Rosternomics
Log in Sign up 𝕏

Athletics OAK

200875–86 (0.466)
‹ Previous Next ›

GM: Billy Beane

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2008, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

to

Front Office

PoorAverageGreat
Value
Payroll $M
$54M
Surplus $M
+4
Win %
0.466
TAB
+0.6
WAB
-0.3
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
28.8
Dead money %
58%
Depth Players
7.0
Dead WAR
-5.2

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2008 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RKurt Suzuki141
BRob Bowen31

1B

LDaric Barton134
RMike Sweeney13
RWes Bankston13
LJack Hannahan10
RJeff Baisley4
REmil Brown1
BRob Bowen1
RFrank Thomas⇄1
LDan Johnson⇄1

2B

RMark Ellis115
LEric Patterson⇄16
BCliff Pennington16
RDonnie Murphy10
RGregorio Petit4
BBrooks Conrad2
RRajai Davis⇄1

3B

LJack Hannahan126
RDonnie Murphy24
LEric Chavez15
RJeff Baisley10
BCliff Pennington9
BBrooks Conrad4
LDaric Barton1

SS

RBobby Crosby145
RDonnie Murphy13
BCliff Pennington10
RGregorio Petit8

LF

LJack Cust78
REmil Brown65
RAaron Cunningham18
LEric Patterson⇄13
RChris Denorfia13
LRyan Sweeney13
LTravis Buck12
RMatt Murton⇄9
RDonnie Murphy1

CF

RRajai Davis⇄88
LCarlos González69
LRyan Sweeney51
RChris Denorfia12
LJeff Fiorentino2
REmil Brown1

RF

LRyan Sweeney75
REmil Brown55
LCarlos González36
LTravis Buck34
LJack Cust5
RChris Denorfia2
RAaron Cunningham2

DH

LJack Cust61
RFrank Thomas⇄55
RMike Sweeney19
RRajai Davis⇄8
LEric Chavez8
REmil Brown7
RChris Denorfia5
LJack Hannahan5
RWes Bankston4
RGregorio Petit2
LEric Patterson⇄1
RKurt Suzuki1
RMark Ellis1
BRob Bowen1

Starters

RJustin Duchscherer2.4 WAR
RRich Harden⇄2.4 WAR
LDana Eveland2.3 WAR
RJoe Blanton⇄1.5 WAR
LGreg Smith1.4 WAR
RChad Gaudin⇄0.7 WAR
LJosh Outman0.6 WAR
LDallas Braden0.6 WAR
RSean Gallagher⇄0.2 WAR
RKirk Saarloos0.2 WAR
LLenny DiNardo-0.2 WAR
LDan Meyer-0.2 WAR
LGio Gonzalez-0.7 WAR

Bullpen

★ RHuston Street18 sv
LAlan Embree18 h
RJoey Devine11 h
RBrad Ziegler9 h
RKeith Foulke8 h
RSantiago Casilla7 h
LJerry Blevins5 h
RAndrew Brown2 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 2007)

PlayerfWAR
Dana Eveland2.3
Ryan Sweeney2.2
Joey Devine1.5
Greg Smith1.4
Rajai Davis1.1
Carlos González1.0

Key subtractions (gone from 2007)

Player2007 fWAR
Dan Haren4.6
Nick Swisher4.0
Shannon Stewart1.0
Joe Kennedy0.5
Milton Bradley0.4
Marco Scutaro0.4

