1989 Oakland Athletics season

1989 Oakland Athletics
World Series Champions
American League Champions
American League West Champions
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkOakland–Alameda County Coliseum
CityOakland, California
Record99–63 (.611)
Divisional place1st
OwnersWalter A. Haas, Jr.
General managersSandy Alderson
ManagersTony La Russa
TelevisionKPIX/KICU-TV
(Monte Moore, Ray Fosse)
RadioKSFO
(Bill King, Lon Simmons, Ray Fosse)
KNTA
(Amaury Pi-Gonzalez, Evilio Mendoza)
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The 1989 Oakland Athletics season saw the A's finish in first place in the American League West, with a record of 99 wins and 63 losses, seven games in front of the Kansas City Royals. Oakland dominated the American League,[1] earning their second consecutive AL West title, as well as marking the second straight year in which they finished with the best record in all of baseball. A's pitcher Dave Stewart recorded his third straight season of earning 20 or more wins while Rickey Henderson put on a dazzling offensive performance in the postseason as he approached the prospects of landing a three million dollar contract for the following season.[1] The team defeated the Toronto Blue Jays in five games in the ALCS, then swept their cross-Bay rivals, the San Francisco Giants, in an earthquake-marred World Series. The Athletics looked to be a future dynasty by the close of the 1989 season.[1]

Offseason

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Major figures in the 1989 A's season included (clockwise from top left) Dave Parker, Mark McGwire, Jose Canseco, and manager Tony La Russa.
  • November 28, 1988: Mike Moore signs as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics.
  • November 30, 1988: Billy Beane was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics.[2]

Regular season

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Season standings

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AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 99 63 .611 — 54‍–‍27 45‍–‍36
Kansas City Royals 92 70 .568 7 55‍–‍26 37‍–‍44
California Angels 91 71 .562 8 52‍–‍29 39‍–‍42
Texas Rangers 83 79 .512 16 45‍–‍36 38‍–‍43
Minnesota Twins 80 82 .494 19 45‍–‍36 35‍–‍46
Seattle Mariners 73 89 .451 26 40‍–‍41 33‍–‍48
Chicago White Sox 69 92 .429 29½ 35‍–‍45 34‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

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1989 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore — 6–7 6–6 6–6 7–6 10–3 6–6 7–6 4–8 8–5 5–7 6–6 9–3 7–6
Boston 7–6 — 4–8 7–5 8–5 11–2 4–8 6–7 6–6 7–6 7–5 5–7 6–6 5–8
California 6–6 8–4 — 8–5 5–7 11–1 4–9 7–5 11–2 6–6 5–8 7–6 6–7 7–5
Chicago 6–6 5–7 5–8 — 7–5 4–8 6–7 10–2 5–8 5–6 5–8 7–6 3–10 1–11
Cleveland 6–7 5–8 7–5 5–7 — 5–8 8–4 3–10 5–7 9–4 2–10 6–6 7–5 5–8
Detroit 3–10 2–11 1–11 8–4 8–5 — 6–6 6–7 5–7 6–7 4–8 4–8 4–8 2–11
Kansas City 6–6 8–4 9–4 7–6 4–8 6–6 — 8–4 7–6 6–6 7–6 9–4 8–5 7–5
Milwaukee 6–7 7–6 5–7 2–10 10–3 7–6 4–8 — 9–3 8–5 5–7 7–5 5–7 6–7
Minnesota 8–4 6–6 2–11 8–5 7–5 7–5 6–7 3–9 — 6–6 6–7 7–6 5–8 9–3
New York 5–8 6–7 6–6 6–5 4–9 7–6 6–6 5–8 6–6 — 3–9 8–4 5–7 7–6
Oakland 7–5 5–7 8–5 8–5 10–2 8–4 6–7 7–5 7–6 9–3 — 9–4 8–5 7–5
Seattle 6–6 7–5 6–7 6–7 6–6 8–4 4–9 5–7 6–7 4–8 4–9 — 6–7 5–7
Texas 3–9 6–6 7–6 10–3 5–7 8–4 5–8 7–5 8–5 7–5 5–8 7–6 — 5–7
Toronto 6–7 8–5 5–7 11–1 8–5 11–2 5–7 7–6 3–9 6–7 5–7 7–5 7–5 —


