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Athletics OAK

199567–77 (0.465)
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GM: Sandy Alderson

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1995, 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
$36M
Surplus $M
-12
Win %
0.465
TAB
-7.0
WAB
-6.7
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
25.0
Dead money %
22%
Depth Players
7.0
Dead WAR
-5.7

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1995 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RTerry Steinbach111
LEric Helfand36
BGeorge Williams13
RBrian Harper2

1B

RMark McGwire91
LJason Giambi26
RScott Brosius18
RCraig Paquette3
RTerry Steinbach2
BBrent Gates1

2B

BBrent Gates132
RMike Gallego18
RScott Brosius3

3B

RCraig Paquette75
RScott Brosius60
LJason Giambi30
RMike Gallego12
BStan Javier1

SS

RMike Bordick126
RMike Gallego14
RCraig Paquette8
RFausto Cruz8
RScott Brosius3

LF

RRickey Henderson90
BStan Javier32
RCraig Paquette18
RGerónimo Berroa17
RScott Brosius8
RErnie Young7
LAndy Tomberlin5

CF

BStan Javier101
LJose Herrera22
RScott Brosius22
LAndy Tomberlin18
RErnie Young7
LMike Aldrete⇄1

RF

RGerónimo Berroa54
RScott Brosius22
LAndy Tomberlin20
RErnie Young10
RDanny Tartabull⇄6
LMike Aldrete⇄6
LJose Herrera5
RCraig Paquette2
BStan Javier1

DH

RGerónimo Berroa72
RRickey Henderson18
RDanny Tartabull⇄18
RMark McGwire10
BGeorge Williams10
BBrent Gates3
LJason Giambi2

Starters

RTodd Stottlemyre4.0 WAR
RSteve Ontiveros2.4 WAR
RTodd Van Poppel1.8 WAR
RDave Stewart0.7 WAR
RRon Darling0.7 WAR
RAriel Prieto0.6 WAR
LDoug Johns0.4 WAR
RJohn Wasdin-0.1 WAR
RCarlos Reyes-0.1 WAR
LSteve Wojciechowski-0.2 WAR
RMike Harkey⇄-0.2 WAR

Bullpen

★ RDennis Eckersley29 sv
LRick Honeycutt⇄0 h
RMark Acre0 h
RCarlos Reyes0 h
RJim Corsi0 h
LMike Mohler0 h
LDave Leiper⇄0 h
RDon Wengert0 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 1994)

PlayerfWAR
Todd Stottlemyre4.0
Jason Giambi0.7
Dave Stewart0.7
Ariel Prieto0.6
George Williams0.5
Doug Johns0.4

Key subtractions (gone from 1994)

Player1994 fWAR
Troy Neel1.2
Bobby Witt0.9
Steve Karsay0.7
Billy Taylor0.7
Vince Horsman0.3
Eric Fox0.1

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 1995; everyone else is shown as a 1995 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Todd Stottlemyre 1995 +4.0 +70.9 2.0 +68.9 $0.5M 2.19× –
Mark McGwire 1995 +5.0 +54.9 6.9 +48.0 $1.4M 1.37× –
Rickey Henderson 1995 +2.6 +33.2 3.8 +29.4 $1.5M 1.60× –
Steve Ontiveros 1995 +2.4 +28.1 1.0 +27.1 $0.4M 1.49× –
Stan Javier 1995 +2.2 +21.8 0.7 +21.0 $0.3M 1.22× –
Terry Steinbach 1995 +2.7 +21.5 4.2 +17.3 $1.6M 1.00× –
Mike Bordick 1995 +2.1 +15.2 1.4 +13.8 $0.6M 0.89× –
Todd Van Poppel 1995 +1.8 +14.2 0.4 +13.8 $0.2M 0.98× –
Dennis Eckersley 1995 +0.9 +9.9 2.9 +7.1 $3.1M 1.34× –
Geronimo Berroa 1995 +1.1 +6.1 0.2 +5.8 $0.2M 0.69× –
Dave Stewart 1995 +0.7 +6.0 1.0 +5.0 $1.4M 1.02× –
Ariel Prieto 1995 +0.6 +5.0 0.1 +4.9 $0.2M 1.02× –
Brent Gates 1995 +1.0 +4.4 0.2 +4.2 $0.2M 0.56× –
Jason Giambi 1995 +0.7 +3.4 0.1 +3.3 $0.1M 0.58× –
Doug Johns 1995 +0.4 +3.0 0.1 +2.9 $0.3M 1.02× –
Ron Darling 1995 +0.7 +5.4 3.0 +2.4 $4.5M 1.02× –
Mike Aldrete↔ 1995 +0.3 +2.3 0.3 +2.0 $1.0M 0.83× –
Rick Honeycutt↔ 1995 +0.3 +1.8 0.2 +1.6 $0.6M 0.67× –
Jim Corsi 1995 +0.3 +1.5 0.2 +1.2 $0.9M 0.67× –
Mike Mohler 1995 +0.2 +1.3 0.1 +1.1 $0.5M 0.67× –
Don Wengert 1995 +0.0 +0.3 0.1 +0.2 $2.2M 0.67× –
Mark Acre 1995 +0.0 +0.2 0.1 +0.1 $2.8M 0.67× –
John Wasdin 1995 -0.1 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 – 0.67× –
Jose Herrera 1995 -0.1 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 – 0.83× –
Scott Brosius 1995 -0.0 -0.1 0.2 -0.4 – 0.58× –
Carlos Reyes 1995 -0.1 -0.5 0.1 -0.7 – 0.67× –
Eric Helfand 1995 -0.2 -1.0 0.1 -1.1 – 0.52× –
Ernie Young 1995 -0.2 -1.0 0.1 -1.2 – 0.83× –
Dave Leiper↔ 1995 -0.2 -1.2 0.1 -1.3 – 0.67× –
Steve Wojciechowski 1995 -0.2 -1.4 0.1 -1.6 – 1.02× –
Mike Harkey↔ 1995 -0.2 -1.6 0.2 -1.8 – 1.02× –
Danny Tartabull↔ 1995 -0.1 -0.5 1.5 -2.1 – 0.69× –
John Briscoe 1995 -0.5 -2.5 0.1 -2.7 – 0.67× –
Mike Gallego 1995 -0.6 -2.9 0.3 -3.2 – 0.56× –
Craig Paquette 1995 -1.0 -4.7 0.1 -4.9 – 0.58× –
Andy Tomberlin 1995 -0.8 -5.2 0.1 -5.4 – 0.83× –
Ruben Sierra↔ 1995 -0.9 -6.2 3.4 -9.6 – 0.83× –
Brian Harper 1995 -0.2 -0.7 – – – 0.52× –
Chris Eddy 1995 -0.0 -0.1 – – – 0.67× –
Fausto Cruz 1995 -0.2 -1.1 – – – 0.61× –
George Williams 1995 +0.5 +1.9 – – – 0.52× –
Ramon Fermin 1995 -0.0 -0.0 – – – 0.67× –
Scott Baker 1995 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.67× –
Steve Phoenix 1995 -0.1 -0.5 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+24.8+280.335.6+244.3—

