2015 Oakland Athletics season

2015 Oakland Athletics
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 68–94 (.420)
Other information
Owner(s) Lewis Wolff, John Fisher
General manager(s) Billy Beane
Manager(s) Bob Melvin
Local television Comcast SportsNet California
(Glen Kuiper, Ray Fosse, Eric Chavez)
Local radio KGMZ
(Ken Korach, Vince Cotroneo, Ray Fosse)
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The 2015 Oakland Athletics season was the 48th for the franchise in Oakland (all at O.co Coliseum), as well as the 115th in club history.

Offseason

On November 28, 2014, the Athletics traded Josh Donaldson to the Toronto Blue Jays for Brett Lawrie, Kendall Graveman, Sean Nolin, and Franklin Barreto.[1]

Regular season

American League West

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Texas Rangers 88 74 0.543 43–38 45–36
Houston Astros 86 76 0.531 2 53–28 33–48
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 85 77 0.525 3 49–32 36–45
Seattle Mariners 76 86 0.469 12 36–45 40–41
Oakland Athletics 68 94 0.420 20 34–47 34–47

American League Wild Card

Division Leaders W L Pct.
(1) Kansas City Royals 95 67 0.586
(2) Toronto Blue Jays 93 69 0.574
(3) Texas Rangers 88 74 0.543
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)
W L Pct. GB
(4) New York Yankees 87 75 0.537 +1
(5) Houston Astros 86 76 0.531
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 85 77 0.525 1
Minnesota Twins 83 79 0.512 3
Cleveland Indians 81 80 0.503
Baltimore Orioles 81 81 0.500 5
Tampa Bay Rays 80 82 0.494 6
Boston Red Sox 78 84 0.481 8
Chicago White Sox 76 86 0.469 10
Seattle Mariners 76 86 0.469 10
Detroit Tigers 74 87 0.460 11½
Oakland Athletics 68 94 0.420 18

Record against opponents

2015 AL Records

Source: AL Standings Head-to-Head
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore 11–8 3–3 5–1 4–3 3–4 3–4 2–4 0–7 10–9 6–1 3–3 10–9 1–6 8–11 12–8
Boston 8–11 3–4 2–4 4–2 2–4 4–3 2–5 2–5 8–11 5–1 4–3 9–10 2–5 10–9 13–7
Chicago 3–3 4–3 10–9 9–10 5–1 7–12 4–3 6–13 2–5 5–2 4–3 1–5 3–3 4–3 9–11
Cleveland 1–5 4–2 9–10 7–11 5–2 9–10 4–2 7–12 5–2 3–4 4–3 5–2 3–3 3–4 12–8
Detroit 3–4 2–4 10–9 11–7 3–4 9–10 1–6 11–8 2–5 2–4 4–3 3–3 2–5 2–4 9–11
Houston 4–3 4–2 1–5 2–5 4–3 4–2 10–9 3–3 4–3 10–9 12–7 2–5 6–13 4–3 16–4
Kansas City 4–3 3–4 12–7 10–9 10–9 2–4 6–1 12–7 2–4 5–1 4–2 6–1 3–4 3–4 13–7
Los Angeles 4–2 5–2 3–4 2–4 6–1 9–10 1–6 5–2 2–4 11–8 12–7 3–3 12–7 2–5 8–12
Minnesota 7–0 5–2 13–6 12–7 8–11 3–3 7–12 2–5 1–5 4–3 4–3 4–2 3–3 2–5 8–12
New York 9–10 11–8 5–2 2–5 5–2 3–4 4–2 4–2 5–1 3–4 5–1 12–7 2–5 6–13 11–9
Oakland 1–6 1–5 2–5 4–3 4–2 9–10 1–5 8–11 3–4 4–3 6–13 3–4 10–9 1–5 11–9
Seattle 3–3 3–4 3–4 3–4 3–4 7–12 2–4 7–12 3–4 1–5 13–6 4–3 12–7 4–2 8–12
Tampa Bay 9–10 10–9 5–1 2–5 3–3 5–2 1–6 3–3 2–4 7–12 4–3 3–4 2–5 10–9 14–6
Texas 6–1 5–2 3–3 3–3 5–2 13–6 4–3 7–12 3–3 5–2 9–10 7–12 5–2 2–4 11–9
Toronto 11–8 9–10 3–4 4–3 4–2 3–4 4–3 5–2 5–2 13–6 5–1 2–4 9–10 4–2 12–8

Game log

2015 Game Log
Total: 68–94 (Home: 34–47; Away: 34–47)[2]
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = Postponement
Bold = Athletics team member

