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Athletics OAK

198676–86 (0.469)
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GM: Sandy Alderson

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1986, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

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Front Office

PoorAverageGreat
Value
Payroll $M
$10M
Surplus $M
-1
Win %
0.469
TAB
-1.2
WAB
-4.0
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
31.2
Dead money %
44%
Depth Players
7.0
Dead WAR
-4.4

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1986 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

BMickey Tettleton89
LJerry Willard71
RBill Bathe39
RTerry Steinbach5

1B

LBruce Bochte115
RCarney Lansford59
RDave Kingman3
RDusty Baker Jr.3
LRob Nelson2

2B

BTony Phillips87
BDonnie Hill68
RMike Gallego19
RLenn Sakata16
RCarney Lansford1
BRick Peters1

3B

RCarney Lansford100
BDonnie Hill32
BTony Phillips31
RMark McGwire16
RMike Gallego2
LWayne Gross1

SS

BAlfredo Griffin162
BDonnie Hill2
RMike Gallego1
BTony Phillips1

LF

RJosé Canseco124
RDusty Baker Jr.36
BRick Peters19
RRusty Tillman8
RSteve Henderson7
BStan Javier3

CF

LDwayne Murphy97
BStan Javier49
LMike Davis34
BRick Peters7
BTony Phillips4

RF

LMike Davis120
RJosé Canseco46
RDusty Baker Jr.20
RRusty Tillman10
BRick Peters1

DH

RDave Kingman139
RDusty Baker Jr.15
RCarney Lansford3
BDonnie Hill1
LJerry Willard1
RJosé Canseco1
LRob Nelson1
BTony Phillips1

Starters

LCurt Young2.8 WAR
RJose Rijo1.7 WAR
RMoose Haas1.6 WAR
RDave Stewart⇄1.5 WAR
RBill Mooneyham0.7 WAR
RJoaquin Andujar0.3 WAR
LBill Krueger-0.1 WAR
RChris Codiroli-0.1 WAR
RRick Rodriguez-0.3 WAR
RRick Langford-0.4 WAR
REric Plunk-0.5 WAR

Bullpen

★ RJay Howell16 sv
RSteve Ontiveros0 h
LDave Leiper0 h
RDoug Bair0 h
LDave Von Ohlen0 h
RKeith Atherton⇄0 h
LBill Krueger0 h
RTom Dozier0 h

Each position shows its top 3 by games (top = starter) — click "+more" for the rest. The letter is bats/throws; ⇄ marks a player traded mid-season. Starters are ranked by WAR, bullpen by holds; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

Key additions (new vs 1985)

PlayerfWAR
Moose Haas1.6
Dave Stewart1.5
Jerry Willard0.8
Bill Mooneyham0.7
Stan Javier0.6
Doug Bair0.4

Key subtractions (gone from 1985)

Player1985 fWAR
Don Sutton2.8
Mike Heath2.6
Dave Collins0.9
Charlie O'Brien0.2
Steve Mura0.2
Tommy John0.1

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Athletics. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 1986; everyone else is shown as a 1986 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Dwayne Murphy 1986 +3.7 +53.5 0.9 +52.6 $0.2M 1.79× –
Mike Davis 1986 +3.5 +50.3 0.6 +49.7 $0.2M 1.79× –
Curt Young 1986 +2.8 +44.5 0.1 +44.4 $0.0M 1.96× –
Tony Phillips 1986 +4.0 +38.4 0.3 +38.1 $0.1M 1.20× –
Jose Canseco 1986 +2.9 +36.6 0.1 +36.6 $0.0M 1.60× –
Carney Lansford 1986 +3.0 +26.5 1.2 +25.3 $0.4M 1.12× –
Jose Rijo 1986 +1.7 +20.1 0.1 +20.1 $0.1M 1.49× –
Alfredo Griffin 1986 +2.4 +17.3 0.6 +16.8 $0.2M 0.89× –
Dave Stewart↔ 1986 +1.5 +12.0 0.0 +12.0 $0.0M 1.02× –
Jay Howell 1986 +0.9 +9.8 0.5 +9.2 $0.6M 1.34× –
Donnie Hill 1986 +1.5 +6.7 0.2 +6.4 $0.1M 0.56× –
Mickey Tettleton 1986 +1.3 +5.3 0.1 +5.2 $0.1M 0.52× –
Bill Mooneyham 1986 +0.7 +3.9 0.1 +3.9 $0.1M 0.67× –
Jerry Willard 1986 +0.8 +3.2 0.1 +3.1 $0.1M 0.52× –
Bruce Bochte 1986 +0.8 +3.4 0.6 +2.9 $0.7M 0.56× –
Doug Bair 1986 +0.4 +2.0 0.1 +1.9 $0.3M 0.67× –
Joaquin Andujar 1986 +0.3 +2.8 1.2 +1.6 $3.6M 1.02× –
Lenn Sakata 1986 +0.3 +1.5 0.1 +1.5 $0.2M 0.56× –
Steve Ontiveros 1986 +0.1 +1.2 0.1 +1.1 $0.8M 1.34× –
Wayne Gross 1986 -0.0 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 – 0.58× –
Rusty Tillman 1986 -0.0 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 – 0.83× –
Dusty Baker Jr. 1986 -0.0 -0.1 0.5 -0.6 – 0.83× –
Bill Krueger 1986 -0.1 -0.5 0.2 -0.7 – 0.67× –
Keith Atherton↔ 1986 -0.2 -1.0 0.0 -1.0 – 0.67× –
Chris Codiroli 1986 -0.1 -0.9 0.3 -1.2 – 1.02× –
Mark McGwire 1986 -0.3 -1.4 0.1 -1.4 – 0.58× –
Dave Leiper 1986 -0.3 -1.6 0.1 -1.6 – 0.67× –
Eric Plunk 1986 -0.5 -3.8 0.1 -3.9 – 1.02× –
Steve Henderson 1986 -0.6 -3.8 0.2 -4.0 – 0.83× –
Rick Langford 1986 -0.4 -3.6 0.5 -4.1 – 1.02× –
Dave Kingman 1986 -0.8 -4.5 0.7 -5.2 – 0.69× –
Bill Bathe 1986 -0.2 -1.0 – – – 0.52× –
Darrel Akerfelds 1986 -0.1 -0.7 – – – 0.67× –
Dave Vonohlen 1986 +0.2 +1.0 – – – 0.67× –
Fernando Arroyo 1986 +0.0 +0.0 – – – 0.67× –
Mike Gallego 1986 +0.4 +1.6 – – – 0.56× –
Moose Haas 1986 +1.6 +19.0 – – – 1.49× –
Rick Peters 1986 -0.1 -0.6 – – – 0.83× –
Rick Rodriguez 1986 -0.3 -2.4 – – – 1.02× –
Rob Nelson 1986 -0.1 -0.5 – – – 0.56× –
Stan Javier 1986 +0.6 +4.0 – – – 0.83× –
Terry Steinbach 1986 +0.2 +0.8 – – – 0.52× –
Tim Birtsas 1986 -0.1 -0.7 – – – 0.67× –
Tom Dozier 1986 -0.1 -0.4 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+31.3+337.89.9+308.4—

