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Athletics OAK

199296–66 (0.593)Made Playoffs
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GM: Sandy Alderson

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1992, 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
$42M
Surplus $M
-12
Win %
0.593
TAB
+2.3
WAB
+9.8
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
40.6
Dead money %
19%
Depth Players
8.0
Dead WAR
-3.5

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1992 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RTerry Steinbach124
LJamie Quirk59
RHenry Mercedes9

1B

RMark McGwire139
RCarney Lansford18
LJamie Quirk9
RLance Blankenship7
RTerry Steinbach5
LDann Howitt⇄4
RRandy Ready4
RScott Brosius3
LTroy Neel2

2B

RMike Bordick95
RLance Blankenship78
BJerry Browne19
RRandy Ready4

3B

RCarney Lansford119
BJerry Browne58
RScott Brosius12
RRandy Ready7
LJamie Quirk2

SS

BWalt Weiss103
RMike Bordick70
RScott Hemond⇄3
RCarney Lansford1
BJerry Browne1
RScott Brosius1

LF

RRickey Henderson108
RRandy Ready22
RLance Blankenship22
BEric Fox20
BJerry Browne17
LTroy Neel9
LHarold Baines6
RScott Brosius4
LMike Kingery2

CF

BWillie Wilson118
BJerry Browne23
BEric Fox19
RLance Blankenship16
RDave Henderson9
LMike Kingery6
LDann Howitt⇄5

RF

BRuben Sierra⇄26
RLance Blankenship20
RScott Brosius19
LHarold Baines17
BEric Fox16
BJerry Browne6
RDave Henderson3
BWillie Wilson3
LMike Kingery2
RRandy Ready2
RScott Hemond⇄1

DH

LHarold Baines110
RJose Canseco⇄97
RRandy Ready10
LTroy Neel8
RRickey Henderson5
RDave Henderson3
RTerry Steinbach2
LDann Howitt⇄1
RCarney Lansford1
BJerry Browne1
BRuben Sierra⇄1

Starters

RRon Darling2.5 WAR
RMike Moore1.4 WAR
RDave Stewart1.2 WAR
RBob Welch0.6 WAR
RKelly Downs⇄0.4 WAR
RBobby Witt⇄0.4 WAR
RJohn Briscoe-0.0 WAR
RKevin Campbell-0.1 WAR
RGene Nelson-0.1 WAR
RJoe Slusarski-0.6 WAR

Bullpen

★ RDennis Eckersley51 sv
RJeff Parrett0 h
LVince Horsman0 h
LRick Honeycutt0 h
RJim Corsi0 h
RRich Gossage0 h
RGene Nelson0 h
RJeff Russell⇄0 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 1991)

PlayerfWAR
Jerry Browne2.1
Jeff Parrett0.8
Ruben Sierra0.8
Kelly Downs0.4
Bobby Witt0.4
Jeff Russell0.2

Key subtractions (gone from 1991)

Player1991 fWAR
Mike Gallego3.4
Andy Hawkins0.7
Ernest Riles0.4
Joe Klink0.3
Eric Show0.1
Dana Allison0.1

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 1992; everyone else is shown as a 1992 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Rickey Henderson 1992 +5.6 +91.2 3.2 +87.9 $0.6M 2.05× –
Mark McGwire 1992 +6.3 +69.5 2.7 +66.8 $0.4M 1.37× –
Dennis Eckersley 1992 +3.1 +62.9 3.1 +59.7 $1.0M 2.57× –
Mike Bordick 1992 +3.8 +36.2 0.2 +36.0 $0.0M 1.20× –
Terry Steinbach 1992 +4.0 +35.7 2.0 +33.7 $0.5M 1.12× –
Lance Blankenship 1992 +3.3 +28.6 0.2 +28.4 $0.1M 1.07× –
Ron Darling 1992 +2.5 +29.5 2.2 +27.3 $0.9M 1.49× –
Willie Wilson 1992 +1.9 +18.1 1.1 +17.0 $0.6M 1.22× –
Jose Canseco↔ 1992 +1.9 +15.4 3.5 +11.9 $1.9M 1.01× –
Carney Lansford 1992 +1.9 +12.8 1.1 +11.7 $0.6M 0.85× –
Mike Moore 1992 +1.4 +11.0 3.5 +7.5 $2.6M 1.02× –
Dave Stewart 1992 +1.2 +9.4 3.2 +6.2 $2.7M 1.02× –
Ruben Sierra↔ 1992 +0.8 +5.4 0.9 +4.5 $1.1M 0.83× –
Jeff Parrett 1992 +0.8 +4.5 0.4 +4.1 $0.5M 0.67× –
Kelly Downs↔ 1992 +0.4 +3.5 0.5 +3.0 $1.0M 1.02× –
Bobby Witt↔ 1992 +0.4 +3.3 0.5 +2.8 $1.2M 1.02× –
Rick Honeycutt 1992 +0.8 +4.2 1.4 +2.8 $1.8M 0.67× –
Bob Welch 1992 +0.6 +5.1 3.5 +1.7 $5.5M 1.02× –
Jeff Russell↔ 1992 +0.2 +2.1 0.4 +1.7 $1.8M 1.34× –
Harold Baines 1992 +0.5 +2.9 1.6 +1.3 $3.0M 0.69× –
Jim Corsi 1992 +0.2 +0.8 0.1 +0.7 $0.8M 0.67× –
Randy Ready 1992 +0.1 +0.8 0.5 +0.3 $4.1M 0.83× –
Scott Brosius 1992 +0.1 +0.4 0.1 +0.3 $1.8M 0.83× –
Bruce Walton 1992 +0.0 +0.3 0.1 +0.1 $2.3M 0.67× –
Johnny Guzman 1992 +0.0 +0.0 0.1 -0.1 $33.3M 0.67× –
Scott Hemond↔ 1992 -0.1 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 – 0.61× –
Jamie Quirk 1992 -0.0 -0.2 0.5 -0.7 – 0.52× –
Kevin Campbell 1992 -0.1 -0.6 0.1 -0.7 – 0.67× –
Vince Horsman 1992 -0.1 -0.7 0.1 -0.8 – 0.67× –
Gene Nelson 1992 -0.1 -0.6 1.2 -1.9 – 0.67× –
Rich Gossage 1992 -0.3 -1.7 0.3 -2.0 – 0.67× –
Walt Weiss 1992 -0.8 -3.7 0.8 -4.5 – 0.61× –
Joe Slusarski 1992 -0.6 -5.2 0.1 -5.3 – 1.02× –
Dave Henderson 1992 -0.8 -5.2 2.6 -7.8 – 0.83× –
Dann Howitt↔ 1992 -0.1 -0.4 – – – 0.83× –
Eric Fox 1992 +0.1 +0.4 – – – 0.83× –
Henry Mercedes 1992 +0.2 +0.7 – – – 0.52× –
Jerry Browne 1992 +2.1 +14.1 – – – 0.85× –
John Briscoe 1992 -0.0 -0.4 – – – 1.02× –
Mike Kingery 1992 -0.4 -2.4 – – – 0.83× –
Mike Raczka 1992 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.67× –
Shawn Hillegas↔ 1992 -0.1 -0.4 – – – 0.67× –
Todd Revenig 1992 +0.0 +0.2 – – – 0.67× –
Troy Neel 1992 +0.1 +0.7 – – – 0.83× –
Total—+40.8+447.641.9+393.1—