Notable transactions

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  • April 6, 1989: Troy Afenir was traded by the Houston Astros to the Oakland Athletics for Matt Sinatro.[5]
  • April 6, 1989: Mike Norris was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics.[6]
  • May 27, 1989: Jamie Quirk was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics.[7]
  • June 5, 1989: Mike Mohler was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 42nd round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed August 18, 1989.[8]
  • June 21, 1989: Rickey Henderson was traded by the New York Yankees to the Oakland Athletics for Greg Cadaret, Eric Plunk, and Luis Polonia.
  • July 24, 1989: Jamie Quirk was released by the Oakland Athletics.[7]
  • July 31, 1989: Glenn Hubbard was released by the Oakland Athletics.[9]
  • August 30, 1989: Ken Phelps was traded by the New York Yankees to the Oakland Athletics for Scott Holcomb (minors).

Roster

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1989 Oakland Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

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1989 Game Log
April
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 3 Mariners 3–2 Stewart (1–0) Langston (0–1) Eckersley (1) 46,163 1–0
2 April 5 Mariners 11–1 Welch (1–0) Bankhead (0–1) 16,045 2–0
3 April 6 Mariners 11–3 Davis (1–0) Campbell (0–1) Burns (1) 19,087 3–0
4 April 7 White Sox 7–1 Long (1–0) C. Young (0–1) Jones (1) 20,585 3–1
5 April 8 White Sox 7–4 Pérez (1–0) Moore (0–1) Thigpen (1) 32,881 3–2
6 April 9 White Sox 4–2 Stewart (2–0) Reuss (1–1) Eckersley (2) 45,110 4–2
7 April 10 @ Angels 4–0 Welch (2–0) Finley (1–1) 23,820 5–2
8 April 11 @ Angels 7–1 Blyleven (1–0) Davis (1–1) 23,322 5–3
9 April 12 @ Angels 5–0 McCaskill (2–0) C. Young (0–2) 24,650 5–4
10 April 13 @ Angels 5–0 Moore (1–1) Abbott (0–2) 24,137 6–4
11 April 14 @ White Sox 7–4 Stewart (3–0) Pérez (1–1) 37,950 7–4
12 April 15 @ White Sox 7–4 Reuss (2–1) Welch (2–1) Thigpen (3) 15,748 7–5
13 April 16 @ White Sox 3–2 Eckersley (1–0) King (0–3) 20,969 8–5
14 April 17 @ Mariners 7–2 Hanson (2–1) C. Young (0–3) 14,827 8–6
15 April 18 @ Mariners 5–3 Plunk (1–0) Reed (1–2) Eckersley (3) 9,670 9–6
16 April 19 @ Mariners 7–5 Stewart (4–0) Langston (2–2) Eckersley (4) 11,328 10–6
17 April 21 Angels 10–6 Welch (3–1) Finley (2–2) Honeycutt (1) 26,903 11–6
18 April 22 Angels 4–3 C. Young (1–3) Blyleven (2–1) Eckersley (5) 33,172 12–6
19 April 23 Angels 2–0 Moore (2–1) McCaskill (3–1) Eckersley (6) 25,681 13–6
20 April 24 Blue Jays 5–4 Nelson (1–0) Henke (1–2) 25,099 14–6
21 April 25 Blue Jays 3–1 Davis (2–1) Cerutti (0–1) Eckersley (7) 12,437 15–6
