2001 Season Review -- 2001 Oakland Athletics
February 19, 2002
This article takes a look at how the 2001 Oakland Athletics performed
relative to pre-season expectations. For links to the reviews for the
other teams, more information on our projection system, the projections
for 2001, definitions of key terms and statistics, and how the new strike
zone affected the stats in 2001, visit the following pages:
2001 Team Reviews
Diamond Mind projection system
Projecting the 2001 Season (March
22, 2001)
Key terms and statisitics
Effect of the new strike zone
Capsule Summary
Projected Actual
Runs for 806 884
Runs allowed 700 645
Run Margin 106 239
Wins 91 102
Pythagorean wins 91 106
Placement 1st 2nd
Position Players
Ramon Hernandez, c , bats right, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Oak 449 109 19 1 14 55 70 8 41 1 56 2 1 .243 .313 .383 .697 53
Prorated Oak 447 109 19 1 14 55 70 8 41 1 56 2 1 53
Actual Oak 453 115 25 0 15 55 60 6 37 3 68 1 1 .254 .316 .408 .724 59
Greg Myers, c , bats left, age 35
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bal 116 29 5 0 2 10 12 0 12 1 22 0 0 .250 .320 .345 .665 12
Prorated Bal 74 19 3 0 1 6 8 0 8 1 14 0 0 8
Actual Bal 74 20 2 0 4 11 18 0 8 0 17 0 0 .270 .341 .459 .801 11
Prorated Oak 91 23 4 0 2 8 9 0 9 1 17 0 0 10
Actual Oak 87 16 1 0 7 13 13 0 13 1 21 0 0 .184 .290 .437 .727 11
Prorated Tot 165 41 7 0 3 14 17 0 17 1 31 0 0 17
Actual Tot 161 36 3 0 11 24 31 0 21 1 38 0 0 .224 .313 .447 .760 22
Tom Wilson, c , bats right, age 30
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Actual Oak 21 4 0 0 2 4 4 1 1 0 5 0 0 .190 .250 .476 .726 2
Sal Fasano, c , bats right, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Oak 80 18 4 0 4 13 12 5 9 0 23 0 0 .225 .337 .425 .762 12
Prorated Oak 19 4 1 0 1 3 3 1 2 0 6 0 0 3
Actual Oak 21 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 12 0 0 .048 .130 .048 .178 0
Prorated Col 61 14 3 0 3 10 9 4 7 0 17 0 0 9
Actual Col 63 16 5 0 3 10 9 3 4 0 19 0 0 .254 .329 .476 .805 10
Prorated KC 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Actual KC 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0
Prorated Tot 81 18 4 0 4 13 12 5 9 0 23 0 0 12
Actual Tot 85 17 5 0 3 12 9 4 5 0 31 0 0 .200 .277 .365 .641 8
Jason Giambi, 1b, bats left, age 30
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Oak 528 168 31 0 37 104 124 8 114 6 96 0 0 .318 .441 .587 1.028 146
Prorated Oak 538 171 32 0 38 106 126 8 116 6 98 0 0 149
Actual Oak 520 178 47 2 38 109 120 13 129 24 83 2 0 .342 .477 .660 1.137 171
Andy Abad, 1b, bats left, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Oak 65 16 3 0 1 9 9 0 9 1 9 1 0 .246 .333 .338 .672 8
Prorated Oak 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Actual Oak 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0
Frank Menechino, 2b, bats right, age 30
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Oak 117 29 5 1 3 22 16 2 17 1 24 1 1 .248 .350 .385 .735 17
Prorated Oak 494 122 21 4 13 93 68 8 72 4 101 4 4 70
Actual Oak 471 114 22 2 12 82 60 19 79 0 97 2 3 .242 .369 .374 .742 70
F.P. Santangelo, 2b/cf, bats switch, age 33
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected FA 60 13 3 0 1 10 5 3 10 0 12 2 1 .217 .356 .317 .673 8
Prorated Oak 71 15 4 0 1 12 6 4 12 0 14 2 1 9
Actual Oak 71 14 4 0 0 16 8 5 11 0 17 1 1 .197 .341 .254 .594 7
Mark Bellhorn, 2b/3b/ss, bats switch, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Oak 62 13 2 1 2 11 8 1 11 0 16 2 1 .210 .338 .371 .709 8
Prorated Oak 68 14 2 1 2 12 9 1 12 0 17 2 1 9
Actual Oak 74 10 1 2 1 11 4 0 7 0 37 0 0 .135 .210 .243 .453 4
