J 2 0 0.90 8 0 0 2 0 0 10.0 9 1 1 0 0 3 0 10 0 0 .231 Dinardo,L 1 1 10.57 4 2 0 1 0 0 7.2 15 9 9 0 1 5 1 5 0 0 .395 Duchscher 1 1 2.70 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.0 10 3 3 0 0 2 0 8 0 0 .263 Embree,A 1 1 3.75 14 0 0 1 0 0 12.0 11 5 5 2 1 2 0 12 0 0 .256 Eveland,D 3 2 3.67 6 6 0 0 0 0 34.1 30 15 14 1 2 14 1 26 1 0 .236 Foulke,K 0 0 2.57 7 0 0 2 0 1 7.0 5 2 2 1 1 1 0 6 1 0 .192 Gaudin,C 3 1 3.00 5 5 0 0 0 0 30.0 25 13 10 3 2 8 0 23 0 0 .223 Harden,R 1 0 0.82 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.0 7 1 1 1 0 7 0 15 0 0 .184 Hernandez 1 0 18.00 3 0 0 1 0 0 3.0 4 6 6 0 1 5 0 2 0 0 .308 Saarloos, 0 0 2.35 2 0 0 1 0 0 7.2 4 3 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 .143 Smith,G 2 1 2.73 5 5 1 0 0 0 33.0 24 12 10 3 1 11 0 21 1 0 .209 Street,H 0 1 4.38 11 0 0 10 0 8 12.1 11 6 6 3 1 4 1 11 2 0 .234 OAKLAND 17 12 3.22 29 29 1 28 1 9 260.0 233 102 93 17 12 84 5 193 6 0 .239 OPPONENTS 12 17 4.45 29 29 1 28 2 6 257.0 246 135 127 15 7 125 4 198 11 0 .250

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GI PLAYER AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IBB SO SB CS DP E SLG OBP +Barton,D .139 24 72 7 10 16 1 1 1 6 1 0 0 10 1 20 0 0 0 2 .222 .244 Bowen,R .200 6 15 1 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .333 .200 Brown,E .241 27 112 13 27 40 5 1 2 12 0 0 0 4 0 15 2 0 3 2 .357 .267 Buck,T .250 2 8 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 Chavez,E .333 3 12 1 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .417 .333 Crosby,B .269 27 108 11 29 41 9 0 1 11 0 1 0 8 0 20 5 3 1 1 .380 .316 Cust,J .303 27 89 17 27 51 3 0 7 14 0 0 1 19 1 31 0 0 2 2 .573 .431 Davis,R .194 23 36 4 7 8 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 8 4 1 0 0 .222 .211 Denorfia,C .000 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Ellis,M .213 18 61 10 13 23 4 0 2 5 1 0 1 10 0 6 2 0 3 1 .377 .333 +Gonzalez,C .286 2 7 0 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .571 .286 Hannahan,J .253 26 87 8 22 31 6 0 1 10 0 2 1 14 2 24 1 0 0 2 .356 .356 Murphy,D .148 12 27 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 2 0 0 0 .148 .179 +Petit,G .333 7 15 2 5 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 .400 .375 Suzuki,K .213 24 94 8 20 26 3 0 1 5 1 0 0 4 0 15 0 1 5 1 .277 .245 Sweeney,M .269 19 52 3 14 17 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 .327 .283 +Sweeney,R .333 22 57 9 19 29 2 1 2 11 2 2 0 10 1 9 2 0 2 0 .509 .420 Thomas,F .353 21 68 10 24 39 3 0 4 13 0 1 1 9 0 16 0 0 1 0 .574 .430

Blanton,J .000 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 Braden,D .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Brown,A .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Calero,E .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Casilla,S .000 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 +Devine,J .000 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Dinardo,L .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Duchschere .000 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Embree,A .000 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Eveland,D 1.000 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 Foulke,K .000 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Gaudin,C .000 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Harden,R .500 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 +Smith,G .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Street,H .000 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 +Ziegler,B .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 PITCHERS .400 27 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 .400 .500 OAKLAND .252 27 927 106 234 349 44 4 21 97 7 7 5 92 5 193 18 5 19 13 .376 .321 OPPONENT .244 27 895 108 218 334 54 4 18 107 6 7 8 81 6 202 12 10 17 16 .373 .310

OPP PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK AVG Blanton,J 1 3 4.54 6 6 0 0 0 0 37.2 40 21 19 5 0 12 1 20 0 0 .270 Braden,D 1 0 5.63 4 0 0 3 0 0 8.0 10 5 5 0 0 5 0 7 0 0 .323 Brown,A 0 0 13.50 5 0 0 2 0 0 3.1 8 5 5 2 0 1 0 6 0 0 .471 Calero,E 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Casilla,S 2 0 3.00 7 0 0 1 0 1 6.0 3 2 2 1 0 2 0 4 0 0 .150 +Devine,J 1 0 1.50 10 0 0 1 0 0 12.0 7 4 2 0 0 4 1 18 0 0 .167 Dinardo,L 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.0 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .125 Duchscher 3 3 2.15 6 6 0 0 0 0 37.2 28 14 9 2 4 8 1 27 0 0 .209 Embree,A 0 1 4.91 12 0 0 2 0 0 11.0 10 6 6 0 0 5 0 10 0 0 .233 Eveland,D 1 2 3.66 5 5 1 0 0 0 32.0 29 13 13 2 3 12 1 21 0 0 .254 Foulke,K 0 1 4.50 7 0 0 3 0 0 8.0 9 4 4 0 0 5 1 7 0 0 .281 Gaudin,C 0 2 5.17 7 1 0 2 0 0 15.2 18 9 9 2 0 4 0 9 0 1 .300 Harden,R 2 0 3.42 4 4 0 0 0 0 23.2 21 9 9 1 0 8 0 26 1 0 .236 +Smith,G 1 3 2.97 5 5 0 0 0 0 30.1 27 10 10 2 1 12 1 28 1 0 .235 Street,H 0 0 3.00 11 0 0 9 0 4 12.0 6 4 4 0 0 2 0 18 0 0 .150 +Ziegler,B 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 OAKLAND 12 15 3.71 27 27 1 26 1 5 240.0 218 108 99 18 8 81 6 202 2 1 .244 OPPONENTS 15 12 3.54 27 27 1 26 4 8 241.1 234 106 95 21 5 92 5 193 6 0 .252

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GI PLAYER AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IBB SO SB CS DP E SLG OBP +Barton,D .269 24 78 10 21 27 3 0 1 7 0 1 0 10 1 22 0 1 1 2 .346 .348 Bowen,R .273 5 11 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 .364 .333 Brown,E .154 16 39 4 6 9 0 0 1 6 0 0 1 6 1 15 0 1 2 0 .231 .283 Buck,T .152 9 33 7 5 14 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 7 0 6 0 0 1 0 .424 .300 Chavez,E .243 19 74 9 18 30 6 0 2 14 0 0 0 5 0 16 0 0 2 1 .405 .291 Crosby,B .252 26 103 13 26 38 9 0 1 11 0 0 0 9 0 20 0 0 5 4 .369 .313 Cust,J .207 26 87 11 18 35 2 0 5 18 0 3 0 19 0 33 0 0 3 1 .402 .339 Davis,R .276 22 29 4 8 12 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 6 2 0 0 .414 .300 Ellis,M .273 25 99 19 27 45 6 0 4 13 0 1 1 15 1 16 4 0 2 0 .455 .371 +Gonzalez,C .258 26 97 11 25 42 11 0 2 12 1 0 0 4 0 24 2 0 0 0 .433 .287 Hannahan,J .189 25 74 8 14 22 8 0 0 7 2 2 1 5 0 19 0 0 0 0 .297 .244 Murphy,D .100 3 10 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .200 .100 +Petit,G .333 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 Suzuki,K .370 23 81 10 30 44 6 1 2 13 0 1 2 8 1 9 1 0 3 2 .543 .435 +Sweeney,R .294 13 51 13 15 19 4 0 0 4 0 1 0 4 1 6 3 0 2 0 .373 .339

Blanton,J .000 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Brown,A .000 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Calero,E .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Casilla,S .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Duchschere .000 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Embree,A .000 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Eveland,D .000 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 Foulke,K .000 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Gaudin,C .000 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 Harden,R .000 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 +Smith,G .500 6 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 Street,H .000 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 +Ziegler,B .000 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 PITCHERS .083 26 12 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 1 1 .083 .083 OAKLAND .249 26 881 122 219 345 58 1 22 114 4 9 5 94 5 211 16 4 22 11 .392 .322 OPPONENT .223 26 866 89 193 298 34 4 21 85 4 8 7 97 5 174 17 7 23 13 .344 .304

OPP PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK AVG Blanton,J 1 4 7.16 5 5 0 0 0 0 27.2 32 23 22 4 0 12 1 14 0 0 .286 Brown,A 1 0 1.80 8 0 0 3 0 0 10.0 4 2 2 0 0 5 0 9 0 0 .118 Calero,E 0 0 4.15 4 0 0 2 0 0 4.1 3 3 2 0 0 3 0 7 0 0 .188 Casilla,S 0 0 18.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 7 4 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 Duchscher 4 1 1.45 5 5 0 0 0 0 37.1 21 6 6 2 2 9 0 20 1 0 .165 Embree,A 0 0 2.79 12 0 0 2 0 0 9.2 9 3 3 1 1 4 0 11 2 0 .243 Eveland,D 2 1 2.64 5 5 0 0 0 0 30.2 26 9 9 0 2 20 0 18 1 1 .236 Foulke,K 0 1 2.53 11 0 0 4 0 0 10.2 6 3 3 2 0 5 1 7 0 0 .171 Gaudin,C 2 0 3.07 11 0 0 5 0 0 14.2 17 5 5 1 1 5 1 11 2 0 .288 Harden,R 2 0 1.67 5 5 0 0 0 0 32.1 19 6 6 3 0 11 1 42 0 0 .168 +Smith,G 2 2 4.50 6 6 1 0 0 0 36.0 31 19 18 3 0 17 0 21 1 0 .238 Street,H 1 1 4.91 11 0 0 7 0 3 11.0 10 6 6 3 0 4 1 9 0 0 .244 +Ziegler,B 1 0 0.00 12 0 0 2 0 0 12.2 8 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 .211 OAKLAND 16 10 3.24 26 26 1 25 2 3 239.0 193 89 86 21 7 97 5 174 7 1 .223 OPPONENTS 10 16 4.41 26 26 0 26 2 7 232.2 219 122 114 22 5 94 5 211 9 2 .249

128 2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 2008 A’s JULY Statistics

GI PLAYER AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IBB SO SB CS DP E SLG OBP +Bankston,W .203 17 59 4 12 18 3 0 1 4 0 1 1 2 0 15 0 0 0 1 .305 .238 +Barton,D .160 12 25 2 4 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 .160 .300 Bowen,R .077 6 13 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 .154 .200 Brown,E .284 18 67 9 19 31 3 0 3 7 0 1 1 2 0 9 1 0 2 0 .463 .310 Chavez,E .000 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 +Conrad,B .158 6 19 0 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 1 1 .211 .158 Crosby,B .204 14 54 4 11 12 1 0 0 7 0 1 0 4 0 11 1 0 3 2 .222 .254 Cust,J .205 24 83 12 17 37 2 0 6 10 0 0 0 17 0 45 0 0 0 0 .446 .340 Davis,R .136 15 22 4 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 3 2 0 0 .182 .208 Ellis,M .170 23 88 8 15 24 3 0 2 7 3 0 3 8 1 13 3 0 2 0 .273 .263 +Gonzalez,C .284 23 88 9 25 33 5 0 1 6 0 0 0 6 1 20 1 0 1 1 .375 .330 Hannahan,J .305 24 82 10 25 37 6 0 2 11 0 0 0 6 1 24 1 0 1 3 .451 .352 Murphy,D .194 13 36 3 7 12 2 0 1 7 0 1 2 5 0 11 0 1 1 2 .333 .318 Murton,M .100 9 30 1 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 1 0 .133 .129 +Patterson, .000 3 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 .231 +Petit,G .400 2 5 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 .600 .500 Suzuki,K .326 25 89 10 29 40 5 0 2 5 1 0 3 3 0 15 0 0 2 1 .449 .368 +Sweeney,R .312 20 77 7 24 29 2 0 1 10 0 1 1 4 0 11 2 1 1 0 .377 .349

Blanton,J .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 +Blevins,J .000 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Braden,D .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Brown,A .000 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Casilla,S .000 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Dinardo,L .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Duchschere .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Embree,A .000 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Eveland,D .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Foulke,K .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 +Gallagher, .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Gaudin,C .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Harden,R .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 +Smith,G .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Street,H .000 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 +Ziegler,B .000 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 PITCHERS .000 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 OAKLAND .235 25 850 86 200 294 37 0 19 81 6 5 12 71 3 213 12 4 15 13 .346 .302 OPPONENT .254 25 834 109 212 337 41 3 26 105 9 11 7 104 12 148 9 5 19 12 .404 .338

OPP PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK AVG Blanton,J 1 1 4.85 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 15 7 7 0 1 2 0 7 0 0 .288 +Blevins,J 1 1 0.71 12 0 0 3 0 0 12.2 6 1 1 0 1 3 1 13 0 0 .143 Braden,D 1 1 3.95 4 2 0 1 0 0 13.2 11 6 6 3 0 7 0 8 0 0 .229 Brown,A 0 0 6.75 6 0 0 3 0 0 6.2 5 5 5 1 0 8 1 4 0 0 .208 Casilla,S 0 0 3.86 10 0 0 2 0 0 9.1 13 4 4 1 0 4 2 8 1 0 .333 Dinardo,L 0 1 2.84 4 0 0 4 0 0 6.1 4 2 2 1 1 4 1 4 1 0 .190 Duchscher 2 2 3.44 5 5 1 0 1 0 36.2 27 14 14 5 0 9 1 21 0 0 .201 Embree,A 0 1 10.29 9 0 0 2 0 0 7.0 12 8 8 2 0 5 1 1 0 0 .387 Eveland,D 1 2 5.88 5 5 0 0 0 0 26.0 33 17 17 3 2 16 0 18 3 0 .300 Foulke,K 0 1 54.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667 +Gallagher 1 0 3.22 4 4 0 0 0 0 22.1 23 12 8 2 0 15 1 23 0 0 .261 Gaudin,C 0 0 3.86 3 0 0 2 0 0 2.1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 Harden,R 0 1 3.60 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.0 10 5 4 0 1 5 0 9 0 0 .270 +Smith,G 0 4 6.18 5 5 0 0 0 0 27.2 26 19 19 7 1 16 2 14 1 0 .255 Street,H 1 2 3.97 9 0 0 7 0 3 11.1 13 5 5 0 0 4 1 7 0 0 .317 +Ziegler,B 0 0 0.00 11 0 0 0 0 0 17.0 9 0 0 0 0 5 1 10 0 0 .170 OAKLAND 8 17 4.17 25 25 1 24 1 3 222.1 212 109 103 26 7 104 12 148 6 0 .254 OPPONENTS 17 8 3.18 25 25 3 22 1 11 226.1 200 86 80 19 12 71 3 213 6 0 .235

2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 129 2008 A’s AUGUST Statistics

GI PLAYER AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IBB SO SB CS DP E SLG OBP +Barton,D .198 30 101 9 20 35 3 0 4 13 2 0 2 5 0 17 1 0 1 4 .347 .250 Bowen,R .095 11 21 1 2 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 .238 .095 Brown,E .243 25 70 7 17 31 2 0 4 8 0 0 2 9 0 13 0 1 5 0 .443 .346 Crosby,B .245 29 106 11 26 46 9 1 3 11 0 0 0 6 0 15 0 0 5 3 .434 .286 +Cunningham .500 1 4 0 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .750 .500 Cust,J .234 24 77 8 18 38 2 0 6 10 0 0 0 14 0 31 0 0 1 0 .494 .352 Davis,R .347 21 49 4 17 21 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 9 6 1 0 0 .429 .360 Ellis,M .237 22 76 4 18 27 1 1 2 5 1 0 0 6 0 15 2 0 3 2 .355 .293 +Gonzalez,C .176 26 91 7 16 24 3 1 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 32 1 1 4 1 .264 .194 Hannahan,J .138 29 80 5 11 21 4 0 2 4 1 0 0 5 0 26 0 0 2 1 .263 .188 +Patterson, .220 17 50 4 11 13 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 6 0 10 7 0 0 3 .260 .304 +Pennington .161 16 31 4 5 7 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 7 1 0 0 3 .226 .212 +Petit,G .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Suzuki,K .250 30 92 6 23 33 4 0 2 6 0 0 2 11 0 11 0 1 6 0 .359 .343 +Sweeney,R .245 13 53 4 13 17 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 11 0 0 0 0 .321 .298 Thomas,F .211 27 95 8 20 25 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 13 0 24 0 0 4 0 .263 .312

+Blevins,J .000 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 Braden,D .000 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Casilla,S .000 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 +Devine,J .000 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Dinardo,L .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Duchscherer, J .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Embree,A .000 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Eveland,D .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Foulke,K .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 +Gallagher, S .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 +Gonzalez,G .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 +Meyer,D .000 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 Saarloos,K .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 +Smith,G .000 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Street,H .000 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 +Ziegler,B .000 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 PITCHERS .000 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 OAKLAND .220 30 996 82 219 346 37 3 28 77 7 0 8 83 0 233 18 4 31 21 .347 .285 OPPONENT .275 30 1002 161 276 438 61 10 27 155 10 14 11 133 11 188 12 8 30 14 .437 .362

OPP PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK AVG +Blevins,J 0 2 4.80 13 0 0 3 0 0 15.0 14 9 8 1 2 9 1 11 0 0 .241 Braden,D 2 2 3.50 6 6 0 0 0 0 36.0 38 15 14 4 2 7 1 16 0 1 .284 Casilla,S 0 1 4.40 11 0 0 3 0 0 14.1 20 7 7 1 1 7 0 8 2 0 .333 +Devine,J 1 0 0.00 12 0 0 3 0 0 11.2 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 9 0 0 .065 Dinardo,L 0 0 7.71 2 0 0 2 0 0 7.0 11 7 6 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 .355 Duchscher, H 0 1 3.60 4 4 0 0 0 0 20.0 21 8 8 2 2 6 0 19 0 0 .273 Embree,A 0 1 3.55 13 0 0 4 0 0 12.2 8 7 5 1 0 10 3 14 0 0 .186 Eveland,D 1 1 6.75 3 3 0 0 0 0 16.0 18 12 12 2 0 6 0 11 0 0 .286 Foulke,K 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .333 +Gallagher, S 0 2 12.75 3 3 0 0 0 0 12.0 19 18 17 2 2 11 0 10 0 0 .380 +Gonzalez, G 1 2 7.25 5 5 0 0 0 0 22.1 23 21 18 4 1 19 0 22 1 0 .264 +Meyer,D 0 3 6.33 8 3 0 3 0 0 21.1 22 19 15 5 1 11 0 18 0 0 .256 Saarloos, 1 0 7.59 3 0 0 0 0 0 10.2 20 9 9 1 0 1 0 9 0 0 .408 +Smith,G 1 4 4.96 6 6 0 0 0 0 32.2 36 18 18 3 0 19 2 15 1 1 .295 Street,H 3 1 4.15 12 0 0 4 0 0 13.0 11 6 6 0 0 9 2 15 0 0 .229 +Ziegler,B 0 0 1.53 11 0 0 8 0 6 17.2 12 4 3 0 0 10 2 7 0 0 .200 OAKLAND 10 20 4.99 30 30 0 30 1 6 263.1 276 161 146 27 11 133 11 188 4 2 .275 OPPONENTS 20 10 2.44 30 30 1 29 0 10 272.2 219 82 74 28 8 83 0 233 8 0 .220

130 2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 2008 A’s SEPTEMBER Statistics

GI PLAYER AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IBB SO SB CS DP E SLG OBP +Baisley,J .256 14 43 1 11 12 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 7 0 0 2 1 .279 .319 +Barton,D .279 21 68 14 19 34 5 2 2 9 1 1 1 16 3 10 1 0 0 1 .500 .419 Bowen,R .211 6 19 1 4 7 3 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 2 1 .368 .250 Brown,E .143 4 14 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 .143 .235 Buck,T .367 12 49 4 18 33 3 0 4 12 0 0 2 2 0 10 1 0 0 0 .673 .415 Crosby,B .164 20 73 11 12 15 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 9 0 14 1 0 1 2 .205 .256 +Cunningham .237 21 76 7 18 29 6 1 1 12 0 0 1 6 1 22 2 0 1 3 .382 .301 Cust,J .247 23 77 18 19 50 7 0 8 18 0 1 0 20 1 30 0 0 1 1 .649 .398 Davis,R .245 14 49 10 12 22 1 3 1 8 0 0 1 2 0 8 5 0 0 1 .449 .288 Denorfia,C .417 4 12 2 5 9 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .750 .462 +Gonzalez,C .263 8 19 4 5 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 .316 .300 Hannahan,J .200 16 50 8 10 17 1 0 2 7 0 0 0 10 0 17 0 0 2 0 .340 .333 Murphy,D .000 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 +Patterson, .156 10 32 5 5 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 9 1 0 0 2 .188 .229 +Pennington .279 20 68 10 19 22 3 0 0 7 1 1 2 11 0 11 3 1 1 2 .324 .390 Suzuki,K .234 20 77 6 18 21 3 0 0 5 0 0 2 8 0 6 0 0 2 1 .273 .322 Sweeney,M .167 2 6 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .167 +Sweeney,R .275 23 80 14 22 32 7 0 1 8 0 1 1 14 1 16 1 0 1 1 .400 .385

+Blevins,J .000 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Braden,D .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 Casilla,S .000 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 +Devine,J .000 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Embree,A .000 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Eveland,D .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Foulke,K .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 +Gallagher, .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 +Gonzalez,G .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 +Gray,J .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 +Meyer,D .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 +Outman,J .000 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 Saarloos,K .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 +Smith,G .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Street,H .000 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 +Ziegler,B .000 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 PITCHERS .000 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 OAKLAND .246 24 814 115 200 319 47 6 20 111 4 5 11 109 6 178 15 1 15 18 .392 .341 OPPONENT .282 24 824 121 232 377 51 8 26 117 1 7 9 77 6 156 8 5 24 12 .458 .347

OPP PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK AVG +Blevins,J 0 0 3.60 11 0 0 2 0 0 10.0 12 4 4 1 0 1 0 11 0 0 .308 Braden,D 1 1 6.00 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.0 13 8 6 1 0 4 0 5 0 0 .333 Casilla,S 0 0 8.44 6 0 0 1 0 1 5.1 8 5 5 0 1 5 0 4 3 0 .348 +Devine,J 2 1 0.00 12 0 0 4 0 1 12.0 5 1 0 0 0 4 1 12 0 0 .122 Embree,A 1 1 6.75 10 0 0 0 0 0 9.1 9 7 7 2 0 4 1 9 0 0 .250 Eveland,D 1 1 4.97 5 5 0 0 0 0 29.0 36 16 16 2 3 9 0 24 1 0 .310 Foulke,K 0 0 6.75 4 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 3 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .294 +Gallagher 1 1 4.84 4 4 0 0 0 0 22.1 18 12 12 3 0 10 0 21 0 0 .214 +Gonzalez, 0 2 8.49 5 2 0 3 0 0 11.2 9 13 11 5 2 6 1 12 0 0 .200 +Gray,J 0 0 7.71 5 0 0 2 0 0 4.2 8 4 4 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 .364 +Meyer,D 0 1 11.37 3 1 0 2 0 0 6.1 13 9 8 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 .448 +Outman,J 1 2 4.56 6 4 0 0 0 0 25.2 34 14 13 1 2 8 1 19 1 0 .327 Saarloos, 0 0 5.63 3 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 13 5 5 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 .371 +Smith,G 1 2 3.82 5 5 0 0 0 0 30.2 25 14 13 3 0 12 0 12 0 0 .225 Street,H 2 0 1.74 9 0 0 0 0 0 10.1 7 2 2 0 0 4 1 9 0 0 .194 +Ziegler,B 2 0 3.00 12 0 0 10 0 5 12.0 17 4 4 2 0 5 0 9 0 0 .362 OAKLAND 12 12 4.84 24 24 0 24 1 7 210.1 232 121 113 26 9 77 6 156 5 0 .282 OPPONENTS 12 12 4.58 24 24 2 22 1 7 212.0 200 115 108 20 11 109 6 178 4 2 .246

2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 131 2008 A’s Stats At Home

BATTER AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS DP E Baisley,J .333 6 15 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 1 Bankston,W .120 8 25 3 3 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 Barton,D .237 69 219 20 52 11 3 1 14 5 0 1 26 55 1 0 3 9 Bowen,R .175 19 40 3 7 2 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 16 0 0 1 1 Brown,E .248 59 210 28 52 8 2 6 34 0 1 3 19 31 2 1 5 2 Buck,T .133 22 83 6 11 0 0 3 9 0 2 3 6 23 1 0 2 0 Chavez,E .239 12 46 6 11 4 0 1 7 0 0 0 5 8 0 0 1 0 Conrad,B .333 3 9 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 Crosby,B .258 73 275 38 71 23 0 2 33 0 1 0 27 43 4 2 7 8 Cunningham,A .293 11 41 4 12 6 0 1 11 0 0 0 3 10 1 0 1 0 Cust,J .241 78 253 45 61 7 0 20 44 0 0 2 60 104 0 0 5 2 Davis,R .235 49 98 9 23 4 1 0 3 0 1 1 3 20 13 3 0 1 SEAS TOTAL .215 56 107 11 23 4 1 0 3 0 1 1 4 22 16 3 0 1 Denorfia,C .276 14 29 4 8 2 0 0 3 1 0 1 2 8 2 0 2 0 Ellis,M .189 63 233 28 44 7 1 7 22 4 1 3 31 28 7 0 9 1 Fiorentino,J 1.000 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gonzalez,C .243 40 148 14 36 14 0 3 18 1 0 0 4 43 1 0 2 0 Hannahan,J .239 77 238 26 57 14 0 4 24 3 2 2 30 70 0 0 3 7 Johnson,D .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SEAS TOTAL .125 5 8 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 Murphy,D .167 20 48 5 8 2 0 2 8 0 1 2 2 13 1 0 0 1 Murton,M .059 5 17 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 SEAS TOTAL .171 13 35 2 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 0 Patterson,E .083 13 36 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 13 3 0 0 2 SEAS TOTAL .167 22 66 7 11 1 0 1 8 0 1 0 10 21 5 1 1 4 Pennington,C .227 20 44 10 10 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 7 8 1 1 1 2 Petit,G .294 8 17 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 Suzuki,K .318 76 264 30 84 18 0 5 28 1 1 6 20 30 2 2 8 3 Sweeney,M .250 21 64 6 16 3 0 1 8 0 0 1 5 5 0 0 1 0 Sweeney,R .281 55 178 24 50 9 1 1 16 2 1 1 16 30 1 1 2 0 Thomas,F .303 22 76 11 23 4 0 4 8 0 0 0 8 18 0 0 1 0 SEAS TOTAL .254 31 114 16 29 5 0 7 18 0 0 0 13 28 0 0 2 0 PITCHERS .000 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 TOTALS .243 81 2708 326 657 142 8 62 311 20 13 28 285 597 40 10 56 46

