# 1996 Oakland Athletics season

The Oakland Athletics' 1996 season was the team's 29th in Oakland, California. It was also the 96th season in franchise history. The team finished third in the American League West with a record of 78–84.
The 1996 season was the Athletics' first under manager Art Howe. It was also the team's fourth consecutive losing season. The reasons behind Oakland's mediocrity remained the same; a below-average offense failed to offset an awful pitching staff. The Athletics' starting rotation, once again, was in shambles; none of the Athletics' six primary starters (Don Wengert, Doug Johns, John Wasdin, Ariel Prieto, Steve Wojciechowski, and Dave Telgheder) won more than eight games. Oakland's bullpen also ranked among the league's worst. Reliever Carlos Reyes lead all pitchers in strikeouts with 78. All told, the A's boasted a team ERA of 5.20; this was the 10th best total in the 14-team American League.
The Athletics' offense was only slightly better. As had been the case in prior years, slugger Mark McGwire (his final full season as an Athletic) was the main draw; he crushed a league-high (and Oakland franchise record) 52 home runs in 1996. Designated hitter Gerónimo Berroa and catcher Terry Steinbach belted 36 and 35 home runs, respectively; secondary hitters Scott Brosius, Jason Giambi, and Ernie Young contributed 22, 20, and 19. The Athletics, as a team, hit 243 home runs (the American League's third-most); a low team batting average, however, ensured that they would finish the season with only 861 runs (the American League's 10th best total).
The Athletics hovered around the .500-mark for almost all of the season. They were not expected to contend in 1996, and indeed did not; they ultimately finished 12 games behind the first-time AL West Champion Texas Rangers.

## Offseason

* November 27, 1995: Buddy Groom was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics.
* December 5, 1995: Torey Lovullo was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics.
* January 22, 1996: Danny Tartabull was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Chicago White Sox for Andrew Lorraine and Charles Poe (minors).
* January 22, 1996: Rafael Bournigal was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics.
* January 29, 1996: Aaron Small was selected off waivers by the Oakland Athletics from the Seattle Mariners.
* January 29, 1996: Pedro Munoz was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics.
* February 13, 1996: Dennis Eckersley was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the St. Louis Cardinals for Steve Montgomery.
* March 10, 1996: Webster Garrison was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Texas Rangers | 90 | 72 | .556 | — | 50‍–‍31 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Seattle Mariners | 85 | 76 | .528 | 4½ | 43‍–‍38 | 42‍–‍38 |
| Oakland Athletics | 78 | 84 | .481 | 12 | 40‍–‍41 | 38‍–‍43 |
| California Angels | 70 | 91 | .435 | 19½ | 43‍–‍38 | 27‍–‍53 |

### Record vs. opponents

1996 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
| Baltimore | — | 7–6 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 11–2 | 9–3 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 3–10 | 9–4 | 7–5 | 3–10–1 | 8–5 |
| Boston | 6–7 | — | 8–4 | 6–6 | 1–11 | 12–1 | 3–9 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 8–5 |
| California | 6–6 | 4–8 | — | 6–6 | 4–9 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 5–8 | 4–9 | 7–5 |
| Chicago | 8–4 | 6–6 | 6–6 | — | 5–8 | 10–3 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 7–5 |
| Cleveland | 7–5 | 11–1 | 9–4 | 8–5 | — | 12–0 | 7–6 | 7–6 | 10–3 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 7–5 |
| Detroit | 2–11 | 1–12 | 6–6 | 3–10 | 0–12 | — | 6–6 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 4–9 | 6–7 |
| Kansas City | 3–9 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 6–6 | — | 4–9 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 5–8 |
| Milwaukee | 3–9 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 9–4 | — | 9–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 4–9 | 6–7 | 5–7 |
| Minnesota | 5–7 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 3–10 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 4–9 | — | 5–7 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 8–5 |
| New York | 10–3 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 9–3 | 8–5 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | — | 9–3 | 3–9 | 5–7 | 8–5 |
| Oakland | 4–9 | 5–8 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 3–9 | — | 8–5 | 7–6 | 4–8 |
| Seattle | 5–7 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 5–8 | — | 10–3 | 5–7 |
| Texas | 10–3–1 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 3–10 | — | 10–2 |
| Toronto | 5–8 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 2–10 | — |