Jose Ortiz, 2b, bats right, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Oak 586 167 34 3 18 104 90 6 43 0 68 21 8 .285 .339 .445 .784 85
Prorated Oak 42 12 2 0 1 7 6 0 3 0 5 2 1 5
Actual Oak 42 7 0 0 0 4 3 0 3 0 5 1 0 .167 .217 .167 .384 1
Prorated Col 205 58 12 1 6 36 31 2 15 0 24 7 3 29
Actual Col 204 52 8 1 13 38 35 4 14 0 36 3 1 .255 .314 .495 .809 31
Prorated Tot 247 70 14 1 8 44 38 3 18 0 29 9 3 36
Actual Tot 246 59 8 1 13 42 38 4 17 0 41 4 1 .240 .297 .439 .736 30
Eric Chavez, 3b, bats left, age 23
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Oak 529 147 29 3 27 90 91 0 62 7 91 3 3 .278 .351 .497 .848 93
Prorated Oak 537 149 29 3 27 91 92 0 63 7 92 3 3 93
Actual Oak 552 159 43 0 32 91 114 4 41 9 99 8 2 .288 .338 .540 .878 102
Miguel Tejada, ss, bats right, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Oak 553 153 31 2 30 99 102 6 57 4 93 8 2 .277 .349 .503 .852 98
Prorated Oak 605 167 34 2 33 108 112 7 62 4 102 9 2 107
Actual Oak 622 166 31 3 31 107 113 13 43 5 89 11 5 .267 .326 .476 .801 94
Ron Gant, lf, bats right, age 36
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Col 198 58 9 2 13 40 33 1 29 0 38 4 2 .293 .383 .556 .938 44
Prorated Col 171 50 8 2 11 35 29 1 25 0 33 3 2 37
Actual Col 171 44 8 2 8 31 22 0 24 2 56 3 1 .257 .345 .468 .813 30
Prorated Oak 80 23 4 1 5 16 13 0 12 0 15 2 1 17
Actual Oak 81 21 5 1 2 15 13 0 11 0 24 2 0 .259 .344 .420 .764 13
Prorated Tot 251 74 11 3 17 51 42 1 37 0 48 5 3 56
Actual Tot 252 65 13 3 10 46 35 0 35 2 80 5 1 .258 .345 .452 .797 43
Mario Valdez, lf/1b, bats left, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Oak 64 16 3 0 2 11 11 1 9 1 12 0 0 .250 .347 .391 .737 9
Prorated Oak 57 14 3 0 2 10 10 1 8 1 11 0 0 8
Actual Oak 54 15 1 0 1 7 8 1 12 1 18 0 0 .278 .418 .352 .770 9
Billy McMillon, lf, bats left, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Det 516 152 34 1 13 83 74 4 73 5 79 7 1 .295 .380 .440 .820 90
Prorated Det 32 9 2 0 1 5 5 0 4 0 5 0 0 5
Actual Det 34 3 1 0 1 1 4 1 2 0 12 0 0 .088 .162 .206 .368 1
Prorated Oak 56 16 4 0 1 9 8 0 8 1 9 1 0 9
Actual Oak 58 17 7 1 0 6 10 1 5 0 13 1 0 .293 .354 .448 .802 10
Prorated Tot 87 26 6 0 2 14 12 1 12 1 13 1 0 15
Actual Tot 92 20 8 1 1 7 14 2 7 0 25 1 0 .217 .284 .359 .643 10
Eric Byrnes, lf/rf, bats right, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Oak 67 17 5 0 1 12 9 0 7 0 8 3 2 .254 .320 .373 .693 8
Prorated Oak 38 10 3 0 1 7 5 0 4 0 5 2 1 5
Actual Oak 38 9 1 0 3 9 5 1 4 0 6 1 0 .237 .326 .500 .826 7
Johnny Damon, cf/lf/rf, bats left, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Oak 590 174 37 8 14 109 73 2 64 4 55 35 8 .295 .361 .456 .817 104
Prorated Oak 634 187 40 9 15 117 78 2 69 4 59 38 9 112
Actual Oak 644 165 34 4 9 108 49 5 61 1 70 27 12 .256 .324 .363 .687 79
Terrence Long, cf/lf/rf, bats left, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Oak 580 166 33 5 15 93 82 1 42 3 76 14 3 .286 .334 .438 .772 82
Prorated Oak 637 182 36 5 16 102 90 1 46 3 83 15 3 89
Actual Oak 629 178 37 4 12 90 85 0 52 8 103 9 3 .283 .335 .412 .747 85
Rob Ryan, cf, bats left, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Ari 65 16 3 0 2 9 10 2 8 1 9 0 0 .246 .347 .385 .731 9
Prorated Ari 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Actual Ari 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0
Prorated Oak 6 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Actual Oak 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0
Prorated Tot 7 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
Actual Tot 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0