PITCHER ERA W L G GS CG SHO SV IP AB H R ER HR HB BB SO WP AVG Blanton,J 4.63 2 9 14 14 0 0 0 89.1 360 102 50 46 6 1 24 48 1 .283 SEAS TOTAL 4.31 4 9 21 21 0 0 0 127.1 501 135 68 61 11 3 37 70 2 .269 Blevins,J 0.98 1 1 17 0 0 0 0 18.1 60 8 2 2 1 1 7 15 0 .133 Braden,D 4.70 1 2 8 4 0 0 0 30.2 120 35 18 16 5 1 13 19 0 .292 Brown,A 4.15 1 0 20 0 0 0 0 21.2 78 16 10 10 1 1 14 17 0 .205 Calero,E 13.50 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1.1 5 1 3 2 0 0 2 3 0 .200 Casilla,S 3.42 1 1 22 0 0 0 1 23.2 97 31 9 9 3 1 5 18 2 .320 Devine,J 0.87 4 0 19 0 0 0 1 20.2 68 11 3 2 0 0 6 23 0 .162 Dinardo,L 10.38 0 1 6 1 0 0 0 8.2 38 12 10 10 2 0 7 6 1 .316 Duchscherer,J 2.41 7 3 11 11 1 1 0 78.1 273 47 21 21 7 4 18 49 1 .172 Embree,A 3.41 0 1 38 0 0 0 0 34.1 122 27 15 13 4 2 18 30 1 .221 Eveland,D 3.25 6 3 15 15 1 0 0 91.1 337 84 33 33 2 7 47 60 3 .249 Foulke,K 3.44 0 1 18 0 0 0 0 18.1 67 14 7 7 5 1 8 16 1 .209 Gallagher,S 3.34 2 0 6 6 0 0 0 35.0 127 28 17 13 3 0 18 31 0 .220 SEAS TOTAL 3.41 5 0 10 10 0 0 0 58.0 210 47 26 22 3 3 26 51 2 .224 Gaudin,C 2.25 3 2 12 3 0 0 0 32.0 115 26 9 8 2 0 9 22 1 .226 SEAS TOTAL 3.70 5 3 25 3 0 0 0 48.2 183 47 22 20 6 0 16 40 1 .257 Gonzalez,G 6.97 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 10.1 40 11 9 8 3 0 9 9 1 .275 Gray,J 3.38 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2.2 12 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 .333 Harden,R 1.79 3 0 8 8 0 0 0 50.1 179 34 10 10 5 0 19 61 0 .190 SEAS TOTAL 1.79 5 0 15 15 0 0 0 90.1 322 57 20 18 9 2 36 122 1 .177 Meyer,D 9.82 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 7.1 32 10 12 8 1 0 8 9 0 .313 Outman,J 3.86 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 9.1 35 10 4 4 0 0 5 7 0 .286 Saarloos,K 6.35 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 17.0 76 26 13 12 1 0 3 6 0 .342 Smith,G 4.25 2 7 13 13 0 0 0 78.1 294 75 39 37 11 0 25 48 2 .255 Street,H 3.89 5 4 34 0 0 0 10 39.1 140 32 17 17 5 0 12 38 0 .229 Ziegler,B 1.17 3 0 25 0 0 0 4 30.2 99 21 5 4 1 1 9 14 0 .212 TOTALS 3.52 43 38 81 81 2 5 16 749.0 2774 665 317 293 68 21 286 551 14 .240

132 2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 2008 A’s Stats On The Road

BATTER AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS DP E Baisley,J .214 8 28 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 Bankston,W .265 9 34 1 9 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 11 0 0 0 1 Barton,D .216 71 227 39 49 6 2 8 33 1 3 2 39 44 1 1 3 4 Bowen,R .176 18 51 3 9 3 1 1 4 1 0 0 4 22 0 0 1 1 Brown,E .240 58 192 20 46 6 0 7 25 0 3 2 8 34 2 1 11 2 Buck,T .333 16 72 10 24 9 1 4 16 0 0 1 5 15 0 0 0 0 Chavez,E .256 11 43 4 11 3 0 1 7 0 0 0 1 10 0 0 1 1 Conrad,B .000 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 Crosby,B .217 72 281 28 61 16 1 5 28 0 1 0 20 53 3 1 11 9 Cunningham,A .205 11 39 3 8 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 3 14 1 0 0 3 Cust,J .219 70 228 32 50 12 0 13 33 0 4 0 51 93 0 0 2 2 Davis,R .286 52 98 19 28 1 3 3 16 2 0 0 4 14 12 3 1 0 SEAS TOTAL .271 57 107 19 29 1 3 3 16 2 0 0 4 18 13 3 1 0 Denorfia,C .303 15 33 6 10 1 0 1 6 1 0 0 4 8 0 0 1 0 Ellis,M .282 54 209 27 59 13 2 5 19 1 1 2 22 37 7 2 2 3 Gonzalez,C .240 45 154 17 37 8 1 1 8 0 0 0 9 38 3 1 5 2 Hannahan,J .192 66 198 22 38 13 0 5 23 0 3 0 25 61 2 0 2 4 Murphy,D .200 26 55 5 11 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 9 25 1 1 1 2 Murton,M .154 4 13 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 SEAS TOTAL .200 15 35 1 7 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 8 0 0 1 0 Patterson,E .232 17 56 9 13 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 6 11 5 0 0 3 SEAS TOTAL .219 21 64 9 14 3 0 0 7 0 0 0 7 15 5 0 0 4 Pennington,C .255 16 55 4 14 4 0 0 7 0 0 1 6 10 3 0 0 3 Petit,G .500 6 6 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 Suzuki,K .241 72 266 24 64 7 1 2 14 1 0 5 24 39 0 1 12 3 Sweeney,M .323 21 62 7 20 5 0 1 4 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 Sweeney,R .291 60 206 29 60 9 1 4 29 0 5 2 22 37 8 0 7 1 Thomas,F .236 33 110 9 26 2 1 1 11 0 1 2 20 26 0 0 5 0 SEAS TOTAL .227 40 132 11 30 2 1 1 12 0 1 3 26 29 0 0 7 0 PITCHERS .176 80 17 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 11 0 0 1 7 TOTALS .241 80 2743 320 661 128 15 63 299 10 22 20 289 629 48 11 70 52

PITCHER ERA W L G GS CG SHO SV IP AB H R ER HR HB BB SO WP AVG Blanton,J 5.73 3 3 6 6 0 0 0 37.2 151 43 24 24 6 0 11 14 0 .285 SEAS TOTAL 5.37 5 3 12 12 0 0 0 70.1 278 76 42 42 11 1 29 41 0 .273 Blevins,J 5.12 0 2 19 0 0 0 0 19.1 79 24 12 11 1 2 6 20 0 .304 Braden,D 3.73 4 2 11 6 0 0 0 41.0 151 42 18 17 3 1 12 22 0 .278 Brown,A 1.35 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 13.1 45 7 3 2 2 0 7 11 0 .156 Calero,E 0.00 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3.1 12 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 .167 Casilla,S 4.39 1 0 29 0 0 0 1 26.2 104 29 13 13 2 2 15 25 4 .279 Devine,J 0.36 2 1 23 0 0 0 0 25.0 85 12 4 1 0 0 9 26 0 .141 Dinardo,L 5.65 1 1 5 1 0 0 0 14.1 60 19 10 9 1 2 6 6 0 .317 Duchscherer,J 2.70 3 5 11 11 0 0 0 63.1 237 60 24 19 4 4 16 46 0 .253 Embree,A 6.91 2 4 32 0 0 0 0 27.1 111 32 21 21 4 0 12 27 1 .288 Eveland,D 5.63 3 6 14 14 0 0 0 76.2 303 88 49 48 8 5 30 58 3 .290 Foulke,K 4.97 0 2 13 0 0 0 1 12.2 49 14 7 7 2 0 5 7 0 .286 Gallagher,S 9.97 0 3 5 5 0 0 0 21.2 95 32 25 24 4 2 18 23 0 .337 SEAS TOTAL 6.91 0 7 13 11 0 0 0 57.1 239 71 47 44 10 3 32 52 0 .297 Gaudin,C 4.99 2 1 14 3 0 0 0 30.2 125 37 20 17 4 3 8 22 1 .296 SEAS TOTAL 5.23 4 2 25 3 0 0 0 41.1 164 45 28 24 5 3 11 31 1 .274 Gonzalez,G 7.99 0 3 7 5 0 0 0 23.2 92 21 25 21 6 3 16 25 0 .228 Gray,J 13.50 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 10 4 3 3 1 0 1 2 0 .400 Harden,R 3.38 2 1 5 5 0 0 0 26.2 98 23 11 10 0 1 12 31 1 .235 SEAS TOTAL 2.50 5 2 10 10 0 0 0 57.2 204 39 18 16 2 1 25 59 2 .191 Hernandez,F 18.00 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 3.0 13 4 6 6 0 1 5 2 0 .308 Meyer,D 6.64 0 3 6 3 0 0 0 20.1 83 25 16 15 5 1 6 11 0 .301 Outman,J 4.96 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 16.1 69 24 10 9 1 2 3 12 1 .348 Saarloos,K 3.86 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 9.1 36 11 4 4 1 0 1 6 0 .306 Smith,G 4.10 5 9 19 19 2 0 0 112.0 401 94 53 51 10 3 62 63 3 .234 Street,H 3.52 2 1 29 0 0 0 8 30.2 113 26 12 12 1 1 15 31 2 .230 Ziegler,B 0.93 0 0 22 0 0 0 7 29.0 100 26 3 3 1 0 13 16 0 .260 TOTALS 4.55 32 48 80 80 2 2 17 686.0 2622 699 373 347 67 33 290 510 16 .267

2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 133 2008 A’s Stats During The Day

BATTER AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS DP E Baisley,J .250 7 20 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 Bankston,W .097 8 31 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 10 0 0 0 1 Barton,D .246 43 134 19 33 11 2 2 12 1 0 1 19 36 1 1 1 4 Bowen,R .215 23 65 4 14 5 1 1 9 1 0 0 2 25 0 0 2 0 Brown,E .266 40 143 17 38 6 1 4 22 0 2 2 9 22 3 1 5 0 Buck,T .271 12 48 7 13 2 1 3 5 0 1 1 3 9 0 0 1 0 Chavez,E .261 6 23 2 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 Conrad,B .000 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Crosby,B .214 47 182 20 39 8 0 1 19 0 0 0 16 31 3 0 5 3 Cunningham,A .257 9 35 2 9 3 0 1 12 0 0 0 1 10 1 0 0 1 Cust,J .255 47 149 26 38 4 0 13 32 0 0 0 44 60 0 0 3 2 Davis,R .208 36 72 9 15 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 12 9 4 0 0 SEAS TOTAL .188 42 80 10 15 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 14 10 4 0 0 Denorfia,C .270 13 37 4 10 2 0 1 5 1 0 1 2 9 1 0 2 0 Ellis,M .234 36 145 22 34 6 1 5 16 3 0 2 17 16 7 1 4 2 Gonzalez,C .286 29 98 12 28 6 1 3 13 0 0 0 4 23 1 0 0 1 Hannahan,J .286 44 133 23 38 16 0 3 16 0 1 0 25 41 1 0 1 1 Johnson,D .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SEAS TOTAL .111 3 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Murphy,D .152 19 33 6 5 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 6 15 1 0 1 2 Murton,M .143 4 14 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 SEAS TOTAL .167 14 36 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 2 0 Patterson,E .056 6 18 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 6 1 0 0 0 SEAS TOTAL .150 12 40 4 6 1 0 0 6 0 1 0 4 11 3 0 1 2 Pennington,C .293 15 41 11 12 3 0 0 3 2 0 0 9 6 1 0 1 2 Petit,G .455 7 11 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 Suzuki,K .288 41 139 15 40 8 0 3 14 0 0 1 13 14 0 0 11 2 Sweeney,M .333 11 39 2 13 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 Sweeney,R .282 36 110 15 31 5 1 1 13 0 2 2 10 18 3 1 1 0 Thomas,F .196 16 51 2 10 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 7 9 0 0 1 0 SEAS TOTAL .222 19 63 5 14 1 0 2 10 0 1 0 9 10 0 0 2 0 PITCHERS .000 52 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 4 TOTALS .248 52 1781 225 442 94 9 43 213 8 8 13 202 397 33 8 42 26

PITCHER ERA W L G GS CG SHO SV IP AB H R ER HR HB BB SO WP AVG Blanton,J 4.91 2 2 5 5 0 0 0 29.1 121 36 16 16 2 0 14 18 0 .298 SEAS TOTAL 4.70 2 2 8 8 0 0 0 44.0 173 46 23 23 4 1 22 27 0 .266 Blevins,J 1.69 1 0 15 0 0 0 0 16.0 53 10 4 3 0 0 7 12 0 .189 Braden,D 6.43 1 2 4 2 0 0 0 14.0 53 17 10 10 0 1 8 11 0 .321 Brown,A 4.35 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 10.1 39 9 5 5 0 1 8 10 0 .231 Calero,E 0.00 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 .000 Casilla,S 6.00 2 1 20 0 0 0 0 18.0 74 23 12 12 4 1 7 11 3 .311 Devine,J 0.00 2 0 16 0 0 0 1 17.2 61 9 2 0 0 0 5 22 0 .148 Dinardo,L 8.53 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 6.1 26 8 6 6 2 1 4 3 1 .308 Duchscherer,J 4.05 2 3 6 6 0 0 0 40.0 146 36 18 18 5 3 16 21 1 .247 Embree,A 2.78 0 1 25 0 0 0 0 22.2 81 13 9 7 2 1 15 23 2 .160 Eveland,D 4.99 4 3 10 10 1 0 0 57.2 220 58 33 32 4 8 24 44 3 .264 Foulke,K 7.71 0 2 8 0 0 0 0 7.0 26 8 6 6 5 1 5 7 0 .308 Gallagher,S 4.01 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 24.2 92 20 11 11 0 0 20 26 0 .217 SEAS TOTAL 4.86 2 1 11 10 0 0 0 53.2 205 51 30 29 3 3 32 54 1 .249 Gaudin,C 3.29 1 1 8 1 0 0 0 13.2 49 11 6 5 0 2 8 12 1 .224 SEAS TOTAL 5.22 3 2 20 1 0 0 0 29.1 112 30 18 17 4 2 14 27 1 .268 Gonzalez,G 18.90 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3.1 16 6 8 7 3 0 5 2 1 .375 Gray,J 9.00 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 10 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 .400 Harden,R 3.25 1 1 5 5 0 0 0 27.2 103 25 11 10 1 0 16 35 1 .243 SEAS TOTAL 2.53 3 1 12 12 0 0 0 67.2 249 52 22 19 6 2 33 95 2 .209 Hernandez,F 18.00 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 10 4 4 4 0 0 2 1 0 .400 Meyer,D 7.24 0 1 7 1 0 0 0 13.2 51 12 11 11 3 0 9 12 0 .235 Outman,J 4.11 1 2 3 3 0 0 0 15.1 61 18 8 7 0 0 6 12 1 .295 Saarloos,K 11.05 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 7.1 32 12 9 9 2 0 2 3 0 .375 Smith,G 5.02 1 6 12 12 0 0 0 66.1 251 65 39 37 11 2 28 48 2 .259 Street,H 3.81 3 2 23 0 0 0 6 26.0 94 24 11 11 2 0 8 23 0 .255 Ziegler,B 1.27 2 0 17 0 0 0 3 21.1 66 17 4 3 0 0 10 11 0 .258 TOTALS 4.50 23 29 52 52 1 1 10 464.1 1741 445 245 232 46 21 228 371 16 .256

134 2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 2008 A’s Stats At Night

BATTER AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS DP E Baisley,J .250 7 20 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 Bankston,W .097 8 31 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 10 0 0 0 1 Barton,D .246 43 134 19 33 11 2 2 12 1 0 1 19 36 1 1 1 4 Bowen,R .215 23 65 4 14 5 1 1 9 1 0 0 2 25 0 0 2 0 Brown,E .266 40 143 17 38 6 1 4 22 0 2 2 9 22 3 1 5 0 Buck,T .271 12 48 7 13 2 1 3 5 0 1 1 3 9 0 0 1 0 Chavez,E .261 6 23 2 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 Conrad,B .000 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Crosby,B .214 47 182 20 39 8 0 1 19 0 0 0 16 31 3 0 5 3 Cunningham,A .257 9 35 2 9 3 0 1 12 0 0 0 1 10 1 0 0 1 Cust,J .255 47 149 26 38 4 0 13 32 0 0 0 44 60 0 0 3 2 Davis,R .208 36 72 9 15 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 12 9 4 0 0 SEAS TOTAL .188 42 80 10 15 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 14 10 4 0 0 Denorfia,C .270 13 37 4 10 2 0 1 5 1 0 1 2 9 1 0 2 0 Ellis,M .234 36 145 22 34 6 1 5 16 3 0 2 17 16 7 1 4 2 Gonzalez,C .286 29 98 12 28 6 1 3 13 0 0 0 4 23 1 0 0 1 Hannahan,J .286 44 133 23 38 16 0 3 16 0 1 0 25 41 1 0 1 1 Johnson,D .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SEAS TOTAL .111 3 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Murphy,D .152 19 33 6 5 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 6 15 1 0 1 2 Murton,M .143 4 14 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 SEAS TOTAL .167 14 36 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 2 0 Patterson,E .056 6 18 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 6 1 0 0 0 SEAS TOTAL .150 12 40 4 6 1 0 0 6 0 1 0 4 11 3 0 1 2 Pennington,C .293 15 41 11 12 3 0 0 3 2 0 0 9 6 1 0 1 2 Petit,G .455 7 11 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 Suzuki,K .288 41 139 15 40 8 0 3 14 0 0 1 13 14 0 0 11 2 Sweeney,M .333 11 39 2 13 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 Sweeney,R .282 36 110 15 31 5 1 1 13 0 2 2 10 18 3 1 1 0 Thomas,F .196 16 51 2 10 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 7 9 0 0 1 0 SEAS TOTAL .222 19 63 5 14 1 0 2 10 0 1 0 9 10 0 0 2 0 PITCHERS .000 52 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 4 TOTALS .248 52 1781 225 442 94 9 43 213 8 8 13 202 397 33 8 42 26

PITCHER ERA W L G GS CG SHO SV IP AB H R ER HR HB BB SO WP AVG Blanton,J 4.91 2 2 5 5 0 0 0 29.1 121 36 16 16 2 0 14 18 0 .298 SEAS TOTAL 4.70 2 2 8 8 0 0 0 44.0 173 46 23 23 4 1 22 27 0 .266 Blevins,J 1.69 1 0 15 0 0 0 0 16.0 53 10 4 3 0 0 7 12 0 .189 Braden,D 6.43 1 2 4 2 0 0 0 14.0 53 17 10 10 0 1 8 11 0 .321 Brown,A 4.35 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 10.1 39 9 5 5 0 1 8 10 0 .231 Calero,E 0.00 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 .000 Casilla,S 6.00 2 1 20 0 0 0 0 18.0 74 23 12 12 4 1 7 11 3 .311 Devine,J 0.00 2 0 16 0 0 0 1 17.2 61 9 2 0 0 0 5 22 0 .148 Dinardo,L 8.53 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 6.1 26 8 6 6 2 1 4 3 1 .308 Duchscherer,J 4.05 2 3 6 6 0 0 0 40.0 146 36 18 18 5 3 16 21 1 .247 Embree,A 2.78 0 1 25 0 0 0 0 22.2 81 13 9 7 2 1 15 23 2 .160 Eveland,D 4.99 4 3 10 10 1 0 0 57.2 220 58 33 32 4 8 24 44 3 .264 Foulke,K 7.71 0 2 8 0 0 0 0 7.0 26 8 6 6 5 1 5 7 0 .308 Gallagher,S 4.01 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 24.2 92 20 11 11 0 0 20 26 0 .217 SEAS TOTAL 4.86 2 1 11 10 0 0 0 53.2 205 51 30 29 3 3 32 54 1 .249 Gaudin,C 3.29 1 1 8 1 0 0 0 13.2 49 11 6 5 0 2 8 12 1 .224 SEAS TOTAL 5.22 3 2 20 1 0 0 0 29.1 112 30 18 17 4 2 14 27 1 .268 Gonzalez,G 18.90 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3.1 16 6 8 7 3 0 5 2 1 .375 Gray,J 9.00 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 10 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 .400 Harden,R 3.25 1 1 5 5 0 0 0 27.2 103 25 11 10 1 0 16 35 1 .243 SEAS TOTAL 2.53 3 1 12 12 0 0 0 67.2 249 52 22 19 6 2 33 95 2 .209 Hernandez,F 18.00 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 10 4 4 4 0 0 2 1 0 .400 Meyer,D 7.24 0 1 7 1 0 0 0 13.2 51 12 11 11 3 0 9 12 0 .235 Outman,J 4.11 1 2 3 3 0 0 0 15.1 61 18 8 7 0 0 6 12 1 .295 Saarloos,K 11.05 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 7.1 32 12 9 9 2 0 2 3 0 .375 Smith,G 5.02 1 6 12 12 0 0 0 66.1 251 65 39 37 11 2 28 48 2 .259 Street,H 3.81 3 2 23 0 0 0 6 26.0 94 24 11 11 2 0 8 23 0 .255 Ziegler,B 1.27 2 0 17 0 0 0 3 21.1 66 17 4 3 0 0 10 11 0 .258 TOTALS 4.50 23 29 52 52 1 1 10 464.1 1741 445 245 232 46 21 228 371 16 .256

2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 135 2008 A’s Stats vs. Left-Handers

BATTER AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS DP SLG OBP Baisley,J .188 6 16 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 .188 .235 Bankston,W .300 7 20 3 6 3 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 .600 .286 Barton,D .273 75 128 18 35 5 2 3 15 3 1 3 18 27 1 1 3 .414 .373 Bowen,R .167 18 30 1 5 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 15 0 0 2 .200 .194 Brown,E .295 66 156 23 46 4 0 8 25 0 0 2 8 19 1 1 5 .474 .337 Buck,T .196 21 46 4 9 1 1 1 4 0 2 1 1 12 0 0 1 .326 .220 Chavez,E .333 14 24 2 8 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 .458 .360 Conrad,B .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 Crosby,B .222 72 158 13 35 11 0 3 16 0 0 0 16 21 0 0 10 .348 .293 Cunningham,A .208 10 24 0 5 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 .333 .208 Cust,J .235 78 136 15 32 5 0 8 20 0 2 0 31 58 0 0 3 .449 .373 Davis,R .250 40 76 9 19 3 1 2 8 1 1 0 3 16 8 2 1 .395 .275 SEAS TOTAL .232 44 82 9 19 3 1 2 8 1 1 0 3 19 8 2 1 .366 .256 Denorfia,C .241 13 29 1 7 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 6 0 0 3 .241 .267 Ellis,M .176 64 125 16 22 5 0 1 11 1 2 2 20 20 4 2 2 .240 .295 Gonzalez,C .188 38 85 9 16 2 0 1 7 1 0 0 2 23 0 1 2 .247 .207 Hannahan,J .204 68 108 10 22 6 0 0 8 1 1 0 15 34 1 0 3 .259 .298 Murphy,D .196 24 46 4 9 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 6 15 2 0 1 .239 .288 Murton,M .000 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 SEAS TOTAL .125 13 24 0 3 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 .167 .160 Patterson,E .190 16 21 3 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 .238 .190 SEAS TOTAL .217 18 23 3 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 0 .261 .217 Pennington,C .289 19 38 2 11 2 0 0 4 1 0 1 1 6 1 0 1 .342 .325 Petit,G .364 7 11 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 .455 .417 Suzuki,K .246 74 138 11 34 7 0 1 5 1 0 1 17 14 0 1 4 .319 .333 Sweeney,M .321 25 53 6 17 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 .358 .373 Sweeney,R .216 54 88 12 19 1 0 0 7 0 2 1 9 20 0 0 4 .227 .290 Thomas,F .220 29 59 4 13 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 18 0 0 3 .254 .313 SEAS TOTAL .205 36 73 5 15 2 0 1 5 0 0 0 10 21 0 0 4 .274 .301 PITCHERS .200 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 .200 .333 TOTALS .235 1628 168 382 70 4 29 161 13 13 12 165 361 23 8 49 .336 .307

PITCHER AVG AB H HR HB BB SO Blanton,J .247 279 69 6 0 15 38 Blevins,J .193 57 11 0 2 3 16 Braden,D .319 69 22 4 1 6 14 Brown,A .183 60 11 0 0 17 14 Calero,E .500 6 3 0 0 2 0 Casilla,S .308 91 28 2 0 3 17 Devine,J .197 61 12 0 0 8 14 Dinardo,L .303 33 10 0 1 1 1 Duchscherer,J .227 286 65 10 2 23 60 Embree,A .232 82 19 4 2 7 20 Eveland,D .248 153 38 1 3 11 35 Foulke,K .200 55 11 2 1 6 14 Gallagher,S .282 131 37 4 1 27 31 Gaudin,C .264 125 33 2 0 9 11 Gonzalez,G .194 36 7 0 0 6 14 Gray,J .444 9 4 0 0 0 2 Harden,R .225 138 31 1 1 18 46 Hernandez,F .333 9 3 0 0 1 1 Meyer,D .314 35 11 0 0 4 10 Outman,J .217 23 5 0 0 2 7 Saarloos,K .385 52 20 1 0 3 5 Smith,G .232 168 39 4 2 7 32 Street,H .200 105 21 5 1 16 30 Ziegler,B .280 93 26 2 1 13 11 TOTALS .249 2156 536 48 18 208 443

136 2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 2008 A’s Stats vs. RIGHT-Handers

BATTER AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS DP SLG OBP Baisley,J .296 10 27 1 8 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 1 .333 .367 Bankston,W .154 14 39 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 9 0 0 0 .154 .214 Barton,D .208 125 318 41 66 12 3 6 32 3 2 0 47 72 1 0 3 .321 .308 Bowen,R .180 32 61 5 11 4 1 1 6 1 0 1 3 23 0 0 0 .328 .231 Brown,E .211 106 246 25 52 10 2 5 34 0 4 3 19 46 3 1 11 .329 .272 Buck,T .239 34 109 12 26 8 0 6 21 0 0 3 10 26 1 0 1 .477 .320 Chavez,E .215 22 65 8 14 4 0 2 10 0 0 0 5 13 0 0 2 .369 .271 Conrad,B .176 6 17 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 .235 .176 Crosby,B .244 133 398 53 97 28 1 4 45 0 2 0 31 75 7 3 8 .349 .297 Cunningham,A .268 20 56 7 15 4 1 1 12 0 0 1 6 16 2 0 1 .429 .349 Cust,J .229 127 345 62 79 14 0 25 57 0 2 2 80 139 0 0 4 .487 .375 Davis,R .267 89 120 19 32 2 3 1 11 1 0 1 4 18 17 4 0 .358 .296 SEAS TOTAL .250 100 132 21 33 2 3 1 11 1 0 1 5 21 21 4 0 .333 .283 Denorfia,C .333 25 33 9 11 3 0 1 6 1 0 1 5 10 2 0 0 .515 .436 Ellis,M .256 110 317 39 81 15 3 11 30 4 0 3 33 45 10 0 9 .426 .331 Fiorentino,J 1.000 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 Gonzalez,C .263 73 217 22 57 20 1 3 19 0 0 0 11 58 4 0 5 .406 .298 Hannahan,J .223 130 328 38 73 21 0 9 39 2 4 2 40 97 1 0 2 .369 .307 Johnson,D .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 SEAS TOTAL .235 11 17 3 4 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 .588 .278 Murphy,D .175 32 57 6 10 1 0 3 8 0 1 2 5 23 0 1 0 .351 .262 Murton,M .125 8 24 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 1 .167 .160 SEAS TOTAL .217 22 46 3 10 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 8 0 0 2 .261 .250 Patterson,E .169 30 71 8 12 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 12 21 3 0 0 .197 .289 SEAS TOTAL .187 43 107 13 20 3 0 1 11 0 1 0 17 32 5 1 1 .243 .296 Pennington,C .213 29 61 12 13 3 0 0 5 1 1 1 12 12 3 1 0 .262 .347 Petit,G .333 11 12 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 .417 .385 Suzuki,K .291 133 392 43 114 18 1 6 37 1 1 10 27 55 2 2 16 .388 .351 Sweeney,M .260 34 73 7 19 6 0 2 7 0 0 1 3 6 0 0 3 .425 .299 Sweeney,R .307 107 296 41 91 17 2 5 38 2 4 2 29 47 9 1 5 .429 .369 Thomas,F .283 52 127 16 36 4 1 5 16 0 1 2 20 26 0 0 3 .449 .387 SEAS TOTAL .254 68 173 22 44 5 1 7 25 0 1 3 29 36 0 0 5 .416 .369 PITCHERS .167 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 .167 .167 TOTALS .245 3823 478 936 200 19 96 449 17 22 36 409 865 65 13 77 .382 .322

