1989 Oakland Athletics season

1989 Oakland Athletics
World Series Champions American League Champions AL Western Division Champions
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum (since 1968)
Oakland, California (since 1968)
Results
Record	99–63 (.611)
Other information
Owner(s)	Walter A. Haas, Jr.
General manager(s)	Sandy Alderson
Manager(s)	Tony La Russa
Local television	KPIX/KICU-TV (Monte Moore, Ray Fosse)
Local radio	KSFO (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 division, with a record of 99 wins and 63 losses, seven games in front of the Kansas City Royals. It was their second consecutive AL West title, as well as the second straight year in which they finished with the best record in all of baseball. 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.

Offseason

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.^[1]

Regular season

• Ken Griffey Jr. made his major league baseball debut on April 3, 1989, in a game against the Oakland Athletics.^[2]
• On August 22, 1989, Nolan Ryan struck out Rickey Henderson for the 5,000th strikeout in his career.^[3]

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Oakland Athletics	99	63	0.611	—	54–27	45–36
Kansas City Royals	92	70	0.568	7	55–26	37–44
California Angels	91	71	0.562	8	52–29	39–42
Texas Rangers	83	79	0.512	16	45–36	38–43
Minnesota Twins	80	82	0.494	19	45–36	35–46
Seattle Mariners	73	89	0.451	26	40–41	33–48
Chicago White Sox	69	92	0.429	29½	35–45	34–47

Record vs. opponents

1989 American League Records Sources:
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

• April 6, 1989: Troy Afenir was traded by the Houston Astros to the Oakland Athletics for Matt Sinatro.^[4]
• April 6, 1989: Mike Norris was signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.^[5]
• May 27, 1989: Jamie Quirk was signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.^[6]
• 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.^[7]
• 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.^[6]
• July 31, 1989: Glenn Hubbard was released by the Oakland Athletics.^[8]
• August 30, 1989: Ken Phelps was traded by the New York Yankees to the Oakland Athletics for Scott Holcomb (minors).

Roster

1989 Oakland Athletics
Roster
Pitchers 54 Todd Burns 32 Greg Cadaret 41 Jim Corsi 14 Storm Davis 46 Bill Dawley 43 Dennis Eckersley 40 Rick Honeycutt 21 Mike Moore 19 Gene Nelson 38 Dave Otto 51 Eric Plunk 53 Brian Snyder 34 Dave Stewart 35 Bob Welch 29 Curt Young 20 Matt Young		Catchers 23 Chris Bando 24,27 Ron Hassey 36 Terry Steinbach Infielders 30 Larry Arndt  9 Mike Gallego 51 Dann Howitt 17 Glenn Hubbard  4 Carney Lansford 25 Mark McGwire 44 Ken Phelps  2 Tony Phillips  3 Jamie Quirk  3 Dick Scott  7 Walt Weiss		Outfielders 11,27 Billy Beane 00,12 Lance Blankenship 33 José Canseco 42 Dave Henderson 22,24 Rickey Henderson 28 Stan Javier 22 Doug Jennings  6 Félix José 39 Dave Parker 22 Luis Polonia Other batters 31 Scott Hemond		Manager 10 Tony La Russa Coaches 18 Dave Duncan (pitching)  5 Art Kusnyer (bullpen) 15 Rene Lachemann (third base)  8 Dave McKay (first base) 45 Merv Rettenmund (hitting) 46 Tommie Reynolds (bench) Game log 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 = Indicates team leader 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 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 Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Billy Beane 37 79 19 .241 0 11 José Canseco 65 227 61 .269 17 57 Glenn Hubbard 53 131 26 .198 3 12 Ken Phelps 11 9 1 .111 0 0 Pitching Starting pitchers Player G IP W L ERA SO Mike Moore 35 241⅔ 19 11 2.61 172 Bob Welch 33 209⅔ 17 8 3.00 137 Dave Stewart 36 257⅔ 21 9 3.32 155 Curt Young 25 111 5 9 3.73 55 Storm Davis 31 169⅓ 19 7 4.36 91 Other pitchers Player G IP W L ERA Relief pitchers Player G W L SV ERA SO Dennis Eckersley 51 4 0 33 1.56 55 Todd Burns 50 6 5 8 2.24 49 Greg Cadaret 26 0 0 0 2.28 14 Rick Honeycutt 64 2 2 12 2.35 52 Gene Nelson 50 3 5 3 3.26 70 ALCS Game 1 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 (257.7) Earned Run Average – Dennis Eckersley (1.56) Strikeouts – Mike Moore (172) Farm system 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 Notes Billy Beane Statistics Baseball-Reference.com http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/griffke02.shtml The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King | smackbomb.com/nolanryan Troy Afenir Statistics Baseball-Reference.com http://www.baseball-reference.com/n/norrimi01.shtml Jamie Quirk Statistics Baseball-Reference.com http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mohlemi01.shtml Glenn Hubbard Statistics Baseball-Reference.com Sources 1989 Oakland Athletics at Baseball Reference 1989 Oakland Athletics at Baseball Almanac Blog remembering the team and featuring images of the A's players