2002 Season Review -- Oakland Athletics
February 5, 2003
This article takes a look at how the 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 2002, definitions
of key terms and statistics, and how efficiently each team performed in
2002, visit the following pages:
2002 Team Reviews
Diamond Mind projection system
Projecting the 2002 Season (March
21, 2002)
Key terms and statistics
Team efficiency
Capsule Summary
Projected Actual
Runs for 850 800
Runs allowed 669 654
Run Margin +181 +146
Wins 96 103
Pythagorean wins 99 97
Placement 1st 1st
Offense Defense
Run efficiency average .266 .252
Difference -.004 -.018
Position Players
Ramon Hernandez, c , bats right, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Oak 453 111 22 1 15 54 63 7 37 2 65 2 1 .245 .309 .397 .706 55
Prorated Oak 405 99 20 1 13 48 56 6 33 2 58 2 1 49
Actual Oak 403 94 20 0 7 51 42 5 43 1 64 0 0 .233 .313 .335 .648 43
Greg Myers, c , bats left, age 36
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Oak 86 20 3 0 4 10 13 0 10 1 19 0 0 .233 .313 .407 .719 11
Prorated Oak 152 35 5 0 7 18 23 0 18 2 34 0 0 18
Actual Oak 144 32 5 0 6 15 21 0 26 3 36 0 0 .222 .341 .382 .723 19
Cody McKay, c , bats left, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Oak 69 16 4 0 0 7 7 1 4 0 11 0 0 .232 .280 .290 .570 6
Prorated Oak 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Actual Oak 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .667 .500 .667 1.167 1
Scott Hatteberg, 1b, bats left, age 32
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Oak 65 15 4 0 1 6 6 1 9 0 8 0 0 .231 .333 .338 .672 8
Prorated Oak 492 114 30 0 8 45 45 8 68 0 61 0 0 58
Actual Oak 492 138 22 4 15 58 61 6 68 1 56 0 0 .280 .374 .433 .807 84
Olmedo Saenz, 1b/3b, bats right, age 31
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Oak 75 18 5 0 2 9 9 3 5 0 15 0 0 .240 .310 .387 .696 9
Prorated Oak 159 38 11 0 4 19 19 6 11 0 32 0 0 19
Actual Oak 156 43 10 1 6 15 18 7 13 1 31 1 1 .276 .354 .468 .822 27
Carlos Pena, 1b, bats left, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Oak 495 124 37 2 23 74 78 8 79 3 127 9 3 .251 .361 .473 .834 90
Prorated Oak 120 30 9 0 6 18 19 2 19 1 31 2 1 22
Actual Oak 124 27 4 0 7 12 16 1 15 0 38 0 0 .218 .305 .419 .724 16
Prorated Det 256 64 19 1 12 38 40 4 41 2 66 5 2 46
Actual Det 273 69 13 4 12 31 36 2 26 0 73 2 2 .253 .321 .462 .783 40
Prorated Tot 375 94 28 2 17 56 59 6 60 2 96 7 2 68
Actual Tot 397 96 17 4 19 43 52 3 41 0 111 2 2 .242 .316 .448 .764 57
Larry Sutton, 1b, bats left, age 32
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Oak 64 13 3 0 1 8 8 0 10 1 12 0 0 .203 .307 .297 .604 6
Prorated Oak 17 3 1 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 3 0 0 1
Actual Oak 19 2 0 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 8 0 0 .105 .150 .263 .413 1
Mark Ellis, 2b/ss/3b, bats right, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Oak 66 16 5 0 1 9 6 1 6 0 10 3 1 .242 .311 .364 .674 8
Prorated Oak 356 86 27 0 5 48 32 5 32 0 54 16 5 40
Actual Oak 345 94 16 4 6 58 35 4 44 1 54 4 2 .272 .359 .394 .753 53
Randy Velarde, 2b/1b, bats right, age 39
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Oak 231 62 11 1 5 34 20 4 22 0 51 4 2 .268 .341 .390 .731 31
