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1989 Oakland Athletics season 

1989 Oakland Athletics
1989 AL West Champions
1989 AL Champions
1989 World Series Champions
Major league affiliations
Location
1989 Information
Owner(s) Walter A. Haas, Jr.
Manager(s) Tony LaRussa
Local television KPIX/KICU-TV
(Monte Moore, Lon Simmons)
Local radio KSFO
(Bill King, Lon Simmons, Ray Fosse)
KNTA
(Amaury Pi-Gonzalez, Evilio Mendoza)

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.

Contents

Offseason

  • 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

  • On August 22, 1989, Nolan Ryan struck out Rickey Henderson for the 5000th strikeout in his career. [2]

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB
Oakland Athletics 99 63 .611 --
Kansas City Royals 92 70 .568 7
California Angels 91 71 .562 8
Texas Rangers 83 79 .512 16
Minnesota Twins 80 82 .494 19
Seattle Mariners 73 89 .451 26
Chicago White Sox 69 92 .429 29½

Notable transactions

  • April 6, 1989: Troy Afenir was traded by the Houston Astros to the Oakland Athletics for Matt Sinatro. [3]
  • April 6, 1989: Mike Norris was signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics. [4]
  • May 27, 1989: Jamie Quirk was signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics. [5]
  • 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. [5]
  • July 31, 1989: Glenn Hubbard was released by the Oakland Athletics. [6]
  • 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
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Designated Hitters

Manager

Coaches

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) 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) 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) 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

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

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
Carney Lansford 148 551 185 .336 2 52
Rickey Henderson 85 306 90 .294 9 35
Terry Steinbach 130 454 124 .273 7 42
Dave Parker 144 553 146 .264 22 97
Tony Phillips 143 451 118 .262 4 47
Mike Gallego 133 357 90 .252 3 30
Dave Henderson 152 579 145 .250 15 80
Stan Javier 112 310 77 .248 1 28
Mark McGwire 143 490 113 .231 33 95

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

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

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 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: 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 X 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

Main article: 1989 World Series
1989 World Series Logo

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 LaRussa, 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 – Mark McGwire (95)
  • Walks – Dave Henderson (177)
  • 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)

References

  1. ^ Billy Beane Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ^ The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King | smackbomb.com/nolanryan
  3. ^ Troy Afenir Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/n/norrimi01.shtml
  5. ^ a b Jamie Quirk Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ^ Glenn Hubbard Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
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1989 MLB season by team
AL East
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California • Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Seattle • Texas
NL East
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1989 All-Star Game • 1989 World Series
Preceded by
Oakland Athletics
1988		 AL West Championship Season
1989		 Succeeded by
Oakland Athletics
1990
Preceded by
Oakland Athletics
1988		 American League Championship
1989		 Succeeded by
Oakland Athletics
1990
Preceded by
Los Angeles Dodgers
1988		 World Series Champions
Oakland Athletics
1989		 Succeeded by
Cincinnati Reds
1990
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