2005 A’s POST SEASON INFORMATION GUIDE Table of Contents Bill King Tribute .................................................... Inside Front Cover Wild Card Day-By-Day .................................................................... 54 Ken Macha Bio ................................................................................... 2 Chronology ....................................................................................... 55 Coaches Bios Starting Pitchers Day-By-Day .......................................................... 68 Brad Fischer ................................................................................. 3 Fielding ............................................................................................. 70 Bob Geren ..................................................................................... 3 Pinch Hitting ..................................................................................... 71 Dave Hudgens .............................................................................. 4 Batting with Runners in Scoring Position ........................................ 72 Rene Lachemann .......................................................................... 4 Designated Hitting ............................................................................ 73 Ron Washington ........................................................................... 5 Batting with the Bases Loaded ......................................................... 74 Curt Young.................................................................................... 5 Club Statistics ................................................................................... 75 Player Bios Highs and Lows ................................................................................ 76 Joe Blanton ................................................................................... 6 Miscellaneous Stats .......................................................................... 77 Hiram Bocachica .......................................................................... 7 Transactions ...................................................................................... 78 Freddie Bynum ............................................................................. 8 How the A’s Were Built .................................................................... 79 Kiko Calero .................................................................................. 9 Before the All-Star Break ................................................................. 80 Alberto Castillo .......................................................................... 10 After the All-Star Break .................................................................... 81 Eric Chavez ................................................................................ 11 April .................................................................................................. 82 Bobby Crosby ............................................................................. 13 May ................................................................................................... 83 Juan Cruz .................................................................................... 14 June ................................................................................................... 84 Octavio Dotel ............................................................................. 15 July ................................................................................................... 85 Justin Duchscherer ..................................................................... 16 August .............................................................................................. 86 Erubiel Durazo ........................................................................... 17 September ......................................................................................... 87 Mark Ellis ................................................................................... 18 Home ................................................................................................ 88 Ron Flores .................................................................................. 19 Road .................................................................................................. 89 Jairo Garcia ................................................................................. 20 Day ................................................................................................... 90 Keith Ginter ................................................................................ 21 Night ................................................................................................. 91 Rich Harden ................................................................................ 22 Left ................................................................................................... 92 Dan Haren ................................................................................... 23 Right ................................................................................................. 93 Scott Hatteberg ........................................................................... 24 Grass ................................................................................................. 94 Dan Johnson ............................................................................... 26 Turf ................................................................................................... 95 Jason Kendall ............................................................................. 27 Standings .......................................................................................... 96 Joe Kennedy ............................................................................... 29 Wild Card Standings ......................................................................... 97 Bobby Kielty .............................................................................. 30 Attendance ........................................................................................ 97 Mark Kotsay ............................................................................... 31 American League Team Leaders ...................................................... 98 Adam Melhuse ........................................................................... 32 American League Batting Leaders ................................................. 100 Jay Payton ................................................................................... 33 American League Pitching Leaders ............................................... 102 Ricardo Rincon ........................................................................... 34 American League Rookie Leaders ................................................. 104 Kirk Saarloos .............................................................................. 35 National League Team Leaders ...................................................... 106 Marco Scutaro ............................................................................ 36 National League Batting Leaders ................................................... 108 Huston Street .............................................................................. 37 National League Pitching Leaders ................................................. 110 Nick Swisher .............................................................................. 38 National League Rookie Leaders ................................................... 112 Matt Watson ................................................................................ 39 Sacramento Recap .......................................................................... 114 Jay Witasick ................................................................................ 40 Midland Recap ............................................................................... 115 Keiichi Yabu ............................................................................... 41 Stockton Recap ............................................................................... 116 Barry Zito ................................................................................... 42 Kane County Recap ........................................................................ 117 Additional Players ............................................................................ 44 Vancouver Recap ............................................................................ 118 Team Notes ....................................................................................... 46 Arizona Recap ................................................................................ 119 Final Statistics .................................................................................. 50 Roster .............................................................................................. 120 Day-By-Day ..................................................................................... 51 2006 Schedule ........................................................ Inside Back Cover 1 39 KEN MACHA MGR Kenneth Edward Macha Ken graduated from Gateway High School in Pittsburgh and then Born: Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, September 29, 1950 earned a degree in civil engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. Height: 6-2 Weight: 220 He and his wife, Carolyn Virginia, have two children, Eric and Kristin. Named as A’s bench coach, October 30, 1998. Eric