2016 Oakland Athletics season

2016 Oakland Athletics
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Oakland Coliseum (since 1968)
Oakland, California (since 1968)
Other information
Owner(s)	Lewis Wolff, John Fisher
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 2016 Oakland Athletics season will be the 49th for the franchise in Oakland (all at Oakland Coliseum), as well as the 116th in club history.

Regular season

American League West

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Seattle Mariners	17	12	0.586	—	5–7	12–5
Texas Rangers	16	14	0.533	1½	10–5	6–9
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	13	16	0.448	4	6–7	7–9
Oakland Athletics	13	16	0.448	4	5–11	8–5
Houston Astros	11	19	0.367	6½	7–8	4–11

American League Wild Card

Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
Chicago White Sox	20	10	0.667
Baltimore Orioles	16	11	0.593
Seattle Mariners	17	12	0.586

Wild Card teams (Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Boston Red Sox	17	12	0.586	+1½
Cleveland Indians	14	12	0.538	—
Texas Rangers	16	14	0.533	—
Toronto Blue Jays	16	15	0.516	½
Kansas City Royals	14	14	0.500	1
Detroit Tigers	14	14	0.500	1
Tampa Bay Rays	13	14	0.481	1½
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	13	16	0.448	2½
Oakland Athletics	13	16	0.448	2½
New York Yankees	10	17	0.370	4½
Houston Astros	11	19	0.367	5
Minnesota Twins	8	21	0.276	7½

Record against opponents

2016 American League 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	—	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	3–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–2	1–2	2–1	0–0
Boston	1–2	—	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	4–3	3–1
Chicago	2–2	1–0	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–2	3–0	3–0	0–0
Cleveland	0–0	1–1	1–1	—	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–5
Detroit	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	—	1–2	1–2	0–0	3–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	5–1
Houston	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	—	1–3	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–3	0–0	1–2
Kansas City	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	—	0–0	3–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1
Los Angeles	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–3	0–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–2
Minnesota	0–3	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	3–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2
New York	1–2	0–3	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–3	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–0
Oakland	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–3	0–0	2–0	—	3–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0
Seattle	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	3–3	—	0–0	3–3	0–0	0–0
Tampa Bay	2–3	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	3–4	0–0
Texas	2–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	4–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–3	0–0	—	1–0	0–0
Toronto	1–2	3–4	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	4–3	0–0	—	0–0

