2008 Oakland Athletics season

The Oakland Athletics' 2008 season marked their 40th year in Oakland, California. It was also the 108th season in franchise history. The team finished third in the American League West with a record of 75-86.

2008 Oakland Athletics
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record75–86 (.466)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
OwnersLewis Wolff
General managersBilly Beane
ManagersBob Geren
Local televisionCSN Bay Area
KICU (Action 36)
Local radioKYCY
KNTS/KDOW
KFRC-FM
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The Athletics were not expected to contend for the American League West title in 2008. Despite this, the team remained near first place well into July. The Athletics fortunes peaked on July 11, when a 9-2 rout of the Angels allowed them to pull within four games of first place. The team then lost 44 of its 68 remaining games. The slide saw the Athletics finish 24.5 games behind the Angels, who clinched the division for a second consecutive year.

The Athletics struggled at the plate for most of the season. Particularly troubling was the team's lack of power hitting; apart from Jack Cust, who hit 33 home runs, no Athletic hit more than 13. Oakland ultimately finished 11th (out of 14 American League teams) in this category. All told, the Athletics scored fewer runs (646) than any other American League team in 2008.

Off-season

Potential free agents

Outfielder Jeff DaVanon, catcher Mike Piazza and outfielder Shannon Stewart all filed for free agency after the 2007 season. DaVanon was signed to a minor league contract by the Athletics on August 10, 2007, after being let go by the Arizona Diamondbacks less than a week later. His contract was purchased on August 17, following an injury to Mark Kotsay, who was plagued with injuries in 2007. He posted a .238 batting average and no home runs in 26 games for the Athletics. Piazza was signed in the previous offseason to a one-year contract which began Piazza's career as a designated hitter. In early May, Piazza was placed on the disabled list after suffering an injury while sliding into third base against the Boston Red Sox. Piazza was activated from the disabled list on July 20 but saw limited action after that as Jack Cust, who the Athletics brought in as a replacement, put on a big show once he joined the team. Piazza played in a total of 83 games in 2007 and batted .275 with 8 home runs. Stewart was also signed in the previous offseason to a one-year contract after missing most of the 2006 season. Stewart played in 146 games in 2007 and led the team in batting average (.290).

October
  • October 16: Ron Romanick was added to the Athletics coaching staff and will serve as the bullpen coach for the 2008 season.[6]
  • October 23: Don Wakamatsu was added to the Athletics coaching staff and will serve as the bench coach for the 2008 season.[7]
  • October 25: Outfielder Chris Snelling was claimed off waivers by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[8] Acquired on May 2, 2007, from the Washington Nationals for Ryan Langerhans, Snelling played in just 6 games before being placed on the disabled list on May 16 and never played in another game for the Athletics. That same day Connor Robertson was outrighted to the minor leagues. Robertson appeared in 3 games in 2007 and posted an 18.00 ERA. Tony DeFrancesco was also added to the Athletics coaching staff and will serve as the third base coach for 2008.[9]

November
  • November 2: Pitcher Colby Lewis was claimed off waivers by the Kansas City Royals.[10] Lewis mainly worked out of the bullpen for the Athletics in 2007, posting a 6.45 ERA and an 0–2 record in 26 games.