### Game log

1996 Game Log: 78–84 (Home: 40–41; Away: 38–43) :
April: 13–12 (Home: 5–7; Away: 8–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1Blue Jays6–9HansonReyes (0–1)Timlin7,2940–1
2April 3Blue Jays4–10HentgenPrieto (0–1)—8,0500–2
3April 4Tigers9–10 (15)KeagleSmall (0–1)—8,3460–3
4April 5Tigers13–2Johns (1–0)Gohr—11,1491–3
5April 6Tigers1–6LiraReyes (0–2)—10,4241–4
6April 7Tigers7–6Corsi (1–0)Williams—9,7232–4
7April 9@ Brewers4–10McDonaldVan Poppel (0–1)—42,0902–5
8April 11@ Brewers11–0Johns (2–0)Karl—12,2363–5
9April 12@ White Sox7–2Reyes (1–2)Fernandez—13,6234–5
10April 13@ White Sox5–6 (12)KarchnerWengert (0–1)—15,8124–6
11April 14@ White Sox10–5Groom (1–0)Simas—15,2365–6
12April 15@ Rangers8–3Mohler (1–0)Heredia—19,3126–6
13April 16@ Rangers3–5WittJohns (2–1)Henneman20,9486–7
14April 17@ Rangers1–12HillReyes (1–3)—24,1206–8
15April 19White Sox3–4KarchnerBriscoe (0–1)Hernandez31,3206–9
16April 20White Sox3–8TapaniVan Poppel (0–2)—16,4806–10
17April 21White Sox6–5Corsi (2–0)SimasMohler (1)16,1257–10
18April 22Brewers6–2Reyes (2–3)BonesBriscoe (1)6,0218–10
19April 23Brewers9–6Wojciechowski (1–0)SparksMohler (2)7,0269–10
20April 24@ Blue Jays7–6Prieto (1–1)HentgenCorsi (1)28,02910–10
21April 25@ Blue Jays4–3 (11)Mohler (2–0)Crabtree—26,16311–10
22April 26@ Tigers5–14ChristopherJohns (2–2)—7,94111–11
23April 27@ Tigers4–1Reyes (3–3)LiraTaylor (1)13,06712–11
24April 28@ Tigers6–3Wojciechowski (2–0)GohrTaylor (2)8,90713–11
25April 30Angels3–7LangstonPrieto (1–2)—7,15413–12 :
May: 11–16 (Home: 7–7; Away: 4–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
26May 1Angels4–6BoskieVan Poppel (0–3)Percival6,72113–13
27May 2Angels1–3AbbottJohns (2–3)Percival9,10213–14
28May 3@ Royals1–3AppierReyes (3–4)Montgomery14,45213–15
29May 4@ Royals5–2Wojciechowski (3–0)GubiczaGroom (1)15,98714–15
30May 5@ Royals0–2HaneyPrieto (1–3)—16,58914–16
31May 6Indians5–3Taylor (1–0)AssenmacherMohler (3)47,31315–16
32May 7Indians8–4Johns (3–3)Hershiser—10,12616–16
33May 8Indians3–7NagyReyes (3–5)—9,28816–17
34May 10Twins15–5Wojciechowski (4–0)Rodriguez—8,27817–17
35May 11Twins12–5Prieto (2–3)Radke—15,79118–17
36May 12Twins8–3Wengert (1–1)Parra—13,43019–17
37May 13Orioles3–4KrivdaJohns (3–4)Myers8,20419–18
38May 14Orioles1–9MussinaReyes (3–6)—8,46619–19
39May 17@ Red Sox3–5 (11)StantonVan Poppel (0–4)—28,69019–20
40May 18@ Red Sox6–5 (10)Groom (2–0)GarcesTaylor (3)31,66320–20
41May 19@ Red Sox2–12SeleWengert (1–2)—32,60120–21
42May 20@ Red Sox4–16GordonJohns (3–5)—20,89020–22
43May 21@ Yankees3–7GoodenReyes (3–7)—15,61420–23
44May 22@ Yankees5–1Wojciechowski (5–0)PettitteMohler (4)18,54421–23
45May 23@ Yankees3–4RogersTaylor (1–1)Wetteland19,31521–24
46May 24@ Orioles4–5 (10)McDowellReyes (3–8)—45,02421–25
47May 25@ Orioles6–3Johns (4–5)WellsGroom (2)47,35322–25
48May 26@ Orioles1–6MerckerChouinard (0–1)McDowell47,40122–26
49May 27Red Sox3–10WakefieldWojciechowski (5–1)—21,68822–27
50May 28Red Sox6–2Wasdin (1–0)Clemens—9,33823–27
51May 29Red Sox7–6 (10)Mohler (3–0)Slocumb—8,28224–27
52May 31Yankees1–4KeyJohns (4–6)Wetteland13,27924–28 :
June: 14–15 (Home: 4–7; Away: 10–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
53June 1Yankees3–6PettitteChouinard (0–2)Wetteland21,35424–29
54June 2Yankees4–11RogersWojciechowski (5–2)Wetteland26,33124–30