22 April 26 Orioles 2–1 Bautista (2–2) Welch (3–2) Olson (2) 17,060 15–7
23 April 27 Orioles 9–4 Burns (1–0) Thurmond (0–1) 21,423 16–7
24 April 28 Tigers 2–1 Moore (3–1) Gibson (1–1) Eckersley (8) 26,594 17–7
25 April 29 Tigers 3–2 Stewart (5–0) Alexander (3–1) 36,313 18–7
26 April 30 Tigers 7–2 Tanana (2–3) Davis (2–2) Hernández (5) 36,009 18–8
May
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
27 May 2 @ Blue Jays 8–5 Honeycutt (1–0) Ward (1–4) Plunk (1) 23,439 19–8
28 May 3 @ Blue Jays 2–0 Flanagan (2–1) Moore (3–2) 22,370 19–9
29 May 5 @ Tigers 5–3 Stewart (6–0) Tanana (2–4) Eckersley (9) 18,482 20–9
30 May 6 @ Tigers 6–3 Morris (1–6) Davis (2–3) Hernández (6) 32,404 20–10
31 May 7 @ Tigers 5–4 Welch (4–2) Hudson (0–3) Eckersley (10) 20,391 21–10
32 May 8 @ Orioles 6–1 Moore (4–2) Milacki (1–3) 19,159 22–10
33 May 11 @ Orioles 6–2 Ballard (6–1) Stewart (6–1) 1,201 22–11
34 May 12 Brewers 5–4 Burns (2–0) Plesac (1–2) 30,743 23–11
35 May 13 Brewers 4–3 Welch (5–2) Bosio (5–2) Eckersley (11) 33,053 24–11
36 May 14 Brewers 2–1 Crim (2–2) Moore (4–3) Plesac (6) 26,989 24–12
37 May 15 Brewers 12–2 Stewart (7–1) August (2–5) 25,974 25–12
38 May 16 Yankees 3–2 Parker (1–0) C. Young (1–4) Righetti (6) 25,852 25–13
39 May 17 Yankees 8–3 Davis (3–3) Dotson (1–1) Eckersley (12) 24,505 26–13
40 May 18 Yankees 6–2 Welch (6–2) John (2–7) Burns (2) 40,758 27–13
41 May 19 Red Sox 7 – 4 (10) Stanley (2–1) Nelson (1–1) 40,382 27–14
42 May 20 Red Sox 6–3 Stewart (8–1) Gardner (1–4) Eckersley (13) 43,427 28–14
43 May 21 Red Sox 5–4 Burns (3–0) Clemens (5–3) Eckersley (14) 44,505 29–14
44 May 23 @ Brewers 9–1 Bosio (6–3) Welch (6–3) 13,882 29–15
45 May 24 @ Brewers 6–2 Moore (5–3) Birkbeck (0–3) 13,932 30–15
46 May 25 @ Brewers 4–1 Clutterbuck (2–1) Stewart (8–2) Plesac (9) 18,898 30–16
47 May 26 @ Yankees 4–0 Burns (4–0) Hawkins (4–6) 28,726 31–16
48 May 27 @ Yankees 3–0 C. Young (2–4) LaPoint (5–3) Honeycutt (2) 28,111 32–16
49 May 28 @ Yankees 4–3 Moore (6–3) Parker (2–1) Honeycutt (3) 38,527 33–16
50 May 29 @ Red Sox 3 – 2 (10) Smith (3–1) Welch (6–4) 33,344 33–17
51 May 30 @ Red Sox 4–2 Stewart (9–2) Smithson (2–4) Honeycutt (4) 31,407 34–17
52 May 31 @ Red Sox 4 – 3 (10) Smith (4–1) Plunk (1–1) 33,510 34–18
June
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
53 June 2 Indians 5–3 Swindell (6–1) Moore (6–4) Jones (12) 28,052 34–19
54 June 3 Indians 7–0 Welch (7–4) Candiotti (6–3) 35,466 35–19
55 June 4 Indians 4–0 Stewart (10–2) Farrell (3–6) 34,610 36–19
56 June 5 Twins 2–1 Oliveras (3–2) C. Young (2–5) Reardon (9) 34,320 36–20
57 June 6 Twins 1–0 Moore (7–4) Anderson (6–4) 23,505 37–20
58 June 7 Twins 3–2 Welch (8–4) Viola (4–8) Burns (3) 27,396 38–20