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 2008; everyone else is shown as a 2008 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Justin Duchscherer 2008 +2.4 +28.5 1.2 +27.3 $0.5M 1.49× –
Dana Eveland 2008 +2.3 +27.6 0.4 +27.2 $0.2M 1.49× –
Kurt Suzuki 2008 +3.4 +27.1 0.4 +26.7 $0.1M 1.00× –
Rich Harden↔ 2008 +2.4 +28.7 2.5 +26.2 $1.0M 1.49× –
Ryan Sweeney 2008 +2.2 +21.4 0.4 +21.0 $0.2M 1.22× –
Jack Cust 2008 +2.1 +20.8 0.4 +20.4 $0.2M 1.22× –
Mark Ellis 2008 +2.8 +24.4 5.0 +19.4 $1.8M 1.07× –
Joe Blanton↔ 2008 +1.5 +17.9 2.2 +15.7 $1.5M 1.49× –
Huston Street 2008 +1.1 +11.8 3.3 +8.5 $3.0M 1.34× –
Rajai Davis↔ 2008 +1.1 +7.5 0.4 +7.2 $0.3M 0.83× –
Travis Buck 2008 +0.9 +6.1 0.4 +5.7 $0.4M 0.83× –
Jack Hannahan 2008 +1.3 +6.0 0.4 +5.6 $0.3M 0.58× –
Brad Ziegler 2008 +0.5 +5.6 0.4 +5.2 $0.7M 1.34× –
Chad Gaudin↔ 2008 +0.7 +3.9 0.9 +3.0 $1.3M 0.67× –
Bobby Crosby 2008 +1.3 +6.5 3.5 +2.9 $2.7M 0.61× –
Jerry Blevins 2008 +0.6 +3.1 0.4 +2.7 $0.7M 0.67× –
Daric Barton 2008 +0.7 +3.0 0.4 +2.6 $0.6M 0.56× –
Santiago Casilla 2008 +0.3 +1.5 0.4 +1.1 $1.4M 0.67× –
Mike Sweeney 2008 +0.3 +1.4 0.5 +0.9 $1.9M 0.69× –
Dan Johnson↔ 2008 -0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 – 0.56× –
Donnie Murphy 2008 -0.1 -0.3 0.4 -0.7 – 0.58× –
Kiko Calero 2008 +0.1 +0.3 1.0 -0.7 $15.8M 0.67× –
Andrew Brown 2008 -0.1 -0.4 0.4 -0.8 – 0.67× –
Fernando Hernandez 2008 -0.1 -0.4 0.4 -0.8 – 0.67× –
Cliff Pennington 2008 -0.3 -1.2 0.4 -1.6 – 0.56× –
Lenny DiNardo 2008 -0.2 -1.0 0.9 -1.9 – 0.67× –
Chris Denorfia 2008 -0.3 -1.9 0.4 -2.3 – 0.83× –
Alan Embree 2008 +0.0 +0.1 3.1 -3.0 $314.7M 1.34× –
Rob Bowen 2008 -0.7 -2.7 0.4 -3.2 – 0.52× –
Emil Brown 2008 -0.3 -1.9 1.4 -3.3 – 0.83× –
Keith Foulke 2008 -0.5 -2.7 0.7 -3.4 – 0.67× –
Frank Thomas↔ 2008 -0.1 -0.6 9.7 -10.4 – 0.69× –
Eric Chavez 2008 +0.0 +0.0 11.5 -11.5 $9954.9M 0.58× –
Aaron Cunningham 2008 +0.2 +1.6 – – – 0.83× –
Brooks Conrad 2008 -0.2 -1.0 – – – 0.58× –
Carlos González 2008 +1.0 +6.3 – – – 0.83× –
Dallas Braden 2008 +0.6 +4.5 – – – 1.02× –
Dan Meyer 2008 -0.2 -1.1 – – – 0.67× –
Eric Patterson↔ 2008 -0.6 -2.8 – – – 0.56× –
Gio Gonzalez 2008 -0.7 -5.9 – – – 1.02× –
Greg Smith 2008 +1.4 +11.7 – – – 1.02× –
Gregorio Petit 2008 +0.2 +1.0 – – – 0.61× –
Jeff Baisley 2008 -0.4 -1.8 – – – 0.58× –
Jeff Fiorentino 2008 +0.0 +0.2 – – – 0.83× –
Jeff Gray 2008 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.67× –
Joey Devine 2008 +1.5 +11.7 – – – 0.98× –
Josh Outman 2008 +0.6 +5.0 – – – 1.02× –
Kirk Saarloos 2008 +0.2 +1.0 – – – 0.67× –
Matt Murton↔ 2008 -0.2 -1.3 – – – 0.83× –
Sean Gallagher↔ 2008 +0.2 +2.0 – – – 1.02× –
Wes Bankston 2008 -0.3 -1.4 – – – 0.56× –
Total—+28.6+269.554.2+185.6—

Trades

Every graded 2008 deal involving the Athletics — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 5 total.

