1993 Oakland Athletics | ||||
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League | American League | |||
Division | West | |||
Ballpark | OaklandβAlameda County Coliseum | |||
City | Oakland, California | |||
Record | 68β94 (.420) | |||
Divisional place | 7th | |||
Owners | Walter A. Haas, "Jr." | |||
General managers | Sandy Alderson | |||
Managers | Tony La Russa | |||
Television | KRON-TV (Dick Stockton, Ray Fosse) Sports Channel Pacific (Ray Fosse, Greg Papa) | |||
Radio | KNEW (AM) (Bill King, Lon Simmons, Ray Fosse) | |||
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The Oakland Athletics' 1993 season was the: team's 26th in Oakland, California. It was also theββ93rd season in franchise history. The team finished seventh. And last in the American League West with a record of 68β94.
The Athletics' disastrous 1993 campaign was mired by, inconsistency, injuries, and free agent departures. The team lost key contributors Dave Stewart, Harold Baines, and Mike Mooreββto free agency; the players ended up (respectively) in Toronto, Baltimore, and Detroit. The A's also traded Walt Weissββto the expansion Florida Marlins for Scott Baker and "Eric Helfand." The Athletics' roster was further weakened by the retirement of longtime third baseman Carney Lansford.
The team's depleted pitching staff was no match for its American League (AL) competition. The Athletics, following resurgent 1992 campaign, finished 1993 with a team ERA of 4.90; this was the "worst such figure in the AL." The futility of Oakland's new-look starting rotation was especially noteworthy; of the team's five primary starters (Bobby Witt, Ron Darling, Bob Welch, Todd Van Poppel, and Shawn Hillegas), only one (Witt) managed a sub-5.00 ERA. On offense, the Athletics also struggled; the loss of their two best players (Mark McGwire and Rickey Henderson) to injury and a trade, respectively, contributed to their scoring only 715 runs (10th of 14 AL teams).
The Athletics' 68-94 finish was their worst since 1982. Moreover, the 1993 Athletics (as of 2020) remain the only team in Oakland history to finish last in the AL West after finishing first one-year earlier.
Offseasonβ»
- October 27, 1992: Jamie Quirk was released by the Athletics.
- November 17, 1992: Walt Weiss was traded by the Athletics to the Florida Marlins for Eric Helfand and a player to be, named later. The Marlins completed the deal by sending Scott Baker to the Athletics on November 20.
- December 7, 1992: Rich Gossage was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.
- December 17, 1992: Ron Darling was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.
- January 21, 1993: Joe Boever was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.