PITCHER AVG AB H HR HB BB SO Blanton,J .328 232 76 6 1 20 24 Blevins,J .256 82 21 2 1 10 19 Braden,D .272 202 55 4 1 19 27 Brown,A .190 63 12 3 1 4 14 Calero,E .000 11 0 0 0 1 7 Casilla,S .291 110 32 3 3 17 26 Devine,J .120 92 11 0 0 7 35 Dinardo,L .323 65 21 3 1 12 11 Duchscherer,J .188 224 42 1 6 11 35 Embree,A .265 151 40 4 0 23 37 Eveland,D .275 487 134 9 9 66 83 Foulke,K .279 61 17 5 0 7 9 Gallagher,S .253 91 23 3 1 9 23 Gaudin,C .261 115 30 4 3 8 33 Gonzalez,G .260 96 25 9 3 19 20 Gray,J .308 13 4 1 1 1 2 Harden,R .187 139 26 4 0 13 46 Hernandez,F .250 4 1 0 1 4 1 Meyer,D .300 80 24 6 1 10 10 Outman,J .358 81 29 1 2 6 12 Saarloos,K .283 60 17 1 0 1 7 Smith,G .247 527 130 17 1 80 79 Street,H .250 148 37 1 0 11 39 Ziegler,B .198 106 21 0 0 9 19 TOTALS .256 3240 828 87 36 368 618

2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 137 2008 A’s Stats ON GRASS

BATTER AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS DP E Baisley,J .256 14 43 1 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 7 0 0 2 1 Bankston,W .240 14 50 4 12 3 0 1 4 0 1 0 2 10 0 0 0 1 Barton,D .238 128 407 53 97 17 5 8 44 6 2 3 55 86 2 1 6 12 Bowen,R .172 35 87 6 15 5 1 1 9 2 0 1 4 36 0 0 2 2 Brown,E .241 106 370 45 89 13 2 11 52 0 3 4 25 61 4 2 15 4 Buck,T .217 33 129 13 28 3 1 7 21 0 2 3 11 32 1 0 2 0 Chavez,E .247 23 89 10 22 7 0 2 14 0 0 0 6 18 0 0 2 1 Conrad,B .333 3 9 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 Crosby,B .233 130 497 58 116 35 0 5 51 0 1 0 46 86 7 3 17 16 Cunningham,A .250 22 80 7 20 7 1 1 14 0 0 1 6 24 2 0 1 3 Cust,J .238 134 437 74 104 16 0 33 75 0 4 1 102 174 0 0 7 4 Davis,R .263 95 190 27 50 5 4 3 19 2 1 1 7 34 23 6 1 1 SEAS TOTAL .245 107 208 29 51 5 4 3 19 2 1 1 8 40 27 6 1 1 Denorfia,C .271 26 59 9 16 3 0 1 8 2 0 1 6 15 2 0 3 0 Ellis,M .224 104 392 49 88 18 1 10 36 5 2 5 46 58 12 2 11 3 Gonzalez,C .238 75 269 25 64 21 1 3 25 1 0 0 9 71 4 1 6 2 Hannahan,J .224 130 388 43 87 26 0 7 39 3 5 2 49 117 2 0 4 10 Johnson,D .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SEAS TOTAL .211 7 19 2 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 Murphy,D .184 46 103 10 19 3 0 3 13 0 1 2 11 38 2 1 1 3 Murton,M .120 8 25 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 1 0 SEAS TOTAL .200 25 60 3 12 3 0 0 8 0 0 1 2 9 0 0 3 0 Patterson,E .167 28 84 11 14 3 0 0 8 0 0 0 12 22 8 0 0 4 SEAS TOTAL .185 40 119 16 22 4 0 1 14 0 1 0 17 32 10 1 1 7 Pennington,C .245 34 94 14 23 5 0 0 9 2 1 2 13 17 3 1 1 5 Petit,G .348 14 23 4 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 0 0 2 Suzuki,K .287 133 474 49 136 22 1 6 37 1 1 10 40 60 1 3 17 5 Sweeney,M .281 38 114 12 32 7 0 2 11 0 1 2 4 6 0 0 2 0 Sweeney,R .289 105 346 48 100 17 1 4 42 2 6 2 35 62 9 1 8 1 Thomas,F .288 48 163 19 47 6 1 5 19 0 1 2 22 38 0 0 4 0 SEAS TOTAL .276 55 185 21 51 6 1 5 20 0 1 3 28 41 0 0 6 0 PITCHERS .176 146 17 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 11 0 0 1 9 TOTALS .244 146 4940 592 1207 247 19 113 559 29 32 42 519 1102 82 21 114 90

PITCHER ERA W L G GS CG SHO SV IP AB H R ER HR HB BB SO WP AVG Blanton,J 4.97 5 12 19 19 0 0 0 121.1 488 138 71 67 12 1 34 59 1 .283 SEAS TOTAL 4.69 9 12 32 32 0 0 0 192.0 756 204 107 100 22 4 65 108 2 .270 Blevins,J 2.62 1 2 32 0 0 0 0 34.1 125 29 11 10 2 1 11 32 0 .232 Braden,D 4.28 4 3 17 8 0 0 0 61.0 234 67 32 29 8 1 18 33 0 .286 Brown,A 3.60 1 0 28 0 0 0 0 30.0 106 21 13 12 3 1 17 23 0 .198 Calero,E 3.86 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 4.2 17 3 3 2 0 0 3 7 0 .176 Casilla,S 3.68 2 1 44 0 0 0 2 44.0 172 49 18 18 5 3 15 36 5 .285 Devine,J 0.67 5 1 38 0 0 0 1 40.1 136 19 7 3 0 0 14 48 0 .140 Dinardo,L 7.54 1 2 10 2 0 0 0 22.2 97 31 20 19 3 2 12 12 1 .320 Duchscherer,J 2.42 10 8 20 20 1 1 0 134.0 478 97 41 36 11 8 32 86 1 .203 Embree,A 5.13 1 5 62 0 0 0 0 54.1 208 53 33 31 7 2 27 51 2 .255 Eveland,D 4.42 9 8 27 27 1 0 0 156.2 597 162 78 77 8 12 70 108 6 .271 Foulke,K 4.33 0 3 27 0 0 0 0 27.0 102 26 13 13 7 1 12 21 0 .255 Gallagher,S 4.25 2 1 9 9 0 0 0 48.2 186 45 27 23 5 0 29 48 0 .242 SEAS TOTAL 4.58 5 4 19 17 0 0 0 96.1 369 92 54 49 9 4 47 89 2 .249 Gaudin,C 3.07 5 3 25 5 0 0 0 58.2 221 55 23 20 4 3 16 41 2 .249 SEAS TOTAL 4.08 9 5 49 5 0 0 0 86.0 328 84 44 39 9 3 26 68 2 .256 Gonzalez,G 8.04 1 3 9 6 0 0 0 28.0 110 28 30 25 8 3 23 30 1 .255 Gray,J 7.71 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 4.2 22 8 4 4 1 1 1 4 0 .364 Harden,R 2.41 4 1 12 12 0 0 0 71.0 257 54 20 19 4 1 28 83 1 .210 SEAS TOTAL 2.09 9 2 24 24 0 0 0 142.0 506 93 37 33 10 3 58 172 3 .184 Hernandez,F 27.00 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 10 4 6 6 0 1 3 1 0 .400 Meyer,D 8.75 0 4 10 4 0 0 0 23.2 99 31 28 23 6 0 14 17 0 .313 Outman,J 4.56 1 2 6 4 0 0 0 25.2 104 34 14 13 1 2 8 19 1 .327 Saarloos,K 6.35 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 22.2 99 34 17 16 2 0 4 9 0 .343 Smith,G 4.18 7 15 29 29 2 0 0 172.1 636 158 83 80 19 1 78 98 5 .248 Street,H 3.29 7 3 56 0 0 0 16 63.0 224 49 23 23 5 1 23 63 2 .219 Ziegler,B 1.03 3 0 43 0 0 0 10 52.2 174 41 7 6 2 1 19 28 0 .236 TOTALS 3.97 69 77 146 146 4 7 29 1303.1 4902 1236 622 575 123 46 511 957 28 .252

138 2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 2008 A’s Stats ON Artificial Turf

BATTER AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS DP E Bankston,W .000 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 Barton,D .103 12 39 6 4 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 10 13 0 0 0 1 Bowen,R .250 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Brown,E .281 11 32 3 9 1 0 2 7 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 1 0 Buck,T .269 5 26 3 7 6 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 Conrad,B .000 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 Crosby,B .271 15 59 8 16 4 1 2 10 0 1 0 1 10 0 0 1 1 Cust,J .159 14 44 3 7 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 9 23 0 0 0 0 Davis,R .167 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Denorfia,C .667 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Ellis,M .300 13 50 6 15 2 2 2 5 0 0 0 7 7 2 0 0 1 Fiorentino,J 1.000 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gonzalez,C .273 10 33 6 9 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 10 0 0 1 0 Hannahan,J .167 13 48 5 8 1 0 2 8 0 0 0 6 14 0 0 1 1 Murton,M .000 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 SEAS TOTAL .100 3 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 Patterson,E .250 2 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 SEAS TOTAL .273 3 11 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 Pennington,C .200 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 Suzuki,K .214 15 56 5 12 3 0 1 5 1 0 1 4 9 1 0 3 1 Sweeney,M .333 4 12 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 Sweeney,R .263 10 38 5 10 1 1 1 3 0 0 1 3 5 0 0 1 0 Thomas,F .087 7 23 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 0 2 0 SEAS TOTAL .131 16 61 6 8 1 0 3 10 0 0 0 11 16 0 0 3 0 PITCHERS .000 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 TOTALS .217 15 511 54 111 23 4 12 51 1 3 6 55 124 6 0 12 8

PITCHER ERA W L G GS CG SHO SV IP AB H R ER HR HB BB SO WP AVG Blanton,J 4.76 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5.2 23 7 3 3 0 0 1 3 0 .304 Blevins,J 8.10 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 3.1 14 3 3 3 0 2 2 3 0 .214 Braden,D 3.38 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 10.2 37 10 4 4 0 1 7 8 0 .270 Brown,A 0.00 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5.0 17 2 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 .118 Casilla,S 5.68 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 6.1 29 11 4 4 0 0 5 7 1 .379 Devine,J 0.00 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 5.1 17 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .235 Dinardo,L 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 Duchscherer,J 4.70 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 7.2 32 10 4 4 0 0 2 9 0 .313 Embree,A 3.68 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 7.1 25 6 3 3 1 0 3 6 0 .240 Eveland,D 3.18 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 11.1 43 10 4 4 2 0 7 10 0 .233 Foulke,K 2.25 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 4.0 14 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 .143 Gallagher,S 15.75 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 8.0 36 15 15 14 2 2 7 6 0 .417 SEAS TOTAL 8.05 0 3 4 4 0 0 0 19.0 80 26 19 17 4 2 11 14 0 .325 Gaudin,C 11.25 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4.0 19 8 6 5 2 0 1 3 0 .421 Gonzalez,G 6.00 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 22 4 4 4 1 0 2 4 0 .182 Harden,R 1.50 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 20 3 1 1 1 0 3 9 0 .150 Hernandez,F 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 .000 Meyer,D 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 16 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 .250 Saarloos,K 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .231 Smith,G 4.00 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 18.0 59 11 9 8 2 2 9 13 0 .186 Street,H 7.71 0 2 7 0 0 0 2 7.0 29 9 6 6 1 0 4 6 0 .310 Ziegler,B 1.29 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 7.0 25 6 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 .240 TOTALS 4.44 6 9 15 15 0 0 4 131.2 494 128 68 65 12 8 65 104 2 .259

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LAST 10 A.L. EAST WON LOST PCT. GB GAMES STREAK HOME ROAD vs EAST vs CENT vs WEST vs N.L. Tampa Bay 97 65 .599 - 6-4 Won 1 57-24 40-41 43-29 20-18 22-12 12-6 Boston 95 67 .586 2.0 6-4 Won 1 56-25 39-42 38-34 24-10 22-16 11-7 New York 89 73 .549 8.0 8-2 Lost 1 48-33 41-40 40-32 21-19 18-14 10-8 Toronto 86 76 .531 11.0 5-5 Won 1 47-34 39-42 37-35 24-12 17-19 8-10 Baltimore 68 93 .422 28.5 1-9 Lost 1 37-43 31-50 22-50 20-18 15-18 11-7

LAST 10 A.L. CENTRAL WON LOST PCT. GB GAMES STREAK HOME ROAD vs EAST vs CENT vs WEST vs N.L. Chicago 89 74 .546 - 4-6 Won 3 54-28 35-46 15-26 44-29 18-13 12-6 Minnesota 88 75 .540 1.0 5-5 Lost 1 53-28 35-47 13-22 43-30 18-19 14-4 Cleveland 81 81 .500 7.5 6-4 Lost 1 45-36 36-45 20-15 36-36 19-18 6-12 Kansas City 75 87 .463 13.5 7-3 Lost 1 38-43 37-44 14-26 31-41 17-15 13-5 Detroit 74 88 .457 14.5 3-7 Lost 2 40-41 34-47 15-20 27-45 19-18 13-5

LAST 10 A.L. WEST WON LOST PCT. GB GAMES STREAK HOME ROAD vs EAST vs CENT vs WEST vs N.L. Los Angeles 100 62 .617 - 7-3 Won 1 50-31 50-31 30-16 24-17 36-21 10-8 Texas 79 83 .488 21.0 4-6 Lost 1 40-41 39-42 17-26 22-22 30-27 10-8 Oakland 75 86 .466 24.5 4-6 Lost 5 43-38 32-48 17-23 22-24 26-31 10-8 Seattle 61 101 .377 39.0 4-6 Won 3 35-46 26-55 15-29 15-28 22-35 9-9

LAST 10 N.L. EAST WON LOST PCT. GB GAMES STREAK HOME ROAD vs EAST vs CENT vs WEST vs A.L. Philadelphia 92 70 .568 - 7-3 Won 3 48-33 44-37 41-31 27-16 20-12 4-11 New York 89 73 .549 3.0 4-6 Lost 1 48-33 41-40 40-32 20-20 20-15 9-6 Florida 84 77 .522 7.5 5-5 Won 1 45-36 39-41 40-31 19-20 20-16 5-10 Atlanta 72 90 .444 20.0 5-5 Lost 1 43-38 29-52 31-41 13-28 20-14 8-7 Washington 59 102 .366 32.5 1-9 Lost 4 34-46 25-56 27-44 15-25 9-23 8-10

LAST 10 N.L. CENTRAL WON LOST PCT. GB GAMES STREAK HOME ROAD vs EAST vs CENT vs WEST vs A.L. Chicago 97 64 .602 - 5-5 Lost 1 55-26 42-38 20-12 48-33 23-10 6-9 Milwaukee 90 72 .556 7.5 6-4 Won 1 49-32 41-40 16-19 47-32 20-13 7-8 Houston 86 75 .534 11.0 6-4 Won 1 47-33 39-42 17-15 43-35 19-14 7-11 St. Louis 86 76 .531 11.5 7-3 Won 6 46-35 40-41 22-14 36-41 21-13 7-8 Cincinnati 74 88 .457 23.5 4-6 Lost 5 43-38 31-50 19-17 31-47 15-18 9-6 Pittsburgh 67 95 .414 30.5 3-7 Won 1 39-42 28-53 15-17 32-49 14-20 6-9

LAST 10 N.L. WEST WON LOST PCT. GB GAMES STREAK HOME ROAD vs EAST vs CENT vs WEST vs A.L. Los Angeles 84 78 .519 - 5-5 Lost 1 48-33 36-45 16-18 23-18 40-32 5-10 Arizona 82 80 .506 2.0 6-4 Won 3 48-33 34-47 15-21 17-22 44-28 6-9 Colorado 74 88 .457 10.0 5-5 Lost 3 43-38 31-50 15-21 21-18 31-41 7-8 San Francisco 72 90 .444 12.0 4-6 Won 1 37-44 35-46 19-13 11-29 36-36 6-12 San Diego 63 99 .389 21.0 5-5 Lost 1 35-46 28-53 15-16 16-25 29-43 3-15

A.L. WILD CARD WON LOST PCT. GB N.L. WILD CARD WON LOST PCT. GB Boston 95 67 .586 - Milwaukee 90 72 .556 -- New York 89 73 .549 6.0 New York 89 73 .549 1.0 Minnesota 88 75 .540 7.5 Houston 86 75 .534 3.5 Toronto 86 76 .531 9.0 St. Louis 86 76 .531 4.0 Cleveland 81 81 .500 14.0 Florida 84 77 .522 5.5

140 2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 2008 Major League Attendance

AMERICAN LEAGUE ------HOME ------SEASON HIGH ------ROAD ------CLUB TOTAL AVERAGE DATES GAMES TOTAL DATE TOTAL AVERAGE DATES New York 4,287,132 52,928 81 ( 81) 55,933 4/17 2,850,594 35,193 81 Los Angeles 3,336,747 41,194 81 ( 81) 44,260 7/18 2,399,332 29,621 81 Detroit 3,202,645 39,539 81 ( 81) 45,280 7/26 2,345,290 29,316 80 Boston 3,048,250 37,633 81 ( 81) 38,172 4/23 3,107,743 38,367 81 Chicago 2,500,648 30,872 81 ( 82) 40,354 9/30 2,450,498 30,253 81 Toronto 2,400,416 29,635 81 ( 81) 50,171 4/04 2,409,512 30,119 80 Seattle 2,329,788 28,763 81 ( 81) 46,337 3/31 2,415,640 29,823 81 Minnesota 2,302,431 28,425 81 ( 81) 49,596 3/31 2,402,520 29,661 81 Cleveland 2,169,760 27,122 80 ( 81) 41,872 3/31 2,482,332 31,029 80 Baltimore 1,950,077 25,001 78 ( 80) 48,817 8/23 2,532,289 31,654 80 Texas 1,945,857 24,323 80 ( 81) 48,808 4/08 2,381,219 29,765 80 Tampa Bay 1,811,986 22,370 81 ( 81) 36,048 4/08 2,427,417 30,343 80 Oakland 1,665,256 20,559 81 ( 81) 44,735 3/26 2,365,526 29,943 79 Kansas City 1,578,922 19,986 79 ( 81) 37,537 6/28 2,423,369 29,918 81 TOTALS 34,529,915 30,639 1127 (1134) 34,993,281 31,078 1126

NATIONAL LEAGUE ------HOME ------SEASON HIGH ------ROAD ------CLUB TOTAL AVERAGE DATES GAMES TOTAL DATE TOTAL AVERAGE DATES New York 4,042,043 51,165 79 ( 81) 56,350 4/08 2,911,471 35,944 81 Los Angeles 3,730,750 46,059 81 ( 81) 56,000 3/31 2,811,534 34,710 81 St. Louis 3,432,917 42,382 81 ( 81) 46,865 7/05 2,619,726 32,342 81 Philadelphia 3,422,583 42,254 81 ( 81) 45,521 8/07 2,690,366 33,214 81 Chicago 3,300,200 40,743 81 ( 81) 41,730 6/01 2,906,269 36,328 80 Milwaukee 3,068,458 37,882 81 ( 81) 45,346 7/31 2,692,175 33,237 81 San Francisco 2,863,847 35,356 81 ( 81) 42,861 4/07 2,581,736 32,272 80 Houston 2,779,487 34,744 80 ( 80) 43,483 4/07 2,607,999 32,198 81 Colorado 2,650,218 33,128 80 ( 81) 49,233 4/04 2,657,737 32,812 81 Atlanta 2,532,834 31,270 81 ( 81) 50,124 9/20 2,694,279 34,105 79 Arizona 2,509,946 30,987 81 ( 81) 49,110 7/04 2,749,616 33,946 81 San Diego 2,427,535 29,970 81 ( 81) 44,965 3/31 2,899,373 35,795 81 Washington 2,321,988 29,025 80 ( 80) 39,824 6/29 2,626,039 32,825 80 Cincinnati 2,058,632 25,415 81 ( 81) 42,498 3/31 2,777,362 34,288 81 Pittsburgh 1,609,076 20,113 80 ( 81) 39,081 7/10 2,729,779 33,701 81 Florida 1,335,079 16,688 80 ( 81) 39,124 8/16 2,666,766 33,335 80 TOTALS 44,085,593 34,201 1289 (1294) 43,622,227 33,816 1290

GRAND TOTALS 78,615,508 32,540 2416 (2428) 78,615,508 32,540 2416

2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 141 2008 AL team leaders CLUB BATTING

GI CLUB AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IBB SO SB CS DP SLG OBP Texas .283 162 5728 901 1619 2647 376 35 194 867 37 54 63 595 43 1207 81 25 117 .462 .354 Boston .280 162 5596 845 1565 2503 353 33 173 807 28 62 70 646 49 1068 120 35 147 .447 .358 Minnesota .279 163 5641 829 1572 2301 298 49 111 791 52 72 36 529 48 979 102 42 142 .408 .340 New York .271 162 5572 789 1512 2381 289 20 180 758 31 39 80 535 36 1015 118 39 149 .427 .342 Detroit .271 162 5641 821 1529 2504 293 41 200 780 30 44 44 572 23 1076 63 31 144 .444 .340 Kansas City .269 162 5608 691 1507 2226 303 28 120 650 32 36 50 392 31 1005 79 38 144 .397 .320 Los Angeles .268 162 5540 765 1486 2287 274 25 159 721 32 50 52 481 52 987 129 48 140 .413 .330 Baltimore .267 161 5559 782 1486 2384 322 30 172 750 27 48 42 533 37 990 81 37 111 .429 .333 Seattle .265 162 5643 671 1498 2195 285 20 124 631 36 42 38 417 44 890 90 32 137 .389 .318 Toronto .264 162 5503 714 1453 2198 303 32 126 681 48 56 59 521 34 938 80 27 150 .399 .331 Chicago .263 163 5553 811 1458 2485 296 13 235 785 28 47 63 540 33 1016 67 34 157 .448 .332 Cleveland .262 162 5543 805 1455 2351 339 22 171 772 43 49 103 560 44 1213 77 29 123 .424 .339 Tampa Bay .260 162 5541 774 1443 2341 284 37 180 735 23 52 68 626 33 1224 142 50 111 .422 .340 Oakland .242 161 5451 646 1318 2009 270 23 125 610 30 35 48 574 23 1226 88 21 126 .369 .318 TOTALS .268 78119 20901 4285 2270 477 816 530 1317 1898 .336 1134 10844 32812 408 10338 686 7521 14834 488 .420

CLUB PITCHING

CLUB W L ERA G CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK AVG Toronto 86 76 3.49 162 15 13 44 1446.2 1330 610 561 134 67 467 42 1184 51 4 .244 Tampa Bay 97 65 3.82 162 7 12 52 1457.2 1349 671 618 166 46 526 29 1143 52 3 .246 Los Angeles 100 62 3.99 162 7 10 66 1451.1 1455 697 644 160 63 457 32 1106 50 2 .261 Boston 95 67 4.01 162 5 16 47 1446.1 1369 694 645 147 68 548 17 1185 43 2 .250 Oakland 75 86 4.01 161 4 7 33 1435.0 1364 690 640 135 54 576 45 1061 30 4 .253 Chicago 89 74 4.06 163 4 10 34 1457.2 1471 729 658 156 48 460 42 1147 54 3 .261 Minnesota 88 75 4.16 163 5 10 42 1459.0 1568 745 675 183 31 406 38 995 45 4 .274 New York 89 73 4.28 162 1 11 42 1441.2 1478 727 685 143 51 489 37 1141 55 5 .266 Cleveland 81 81 4.45 162 10 13 31 1437.0 1530 761 711 170 51 444 28 986 44 5 .273 Kansas City 75 87 4.48 162 2 8 44 1445.2 1473 781 720 159 41 515 15 1085 68 5 .264 Seattle 61 101 4.73 162 4 4 36 1435.1 1544 811 754 161 53 626 37 1016 60 5 .276 Detroit 74 88 4.90 162 1 2 34 1445.0 1541 857 786 172 68 644 63 991 65 7 .274 Baltimore 68 93 5.13 161 4 4 35 1422.0 1538 869 810 184 80 687 44 922 72 7 .277 Texas 79 83 5.37 162 6 8 36 1442.0 1647 967 860 176 72 625 44 963 62 9 .288 TOTALS 1157 1111 4.35 1134 75 128 576 20222.1 20657 10609 9767 2246 793 7470 513 14925 751 65 .265

CLUB FIELDING

CLUB PCT G PO A E TC DP TP PB Toronto .986 162 4340 1699 84 6123 137 0 6 New York .986 162 4325 1586 83 5994 141 0 11 Boston .986 162 4339 1597 85 6021 149 0 18 Los Angeles .985 162 4354 1646 91 6091 159 0 10 Tampa Bay .985 162 4373 1495 90 5958 153 0 10 Cleveland .985 162 4311 1689 94 6094 182 1 13 Kansas City .984 162 4337 1548 96 5981 159 0 8 Seattle .984 162 4306 1654 99 6059 160 0 14 Oakland .984 161 4305 1573 98 5976 169 0 8 Baltimore .983 161 4266 1661 100 6027 163 0 15 Chicago .983 163 4373 1730 108 6211 155 0 6 Minnesota .982 163 4377 1682 108 6167 168 0 4 Detroit .981 162 4335 1634 113 6082 172 0 16 Texas .978 162 4326 1676 132 6134 191 0 13 TOTALS .984 1134 60667 22870 1381 84918 2258 1 152

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NOTE: “V.LHS/RHS” IS THE CLUB RECORD IN GAMES STARTED BY LEFT OR RIGHT HANDED PITCHERS, NOT NECESSARILY VERSUS THAT INDIVIDUAL PITCHER.