December

January
  • January 3: In another move as part of the Athletics rebuilding mode, outfielder/first baseman Nick Swisher was traded to the Chicago White Sox for pitcher Fautino de los Santos, pitcher Gio González and outfielder Ryan Sweeney.[15] In 2007, Swisher posted a career high .262 batting average but had only 22 home runs, a big drop from 35 in 2006. Of the players acquired from the White Sox, Sweeney was the only one with major league experience, having made his debut for them in 2006. In 15 major league games for the White Sox in 2007, Sweeney batted .200 with a home run.
  • January 11: Outfielder Emil Brown was signed by the Athletics to a one-year contract. Brown, 33, started half the games for the Kansas City Royals in the outfield in 2007. He batted .257 with 6 home runs. According to Athletics assistant general manager David Forst, Brown's success against left-handed pitching was what appealed the Athletics into signing the right-handed veteran.[16] To make room for Brown on the 40-man roster, fellow outfielder Danny Putnam was designated for assignment. Putnam made his debut in 2007 for the Athletics and batted .214 with a home run in 11 games.
  • January 14: In another move as part of the Athletics rebuilding mode, center fielder Mark Kotsay was traded to the Atlanta Braves for pitcher Joey Devine and minor league pitcher Jamie Richmond.[17] Kotsay was limited to just 56 games in 2007 due to back problems that bothered him in the past. He hit just .214 with a home run in those 56 games. Devine spent most of the 2007 season in the minor leagues, splitting time in Double-A and Triple-A. In 10 major league games, all out of the bullpen, Devine went 1–0 with a 1.08 ERA.
  • January 25: Outfielder Jeff Fiorentino was claimed off waivers from the Cincinnati Reds. To make room for Fiorentino on the 40-man roster, pitcher Ruddy Lugo was designated for assignment.[18] Fiorentino spent the entire 2007 season in the Baltimore Orioles organization, playing at the Double-A level for the Bowie Baysox. He hit .282 with 15 home runs and 65 RBIs for the Baysox. Lugo was claimed off waivers from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays earlier in the 2007 season and made a combined 38 relief appearances for the Devil Rays and the Athletics. He went 6–0 with a 5.40 ERA.

February
  • February 8: Pitcher Keith Foulke came out of retirement and signed a one-year contract with the Athletics. He had previously pitched for the Athletics in 2003, as their closer. To make room for Foulke on the 40-man roster, Bankston was designated for assignment and was later outrighted to Triple-A Sacramento on February 13.[19]

March
  • March 25: First baseman and designated hitter Mike Sweeney had his contract purchased right before the Athletics first game. He had signed a minor league contract on February 11, 2008. He had previously spent his entire career with the Kansas City Royals and his last few years with them were plagued with injuries. Sweeney had done well in spring training to earn a spot on the Athletics 25-man roster.

Regular season

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 10062 0.617 — 50–31 50–31
Texas Rangers 7983 0.488 21 40–41 39–42
Oakland Athletics 7586 0.466 24½ 43–38 32–48
Seattle Mariners 61101 0.377 39 35–46 26–55

Record vs. opponents
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore–6–124–54–44–35–33–63–37–110–58–23–154–56–1211–7
Boston12–6–4–35–15–26–11–84–39–96–46–38–109–19–911–7
Chicago5–43–4–11–712–612–65–59–102–55–45–14–63–31–712–6
Cleveland4–41–57–11–11–710–84–58–104–35–44–55–26–46–16–12
Detroit3–42–56–127–11–7–113–67–114–23–67–33–46–33–513–5
Kansas City3–51–66–128–1011–7–2–36–125–56–37–23–52–72–513–5
Los Angeles6–38–15–55–46–33–2–5–37–310–914–53–612–76–310–8
Minnesota3–33–410–910–811–712–63–5–4–65–55–43–35–50–614–4
New York11–79–95–23–42–45–53–76–4–5–17–211–73–49–910–8
Oakland5–04–64–54–56–33–69–105–51–5-10–93–67–124–610–8
Seattle2–83–61–55–43–72–75–144–52–79–10–3–48–115–49–9
Tampa Bay15–310–86–42–54–35–36–33–37–116–34–3–6–311–712–6
Texas5–41–93–34–63–67–27–125–54–312–711–83–6–4–410–8
Toronto12–69–97–11–65–35–23–66–09–96–44–57–114–4–8–10