Prorated Oak 138 37 7 1 3 20 12 2 13 0 30 2 1 18
Actual Oak 133 30 8 0 2 22 8 5 15 1 32 3 0 .226 .325 .331 .656 15
Frank Menechino, 2b, bats right, age 31
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Oak 435 107 21 3 12 75 55 14 69 1 91 2 3 .246 .363 .391 .754 66
Prorated Oak 127 31 6 1 4 22 16 4 20 0 27 1 1 20
Actual Oak 132 27 7 0 3 22 15 1 20 0 32 0 0 .205 .312 .326 .637 14
Esteban German, 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 64 16 3 0 1 12 4 2 8 0 12 5 1 .250 .351 .344 .695 9
Prorated Oak 34 9 2 0 1 6 2 1 4 0 6 3 1 5
Actual Oak 35 7 0 0 0 4 0 1 4 0 11 1 0 .200 .300 .200 .500 3
Jose Flores, 2b, bats right, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Actual Oak 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .000 .400 .000 .400 0
Eric Chavez, 3b, bats left, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Oak 594 166 40 2 32 98 112 3 52 10 104 5 3 .279 .337 .515 .853 103
Prorated Oak 592 165 40 2 32 98 112 3 52 10 104 5 3 103
Actual Oak 585 161 31 3 34 87 109 1 65 13 119 8 3 .275 .348 .513 .860 106
Miguel Tejada, ss, bats right, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Oak 583 155 30 2 28 99 103 11 48 4 89 10 3 .266 .332 .468 .800 90
Prorated Oak 644 171 33 2 31 109 114 12 53 4 98 11 3 100
Actual Oak 662 204 30 0 34 108 131 11 38 3 84 7 2 .308 .354 .508 .861 114
David Justice, lf/rf, bats left, age 36
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Oak 539 128 23 1 25 75 82 1 77 6 109 1 1 .237 .331 .423 .754 78
Prorated Oak 408 97 17 1 19 57 62 1 58 5 83 1 1 59
Actual Oak 398 106 18 3 11 54 49 1 70 3 66 4 1 .266 .376 .410 .785 64
John Mabry, lf/1b/rf, bats left, age 31
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Phi 69 16 4 0 3 8 9 1 5 0 20 0 0 .232 .293 .420 .714 8
Prorated Phi 21 5 1 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 6 0 0 2
Actual Phi 21 6 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 5 0 0 .286 .304 .286 .590 2
Prorated Oak 194 45 11 0 8 23 25 3 14 0 56 0 0 22
Actual Oak 193 53 13 1 11 27 40 1 14 1 37 1 1 .275 .322 .523 .846 30
Prorated Tot 215 50 12 0 9 25 28 3 16 0 62 0 0 25
Actual Tot 214 59 13 1 11 28 43 1 15 2 42 1 1 .276 .321 .500 .821 32
Jeremy Giambi, lf, bats left, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Oak 553 152 33 1 18 88 84 6 82 3 123 0 1 .275 .372 .436 .808 91
Prorated Oak 159 44 10 0 5 25 24 2 24 1 35 0 0 27
Actual Oak 157 43 7 0 8 26 17 3 27 0 40 0 0 .274 .390 .471 .862 30
Prorated Phi 180 49 11 0 6 29 27 2 27 1 40 0 0 29
Actual Phi 156 38 10 0 12 32 28 1 52 2 54 0 1 .244 .435 .538 .974 41
Prorated Tot 339 93 20 1 11 54 52 4 50 2 75 0 1 56
Actual Tot 313 81 17 0 20 58 45 4 79 2 94 0 1 .259 .414 .505 .919 71
Adam Piatt, lf/rf, bats right, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Oak 66 15 4 0 1 9 9 1 7 0 16 0 0 .227 .307 .333 .640 7
Prorated Oak 134 30 8 0 2 18 18 2 14 0 32 0 0 14
Actual Oak 137 32 8 0 5 18 18 2 12 0 33 2 1 .234 .303 .401 .704 17
Eric Byrnes, lf/rf/cf, bats right, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Oak 73 18 4 0 3 13 8 1 5 0 11 4 1 .247 .300 .425 .725 10
Prorated Oak 95 23 5 0 4 17 10 1 7 0 14 5 1 13
Actual Oak 94 23 4 2 3 24 11 3 4 0 17 3 0 .245 .291 .426 .717 12
Mike Colangelo, 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 148 36 6 2 2 19 14 3 18 1 37 1 2 .243 .337 .351 .689 18