55June 3Royals2–1Wasdin (2–0)AppierTaylor (4)6,46525–30
56June 4Royals8–3Wengert (2–2)Gubicza—11,52426–30
57June 5Royals2–5HaneyJohns (4–7)Montgomery8,11326–31
58June 7@ Twins6–4Reyes (4–8)RadkeCorsi (2)14,99927–31
59June 8@ Twins2–4RobertsonWojciechowski (5–3)Guardado—27–32
60June 8@ Twins13–7Wasdin (3–0)Mahomes—22,16428–32
61June 9@ Twins3–5RodriguezWengert (2–3)—13,29128–33
62June 10@ Indians4–5NagyJohns (4–8)Mesa42,16728–34
63June 11@ Indians5–6 (13)OgeaReyes (4–9)—42,24928–35
64June 12@ Indians9–6Montgomery (1–0)McDowellMohler (5)40,67329–35
65June 13@ Brewers3–16KarlWojciechowski (5–4)—12,43929–36
66June 14@ Brewers2–6BonesWasdin (3–1)—14,40429–37
67June 15@ Brewers9–12GivensWengert (2–4)Garcia21,06429–38
68June 16@ Brewers10–9Taylor (2–1)FettersMohler (6)26,74430–38
69June 17@ Tigers8–4 (10)Corsi (3–0)Myers—9,23131–38
70June 18@ Tigers8–5Van Poppel (1–4)UrbaniTaylor (5)8,54332–38
71June 19@ Tigers10–3Wasdin (4–1)Keagle—9,87533–38
72June 20Blue Jays0–1HentgenWengert (2–5)Timlin8,02733–39
73June 21Blue Jays5–7QuantrillJohns (4–9)Timlin10,27833–40
74June 22Blue Jays8–4Chouinard (1–2)Ware—20,12434–40
75June 23Blue Jays4–5GuzmanWojciechowski (5–5)Timlin14,40734–41
76June 24Tigers4–2Wasdin (5–1)SodowskyTaylor (6)10,12235–41
77June 25Tigers8–10OlivaresWengert (2–6)Olson9,65235–42
78June 27@ Angels18–2Johns (5–9)Boskie—23,50336–42
79June 28@ Angels6–3Chouinard (2–2)Finley—32,38037–42
80June 29@ Angels11–9Groom (3–0)Monteleone—26,56538–42
81June 30@ Angels0–1HancockWasdin (5–2)Percival19,28438–43 :
July: 17–10 (Home: 8–5; Away: 9–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
82July 1@ Mariners6–4Wengert (3–6)WagnerTaylor (7)18,16639–43
83July 2@ Mariners11–6Mohler (4–0)Charlton—19,63240–43
84July 3@ Mariners3–4AyalaReyes (4–10)—36,61940–44
85July 4Angels8–7 (11)Taylor (3–1)Monteleone—14,14441–44
86July 5Angels16–8Wasdin (6–2)Hancock—36,12942–44
87July 6Angels6–5 (10)Taylor (4–1)James—14,29443–44
88July 7Angels4–9BoskieJohns (5–10)—16,52643–45
89July 11Rangers8–3Chouinard (3–2)Oliver—13,43744–45
90July 12Rangers4–8 (10)RussellTaylor (4–2)—12,07444–46
91July 13Rangers1–8PavlikWengert (3–7)—16,79244–47
92July 14Rangers9–1Johns (6–10)Gross—20,70445–47
93July 15Mariners1–5WolcottTelgheder (0–1)—11,18345–48
94July 16Mariners12–5Chouinard (4–2)Hitchcock—15,20646–48
95July 17Mariners7–6Corsi (4–0)MinorTaylor (8)14,38747–48
96July 18@ Rangers5–4 (11)Reyes (5–10)BrandenburgVan Poppel (1)28,58548–48
97July 19@ Rangers9–6Reyes (6–10)HellingTaylor (9)37,45549–48
98July 20@ Rangers4–8WittVan Poppel (1–5)—46,05249–49
99July 21@ Rangers11–8Groom (4–0)BrandenburgMohler (7)36,03950–49
100July 22@ White Sox6–5Taylor (5–2)Karchner—23,57251–49
101July 23@ White Sox8–4Wengert (4–7)FernandezCorsi (3)18,52752–49
102July 24@ White Sox6–5Corsi (5–0)SimasTaylor (10)23,35053–49
103July 25@ Blue Jays3–4CrabtreeWitasick (0–1)—30,17453–50
104July 26@ Blue Jays5–3Groom (5–0)CastilloTaylor (11)32,24154–50
105July 27@ Blue Jays4–6HansonWasdin (6–3)Timlin32,16254–51
106July 28@ Blue Jays0–1HentgenPrieto (2–4)—31,15054–52
107July 30White Sox1–2BaldwinTelgheder (0–2)Hernandez14,21054–53
108July 31White Sox5–4Witasick (1–1)KarchnerTaylor (12)13,12755–53 :
August: 11–19 (Home: 8–10; Away: 3–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
109August 1White Sox3–8TapaniWasdin (6–4)Hernandez10,51455–54