DOUBLEHEADERS ATTENDANCE CLUB VS LHS VS RHS GRASS ARTIF DAY NIGHT 1-RUN X-INN W L S HOME ROAD Baltimore 16-32 52-61 62-78 6-15 14-30 54-63 21-29 5-6 0 3 0 1,950,077 2,532,289 Boston 25-13 70-54 88-50 7-17 26-20 69-47 22-23 8-3 0 0 0 3,048,250 3,107,743 Chicago 31-20 58-54 85-58 4-16 33-21 56-53 22-17 8-4 1 0 0 2,500,648 2,450,498 Cleveland 21-23 60-58 75-72 6-9 17-29 64-52 14-17 5-9 1 0 1 2,169,760 2,482,332 Detroit 26-22 48-66 69-77 5-11 25-33 49-55 16-25 3-9 0 1 0 3,202,645 2,345,290 Kansas City 36-24 39-63 70-75 5-12 29-24 46-63 20-18 7-6 1 1 0 1,578,922 2,423,369 Los Angeles 33-16 67-46 94-55 6-7 32-11 68-51 31-21 3-5 0 0 0 3,336,747 2,399,332 Minnesota 29-24 59-51 33-42 55-33 26-26 62-49 26-26 8-10 1 0 0 2,302,431 2,402,520 New York 24-22 65-51 77-60 12-13 34-22 55-51 27-18 7-3 0 0 0 4,287,132 2,850,594 Oakland 25-28 50-58 69-77 6-9 23-29 52-57 25-24 8-7 0 1 0 1,665,256 2,365,526 Seattle 21-31 40-70 56-94 5-7 20-33 41-68 18-30 5-7 0 0 0 2,329,788 2,415,640 Tampa Bay 25-24 72-41 38-35 59-30 26-21 71-44 29-18 10-6 1 0 0 1,811,986 2,427,417 Texas 21-31 58-52 73-77 6-6 17-24 62-59 28-18 5-6 1 0 1 1,945,857 2,381,219 Toronto 20-23 66-53 34-38 52-38 32-18 54-58 24-32 6-9 0 0 1 2,400,416 2,409,512

CLUB RANK BATTING

GI CLUB AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IBB SO SB CS DP SLG OBP Baltimore 8 13 8 8 8 5 4 7 7 8 13 8 12 9 7 5 8 9 1 5 8 Boston 2 3 6 2 3 3 2 5 6 2 11 2 3 1 2 9 3 8 11 3 1 Chicago 11 1 9 5 10 4 8 14 1 4 11 9 5 7 10 8 13 7 14 2 9 Cleveland 12 3 10 6 11 7 3 11 8 6 3 7 1 6 4 12 12 4 4 7 7 Detroit 5 3 3 4 4 2 9 2 2 5 9 10 11 5 13 10 14 5 9 4 4 Kansas City 6 3 5 12 6 11 5 8 13 12 6 13 9 14 12 6 11 10 9 12 12 Los Angeles 7 3 12 10 8 10 13 9 9 10 6 6 8 12 1 4 2 13 7 9 11 Minnesota 3 1 3 3 2 9 7 1 14 3 1 1 14 10 3 3 5 12 8 10 5 New York 4 3 7 7 5 6 10 12 4 7 8 12 2 8 8 7 4 11 12 6 3 Oakland 14 13 14 14 14 14 14 10 11 14 9 14 10 4 13 14 7 1 5 14 14 Seattle 9 3 2 13 7 13 11 12 12 13 5 11 13 13 4 1 6 6 6 13 13 Tampa Bay 13 3 11 9 13 8 12 3 4 9 14 5 4 2 10 13 1 14 1 8 6 Texas 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 1 4 4 5 3 6 11 8 2 3 1 2 Toronto 10 3 13 11 12 12 5 6 10 11 2 3 7 11 9 2 10 3 13 11 10

CLUB RANK PITCHING

CLUB W L ERA G CG SHO SV IP H TBF R ER HR SH SF HB BB IBB SO WP BK Baltimore 13 2 13 13 8 12 10 14 10 13 13 13 14 5 14 14 14 11 14 14 12 Boston 3 12 4 3 6 1 3 6 4 7 4 5 4 12 4 11 9 2 1 2 1 Chicago 4 10 6 1 8 6 11 2 6 9 7 6 5 14 1 4 4 9 3 8 3 Cleveland 8 7 9 3 2 2 14 11 9 5 9 9 10 2 6 5 2 3 12 3 8 Detroit 12 3 12 3 13 14 11 8 11 12 12 12 11 8 8 11 13 14 11 12 12 Kansas City 10 4 10 3 12 9 4 7 7 8 10 10 6 1 12 2 7 1 7 13 8 Los Angeles 1 14 3 3 3 6 1 4 5 4 5 4 7 11 2 9 3 5 6 5 1 Minnesota 6 9 7 1 6 6 6 1 13 10 8 7 13 5 3 1 1 8 10 4 5 New York 4 11 8 3 13 5 6 10 8 6 6 8 3 10 9 5 6 6 5 9 8 Oakland 10 5 5 13 8 11 13 13 3 2 3 3 2 5 10 8 10 13 8 1 5 Seattle 14 1 11 3 8 12 8 12 12 11 11 11 8 13 13 7 12 6 9 10 8 Tampa Bay 2 13 2 3 3 4 2 2 2 3 2 2 9 9 7 3 8 4 4 7 3 Texas 9 6 14 3 5 9 8 9 14 14 14 14 12 3 11 13 11 11 13 11 14 Toronto 7 8 1 3 1 2 4 5 1 1 1 1 1 4 5 10 5 9 2 6 5

2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 143 2008 AL BATTING leaders

BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN MULTI HIT GAMES .328 Mauer,J MIN 37 Cabrera,M DET 130 Hamilton,J TEX 61 Pedroia,D BOS .326 Pedroia,D BOS 36 Quentin,C CWS 129 Morneau,J MIN 59 Hamilton,J TEX .321 Bradley,M TEX 35 Rodriguez,A NYY 127 Cabrera,M DET 58 Suzuki,I SEA .319 Kinsler,I TEX 34 Dye,J CWS 115 Youkilis,K BOS 57 Abreu,B NYY .317 Ordonez,M DET 34 Thome,J CWS 110 Ibanez,R SEA 54 Lopez,J SEA .312 Youkilis,K BOS 33 Sizemore,G CLE 108 Huff,A BAL 54 Rios,A TOR .310 Suzuki,I SEA 33 Cust,J OAK 104 Mora,M BAL 53 Morneau,J MIN .307 Dejesus,D KC 32 Hamilton,J TEX 103 Rodriguez,A NYY 52 (04) PLAYERS TIED .307 Polanco,P DET 32 Huff,A BAL 103 Ordonez,M DET .306 Markakis,N BAL 32 Giambi,J NYY 102 Pena,C TB

RUNS HITS TOTAL BASES GRAND SLAMS 118 Pedroia,D BOS 213 Pedroia,D BOS 331 Cabrera,M DET 4 Ramirez,A CWS 112 Granderson,C DET 213 Suzuki,I SEA 331 Hamilton,J TEX 2 (13) PLAYERS TIED 107 Roberts,B BAL 191 Lopez,J SEA 330 Huff,A BAL 106 Markakis,N BAL 190 Hamilton,J TEX 322 Pedroia,D BOS 104 Peralta,J CLE 187 Morneau,J MIN 319 Dye,J CWS 104 Rodriguez,A NYY 186 Cabrera,O CWS 318 Sizemore,G CLE 103 Suzuki,I SEA 186 Ibanez,R SEA 311 Morneau,J MIN 102 Kinsler,I TEX 185 Rios,A TOR 306 Youkilis,K BOS 102 Young,M TEX 183 Young,M TEX 304 Ibanez,R SEA 101 Sizemore,G CLE 182 (02) PLAYERS TIED 293 Rios,A TOR

DOUBLES TRIPLES STOLEN BASES HITTING STREAKS 54 Pedroia,D BOS 13 Granderson,C DET 50 Ellsbury,J BOS 25 Kinsler,I TEX 51 Roberts,B BAL 10 Crawford,C TB 44 Upton,B TB 06/17 - 07/13 48 Markakis,N BAL 9 Iwamura,A TB 43 Suzuki,I SEA 23 Young,M TEX 48 Huff,A BAL 8 Roberts,B BAL 40 Roberts,B BAL 05/14 - 06/10 47 Morneau,J MIN 8 Rios,A TOR 38 Sizemore,G CLE 23 Anderson,G LAA 47 Rios,A TOR 7 (07) PLAYERS TIED 34 Figgins,D LAA 07/23 - 08/20 43 Youkilis,K BOS 33 Gomez,C MIN 19 (03) STREAKS TIED 43 Ibanez,R SEA 32 Rios,A TOR 42 Peralta,J CLE 29 Damon,J NYY 42 Guillen,J KC 26 Kinsler,I TEX

WALKS ON BASE PERCENTAGE SLUGGING PERCENTAGE EXTRA BASE HITS 111 Cust,J OAK .436 Bradley,M TEX .573 Rodriguez,A NYY 82 Huff,A BAL 99 Markakis,N BAL .413 Mauer,J MIN .571 Quentin,C CWS 77 Sizemore,G CLE 98 Sizemore,G CLE .406 Markakis,N BAL .569 Youkilis,K BOS 77 Dye,J CWS 97 Upton,B TB .394 Quentin,C CWS .563 Bradley,M TEX 76 Youkilis,K BOS 96 Pena,C TB .392 Rodriguez,A NYY .552 Huff,A BAL 75 Cabrera,M DET 91 Thome,J CWS .390 Youkilis,K BOS .541 Dye,J CWS 74 Morneau,J MIN 84 Mauer,J MIN .383 Upton,B TB .537 Cabrera,M DET 73 Pedroia,D BOS 82 Swisher,N CWS .378 Roberts,B BAL .531 Longoria,E TB 72 Hamilton,J TEX 82 Roberts,B BAL .377 Pena,C TB .530 Hamilton,J TEX 70 Rios,A TOR 80 Bradley,M TEX .376 Ordonez,M DET .521 Guerrero,V LAA 69 (03) PLAYERS TIED

OUTFIELD ASSISTS HOME BATTING AVG ROAD BATTING AVG. RISP BATTING AVG 17 Markakis,N BAL .362 Mauer,J MIN .330 Markakis,N BAL .419 Dejesus,D KC 16 Upton,B TB .358 Bradley,M TEX .318 Peralta,J CLE .413 Kinsler,I TEX 14 Rios,A TOR .350 Ordonez,M DET .315 Polanco,P DET .380 Ramirez,A CWS 12 Francisco,B CLE .345 Hamilton,J TEX .314 Morneau,J MIN .374 Youkilis,K BOS 11 Young,D MIN .344 Pedroia,D BOS .312 Guerrero,V LAA .362 Mauer,J MIN 11 Suzuki,I SEA .336 Dye,J CWS .311 Dejesus,D KC .360 Mora,M BAL 10 Guillen,J KC .335 Kinsler,I TEX .309 Pedroia,D BOS .348 Morneau,J MIN 10 Brown,E OAK .328 Renteria,E DET .309 Ramirez,A CWS .338 Anderson,G LAA 10 Abreu,B NYY .326 Youkilis,K BOS .309 Ibanez,R SEA .333 Damon,J NYY 9 (03) PLAYERS TIED .324 Rodriguez,A NYY .305 Suzuki,I SEA .327 Ibanez,R SEA

144 2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide DAY BATTING AVG NIGHT BATTING AVG VS RIGHTY AVG VS LEFTY AVG. .368 Roberts,B BAL .328 Young,D MIN .332 Kinsler,I TEX .366 Renteria,E DET .359 Jeter,D NYY .328 Mauer,J MIN .331 Pedroia,D BOS .361 Mauer,J MIN .349 Dye,J CWS .324 Bradley,M TEX .321 Damon,J NYY .341 Bradley,M TEX .346 Kinsler,I TEX .323 Hamilton,J TEX .321 Huff,A BAL .340 Beltre,A SEA .344 Youkilis,K BOS .323 Cabrera,M DET .320 Suzuki,I SEA .328 Ordonez,M DET .340 Quentin,C CWS .322 Pedroia,D BOS .318 Youkilis,K BOS .321 Polanco,P DET .339 Rodriguez,A NYY .317 Polanco,P DET .316 Rodriguez,A NYY .315 Abreu,B NYY .337 Pedroia,D BOS .316 Guerrero,V LAA .314 Ordonez,M DET .315 Garko,R CLE .337 Ordonez,M DET .310 Damon,J NYY .313 Hamilton,J TEX .314 Mora,M BAL .333 Huff,A BAL .309 Kinsler,I TEX .312 Bradley,M TEX .313 Roberts,B BAL

CAUGHT STEALING SACRIFICE BUNTS SACRIFICE FLIES STRIKEOUTS 16 Upton,B TB 13 Casilla,A MIN 11 Mauer,J MIN 197 Cust,J OAK 13 Figgins,D LAA 11 Cabrera,A CLE 10 Morneau,J MIN 166 Pena,C TB 11 Ellsbury,J BOS 10 Gathright,J KC 9 Pedroia,D BOS 147 Thome,J CWS 11 Gomez,C MIN 10 Carroll,J CLE 9 Youkilis,K BOS 142 Gomez,C MIN 11 Abreu,B NYY 9 Aybar,E LAA 9 Lopez,J SEA 135 Swisher,N CWS 10 Roberts,B BAL 9 Eckstein,D TOR 9 Cabrera,M DET 134 Upton,B TB 9 Ramirez,A CWS 8 (05) PLAYERS TIED 9 Hamilton,J TEX 133 Shoppach,K CLE 8 Dejesus,D KC 9 Pena,C TB 131 Iwamura,A TB 8 Rios,A TOR 9 Cabrera,O CWS 131 Teahen,M KC 8 Damon,J NYY 9 Giambi,J NYY 131 Hannahan,J OAK

GROUNDED INTO DP INTENTIONAL WALKS HIT BY PITCH AT BATS 27 Guerrero,V LAA 16 Morneau,J MIN 22 Giambi,J NYY 686 Suzuki,I SEA 27 Ordonez,M DET 16 Guerrero,V LAA 20 Quentin,C CWS 661 Cabrera,O CWS 26 Peralta,J CLE 14 Sizemore,G CLE 15 Garko,R CLE 653 Pedroia,D BOS 24 Overbay,L TOR 13 Bradley,M TEX 14 Rodriguez,A NYY 645 Young,M TEX 24 Jeter,D NYY 12 Suzuki,I SEA 12 Youkilis,K BOS 644 Lopez,J SEA 23 Butler,B KC 12 Ortiz,D BOS 12 Pena,C TB 635 Rios,A TOR 23 Betancourt,Y SEA 11 Ibanez,R SEA 11 (05) PLAYERS TIED 635 Ibanez,R SEA 23 Guillen,J KC 10 Scott,L BAL 634 Sizemore,G CLE 21 Mauer,J MIN 10 Beltre,A SEA 627 Iwamura,A TB 20 (03) PLAYERS TIED 9 (04) PLAYERS TIED 624 Hamilton,J TEX

HARDEST TO FAN RBI RATIO HOME RUN RATIO HARDEST TO DOUBLE UP (PLATE APP. PER SO) (AT BATS PER RBI) (AT BATS PER HOME RUN) (AT BATS PER GIDP) 14.6 Polanco,P DET 4.7 Youkilis,K BOS 13.3 Quentin,C CWS 313.5 Iwamura,A TB 14.0 Betancourt,Y SEA 4.8 Giambi,J NYY 14.3 Giambi,J NYY 126.8 Sizemore,G CLE 14.0 Pedroia,D BOS 4.8 Quentin,C CWS 14.6 Rodriguez,A NYY 111.0 Damon,J NYY 12.7 Mauer,J MIN 4.8 Hamilton,J TEX 14.6 Cust,J OAK 95.3 Teahen,M KC 11.5 Suzuki,I SEA 4.8 Pena,C TB 14.8 Thome,J CWS 87.2 Hannahan,J OAK 10.3 Cabrera,O CWS 4.8 Morneau,J MIN 15.8 Pena,C TB 85.8 Suzuki,I SEA 10.3 Lopez,J SEA 4.9 Cabrera,M DET 16.6 Longoria,E TB 82.4 Gomez,C MIN 9.8 Cano,R NYY 4.9 Mora,M BAL 16.6 Cabrera,M DET 81.7 Pena,C TB 9.1 Scutaro,M TOR 5.0 Rodriguez,A NYY 17.4 Dye,J CWS 79.0 Granderson,C DET 8.7 Kinsler,I TEX 5.3 Longoria,E TB 18.6 Youkilis,K BOS 78.0 Hamilton,J TEX

GAMES PLAYED * Has not hit into GIDP 163 Morneau,J MIN 162 Suzuki,I SEA 162 Ibanez,R SEA 161 Cabrera,O CWS 160 Cabrera,M DET 159 Cano,R NYY 159 Lopez,J SEA 158 Overbay, L TOR 157 (03) PLAYERS TIED

2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 145 2008 AL Pitching leaders

EARNED RUN AVERAGE WINS WINNING STREAKS 2.54 Lee,C CLE 22 Lee,C CLE 11 Lee,C CLE 2.78 Halladay,R TOR 20 Halladay,R TOR 07/11 - 09/12 2.90 Matsuzaka,D BOS 20 Mussina,M NYY 8 Matsuzaka,D BOS 3.21 Lester,J BOS 18 Matsuzaka,D BOS 04/01 - 05/22 3.32 Danks,J CWS 18 Burnett,A TOR 7 Matsuzaka,D BOS 3.37 Mussina,M NYY 17 Saunders,J LAA 08/03 - 09/21 3.41 Saunders,J LAA 17 Floyd,G CWS 7 Lester,J BOS 3.45 Baker,T MIN 16 Lester,J BOS 06/05 - 08/02 3.45 Hernandez,F SEA 16 Santana,E LAA 6 (13) STREAKS TIED 3.47 Greinke,Z KC 15 Buehrle,M CWS

SAVES GAMES STARTED COMPLETE GAMES 62 Rodriguez,F LAA 34 Buehrle,M CWS 9 Halladay,R TOR 42 Soria,J KC 34 Meche,G KC 4 Lee,C CLE 41 Papelbon,J BOS 34 Burnett,A TOR 3 Slowey,K MIN 39 Nathan,J MIN 34 Mussina,M NYY 3 Garza,M TB 39 Rivera,M NYY 33 (09) PLAYERS TIED 3 Shields,J TB 32 Ryan,B TOR 3 Lackey,J LAA 31 Sherrill,G BAL 3 Sabathia,C CLE 30 Jenks,R CWS 3 Millwood,K TEX 28 Percival,T TB 2 (07) PLAYERS TIED 24 Wilson,C TEX

GAMES INNINGS PITCHED STRIKEOUTS 76 Guerrier,M MIN 246.0 Halladay,R TOR 231 Burnett,A TOR 76 Rodriguez,F LAA 223.1 Lee,C CLE 214 Santana,E LAA 75 Reyes,D MIN 221.1 Burnett,A TOR 206 Halladay,R TOR 75 Wright,J TEX 219.0 Santana,E LAA 200 Vazquez,J CWS 74 Thornton,M CWS 218.2 Buehrle,M CWS 183 Greinke,Z KC 73 Perez,R CLE 215.0 Shields,J TB 183 Meche,G KC 73 Delcarmen,M BOS 210.1 Lester,J BOS 175 Hernandez,F SEA 72 Green,S SEA 210.1 Meche,G KC 172 Beckett,J BOS 72 Dotel,O CWS 208.1 Vazquez,J CWS 170 Lee,C CLE 71 Ramirez,R KC 206.1 Floyd,G CWS 166 Kazmir,S TB

WINNING PERCENTAGE SHUTOUTS OPPONENTS BATTING AVERAGE .880 Lee,C CLE (22-03) 2 Slowey,K MIN .211 Matsuzaka,D BOS .857 Matsuzaka,D BOS (18-03) 2 Litsch,J TOR .226 Galarraga,A DET .750 Perkins,G MIN (12-04) 2 Garza,M TB .228 Wakefield,T BOS .733 Baker,T MIN (11-04) 2 Lester,J BOS .237 Halladay,R TOR .727 Lester,J BOS (16-06) 2 Shields,J TB .237 Santana,E LAA .708 Saunders,J LAA (17-07) 2 Lee,C CLE .241 Floyd,G CWS .706 Lackey,J LAA (12-05) 2 Sabathia,C CLE .242 Guthrie,J BAL .696 Santana,E LAA (16-07) 2 Halladay,R TOR .243 Smith,G OAK .690 Mussina,M NYY (20-09) 1 (08) PLAYERS TIED .245 Garza,M TB .680 Floyd,G CWS (17-08) .246 Danks,J CWS

HOME ROAD EARNED RUN AVERAGE 2.45 Lee,C CLE 2.55 Saunders,J LAA 2.49 Lester,J BOS 2.61 Lee,C CLE 2.59 Shields,J TB 2.78 Halladay,R TOR 2.65 Buehrle,M CWS 2.85 Beckett,J BOS 2.77 Litsch,J TOR 2.92 Danks,J CWS 2.78 Halladay,R TOR 3.01 Hernandez,F SEA 2.85 Marcum,S TOR 3.02 Santana,E LAA 2.89 Garza,M TB 3.07 Mussina,M NYY 2.92 Greinke,Z KC 3.23 Lackey,J LAA 2.95 Blackburn,N MIN 3.36 Galarraga,A DET

146 2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide DAY EARNED RUN AVERAGE NIGHT EARNED RUN AVERAGE 2.30 Lee,C CLE 2.62 Lee,C CLE 2.49 Shields,J TB 2.77 Halladay,R TOR 2.50 Danks,J CWS 3.07 Lester,J BOS 2.58 Litsch,J TOR 3.16 Slowey,K MIN 2.69 Galarraga,A DET 3.17 Santana,E LAA 2.78 Hernandez,F SEA 3.41 Buehrle,M CWS 2.81 Halladay,R TOR 3.46 Mussina,M NYY 2.95 Blackburn,N MIN 3.50 Guthrie,J BAL 3.01 Baker,T MIN 3.51 Marcum,S TOR 3.04 Greinke,Z KC 3.56 Saunders,J LAA

HITS ALLOWED LOSSES HOME RUNS ALLOWED FEWEST WALKS PER 9 IP 240 Buehrle,M CWS 17 Verlander,J DET 31 Byrd,P BOS 1.4 Lee,C CLE 237 Garland,J LAA 16 Smith,G OAK 30 Floyd,G CWS 1.4 Mussina,M NYY 233 Pettitte,A NYY 16 Bannister,B KC 29 Bannister,B KC 1.4 Halladay,R TOR 224 Blackburn,N MIN 16 Vazquez,J CWS 28 Galarraga,A DET 1.7 Shields,J TB 220 Halladay,R TOR 15 Silva,C SEA 26 Lackey,J LAA 1.7 Byrd,P BOS 220 Millwood,K TEX 14 Washburn,J SEA 26 Robertson,N DET 1.7 Sonnanstin,A TB 218 Robertson,N DET 14 Batista,M SEA 26 Padilla,V TEX 1.8 Beckett,J BOS 215 Bannister,B KC 14 Pettitte,A NYY 25 Perkins,G MIN 1.8 Blackburn,N MIN 214 (03) PLAYERS TIED 13 Rogers,K DET 25 Vazquez,J CWS 1.9 Santana,E LAA 12 (05) PLAYERS TIED 25 Wakefield,T BOS 2.0 Litsch,J TOR

WILD PITCHES HIT BATSMEN EARNED RUNS STRIKEOUTS PER 9 IP 15 Cabrera,D BAL 18 Cabrera,D BAL 119 Robertson,N DET 9.4 Burnett,A TOR 12 Padilla,V TEX 15 Padilla,V TEX 117 Bannister,B KC 8.9 Beckett,J BOS 12 Wakefield,T BOS 14 Verlander,J DET 110 Silva,C SEA 8.8 Santana,E LAA 11 Dickey,R SEA 13 Wakefield,T BOS 110 Rogers,K DET 8.6 Vazquez,J CWS 11 Burnett,A TOR 12 Eveland,D OAK 108 Verlander,J DET 8.3 Matsuzaka,D BOS 9 Floyd,G CWS 12 Shields,J TB 108 Vazquez,J CWS 8.1 Greinke,Z KC 8 (05) PLAYERS TIED 12 Halladay,R TOR 107 Garland,J LAA 7.8 Hernandez,F SEA 10 (04) PLAYERS TIED 105 Cabrera,D BAL 7.8 Meche,G KC 103 Pettitte,A NYY 7.7 Weaver,J LAA 100 Burnett,A TOR 7.5 Halladay,R TOR

BALKS WALKS RUNS ALLOWED OPPONENTS BAT AVG. 3 Verlander,J DET 94 Matsuzaka,D BOS 127 Bannister,B KC .211 Matsuzaka,D BOS 3 Padilla,V TEX 90 Cabrera,D BAL 124 Robertson,N DET .226 Galarraga,A DET 2 Chamberlai,J NYY 87 Smith,G OAK 119 Verlander,J DET .228 Wakefield,T BOS 2 Garza,M TB 87 Verlander,J DET 118 Rogers,K DET .237 Halladay,R TOR 2 Feldman,S TEX 86 Burnett,A TOR 116 Garland,J LAA .237 Santana,E LAA 2 Harrison,M TEX 80 Hernandez,F SEA 114 Silva,C SEA .241 Floyd,G CWS 2 Cabrera,D BAL 79 Batista,M SEA 113 Vazquez,J CWS .242 Guthrie,J BAL 2 Sabathia,C CLE 77 Eveland,D OAK 112 Pettitte,A NYY .243 Smith,G OAK 2 Burnett,A TOR 77 Jackson J,E TB 109 Cabrera,D BAL .245 Garza,M TB 1 (45) PLAYERS TIED 73 Meche,G KC 109 Burnett,A TOR .246 Danks,J CWS

GAMES FINISHED 69 Rodriguez,F LAA 62 Papelbon,J BOS 60 Rivera,M NYY 57 Soria,J KC 57 Nathan,J MIN 52 Jenks,R CWS 49 Sherrill,G BAL 48 Ryan,B TOR 41 Wilson,C TEX 38 Percival,T TB

2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 147 2008 AL ROOKIE BATTING LEADERS

BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN MULTI HIT GAMES .325 Aviles,M KC 27 Longoria,E TB 85 Longoria,E TB 40 Ellsbury,J BOS .294 Span,D MIN 21 Ramirez,A CWS 77 Ramirez,A CWS 39 Aviles,M KC .294 Buscher,B MIN 17 Davis,C TEX 74 Murphy,D TEX 35 Ramirez,A CWS .290 Ramirez,A CWS 15 Murphy,D TEX 55 Davis,C TEX 31 Sweeney,R OAK .286 Sweeney,R OAK 15 Francisco,B CLE 54 Francisco,B CLE 31 Murphy,D TEX .285 Davis,C TEX 12 Joyce,M DET 51 Aviles,M KC 31 Span,D MIN .280 Ellsbury,J BOS 10 Aviles,M KC 47 Ellsbury,J BOS 28 Longoria,E TB .275 Murphy,D TEX 9 Ellsbury,J BOS 47 Buscher,B MIN 28 Francisco,B CLE .272 Longoria,E TB 9 Barton,D OAK 47 Barton,D OAK 26 Davis,C TEX .266 Francisco,B CLE 8 Boggs,B TEX 47 Span,D MIN 24 Barton,D OAK

RUNS HITS TOTAL BASES GRAND SLAMS 98 Ellsbury,J BOS 155 Ellsbury,J BOS 238 Longoria,E TB 4 Ramirez,A CWS 70 Span,D MIN 139 Ramirez,A CWS 228 Ramirez,A CWS 1 Longoria,E TB 68 Aviles,M KC 136 Aviles,M KC 218 Ellsbury,J BOS 1 Teagarden,T TEX 67 Longoria,E TB 122 Longoria,E TB 201 Aviles,M KC 1 Murphy,D TEX 65 Ramirez,A CWS 119 Francisco,B CLE 196 Francisco,B CLE 65 Francisco,B CLE 114 Murphy,D TEX 193 Murphy,D TEX 64 Murphy,D TEX 110 Sweeney,R OAK 162 Davis,C TEX 59 Barton,D OAK 102 Span,D MIN 155 Barton,D OAK 53 Sweeney,R OAK 101 Barton,D OAK 150 Span,D MIN 51 Davis,C TEX 84 Davis,C TEX 147 Sweeney,R OAK

DOUBLES TRIPLES STOLEN BASES HITTING STREAKS 32 Francisco,B CLE 7 Ellsbury,J BOS 50 Ellsbury,J BOS 18 Ellsbury,J BOS 31 Longoria,E TB 7 Span,D MIN 18 Span,D MIN 09/05 - 09/28 28 Murphy,D TEX 5 Barton,D OAK 13 Ramirez,A CWS 13 Sweeney,R OAK 27 Aviles,M KC 4 Boggs,B TEX 13 Gardner,B NYY 05/19 - 06/19 25 Lowrie,J BOS 4 Aviles,M KC 9 Sweeney,R OAK 12 Aviles,M KC 23 Davis,C TEX 3 Lowrie,J BOS 8 Patterson,E OAK 07/07 - 07/22 22 Ramirez,A CWS 3 Joyce,M DET 8 Aviles,M KC 11 Ramirez,A CWS 22 Ellsbury,J BOS 3 Tolbert,M MIN 7 (04) PLAYERS TIED 08/14 - 08/25 22 Gonzalez,C OAK 3 Murphy,D TEX 11 Murphy,D TEX 18 Sweeney,R OAK 3 Arias,J TEX 05/13 - 05/24