March

The Athletics opened the regular season on March 25 in Japan and faced the Boston Red Sox there. Before the opener, the Athletics placed starting pitcher Chad Gaudin and third baseman Eric Chavez on the 15-day disabled list and placed relief pitcher Kiko Calero on the 60-day disabled list. The Athletics were allowed to carry 25 players plus three extra inactive players in case of injury. The three extra players were pitchers Justin Duchscherer and Dana Eveland along with outfielder Carlos González.[20] The Athletics opened with ten pitchers, two catchers, seven infielders, five outfielders, and one designated hitter. The pitchers were Joe Blanton, Dallas Braden, Andrew Brown, Santiago Casilla, Lenny DiNardo, Alan Embree, Keith Foulke, Rich Harden, Fernando Hernández and Huston Street. Rob Bowen and Kurt Suzuki were the two catchers while Daric Barton, Bobby Crosby, Mark Ellis, Jack Hannahan, Dan Johnson, Donnie Murphy and Mike Sweeney were the seven infielders. The five outfielders were Emil Brown, Travis Buck, Chris Denorfia, Jeff Fiorentino and Ryan Sweeney, while Jack Cust was the designated hitter.

Joe Blanton got the nod to start the first game. The game went into extra innings and the Athletics lost 6–5 in 10. Emil Brown made a costly baserunning error in the 10th, which possibly cost the Athletics the game.[21] Rich Harden started the second game of the two-game series and led the Athletics to a 5–1 win over the Red Sox after pitching six strong innings while giving up one run on three hits and also struck out nine.[22]

