1997 Oakland Athletics roster: 65-97

Team stats and league rank

Counts are season totals; percentages and ratings as they stand. Ranked among the 28 clubs that season.

1997 Athletics roster: batting

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1997 Oakland Athletics batting

Player↓	Pos↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	AB↓iAB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.	R↓iR: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.	H↓iH: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.	HR↓iHR: Home runs hit.	RBI↓iRBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.	SB↓iSB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.	AVG↓iAVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.	OBP↓iOBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.	OPS↓iOPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
SSScott Spiezio	3B	147	538	58	131	14	65	9	.243	.300	.688
Jason Giambi	DH	142	519	66	152	20	81	0	.293	.362	.857
Scott Brosius	3B	129	479	59	97	11	41	9	.203	.259	.576
JCJose Canseco	DH	108	388	56	91	23	74	8	.235	.325	.786
Matt Stairs	1B	133	352	62	105	27	73	3	.298	.386	.969
DMDamon Mashore	RF	92	279	55	69	3	18	5	.247	.370	.700
DMDave Magadan	3B	128	271	38	82	4	30	1	.303	.414	.805
BMBrent Mayne	C	85	256	29	74	6	22	1	.289	.343	.749
JMJason McDonald	RF	78	236	47	62	4	14	13	.263	.361	.755
MBMark Bellhorn	3B	68	224	33	51	6	19	7	.228	.324	.681
RBRafael Bournigal	SS	79	222	29	62	1	20	2	.279	.339	.672
TBTony Batista	1B	68	188	22	38	4	18	2	.202	.265	.594
EYErnie Young	CF	71	175	22	39	5	15	1	.223	.303	.652
BLBrian Lesher	1B	46	131	17	30	4	16	4	.229	.275	.641
IMIzzy Molina	C	48	111	6	22	3	7	0	.198	.219	.544
Miguel Tejada	2B	26	99	10	20	2	10	2	.202	.240	.574
BGBen Grieve	RF	24	93	12	29	3	24	0	.312	.402	.875
SSScott Sheldon	3B	13	24	2	6	1	2	0	.250	.308	.683

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1997 Athletics roster: pitching

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1997 Oakland Athletics pitching

Player↓	Pos↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	GS↓iGS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.	W↓iW: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.	L↓iL: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.	ERA↓iERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.	IP↓iIP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.	K↓iK: Batters this pitcher struck out.	WHIP↓iWHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.	SV↓iSV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
DWDon Wengert	SP	49	12	5	11	6.04	134.0	68	1.63	2
SKSteve Karsay	RP	24	24	3	12	5.77	132.2	92	1.61	0
Ariel Prieto	RP	22	22	6	8	5.04	125.0	90	1.80	0
MOMike Oquist	SP	19	17	4	6	5.02	107.2	72	1.43	0
MMMike Mohler	RP	62	10	1	10	5.13	101.2	66	1.67	1
DTDave Telgheder	RP	20	19	4	6	6.06	101.0	55	1.67	0
ASAaron Small	RP	71	0	9	5	4.28	96.2	57	1.54	4
BRBrad Rigby	RP	14	14	1	7	4.87	77.2	34	1.47	0
CRCarlos Reyes	RP	37	6	3	4	5.82	77.1	43	1.63	0
JHJimmy Haynes	SP	13	13	3	6	4.42	73.1	65	1.55	0
BTBilly Taylor	RP	72	0	3	4	3.82	73.0	66	1.45	23
BGBuddy Groom	RP	78	0	2	2	5.15	64.2	45	1.53	3
WAWillie Adams	SP	13	12	3	5	8.18	58.1	37	1.80	0
Dane Johnson	RP	38	0	4	1	4.53	45.2	43	1.75	2
ALAndrew Lorraine	RP	12	6	3	1	6.37	29.2	18	2.02	0
MAMark Acre	RP	15	0	2	0	5.74	15.2	12	1.85	0
TKTim Kubinski	RP	11	0	0	0	5.68	12.2	10	1.42	0
GHGary Haught	RP	6	0	0	0	7.15	11.1	11	1.59	0
JWJay Witasick	RP	8	0	0	0	5.73	11.0	8	1.82	0
SWSteve Wojciechowski	SP	2	2	0	2	7.84	10.1	5	1.74	0
SMSteve L. Montgomery	RP	4	0	0	1	9.95	6.1	1	2.84	0