59 June 9 @ Rangers 11–8 Guante (4–3) Nelson (1–2) Russell (14) 35,799 38–21
60 June 10 @ Rangers 5–1 Davis (4–3) Witt (5–6) 40,796 39–21
61 June 11 @ Rangers 5–1 Moore (8–4) Brown (5–3) Nelson (1) 32,127 40–21
62 June 12 @ Royals 2 – 1 (11) Gordon (8–2) Burns (4–1) 39,387 40–22
63 June 13 @ Royals 5–3 Appier (1–1) C. Young (2–6) Farr (14) 29,816 40–23
64 June 14 @ Royals 2–1 Stewart (11–2) Leibrandt (4–7) Honeycutt (5) 31,087 41–23
65 June 16 @ Orioles 7–5 Davis (5–3) Holton (2–5) Honeycutt (6) 42–23
66 June 16 @ Orioles 5–1 Tibbs (3–0) Moore (8–5) 40,707 42–24
67 June 17 @ Orioles 4–2 Bautista (3–4) M. Young (0–1) Olson (8) 36,431 42–25
68 June 18 @ Orioles 4–2 Schmidt (7–5) C. Young (2–7) Weston (1) 46,541 42–26
69 June 19 Tigers 6–4 Tanana (7–6) Stewart (11–3) Henneman (1) 38,607 43–26
70 June 20 Tigers 6–4 Nelson (2–2) Havens (0–1) Burns (4) 30,184 44–26
71 June 21 Tigers 6–3 Moore (9–5) Schwabe (1–3) Honeycutt (7) 28,654 45–26
72 June 22 Blue Jays 4 – 2 (13) Hernandez (1–0) Corsi (0–1) Wells (2) 21,418 45–27
73 June 23 Blue Jays 10–8 Buice (1–0) C. Young (2–8) Henke (3) 27,795 45–28
74 June 24 Blue Jays 7–1 Stewart (12–3) Stieb (7–4) 39,659 46–28
75 June 25 Blue Jays 6–3 Davis (6–3) Key (7–7) Honeycutt (8) 49,219 47–28
76 June 26 @ Twins 4 – 3 (10) Reardon (2–2) Burns (4–2) 31,914 47–29
77 June 27 @ Twins 11–5 Wayne (3–0) Nelson (2–3) Berenguer (2) 37,891 47–30
78 June 28 @ Twins 2–0 Viola (6–8) Stewart (12–4) 41,387 47–31
79 June 30 @ Indians 5–0 Welch (9–4) Swindell (10–2) Honeycutt (9) 27,435 48–31
July
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
80 July 1 @ Indians 6–4 Moore (10–5) Yett (4–6) Burns (5) 18,826 49–31
81 July 2 @ Indians 11–3 Davis (7–3) Farrell (4–9) 22,549 50–31
82 July 3 Royals 1–0 Stewart (13–4) Gubicza (8–6) Honeycutt (10) 36,763 51–31
83 July 4 Royals 10–1 Saberhagen (8–4) M. Young (0–2) 46,031 51–32
84 July 5 Royals 12 – 9 (11) Crawford (1–0) Honeycutt (1–1) 20,791 51–33
85 July 6 Royals 3–1 Moore (11–5) Aquino (3–4) Burns (6) 21,985 52–33
86 July 7 Rangers 6–3 Witt (7–8) Davis (7–4) Russell (20) 39,678 52–34
87 July 8 Rangers 5 – 4 (10) Russell (4–2) M. Young (0–3) 38,220 52–35
88 July 9 Rangers 7–1 Welch (10–4) Hough (5–10) Honeycutt (11) 40,060 53–35
89 July 13 @ Blue Jays 11–7 Burns (5–2) Key (7–9) 48,207 54–35
90 July 14 @ Blue Jays 4–1 Stieb (9–5) Welch (10–5) Ward (9) 48,325 54–36
91 July 15 @ Blue Jays 6–1 Flanagan (5–6) Stewart (13–5) 48,238 54–37
92 July 16 @ Blue Jays 6–2 Moore (12–5) Cerutti (5–5) Burns (7) 48,405 55–37
93 July 17 @ Tigers 2–1 Henneman (6–2) Nelson (2–4) 21,844 55–38
94 July 18 @ Tigers 7–2 Davis (8–4) Beard (0–1) 21,792 56–38