WALKS ON BASE PERCENTAGE SLUGGING PERCENTAGE EXTRA BASE HITS 65 Barton,D OAK .387 Span,D MIN .549 Davis,C TEX 60 Longoria,E TB 50 Span,D MIN .354 Aviles,M KC .531 Longoria,E TB 47 Francisco,B CLE 46 Longoria,E TB .350 Sweeney,R OAK .492 Joyce,M DET 46 Murphy,D TEX 44 Boggs,B TEX .343 Longoria,E TB .480 Aviles,M KC 45 Ramirez,A CWS 41 Ellsbury,J BOS .340 Buscher,B MIN .475 Ramirez,A CWS 42 Davis,C TEX 40 Francisco,B CLE .339 Joyce,M DET .465 Murphy,D TEX 41 Aviles,M KC 38 Sweeney,R OAK .339 Lowrie,J BOS .438 Francisco,B CLE 38 Ellsbury,J BOS 35 Lowrie,J BOS .336 Ellsbury,J BOS .432 Span,D MIN 31 Joyce,M DET 31 Joyce,M DET .333 Boggs,B TEX .400 Lowrie,J BOS 31 Barton,D OAK 31 Murphy,D TEX .332 Francisco,B CLE .399 Boggs,B TEX 30 Lowrie,J BOS

OUTFIELD ASSISTS 12 Francisco,B CLE 7 Boggs,B TEX 6 Sweeney,R OAK 6 Span,D MIN 6 Balentien,W SEA 5 Gonzalez,C OAK 5 Gardner,B NYY 4 Thomas,C DET 4 Murphy,D TEX 4 Ellsbury,J BOS

148 2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 2008 AL ROOKIE PITCHING LEADERS

EARNED RUN AVERAGE WINS WINNING STREAKS 2.60 Chamberlai,J NYY 13 Galarraga,A DET 6 Carlson,J TOR 3.16 Masterson,J BOS 12 Perkins,G MIN 07/22 - 09/17 3.73 Galarraga,A DET 11 Blackburn,N MIN 5 Perkins,G MIN 4.05 Blackburn,N MIN 10 Arredondo,J LAA 06/19 - 07/18 4.16 Smith,G OAK 9 Olson,G BAL 5 Perkins,G MIN 4.23 Laffey,A CLE 9 Harrison,M TEX 07/29 - 08/27 4.41 Perkins,G MIN 7 Smith,G OAK 5 Galarraga,A DET 4.84 Bass,B BAL 7 Carlson,J TOR 07/23 - 08/19 5.14 Rupe,J TEX 6 (04) PLAYERS TIED 4 (07) STREAKS TIED 5.49 Harrison,M TEX

SAVES GAMES STARTED COMPLETE GAMES 11 Ziegler,B OAK 33 Blackburn,N MIN 2 Smith,G OAK 6 Kobayashi,M CLE 32 Smith,G OAK 1 Richmond,S TOR 2 Dolsi,F DET 28 Galarraga,A DET 1 Buchholz,C BOS 2 Carlson,J TOR 26 Olson,G BAL 1 Purcey,D TOR 1 (09) PLAYERS TIED 26 Perkins,G MIN 1 Harrison,M TEX 22 Hochevar,L KC 1 Waters,C BAL 17 Liz,R BAL 16 Laffey,A CLE 15 Buchholz,C BOS 15 Harrison,M TEX

GAMES INNINGS PITCHED STRIKEOUTS 69 Carlson,J TOR 193.1 Blackburn,N MIN 126 Galarraga,A DET 60 Veras,E NYY 190.1 Smith,G OAK 118 Chamberlai,J NYY 57 Kobayashi,M CLE 178.2 Galarraga,A DET 111 Smith,G OAK 57 Sarfate,D BAL 151.0 Perkins,G MIN 96 Blackburn,N MIN 55 Ramirez,E NYY 132.2 Olson,G BAL 86 Sarfate,D BAL 54 Johnson,J BAL 129.0 Hochevar,L KC 83 Olson,G BAL 52 Arredondo,J LAA 100.1 Chamberlai,J NYY 74 Perkins,G MIN 49 Breslow,C MIN 93.2 Laffey,A CLE 72 Buchholz,C BOS 49 Bass,B BAL 89.1 Rupe,J TEX 72 Hochevar,L KC 47 Ziegler,B OAK 89.1 Bass,B BAL 68 Masterson,J BOS

WINNING PERCENTAGE SHUTOUTS OPPONENTS BATTING AVERAGE .750 Perkins,G MIN (12-04) 1 Richmond,S TOR .216 Masterson,J BOS .650 Galarraga,A DET (13-07) 1 Harrison,M TEX .226 Galarraga,A DET .500 Blackburn,N MIN (11-11) 1 Waters,C BAL .233 Chamberlai,J NYY .474 Olson,G BAL (09-10) .243 Smith,G OAK .333 Hochevar,L KC (06-12) .280 Hochevar,L KC .304 Smith,G OAK (07-16) .280 Bass,B BAL .281 Laffey,A CLE .284 Rupe,J TEX .292 Blackburn,N MIN .296 Liz,R BAL

2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 149 2008 NL team leaders CLUB BATTING GI CLUB AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IBB SO SB CS DP SLG OBP St. Louis .281 162 5636 779 1585 2442 283 26 174 744 71 44 42 577 63 985 73 32 150 .433 .350 Chicago .278 161 5588 855 1552 2475 329 21 184 811 65 45 50 636 48 1186 87 34 134 .443 .354 Atlanta .270 162 5604 753 1514 2286 316 33 130 721 69 34 42 618 56 1023 58 27 143 .408 .345 New York .266 162 5606 799 1491 2357 274 38 172 751 73 49 39 619 71 1024 138 36 129 .420 .340 Los Angeles .264 162 5506 700 1455 2195 271 29 137 659 64 38 43 543 62 1032 126 43 153 .399 .333 Colorado .263 162 5557 747 1462 2308 310 28 160 714 90 38 57 570 36 1209 141 37 119 .415 .336 Houston .263 161 5451 712 1432 2261 284 22 167 684 57 41 52 449 42 1051 114 52 116 .415 .323 San Francisco .262 162 5543 640 1452 2119 311 37 94 606 57 44 48 452 45 1044 108 46 139 .382 .321 Pittsburgh .258 162 5628 735 1454 2269 314 21 153 705 66 51 59 474 40 1039 57 19 111 .403 .320 Philadelphia .255 162 5509 799 1407 2412 291 36 214 762 71 40 67 586 68 1117 136 25 108 .438 .332 Florida .254 161 5499 770 1397 2379 302 28 208 741 49 46 69 543 50 1371 76 28 98 .433 .326 Milwaukee .253 162 5535 750 1398 2386 324 35 198 722 54 43 69 550 44 1203 108 38 97 .431 .325 Washington .251 161 5491 641 1376 2048 269 26 117 608 64 36 67 534 21 1095 81 43 153 .373 .323 Arizona .251 162 5409 720 1355 2244 318 47 159 683 68 43 49 587 49 1287 58 23 105 .415 .327 San Diego .250 162 5568 637 1390 2170 264 27 154 615 59 46 53 518 35 1259 36 17 129 .390 .317 Cincinnati .247 162 5465 704 1351 2229 269 24 187 677 72 41 50 560 50 1125 85 47 101 .408 .321 TOTALS .260 88595 23071 4729 2608 1049 856 780 1482 1985 .331 1294 11741 36580 478 11203 679 8816 18050 547 .413

CLUB PITCHING

CLUB W L ERA G CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK AVG Los Angeles 84 78 3.68 162 5 11 35 1447.1 1381 648 591 123 48 480 58 1205 47 4 .251 Milwaukee 90 72 3.85 162 12 10 45 1455.2 1415 689 623 175 42 528 32 1110 53 5 .256 Chicago 97 64 3.87 161 2 8 44 1450.2 1329 671 624 160 65 548 45 1264 48 7 .242 Philadelphia 92 70 3.88 162 4 11 47 1449.2 1444 680 625 160 57 533 64 1081 34 3 .260 Arizona 82 80 3.98 162 6 9 39 1434.2 1403 706 635 147 68 451 41 1229 59 3 .256 New York 89 73 4.07 162 5 12 43 1464.1 1415 715 662 163 70 590 53 1181 55 4 .254 St. Louis 86 76 4.19 162 2 7 42 1454.0 1517 725 677 163 51 496 21 957 50 2 .270 Houston 86 75 4.36 161 4 13 48 1425.1 1453 743 691 197 50 492 53 1095 22 9 .264 San Francisco 72 90 4.38 162 4 12 41 1442.0 1416 759 701 147 70 652 59 1240 77 7 .258 San Diego 63 99 4.41 162 3 6 30 1458.1 1466 764 714 165 38 561 61 1100 43 4 .263 Florida 84 77 4.43 161 2 8 36 1435.1 1421 767 707 161 58 586 66 1127 59 4 .258 Atlanta 72 90 4.46 162 2 7 26 1440.2 1439 778 714 156 42 586 80 1076 42 5 .263 Cincinnati 74 88 4.55 162 2 6 34 1442.1 1542 800 729 201 67 557 40 1227 52 7 .275 Washington 59 102 4.66 161 2 8 28 1434.0 1496 825 742 190 51 588 44 1063 59 8 .270 Colorado 74 88 4.77 162 3 8 36 1446.0 1547 822 766 148 53 562 49 1041 61 7 .276 Pittsburgh 67 95 5.08 162 3 7 34 1455.0 1631 884 822 176 49 657 31 963 64 9 .286 TOTALS 1271 1317 4.29 1294 61 143 608 23135.1 23315 11976 11023 2632 879 8867 797 17959 825 88 .263

CLUB FIELDING

CLUB PCT G PO A E TC DP TP PB Houston .989 161 4276 1596 67 5939 142 0 8 St. Louis .986 162 4362 1817 85 6264 156 0 7 New York .986 162 4393 1552 83 6028 126 0 7 San Diego .986 162 4375 1626 85 6086 149 0 11 Philadelphia .985 162 4349 1698 90 6137 142 0 5 Colorado .985 162 4338 1816 96 6250 176 0 10 Los Angeles .984 162 4342 1795 101 6238 138 0 9 Milwaukee .984 162 4367 1698 101 6166 160 0 5 San Francisco .983 162 4326 1393 96 5815 129 1 8 Chicago .983 161 4352 1445 99 5896 118 0 8 Pittsburgh .983 162 4365 1830 107 6302 179 0 13 Atlanta .983 162 4322 1791 107 6220 149 0 14 Arizona .981 162 4304 1565 113 5982 137 0 7 Cincinnati .981 162 4327 1567 114 6008 156 0 17 Florida .980 161 4306 1501 117 5924 122 0 10 Washington .980 161 4302 1578 123 6003 143 0 12 TOTALS .984 1294 69406 26268 1584 97258 2322 1 151

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NOTE: “V.LHS/RHS” IS THE CLUB RECORD IN GAMES STARTED BY LEFT OR RIGHT HANDED PITCHERS, NOT NECESSARILY VERSUS THAT INDIVIDUAL PITCHER.

DOUBLEHEADERS ATTENDANCE CLUB VS LHS VS RHS GRASS ARTIF DAY NIGHT 1-RUN X-INN W L S HOME ROAD Arizona 28-20 54-60 82-77 0-3 26-28 56-52 22-23 4-6 0 0 0 2,509,946 2,749,616 Atlanta 20-33 52-57 71-88 1-2 21-30 51-60 11-30 3-10 0 0 2 2,532,834 2,694,279 Chicago 31-16 66-48 95-60 2-4 48-29 49-35 24-22 10-6 0 0 0 3,300,200 2,906,269 Cincinnati 30-25 44-63 73-86 1-2 25-28 49-60 28-20 9-8 0 0 0 2,058,632 2,777,362 Colorado 26-21 48-67 74-88 0-0 17-30 57-58 25-20 6-6 0 1 0 2,650,218 2,657,737 Florida 23-21 61-56 83-75 1-2 25-18 59-59 24-19 9-5 1 0 0 1,335,079 2,666,766 Houston 26-20 60-55 84-74 2-1 23-20 63-55 21-21 5-3 0 0 0 2,779,487 2,607,999 Los Angeles 31-21 53-57 84-78 0-0 23-24 61-54 19-24 6-12 0 0 0 3,730,750 2,811,534 Milwaukee 33-20 57-52 89-70 1-2 36-28 54-44 28-17 12-8 0 0 0 3,068,458 2,692,175 New York 34-21 55-52 89-73 0-0 29-24 60-49 16-19 9-9 0 0 2 4,042,043 2,911,471 Philadelphia 32-22 60-48 92-70 0-0 24-24 68-46 27-23 6-7 0 0 0 3,422,583 2,690,366 Pittsburgh 14-28 53-67 67-95 0-0 20-29 47-66 22-21 12-6 0 0 1 1,609,076 2,729,779 San Diego 20-37 43-62 63-99 0-0 20-24 43-75 16-28 6-8 0 0 0 2,427,535 2,899,373 San Francisco 16-31 56-59 72-90 0-0 27-32 45-58 31-21 10-5 0 1 0 2,863,847 2,581,736 St. Louis 27-29 59-47 86-76 0-0 27-26 59-50 24-28 6-12 0 0 0 3,432,917 2,619,726 Washington 22-36 37-66 59-99 0-3 19-29 40-73 20-29 7-7 1 0 0 2,321,988 2,626,039

CLUB RANK BATTING GI CLUB AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IBB SO SB CS DP SLG OBP Arizona 14 1 16 10 15 11 3 1 10 11 7 8 11 4 8 15 13 3 4 8 8 Atlanta 3 1 4 6 3 8 4 6 14 7 6 16 14 3 5 2 13 5 13 10 3 Chicago 2 13 5 1 2 1 1 15 5 1 9 5 9 1 9 11 8 8 11 1 1 Cincinnati 16 1 14 12 16 12 14 13 4 12 3 10 9 8 6 10 9 15 3 11 14 Colorado 6 1 7 8 5 7 7 8 9 8 1 13 6 7 14 13 1 10 8 7 5 Florida 11 13 12 5 12 5 8 8 2 5 16 3 1 10 6 16 11 6 2 4 9 Houston 7 13 15 11 9 10 10 14 8 10 13 10 8 16 12 7 5 16 7 9 12 Los Angeles 5 1 11 13 6 13 13 7 13 13 10 13 13 10 4 4 4 12 15 13 6 Milwaukee 12 1 9 7 11 4 2 5 3 6 15 8 1 9 11 12 6 11 1 5 10 New York 4 1 3 2 4 6 12 2 7 3 2 2 16 2 1 3 2 9 9 6 4 Philadelphia 10 1 10 2 10 3 9 4 1 2 4 12 3 5 2 9 3 4 5 2 7 Pittsburgh 9 1 2 9 7 9 5 15 12 9 8 1 5 14 13 5 15 2 6 12 15 San Diego 15 1 6 16 13 14 16 10 11 14 12 3 7 13 15 14 16 1 9 14 16 San Francisco 8 1 8 15 8 15 6 3 16 16 13 6 12 15 10 6 6 14 12 15 13 St. Louis 1 1 1 4 1 2 11 11 6 4 4 6 14 6 3 1 12 7 14 3 2 Washington 13 13 13 14 14 16 14 11 15 15 10 15 3 12 16 8 10 12 15 16 11

CLUB RANK PITCHING

CLUB W L ERA G CG SHO SV IP H TBF R ER HR SH SF HB BB IBB SO WP BK Arizona 9 8 5 1 2 7 8 14 3 1 5 5 2 10 10 14 1 5 3 11 2 Atlanta 12 4 12 1 11 12 16 12 8 7 12 11 5 16 14 2 11 16 12 3 8 Chicago 1 16 3 13 11 8 4 6 1 4 2 3 6 2 2 12 7 7 1 6 10 Cincinnati 10 6 13 1 11 15 12 10 14 15 13 13 16 14 8 13 8 4 4 8 10 Colorado 10 6 15 1 8 8 9 9 15 12 14 15 4 5 10 9 10 8 14 14 10 Florida 7 10 11 13 11 8 9 13 7 9 11 10 8 14 8 11 11 15 7 11 4 Houston 5 12 8 13 5 1 1 16 10 2 8 8 15 1 3 6 3 9 10 1 15 Los Angeles 7 9 1 1 3 4 11 8 2 3 1 1 1 6 7 4 2 11 5 5 4 Milwaukee 3 14 2 1 1 6 3 3 4 5 4 2 12 9 3 2 5 3 8 9 8 New York 4 13 6 1 3 2 5 1 4 12 6 6 9 12 3 15 14 9 6 10 4 Philadelphia 2 15 4 1 5 4 2 7 9 6 3 4 6 3 1 10 6 14 11 2 2 Pittsburgh 14 3 16 1 8 12 12 4 16 16 16 16 13 10 15 5 16 2 15 15 15 San Diego 15 2 10 1 8 15 14 2 11 10 10 11 11 7 12 1 9 13 9 4 4 San Francisco 12 4 9 1 5 2 7 11 6 14 9 9 2 8 16 15 15 12 2 16 10 St. Louis 5 11 7 1 11 12 6 5 13 8 7 7 9 4 6 7 4 1 16 7 1 Washington 16 1 14 13 11 8 15 15 12 11 15 14 14 13 12 7 13 6 13 11 14

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BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN MULTI HIT GAMES .364 Jones,C ATL 48 Howard,R PHI 146 Howard,R PHI 64 Reyes,J NY .357 Pujols,A STL 40 Dunn,A ARI 124 Wright,D NY 58 Theriot,R CHI .321 Holliday,M COL 38 Delgado,C NY 119 Gonzalez,A SD 57 Guzman,C WSH .316 Guzman,C WSH 37 Braun,R MIL 116 Pujols,A STL 56 Pujols,A STL .312 Berkman,L HOU 37 Pujols,A STL 115 Delgado,C NY 53 Drew,S ARI .307 Theriot,R CHI 37 Ludwick,R STL 113 Ludwick,R STL 52 Atkins,G COL .306 Winn,R SF 36 Gonzalez,A SD 112 Beltran,C NY 51 Wright,D NY .306 Giles,B SD 34 Fielder,P MIL 111 Ramirez,A CHI 50 (04) PLAYERS TIED .305 Ethier,A LA 33 (04) PLAYERS TIED 106 Braun,R MIL .302 Wright,D NY 106 Berkman,L HOU

RUNS HITS TOTAL BASES GRAND SLAMS 125 Ramirez,H FLA 204 Reyes,J NY 342 Pujols,A STL 2 Uggla,D FLA 116 Beltran,C NY 189 Wright,D NY 338 Braun,R MIL 2 Dunn,A ARI 115 Wright,D NY 187 Pujols,A STL 334 Wright,D NY 2 De Rosa,M CHI 114 Berkman,L HOU 183 Winn,R SF 331 Howard,R PHI 2 Delgado,C NY 113 McLouth,N PIT 183 Guzman,C WSH 327 Reyes,J NY 1 (44) PLAYERS TIED 113 Utley,C PHI 181 Lee,D CHI 325 Utley,C PHI 113 Reyes,J NY 179 Tejada,M HOU 318 Ramirez,H FLA 107 Holliday,M COL 178 Drew,S ARI 318 Ludwick,R STL 105 Howard,R PHI 178 Theriot,R CHI 314 Gonzalez,A SD 104 Ludwick,R STL 177 (02) PLAYERS TIED 314 Berkman,L HOU

DOUBLES TRIPLES STOLEN BASES HITTING STREAKS 46 McLouth,N PIT 19 Reyes,J NY 68 Taveras,W COL 22 Johnson,K ATL 46 Berkman,L HOU 11 Drew,S ARI 56 Reyes,J NY 09/01 - 09/24 45 Hart,C MIL 11 Lewis,F SF 47 Rollins,J PHI 19 Kemp,M LA 44 Drew,S ARI 9 Rollins,J PHI 41 Bourn,M HOU 07/09 - 08/01 44 Pujols,A STL 8 Victorino,S PHI 40 Pierre,J LA 19 McLouth,N PIT 44 Ramirez,A CHI 7 Braun,R MIL 36 Victorino,S PHI 03/31 - 04/21 42 McCann,B ATL 7 Weeks Jr,R MIL 35 Kemp,M LA 18 Reyes,J NY 42 Young,C ARI 7 Velez,E SF 35 Ramirez,H FLA 05/15 - 06/02 42 Wright,D NY 7 Young,C ARI 28 Holliday,M COL 17 (04) STREAKS TIED 41 (03) PLAYERS TIED 7 Phillips,B CIN 25 (02) PLAYERS TIED

WALKS ON BASE PERCENTAGE SLUGGING PERCENTAGE EXTRA BASE HITS 122 Dunn,A ARI .470 Jones,C ATL .653 Pujols,A STL 83 Braun,R MIL 104 Pujols,A STL .462 Pujols,A STL .591 Ludwick,R STL 81 Pujols,A STL 102 Burrell,P PHI .420 Berkman,L HOU .574 Jones,C ATL 80 Ludwick,R STL 99 Berkman,L HOU .409 Holliday,M COL .567 Berkman,L HOU 79 Berkman,L HOU 94 Wright,D NY .400 Ramirez,H FLA .553 Braun,R MIL 78 Howard,R PHI 92 Ramirez,H FLA .398 Giles,B SD .543 Howard,R PHI 78 Utley,C PHI 92 Beltran,C NY .390 Wright,D NY .540 Ramirez,H FLA 77 Wright,D NY 90 Martin, Jr,R LA .387 Theriot,R CHI .538 Holliday,M COL 76 Drew,S ARI 90 Jones,C ATL .386 Dunn,A ARI .535 Utley,C PHI 76 McLouth,N PIT 87 (02) PLAYERS TIED .385 Martin, Jr,R LA .534 Wright,D NY 72 (03) PLAYERS TIED

OUTFIELD ASSISTS HOME BATTING AVG ROAD BATTING AVG. RISP BATTING AVG 16 Pence,H HOU .399 Jones,C ATL .335 Pujols,A STL .345 Berkman,L HOU 16 Kemp,M LA .380 Pujols,A STL .325 Jones,C ATL .339 Pujols,A STL 14 Francoeur,J ATL .348 Guzman,C WSH .321 Schumaker,J STL .328 Ethier,A LA 12 Ludwick,R STL .342 Atkins,G COL .316 Hardy,J MIL .325 Gonzalez,A SD 12 Burrell,P PHI .336 Wright,D NY .316 Lopez,F STL .323 Johnson,K ATL 11 Lewis,F SF .332 Holliday,M COL .316 Giles,B SD .322 De Rosa,M CHI 11 Ethier,A LA .331 Lewis,F SF .308 Holliday,M COL .320 Howard,R PHI 10 Soriano,A CHI .324 Ramirez,A CHI .308 Gonzalez,A SD .319 Guzman,C WSH 10 Schumaker,J STL .321 Drew,S ARI .307 Ethier,A LA .318 Schumaker,J STL 10 Nady,X PIT .320 Ludwick,R STL .306 Berkman,L HOU .318 Rollins,J PHI

152 2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide DAY BATTING AVG NIGHT BATTING AVG VS RIGHTY AVG VS LEFTY AVG. .380 Pujols,A STL .368 Jones,C ATL .349 Jones,C ATL .411 Pujols,A STL .355 Jones,C ATL .346 Pujols,A STL .340 Schumaker,J STL .394 Jones,C ATL .337 Rowand,A SF .324 Holliday,M COL .333 Pujols,A STL .382 Wright,D NY .320 Beltran,C NY .320 Berkman,L HOU .329 Holliday,M COL .369 Kemp,M LA .317 Votto,J CIN .319 Guzman,C WSH .327 Berkman,L HOU .360 Keppinger,J CIN .313 Holliday,M COL .319 McCann,B ATL .326 Ethier,A LA .357 Atkins,G COL .311 Molina,B SF .317 Ethier,A LA .320 Gonzalez,A SD .354 Guzman,C WSH .310 Lopez,F STL .316 Schumaker,J STL .316 Ludwick,R STL .351 Soriano,A CHI .309 Giles,B SD .315 Ludwick,R STL .313 Ramirez,H FLA .333 Johnson,K ATL .308 Guzman,C WSH .311 Theriot,R CHI .313 Winn,R SF .326 Beltran,C NY

CAUGHT STEALING SACRIFICE BUNTS SACRIFICE FLIES STRIKEOUTS 15 Reyes,J NY 19 Dempster,R CHI 11 Wright,D NY 204 Reynolds,M ARI 13 Theriot,R CHI 16 Cook,A COL 11 Molina,B SF 199 Howard,R PHI 12 Ramirez,H FLA 15 Taveras,W COL 10 Fielder,P MIL 171 Uggla,D FLA 12 Pierre,J LA 13 Webb,B ARI 10 Atkins,G COL 165 Young,C ARI 11 Kemp,M LA 13 Redding,T WSH 9 Hart,C MIL 164 Dunn,A ARI 11 Victorino,S PHI 13 Looper,B STL 9 Winn,R SF 153 Kemp,M LA 10 Pence,H HOU 12 Wellemeyer,T STL 8 (05) PLAYERS TIED 146 Ludwick,R STL 10 Bourn,M HOU 12 Lilly,T CHI 142 Gonzalez,A SD 10 Phillips,B CIN 12 Moyer,J PHI 142 Cameron,M MIL 9 (02) PLAYERS TIED 10 (03) PLAYERS TIED 139 Kouzmanoff,K SD

GROUNDED INTO DP INTENTIONAL WALKS HIT BY PITCH AT BATS 32 Tejada,M HOU 34 Pujols,A STL 27 Utley,C PHI 688 Reyes,J NY 27 Lee,D CHI 19 Fielder,P MIL 15 Kouzmanoff,K SD 632 Tejada,M HOU 25 Loney,J LA 19 Delgado,C NY 14 Iannetta,C COL 628 Cantu,J FLA 24 Escobar,Y ATL 18 Gonzalez,A SD 14 Milledge,L WSH 626 Wright,D NY 24 Gonzalez,A SD 18 Berkman,L HOU 14 Weeks Jr,R MIL 625 Young,C ARI 23 Molina,B SF 17 Howard,R PHI 14 Willingham,J FLA 624 Kouzmanoff,K SD 21 Molina,Y STL 16 Ramirez,M LA 14 Rowand,A SF 623 Lee,D CHI 21 Rowand,A SF 16 Jones,C ATL 13 Kendall,J MIL 616 Gonzalez,A SD 20 Atkins,G COL 14 Utley,C PHI 12 (03) PLAYERS TIED 612 Hart,C MIL 19 (03) PLAYERS TIED 13 (03) PLAYERS TIED 611 (03) PLAYERS TIED

HARDEST TO FAN RBI RATIO HOME RUN RATIO HARDEST TO DOUBLE UP (PLATE APP. PER SO) (AT BATS PER RBI) (AT BATS PER HOME RUN) (AT BATS PER GIDP) 20.9 Keppinger,J CIN 4.2 Howard,R PHI 12.7 Howard,R PHI 182.3 Johnson,K ATL 15.0 Molina,B SF 4.5 Pujols,A STL 12.9 Dunn,A ARI 155.7 Bourn,M HOU 13.0 Kendall,J MIL 4.8 Ludwick,R STL 14.2 Pujols,A STL 143.3 Blanco,G ATL 12.6 Giles,B SD 5.0 Ramirez,A CHI 14.5 Ludwick,R STL 122.2 Drew,S ARI 11.9 Pujols,A STL 5.0 Wright,D NY 14.9 Jacobs,M FLA 119.8 Taveras,W COL 11.4 Theriot,R CHI 5.1 Jacobs,M FLA 15.6 Soriano,A CHI 119.4 McLouth,N PIT 11.4 Rollins,J PHI 5.2 Dunn,A ARI 15.7 Delgado,C NY 117.8 Ramirez,H FLA 10.7 Guzman,C WSH 5.2 Gonzalez,A SD 16.2 Burrell,P PHI 111.0 Cameron,M MIL 10.0 Jackson,C ARI 5.2 Delgado,C NY 16.5 Braun,R MIL 103.2 Kendall,J MIL 9.9 Schumaker,J STL 5.2 Berkman,L HOU 16.6 Uggla,D FLA 99.7 Winn,R SF

GAMES PLAYED * Has not hit into GIDP 162 Howard,R PHI 162 Gonzalez,A SD 161 Loney,J LA 161 Beltran,C NY 160 Young,C ARI 160 Wright,D NY 159 (05) PLAYERS TIED