Game log
2008 game log
March
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1March 25Red Sox*6 – 5 (10)Okajima (1–0)Street (0–1)Papelbon (1)44,6280–1
2March 26Red Sox*5–1Harden (1–0)Lester (0–1)44,7351–1
* At Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, see MLB Japan Opening Series 2008
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
3April 1Red Sox2–1Matsuzaka (1–0)Blanton (0–1)Papelbon (2)36,0671–2
4April 2Red Sox5–0Lester (1–1)Embree (0–1)21,6251–3
5April 4Indians6–3Duchscherer (1–0)Byrd (0–1)13,9162–3
6April 5Indians6–1Eveland (1–0)Sabathia (0–1)16,2793–3
7April 6Indians2–1Lee (1–0)Blanton (0–2)Borowski (2)16,3843–4
8April 8@ Blue Jays9–8Embree (1–1)Accardo (0–1)Street (1)31,3364–4
9April 9@ Blue Jays6–3Hernández (1–0)Accardo (0–2)Street (2)16,1025–4
10April 10@ Blue Jays11 – 8 (12)Devine (1–0)League (0–1)Foulke (1)16,5216–4
11April 11@ Indians9–7Blanton (1–2)Sabathia (0–2)Street (3)17,8597–4
12April 12@ Indians7–3DiNardo (1–0)Carmona (1–1)19,1708–4
13April 13@ Indians7–1Lee (2–0)Gaudin (0–1)17,2288–5
14April 14@ White Sox2–1Smith (1–0)Buehrle (1–1)Street (4)20,4309–5
15April 15@ White Sox4–1Danks (1–1)Eveland (1–1)Jenks (5)18,2549–6
16April 16Mariners4–2Hernández (2–0)Blanton (1–3)21,1269–7
17April 17Mariners8–1Silva (3–0)DiNardo (1–1)10,1649–8
18April 18Royals13–2Gaudin (1–1)Bannister (3–1)12,52810–8
19April 19Royals6–5Devine (2–0)Peralta (0–1)Street (5)20,39011–8
20April 20Royals7–1Eveland (2–1)Hochevar (0–1)18,64512–8
21April 22Twins5–4Rincón (2–0)Blanton (1–4)Nathan (7)10,26712–9
22April 23Twins3–0Gaudin (2–1)Bonser (1–4)Street (6)15,24213–9
23April 24Twins11–2Smith (2–0)Liriano (0–3)12,59314–9
24April 25@ Mariners4–3Eveland (3–1)Batista (2–3)Street (7)40,84515–9
25April 26@ Mariners5–3Bédard (2–0)Duchscherer (1–1)37,56315–10
26April 27@ Mariners4–2Blanton (2–4)Hernández (2–1)Street (8)32,61216–10
27April 28@ Angels14–2Gaudin (3–1)Garland (3–3)37,72517–10
28April 29@ Angels2–0Saunders (5–0)Smith (2–1)Rodríguez (11)35,76417–11
29April 30@ Angels6–1Santana (5–0)Eveland (3–2)35,30117–12
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
30May 1@ Angels15–8Duchscherer (2–1)Moseley (1–3)37,39618–12
31May 2Rangers4–3Padilla (4–2)Blanton (2–5)Wilson (7)15,40818–13
32May 3Rangers6–3Murray (1–0)Gaudin (3–2)Benoit (1)20,52418–14
33May 4Rangers3–1Casilla (1–0)Feldman (0–1)Street (9)31,67319–14
34May 5Orioles2 – 1 (10)Devine (3–0)Johnson (0–1)10,12820–14
35May 6Orioles4–2Duchscherer (3–1)Burres (3–3)Casilla (1)11,49221–14
36May 7Orioles6 – 5 (10)Braden (1–0)Cormier (0–1)15,23522–14
37May 9@ Rangers4–0Feldman (1–1)Smith (2–2)23,51622–15
38May 10@ Rangers6–4Rupe (1–1)Eveland (3–3)22,89922–16
39May 11@ Rangers12–6Casilla (2–0)Germán (1–1)23,95923–16
40May 13@ Indians4–0Byrd (2–3)Duchscherer (3–2)Kobayashi (1)16,97423–17
41May 14@ Indians2–0Sabathia (3–5)Blanton (2–6)18,18823–18
42May 15@ Indians4–2Laffey (2–2)Smith (2–3)Kobayashi (2)26,76423–19
43May 16@ Braves3–2Acosta (2–1)Embree (1–2)31,00423–20
44May 17@ Braves5–4Harden (2–0)Hudson (6–3)38,32424–20
45May 18@ Braves5–2Reyes (2–1)Duchscherer (3–3)31,02524–21
46May 19Rays7 – 6 (13)Hammel (3–2)Gaudin (3–3)Percival (12)11,07724–22
47May 20Rays3–2Kazmir (3–1)Smith (2–4)Percival (13)11,27224–23
48May 21Rays9–1Eveland (4–3)Sonnanstine (6–2)22,71225–23
49May 23Red Sox8–3Harden (3–0)Wakefield (3–3)29,05726–23
50May 24Red Sox3–0Duchscherer (4–3)Beckett (5–4)Street (10)33,46827–23
51May 25Red Sox6–3Blanton (3–6)Lester (3–3)Street (11)35,06728–23
52May 27Blue Jays3–1Smith (3–4)Burnett (5–5)Street (12)10,63529–23
53May 28Blue Jays2–1Halladay (6–5)Foulke (0–1)Ryan (12)17,46029–24
54May 29Blue Jays12–0Litsch (6–1)Eveland (4–4)21,86229–25
55May 30@ Rangers3–1Millwood (3–3)Duchscherer (4–4)Wilson (11)21,76329–26