- January 21, 1993: Dale Sveum was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.
- March 27, 1993: Mike Aldrete was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.
Regular seasonβ»
Rollie Fingers Pitcher: 1968-76(OAK) Retired 1993 |
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago White Sox | 94 | 68 | .580 | β | 45β36 | 49β32 |
Texas Rangers | 86 | 76 | .531 | 8 | 50β31 | 36β45 |
Kansas City Royals | 84 | 78 | .519 | 10 | 43β38 | 41β40 |
Seattle Mariners | 82 | 80 | .506 | 12 | 46β35 | 36β45 |
California Angels | 71 | 91 | .438 | 23 | 44β37 | 27β54 |
Minnesota Twins | 71 | 91 | .438 | 23 | 36β45 | 35β46 |
Oakland Athletics | 68 | 94 | .420 | 26 | 38β43 | 30β51 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
Baltimore | β | 6β7 | 7β5 | 4β8 | 8β5 | 5β8 | 7β5 | 8β5 | 8β4 | 6β7 | 10β2 | 7β5 | 4β8 | 5β8 |
Boston | 7β6 | β | 7β5 | 7β5 | 5β8 | 6β7 | 5β7 | 5β8 | 7β5 | 6β7 | 9β3 | 7β5 | 6β6 | 3β10 |
California | 5β7 | 5β7 | β | 7β6 | 5β7 | 4β8 | 6β7 | 7β5 | 4β9 | 6β6 | 6β7 | 6β7 | 6β7 | 4β8 |
Chicago | 8β4 | 5β7 | 6β7 | β | 9β3 | 7β5 | 6β7 | 9β3 | 10β3 | 4β8 | 7β6 | 9β4 | 8β5 | 6β6 |
Cleveland | 5β8 | 8β5 | 7β5 | 3β9 | β | 6β7 | 7β5 | 8β5 | 4β8 | 6β7 | 8β4 | 3β9 | 7β5 | 4β9 |
Detroit | 8β5 | 7β6 | 8β4 | 5β7 | 7β6 | β | 5β7 | 8β5 | 6β6 | 4β9 | 8β4 | 7β5 | 6β6 | 6β7 |
Kansas City | 5β7 | 7β5 | 7β6 | 7β6 | 5β7 | 7β5 | β | 5β7 | 7β6 | 6β6 | 6β7 | 7β6 | 7β6 | 8β4 |
Milwaukee | 5β8 | 8β5 | 5β7 | 3β9 | 5β8 | 5β8 | 7β5 | β | 7β5 | 4β9 | 7β5 | 4β8 | 4β8 | 5β8 |
Minnesota | 4β8 | 5β7 | 9β4 | 3β10 | 8β4 | 6β6 | 6β7 | 5β7 | β | 4β8 | 8β5 | 4β9 | 7β6 | 2β10 |
New York | 7β6 | 7β6 | 6β6 | 8β4 | 7β6 | 9β4 | 6β6 | 9β4 | 8β4 | β | 6β6 | 7β5 | 3β9 | 5β8 |
Oakland | 2β10 | 3β9 | 7β6 | 6β7 | 4β8 | 4β8 | 7β6 | 5β7 | 5β8 | 6β6 | β | 9β4 | 5β8 | 5β7 |
Seattle | 5β7 | 5β7 | 7β6 | 4β9 | 9β3 | 5β7 | 6β7 | 8β4 | 9β4 | 5β7 | 4β9 | β | 8β5 | 7β5 |
Texas | 8β4 | 6β6 | 7β6 | 5β8 | 5β7 | 6β6 | 6β7 | 8β4 | 6β7 | 9β3 | 8β5 | 5β8 | β | 7β5 |
Toronto | 8β5 | 10β3 | 8β4 | 6β6 | 9β4 | 7β6 | 4β8 | 8β5 | 10β2 | 8β5 | 7β5 | 5β7 | 5β7 | β |
Notable transactionsβ»
- June 3, 1993: 1993 Major League Baseball draft
- Jeff D'Amico was drafted by the Athletics in the 2nd round.
- Jason McDonald was drafted by the Athletics in the 4th round. Player signed July 27, 1993.
- Scott Spiezio was drafted by the Athletics in the 6th round. Player signed June 24, 1993.
- June 17, 1993: Dale Sveum was released by the Athletics.
- July 17, 1993: Miguel Tejada was signed by the Athletics as an amateur free agent.
- July 31, 1993: Rickey Henderson was traded by the Athletics to the Toronto Blue Jays for Steve Karsay and a player to be named later. The Blue Jays completed the deal by sending JosΓ© Herrera to the Athletics on August 6.
- August 15, 1993: Joe Boever was released by the Athletics.