Game log

2016 Game Log: 13–16 (Home: 5–11 Away: 8–5)[1]
April: 13–12 (Home: 5–7 ; Away: 8–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 4 White Sox 3–4 Sale (1–0) Hill (0–1) Robertson (1) 35,067 0–1 2 April 5 White Sox 4–5 Jones (1–0) Doolittle (0–1) Robertson (2) 10,478 0–2 3 April 6 White Sox 2–1 Gray (1–0) Rodon (0–1) Madson (1) 16,468 1–2 4 April 7 White Sox 1–6 Latos (1–0) Graveman (0–1) — 12,577 1–3 5 April 8 @ Mariners 3–2 Doolittle (1–1) Cishek (0–1) Madson (2) 47,065 2–3 6 April 9 @ Mariners 6–1 Hill (1–1) Karns (0–1) — 36,424 3–3 7 April 10 @ Mariners 2–1 (10) Axford (1–0) Vincent (1–1) Doolittle (1) 30,834 4–3 8 April 11 Angels 1–4 Tropeano (1–0) Gray (1–1) Street (2) 13,371 4–4 9 April 12 Angels 4–5 Morin (1–0) Doolittle (1–2) Street (3) 13,492 4–5 10 April 13 Angels 1–5 Shoemaker (1–1) Surkamp (0–1) — 11,216 4–6 11 April 15 Royals 2–4 Vólquez (2–0) Hill (1–2) Davis (5) 19,451 4–7 12 April 16 Royals 5–3 Gray (2–1) Young (0–3) Madson (3) 25,564 5–7 13 April 17 Royals 3–2 Axford (2–0) Soria (1–1) Madson (4) 29,668 6–7 14 April 19 @ Yankees 3–2 (11) Rodriguez (1–0) Barbato (1–1) Madson (5) 31,952 7–7 15 April 20 @ Yankees 5–2– Graveman (1–1) Eovaldi (0–2) Doolittle (2) 37,396 8–7 16 April 21 @ Yankees 7–3 Hill (2–2) Shreve (1–1) Madson (6) 33,818 9–7 17 April 22 @ Blue Jays 8–5 Gray (3–1) Sanchez (1–1) Madson (7) 34,251 10–7 18 April 23 @ Blue Jays 3–9 Happ (3–0) Bassitt (0–1) — 46,334 10–8 19 April 24 @ Blue Jays 3–6 Hutchison (1–0) Surkamp (0–2) Osuna (6) 46,300 10–9 20 April 25 @ Tigers 3–7 Zimmermann (4–0) Graveman (1–2) — 21,671 10–10 21 April 26 @ Tigers 5–1 Hill (3–2) Pelfrey (0–4) — 22,256 11–10 22 April 27 @ Tigers 4–9 Verlander (2–2) Gray (3–2) — 22,636 11–11 23 April 28 @ Tigers 3–7 Sánchez (3–2) Bassitt (0–2) Rodríguez (5) 26,200 11–12 24 April 29 Astros 7–4 Madson (1–0) Sipp (0–1) — 20,159 12–12 25 April 30 Astros 2–0 Hahn (1–0) Devenski (0–1) Madson (8) 23,084 13–12
May: 0–4 (Home: 0–4 ; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 26 May 1 Astros 1–2 Fister (2–3) Hill (3–3) Gregerson (5) 24,135 13–13 27 May 2 Mariners 3–4 Karns (3–1) Graveman (1–3) Cishek (7) 10,535 13–14 28 May 3 Mariners 2–8 Iwakuma (1–3) Gray (3–3) — 12,584 13–15 29 May 4 Mariners 8–9 Montgomery (1–0) Axford (2–1) Cishek (8) 16,238 13–16 30 May 6 @ Orioles – — – 31 May 7 @ Orioles – — – 32 May 8 @ Orioles – — – 33 May 9 @ Red Sox – — – 34 May 10 @ Red Sox – — – 35 May 11 @ Red Sox – — – 36 May 13 @ Rays – — – 37 May 14 @ Rays – — – 38 May 15 @ Rays – — – 39 May 16 Rangers – — – 40 May 17 Rangers – — – 41 May 18 Rangers – — – 42 May 19 Yankees – — – 43 May 20 Yankees – — – 44 May 21 Yankees – — – 45 May 22 Yankees – — – 46 May 23 @ Mariners – — – 47 May 24 @ Mariners – — – 48 May 25 @ Mariners – — – 49 May 27 Tigers – — – 50 May 28 Tigers – — – 51 May 29 Tigers – — – 52 May 30 Twins – — – 53 May 31 Twins – — –
June: 0–0 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 54 June 1 Twins – — – 55 June 3 @ Astros – — – 56 June 4 @ Astros – — – 57 June 5 @ Astros – — – 58 June 7 @ Brewers – — – 59 June 8 @ Brewers – — – 60 June 10 @ Reds – — – 61 June 11 @ Reds – — – 62 June 12 @ Reds – — – 63 June 13 Rangers – — – 64 June 14 Rangers – — – 65 June 15 Rangers – — – 66 June 16 Rangers – — – 67 June 17 Angels – — – 68 June 18 Angels – — – 69 June 19 Angels – — – 70 June 21 Brewers – — – 71 June 22 Brewers – — – 72 June 23 @ Angels – — – 73 June 24 @ Angels – — – 74 June 25 @ Angels – — – 75 June 26 @ Angels – — – 76 June 27 @ Giants – — – 77 June 28 @ Giants – — – 78 June 29 Giants – — – 79 June 30 Giants – — –
July: 0–0 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 80 July 1 Pirates – — – 81 July 2 Pirates – — – 82 July 3 Pirates – — – 83 July 4 @ Twins – — – 84 July 5 @ Twins – — – 85 July 6 @ Twins – — – 86 July 7 @ Astros – — – 87 July 8 @ Astros – — – 88 July 9 @ Astros – — – 89 July 10 @ Astros – — – 90 July 15 Blue Jays – — – 91 July 16 Blue Jays – — – 92 July 17 Blue Jays – — – 93 July 18 Astros – — – 94 July 19 Astros – — – 95 July 20 Astros – — – 96 July 21 Rays – — – 97 July 22 Rays – — – 98 July 23 Rays – — – 99 July 24 Rays – — – 100 July 25 @ Rangers – — – 101 July 26 @ Rangers – — – 102 July 27 @ Rangers – — – 103 July 29 @ Indians – — – 104 July 30 @ Indians – — – 105 July 31 @ Indians – — –
August: 0–0 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 106 August 2 @ Angels – — – 107 August 3 @ Angels – — – 108 August 4 @ Angels – — – 109 August 5 Cubs – — – 110 August 6 Cubs – — – 111 August 7 Cubs – — – 112 August 8 Orioles – — – 113 August 9 Orioles – — – 114 August 10 Orioles – — – 115 August 11 Orioles – — – 116 August 12 Mariners – — – 117 August 13 Mariners – — – 118 August 14 Mariners – — – 119 August 15 @ Rangers – — – 120 August 16 @ Rangers – — – 121 August 17 @ Rangers – — – 122 August 19 @ White Sox – — – 123 August 20 @ White Sox – — – 124 August 21 @ White Sox – — – 125 August 22 Indians – — – 126 August 23 Indians – — – 127 August 24 Indians – — – 128 August 26 @ Cardinals – — – 129 August 27 @ Cardinals – — – 130 August 28 @ Cardinals – — – 131 August 29 @ Astros – — – 132 August 30 @ Astros – — – 133 August 31 @ Astros – — –
September: 0–0 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 134 September 2 Red Sox – — – 135 September 3 Red Sox – — – 136 September 4 Red Sox – — – 137 September 5 Angels – — – 138 September 6 Angels – — – 139 September 7 Angels – — – 140 September 9 Mariners – — – 141 September 10 Mariners – — – 142 September 11 Mariners – — – 143 September 12 @ Royals – — – 144 September 13 @ Royals – — – 145 September 14 @ Royals – — – 146 September 15 @ Royals – — – 147 September 16 @ Rangers – — – 148 September 17 @ Rangers – — – 149 September 18 @ Rangers – — – 150 September 19 Astros – — – 151 September 20 Astros – — – 152 September 21 Astros – — – 153 September 23 Rangers – — – 154 September 24 Rangers – — – 155 September 25 Rangers – — – 156 September 26 @ Angels – — – 157 September 27 @ Angels – — – 158 September 28 @ Angels – — – 159 September 29 @ Mariners – — – 160 September 30 @ Mariners – — –
October: 0–0 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 161 October 1 @ Mariners – — – 162 October 2 @ Mariners – — –
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = Postponement Bold = Athletics team member