95 July 20 Orioles 5–2 Stewart (14–5) Schmidt (8–9) Eckersley (15) 30,697 57–38
96 July 21 Orioles 3–2 Moore (13–5) Olson (3–1) 30,848 58–38
97 July 22 Orioles 3–1 Welch (11–5) Harnisch (1–3) Eckersley (16) 37,241 59–38
98 July 23 Orioles 3–2 Davis (9–4) Ballard (11–5) Eckersley (17) 43,570 60–38
99 July 24 Angels 5–4 Fraser (3–5) Nelson (2–5) Harvey (13) 44,548 60–39
100 July 25 Angels 4–0 Finley (12–6) Stewart (14–6) Minton (6) 43,529 60–40
101 July 26 Angels 9–5 M. Young (1–3) Witt (7–8) 44,588 61–40
102 July 28 Mariners 8 – 7 (11) Burns (6–2) Harris (1–4) 36,446 61–41
103 July 29 Mariners 14–6 Johnson (5–2) Davis (9–5) Swift (1) 40,734 61–42
104 July 30 Mariners 5–3 Stewart (15–6) Holman (4–3) Eckersley (18) 43,898 62–42
105 July 31 White Sox 3–2 Moore (14–5) Thigpen (1–4) 34,554 63–42
August
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
106 August 1 White Sox 2–0 C. Young (3–8) Hibbard (2–3) Eckersley (19) 22,536 64–42
107 August 2 White Sox 2–0 Davis (10–5) Pérez (7–12) Honeycutt (12) 25,146 65–42
108 August 3 White Sox 6–4 Pall (4–2) Welch (11–6) Thigpen (23) 31,974 65–43
109 August 4 @ Mariners 5–3 Stewart (16–6) Holman (4–4) Eckersley (20) 23,621 66–43
110 August 5 @ Mariners 11–5 Bankhead (11–4) Moore (14–6) Jackson (5) 36,961 66–44
111 August 6 @ Mariners 2–1 Davis (11–5) Dunne (2–6) Eckersley (21) 19,303 67–44
112 August 7 @ Mariners 5–3 Zavaras (1–2) Welch (11–7) 31,334 67–45
113 August 8 @ White Sox 3 – 2 (10) Honeycutt (2–1) Pall (4–3) Eckersley (22) 17,832 68–45
114 August 9 @ White Sox 3 – 2 (11) McCarthy (1–1) Corsi (0–2) 15,389 68–46
115 August 10 @ White Sox 4–1 Davis (12–5) Rosenberg (3–8) Eckersley (23) 16,173 69–46
116 August 11 @ Angels 5–0 Moore (15–6) Witt (7–10) 61,696 70–46
117 August 12 @ Angels 8–3 Welch (12–7) Abbott (10–8) Burns (8) 53,036 71–46
118 August 13 @ Angels 4–3 Blyleven (12–2) Stewart (16–7) Harvey (17) 60,326 71–47
119 August 15 Indians 5–2 Davis (13–5) Nichols (3–2) Eckersley (24) 28,459 72–47
120 August 16 Indians 6–3 Olin (1–0) Honeycutt (2–2) Jones (28) 29,502 72–48
121 August 17 Indians 1–0 Welch (13–7) Farrell (7–12) Eckersley (25) 35,071 73–48
122 August 18 Twins 4–3 Smith (9–4) Stewart (16–8) Reardon (23) 38,956 73–49
123 August 19 Twins 5 – 4 (10) Davis (14–5) Wayne (3–4) 44,123 74–49
124 August 20 Twins 5–0 Moore (16–6) Anderson (14–10) 43,875 75–49
125 August 21 @ Tigers 6–1 C. Young (4–8) Tanana (9–11) 6,197 76–49
126 August 22 @ Rangers 2–0 Welch (14–7) Ryan (14–8) Eckersley (26) 42,869 77–49
127 August 23 @ Rangers 5–4 Stewart (17–8) Brown (11–8) Eckersley (27) 23,453 78–49
128 August 24 @ Rangers 6–2 Jeffcoat (7–5) Davis (14–6) Mielke (1) 25,604 78–50