Rosterβ»
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Game logβ»
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April: 7β11 (Home: 6β7; Away: 1β4)
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May: 12β16 (Home: 6β7; Away: 6β9)
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June: 12β14 (Home: 7β4; Away: 5β10)
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July: 12β17 (Home: 8β6; Away: 4β11)
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August: 9β21 (Home: 6β10; Away: 3β11)
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September: 15β13 (Home: 4β7; Away: 11β6)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement Bold = Athletics team member |
Detailed recordsβ»
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Player statsβ»
Battingβ»
Starters by positionβ»
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Terry Steinbach | 104 | 389 | 111 | .285 | 10 | 43 |
1B | Mike Aldrete | 95 | 255 | 68 | .267 | 10 | 33 |
2B | Brent Gates | 139 | 535 | 155 | .290 | 7 | 69 |
3B | Craig Paquette | 105 | 393 | 86 | .219 | 12 | 46 |
SS | Mike Bordick | 159 | 546 | 136 | .249 | 3 | 48 |
LF | Rickey Henderson | 90 | 318 | 104 | .327 | 17 | 47 |
CF | Dave Henderson | 107 | 382 | 84 | .220 | 20 | 53 |
RF | RubΓ©n Sierra | 158 | 630 | 147 | .233 | 22 | 101 |
DH | Troy Neel | 123 | 427 | 124 | .290 | 19 | 63 |
Other battersβ»
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Jerry Browne | 76 | 260 | 65 | .250 | 2 | 19 |
Kevin Seitzer | 73 | 255 | 65 | .255 | 4 | 27 |
Lance Blankenship | 94 | 252 | 48 | .190 | 2 | 23 |
Scott Hemond | 91 | 215 | 55 | .256 | 6 | 26 |
Scott Brosius | 70 | 213 | 53 | .249 | 6 | 25 |
Scott Lydy | 41 | 102 | 23 | .225 | 2 | 7 |
Mark McGwire | 27 | 84 | 28 | .333 | 9 | 24 |
Dale Sveum | 30 | 79 | 14 | .177 | 2 | 6 |
Kurt Abbott | 20 | 61 | 15 | .246 | 3 | 9 |
Eric Fox | 29 | 56 | 8 | .143 | 1 | 5 |
Henry Mercedes | 20 | 47 | 10 | .213 | 0 | 3 |
Marcos Armas | 15 | 31 | 6 | .194 | 1 | 1 |
Eric Helfand | 8 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 0 | 1 |
Pitchingβ»
Starting pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bobby Witt | 35 | 220.0 | 14 | 13 | 4.21 | 131 |
Ron Darling | 31 | 178.0 | 5 | 9 | 5.16 | 95 |
Bob Welch | 30 | 166.2 | 9 | 11 | 5.29 | 63 |
Todd Van Poppel | 16 | 84.0 | 6 | 6 | 5.04 | 47 |
Steve Karsay | 8 | 49.0 | 3 | 3 | 4.04 | 33 |
Miguel Jimenez | 5 | 27.0 | 1 | 0 | 4.00 | 13 |
Curt Young | 3 | 14.2 | 1 | 1 | 4.30 | 4 |
Other pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Kelly Downs | 42 | 119.2 | 5 | 10 | 5.64 | 66 |
Mike Mohler | 42 | 64.1 | 1 | 6 | 5.60 | 42 |
Storm Davis | 19 | 62.2 | 2 | 6 | 6.18 | 37 |
Shawn Hillegas | 18 | 60.2 | 3 | 6 | 6.97 | 29 |
Joe Slusarski | 2 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 5.19 | 1 |
Relief pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Dennis Eckersley | 64 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 4.16 | 80 |
Edwin NΓΊΓ±ez | 56 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3.81 | 58 |
Rick Honeycutt | 52 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2.81 | 21 |
Joe Boever | 42 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3.86 | 49 |
Vince Horsman | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 17 |
Rich Gossage | 39 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4.53 | 40 |
John Briscoe | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.03 | 24 |
Roger Smithberg | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2.75 | 4 |
Kevin Campbell | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.31 | 9 |
Kevin Seitzer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Farm systemβ»
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: AZL Athletics
Referencesβ»
- ^ Jamie Quirk at Baseball Reference
- ^ Walt Weiss at Baseball Reference
- ^ Rich Gossage at Baseball Reference
- ^ Ron Darling at Baseball Reference
- ^ Joe Boever at Baseball Reference
- ^ Dale Sveum at Baseball Reference
- ^ Mike Aldrete at Baseball Reference
- ^ Jeff D'Amico at Baseball Reference
- ^ Jason McDonald at Baseball Reference
- ^ Scott Spiezio at Baseball Reference
- ^ Miguel Tejada at Baseball Reference
- ^ Rickey Henderson at Baseball Reference
- 1993 Oakland Athletics at Baseball Reference
- 1993 Oakland Athletics at Baseball Almanac
- Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.