Trades

Every graded 1995 deal involving the Athletics — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 4 total.

1995 · OAK / NYY
OAK · Sandy Alderson +$44.8M
Danny Tartabull
NYY · Gene Michael −$44.8M
Rubén Sierra, Jason Beverlin
OAK came out ahead by $44.8M
1995 · OAK / WSN
OAK · Sandy Alderson +$0.8M
Kevin Northrup
WSN · Kevin Malone −$0.8M
Dave Leiper
OAK came out ahead by $0.8M
1995 · OAK / LAD
OAK · Sandy Alderson +$0.0M
Todd Williams
LAD · Fred Claire +$0.0M
Matt McDonald
Even trade
1995 · OAK / ANA
OAK · Sandy Alderson +$5.6M
Demond Smith
ANA · Bill Bavasi −$5.6M
Mike Aldrete
OAK came out ahead by $5.6M

Current & Historical Payroll

1995 payroll
$36.0M

What the front office was committed to as of 1995, 1995–2001. 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)

PlayerAgeSvc1995199619971998199920002001
Mark McGwire319.000$6.9M$7.0M$4.8MFREE AGENT
Terry Steinbach339.000$4.2M$4.2MFREE AGENT
Rickey Henderson3616.000$3.8MFREE AGENT$1.1M
Ruben Sierra299.000$3.4MFREE AGENT
Ron Darling3412.000$3.0MFREE AGENT
Dennis Eckersley4020.000$2.9MFREE AGENT
Todd Stottlemyre307.000$2.0MFREE AGENT
Danny Tartabull3211.000$1.5MFREE AGENT
Dave Stewart3817.000$1.0MFREE AGENT
Steve Ontiveros3410.000$965kFREE AGENT
Stan Javier3111.000$722kFREE AGENT
Mike Aldrete349.000$331kFREE AGENT
Mike Gallego3410.000$300kFREE AGENT
Jim Corsi337.000$239k$450kFREE AGENT
Geronimo Berroa306.000$235k$1.1M$1.8MFREE AGENT
Rick Honeycutt4118.000$188kFREE AGENT
Mike Harkey287.000$175kFREE AGENT
Dave Leiper3311.000$94kFREE AGENT
Brian Harper3516.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (4)

PlayerAgeSvc1995199619971998199920002001
Mike Bordick295.000$1.4MFREE AGENT
Todd Van Poppel234.000$397kARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Brosius284.000$235kARB 3FREE AGENT
John Briscoe274.000$150kARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (21)

PlayerAgeSvc1995199619971998199920002001
Brent Gates252.000$190kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Craig Paquette262.000$145kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Carlos Reyes261.000$130kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Andy Tomberlin282.000$129kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Mohler262.000$125kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark Acre261.000$120kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eric Helfand262.000$112kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ernie Young251.000$111kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ariel Prieto250.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Doug Johns270.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jose Herrera220.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Giambi240.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Don Wengert250.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Wasdin220.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Steve Wojciechowski240.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Baker25–—
Fausto Cruz23–—
Chris Eddy25–—
Ramon Fermin22–—
Steve Phoenix27–—
George Williams260.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 1995 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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