129 August 25 @ Royals 3–1 Gubicza (12–10) Moore (16–7) Montgomery (14) 38,263 78–51
130 August 26 @ Royals 2–0 Saberhagen (16–5) C. Young (4–9) 41,253 78–52
131 August 27 @ Royals 6–0 Welch (15–7) Gordon (16–5) 38,263 79–52
132 August 28 @ Yankees 7–3 Stewart (18–8) Hawkins (13–13) Eckersley (28) 25,359 80–52
133 August 29 @ Yankees 19–5 Davis (15–6) Cary (3–3) 27,751 81–52
134 August 30 @ Yankees 8–5 Plunk (5–4) Moore (16–8) McCullers (2) 26,238 81–53
September
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
135 September 1 @ Brewers 6 – 5 (10) Crim (9–5) Burns (6–3) 17,465 81–54
136 September 2 @ Brewers 7–2 Stewart (19–8) Filer (5–3) 36,980 82–54
137 September 3 @ Brewers 5–0 Davis (16–6) Navarro (4–7) Nelson (2) 30,583 83–54
138 September 4 Red Sox 8–5 Dopson (10–6) Moore (16–9) Smith (21) 32,697 83–55
139 September 5 Red Sox 13–1 C. Young (5–9) Clemens (14–10) 28,541 84–55
140 September 6 Red Sox 7–5 Welch (16–7) Smithson (7–14) Eckersley (29) 25,037 85–55
141 September 8 Yankees 5–1 Mohorcic (2–1) Stewart (19–9) 43,626 85–56
142 September 9 Yankees 7–0 Moore (17–9) Parker (4–5) 43,760 86–56
143 September 10 Yankees 6–2 Davis (17–6) Plunk (6–5) 44,071 87–56
144 September 12 Brewers 7–6 August (10–11) M. Young (1–4) Plesac (30) 23,862 87–57
145 September 13 Brewers 7–6 Eckersley (2–0) Crim (9–6) 21,246 88–57
146 September 15 @ Red Sox 7–2 Clemens (15–10) Moore (17–10) 33,533 88–58
147 September 16 @ Red Sox 5–2 Dopson (11–7) Davis (17–7) Lamp (1) 33,778 88–59
148 September 17 @ Red Sox 7–6 Harris (2–1) Welch (16–8) Smith (22) 33,148 88–60
149 September 18 @ Indians 4 – 2 (10) Eckersley (3–0) Olin (1–3) 5,931 89–60
150 September 19 @ Indians 5–1 Moore (18–10) Nichols (4–5) 6,085 90–60
151 September 20 @ Indians 8–6 Davis (18–7) Swindell (13–6) Eckersley (30) 6,186 91–60
152 September 21 @ Twins 2–1 Welch (17–8) Aguilera (2–5) Eckersley (31) 16,779 92–60
153 September 22 @ Twins 5–2 Stewart (20–9) Dyer (3–7) Nelson (3) 34,830 93–60
154 September 23 @ Twins 5–3 Anderson (17–10) Moore (18–11) Smith (1) 38,791 93–61
155 September 24 @ Twins 9–3 Davis (19–7) Tapani (2–2) Eckersley (32) 22,565 94–61
156 September 25 Rangers 3–2 Hall (2–1) Burns (6–4) Russell (38) 32,701 94–62
157 September 26 Rangers 4–3 Eckersley (4–0) Jeffcoat (9–6) 23,119 95–62
158 September 27 Rangers 5–0 Moore (19–11) Moyer (4–9) 32,280 96–62
159 September 28 Rangers 5–3 Stewart (21–9) Arnsberg (2–1) Eckersley (33) 21,127 97–62
160 September 29 Royals 4–3 Nelson (3–5) Luecken (2–1) 43,470 98–62
161 September 30 Royals 6–1 Saberhagen (23–6) Burns (6–5) 42,891 98–63
October
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
162 October 1 Royals 4 – 3 (11) Corsi (1–2) Leach (5–6) 43,755 99–63