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EARNED RUN AVERAGE WINS WINNING STREAKS 2.53 Santana,J NY 22 Webb,B ARI 9 Webb,B ARI 2.62 Lincecum,T SF 18 Lincecum,T SF 03/31 - 05/15 2.85 Peavy,J SD 17 Volquez,E CIN 9 Sabathia,C MIL 2.96 Dempster,R CHI 17 Oswalt,R HOU 07/08 - 08/31 3.09 Sheets,B MIL 17 Lilly,T CHI 9 Lohse,K STL 3.09 Hamels,C PHI 17 Dempster,R CHI 05/24 - 07/17 3.14 Billingsle,C LA 16 (05) PLAYERS TIED 9 Santana,J NY 3.21 Volquez,E CIN 07/09 - 09/27 3.24 Lowe,D LA 8 (02) STREAKS TIED 3.30 Webb,B ARI

SAVES GAMES STARTED COMPLETE GAMES 44 Valverde,J HOU 34 Cain,M SF 7 Sabathia,C MIL 41 Wilson,B SF 34 Jimenez,U COL 5 Sheets,B MIL 41 Lidge,B PHI 34 Webb,B ARI 3 Webb,B ARI 34 Wood,K CHI 34 Perez,O NY 3 Oswalt,R HOU 34 Cordero,F CIN 34 Lilly,T CHI 3 Santana,J NY 30 Fuentes,B COL 34 Santana,J NY 2 (07) PLAYERS TIED 30 Hoffman,T SD 34 Arroyo,B CIN 29 Gregg,K FLA 34 Lowe,D LA 28 Torres,S MIL 33 (11) PLAYERS TIED 27 Wagner,B NY

GAMES INNINGS PITCHED STRIKEOUTS 86 Feliciano,P NY 234.1 Santana,J NY 265 Lincecum,T SF 83 Ohman,W ATL 227.1 Hamels,C PHI 206 Volquez,E CIN 82 Smith,J NY 227.0 Lincecum,T SF 206 Haren,D ARI 82 Marmol,C CHI 226.2 Webb,B ARI 206 Santana,J NY 81 Ayala,L NY 217.2 Cain,M SF 201 Billingsle,C LA 81 Romero,J PHI 216.0 Haren,D ARI 196 Hamels,C PHI 78 Heilman,A NY 212.1 Nolasco,C FLA 187 Dempster,R CHI 77 Qualls,C ARI 211.1 Cook,A COL 186 Cain,M SF 76 (04) PLAYERS TIED 211.0 Lowe,D LA 186 Nolasco,C FLA 208.2 Oswalt,R HOU 184 Lilly,T CHI

WINNING PERCENTAGE SHUTOUTS OPPONENTS BATTING AVERAGE .783 Lincecum,T SF (18-05) 3 Sheets,B MIL .221 Lincecum,T SF .759 Webb,B ARI (22-07) 3 Sabathia,C MIL .227 Hamels,C PHI .739 Volquez,E CIN (17-06) 2 Kuroda,H LA .227 Dempster,R CHI .739 Dempster,R CHI (17-06) 2 Hamels,C PHI .229 Peavy,J SD .714 Lohse,K STL (15-06) 2 Oswalt,R HOU .232 Volquez,E CIN .700 Zambrano,C CHI (14-06) 2 Santana,J NY .232 Santana,J NY .696 Santana,J NY (16-07) 1 (16) PLAYERS TIED .234 Bush,D MIL .696 Moyer,J PHI (16-07) .234 Perez,O NY .667 Haren,D ARI (16-08) .239 Nolasco,C FLA .654 Lilly,T CHI (17-09) .239 Lilly,T CHI

HOME EARNED RUN AVERAGE ROAD EARNED RUN AVERAGE 1.74 Peavy,J SD 2.22 Lincecum,T SF 2.09 Santana,J NY 2.43 Volquez,E CIN 2.30 Lowe,D LA 2.92 Moyer,J PHI 2.65 Perez,O WSH 2.98 Wellemeyer,T STL 2.86 Dempster,R CHI 3.00 Santana,J NY 2.95 Billingsle,C LA 3.03 Sheets,B MIL 2.98 Wolf,R HOU 3.19 Hamels,C PHI 2.99 Rodriguez,W HOU 3.19 Lannan,J WSH 2.99 Hamels,C PHI 3.24 Webb,B ARI 3.01 Myers,B PHI 3.32 Jurrjens,J ATL

154 2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide DAY EARNED RUN AVERAGE NIGHT EARNED RUN AVERAGE 1.44 Peavy,J SD 2.58 Lincecum,T SF 2.05 Haren,D ARI 2.66 Sheets,B MIL 2.17 Billingsle,C LA 2.75 Santana,J NY 2.21 Volquez,E CIN 2.86 Lowe,D LA 2.24 Santana,J NY 2.88 Dempster,R CHI 2.48 Nolasco,C FLA 2.88 Hamels,C PHI 2.54 Rodriguez,W HOU 2.97 Lohse,K STL 2.61 Maddux,G LA 3.05 Webb,B ARI 2.67 Lincecum,T SF 3.18 Zambrano,C CHI 3.08 Campillo,J ATL 3.35 Cain,M SF

HITS ALLOWED LOSSES HOME RUNS ALLOWED FEWEST WALKS PER 9 IP 236 Cook,A COL 17 Zito,B SF 36 Backe,B HOU 1.4 Maddux,G LA 230 Duke,Z PIT 17 Harang,A CIN 35 Harang,A CIN 1.7 Haren,D ARI 219 Arroyo,B CIN 15 Lannan,J WSH 32 Lilly,T CHI 1.8 Nolasco,C FLA 216 Looper,B STL 14 Cueto,J CIN 30 Olsen,S FLA 1.9 Lowe,D LA 211 Lohse,K STL 14 Cain,M SF 30 Suppan,J MIL 2.0 Oswalt,R HOU 209 Pelfrey,M NY 14 Duke,Z PIT 29 Cueto,J CIN 2.0 Looper,B STL 207 Suppan,J MIL 14 Backe,B HOU 29 Bush,D MIL 2.0 Cook,A COL 206 Cain,M SF 14 Looper,B STL 29 Myers,B PHI 2.1 Kuroda,H LA 206 Webb,B ARI 13 Myers,B PHI 29 Arroyo,B CIN 2.1 Hamels,C PHI 206 Santana,J NY 13 Maddux,G LA 28 (02) PLAYERS TIED 2.1 Sheets,B MIL

WILD PITCHES HIT BATSMEN EARNED RUNS STRIKEOUTS PER 9 IP 17 Lincecum,T SF 14 Cueto,J CIN 112 Backe,B HOU 10.5 Lincecum,T SF 17 Parra,M MIL 14 Kendrick,K PHI 106 Arroyo,B CIN 9.5 Volquez,E CIN 16 Jimenez,U COL 14 Volquez,E CIN 103 Zito,B SF 9.0 Billingsle,C LA 14 Delarosa,J COL 13 Pelfrey,M NY 100 Redding,T WSH 8.6 Peavy,J SD 11 Haren,D ARI 12 Owings,M CIN 99 Duke,Z PIT 8.6 Haren,D ARI 10 Billingsle,C LA 12 Webb,B ARI 99 Snell,I PIT 8.5 Johnson,R ARI 10 Maine,J NY 12 Wolf,R HOU 98 Harang,A CIN 8.4 Perez,O NY 10 Volquez,E CIN 11 Perez,O NY 98 Suppan,J MIL 8.2 Cueto,J CIN 10 Redding,T WSH 11 Looper,B STL 96 Myers,B PHI 8.1 Dempster,R CHI 9 (02) PLAYERS TIED 11 Moyer,J PHI 95 Kendrick,K PHI 8.1 Lilly,T CHI

BALKS WALKS RUNS ALLOWED OPP. BATTING AVERAGE 4 Lilly,T CHI 105 Perez,O NY 116 Arroyo,B CIN .221 Lincecum,T SF 3 Morales,F COL 103 Jimenez,U COL 115 Zito,B SF .227 Hamels,C PHI 3 Nolasco,C FLA 102 Zito,B SF 114 Backe,B HOU .227 Dempster,R CHI 3 Rodriguez,W HOU 93 Volquez,E CIN 111 Duke,Z PIT .229 Peavy,J SD 2 (10) PLAYERS TIED 91 Cain,M SF 110 Redding,T WSH .232 Volquez,E CIN 89 Snell,I PIT 110 Suppan,J MIL .232 Santana,J NY 84 Lincecum,T SF 107 Snell,I PIT .234 Bush,D MIL 80 Billingsle,C LA 106 Olsen,S FLA .234 Perez,O NY 77 Backe,B HOU 105 Maddux,G LA .239 Nolasco,C FLA 76 Dempster,R CHI 104 Harang,A CIN .239 Lilly,T CHI

GAMES FINISHED 71 Valverde,J HOU 63 Cordero,F CIN 61 Lidge,B PHI 59 Gregg,K FLA 56 Wood,K CHI 54 Wilson,B SF 51 Rauch,J ARI 50 Lyon,B ARI 48 Fuentes,B COL 46 Torres,S MIL

2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 155 2008 NL ROOKIE BATTING LEADERS

BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN MULTI HIT GAMES .297 Votto,J CIN 24 Votto,J CIN 86 Soto,G CHI 42 Votto,J CIN .285 Soto,G CHI 23 Soto,G CHI 84 Votto,J CIN 39 Fukudome,K CHI .283 Burriss,E SF 21 Bruce,J CIN 58 Fukudome,K CHI 34 Soto,G CHI .274 Gonzalez,E SD 10 Fukudome,K CHI 52 Bruce,J CIN 28 Blanco,G ATL .269 Headley,C SD 10 Bowker,J SF 52 Dewitt,B LA 26 Bruce,J CIN .264 Dewitt,B LA 10 Stewart,I COL 43 Bowker,J SF 24 Dewitt,B LA .262 Velez,E SF 9 Headley,C SD 41 Stewart,I COL 22 Headley,C SD .259 Stewart,I COL 9 Dewitt,B LA 38 Headley,C SD 21 Gonzalez,E SD .257 Fukudome,K CHI 8 Mather,J STL 38 Blanco,G ATL 18 Bowker,J SF .255 Bowker,J SF 7 Gonzalez,E SD 33 Gonzalez,E SD 18 Sandoval,P SF

RUNS HITS TOTAL BASES GRAND SLAMS 79 Fukudome,K CHI 156 Votto,J CIN 266 Votto,J CIN 1 Bruce,J CIN 69 Votto,J CIN 141 Soto,G CHI 249 Soto,G CHI 1 Bowker,J SF 66 Soto,G CHI 129 Fukudome,K CHI 190 Fukudome,K CHI 63 Bruce,J CIN 108 Blanco,G ATL 187 Bruce,J CIN 52 Blanco,G ATL 105 Bruce,J CIN 141 Dewitt,B LA 45 Dewitt,B LA 97 Dewitt,B LA 139 Headley,C SD 38 Gonzalez,E SD 89 Headley,C SD 133 Bowker,J SF 37 Burriss,E SF 89 Gonzalez,E SD 133 Blanco,G ATL 34 Headley,C SD 83 Bowker,J SF 125 Gonzalez,E SD 33 Stewart,I COL 72 Velez,E SF 121 Stewart,I COL

DOUBLES TRIPLES STOLEN BASES HITTING STREAKS 35 Soto,G CHI 7 Velez,E SF 15 Velez,E SF 13 Bruce,J CIN 32 Votto,J CIN 5 Bonifacio,E WSH 13 Burriss,E SF 07/27 - 08/09 25 Fukudome,K CHI 4 Blanco,G ATL 13 Blanco,G ATL 12 Bruce,J CIN 19 Headley,C SD 3 Fukudome,K CHI 12 Fukudome,K CHI 07/09 - 07/23 18 Stewart,I COL 3 Murphy,D NY 10 Anderson,J ATL 10 Headley,C SD 17 Bruce,J CIN 3 Bowker,J SF 9 Morgan,N PIT 06/25 - 07/05 16 Velez,E SF 3 Votto,J CIN 7 Votto,J CIN 10 Stewart,I COL 15 Gonzalez,E SD 2 (10) PLAYERS TIED 7 Bonifacio,E WSH 08/16 - 08/26 14 (03) PLAYERS TIED 5 Dickerson,C CIN 9 (03) STREAKS TIED 4 (06) PLAYERS TIED

WALKS ON BASE PERCENTAGE SLUGGING PERCENTAGE EXTRA BASE HITS 81 Fukudome,K CHI .368 Votto,J CIN .506 Votto,J CIN 60 Soto,G CHI 74 Blanco,G ATL .366 Blanco,G ATL .504 Soto,G CHI 59 Votto,J CIN 62 Soto,G CHI .364 Soto,G CHI .455 Stewart,I COL 39 Bruce,J CIN 59 Votto,J CIN .359 Fukudome,K CHI .453 Bruce,J CIN 38 Fukudome,K CHI 45 Dewitt,B LA .357 Burriss,E SF .420 Headley,C SD 30 Headley,C SD 33 Bruce,J CIN .349 Stewart,I COL .408 Bowker,J SF 30 Stewart,I COL 30 Headley,C SD .344 Dewitt,B LA .385 Gonzalez,E SD 27 Bowker,J SF 30 Stewart,I COL .337 Headley,C SD .383 Dewitt,B LA 24 Dewitt,B LA 30 Baker,J FLA .329 Gonzalez,E SD .382 Velez,E SF 24 Velez,E SF 25 Gonzalez,E SD .314 Bruce,J CIN .379 Fukudome,K CHI 22 Gonzalez,E SD

OUTFIELD ASSISTS 8 Bruce,J CIN 7 Blanco,G ATL 6 Moss,B PIT 6 Fukudome,K CHI 4 Young,D LA 2 (06) PLAYERS TIED

156 2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 2008 NL ROOKIE PITCHING LEADERS

EARNED RUN AVERAGE WINS WINNING STREAKS 2.88 Volstad,C FLA 13 Jurrjens,J ATL 4 Jurrjens,J ATL 3.68 Jurrjens,J ATL 9 Kuroda,H LA 05/21 - 06/27 3.73 Kuroda,H LA 9 Lannan,J WSH 4 Campillo,J ATL 3.91 Lannan,J WSH 9 Cueto,J CIN 07/13 - 08/08 3.91 Campillo,J ATL 8 Campillo,J ATL 3 (07) STREAKS TIED 4.26 Kershaw,C LA 6 Volstad,C FLA 4.75 Banks,J SD 5 Kershaw,C LA 4.81 Cueto,J CIN 4 Wright,W HOU 4 Morton,C ATL 3 (09) PLAYERS TIED

SAVES GAMES STARTED COMPLETE GAMES 7 Perez,C STL 31 Kuroda,H LA 2 Kuroda,H LA 3 Acosta,M ATL 31 Lannan,J WSH 1 Banks,J SD 2 Shell,S WSH 31 Cueto,J CIN 1 Campillo,J ATL 1 Samardzija,J CHI 31 Jurrjens,J ATL 1 Beam,T PIT 25 Campillo,J ATL 1 Wright,W HOU 21 Kershaw,C LA 1 Motte,J STL 15 Balester,C WSH 1 McClellan,K STL 15 Morton,C ATL 1 Sanchez,R PIT 14 Volstad,C FLA 14 Banks,J SD

GAMES INNINGS PITCHED STRIKEOUTS 71 Wright,W HOU 188.1 Jurrjens,J ATL 158 Cueto,J CIN 68 McClellan,K STL 183.1 Kuroda,H LA 139 Jurrjens,J ATL 57 Manning,C WSH 182.0 Lannan,J WSH 117 Lannan,J WSH 55 Wade,C LA 174.0 Cueto,J CIN 116 Kuroda,H LA 48 Hinshaw,A SF 158.2 Campillo,J ATL 107 Campillo,J ATL 46 Acosta,M ATL 107.2 Kershaw,C LA 100 Kershaw,C LA 41 Perez,C STL 85.1 Banks,J SD 66 Scherzer,M ARI 39 Shell,S WSH 84.1 Volstad,C FLA 59 McClellan,K STL 39 Campillo,J ATL 80.0 Balester,C WSH 57 Wright,W HOU 33 Sadler,W SF 78.2 Dumatrait,P PIT 52 (02) PLAYERS TIED

WINNING PERCENTAGE SHUTOUTS OPPONENTS BATTING AVERAGE .565 Jurrjens,J ATL (13-10) 2 Kuroda,H LA .240 Volstad,C FLA .533 Campillo,J ATL (08-07) .252 Lannan,J WSH .474 Kuroda,H LA (09-10) .253 Kuroda,H LA .391 Cueto,J CIN (09-14) .260 Jurrjens,J ATL .375 Lannan,J WSH (09-15) .262 Campillo,J ATL .264 Cueto,J CIN .265 Kershaw,C LA .289 Banks,J SD

2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 157 2008 Sacramento Season Summary

League: (16 teams). Team Record: Finished 83-61 (1st/—) overall in the Pacific Southern Division. Playoffs: 2008 Pacific Coast League Champions…defeated Salt Lake 3-1 in conference series…defeated Oklahoma 3-1 in championship series…defeated International League Champion Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in Triple-A Championship game. Team Honors: Led the Pacific Coast League in attendance for the ninth consecutive season. Individual Honors: Cliff Pennington selected for Futures Game…Jerry Blevins and Ryan Wing named to Pacific Coast League Mid-Season All-Star Team…Gio Gonzalez and Eric Patterson named to PCL Post-Season All-Star Team. Team League Rankings: Sacramento ranked 11th in the PCL in batting average (.270), seventh in runs scored (786), eighth in hits (1335), third in home runs (177), third in walks (551), led the league in strikeouts (1136) and ranked 11th in stolen bases (74)…ranked second in the PCL in ERA (4.41), 11th in hits (1333), eighth in saves (33), 12th in home runs allowed (151), 13th in walks allowed (450) and fifth in strikeouts (1018). Individual League Rankings: Brooks Conrad ranked eighth in the league in home runs (28)…Dan Meyer finished tied for fifth in wins (10)…Jeff Gray ranked seventh in games pitched (54).…Kirk Saar- loos ranked eighth in ERA (4.22)…Gio Gonzalez ranked fourth in strikeouts (128) and ninth in ERA (4.24).

BATTERS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IBB SO SB CS DP SLG OBP Affronti, Michael .367 9 30 5 11 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 .467 .367 Baisley, Jeff .298 81 299 45 89 25 1 9 44 0 1 5 32 0 43 0 1 9 .478 .374 Bankston, Wes .280 97 375 56 105 19 1 20 73 0 2 7 21 2 71 0 2 8 .496 .328 Barton, Daric .194 8 31 4 6 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .290 .242 Blasi, Nicholas .236 30 106 13 25 3 0 2 8 0 0 0 4 0 23 3 1 4 .321 .264 Buck, Travis .296 45 169 28 50 8 2 2 17 0 0 3 25 0 34 4 1 5 .402 .396 Chavez, Eric .367 9 30 7 11 3 0 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 7 0 0 1 .667 .424 Conrad, Brooks .243 117 465 86 113 29 5 28 91 2 2 2 46 1 127 4 1 5 .508 .313 Cornejo, Eduardo .100 3 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 .100 .100 Cunningham, Aaron .382 20 76 21 29 5 0 5 14 0 1 1 11 0 16 3 1 1 .645 .461 Denorfia, Chris .302 45 189 34 57 13 1 2 20 2 1 0 12 0 31 5 4 3 .413 .342 Fiorentino, Jeff .273 8 22 3 6 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 4 0 5 1 0 0 .273 .357 Gaetti, Joe .263 55 190 34 50 11 1 14 33 0 0 3 21 0 65 2 0 2 .553 .346 Gonzalez, Carlos .283 46 173 23 49 9 1 4 28 0 0 0 16 3 35 1 1 5 .416 .344 Guzman, Jesus .237 15 59 5 14 2 0 2 9 1 1 0 4 0 13 0 2 2 .373 .281 Knoedler, Justin .175 66 217 34 38 12 1 10 34 1 4 4 15 0 58 2 0 4 .378 .238 Linden, Todd .333 23 78 13 26 7 0 3 12 0 0 2 14 0 22 1 0 3 .538 .447 Massaro, Michael .280 15 50 5 14 3 1 0 5 3 0 0 4 0 9 0 0 0 .380 .333 Melillo, Kevin .260 38 146 21 38 4 2 5 17 0 1 1 21 0 32 1 0 5 .418 .355 Murphy, Donnie .270 36 141 25 38 10 2 11 27 2 1 2 8 0 46 1 0 1 .603 .316 Murton, Matt .277 32 130 19 36 12 2 1 13 0 1 1 13 0 20 3 1 8 .423 .345 Padron, Raul .118 6 17 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 .176 .167 Patterson, Eric .330 25 109 18 36 8 2 4 19 3 2 1 9 0 28 8 2 1 .550 .380 Pennington, Cliff .297 65 236 47 70 9 3 2 16 3 1 0 54 2 34 11 5 2 .386 .426 Petit, Gregorio .269 79 308 39 83 14 3 1 35 7 0 1 23 0 60 3 5 11 .344 .322 Powell, Landon .230 88 300 42 69 11 0 15 53 0 4 0 63 1 85 0 1 5 .417 .360 Putnam, Danny .276 89 308 54 85 18 2 15 57 1 0 7 47 1 83 3 2 5 .494 .384 Robnett, Richie .236 58 208 28 49 15 0 3 19 0 1 1 21 0 61 2 0 4 .351 .307 Rogowski, Casey .277 117 415 67 115 22 3 14 64 2 3 1 52 2 111 16 3 9 .446 .357 Sweeney, Mike .222 9 27 4 6 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 .370 .276 Sweeney, Ryan .412 8 34 5 14 4 0 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 .618 .459 Team Total .270 144 4948 786 1335 281 33 177 735 27 28 42 551 12 1136 74 34 105 .447 .346

158 2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide PITCHERS W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV SVO IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK AVG Blevins, Jerry 2-2 2.78 28 0 0 0 10 11 32.1 31 16 10 3 2 6 1 36 2 0 .244 Borrell, Danny 3-1 3.64 5 5 0 0 0 0 29.2 31 15 12 3 5 8 1 19 0 0 .277 Braden, Dallas 3-1 2.36 11 9 1 0 0 0 53.1 49 19 14 7 0 11 0 54 1 0 .246 Brown, Andrew 0-0 6.75 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .250 Calero, Kiko 1-1 4.00 8 0 0 0 0 1 9.0 8 4 4 1 0 10 1 10 1 0 .250 Casilla, Santiago 0-0 3.38 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 .300 Cate, Troy 1-1 7.27 12 0 0 0 1 1 17.1 23 14 14 2 1 6 0 9 0 0 .324 Devine, Joey 0-1 6.75 4 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 4 4 3 1 0 1 0 8 0 0 .235 DiNardo, Lenny 6-5 6.69 15 13 0 0 0 0 71.1 107 56 53 7 5 16 1 49 2 0 .352 Dowdy, Justin 0-0 3.75 3 2 0 0 0 0 12.0 9 6 5 1 0 12 0 9 0 0 .231 Duchscherer, Justin 0-1 6.75 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.2 5 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .417 Eveland, Dana 3-0 2.57 3 3 0 0 0 0 21.0 23 9 6 2 0 4 0 21 1 0 .267 Farley, Chris 0-0 18.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 4 4 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 .500 Fernandez, Jason 0-1 13.50 2 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 9 6 6 0 1 3 0 5 0 0 .429 Foulke, Keith 0-0 12.79 4 1 0 0 0 2 6.1 12 9 9 3 0 0 0 7 0 1 .400 Garcia, Jose 0-0 6.75 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .200 Gissell, Chris 7-3 3.43 25 12 0 0 1 3 81.1 79 33 31 10 3 19 0 67 0 0 .256 Glushon, Jason 0-0 7.11 3 1 0 0 0 0 6.1 8 6 5 3 1 4 0 1 0 0 .308 Godfrey, Graham 0-0 4.05 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 6 3 3 1 0 2 0 4 0 0 .261 Gonzalez, Gio 8-7 4.24 23 22 1 0 0 0 123.0 106 65 58 12 2 61 1 128 5 0 .233 Gray, Jeff 2-7 4.39 54 0 0 0 4 6 67.2 86 33 33 9 4 23 4 50 6 0 .313 Harden, Rich 0-0 2.45 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .214 Kilby, Brad 7-2 3.47 51 0 0 0 2 6 70.0 51 33 27 9 3 26 1 66 3 0 .202 Knoedler, Justin 0-0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .100 Knox, Brad 7-4 5.33 27 18 0 0 0 0 136.2 156 87 81 19 7 41 1 84 5 1 .286 Komine, Shane 0-0 7.20 4 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 5 4 4 1 0 3 0 5 0 0 .263 Marshall, Jay 3-5 6.16 37 0 0 0 2 5 38.0 55 26 26 3 0 20 4 21 0 0 .346 Mazzaro, Vincent 3-3 6.15 6 5 0 0 0 0 33.2 49 26 23 3 5 9 0 27 2 0 .340 Meyer, Dan 10-5 4.48 22 20 0 0 0 0 122.2 113 65 61 10 1 52 1 109 10 0 .245 Outman, Josh 1-0 1.76 5 2 0 0 0 0 15.1 9 3 3 1 0 5 1 15 2 0 .167 Prinz, Bret 1-3 6.75 31 0 0 0 5 7 29.1 34 22 22 8 2 17 1 20 4 0 .306 Rogowski, Casey 0-0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Saarloos, Kirk 9-4 4.22 22 22 1 0 0 0 140.2 150 73 66 18 7 36 2 79 4 0 .272 Shafer, David 2-1 5.06 14 1 0 0 0 0 26.2 19 17 15 7 5 17 0 25 1 0 .196 Silva, Jesus 0-1 7.04 6 0 0 0 0 0 7.2 16 10 6 3 0 4 1 2 1 0 .400 Smith, Greg 0-1 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 2 2 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 .261 Wing, Ryan 2-1 2.33 47 0 0 0 0 1 54.0 44 16 14 2 2 26 4 47 5 1 .218 Ziegler, Brad 2-0 0.37 19 0 0 0 8 10 24.1 15 2 1 0 0 4 1 20 0 0 .174 Team Total 83-61 4.41 144 144 3 5 33 53 1273.0 1333 694 624 151 57 450 26 1018 55 3 .270

2008 Midland Season Summary

League: Texas League (eight teams). Team Record: Finished 34-36 (3rd/-9.0) first half…41-29 (T1st/—) second half…75-65 overall (T2nd/- 9.0) in the Texas League Southern Division. Individual Honors: Vincent Mazzaro was named Texas League Pitcher of the Year, TL Mid-Season All- Star Team and TL Post-Season All-Star Team…Andrew Carignan, Jesus Guzman, Anthony Recker and Jon Zeringue named to TL Mid-Season All-Star Team…Aaron Cunningham named to TL Post-Season All-Star Team…Tommy Everidge and James Simmons named to TL Mid-Season and Post-Season All- Star Team. Team League Rankings: Midland tied for third in the Texas League in batting average (.275), led the league in runs scored (759), third in hits (1339), fourth in home runs (127), second in walks (556), led the league in strikeouts (1134) and sixth in the league in stolen bases (107)…ranked fifth in the league in ERA (4.39), fourth in hits (1300), fifth in saves (38), fifth in home runs allowed (107), led the league in walks allowed (574) and second in strikeouts (1053). Individual League Rankings: Tommy Everidge led the league in RBI (115), ranked fourth in hits (148), tied for fourth in doubles (34) and tied for fifth in home runs (22)…Jon Zeringue ranked third in RBI (89) and tied for third in home runs (23)…Justin Sellers ranked tied for third in triples (8)…Aaron Cunningham ranked tied for fifth in batting average (.317) and triples (6)…Todd Donovan finished fifth in stolen bases (37)…Vincent Mazzaro led the league in ERA (1.90) and wins (12)…James Simmons ranked second in strikeouts (120), third in ERA (3.51) and tied for seventh in wins (9)…Andrew Cari- gnan finished second in saves (24).