110August 2Brewers3–4 (10)MirandaTaylor (5–3)Fetters10,05655–55
111August 3Brewers0–7BonesJohns (6–11)—15,17155–56
112August 4Brewers4–2Telgheder (1–2)Van EgmondTaylor (13)10,28156–56
113August 5Brewers3–13EldredAdams (0–1)—8,61656–57
114August 6@ Royals2–9BelcherWasdin (6–5)—14,02856–58
115August 7@ Royals0–7AppierPrieto (2–5)—15,51756–59
116August 8@ Royals2–1Wengert (5–7)LintonTaylor (14)19,19757–59
117August 9Indians4–10McDowellTelgheder (1–3)—20,12257–60
118August 10Indians5–1Adams (1–1)Nagy—30,23858–60
119August 11Indians9–3Wasdin (7–5)Lopez—21,91459–60
120August 12Twins11–1Prieto (3–5)Robertson—10,07160–60
121August 13Twins2–6AguileraWengert (5–8)—11,15660–61
122August 14Twins7–13RodriguezTelgheder (1–4)—12,72960–62
123August 15Orioles5–18MussinaAdams (1–2)—14,02660–63
124August 16Orioles3–14EricksonWasdin (7–6)——60–64
125August 16Orioles4–5 (10)MyersMohler (4–1)—15,64560–65
126August 17Orioles3–1Prieto (4–5)CoppingerAcre (1)20,23161–65
127August 18Orioles9–6Wengert (6–8)Wells—18,12262–65
128August 20@ Red Sox3–4GarcesMohler (4–2)Slocumb25,09462–66
129August 21@ Red Sox4–6BrandenburgJohns (6–12)Slocumb26,36262–67
130August 22@ Red Sox1–2ClemensAcre (0–1)—30,50362–68
131August 23@ Yankees3–5GoodenWengert (6–9)Rivera34,24462–69
132August 24@ Yankees4–5WhitehurstTelgheder (1–5)Pavlas32,12562–70
133August 25@ Yankees6–4Mohler (5–2)NelsonAcre (2)50,80863–70
134August 26@ Orioles11–12 (10)MyersAcre (0–2)—43,36163–71
135August 27@ Orioles1–3WellsPrieto (4–6)Myers43,64163–72
136August 28@ Orioles3–0Wengert (7–9)Mussina—45,28264–72
137August 30Red Sox7–0Telgheder (2–5)Maddux—17,18265–72
138August 31Red Sox8–0Adams (2–2)Wakefield—32,11666–72 :
September: 12–12 (Home: 8–5; Away: 4–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
139September 1Red Sox3–8SeleWasdin (7–7)—15,02166–73
140September 2Yankees0–5ConePrieto (4–7)—20,15966–74
141September 3Yankees10–9Acre (1–2)BoehringerJohns (1)11,62167–74
142September 4Yankees3–10PettitteTelgheder (2–6)—9,89267–75
143September 6Royals7–1Adams (3–2)Haney—14,40468–75
144September 7Royals13–6Prieto (5–7)Belcher—13,17569–75
145September 8Royals8–7 (10)Corsi (6–0)Pichardo—17,20870–75
146September 10@ Twins7–0Telgheder (3–6)Robertson—9,67671–75
147September 11@ Twins2–7RadkeAdams (3–3)—9,49371–76
148September 12@ Twins3–4 (12)StevensMohler (5–3)—9,71271–77
149September 14@ Indians2–9NagyWengert (7–10)——71–78
150September 14@ Indians8–9PlunkSmall (0–2)Mesa42,23371–79
151September 15@ Indians10–9 (10)Reyes (7–10)Mesa—42,22672–79
152September 17@ Angels5–1Prieto (6–7)Springer—17,82773–79
153September 18@ Angels1–3FinleyAdams (3–4)Percival18,21373–80
154September 20@ Mariners2–12CarmonaWengert (7–11)Meacham56,53573–81
155September 21@ Mariners2–9MoyerTelgheder (3–7)—56,10373–82
156September 22@ Mariners13–11Mohler (6–3)MulhollandTaylor (15)54,19474–82
157September 23Rangers5–3Wasdin (8–7)WittTaylor (16)10,16475–82
158September 24Rangers3–7CookSmall (0–3)—9,69475–83
159September 26Mariners7–5Taylor (6–3)Charlton—11,14176–83
160September 27Mariners8–1Telgheder (4–7)Mulholland—25,13277–83
161September 28Mariners3–5 (10)CarmonaAcre (1–3)Charlton30,05777–84
162September 29Mariners3–1Small (1–3)TorresTaylor (17)34,46278–84 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Athletics team member :

