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Athletics OAK

1990103–59 (0.636)Lost World Series
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GM: Sandy Alderson

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1990, 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
$20M
Surplus $M
+2
Win %
0.636
TAB
+14.4
WAB
+18.7
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
50.9
Dead money %
14%
Depth Players
7.0
Dead WAR
-2.3

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1990 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RTerry Steinbach83
LRon Hassey59
LJamie Quirk37
RTroy Afenir12

1B

RMark McGwire154
LJamie Quirk8
LDann Howitt5
RCarney Lansford5
LDoug Jennings4
LRon Hassey3
RTerry Steinbach3
RLance Blankenship1

2B

RWillie Randolph⇄110
RMike Gallego83
RLance Blankenship20
RMike Bordick7
RScott Hemond1

3B

RCarney Lansford126
RLance Blankenship28
RMike Gallego27
RMike Bordick10
LJamie Quirk8
RScott Hemond7
LDann Howitt1

SS

BWalt Weiss137
RMike Gallego38
RMike Bordick9

LF

RRickey Henderson118
LDoug Jennings33
RLance Blankenship10
RSteve Howard4
RDarren Lewis3
RDave Henderson1
ROzzie Canseco1

CF

RDave Henderson110
BWillie McGee⇄29
RDarren Lewis16
RSteve Howard3
RLance Blankenship1

RF

RJosé Canseco88
RLance Blankenship17
LDoug Jennings15
LDann Howitt11
RSteve Howard8
RDarren Lewis5
RDave Henderson5
LJamie Quirk1
RMike Gallego1
ROzzie Canseco1

DH

RJosé Canseco41
LHarold Baines⇄32
LKen Phelps⇄32
RTerry Steinbach21
RRickey Henderson14
LRon Hassey11
RSteve Howard6
LDoug Jennings6
RCarney Lansford5
BFelix Jose⇄5
RWillie Randolph⇄5
RDave Henderson4
ROzzie Canseco2
BStan Javier⇄1

Starters

RDave Stewart4.9 WAR
RBob Welch1.8 WAR
RScott Sanderson1.4 WAR
RMike Moore1.3 WAR
RTodd Burns-0.1 WAR
RReggie Harris-0.1 WAR
LCurt Young-0.3 WAR

Bullpen

★ RDennis Eckersley48 sv
LRick Honeycutt0 h
RGene Nelson0 h
RTodd Burns0 h
LJoe Klink0 h
RReggie Harris0 h
RMike Norris0 h
RSteve Chitren0 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 1989)

PlayerfWAR
Willie Randolph1.8
Scott Sanderson1.4
Willie McGee0.6
Darren Lewis0.4
Steve Chitren0.4
Harold Baines0.4

Key subtractions (gone from 1989)

Player1989 fWAR
Tony Phillips2.2
Dave Parker1.0
Luis Polonia0.8
Storm Davis0.5
Eric Plunk0.3
Jim Corsi0.3

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 1990; everyone else is shown as a 1990 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Rickey Henderson 1990 +10.2 +167.2 2.4 +164.8 $0.2M 2.05× –
Dave Stewart 1990 +4.9 +85.0 0.9 +84.1 $0.2M 2.19× –
Jose Canseco 1990 +5.2 +84.7 2.0 +82.7 $0.4M 2.05× –
Dennis Eckersley 1990 +3.2 +65.8 0.8 +65.0 $0.2M 2.57× –
Dave Henderson 1990 +4.4 +63.5 0.8 +62.6 $0.2M 1.79× –
Mark McGwire 1990 +5.7 +62.6 1.5 +61.1 $0.3M 1.37× –
Walt Weiss 1990 +3.6 +38.1 0.2 +37.9 $0.1M 1.32× –
Bob Welch 1990 +1.8 +22.0 1.1 +20.8 $0.6M 1.49× –
Felix Jose↔ 1990 +1.7 +13.5 0.1 +13.4 $0.0M 1.01× –
Willie Randolph↔ 1990 +1.8 +11.9 0.7 +11.2 $0.4M 0.82× –
Scott Sanderson 1990 +1.4 +11.3 0.8 +10.5 $0.5M 1.02× –
Mike Moore 1990 +1.3 +10.7 1.2 +9.5 $0.9M 1.02× –
Rick Honeycutt 1990 +0.8 +8.8 0.8 +8.0 $0.9M 1.34× –
Gene Nelson 1990 +0.6 +6.1 0.7 +5.5 $1.1M 1.34× –
Willie McGee↔ 1990 +0.6 +4.2 0.3 +3.9 $0.5M 0.83× –
Jamie Quirk 1990 +0.8 +3.5 0.1 +3.4 $0.2M 0.52× –
Mike Gallego 1990 +0.7 +3.3 0.5 +2.8 $0.7M 0.56× –
Darren Lewis 1990 +0.4 +2.8 0.1 +2.7 $0.2M 0.83× –
Terry Steinbach 1990 +0.8 +3.5 0.8 +2.7 $0.9M 0.52× –
Stan Javier↔ 1990 +0.4 +1.9 0.0 +1.9 $0.1M 0.69× –
Dann Howitt 1990 +0.3 +1.8 0.1 +1.7 $0.4M 0.83× –
Harold Baines↔ 1990 +0.4 +2.0 0.3 +1.7 $0.7M 0.69× –
Carney Lansford 1990 +0.6 +2.9 1.3 +1.6 $2.0M 0.58× –
Ron Hassey 1990 +0.5 +2.2 0.7 +1.5 $1.3M 0.52× –
Mike Norris 1990 +0.3 +1.5 0.1 +1.4 $0.4M 0.67× –
Joe Klink 1990 +0.2 +0.9 0.1 +0.8 $0.6M 0.67× –
Lance Blankenship 1990 +0.1 +0.4 0.1 +0.3 $1.3M 0.58× –
Dave Otto 1990 -0.0 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 – 0.67× –
Troy Afenir 1990 -0.1 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 – 0.52× –
Reggie Harris 1990 -0.1 -0.5 0.1 -0.6 – 0.67× –
Scott Hemond 1990 -0.1 -0.6 0.1 -0.7 – 0.58× –
Todd Burns 1990 -0.1 -0.5 0.2 -0.7 – 0.67× –
Ozzie Canseco 1990 -0.3 -1.5 0.1 -1.6 – 0.69× –
Ken Phelps↔ 1990 -0.3 -1.5 0.5 -1.9 – 0.69× –
Curt Young 1990 -0.3 -2.1 0.7 -2.8 – 1.02× –
Steve Howard 1990 -0.5 -3.1 0.1 -3.2 – 0.83× –
Doug Jennings 1990 -0.5 -3.4 0.1 -3.5 – 0.83× –
Joe Bitker↔ 1990 +0.0 +0.2 – – – 0.67× –
Mike Bordick 1990 -0.1 -0.4 – – – 0.58× –
Steve Chitren 1990 +0.4 +2.2 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+50.7+670.520.6+647.9—