2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 159 BATTERS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IBB SO SB CS DP SLG OBP Affronti, Michael .265 27 98 8 26 8 0 2 14 3 1 1 0 0 20 0 0 4 .408 .270 Blasi, Nicholas .296 13 54 11 16 2 0 1 9 0 0 0 5 0 18 2 1 2 .389 .356 Cardenas, Adrian .279 26 86 12 24 4 0 0 7 0 0 1 15 2 10 0 1 4 .326 .392 Cunningham, Aaron .317 87 347 65 110 18 6 12 52 5 6 5 38 1 92 12 4 3 .507 .386 Donovan, Todd .274 79 307 53 84 14 2 1 26 2 1 1 42 0 63 37 6 7 .342 .362 Doolittle, Sean .254 51 201 25 51 15 0 4 30 0 1 0 17 0 54 1 1 1 .388 .311 Everidge, Tommy .279 136 531 89 148 34 0 22 115 0 14 7 55 2 133 0 0 16 .467 .346 Gaetti, Joe .316 24 98 19 31 6 1 3 18 0 1 1 10 0 26 0 0 1 .490 .382 Guzman, Jesus .364 80 341 57 124 21 2 14 76 1 1 0 33 4 56 5 2 6 .560 .419 Herrera, Javier .267 61 255 44 68 13 2 9 36 2 0 2 22 0 71 8 4 6 .439 .330 Klein, Adam .313 7 16 6 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 2 1 1 0 .313 .476 Leslie, Myron .248 108 367 47 91 18 0 10 43 0 1 3 51 0 94 2 3 10 .379 .344 Martinez, Frank .260 14 50 7 13 1 1 1 5 2 1 0 3 0 6 1 0 1 .380 .296 Massaro, Michael .268 24 82 10 22 5 0 0 4 4 0 0 4 0 14 1 5 1 .329 .302 Morris, Jed .261 35 119 15 31 6 1 3 14 0 0 0 13 0 18 0 0 1 .403 .333 Myers, Casey .237 12 38 7 9 3 0 1 6 0 1 0 8 0 5 0 0 1 .395 .362 Pennington, Cliff .260 50 204 42 53 7 2 0 18 1 0 0 39 0 36 20 1 7 .314 .379 Putnam, Danny .222 4 18 2 4 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 .389 .263 Recker, Anthony .274 117 430 57 118 29 4 11 64 2 2 5 43 0 140 1 2 11 .437 .346 Robnett, Richie .259 23 85 13 22 6 0 1 8 0 1 1 17 1 24 1 0 1 .365 .385 Sellers, Justin .255 123 439 72 112 15 8 6 46 9 5 7 47 0 77 10 6 11 .367 .333 Snyder, Brian .248 61 218 23 54 13 1 2 29 1 0 1 36 0 47 1 1 6 .344 .357 Zeringue, Jon .257 126 478 75 123 22 3 23 89 2 1 12 52 0 121 4 4 6 .460 .344 Team Total .275 140 4862 759 1339 260 33 127 716 34 37 47 556 10 1134 107 42 106 .421 .353

PITCHERS W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV SVO IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK AVG Anderson, Brett 2-1 2.61 6 6 0 0 0 0 31.0 27 10 9 3 1 9 0 38 0 1 .235 Bailey, Andrew 5-9 4.32 37 15 0 0 0 0 110.1 99 63 53 13 6 56 1 110 6 0 .240 Bell, Kristian 1-1 9.45 11 0 0 0 0 1 13.1 23 17 14 4 0 7 0 7 1 0 .383 Borrell, Danny 1-1 9.00 3 3 0 0 0 0 8.0 10 9 8 2 1 8 0 5 2 0 .323 Cahill, Trevor 6-1 2.19 7 6 0 0 0 0 37.0 24 15 9 2 3 19 0 33 3 0 .190 Carignan, Andrew 3-3 2.22 46 0 0 0 24 25 52.2 36 15 13 4 3 39 1 67 4 0 .196 Currin, Pat 4-3 6.80 28 0 0 0 1 3 46.1 61 37 35 7 1 15 1 34 0 1 .323 Dowdy, Justin 1-3 7.16 38 1 0 0 1 1 49.0 60 39 39 4 0 34 2 44 7 0 .300 Farley, Chris 2-2 4.01 33 1 0 0 1 4 60.2 55 36 27 5 4 33 2 59 8 0 .237 Fernandez, Jason 1-3 4.91 7 6 0 0 0 0 36.2 42 21 20 3 1 17 0 28 3 0 .294 Garcia, Jose 0-1 4.63 7 0 0 0 0 0 11.2 9 6 6 1 0 3 0 13 0 0 .225 Glushon, Jason 0-1 3.38 8 0 0 0 0 0 16.0 19 7 6 2 1 7 0 10 0 0 .317 Knox, Brad 0-1 5.59 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.2 13 9 6 0 2 4 0 9 2 0 .325 Lansford, Jared 3-1 0.70 15 0 0 0 5 6 25.2 20 2 2 0 0 9 0 19 2 0 .227 Leslie, Myron 0-0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Madsen, Michael 2-0 2.25 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.0 7 4 3 2 0 3 0 6 0 0 .167 Marshall, Jay 1-1 0.84 20 0 0 0 1 1 32.1 23 4 3 1 1 7 1 21 1 0 .205 Mazzaro, Vincent 12-3 1.90 22 22 0 0 0 0 137.1 115 40 29 3 11 36 0 104 5 0 .229 Michalak, Chris 0-0 4.82 10 0 0 0 0 0 9.1 8 8 5 3 1 7 0 9 2 0 .222 Moore, Scott 1-1 10.67 5 3 0 0 0 0 14.1 20 18 17 2 0 17 0 15 3 0 .333 Murray, Justin 2-1 5.52 5 3 0 0 0 0 14.2 15 9 9 0 0 5 0 5 1 0 .278 Outman, Josh 1-0 4.26 4 4 0 0 0 0 12.2 13 7 6 1 0 3 0 5 1 0 .260 Rodriguez, Henry 2-7 7.46 14 9 0 0 0 0 41.0 51 39 34 1 1 44 0 43 16 0 .302 Rojas, Jose A. 2-2 5.44 31 0 0 0 1 3 41.1 38 27 25 5 4 29 0 44 7 1 .253 Shafer, David 0-1 1.52 20 1 0 0 1 2 29.2 22 8 5 1 4 21 1 20 3 0 .214 Sharpe, Steven 1-0 7.84 19 2 0 0 1 1 31.0 43 28 27 2 4 15 0 15 0 0 .331 Shipman, Andy 2-2 5.13 37 0 0 0 1 1 54.1 73 37 31 6 3 17 0 41 1 2 .338 Silva, Jesus 0-0 5.40 6 0 0 0 1 2 8.1 11 8 5 1 0 3 0 10 0 0 .297 Simmons, James 9-6 3.51 25 25 0 0 0 0 136.0 150 58 53 11 3 32 0 120 3 0 .282 Tyler, Scott 0-0 8.22 9 0 0 0 0 1 15.1 18 14 14 3 2 9 0 8 1 0 .290 Webb, Ryan 9-8 5.19 25 22 0 0 0 0 130.0 165 86 75 12 2 44 0 94 3 1 .310 Windsor, Jason 2-2 8.88 7 7 0 0 0 0 24.1 30 25 24 3 3 22 0 17 4 1 .316 Team Total 75-65 4.39 140 140 0 9 38 51 1252.1 1300 706 611 107 62 574 9 1053 89 7 .271

160 2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 2008 Stockton Season Summary

League: California League (10 teams). Team Record: Finished 42-28 (2nd/-1.0) first half…34-36 (3rd/-8.0) second half…76-64 overall (2nd/- 9.0) in the California League North Division. Playoffs: 2008 California League Champions…defeated Modesto 2-1 in the California League North Division mini-series…defeated San Jose 3-2 in the CL North Division Championship Series…defeated Lancaster 3-1 in CL Championship Series. Individual Honors: Christopher Carter named California League Rookie-of-the-Year, Baseball America High Class-A All-Star and named to CL Post-Season All-Star Team…Brett Anderson selected to Futures Game and named to Team USA Olympic Roster…Trevor Cahill selected to Futures Game, named to Team USA Olympic Roster and CL Mid-Season All-Star Team…Henry Rodriguez selected for Futures Game…Archie Gilbert and named to CL Mid-Season All-Star Team. Team League Rankings: Stockton tied for fifth in the California League in batting average (.275), fourth in runs scored (742), third in hits (1349), second in home runs (149), third in walks (466), fourth in strikeouts (1079) and ninth in stolen bases (103)…ranked fourth in the league in ERA (4.26), ninth in hits (1230), led the league in saves (43), sixth in home runs allowed (107), third in walks allowed (553) and led the league in strikeouts (1259). Individual League Rankings: Christopher Carter led the league in home runs (39), RBI (104), runs scored (101), slugging percentage (.569), extra-base hits (75), total bases (288) and ranked tied for sec- ond overall in the Minor Leagues in home runs (39)…Sean Doolittle ranked third in slugging percentage (.560) and 10th in batting average (.305)…Matthew Sulentic ranked eighth in batting average (.309)… Sam Demel ranked second in saves (18) and games pitched (54).

BATTERS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IBB SO SB CS DP SLG OBP Affronti, Michael .271 70 273 33 74 13 2 5 26 3 4 8 13 1 39 4 2 8 .388 .319 Arrieche, Carlos .225 24 80 8 18 6 0 0 7 1 1 3 1 0 19 0 0 0 .300 .259 Brown, Corey .260 49 196 34 51 9 0 16 34 0 0 1 17 0 72 4 1 1 .551 .322 Cardenas, Adrian .278 15 72 11 20 1 0 1 10 0 0 1 1 0 14 1 0 4 .333 .297 Carter, Christopher .259 137 506 101 131 32 4 39 104 0 6 7 77 2 156 4 0 7 .569 .361 Cobb, Larry .118 5 17 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 4 0 4 0 1 1 .118 .273 Denorfia, Chris .333 2 9 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .333 .333 Donaldson, Josh .330 47 188 37 62 13 2 9 39 0 0 2 17 0 29 0 2 2 .564 .391 Doolittle, Sean .305 86 334 64 102 25 3 18 61 0 4 0 46 7 99 7 3 9 .560 .385 Gilbert, Archie .278 119 478 85 133 30 5 7 49 0 5 12 55 3 61 35 18 8 .406 .364 Horton, Joshua .277 118 477 63 132 15 4 1 42 1 4 4 49 1 87 2 6 12 .331 .346 Lawhorn, Darryl .272 53 202 24 55 10 3 8 39 0 6 0 13 0 46 2 0 3 .470 .308 Martinez, Frank .279 114 433 65 121 24 4 6 42 2 5 4 36 1 60 5 5 9 .395 .337 Massaro, Michael .329 56 216 28 71 14 1 0 30 1 2 0 11 0 30 0 1 2 .403 .358 Mitchell, Jermaine .244 114 422 55 103 20 3 10 49 3 2 7 54 0 116 23 6 4 .377 .338 Morris, Jed .290 27 107 17 31 8 2 7 32 0 0 0 12 0 22 0 0 2 .598 .361 Murphy, Donnie .333 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .667 .333 Nunez, Juan .042 11 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 9 1 0 0 .042 .207 Padron, Raul .257 47 171 17 44 7 0 4 20 1 1 2 13 1 45 0 1 3 .368 .316 Robnett, Richie .000 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .250 Rosendo, Gustavo .187 26 91 6 17 1 0 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 16 0 0 7 .231 .196 Smith, Matt .150 7 20 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 .150 .280 Spencer, Matthew .333 41 168 30 56 12 1 8 27 0 1 6 6 0 39 7 1 1 .560 .376 Sulentic, Matthew .309 95 343 52 106 24 4 9 55 3 2 3 30 0 91 7 2 7 .481 .368 Valdez, Alex .169 21 71 5 12 1 0 0 5 0 3 1 2 0 17 1 2 2 .183 .195 Team Total .275 140 4905 742 1349 266 38 149 681 17 48 63 466 16 1079 103 52 92 .436 .343

2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 161 PITCHERS W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV SVO IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK AVG Anderson, Brett 9-4 4.14 14 13 0 0 0 0 74.0 68 35 34 5 4 18 0 80 5 1 .238 Banwart, Travis 2-4 4.45 14 14 0 0 0 0 58.2 63 35 29 7 0 32 0 54 4 0 .268 Bell, Kristian 0-0 7.71 6 0 0 0 0 0 7.0 11 7 6 2 0 4 0 6 0 0 .355 Benacka, Michael 4-2 2.39 15 0 0 0 0 1 26.1 18 8 7 4 3 11 1 37 4 0 .200 Brown, Andrew 0-0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cahill, Trevor 5-4 2.78 14 13 0 0 0 0 87.1 52 29 27 3 8 31 0 103 9 0 .174 Carignan, Andrew 1-1 0.90 9 0 0 0 4 4 10.0 5 1 1 0 1 5 0 17 1 0 .147 Casilla, Santiago 0-0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 Currin, Pat 0-1 3.40 31 1 0 0 7 7 45.0 53 19 17 3 2 13 3 40 4 0 .293 De Los Santos, Fautino 2-2 5.87 5 5 0 0 0 0 23.0 29 17 15 3 1 11 0 26 5 1 .309 Demel, Sam 5-2 3.36 54 0 0 0 18 24 67.0 61 31 25 5 3 32 1 90 10 0 .227 Dewing, Branden 1-1 4.86 35 0 0 0 1 1 53.2 64 40 29 3 2 30 5 26 3 2 .288 Farley, Chris 2-1 1.74 14 0 0 0 3 4 20.2 21 7 4 1 0 4 0 20 1 0 .256 Fernandez, Jason 9-5 3.36 19 18 0 0 0 0 109.2 104 53 41 9 9 51 1 77 7 0 .254 Foulke, Keith 0-0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .250 Fragoso, Jose 3-3 4.44 22 0 0 0 0 1 26.1 19 19 13 3 2 22 1 24 6 0 .194 Glushon, Jason 1-1 3.67 14 5 0 0 0 0 41.2 38 21 17 4 3 6 0 28 0 0 .239 Godfrey, Graham 5-8 5.10 29 24 0 0 0 0 134.0 157 90 76 14 14 37 2 119 2 0 .293 Gordon, Derrick 5-5 4.93 44 5 0 0 2 7 76.2 78 54 42 11 4 47 1 75 7 0 .262 Guzman, Jose 0-0 2.08 4 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 .294 Harden, Rich 1-0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 9 0 0 .158 Heuser, James 9-3 4.53 48 6 0 0 1 4 95.1 98 59 48 8 11 61 2 103 4 3 .268 Italiano, Craig 1-4 9.90 14 5 0 0 0 1 30.0 44 37 33 7 1 26 0 33 4 0 .333 Lansford, Jared 2-6 4.41 31 2 0 0 3 5 63.1 62 33 31 4 5 20 3 75 3 0 .258 Leon, Arnold 0-0 2.86 20 0 0 0 2 2 28.1 25 12 9 1 1 9 0 28 1 1 .238 Mitchinson, Scott 1-0 1.69 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.2 5 2 2 0 1 1 0 9 0 0 .139 Moore, Scott 5-2 6.57 13 11 0 0 0 0 63.0 78 48 46 4 5 34 0 56 7 0 .308 Rodriguez, Henry 2-3 3.96 20 13 0 0 2 2 75.0 57 38 33 5 2 40 0 104 9 0 .208 Rojas, Jose A. 1-2 6.17 6 0 0 0 0 0 11.2 10 9 8 0 3 8 0 16 1 1 .233 Team Total 76-64 4.26 140 140 0 8 43 63 1253.2 1230 707 594 107 90 553 20 1259 98 10 .255

2008 Kane County Season Summary

League: Midwest League (14 teams). Team Record: Finished 39-29 (2nd/-2.5) first half…33-37 (6th/-10.5) second half…72-66 overall (T3rd/-6.5) in the Midwest League Western Division. Playoffs: Defeated by Burlington 2-1 in first round of Midwest League Playoffs. Individual Honors: Corey Brown, Greg Dowling, Craig Italiano, Scott Mitchinson and Jamie Rich- mond named to Midwest League Mid-Season All-Star Team…Larry Cobb named to ML Mid-Season and Post-Season All-Star Team. Team League Rankings: Kane County ranked second in the Midwest League in batting average (.259), third in runs scored (627), third in hits (1200), seventh in home runs (81), second in walks (540), ninth in strikeouts (1011) and sixth in stolen bases (149)…ranked third in ERA (3.45), sixth in hits (1176), tied for ninth in saves (36), sixth in home runs allowed (91), 12th in walks allowed (366) and eighth in strikeouts (1039). Individual League Rankings: Adam Klein tied for third in the league in walks (68)…Todd Johnson ranked eighth in RBI (74)…Jamie Richmond led the league in innings pitched (163.1) and fourth in home runs allowed (16)…Scott Deal led the league in home runs allowed (19)…Scott Hodsdon ranked ninth in ERA (2.93).

162 2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide BATTERS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IBB SO SB CS DP SLG OBP Arrieche, Carlos .230 19 61 2 14 4 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 11 0 1 2 .295 .230 Brown, Corey .270 85 300 44 81 18 2 14 49 3 4 3 41 1 96 12 0 0 .483 .359 Christian, Jason .320 6 25 3 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 .360 .320 Cobb, Larry .273 107 406 57 111 25 2 13 70 0 11 11 44 3 80 19 6 8 .441 .352 Correa, Walter .188 30 101 12 19 4 0 1 6 1 1 1 13 0 20 4 3 1 .257 .284 Dowling, Greg .269 132 510 51 137 33 0 15 71 3 7 8 30 1 86 1 1 18 .422 .315 Frash, Justin .281 72 274 34 77 10 0 1 24 4 0 0 27 0 58 2 1 4 .328 .346 Hamblin, Daniel .145 22 76 12 11 1 1 1 6 0 0 0 10 0 27 0 0 1 .224 .244 Hollingsworth, D.J. .224 28 85 14 19 0 1 0 6 5 1 4 15 0 16 6 3 0 .247 .362 Johnson, Todd .281 109 413 55 116 24 5 13 74 3 7 5 42 1 81 11 4 7 .458 .349 Johnston, Jonathan .228 36 114 21 26 4 0 1 11 1 3 2 21 2 38 11 4 2 .289 .350 Keough, Shane .244 104 340 43 83 7 3 2 26 3 1 2 29 2 103 3 8 7 .300 .306 Klein, Adam .271 79 266 61 72 13 2 1 26 5 5 2 68 0 60 18 7 3 .346 .416 Lissman, Michael .203 54 172 16 35 7 1 2 13 4 0 3 20 0 34 1 2 2 .291 .297 Love, Dante .161 9 31 4 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 7 0 0 1 .226 .235 Napoleon, Dusty .205 16 44 3 9 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 9 0 12 0 1 1 .227 .345 Nunez, Juan .333 7 21 3 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 .333 .417 Paramore, Petey .225 31 102 14 23 8 0 1 14 1 0 1 22 1 30 0 0 4 .333 .368 Ray, Matt .251 105 371 50 93 13 3 3 35 7 3 6 41 0 87 14 7 7 .326 .333 Richard, Michael .287 85 321 56 92 9 2 2 42 5 5 4 41 0 35 35 7 5 .346 .369 Rosendo, Gustavo .211 12 38 5 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 5 0 0 2 .211 .268 Smith, Jake .288 81 313 32 90 24 0 6 47 2 4 11 25 1 52 3 0 8 .422 .357 Smith, Matt .232 18 56 8 13 6 1 2 8 0 0 1 10 0 19 1 1 2 .482 .358 Vitters, Christian .257 33 113 16 29 4 0 2 15 1 5 2 13 0 28 2 1 2 .345 .331 Weeks, Jemile .297 19 74 11 22 3 1 1 8 0 0 3 13 0 12 6 2 1 .405 .422 Team Total .259 138 4628 627 1200 221 24 81 563 51 58 73 540 12 1011 149 59 88 .370 .342

PITCHERS W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV SVO IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK AVG Banwart, Travis 2-3 2.38 7 7 1 0 0 0 41.2 39 15 11 0 1 11 0 41 2 0 .253 Capra, Anthony 4-3 4.22 10 10 0 0 0 0 49.0 48 25 23 3 2 22 0 39 6 0 .257 Deal, Scott 6-6 4.73 32 17 0 0 1 1 121.2 131 69 64 19 4 40 2 86 6 0 .274 Dewing, Branden 0-0 0.00 7 0 0 0 3 3 10.1 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .118 Espinal, Leonardo 5-5 3.06 40 0 0 0 4 6 61.2 60 29 21 3 3 23 1 53 5 2 .253 Farley, Chris 0-0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .083 Fragoso, Jose 1-0 0.00 4 0 0 0 1 2 5.2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 12 0 0 .105 Friend, Justin 5-5 3.84 42 0 0 0 11 16 63.1 59 34 27 6 3 32 2 78 11 0 .248 Glushon, Jason 1-0 2.96 9 0 0 0 1 1 24.1 24 10 8 3 1 2 0 15 0 0 .258 Hernandez, Carlos 5-0 2.29 7 6 0 0 0 0 35.1 30 9 9 1 0 7 0 29 2 0 .240 Hertzler, Brad 2-5 5.26 26 4 0 0 0 2 63.1 70 45 37 5 9 13 0 49 3 3 .286 Hodsdon, Scott 5-8 2.93 25 23 0 0 0 0 120.0 134 60 39 7 17 23 0 86 4 0 .282 Hornbeck, Ben 1-0 2.25 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 .214 Hunter, Brett 0-0 5.40 2 0 0 0 0 1 1.2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 .000 Italiano, Craig 7-0 1.16 14 14 0 0 0 0 70.0 43 16 9 2 3 35 0 79 12 0 .177 Keough, Shane 0-0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .000 Kerfoot, Chad 8-1 2.35 34 2 0 0 4 7 72.2 64 27 19 5 5 15 2 73 3 1 .234 Lysander, Brent 1-3 4.53 24 1 0 0 0 0 51.2 70 37 26 5 5 18 2 27 3 0 .313 Mitchinson, Scott 5-3 1.74 14 13 0 0 0 0 77.2 60 21 15 1 9 11 0 78 3 0 .210 Moore, Scott 1-3 4.62 11 2 0 0 4 4 25.1 25 14 13 2 4 8 0 33 4 0 .255 Oakes, Earl 0-0 18.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 7 4 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .538 Richmond, Jamie 7-11 4.79 28 28 1 0 0 0 163.1 175 99 87 16 11 27 1 98 10 0 .269 Ross, Tyson 0-1 4.66 6 4 0 0 0 1 19.1 16 11 10 1 2 5 0 16 1 0 .219 Sewell, Lance 5-5 2.88 26 6 0 0 2 2 78.0 61 33 25 7 4 28 1 78 9 0 .214 Tacker, Ryne 0-0 27.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 3 3 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 .600 Walters, Nick 1-4 3.81 41 0 0 0 5 10 52.0 47 27 22 4 3 36 2 55 8 0 .240 Team Total 72-66 3.45 138 138 2 8 36 56 1220.0 1176 591 468 91 86 366 14 1039 94 7 .252

2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 163 2008 Vancouver Season Summary

League: Northwest League (eight teams). Team Record: Finished 34-42 (3rd/-6.0) overall in the Northwest League West. Individual Honors: Jose Guzman named to Northwest League Post-Season All-Star Team. Team League Rankings: Vancouver ranked seventh in the Northwest League in batting average (.234), seventh in runs scored (314), seventh in hits (578), seventh in home runs (28), second in walks (332), third in strikeouts (616) and seventh in stolen bases (59)…ranked fourth in the league in ERA (4.18), fifth in hits (654), fourth in saves (20), seventh in home runs allowed (26), tied for fourth in walks allowed (309) and finished second in the league in strikeouts (626). Individual League Rankings: Jeremy Barfield tied for fifth in the league in RBI (41) and tied for 10th in doubles (17)…David Thomas tied for sixth in doubles (18)…Jason Christian ranked seventh in on-base percentage (.404)…Pedro Figueroa tied for the league lead in strikeouts (77)…Ronny Morla tied for the lead in strikeouts (77) and ranked eighth in innings pitched (75.2)…Jose Guzman led the league in saves (15) and games pitched (30)…Shawn Haviland ranked tied for ninth in strikeouts (61).

BATTERS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IBB SO SB CS DP SLG OBP Arrieche, Carlos .125 7 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 .125 .263 Barfield, Jeremy .271 69 251 28 68 17 0 3 41 2 1 1 26 1 42 5 3 6 .375 .341 Christian, Jason .291 62 213 27 62 16 1 4 24 1 1 2 39 3 65 13 1 1 .432 .404 Coleman, Dustin .319 19 72 13 23 8 1 0 6 2 0 0 4 0 26 1 0 0 .458 .355 Correa, Walter .200 11 35 5 7 1 0 1 3 0 0 4 4 0 8 3 1 0 .314 .349 Gil, Leonardo .208 25 72 5 15 3 0 1 8 1 2 3 10 0 29 1 1 1 .292 .322 Jernigan, Ryne .111 16 45 0 5 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 5 0 9 0 1 1 .133 .200 LeVier, Mitchell .241 50 170 15 41 7 1 0 12 5 1 1 9 0 52 4 2 4 .294 .282 Lissman, Michael .219 44 155 25 34 8 0 6 22 0 2 4 21 0 28 1 1 2 .387 .324 Love, Dante .151 37 119 14 18 5 1 2 16 1 5 1 19 0 23 1 0 4 .261 .264 Luis, Marcos .250 38 128 9 32 2 1 0 12 3 1 2 8 0 21 3 5 6 .281 .302 Macias, Lorenzo .079 13 38 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 .079 .125 Napoleon, Dusty .244 61 209 29 51 12 1 2 28 3 1 2 41 2 41 0 0 6 .340 .372 Nunez, Juan .206 22 63 8 13 3 0 1 4 3 0 0 6 0 18 0 1 2 .302 .275 Pruitt, J.D. .282 40 124 33 35 4 2 4 14 1 1 11 39 0 33 8 3 0 .444 .486 Rivera, Julio .195 29 82 8 16 4 0 0 5 2 0 2 4 0 30 0 1 2 .244 .250 Rutherford, Rodney .210 40 124 15 26 6 2 0 15 4 1 5 16 0 39 0 0 3 .290 .322 Thomas, David .290 57 207 30 60 18 2 2 32 5 6 8 29 0 43 7 4 5 .425 .388 Tirado, Francisco .211 51 166 22 35 8 0 0 12 4 0 0 16 0 43 3 2 2 .259 .280 Wentzell, Daniel .125 8 24 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 11 0 0 0 .167 .192 West, Jareck .181 59 160 24 29 7 4 2 16 5 1 2 31 0 48 9 2 0 .313 .320 Team Total .234 76 2473 314 578 131 16 28 275 46 23 50 332 6 616 59 29 45 .334 .334

PITCHERS W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV SVO IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK AVG Barham, Trey 4-4 3.46 20 7 0 0 0 2 52.0 51 23 20 1 5 17 0 36 7 0 .262 Deaza, Inoel 0-0 7.11 4 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 8 5 5 2 2 2 0 6 1 0 .308 Figueroa, Pedro 2-5 3.93 15 15 0 0 0 0 68.2 62 37 30 3 3 32 0 77 3 4 .238 Fitts, Matthew 1-1 2.86 18 1 0 0 0 0 34.2 32 12 11 1 4 9 0 22 4 1 .244 Garcia, Hector 2-4 4.46 12 6 0 0 0 0 36.1 33 22 18 1 4 27 0 22 4 1 .248 Gomez, Fabian 3-2 5.94 24 0 0 0 1 1 36.1 46 25 24 1 3 19 1 26 3 0 .324 Guzman, Jose 2-2 2.25 30 0 0 0 15 18 36.0 34 14 9 1 2 12 2 38 3 0 .245 Hart, Michael 0-2 2.52 15 6 0 0 1 1 35.2 26 11 10 1 1 13 1 40 1 0 .202 Haviland, Shawn 2-3 3.48 18 9 0 0 0 0 54.1 56 25 21 1 3 18 1 61 8 1 .262 Hernandez, Carlos 2-0 1.82 7 7 0 0 0 0 39.2 32 9 8 0 3 7 0 38 0 1 .221 Hertzler, Brad 2-1 3.60 7 1 0 0 0 0 15.0 13 10 6 1 0 7 0 7 1 0 .241 Hornbeck, Ben 2-2 4.88 18 0 0 0 1 2 31.1 30 18 17 2 1 18 0 40 3 1 .256 Leblanc Poirier, Mathieu 1-0 0.93 6 0 0 0 0 0 9.2 4 1 1 0 1 7 0 9 1 0 .129 Lee, Chad 0-0 9.95 5 0 0 0 0 1 6.1 10 10 7 0 2 10 0 3 1 0 .345 Lysander, Brent 1-0 7.94 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 7 5 5 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 .350 Morla, Ronny 2-6 4.88 16 16 0 0 0 0 75.2 87 50 41 4 5 33 0 77 6 0 .285 Rivera, Julio 0-1 7.71 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .438 Smalley, Kenneth 5-1 3.07 20 0 0 0 1 3 29.1 19 11 10 2 1 12 0 34 3 0 .190 Tacker, Ryne 0-5 10.03 14 8 0 0 0 0 35.0 51 44 39 2 4 34 0 27 8 0 .342 Tejeda, Edgar 1-1 5.17 22 0 0 0 1 3 31.1 30 24 18 2 8 19 1 40 3 1 .246 Thomas, Daniel 2-1 2.41 13 0 0 0 0 1 18.2 11 5 5 0 1 9 0 20 0 0 .172 Villegas, Juan 0-1 2.70 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 5 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 .294 Team Total 34-42 4.18 76 76 0 4 20 32 663.2 654 369 308 26 54 309 6 626 62 10 .258

164 2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 2008 Arizona A’s Season Summary

League: Arizona League (nine teams). Team Record: Finished 11-17 (7th/-10.0) first half…10-18 (7th/-11.0) second half…21-35 overall (T7th/-18.0) in the Arizona League. Individual Honors: Franklin Hernandez, Nino Leyja and Julio Ramos named to Arizona League Post- Season All-Star Team. Team League Rankings: Arizona A’s ranked sixth in batting average (.261), sixth in runs scored (303), sixth in hits (502), second in home runs (26), fifth in walks (197), second in strikeouts (511) and seventh in stolen bases (67)…ranked seventh in the league in ERA (4.81), led the league in hits allowed (557), ranked fifth in saves (12), led the league in home runs allowed (31), ranked sixth in walks allowed (189) and eighth in strikeouts (413). Individual League Rankings: Franklin Hernandez led the league in hits (71), total bases (110), finished tied for the lead in doubles (17) and ranked 11th in batting average (.316)…Rashun Dixon led the league in strikeouts (68), finished tied for the lead in triples (10), ranked tied for second in RBI (42) and ranked third in home runs (8)…Nino Leyja tied for fourth in runs scored (42) and ranked 12th in batting aver- age (.315)…Julio Ramos ranked second in ERA (1.41)…Anvioris Ramirez led the league in home runs allowed (14).