Roster

2015 Oakland Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Statistics

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
Bryan Anderson, C 4 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 .400 0
Chris Bassitt, P 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0
Carson Blair, C 11 31 3 4 0 0 1 3 4 18 .129 0
Aaron Brooks, P 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Billy Burns, CF 125 520 70 153 18 9 5 42 26 81 .294 26
Billy Butler, DH,1B 151 538 63 135 28 1 15 65 52 101 .251 0
Mark Canha, LF 124 441 61 112 22 3 16 70 33 96 .254 7
Jesse Chavez, P 30 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 0
Coco Crisp, LF 44 126 11 22 6 0 0 6 13 25 .175 2
Ike Davis, 1B 74 214 19 49 17 0 3 20 23 44 .229 0
Sam Fuld, OF 120 290 34 57 16 3 2 22 30 55 .197 9
Craig Gentry, OF 26 50 6 6 0 2 0 3 4 15 .120 1
Sonny Gray, P 31 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .167 0
Jess Hahn, P 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0
Scott Kazmir, P 18 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .500 0
Tyler Ladendorf, 2B,OF 9 17 3 4 0 1 0 2 1 2 .235 0
Brett Lawrie, 3B 149 562 64 146 29 3 16 60 28 144 .260 5
Max Muncy, 1B,3B 45 102 14 21 8 1 3 9 9 31 .206 0
Andy Parrino, SS,3B 17 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .000 0
Josh Phegley, C 73 225 27 56 16 1 9 34 14 51 .249 0
Jason Pridie, OF 6 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 0
Josh Reddick, RF 149 526 67 143 25 4 20 77 49 65 .272 10
Cody Ross, OF 9 22 3 2 0 0 0 3 3 6 .091 0
Marcus Semien, SS 155 556 65 143 23 7 15 45 42 132 .257 11
Jake Smolinski, LF 41 106 12 24 6 2 5 20 8 19 .226 0
Eric Sogard, 2B 120 372 40 92 12 3 1 37 23 50 .247 6
Danny Valencia, 3B,DH 47 183 33 52 10 1 11 37 20 40 .284 0
Pat Venditte, P 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0
Stephen Vogt, C 136 445 58 116 21 3 18 71 56 97 .261 0
Ben Zobrist, 2B,OF,DH 67 235 39 63 20 2 6 33 33 26 .268 1

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K
Fernando Abad 2 2 4.15 62 0 0 47.2 45 23 22 11 19 45
R. J. Alvarez 0 0 9.90 21 0 0 20.0 27 23 22 7 13 23
Chris Bassitt 1 8 3.56 18 13 0 86.0 78 36 34 5 30 64
Aaron Brooks 3 4 6.71 11 9 0 51.0 67 38 38 9 14 35
Ángel Castro 0 1 2.25 5 0 0 4.0 8 1 1 1 3 4
Jesse Chavez 7 15 4.18 30 26 1 157.0 164 78 73 18 48 136
Tyler Clippard 1 3 2.79 37 0 17 38.2 25 12 12 3 21 38
Ryan Cook 0 2 10.38 4 0 0 4.1 7 5 5 0 3 3
Daniel Coulombe 0 0 3.52 9 0 0 7.2 8 3 3 0 3 4
Ike Davis 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 1
Sean Doolittle 1 0 3.95 12 0 4 13.2 12 6 6 1 5 15
Félix Doubront 2 2 5.81 11 8 1 52.2 55 35 34 9 21 43
Ryan Dull 1 2 4.24 13 0 1 17.0 12 8 8 4 6 16
Kendall Graveman 6 9 4.05 21 21 0 115.2 126 57 52 15 38 77
Sonny Gray 14 7 2.73 31 31 0 208.0 166 71 63 17 59 169
Jesse Hahn 6 6 3.35 16 16 0 96.2 88 46 36 5 25 64
Scott Kazmir 5 5 2.38 18 18 0 109.2 84 35 29 7 35 101
Arnold León 0 2 4.39 19 0 0 26.2 30 14 13 3 9 19
Cody Martin 0 2 14.00 4 2 0 9.0 16 14 14 4 5 3
Brad Mills 0 0 5.40 1 1 0 5.0 7 3 3 1 1 1
Edward Mujica 2 4 4.81 38 0 1 33.2 37 21 18 7 4 22
Sean Nolin 1 2 5.28 6 6 0 29.0 35 19 17 4 12 15
Eric O'Flaherty 1 2 5.91 25 0 0 21.1 29 17 14 1 13 15
Dan Otero 2 4 6.75 41 0 0 46.2 64 35 35 7 6 28
Drew Pomeranz 5 6 3.66 53 9 3 86.0 71 44 35 8 31 82
Fernando Rodriguez 4 2 3.84 56 0 0 58.2 43 27 24 4 24 65
Evan Scribner 2 2 4.35 54 0 0 60.0 58 31 29 14 4 64
Chad Smith 0 0 33.75 2 0 0 1.1 5 5 5 0 3 2
Pat Venditte 2 2 4.40 26 0 0 28.2 22 14 14 3 12 23
Barry Zito 0 0 10.29 3 2 0 7.0 12 8 8 4 6 2

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Nashville Sounds Pacific Coast League Steve Scarsone
AA Midland RockHounds Texas League Ryan Christenson
A-Advanced Stockton Ports California League Rick Magnante
A Beloit Snappers Midwest League Fran Riordan
A-Short Season Vermont Lake Monsters New York–Penn League Aaron Nieckula
Rookie AZL Athletics Arizona League Ruben Escalera
Rookie DSL Athletics Dominican Summer League Carlos Casimiro

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Midland[3]

References

  1. Chisholm, Gregor (November 28, 2014). "Donaldson reeled in from A's for Lawrie, prospects". MLB.com. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
  2. "2015 Oakland Athletics Sortable Schedule". Oakland Athletics.
  3. Leventhal, Josh, ed. (2015). Baseball America 2016 Almanac. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-60-2.

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