Trades

Every graded 1986 deal involving the Athletics — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 7 total.

1986 · OAK / MIL
OAK · Sandy Alderson +$3.2M
Moose Haas
MIL · Harry Dalton −$3.2M
Steve Kiefer, Mike Fulmer, Pete Kendrick, Charlie O'Brien
OAK came out ahead by $3.2M
1986 · SDP / OAK
SDP · Jack McKeon +$0.8M
Bob Stoddard, Kevin Russ
OAK · Sandy Alderson −$0.8M
Rusty Tillman
SDP came out ahead by $0.8M
1986 · OAK / MIN
OAK · Sandy Alderson +$9.6M
Eric Broersma
MIN · Andy MacPhail −$9.6M
Keith Atherton
OAK came out ahead by $9.6M
1986 · CHC / OAK
CHC · Dallas Green +$0.0M
Bill Bathe
OAK · Sandy Alderson +$0.0M
Joe Hicks
Even trade
1986 · OAK / WSN
OAK · Sandy Alderson +$1.6M
Mike Fuentes
WSN · Murray Cook −$1.6M
Tom Romano
OAK came out ahead by $1.6M
1986 · OAK / CHW
OAK · Sandy Alderson +$0.8M
Gene Nelson, Bruce Tanner
CHW · Ken Harrelson −$0.8M
Donnie Hill
OAK came out ahead by $0.8M
1986 · OAK / CHC
OAK · Sandy Alderson +$2.4M
John Cox, Gary Jones
CHC · Dallas Green −$2.4M
Phil Stephenson, Bob Bathe
OAK came out ahead by $2.4M

Current & Historical Payroll

1986 payroll
$9.6M

What the front office was committed to as of 1986, 1986–1992. Pre-2015 has no contract-terms data — forward italic $ are realized actuals (hindsight, not commitments known then). Control labels (ARB/FA) are point-in-time.

current $ guaranteed $ actual $ (hindsight) arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent

Guaranteed / signed (16)

PlayerAgeSvc1986198719881989199019911992
Joaquin Andujar3310.000$1.2M$1.4MFREE AGENT
Carney Lansford298.000$1.2M$1.3M$1.3M$1.4M$1.3M$1.3M$1.1M
Dwayne Murphy318.000$900k$759kFREE AGENT
Dave Kingman3715.000$730kFREE AGENT
Mike Davis276.000$600k$780kFREE AGENT
Alfredo Griffin2810.000$578k$608kFREE AGENT
Bruce Bochte3512.000$572kFREE AGENT
Jay Howell306.000$530k$530kFREE AGENT
Rick Langford3410.000$500kFREE AGENT
Dusty Baker Jr.3718.000$475kFREE AGENT
Steve Henderson339.000$200k$75kFREE AGENT
Doug Bair3610.000$96kFREE AGENT
Lenn Sakata329.000$75kFREE AGENT
Wayne Gross3410.000$60kFREE AGENT
Dave Stewart298.000$47k$550k$600k$1.2M$950k$3.2M$3.2M
Moose Haas3010.000—$579kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (7)

PlayerAgeSvc1986198719881989199019911992
Tony Phillips274.000$301kARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Codiroli284.000$270kARB 3FREE AGENT
Donnie Hill253.000$218kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bill Krueger283.000$195kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Curt Young263.000$79kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rusty Tillman254.000$60kARB 3FREE AGENT
Keith Atherton273.000$40kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (21)

PlayerAgeSvc1986198719881989199019911992
Mickey Tettleton252.000$95kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Steve Ontiveros251.000$88kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jose Rijo212.000$85kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jerry Willard262.000$80kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jose Canseco211.000$75kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bill Mooneyham250.000$60kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dave Leiper242.000$60kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark McGwire220.000$60kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eric Plunk220.000$60kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Darrel Akerfelds240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Fernando Arroyo34–—
Bill Bathe250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tim Birtsas251.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tom Dozier24–—
Mike Gallego251.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Stan Javier222.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rob Nelson220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rick Peters30–—
Rick Rodriguez25–—
Terry Steinbach240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dave Vonohlen27–—

Graphs

How each 1986 acquisition stacked onto Athletics's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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