Jermaine Dye, rf, bats right, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected KC 565 170 36 3 29 94 108 2 60 5 102 1 2 .301 .367 .529 .896 108
Prorated KC 366 110 23 2 19 61 70 1 39 3 66 1 1 70
Actual KC 367 100 14 0 13 50 47 6 30 3 68 7 1 .272 .333 .417 .749 55
Prorated Oak 237 71 15 1 12 39 45 1 25 2 43 0 1 45
Actual Oak 232 69 17 1 13 41 59 1 27 3 44 2 0 .297 .366 .547 .913 47
Prorated Tot 602 181 38 3 31 100 115 2 64 5 109 1 2 115
Actual Tot 599 169 31 1 26 91 106 7 57 6 112 9 1 .282 .346 .467 .813 102
Adam Piatt, rf, bats right, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Oak 259 69 14 2 10 41 44 2 34 2 58 1 2 .266 .354 .452 .805 42
Prorated Oak 97 26 5 1 4 15 16 1 13 1 22 0 1 17
Actual Oak 95 20 5 1 0 9 6 0 13 0 26 0 0 .211 .300 .284 .584 8
Robin Jennings, rf/1b, bats left, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Oak 69 18 5 1 2 11 11 0 5 0 9 1 1 .261 .307 .449 .756 9
Prorated Col 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Actual Col 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0
Prorated Oak 51 13 4 1 1 8 8 0 4 0 7 1 1 6
Actual Oak 52 13 3 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 6 0 0 .250 .273 .308 .580 5
Prorated Cin 75 20 5 1 2 12 12 0 5 0 10 1 1 10
Actual Cin 77 22 5 2 3 10 14 0 5 1 11 0 0 .286 .329 .519 .849 14
Prorated Tot 129 34 9 2 4 21 21 0 9 0 17 2 2 18
Actual Tot 132 35 8 2 3 14 18 0 7 1 18 0 0 .265 .300 .424 .724 17
Ryan Christenson, rf, bats right, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Oak 74 18 3 1 1 14 8 0 10 0 17 2 1 .243 .329 .351 .681 9
Prorated Oak 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Actual Oak 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0
Prorated Ari 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
Actual Ari 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 .250 .400 .500 .900 1
Prorated Tot 8 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1
Actual Tot 8 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 .125 .222 .250 .472 1
Jeremy Giambi, dh/rf/lf/1b, bats left, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Oak 359 98 16 1 13 58 60 3 54 5 77 1 1 .273 .368 .432 .800 60
Prorated Oak 376 103 17 1 14 61 63 3 57 5 81 1 1 63
Actual Oak 371 105 26 0 12 64 57 4 63 1 83 0 1 .283 .391 .450 .841 67
Olmedo Saenz, dh/1b/3b, bats right, age 30
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Oak 176 49 10 0 7 29 28 8 17 1 28 1 0 .278 .365 .455 .819 30
Prorated Oak 296 82 17 0 12 49 47 13 29 2 47 2 0 50
Actual Oak 305 67 21 1 9 33 32 13 19 1 64 0 1 .220 .291 .384 .675 33
John Jaha, dh, bats right, age 35
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Oak 407 97 15 0 22 71 77 9 102 3 125 2 0 .238 .399 .437 .837 78
Prorated Oak 41 10 1 0 2 7 8 1 10 0 12 0 0 8
Actual Oak 45 4 3 0 0 2 8 0 6 0 15 0 0 .089 .192 .156 .348 1
Pitchers
Tim Hudson, starter, throws right, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Oak 3.47 32 32 15 7 0 200 173 21 81 172 .236 .692
Prorated Oak 38 38 18 8 0 235 204 25 95 203
Actual Oak 3.37 35 35 18 9 0 235 216 20 71 181 .245 .653
Mark Mulder, starter, throws left, age 23
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Oak 5.75 32 32 10 12 0 185 231 25 74 98 .310 .859
Prorated Oak 36 36 11 13 0 206 257 28 82 109
Actual Oak 3.45 34 34 21 8 0 229 214 16 51 153 .249 .643
Barry Zito, starter, throws left, age 23
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Oak 3.42 32 32 15 7 0 195 165 12 96 162 .229 .665
Prorated Oak 35 35 16 8 0 211 179 13 104 176
Actual Oak 3.49 35 35 17 8 0 214 184 18 80 205 .230 .654
Cory Lidle, starter, throws right, age 29