BATTERS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IBB SO SB CS DP SLG OBP Baisley, Jeff .273 6 22 4 6 2 0 1 5 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 .500 .333 Berroa, Christopher .311 13 45 8 14 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 5 0 10 4 3 1 .311 .396 Buck, Travis .667 4 15 4 10 2 0 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1.000 .688 Coleman, Dustin .222 7 27 4 6 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 2 0 10 1 1 0 .333 .300 Crisostomo, Jose .308 28 104 17 32 5 3 0 9 0 1 0 13 0 24 8 6 5 .413 .381 Desme, Greg .333 2 3 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.333 .500 Dixon, Rashun .263 45 179 32 47 3 10 8 42 0 3 1 18 0 68 5 2 5 .525 .328 Gil, Leonardo .235 23 81 10 19 6 0 1 10 1 2 2 12 0 19 2 0 3 .346 .340 Guzman, Jesus .467 5 15 2 7 3 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 .867 .529 Hernandez, Franklin .316 55 225 29 71 17 5 4 36 0 2 4 18 0 61 1 1 4 .489 .373 House, Tyreace .263 29 99 25 26 1 0 0 10 1 1 1 18 0 22 12 1 2 .273 .378 Hudson, Herbert .164 19 61 10 10 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 8 0 12 2 1 0 .197 .301 Jernigan, Ryne .333 17 60 7 20 4 1 0 7 0 1 1 10 0 13 1 0 1 .433 .431 Leyja, Nino .315 43 165 42 52 12 6 1 25 0 3 1 19 0 31 10 2 2 .479 .383 Made, Alcibiades .198 28 86 12 17 3 0 1 6 1 0 1 5 0 25 1 0 7 .267 .250 Mercedes, Wilson .169 22 71 10 12 3 0 2 8 1 1 0 9 0 21 3 0 1 .296 .259 Ortiz, Gabriel .256 26 86 9 22 5 2 1 16 0 2 1 3 0 25 0 1 3 .395 .283 Paramore, Petey .364 9 22 7 8 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 10 0 2 0 0 2 .455 .563 Penaloza, Carmelo .258 19 62 9 16 2 1 0 10 2 0 3 5 0 19 0 1 0 .323 .343 Rodriguez, Keyter .265 30 98 9 26 4 1 2 11 2 0 5 2 0 20 0 1 3 .388 .314 Rodriguez, Raymond .179 27 78 9 14 7 0 0 5 0 0 2 4 0 32 0 1 0 .269 .238 Rodriguez, Yunior .247 28 81 12 20 3 0 0 6 2 1 3 6 0 11 0 1 1 .284 .319 Sierra, Angel .234 21 64 13 15 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 11 0 21 12 2 1 .281 .347 Smith, Jake .100 3 10 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 .200 .250 Sosa, Wilfredo .200 31 95 8 19 6 2 0 13 3 2 4 8 0 33 3 0 4 .305 .284 Soto, Ramon .098 17 51 4 5 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 4 0 22 0 0 2 .176 .164 Sweeney, Ryan .000 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .400 Thomas, David .462 5 13 3 6 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 .615 .533 Team Total .261 56 1921 303 502 97 32 26 256 15 20 41 197 0 511 67 24 48 .386 .340

2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 165 PITCHERS W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV SVO IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK AVG Adames, Joselito 0-3 8.31 14 3 0 0 0 0 30.1 45 39 28 0 0 17 0 20 8 3 .357 Delgado, Richard 0-4 6.00 14 0 0 0 5 5 18.0 25 12 12 2 0 10 3 17 0 0 .342 Doolittle, Ryan 2-3 4.44 14 7 0 0 0 0 46.2 50 28 23 2 2 10 0 36 3 0 .275 Ferreras, Ronald 1-4 4.37 14 0 0 0 1 2 22.2 21 15 11 0 4 14 0 22 0 2 .263 Foulke, Keith 0-0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .333 Garcia, Jose 0-0 0.00 3 3 0 0 0 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 .100 Hunter, Brett 0-0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .250 Joseph, Jonathan 1-1 4.56 16 0 0 0 4 7 23.2 30 17 12 1 2 11 1 37 6 0 .300 Leblanc Poirier, Mathieu 0-1 7.89 11 2 0 0 0 2 21.2 34 23 19 1 5 6 0 18 2 1 .362 Lee, Chad 0-0 0.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 .200 Madsen, Michael 0-0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Murray, Justin 0-1 1.69 3 1 0 0 0 0 10.2 6 5 2 1 1 2 0 7 0 0 .154 Oliveros, Jose 2-1 4.93 14 5 0 0 0 1 34.2 54 23 19 0 1 16 0 22 2 1 .353 Penalba, Ricardo 1-0 3.86 7 1 0 0 1 1 9.1 7 5 4 0 1 3 0 12 2 0 .219 Quinonez, Jose 1-0 10.57 8 0 0 0 0 0 7.2 10 10 9 0 2 6 0 5 0 1 .333 Ramirez, Anvioris 2-4 6.22 14 6 0 0 0 0 46.1 52 38 32 14 2 16 0 34 2 2 .281 Ramos, Julio 3-2 1.41 14 7 0 0 0 0 51.0 56 17 8 0 1 12 0 36 4 0 .279 Samuel, David 0-1 7.84 12 0 0 0 0 0 10.1 14 14 9 0 6 9 0 10 5 1 .292 Schultz, Patrick 4-3 5.24 14 7 0 0 0 1 44.2 43 33 26 0 1 25 0 30 5 1 .250 Sharpe, Steven 0-1 10.12 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.2 4 3 3 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 .364 Storey, Mickey 2-2 3.27 14 0 0 0 1 1 22.0 17 8 8 2 1 6 0 23 1 0 .210 Street, Juston 0-1 3.32 16 0 0 0 0 1 19.0 25 16 7 1 2 5 1 19 5 0 .313 Vidal, Pedro 1-0 2.95 14 5 0 0 0 0 39.2 30 21 13 5 2 10 0 32 3 0 .204 Villegas, Juan 1-1 10.80 6 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 13 8 8 0 1 4 0 8 1 0 .419 Windsor, Jason 0-2 7.36 4 4 0 0 0 0 11.0 15 13 9 2 1 5 0 9 0 0 .319 Team Total 21-35 4.81 56 56 0 1 12 21 490.2 557 348 262 31 37 189 5 413 51 12 .285

2008 Organizational Standings

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

166 2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 2008 Organizational Leaders

Organizational Batting Leaders

BATTING AVERAGE Club Avg. G AB R H HR RBI Guzman, Jesus SAC, MID, ATH .349 100 415 64 145 17 88 Cunningham, Aaron SAC, MID .329 107 423 86 139 17 66 Sulentic, Matthew STO .309 95 343 52 106 9 55 Massaro, Michael SAC, MID, STO .307 95 348 43 107 0 39 Baisley, Jeff SAC, ATH .296 87 321 49 95 10 49 Richard, Michael KCC .287 85 321 56 92 2 42 Doolittle, Sean MID, STO .286 137 535 89 153 22 91 Smith, Jake KCC, ATH .282 84 323 34 91 6 47 Johnson, Todd KCC .281 109 413 55 116 13 74 Pennington, Cliff SAC, MID .280 115 440 89 123 2 34 (Minimum 313 at bats)

HITS Club(s) H WALKS Club(s) BB HOME RUNS Club(s) HR Doolittle, Sean MID, STO 153 Pennington, Cliff SAC, MID 93 Carter, Christopher STO 39 Everidge, Tommy MID 148 Carter, Christopher STO 77 Brown, Corey STO, KCC 30 Guzman, Jesus SAC, MID, ATH 145 Klein, Adam MID, KCC 73 Conrad, Brooks SAC 28 Cunningham, Aaron SAC, MID 139 Doolittle, Sean MID, STO 63 Zeringue, Jon MID 23 Dowling, Greg KCC 137 Powell, Landon SAC 63 Doolittle, Sean MID, STO 22 Martinez, Frank MID, STO 134 Brown, Corey STO, KCC 58 Everidge, Tommy MID 22 Gilbert, Archie STO 133 Everidge, Tommy MID 55 Bankston, Wes SAC 20 Brown, Corey STO, KCC 132 Gilbert, Archie STO 55 Cunningham, Aaron SAC, MID 17 Horton, Joshua STO 132 Mitchell, Jermaine STO 54 Guzman, Jesus SAC, MID, ATH 17 Carter, Christopher STO 131 two hitters tied 52 Gaetti, Joe SAC, MID 17

RBI Club(s) RBI STOLEN BASES Club(s) SB EXTRA-BASE HITS Club(s) EBH Everidge, Tommy MID 115 Donovan, Todd MID 37 Carter, Christopher STO 75 Carter, Christopher STO 104 Gilbert, Archie STO 35 Doolittle, Sean MID, STO 65 Doolittle, Sean MID, STO 91 Richard, Michael KCC 35 Conrad, Brooks SAC 62 Conrad, Brooks SAC 91 Pennington, Cliff SAC, MID 31 Brown, Corey STO, KCC 59 Zeringue, Jon MID 89 Mitchell, Jermaine STO 23 Everidge, Tommy MID 56 Guzman, Jesus SAC, MID, ATH 88 De La Cruz, Jonatan DR-1 20 Zeringue, Jon MID 48 Brown, Corey STO, KCC 83 Klein, Adam MID, KCC 19 Dowling, Greg KCC 48 Johnson, Todd KCC 74 Cobb, Larry STO, KCC 19 Cunningham, Aaron SAC, MID 46 Cobb, Larry STO, KCC 73 Brown, Corey STO, KCC 16 Guzman, Jesus SAC, MID, ATH 45 Bankston, Wes SAC 73 Rogowski, Casey SAC 16 Recker, Anthony MID 44

RUNS SCORED Club(s) R DOUBLES Club(s) 2B SLUGGING PCT. Club(s) SLG Carter, Christopher STO 101 Doolittle, Sean MID, STO 40 Carter, Christopher STO .569 Doolittle, Sean MID, STO 89 Everidge, Tommy MID 34 Guzman, Jesus SAC, MID, ATH .545 Everidge, Tommy MID 89 Dowling, Greg KCC 33 Cunningham, Aaron SAC, MID .532 Pennington, Cliff SAC, MID 89 Carter, Christopher STO 32 Brown, Corey STO, KCC .510 Conrad, Brooks SAC 86 Gilbert, Archie STO 30 Conrad, Brooks SAC .508 Cunningham, Aaron SAC, MID 86 Conrad, Brooks SAC 29 Bankston, Wes SAC .496 Gilbert, Archie STO 85 Recker, Anthony MID 29 Doolittle, Sean MID, STO .495 Brown, Corey STO, KCC 78 Brown, Corey STO, KCC 27 Putnam, Danny SAC, MID .488 Zeringue, Jon MID 75 Baisley, Jeff SAC, ATH 27 Sulentic, Matthew STO .481 two hitters tied 72 Guzman, Jesus SAC, MID, ATH 26 Baisley, Jeff SAC, ATH .480

TOTAL BASES Club(s) TB TRIPLES Club(s) 3B ON-BASE PCT. Club(s) OBP Carter, Christopher STO 288 Dixon, Rashun ATH 10 Pennington, Cliff SAC, MID .404 Doolittle, Sean MID, STO 265 Sellers, Justin MID 8 Guzman, Jesus SAC, MID, ATH .404 Brown, Corey STO, KCC 253 Cunningham, Aaron SAC, MID 6 Cunningham, Aaron SAC, MID .400 Everidge, Tommy MID 248 Leyja, Nino ATH 6 Putnam, Danny SAC, MID .378 Conrad, Brooks SAC 236 Rosario, Robin DR-2 6 Baisley, Jeff SAC, ATH .371 Guzman, Jesus SAC, MID, ATH 226 seven hitters tied 5 Richard, Michael KCC .369 Cunningham, Aaron SAC, MID 225 Sulentic, Matthew STO .368 Zeringue, Jon MID 220 Gilbert, Archie STO .364 Dowling, Greg KCC 215 Carter, Christopher STO .361 Gilbert, Archie STO 194 Doolittle, Sean MID, STO .358

2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 167 Organizational Pitching Leaders

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

STRIKEOUTS Club(s) SO WINS Club(s) W SAVES Club(s) SV Rodriguez, Henry MID, STO 147 Mazzaro, Vincent SAC, MID 15 Carignan, Andrew MID, STO 28 Cahill, Trevor MID, STO 136 Cahill, Trevor MID, STO 11 Demel, Sam STO 18 Mazzaro, Vincent SAC, MID 131 Anderson, Brett MID, STO 11 Guzman, Jose STO, VAN 15 Gonzalez, Gio SAC 128 Fernandez, Jason SAC, MID, STO 10 Friend, Justin KCC 11 Godfrey, Graham SAC, STO 123 Meyer, Dan SAC 10 Blevins, Jerry SAC 10 Simmons, James MID 120 Saarloos, Kirk SAC 9 Lansford, Jared MID, STO 8 Anderson, Brett MID, STO 118 Simmons, James MID 9 Currin, Pat MID, STO 8 Italiano, Craig STO, KCC 112 Webb, Ryan MID 9 Ziegler, Brad SAC 8 Fernandez, Jason SAC, MID, STO 110 Heuser, James STO 9 Delgado, Richard ATH, DR-2 7 Bailey, Andrew MID 110 Three pitchers tied 8 Walters, Nick KCC 5 Prinz, Bret SAC 5 INNINGS PITCHED Club(s) IP COMPLETE GAMES Club(s) CG Mazzaro, Vincent SAC, MID 171.0 Saarloos, Kirk SAC 1 Richmond, Jamie KCC 163.1 Gonzalez, Gio SAC 1 Fernandez, Jason SAC, MID, STO 150.1 Richmond, Jamie KCC 1 Knox, Brad SAC, MID 145.1 Astacio, Andres DR-1 1 Godfrey, Graham SAC, STO 140.2 Banwart, Travis STO, KCC 1 Saarloos, Kirk SAC 140.2 Brito, Jose DR-2 1 Simmons, James MID 136.0 Braden, Dallas SAC 1 Webb, Ryan MID 130.0 Cahill, Trevor MID, STO 124.1 Gonzalez, Gio SAC 123.0

168 2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 2008 OAKLAND A’s Draft Picks

Rd Name Pos School Hometown B/T Ht Wt 1 Jemile Weeks 2B Miami Altamonte Springs, FL S/R 5’10 175 2 Tyson Ross RHP Cal Berkeley Oakland, CA R/R 6’5 215 3 Petey Paramore C Arizona State Allen, TX S/R 6’2 205 4 Anthony Capra LHP Wichita State Arvada, CO L/L 6’1 200 5 Jason Christian SS Michigan Loveland, OH L/R 6’3 170 6 Tyreace House OF College of the Canyons Palmdale, CA R/R 5’10 180 7 Brett Hunter RHP Pepperdine Moorpark, CA R/R 6’4 215 8 Jeremy Barfield OF San Jacinto College Spring, TX R/R 6’5 215 9 Mitchell LeVier OF Fullerton Whittier, CA L/L 5’11 185 10 Rashun Dixon OF Terry HS Terry, MS R/R 6’2 210 11 Christopher Berroa OF Chipola JC Camden, NJ R/R 6’0 175 12 Zachary Elgie 1B Minot HS Minot, ND R/R 6’2 205 13 Daniel Thomas RHP South Florida Lakeland, FL R/R 6’2 195 14 David Thomas OF Catawba College Winston Salem, NC S/R 6’2 180 15 Nino Leyja SS Houston Christian HS Houston, TX R/R 5’10 170 16 Matthew Fitts RHP Lewis-Clark State College Riverside, CA R/R 6’1 205 17 Bradley Glenn 3B Arizona Tulsa, OK R/R 6’2 220 18 Rayan Gonzlaez RHP Antonio Luchetti HS Arecibo, PR R/R 6’3 175 19 Michael Hart RHP Texas State Staten Island, NY R/R 6’1 210 20 Rodney Rutherford 3B Columbus State Columbus, GA R/R 5’11 210 21 Mathieu Leblanc-Poirier RHP Ahuntsic College Laval, Quebec L/R 6’1 175 22 Preston Guilmet RHP Arizona Roseville, CA R/R 6’2 200 23 Christopher Rusin LHP Kentucky Canton, MI L/L 6’2 185 24 Kenny Smalley RHP Delta State Mt Morris, IL R/R 6’2 195 25 Trey Barham LHP Virginia Military Institute Portsmouth, VA L/L 6’0 215 26 Ryan Doolittle RHP Cumberland County College Tabernacle, NJ R/R 6’3 185 27 Brent Warren LHP Xavier HS Robins, IA L/L 6’3 175 28 Dustin Coleman SS Wichita State Sioux Falls SD R/R 6’2 185 29 Justin Murray RHP Kansas State Manhattan, KS R/R 6’5 220 30 Kevin Jernigan 2B South Alabama Milton, FL R/R 5’10 175 31 Mickey Storey RHP Florida Atlantic Pompano Beach, FL R/R 6’2 183 32 Benjamin Hornbeck LHP Kansas State Phoenix, AZ R/L 6’5 192 33 Shawn Haviland RHP Harvard Farmington, CT L/R 6’2 200 34 Riley Welch RHP Desert Mountain HS Scottsdale, AZ R/R 6’0 160 35 Virgil Hill CF Mission College Canyon Country, CA R/R 5’11 186 36 Jonathan Berti SS Troy HS Troy, MI R/R 5’10 175 37 Ryan Doiron RHP Barbe HS Lake Charles, LA R/R 6’1 177 38 Robert Crocker CF Aptos HS Aptos, CA R/R 6’3 200 39 Dennis Clement RHP Cascia Hall HS Bartlesville, OK R/R 6’0 180 40 Jeffrey Dennis LHP Binghamton North Syracuse, NY L/L 6’6 210 41 William Hawn 3B Walters State CC Knoxville, TN L/R 6’0 200 42 Kent Walton 2B Brigham Young Mesa, AZ R/R 6’0 185 43 John Maronde LHP Lexington Catholic HS Lexington, KT L/L 6’2 195 44 James Messer RHP South Caldwell HS Hudson, NC R/R 6’1 195 45 Derek Benny RHP Roseville HS Roseville, CA R/R 6’5 210 46 Jonathan Graham RHP Livermore HS Livermore, CA R/R 6’ 0 180 47 Coley Crank C Pinole Valley HS Pinole, CA R/R 6’0 215 48 Brett Holland RHP Texas-Tyler Lindale, TX R/R 6’1 185 49 Matt Bowman 2B Nevada-Reno Dayton, NV R/R 5’8 175 50 Derek Wiley INF Belmont (TN) Nashville, TN R/R 6’3 217

Bold indicated players signed

2008 Oakland A’s Postseason Guide 169 2008 ROSTER

(as of September 28, 2008)

NO NAME POS B T HT WT BORN BIRTHPLACE RESIDENCE 52 BAISLEY, Jeff IF R R 6-3 219 12-19-82 Tampa, FL Tampa, FL 10 BARTON, Daric 1B L R 6-0 218 8-16-85 Springfield, VT Corona, CA 13 BLEVINS, Jerry LHP L L 6-6 181 9-6-83 Johnson City, TN Swanton, OH 18 BOWEN, Rob C S R 6-3 237 2-24-81 Bedford, TX McDonough, GA 51 BRADEN, Dallas LHP L L 6-1 198 8-13-83 Phoenix, AZ Stockton, CA 59 *BROWN, Andrew RHP R R 6-6 258 2-17-81 Chardon, OH Orange City, FL 8 BROWN, Emil OF R R 6-2 225 12-29-74 Chicago, IL Chicago, IL 6 BUCK, Travis OF L R 6-2 229 11-18-83 Richland, WA Chandler, AZ 44 CASILLA, Santiago RHP R R 6-0 202 7-25-80 San Cristobal, D.R. Juan Baron, D.R. 3 *CHAVEZ, Eric 3B L R 6-1 220 12-7-77 Los Angeles, CA Paradise Valley, AZ 7 CROSBY, Bobby SS R R 6-3 203 1-12-80 Lakewood, CA Villa Park, CA 57 CUNNINGHAM, Aaron OF R R 5-11 203 4-24-86 Anchorage, AK Port Orchard, WA 32 CUST, Jack OF L R 6-1 240 1-7-79 Flemington, NY New Hope, PA 38 DAVIS, Rajai OF R R 5-11 185 10-19-80 Norwich, CT Waterford, CT 19 DENORFIA, Chris OF R R 6-0 204 7-15-80 Bristol, CT Southington, CT 33 DEVINE, Joey RHP R R 6-1 229 9-19-83 Junction City, KS Junction City, KS 58 *DUCHSCHERER, Justin RHP R R 6-3 200 11-19-77 Aberdeen, SD Chandler, AZ 14 *ELLIS, Mark 2B R R 5-11 193 6-6-77 Rapid City, SD Scottsdale, AZ 41 EMBREE, Alan LHP L L 6-2 202 1-23-70 Dalles, OR Vancouver, WA 30 EVELAND, Dana LHP L L 6-1 216 10-29-83 Olympia, WA Palmdale, AZ 29 FOULKE, Keith RHP R R 6-0 224 10-19-72 Ellsworth AFB, SD Phoenix, AZ 36 GALLAGHER, Sean RHP R R 6-2 235 10-30-85 Boston, MA Ft. Lauderdale, FL 28 GONZALEZ, Carlos OF L L 6-1 215 10-17-85 Maracaibo, Venezuela Maracaibo, Venezuela 47 GONZALEZ, Gio LHP R L 5-11 197 9-19-85 Hialeah, FL Hialeah, FL 60 GRAY, Jeff RHP R R 6-3 196 11-19-81 Texas City, TX Chesterfield, MO 22 HANNAHAN, Jack IF L R 6-2 210 3-4-80 St. Paul, MN St. Paul, MN 53 MEYER, Dan LHP R L 6-3 220 7-3-81 Woodbury, NJ Woodbury, NJ 12 MURPHY, Donnie IF R R 5-10 194 3-10-83 Lakewood, CA Surprise, AZ 55 OUTMAN, Josh LHP L L 6-1 185 9-14-84 St. Louis, MO St. Louis, MO 4 PATTERSON, Eric IF/OF L R 5-11 170 4-8-83 Tallahassee, FL Kennesaw, GA 56 PENNINGTON, Cliff IF S R 5-11 188 6-15-84 Corpus Christi, TX Corpus Christi, TX 21 SAARLOOS, Kirk RHP R R 6-0 183 5-23-79 Long Beach, CA Sammamish, WA 23 SMITH, Greg LHP L L 6-1 189 12-22-83 Alexandria, LA Alexandria, LA 20 STREET, Huston RHP R R 6-0 191 8-2-83 Austin, TX Austin, TX 24 SUZUKI, Kurt C R R 5-11 199 10-4-83 Wailuku, HI Redondo Beach, CA 15 SWEENEY, Ryan OF L L 6-4 221 2-20-85 Cedar Rapids, IA Cedar Rapids, IA 35 *THOMAS, Frank DH R R 6-5 275 5-27-68 Columbus, GA Henderson, NV 31 ZIEGLER, Brad RHP R R 6-4 205 10-10-79 Pratt, KS Springfield, MO

*indicates players on disabled list.

MANAGER: 17 Bob Geren COACHES: 11 Tony DeFrancesco (First Base), 37 Ron Romanick (Bullpen), 39 (Hitting), 16 Don Wakamatsu (Bench), 46 Tye Waller (Third Base), 48 Curt Young (Pitching)

Numerical Roster

3 CHAVEZ, Eric 17 GEREN, Bob 32 CUST, Jack 51 BRADEN, Dallas 4 PATTERSON, Eric 18 BOWEN, Rob 33 DEVINE, Joey 52 BAISLEY, Jeff 6 BUCK, Travis 19 DENORFIA, Chris 35 THOMAS, Frank 53 MEYER, Dan 7 CROSBY, Bobby 20 STREET, Huston 36 GALLAGHER, Sean 55 OUTMAN, Josh 8 BROWN, Emil 21 SAARLOOS, Kirk 37 ROMANICK, Ron 56 PENNINGTON, Cliff 10 BARTON, Daric 22 HANNAHAN, Jack 38 DAVIS, Rajai 57 CUNNINGHAM, Aaron 11 DEFRANCESCO, Tony 23 SMITH, Greg 39 VAN BURKLEO, Ty 58 DUCHSCHERER, Justin 12 MURPHY, Donnie 24 SUZUKI, Kurt 41 EMBREE, Alan 59 BROWN, Andrew 13 BLEVINS, Jerry 28 GONZALEZ, Carlos 44 CASILLA, Santiago 60 GRAY, Jeff 14 ELLIS, Mark 29 FOULKE, Keith 46 WALLER, Tye 15 SWEENEY, Ryan 30 EVELAND, Dana 47 GONZALEZ, Gio 16 WAKAMATSU, Don 31 ZIEGLER, Brad 48 YOUNG, Curt

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