1989 Oakland Athletics season

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.

1989 Oakland Athletics
World Series Champions
American League Champions
AL Western Division Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record99–63 (.611)
Other information
Owner(s)Walter A. Haas, Jr.
General manager(s)Sandy Alderson
Manager(s)Tony La Russa
Local televisionKPIX/KICU-TV
(Monte Moore, Ray Fosse)
Local radioKSFO
(Bill King, Lon Simmons, Ray Fosse)
KNTA
(Amaury Pi-Gonzalez, Evilio Mendoza)
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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

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 9963 0.611 — 54–27 45–36
Kansas City Royals 9270 0.568 7 55–26 37–44
California Angels 9171 0.562 8 52–29 39–42
Texas Rangers 8379 0.512 16 45–36 38–43
Minnesota Twins 8082 0.494 19 45–36 35–46
Seattle Mariners 7389 0.451 26 40–41 33–48
Chicago White Sox 6992 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 —6–76–66–67–610–36–67–64–88–55–76–69–37–6
Boston 7–6—4–87–58–511–24–86–76–67–67–55–76–65–8
California 6–68–4—8–55–711–14–97–511–26–65–87–66–77–5
Chicago 6–65–75–8—7–54–86–710–25–85–65–87–63–101–11
Cleveland 6–75–87–55–7—5–88–43–105–79–42–106–67–55–8
Detroit 3–102–111–118–48–5—6–66–75–76–74–84–84–82–11
Kansas City 6–68–49–47–64–86–6—8–47–66–67–69–48–57–5
Milwaukee 6–77–65–72–1010–37–64–8—9–38–55–77–55–76–7
Minnesota 8–46–62–118–57–57–56–73–9—6–66–77–65–89–3
New York 5–86–76–66–54–97–66–65–86–6—3–98–45–77–6
Oakland 7–55–78–58–510–28–46–77–57–69–3—9–48–57–5
Seattle 6–67–56–76–76–68–44–95–76–74–84–9—6–75–7
Texas 3–96–67–610–35–78–45–87–58–57–55–87–6—5–7
Toronto 6–78–55–711–18–511–25–77–63–96–75–77–57–5—

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 Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders
  • 33 José Canseco

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Game log
1989 game log
April
May
June
July
August
September
October

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
CTerry Steinbach130454124.273742
1BMark McGwire143490113.2313395
2BTony Phillips143451118.262447
3BCarney Lansford148551185.336252
SSMike Gallego13335790.252330
LFRickey Henderson8530690.294935
CFDave Henderson152579145.2501580
RFStan Javier11231077.248128
DHDave Parker144553146.2642297

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Ron Hassey9726861.228523
Walt Weiss8423655.233321
José Canseco6522761.2691757
Luis Polonia5920659.286117
Glenn Hubbard5313126.198312
Lance Blankenship5812529.23214
Billy Beane377919.241011
Félix José205711.19305
Jamie Quirk9102.20011
Ken Phelps1191.11100
Larry Arndt261.16700
Doug Jennings440.00000
Dann Howitt330.00000
Dick Scott320.00001
Chris Bando121.50001
Scott Hemond400---00

Pitching

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike Moore35241​2⁄319112.61172
Bob Welch33209​2⁄31783.00137
Dave Stewart36257​2⁄32193.32155
Curt Young25111593.7355
Storm Davis31169​1⁄31974.3691
Dave Otto16​2⁄3002.704

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA
Matt Young2637​1⁄3146.75

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Dennis Eckersley5140331.5655
Todd Burns506582.2449
Greg Cadaret260002.2814
Rick Honeycutt6422122.3552
Gene Nelson503533.2670
Eric Plunk231112.2024
Jim Corsi221201.8821
Bill Dawley40004.003
Brian Snyder200027.001

ALCS
Main article: 1989 American League Championship Series

Game 1

October 3, 1989, at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Toronto 020 100 000 351
Oakland 010 013 02X 7110
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 001 000 020 351
Oakland 000 203 10X 691
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 101 100 000 381
Toronto 000 400 30X 780
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 003 020 100 6111
Toronto 000 101 120 5130
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 101 000 200 440
Toronto 000 000 012 390
W: Dave Stewart (2-0)   L: Dave Stieb (0-2)   S: Dennis Eckersley (3)   
HR: TOR – Lloyd Moseby (1), George Bell (1)

World Series
Main article: 1989 World Series

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

Game Score Date Location Attendance Time of game
1Giants – 0, A's – 5October 14Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum (Oakland)49,3852:45
2Giants – 1, A's – 5October 15Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum (Oakland)49,3882:47
3A's – 13, Giants – 7October 27Candlestick Park (San Francisco)62,0383:03
4A's – 9, Giants – 6October 28Candlestick Park (San Francisco)62,0323:07

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
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
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References

Notes
  1. Billy Beane Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. "Ken Griffey Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  3. "The Nolan Ryan Express - The Strikeout King - smackbomb.com/nolanryan". smackbomb.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
  4. Troy Afenir Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. "Mike Norris Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  6. Jamie Quirk Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  7. "Mike Mohler Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  8. Glenn Hubbard Statistics Baseball-Reference.com

Sources
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