Player stats

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= Indicates team leader

Batting

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Starters by position

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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
C Terry Steinbach 130 454 124 .273 7 42
1B Mark McGwire 143 490 113 .231 33 95
2B Tony Phillips 143 451 118 .262 4 47
3B Carney Lansford 148 551 185 .336 2 52
SS Mike Gallego 133 357 90 .252 3 30
LF Rickey Henderson 85 306 90 .294 9 35
CF Dave Henderson 152 579 145 .250 15 80
RF Stan Javier 112 310 77 .248 1 28
DH Dave Parker 144 553 146 .264 22 97

Other batters

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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
Ron Hassey 97 268 61 .228 5 23
Walt Weiss 84 236 55 .233 3 21
José Canseco 65 227 61 .269 17 57
Luis Polonia 59 206 59 .286 1 17
Glenn Hubbard 53 131 26 .198 3 12
Lance Blankenship 58 125 29 .232 1 4
Billy Beane 37 79 19 .241 0 11
Félix José 20 57 11 .193 0 5
Jamie Quirk 9 10 2 .200 1 1
Ken Phelps 11 9 1 .111 0 0
Larry Arndt 2 6 1 .167 0 0
Doug Jennings 4 4 0 .000 0 0
Dann Howitt 3 3 0 .000 0 0
Dick Scott 3 2 0 .000 0 1
Chris Bando 1 2 1 .500 0 1
Scott Hemond 4 0 0 ---- 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dave Stewart 36 2572⁄3 21 9 3.32 155
Mike Moore 35 2412⁄3 19 11 2.61 172
Bob Welch 33 2092⁄3 17 8 3.00 137
Storm Davis 31 1691⁄3 19 7 4.36 91
Curt Young 25 111 5 9 3.73 55
Dave Otto 1 62⁄3 0 0 2.70 4

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Matt Young 26 371⁄3 1 4 6.75 27

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Dennis Eckersley 51 4 0 33 1.56 55
Rick Honeycutt 64 2 2 12 2.35 52
Todd Burns 50 6 5 8 2.24 49
Gene Nelson 50 3 5 3 3.26 70
Greg Cadaret 26 0 0 0 2.28 14
Eric Plunk 23 1 1 1 2.20 24
Jim Corsi 22 1 2 0 1.88 21
Bill Dawley 4 0 0 0 4.00 3
Brian Snyder 2 0 0 0 27.00 1

ALCS

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Main article: 1989 American League Championship Series

Game 1

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October 3, 1989, at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Toronto 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 1
Oakland 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 2 X 7 11 0
W: Dave Stewart (1-0)   L: Dave Stieb (0-1)  
HR: TOR – Ernie Whitt (1)   OAK – Dave Henderson (1), Mark McGwire (1)