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Results

1. Apr 2, 1997vs CLEL 7-9
2. Apr 3, 1997vs CLEW 5-4
3. Apr 4, 1997vs NYYW 4-2
4. Apr 5, 1997vs NYYL 5-10
5. Apr 6, 1997vs NYYW 3-0
6. Apr 7, 1997vs BOSW 6-2
7. Apr 8, 1997vs BOSL 7-13
8. Apr 9, 1997vs BOSW 4-3
9. Apr 9, 1997vs BOSW 4-3
10. Apr 11, 1997@ NYYW 3-1
11. Apr 13, 1997@ NYYL 2-3
12. Apr 13, 1997@ NYYW 7-4
13. Apr 14, 1997@ BOSL 1-10
14. Apr 15, 1997@ BOSL 2-7
15. Apr 16, 1997@ TORL 3-4
16. Apr 17, 1997@ TORL 4-5
17. Apr 18, 1997@ DETW 9-5
18. Apr 19, 1997@ DETW 7-1
19. Apr 20, 1997@ DETL 2-9
20. Apr 22, 1997vs MINL 3-5
21. Apr 23, 1997vs MINW 6-1
22. Apr 24, 1997vs MINW 12-11
23. Apr 25, 1997vs KCL 3-10
24. Apr 26, 1997vs KCW 7-6
25. Apr 27, 1997vs KCL 1-7
26. Apr 29, 1997@ CLEL 4-10
27. Apr 30, 1997@ CLEW 11-9
28. May 1, 1997@ CLEL 1-7
29. May 2, 1997@ BALL 1-7
30. May 3, 1997@ BALW 4-3
31. May 4, 1997@ BALL 0-11
32. May 5, 1997@ MILL 7-11
33. May 6, 1997@ MILW 6-5
34. May 7, 1997@ MILL 0-1
35. May 8, 1997@ CHWL 6-10
36. May 9, 1997@ CHWL 2-3
37. May 10, 1997@ CHWL 8-9
38. May 11, 1997@ CHWL 5-8
39. May 12, 1997vs BALL 1-5
40. May 13, 1997vs BALL 3-7
41. May 14, 1997vs MILW 7-4
42. May 15, 1997vs MILW 6-5
43. May 16, 1997vs CHWL 2-6
44. May 17, 1997vs CHWL 6-7
45. May 18, 1997vs CHWL 4-10
46. May 20, 1997@ TEXL 3-8
47. May 21, 1997@ TEXW 7-3
48. May 22, 1997@ TEXL 7-10
49. May 23, 1997@ MINW 8-4
50. May 24, 1997@ MINL 4-7
51. May 25, 1997@ MINL 6-7
52. May 26, 1997@ KCW 2-1
53. May 27, 1997@ KCW 8-6
54. May 28, 1997vs LAAL 10-14
55. May 29, 1997vs LAAL 1-7
56. May 30, 1997vs TORW 12-7
57. May 31, 1997vs TORL 3-13
58. Jun 1, 1997vs TORW 8-2
59. Jun 2, 1997vs DETL 7-8
60. Jun 3, 1997vs DETW 9-8
61. Jun 5, 1997@ TORW 4-3
62. Jun 6, 1997@ TORL 1-4
63. Jun 7, 1997@ TORL 1-3
64. Jun 8, 1997@ TORW 7-5
65. Jun 10, 1997@ DETL 4-6
66. Jun 11, 1997@ DETL 2-4
67. Jun 12, 1997vs LADW 5-4
68. Jun 13, 1997vs LADL 4-6
69. Jun 14, 1997vs COLL 1-7
70. Jun 15, 1997vs COLW 5-2
71. Jun 17, 1997@ SDW 10-3
72. Jun 18, 1997@ SDW 11-9
73. Jun 19, 1997@ LAAL 3-4
74. Jun 20, 1997@ LAAL 2-5
75. Jun 21, 1997@ LAAL 3-5
76. Jun 22, 1997@ LAAL 6-7
77. Jun 23, 1997@ SEAL 5-6
78. Jun 24, 1997@ SEAW 4-1
79. Jun 25, 1997@ SEAL 4-9
80. Jun 26, 1997vs TEXW 6-3
81. Jun 27, 1997vs TEXW 7-4
82. Jun 28, 1997vs TEXL 0-2