56May 31@ Rangers8–4Ponson (4–1)Blanton (3–7)36,79829–27
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
57June 1@ Rangers13–8Gaudin (4–3)Wright (3–2)17,66130–27
58June 2Tigers3–2Street (1–1)Cruceta (0–3)11,77231–27
59June 3Tigers5 – 4 (11)Gaudin (5–3)Seay (0–1)10,87132–27
60June 4Tigers10–2Duchscherer (5–4)Robertson (3–6)19,25833–27
61June 6Angels3–1Lackey (2–1)Blanton (3–8)Rodríguez (25)25,12033–28
62June 7Angels5–3Garland (6–3)Smith (3–5)Rodríguez (26)29,29433–29
63June 8Angels7 – 3 (12)Ziegler (1–0)Bootcheck (0–1)26,33234–29
64June 10Yankees3–1Wang (7–2)Eveland (4–5)Rivera (17)26,40234–30
65June 11Yankees8–4Duchscherer (6–4)Rasner (3–4)27,29235–30
66June 12Yankees4–1Pettitte (6–5)Blanton (3–9)Rivera (18)28,65835–31
67June 13@ Giants5–1Smith (4–5)Zito (2–10)42,44536–31
68June 14@ Giants4–0Harden (4–0)Cain (3–5)40,87337–31
69June 15@ Giants5–3Eveland (5–5)Correia (1–4)Street (13)41,54738–31
70June 17@ D-backs15–1Duchscherer (7–4)Webb (11–3)28,71039–31
71June 18@ D-backs11–1Haren (7–4)Blanton (3–10)28,50739–32
72June 19@ D-backs2–1Peña (1–1)Foulke (0–2)Lyon (15)31,99739–33
73June 20Marlins7 – 6 (11)Brown (1–0)Waechter (0–2)15,03540–33
74June 21Marlins6–4Pinto (2–2)Street (1–2)Gregg (13)19,28740–34
75June 22Marlins7–1Duchscherer (8–4)Miller (5–6)22,46141–34
76June 24Phillies5–2Blanton (4–10)Moyer (7–5)Street (14)13,34842–34
77June 25Phillies4–0Kendrick (7–3)Smith (4–6)22,23142–35
78June 26Phillies5–0Harden (5–0)Eaton (2–6)17,22843–35
79June 27Giants4–1Eveland (6–5)Yabu (3–4)Street (15)27,12544–35
80June 28Giants1–0Lincecum (9–1)Duchscherer (8–5)Wilson (22)36,06744–36
81June 29Giants11–1Sánchez (8–4)Blanton (4–11)33,84144–37
82June 30@ Angels6–1Smith (5–6)Garland (7–5)42,04645–37
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
83July 1@ Angels5–3Shields (4–2)Embree (1–3)Rodríguez (33)42,04745–38
84July 2@ Angels7–4Saunders (12–4)Foulke (0–3)Rodríguez (34)41,09145–39
85July 3@ White Sox3–2Duchscherer (9–5)Vázquez (7–7)Street (16)26,73046–39
86July 4@ White Sox7–1Blanton (5–11)Buehrle (6–7)29,60047–39
87July 5@ White Sox6–1Floyd (10–4)Smith (5–7)35,58647–40
88July 6@ White Sox4–3Danks (6–4)Harden (5–1)Linebrink (1)31,95547–41
89July 7Mariners4–3Eveland (7–5)Washburn (4–8)Street (17)11,12948–41
90July 8Mariners2–0Duchscherer (10–5)Silva (4–11)12,54349–41
91July 9Mariners6–4Corcoran (1–0)Blanton (5–12)Morrow (8)21,12849–42
92July 10Mariners3 – 2 (11)Street (2–2)Jiménez (0–1)15,18750–42
93July 11Angels9–2Gallagher (1–0)Garland (8–6)31,37251–42
94July 12Angels4–1Santana (11–3)Eveland (7–6)Rodríguez (37)27,16151–43
95July 13Angels4–3Arredondo (3–0)Street (2–3)Rodríguez (38)29,35251–44
96July 18@ Yankees7–1Mussina (12–6)Smith (5–8)54,14551–45
97July 19@ Yankees4 – 3 (12)Robertson (1–0)DiNardo (1–2)54,18351–46
98July 20@ Yankees2–1Pettitte (11–7)Duchscherer (10–6)Rivera (24)54,36651–47
99July 21@ Rays4–0Kazmir (8–5)Eveland (7–7)12,42851–48
100July 22@ Rays8–1Braden (2–0)Sonnanstine (10–5)16,80052–48
101July 23@ Rays4–3Shields (9–6)Smith (5–9)Percival (20)23,43752–49
102July 25Rangers14–6Padilla (12–5)Blevins (0–1)20,14152–50
103July 26Rangers9–4Harrison (2–1)Duchscherer (10–7)20,65352–51
104July 27Rangers6–5Blevins (1–1)Hurley (1–2)Street (18)21,13553–51
105July 28Royals4–2Greinke (8–7)Braden (2–1)Soria (28)12,46453–52
106July 29Royals5–2Meche (9–9)Smith (5–10)Soria (29)12,18253–53
107July 30Royals4 – 3 (10)R. Ramírez (2–1)Street (2–4)Soria (30)26,27253–54
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
108August 1@ Red Sox2 – 1 (12)Timlin (4–3)Embree (1–4)37,83253–55
109August 2@ Red Sox12–2Lester (10–3)Eveland (7–8)37,83853–56
110August 3@ Red Sox5–2Matsuzaka (12–2)Braden (2–2)Papelbon (31)37,31753–57