Trades

Every graded 1992 deal involving the Athletics — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 3 total.

1992 · MIA / OAK
MIA · Dave Dombrowski +$14.4M
Walt Weiss
OAK · Sandy Alderson −$14.4M
Eric Helfand, Scott Baker
MIA came out ahead by $14.4M
1992 · OAK / ANA
OAK · Sandy Alderson +$6.4M
Dan Grunhard
ANA · Dan O'Brien −$6.4M
Rod Correia
OAK came out ahead by $6.4M
1992 · TEX / OAK
TEX · Tom Grieve +$91.2M
José Canseco
OAK · Sandy Alderson −$91.2M
Rubén Sierra, Jeff Russell, Bobby Witt
TEX came out ahead by $91.2M

Current & Historical Payroll

1992 payroll
$42.0M

What the front office was committed to as of 1992, 1992–1998. 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 (25)

PlayerAgeSvc1992199319941995199619971998
Jose Canseco277.000$3.5MFREE AGENT$4.2M
Mike Moore3210.000$3.5MFREE AGENT
Bob Welch3514.000$3.5M$3.5M$3.5MFREE AGENT
Rickey Henderson3313.000$3.2M$2.4M$4.8M$3.8MFREE AGENT$1.1M
Dave Stewart3514.000$3.2MFREE AGENT$1.0M
Dennis Eckersley3717.000$3.1M$3.8M$3.8M$2.9MFREE AGENT
Mark McGwire286.000$2.7M$4.0M$3.0M$6.9M$7.0M$4.8MFREE AGENT
Dave Henderson3311.000$2.6M$2.2MFREE AGENT
Ron Darling319.000$2.2M$2.2M$2.2M$3.0MFREE AGENT
Terry Steinbach306.000$2.0M$2.8M$2.8M$4.2M$4.2MFREE AGENT
Harold Baines3312.000$1.6MFREE AGENT
Rick Honeycutt3815.000$1.4M$725kFREE AGENT$188k
Gene Nelson3111.000$1.2MFREE AGENT
Carney Lansford3514.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
Willie Wilson3616.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
Ruben Sierra266.000$894k$4.2M$4.7M$3.4MFREE AGENT
Jamie Quirk3717.000$525kFREE AGENT
Randy Ready329.000$500kFREE AGENT
Bobby Witt286.000$461k$3.0M$3.2MFREE AGENT
Kelly Downs316.000$450k$675kFREE AGENT
Jeff Parrett306.000$425kFREE AGENT
Jeff Russell309.000$353kFREE AGENT
Rich Gossage4020.000$300k$325kFREE AGENT
Jerry Browne266.000—$625kFREE AGENT
Mike Kingery316.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (6)

PlayerAgeSvc1992199319941995199619971998
Walt Weiss285.000$760kFREE AGENT
Lance Blankenship284.000$205kARB 3FREE AGENT
Jim Corsi304.000$130kARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Hemond263.000$82kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Shawn Hillegas275.000—FREE AGENT
Dann Howitt283.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (13)

PlayerAgeSvc1992199319941995199619971998
Mike Bordick262.000$185kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joe Slusarski251.000$125kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Campbell271.000$116kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Brosius251.000$113kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bruce Walton291.000$111kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Johnny Guzman211.000$109kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Vince Horsman251.000$109kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Briscoe241.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eric Fox280.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Henry Mercedes220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Troy Neel260.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Raczka29–—
Todd Revenig23–—

Graphs

How each 1992 acquisition stacked onto Athletics's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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Decision-maker records extend to 1933; resource-controlled WAR and payroll metrics cover 1985–2026. Data sources include FanGraphs, Baseball-Reference, the Chadwick Bureau register, the Lahman Database, prospect rankings from Baseball America, MLB Pipeline, and FanGraphs, and public payroll records. Transaction and trade data was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Executive birth/death data via Wikidata (CC0).
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