Trades

Every graded 1990 deal involving the Athletics — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 4 total.

1990 · LAD / OAK
LAD · Fred Claire +$1.6M
Stan Javier
OAK · Sandy Alderson −$1.6M
Willie Randolph
LAD came out ahead by $1.6M
1990 · TEX / OAK
TEX · Tom Grieve +$10.4M
Joe Bitker, Scott Chiamparino
OAK · Sandy Alderson −$10.4M
Harold Baines
TEX came out ahead by $10.4M
1990 · SFG / OAK
SFG · Al Rosen +$9.6M
Darren Lewis, Pedro Pena
OAK · Sandy Alderson −$9.6M
Ernie Riles
SFG came out ahead by $9.6M
1990 · STL / OAK
STL · Dal Maxvill +$56.8M
Félix José, Stan Royer, Daryl Green
OAK · Sandy Alderson −$56.8M
Willie McGee
STL came out ahead by $56.8M

Current & Historical Payroll

1990 payroll
$20.5M

What the front office was committed to as of 1990, 1990–1996. 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 (19)

PlayerAgeSvc1990199119921993199419951996
Rickey Henderson3111.000$2.4M$3.2M$3.2M$2.4M$4.8M$3.8MFREE AGENT
Carney Lansford3312.000$1.3M$1.3M$1.1MFREE AGENT
Mike Moore308.000$1.2M$1.6M$3.5MFREE AGENT
Bob Welch3312.000$1.1M$3.5M$3.5M$3.5M$3.5MFREE AGENT
Dave Stewart3312.000$950k$3.2M$3.2MFREE AGENT$1.0M
Dave Henderson319.000$850k$2.5M$2.6M$2.2MFREE AGENT
Dennis Eckersley3515.000$788k$3.0M$3.1M$3.8M$3.8M$2.9MFREE AGENT
Rick Honeycutt3613.000$750k$1.4M$1.4M$725kFREE AGENT$188k
Scott Sanderson3312.000$750kFREE AGENT
Ron Hassey3712.000$700kFREE AGENT
Willie Randolph3515.000$684kFREE AGENT
Curt Young307.000$675k$775kFREE AGENT$325k
Gene Nelson299.000$650k$1.1M$1.2MFREE AGENT
Ken Phelps3510.000$471kFREE AGENT
Willie McGee318.000$282kFREE AGENT
Harold Baines3110.000$271k$1.4M$1.6MFREE AGENT
Jamie Quirk3515.000$150k$500k$525kFREE AGENT
Mike Norris3515.000$100kFREE AGENT
Stan Javier266.000$48kFREE AGENT$650k$722k

Arbitration-eligible (8)

PlayerAgeSvc1990199119921993199419951996
Jose Canseco255.000$2.0MFREE AGENT
Mark McGwire264.000$1.5MARB 3FREE AGENT
Terry Steinbach284.000$750kARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Gallego295.000$500kFREE AGENT
Walt Weiss263.000$235kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dave Otto253.000$102kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Troy Afenir263.000$100kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joe Klink283.000$100kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (13)

PlayerAgeSvc1990199119921993199419951996
Todd Burns262.000$235kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Lance Blankenship262.000$105kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Doug Jennings252.000$103kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Reggie Harris210.000$100kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Hemond241.000$100kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Steve Howard260.000$100kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ozzie Canseco250.000$100kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dann Howitt261.000$100kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Darren Lewis220.000$100kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Felix Jose252.000$82kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joe Bitker26–—
Mike Bordick240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Steve Chitren230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 1990 acquisition stacked onto Athletics's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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