111August 4@ Blue Jays6–1Halladay (13–8)Gallagher (1–1)24,76153–58
112August 5@ Blue Jays4–3Carlson (4–1)Street (2–5)23,58053–59
113August 6@ Blue Jays5–1Marcum (6–5)Gonzalez (0–1)29,25653–60
114August 7@ Blue Jays6–4Burnett (14–9)Blevins (1–2)Ryan (22)28,82153–61
115August 8@ Tigers4–2Braden (3–2)Rogers (8–9)Ziegler (1)41,45754–61
116August 9@ Tigers10–2Galarraga (10–4)Meyer (0–1)41,30854–62
117August 10@ Tigers6–1Robertson (7–8)Smith (5–11)Rodney (3)40,74354–63
118August 12Rays2–1Gonzalez (1–1)Kazmir (8–6)Ziegler (2)14,28455–63
119August 13Rays3–2Sonnanstine (12–6)Duchscherer (10–8)Percival (27)21,43855–64
120August 14Rays7 – 6 (12)Hammel (4–3)Casilla (2–1)Miller (1)16,68955–65
121August 15White Sox6–4Street (3–5)H. Ramírez (0–1)19,40556–65
122August 16White Sox2–1Danks (10–5)Smith (5–12)Jenks (25)22,20656–66
123August 17White Sox13–1Vázquez (10–10)Gonzalez (1–2)28,84356–67
124August 18@ Twins3–2Saarloos (1–0)Blackburn (9–7)Ziegler (3)25,02457–67
125August 19@ Twins13–2Slowey (10–8)Gallagher (1–2)35,25657–68
126August 20@ Twins3–1Liriano (4–3)Braden (3–3)Nathan (34)30,88857–69
127August 21@ Mariners2–0Smith (6–12)Rowland-Smith (2–2)Ziegler (4)25,61158–69
128August 22@ Mariners7–5Corcoran (4–0)Blevins (1–3)Putz (8)26,60358–70
129August 23@ Mariners5–1Eveland (8–8)Washburn (5–14)34,14559–70
130August 24@ Mariners8–4Hernández (8–8)Meyer (0–2)Putz (9)28,73159–71
131August 25@ Angels2–1Braden (4–3)Weaver (10–10)Ziegler (5)39,58460–71
132August 26@ Angels5–1Lackey (11–2)Smith (6–13)37,43160–72
133August 27@ Angels6–5Street (4–5)Saunders (14–7)Ziegler (6)38,58761–72
134August 28Twins3–2Devine (4–0)Breslow (0–2)12,35762–72
135August 29Twins12–2Slowey (11–8)Meyer (0–3)Breslow (1)22,35562–73
136August 30Twins3–2Street (5–5)Nathan (0–1)25,23863–73
137August 31Twins12–4Baker (8–4)Smith (6–14)18,42763–74
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
138September 2@ Royals5–2Greinke (10–9)Gonzalez (1–3)Soria (34)11,14363–75
—September 3@ RoyalsPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 4
139September 4@ Royals5 – 4 (10)Soria (2–3)Devine (4–1)—63–76
140September 4@ Royals9–6Davies (6–6)Meyer (0–4)R. Ramírez (1)12,79163–77
141September 5@ Orioles11–2Braden (5–3)Waters (2–2)14,98464–77
—September 6@ OriolesCanceled (rain)
142September 6@ Orioles5–1Smith (7–14)Cabrera (8–9)21,55365–77
143September 8@ Tigers14–8Fossum (3–1)Gonzalez (1–4)37,98165–78
144September 9@ Tigers3 -2Devine (5–1)Rodney (0–5)Ziegler (7)37,24066–78
145September 10@ Tigers5–2Street (6–5)Galarraga (12–6)Ziegler (8)37,19467–78
146September 11Rangers6–1Nippert (3–4)Braden (5–4)10,56667–79
147September 12Rangers7–0Harrison (8–3)Smith (7–15)15,11767–80
148September 13Rangers7–1Outman (1–0)Feldman (5–7)21,10268–80
149September 14Rangers7–4Devine (6–1)Madrigal (0–2)Ziegler (9)18,55169–80
150September 16Angels8–1Gallagher (5–6)Lackey (11–4)14,32570–80
151September 17Angels3–2Ziegler (2–0)Rodríguez (2–3)20,10271–80
152September 18Angels6–4Saunders (16–7)Outman (1–1)Rodríguez (59)12,64571–81
153September 19Mariners2–0Eveland (9–8)Hernández (9–11)Ziegler (10)30,14972–81
154September 20Mariners8–7Street (7–5)Thomas (0–1)Ziegler (11)18,75673–81
155September 21Mariners5–3Ziegler (3–0)Batista (4–14)Devine (1)18,70774–81
156September 22@ Rangers4 – 3 (11)Embree (2–4)Mendoza (3–8)Casilla (2)14,92575–81
157September 23@ Rangers6–4Wright (8–7)Embree (2–5)Francisco (5)18,40875–82
158September 24@ Rangers14–4Harrison (9–3)Eveland (9–9)16,83275–83
159September 26@ Mariners10–8Morrow (3–4)Gallagher (5–7)Corcoran (3)24,66275–84
160September 27@ Mariners7–3Rowland-Smith (5–3)Smith (7–16)Green (1)24,44075–85
161September 28@ Mariners4–3Dickey (5–8)Outman (1–2)Putz (15)27,11075–86