### Detailed records

American League :
| Opponent | W | L | WP | RS | RA |
| AL East |||||||
| Baltimore Orioles | 4 | 9 | 0.308 | 54 | 86 |
| Boston Red Sox | 5 | 8 | 0.385 | 57 | 76 |
| Detroit Tigers | 8 | 4 | 0.667 | 83 | 66 |
| New York Yankees | 3 | 9 | 0.250 | 45 | 71 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 4 | 8 | 0.333 | 50 | 59 |
| Total | 24 | 38 | 0.387 | 289 | 358 |
| AL Central |||||||
| Chicago White Sox | 7 | 5 | 0.583 | 63 | 58 |
| Cleveland Indians | 6 | 6 | 0.500 | 72 | 72 |
| Kansas City Royals | 7 | 5 | 0.583 | 50 | 47 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 5 | 7 | 0.417 | 64 | 87 |
| Minnesota Twins | 7 | 6 | 0.538 | 91 | 64 |
| Total | 32 | 29 | 0.525 | 340 | 328 |
| AL West |||||||
| California Angels | 7 | 6 | 0.538 | 83 | 64 |
| Oakland Athletics | | | | | |
| Seattle Mariners | 8 | 5 | 0.615 | 78 | 74 |
| Texas Rangers | 7 | 6 | 0.538 | 71 | 76 |
| Total | 22 | 17 | 0.564 | 232 | 214 |
| Season Total | 78 | 84 | 0.481 | 861 | 900 |
| Month | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA |
| April | 25 | 13 | 12 | 0.520 | 145 | 145 |
| May | 27 | 11 | 16 | 0.407 | 120 | 142 |
| June | 29 | 14 | 15 | 0.483 | 175 | 162 |
| July | 27 | 17 | 10 | 0.630 | 163 | 139 |
| August | 30 | 11 | 19 | 0.367 | 130 | 170 |
| September | 24 | 12 | 12 | 0.500 | 128 | 142 |
| Total | 162 | 78 | 84 | 0.481 | 861 | 900 |
| | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA |
| Home | 81 | 40 | 41 | 0.494 | 440 | 452 |
| Away | 81 | 38 | 43 | 0.469 | 421 | 448 |
| Total | 162 | 78 | 84 | 0.481 | 861 | 900 |

### Transactions

* June 4, 1996: Eric Chavez was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (10th overall) of the 1996 amateur draft. Signed August 27, 1996.
* June 4, 1996: A. J. Hinch was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 3rd round of the 1996 amateur draft. Signed June 22, 1996.