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Oak 4.55 27 27 9 6 0 152 177 18 39 103 .295 .786
Prorated Oak 32 32 11 7 0 179 208 21 46 121
Actual Oak 3.59 29 29 13 6 0 188 170 23 47 118 .242 .689
Gil Heredia, starter/reliever, throws right, age 35
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Oak 4.54 32 32 12 10 0 196 218 23 48 104 .283 .779
Prorated Oak 19 19 7 6 0 116 129 14 28 62
Actual Oak 5.58 24 18 7 8 0 110 144 27 29 48 .316 .911
Erik Hiljus, starter/reliever, throws right, age 28
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Oak 4.70 17 0 1 1 0 23 25 3 10 26 .278 .802
Prorated Oak 48 0 3 3 0 65 71 9 28 74
Actual Oak 3.41 16 11 5 0 0 66 70 7 21 67 .263 .714
Jeff Tam, reliever, throws right, age 30
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Oak 3.12 53 0 5 2 0 78 77 6 17 42 .261 .694
Prorated Oak 52 0 5 2 0 76 75 6 17 41
Actual Oak 3.01 70 0 2 4 3 75 68 3 29 44 .250 .682
Jim Mecir, reliever, throws right, age 31
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Oak 2.47 70 0 8 1 4 102 80 4 45 83 .219 .594
Prorated Oak 44 0 5 1 3 64 50 3 28 52
Actual Oak 3.43 54 0 2 8 3 63 54 4 26 61 .231 .644
Mark Guthrie, reliever, throws left, age 35
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Oak 4.92 57 4 5 3 0 79 82 11 33 64 .271 .772
Prorated Oak 37 3 3 2 0 52 54 7 22 42
Actual Oak 4.47 54 0 6 2 1 52 49 7 20 52 .249 .727
Mike Magnante, reliever, throws left, age 36
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Oak 4.06 70 0 5 3 1 71 81 5 27 38 .290 .770
Prorated Oak 50 0 4 2 1 50 57 4 19 27
Actual Oak 2.77 65 0 3 1 0 55 50 7 13 23 .244 .663
Luis Vizcaino, reliever, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Oak 6.35 9 0 1 1 0 17 21 3 10 13 .309 .900
Prorated Oak 17 0 2 2 0 33 40 6 19 25
Actual Oak 4.66 36 0 2 1 1 37 38 8 12 31 .266 .782
Chad Bradford, reliever, throws right, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Oak 2.90 40 0 4 1 0 59 56 4 16 35 .255 .675
Prorated Oak 26 0 3 1 0 38 36 3 10 22
Actual Oak 2.70 35 0 2 1 1 37 41 6 6 34 .281 .759
T.J. Mathews, reliever, throws right, age 31
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Oak 4.26 23 0 2 1 0 32 34 5 11 23 .274 .795
Prorated Oak 18 0 2 1 0 25 27 4 9 18
Actual Oak 5.09 20 0 0 1 1 23 28 2 11 19 .295 .800
Prorated StL 9 0 1 0 0 13 14 2 4 9
Actual StL 3.07 10 0 1 0 0 15 11 2 1 10 .204 .603
Prorated Tot 27 0 2 1 0 38 40 6 13 27
Actual Tot 4.30 30 0 1 1 1 38 39 4 12 29 .262 .731
Mike Fyhrie, reliever, throws right, age 31
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected ChN 4.19 40 0 4 3 0 69 70 9 31 49 .265 .763
Prorated ChN 9 0 1 1 0 15 15 2 7 10
Actual ChN 4.20 15 0 0 2 0 15 16 1 7 6 .281 .693
Prorated Oak 2 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 2 3
Actual Oak 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 1 5 .133 .321
Prorated Tot 11 0 1 1 0 19 19 2 8 13
Actual Tot 3.15 18 0 0 2 0 20 18 1 8 11 .250 .617
Chad Harville, reliever, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Oak 4.86 13 0 1 1 0 17 17 3 11 20 .266 .845
Prorated Oak 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 3
Actual Oak 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 .182 .364
Jason Isringhausen, closer, throws right, age 28
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Oak 3.72 70 0 4 5 27 73 69 8 33 59 .252 .730
Prorated Oak 65 0 4 5 25 68 64 7 31 55
Actual Oak 2.65 65 0 4 3 34 71 54 5 23 74 .203 .589
Projections and text: Copyright © 2002. Diamond
Mind, Inc. All rights reserved.
Actual 2001 statistics: Copyright © 2001. STATS, Inc. All rights
reserved.
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