Notable games
  • March 25, 2008 – As the 'home' team, in the Tokyo Dome, Japan, vs. the Boston Red Sox.
  • March 26, 2008 – Second game at the Tokyo Dome, Japan.

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; SB = Stolen bases; OBP = On-base percentage; SLG = Slugging percentage

Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI BB SO SB OBP SLG
Jeff Baisley 14 43 1 11 .256 0 5 4 7 0 .319 .279
Wes Bankston 17 59 4 12 .203 1 4 2 15 0 .238 .305
Daric Barton 140 446 59 101 .226 9 47 65 99 2 .327 .348
Rob Bowen 37 91 6 16 .176 1 9 4 38 0 .219 .286
Emil Brown 117 402 48 98 .244 13 59 27 65 4 .297 .386
Travis Buck 38 155 16 35 .226 7 25 11 38 1 .291 .432
Eric Chavez 23 89 10 22 .247 2 14 6 18 0 .295 .393
Brooks Conrad 6 19 0 3 .158 0 2 0 9 0 .158 .211
Bobby Crosby 145 556 66 132 .237 7 61 47 96 7 .296 .349
Aaron Cunningham 22 80 7 20 .250 1 14 6 24 2 .310 .400
Jack Cust 148 481 77 111 .231 33 77 111 197 0 .375 .476
Rajai Davis 101 196 28 51 .260 3 19 7 34 25 .288 .372
Chris Denorfia 29 62 10 18 .290 1 9 6 16 2 .362 .387
Mark Ellis 117 442 55 103 .233 12 41 53 65 14 .321 .373
Jeff Fiorentino 2 1 0 1 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000
Carlos González 85 302 31 73 .242 4 26 13 81 4 .273 .361
Jack Hannahan 143 436 48 95 .218 9 47 55 131 2 .305 .342
Dan Johnson 1 1 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Donnie Murphy 46 103 10 19 .184 3 13 11 38 2 .274 .301
Matt Murton 9 30 1 3 .100 0 2 1 7 0 .129 .133
Eric Patterson 30 92 11 16 .174 0 8 12 24 8 .269 .207
Cliff Pennington 36 99 14 24 .242 0 9 13 18 4 .339 .293
Gregorio Petit 14 23 4 8 .348 0 0 2 9 0 .400 .435
Kurt Suzuki 148 530 54 148 .279 7 42 44 69 2 .346 .370
Mike Sweeney 42 126 13 36 .286 2 12 7 6 0 .331 .397
Ryan Sweeney 115 384 53 110 .286 5 45 38 67 9 .350 .383
Frank Thomas 55 186 20 49 .263 5 19 28 44 0 .364 .387
Joe Blanton 1 1 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000
Justin Duchscherer 2 6 0 0 .000 0 0 0 6 0 .000 .000
Dana Eveland 2 4 0 1 .250 0 0 1 2 0 .400 .250
Rich Harden 2 4 0 1 .250 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .250
Greg Smith 2 2 0 1 .500 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .500
Team Totals16154516461318.242125610574122688.318.369