83. Jun 29, 1997vs TEXW 7-5
84. Jun 30, 1997vs SDL 6-15
85. Jul 1, 1997vs SDW 8-6
86. Jul 2, 1997@ SFW 8-1
87. Jul 3, 1997@ SFL 4-6
88. Jul 4, 1997@ TEXL 6-7
89. Jul 5, 1997@ TEXL 1-8
90. Jul 6, 1997@ TEXW 9-8
91. Jul 10, 1997vs LAAL 4-8
92. Jul 11, 1997vs LAAL 4-14
93. Jul 12, 1997vs LAAL 3-6
94. Jul 13, 1997vs LAAL 3-5
95. Jul 14, 1997vs SEAL 2-6
96. Jul 15, 1997vs SEAW 8-5
97. Jul 16, 1997vs KCW 11-3
98. Jul 17, 1997vs KCW 11-3
99. Jul 18, 1997vs MINL 3-7
100. Jul 19, 1997vs MINL 6-7
101. Jul 20, 1997vs MINL 0-1
102. Jul 22, 1997@ BOSL 3-4
103. Jul 23, 1997@ BOSW 5-2
104. Jul 24, 1997@ BOSL 0-3
105. Jul 25, 1997@ CLEW 2-1
106. Jul 26, 1997@ CLEL 3-6
107. Jul 27, 1997@ CLEL 2-4
108. Jul 28, 1997@ NYYL 3-4
109. Jul 29, 1997@ NYYL 4-7
110. Jul 30, 1997@ NYYL 0-7
111. Jul 31, 1997vs BALL 0-4
112. Aug 1, 1997vs BALW 2-1
113. Aug 2, 1997vs BALL 3-13
114. Aug 3, 1997vs BALL 5-7
115. Aug 5, 1997vs CHWL 0-3
116. Aug 6, 1997vs CHWW 3-2
117. Aug 7, 1997vs MILW 5-4
118. Aug 9, 1997vs MILW 3-2
119. Aug 10, 1997vs MILW 4-3
120. Aug 10, 1997vs MILL 5-9
121. Aug 12, 1997@ BALL 0-8
122. Aug 13, 1997@ BALW 4-2
123. Aug 14, 1997@ CHWW 12-5
124. Aug 15, 1997@ CHWW 11-6
125. Aug 16, 1997@ MILL 5-6
126. Aug 17, 1997@ MILL 2-5
127. Aug 20, 1997vs BOSL 5-7
128. Aug 20, 1997vs BOSL 4-5
129. Aug 21, 1997vs BOSW 13-6
130. Aug 22, 1997vs CLEL 3-5
131. Aug 23, 1997vs CLEL 4-7
132. Aug 24, 1997vs CLEW 4-1
133. Aug 26, 1997vs NYYL 2-18
134. Aug 27, 1997vs NYYW 8-7
135. Aug 28, 1997@ LADL 1-7
136. Aug 29, 1997@ LADL 4-5
137. Aug 30, 1997@ COLL 3-4
138. Aug 31, 1997@ COLL 4-10
139. Sep 1, 1997vs SFL 2-8
140. Sep 3, 1997vs SFW 12-3
141. Sep 4, 1997@ KCL 6-7
142. Sep 5, 1997@ KCW 9-6
143. Sep 6, 1997@ KCW 9-3
144. Sep 7, 1997@ KCW 9-4
145. Sep 8, 1997@ MINL 2-7
146. Sep 9, 1997@ MINW 5-1
147. Sep 10, 1997vs TORW 3-2
148. Sep 11, 1997vs TORW 8-7
149. Sep 12, 1997vs DETL 2-7
150. Sep 13, 1997vs DETW 4-2
151. Sep 14, 1997vs DETL 5-6
152. Sep 15, 1997vs DETL 3-6
153. Sep 17, 1997@ LAAL 4-8
154. Sep 18, 1997@ LAAW 7-3
155. Sep 19, 1997vs SEAL 4-9
156. Sep 20, 1997vs SEAW 4-3
157. Sep 21, 1997vs SEAL 2-9
158. Sep 22, 1997vs SEAL 2-4
159. Sep 23, 1997vs TEXL 6-14
160. Sep 24, 1997vs TEXL 4-8
161. Sep 26, 1997@ SEAW 8-5
162. Sep 27, 1997@ SEAL 3-9
163. Sep 28, 1997@ SEAW 9-7