Roster

Oakland Athletics roster
Active roster				Inactive roster		Coaches/Other
Pitchers Starting rotation 49 Kendall Graveman 54 Sonny Gray 32 Jesse Hahn 18 Rich Hill 55 Sean Manaea Bullpen 61 John Axford 66 Ryan Dull 31 Liam Hendriks 44 Ryan Madson 33 Fernando Rodriguez 35 Marc Rzepczynski Closer 62 Sean Doolittle		Catchers 19 Josh Phegley 21 Stephen Vogt Infielders 17 Yonder Alonso 20 Mark Canha  3 Chris Coghlan  8 Jed Lowrie 10 Marcus Semien 26 Danny Valencia Outfielders  1 Billy Burns  4 Coco Crisp  2 Khris Davis 22 Josh Reddick Designated hitters 16 Billy Butler		Pitchers 70 Raúl Alcántara 37 Henderson Álvarez 40 Chris Bassitt 48 Eric Surkamp 60 Andrew Triggs 73 J. B. Wendelken Catchers 29 Matt McBride Infielders 25 Tyler Ladendorf 12 Max Muncy 56 Renato Núñez 46 Rangel Ravelo 28 Eric Sogard 52 Joey Wendle Outfielders 15 Andrew Lambo  5 Jake Smolinski		Manager  6 Bob Melvin Coaches 14 Mike Aldrete (first base) 51 Darren Bush (hitting) 65 Scott Emerson (bullpen) 59 Marcus Jensen (assistant hitting)  7 Mark Kotsay (bench) 88 Philip Pohl (bullpen catcher) 38 Ron Washington (third base) 41 Curt Young (pitching) 60-day disabled list 30 R. J. Alvarez 53 Félix Doubront 23 Sam Fuld 11 Jarrod Parker 25 active, 15 inactive 7- or 15-day disabled list ^† Suspended list ^# Personal leave Roster and coaches updated May 6, 2016 Transactions • Depth chart → All MLB rosters

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Nashville Sounds	Pacific Coast League
AA	Midland RockHounds	Texas League
A-Advanced	Stockton Ports	California League
A	Beloit Snappers	Midwest League
A-Short Season	Vermont Lake Monsters	New York–Penn League
Rookie	AZL Athletics	Arizona League
Rookie	DSL Athletics	Dominican Summer League

References

1. "2016 Oakland Athletics Sortable Schedule". Oakland Athletics.

External links

• 2016 Oakland Athletics season at Baseball Reference
• 2016 Oakland Athletics season Official Site