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

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 | 145 | 514 | 140 | .272 | 35 | 100 |
| 1B | Mark McGwire | 130 | 423 | 132 | .312 | 52 | 113 |
| 2B | Brent Gates | 64 | 247 | 65 | .263 | 2 | 30 |
| 3B | Scott Brosius | 114 | 428 | 130 | .304 | 22 | 71 |
| SS | Mike Bordick | 155 | 525 | 126 | .240 | 5 | 54 |
| LF | Phil Plantier | 73 | 231 | 49 | .212 | 7 | 31 |
| CF | Ernie Young | 141 | 462 | 112 | .242 | 19 | 64 |
| RF | José Herrera | 108 | 320 | 86 | .269 | 6 | 30 |
| DH | Gerónimo Berroa | 153 | 586 | 170 | .290 | 36 | 106 |

#### Other batters

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 |
| Jason Giambi | 140 | 536 | 156 | .291 | 20 | 79 |
| Rafael Bournigal | 88 | 252 | 61 | .242 | 0 | 18 |
| Tony Batista | 74 | 238 | 71 | .298 | 6 | 25 |
| Matt Stairs | 61 | 137 | 38 | .277 | 10 | 23 |
| George Williams | 56 | 132 | 20 | .152 | 3 | 10 |
| Allen Battle | 47 | 130 | 25 | .192 | 1 | 5 |
| Pedro Muñoz | 34 | 121 | 31 | .256 | 6 | 18 |
| Damon Mashore | 50 | 105 | 28 | .267 | 3 | 12 |
| Brian Lesher | 26 | 82 | 19 | .232 | 5 | 16 |
| Torey Lovullo | 65 | 82 | 18 | .220 | 3 | 9 |
| Scott Spiezio | 9 | 29 | 9 | .310 | 2 | 8 |
| Izzy Molina | 14 | 25 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
| Kerwin Moore | 22 | 16 | 1 | .063 | 0 | 0 |
| Webster Garrison | 5 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| John Wasdin | 25 | 131.1 | 8 | 7 | 5.96 | 75 |
| Ariel Prieto | 21 | 125.2 | 6 | 7 | 4.15 | 75 |
| Steve Wojciechowski | 16 | 79.2 | 5 | 5 | 5.65 | 30 |
| Dave Telgheder | 16 | 79.1 | 4 | 7 | 4.65 | 43 |
| Willie Adams | 12 | 76.1 | 3 | 4 | 4.01 | 68 |
| Bobby Chouinard | 13 | 59.0 | 4 | 2 | 6.10 | 32 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Don Wengert | 36 | 161.1 | 7 | 11 | 5.58 | 75 |
| Doug Johns | 40 | 158.0 | 6 | 12 | 5.98 | 71 |
| Carlos Reyes | 46 | 122.1 | 7 | 10 | 4.78 | 78 |
| Todd Van Poppel | 28 | 63.0 | 1 | 5 | 7.71 | 37 |
| Aaron Small | 12 | 28.2 | 1 | 3 | 8.16 | 17 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Billy Taylor | 55 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 4.33 | 67 |
| Mike Mohler | 72 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3.67 | 64 |
| Buddy Groom | 72 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3.84 | 57 |
| Jim Corsi | 56 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4.03 | 43 |
| Mark Acre | 22 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6.12 | 18 |
| John Briscoe | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.76 | 14 |
| Jay Witasick | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.23 | 12 |
| Steve Montgomery | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.22 | 8 |
| Paul Fletcher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.25 | 0 |

## Awards and records

* Mark McGwire, Silver Slugger Award
* Mark McGwire, Major League record, 1st player to reach 50 Home Runs in one season before reaching 400 at-bats in a season

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Edmonton Trappers | Pacific Coast League | Gary Jones |
| AA | Huntsville Stars | Southern League | Dick Scott |
| A | Modesto A's | California League | Jim Colborn |
| A | West Michigan Whitecaps | Midwest League | Mike Quade |
| A-Short Season | Southern Oregon Timberjacks | Northwest League | Tony DeFrancesco |
| Rookie | AZL Athletics | Arizona League | Juan Navarrette |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Edmonton, West Michigan