2008 · OAK / CHC
OAK · Billy Beane +$94.4M
Sean Gallagher, Matt Murton, Eric Patterson, Josh Donaldson
CHC · Jim Hendry −$94.4M
Rich Harden, Chad Gaudin
OAK came out ahead by $94.4M
2008 · OAK / ATL
OAK · Billy Beane +$18.4M
Joey Devine, Jamie Richmond
ATL · Frank Wren −$18.4M
Mark Kotsay
OAK came out ahead by $18.4M
2008 · COL / OAK
COL · Daniel O'Dowd +$231.2M
Carlos González, Huston Street, Greg Smith
OAK · Billy Beane −$231.2M
Matt Holliday
COL came out ahead by $231.2M
2008 · OAK / CHW
OAK · Billy Beane +$139.2M
Ryan Sweeney, Gio Gonzalez, Fautino De Los Santos
CHW · Kenny Williams −$139.2M
Nick Swisher
OAK came out ahead by $139.2M
2008 · OAK / PHI
OAK · Billy Beane +$8.8M
Josh Outman, Adrian Cardenas, Matthew Spencer
PHI · Pat Gillick −$8.8M
Joe Blanton
OAK came out ahead by $8.8M

Current & Historical Payroll

2008 payroll
$54.3M

What the front office was committed to as of 2008, 2008–2014. 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 (10)

PlayerAgeSvc2008200920102011201220132014
Eric Chavez3010.000$11.5M$11.5M$12.5MFREE AGENT
Frank Thomas4018.000$9.7MFREE AGENT
Mark Ellis316.000$5.0M$5.0M$5.5M$3.2MFREE AGENT
Alan Embree3816.000$3.1MFREE AGENT
Emil Brown3311.000$1.4MFREE AGENT
Justin Duchscherer307.000$1.2MFREE AGENT$1.8M
Keith Foulke3511.000$700kFREE AGENT
Mike Sweeney3413.000$500kFREE AGENT
Jack Cust297.000$410k$2.8M$2.6MFREE AGENT
Kirk Saarloos296.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (15)

PlayerAgeSvc2008200920102011201220132014
Bobby Crosby285.000$3.5MFREE AGENT
Huston Street243.000$3.3MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rich Harden265.000$2.5MFREE AGENT
Joe Blanton274.000$2.2MARB 3FREE AGENT
Kiko Calero335.000$1.0MFREE AGENT
Chad Gaudin255.000$923kFREE AGENT
Lenny DiNardo284.000$900kARB 3FREE AGENT
Rob Bowen275.000$410kFREE AGENT
Chris Denorfia273.000$400kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Santiago Casilla274.000$400kARB 3FREE AGENT
Donnie Murphy254.000$400kARB 3FREE AGENT
Dana Eveland243.000$395kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dan Johnson283.000$37kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dan Meyer264.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Murton263.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (26)

PlayerAgeSvc2008200920102011201220132014
Travis Buck241.000$400kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Andrew Brown272.000$395kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Sweeney232.000$395kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jack Hannahan282.000$395kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kurt Suzuki241.000$395kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jerry Blevins241.000$390kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brad Ziegler280.000$390kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Daric Barton221.000$390kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Fernando Hernandez230.000$390kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cliff Pennington240.000$390kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rajai Davis272.000$351kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Sean Gallagher221.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eric Patterson251.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Fiorentino25–—
Joey Devine240.171—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Wes Bankston24–—
Greg Smith240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dallas Braden241.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gio Gonzalez220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brooks Conrad280.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Gray260.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gregorio Petit230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Carlos González220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Baisley25–—
Aaron Cunningham220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Josh Outman230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2008 acquisition stacked onto Athletics's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

Rosternomics — front-office performance, roster value, and transaction history. Follow @rosternomics on X.
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).
Privacy Policy · Terms of Service · © 2026 Rosternomics