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB= Walks; SO = Strikeouts

Player G GS IP W L ERA BB SO
Joe Blanton 20 20 127.0 5 12 4.96 35 62
Dallas Braden 19 10 71.2 5 4 4.14 25 41
Justin Duchscherer 22 22 141.2 10 8 2.54 34 95
Dana Eveland 29 29 168.0 9 9 4.34 77 118
Sean Gallagher 11 11 56.2 2 3 5.88 36 54
Gio González 10 7 34.0 1 4 7.68 25 34
Rich Harden 13 13 77.0 5 1 2.34 31 92
Josh Outman 6 4 25.2 1 2 4.56 8 19
Greg Smith 32 32 190.1 7 16 4.16 87 111

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player G GS IP W L SV ERA BB SO
Jerry Blevins 36 0 37.2 1 3 0 3.11 13 35
Andrew Brown 31 0 35.0 1 0 0 3.09 21 28
Kiko Calero 5 0 4.2 0 0 0 3.86 3 7
Santiago Casilla 51 0 50.1 2 1 2 3.93 20 43
Joey Devine 42 0 45.2 6 1 1 0.59 15 49
Lenny DiNardo 11 2 23.0 1 2 0 7.43 13 12
Alan Embree 70 0 61.2 2 5 0 4.96 30 57
Keith Foulke 31 0 31.0 0 3 1 4.06 13 23
Chad Gaudin 26 6 62.2 5 3 0 3.59 17 44
Jeff Gray 5 0 4.2 0 0 0 7.71 1 4
Fernando Hernández 3 0 3.0 1 0 0 18.00 5 2
Dan Meyer 11 4 27.2 0 4 0 7.48 14 20
Kirk Saarloos 8 1 26.1 1 0 0 5.47 4 12
Huston Street 63 0 70.0 7 5 18 3.73 27 69
Brad Ziegler 47 0 59.2 3 0 11 1.06 22 30
Team Pitching Totals1611611435.07586334.015761061

Roster
2008 Oakland Athletics
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Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Sacramento River Cats Pacific Coast League Todd Steverson
AA Midland RockHounds Texas League Webster Garrison
A Stockton Ports California League Darren Bush
A Kane County Cougars Midwest League Aaron Nieckula
A-Short Season Vancouver Canadians Northwest League Rick Magnante
Rookie AZL Athletics Arizona League Ruben Escalera

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Sacramento, Stockton

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