Game 2

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October 4, 1989, at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Toronto 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 1
Oakland 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 X 6 9 1
W: Mike Moore (1-0)   L: Todd Stottlemyre (0-1)   S: Dennis Eckersley (1)   
HR: OAK – Dave Parker (1)

Game 3

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October 6, 1989, at SkyDome

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Oakland 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 1
Toronto 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 X 7 8 0
W: Jimmy Key (1-0)   L: Storm Davis (0-1)   
HR: OAK – Dave Parker (2)

Game 4

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October 7, 1989, at SkyDome

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Oakland 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 6 11 1
Toronto 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 5 13 0
W: Bob Welch (1-0)   L: Mike Flanagan (0-1)   S: Dennis Eckersley (2)   
HR: OAK – Rickey Henderson 2 (2), José Canseco (1)

Game 5

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October 8, 1989, at SkyDome

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Oakland 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 4 0
Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 9 0
W: Dave Stewart (2-0)   L: Dave Stieb (0-2)   S: Dennis Eckersley (3)   
HR: TOR – Lloyd Moseby (1), George Bell (1)

World Series

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Main article: 1989 World Series

AL Oakland Athletics (4) vs. NL San Francisco Giants (0)

Game Score Date Location Attendance Time of game
1 Giants – 0, A's – 5 October 14 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum (Oakland) 49,385 2:45
2 Giants – 1, A's – 5 October 15 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum (Oakland) 49,388 2:47
3 A's – 13, Giants – 7 October 27 Candlestick Park (San Francisco) 62,038 3:03
4 A's – 9, Giants – 6 October 28 Candlestick Park (San Francisco) 62,032 3:07

Awards and honors

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  • Rickey Henderson, ALCS Most Valuable Player
  • Dave Stewart, World Series MVP

All-Star Game

  • Dave Stewart, pitcher
  • Terry Steinbach, catcher, starter
  • Mark McGwire, first Base, starter
  • José Canseco, outfield, reserve
  • Mike Moore, pitcher, reserve
  • Tony La Russa, manager

Team leaders

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  • Games – Dave Henderson (152)
  • At-Bats – Dave Henderson (579)
  • Runs – Carney Lansford (81)
  • Hits – Carney Lansford (185)
  • Doubles – Carney Lansford (28)
  • Triples – Tony Phillips (6)
  • Home Runs – Mark McGwire (33)
  • Runs Batted In – Dave Parker
  • Walks – Mark McGwire (83)
  • Batting average – Carney Lansford (.336)
  • On Base Percentage – Rickey Henderson (.425)
  • Slugging Average – José Canseco (.542)
  • Stolen Bases – Rickey Henderson (52)
  • Wins – Dave Stewart (21)
  • Innings Pitched – Dave Stewart (257.2)
  • Earned Run Average – Mike Moore (2.61)
  • Strikeouts – Mike Moore (172)

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tacoma Tigers Pacific Coast League Brad Fischer
AA Huntsville Stars Southern League Jeff Newman
A Modesto A's California League Lenn Sakata and Ted Kubiak
A Madison Muskies Midwest League Jim Nettles
A-Short Season Southern Oregon A's Northwest League Grady Fuson
Rookie AZL Athletics Arizona League Casey Parsons

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Complete Book of 1990 Baseball Cards. Publications International, Ltd. 1990. pp. 12–13. ISBN 0-88176-804-9.
  2. ^ Billy Beane Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ^ "Ken Griffey Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  4. ^ "The Nolan Ryan Express - The Strikeout King - smackbomb.com/nolanryan". smackbomb.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
  5. ^ Troy Afenir Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ^ "Mike Norris Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  7. ^ a b Jamie Quirk Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. ^ "Mike Mohler Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  9. ^ Glenn Hubbard Statistics Baseball-Reference.com

Sources

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