Prorated Oak 23 6 1 0 0 3 2 0 3 0 6 0 0 3
Actual Oak 23 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 .174 .240 .217 .457 1
Jason Grabowski, lf, bats left, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected FA 65 15 4 0 1 9 9 0 9 1 13 1 1 .231 .320 .338 .658 7
Prorated Oak 10 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1
Actual Oak 8 3 1 1 0 3 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 .375 .545 .750 1.295 4
Terrence Long, cf, bats left, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Oak 551 156 32 4 13 83 75 1 39 5 82 9 2 .283 .329 .426 .756 75
Prorated Oak 593 168 34 4 14 89 81 1 42 5 88 10 2 81
Actual Oak 587 141 32 4 16 71 67 2 48 6 96 3 6 .240 .298 .390 .689 64
Jermaine Dye, rf, bats right, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Oak 494 136 28 1 22 72 84 5 47 5 93 3 2 .275 .340 .470 .810 80
Prorated Oak 495 136 28 1 22 72 84 5 47 5 93 3 2 80
Actual Oak 488 123 27 1 24 74 86 10 52 2 108 2 0 .252 .333 .459 .792 75
Ray Durham, dh/2b, bats switch, age 30
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected ChA 579 154 36 9 17 99 59 5 62 2 103 23 10 .266 .339 .447 .787 90
Prorated ChA 363 96 23 6 11 62 37 3 39 1 65 14 6 57
Actual ChA 345 103 20 2 9 71 48 5 49 0 59 20 5 .299 .390 .446 .836 62
Prorated Oak 219 58 14 3 6 37 22 2 23 1 39 9 4 33
Actual Oak 219 60 14 4 6 43 22 2 24 1 34 6 2 .274 .350 .457 .806 37
Prorated Tot 582 155 36 9 17 99 59 5 62 2 103 23 10 90
Actual Tot 564 163 34 6 15 114 70 7 73 1 93 26 7 .289 .374 .450 .825 99
Pitchers
Tim Hudson, starter, throws right, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Oak 2.93 32 32 16 7 0 221 190 18 67 177 .235 .639
Prorated Oak 35 35 18 8 0 243 208 20 74 194
Actual Oak 2.98 34 34 15 9 0 238 237 19 62 152 .263 .703
Barry Zito, starter, throws left, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Oak 3.17 32 32 15 7 0 199 165 14 79 183 .226 .644
Prorated Oak 36 36 17 8 0 224 186 16 89 207
Actual Oak 2.75 35 35 23 5 0 229 182 24 78 182 .218 .629
Mark Mulder, starter, throws left, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Oak 3.63 32 32 15 9 0 216 219 18 55 136 .266 .702
Prorated Oak 31 31 14 9 0 207 211 17 53 131
Actual Oak 3.47 30 30 19 7 0 207 182 21 55 159 .232 .656
Cory Lidle, starter, throws right, age 30
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Oak 3.62 32 32 14 8 0 204 197 23 44 129 .257 .703
Prorated Oak 31 31 13 8 0 195 188 22 42 123
Actual Oak 3.89 31 30 8 10 0 192 191 17 39 111 .258 .686
Aaron Harang, starter, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Oak 4.83 16 15 5 4 0 78 78 7 45 64 .261 .747
Erik Hiljus, starter, throws right, age 29
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Oak 4.23 27 27 10 7 0 153 149 24 46 153 .253 .741
Prorated Oak 9 9 3 2 0 49 47 8 15 49
Actual Oak 6.50 9 9 3 3 0 46 52 11 21 29 .284 .892
Ted Lilly, starter, throws left, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected NYA 5.07 44 4 5 5 0 99 104 15 38 93 .269 .793
Prorated NYA 32 3 4 4 0 72 75 11 27 67
Actual NYA 3.40 16 11 3 6 0 77 57 10 24 59 .202 .660
Prorated Oak 10 1 1 1 0 23 24 3 9 21
Actual Oak 4.63 6 5 2 1 0 23 23 5 7 18 .253 .797
Prorated Tot 42 4 5 5 0 94 99 14 36 88
Actual Tot 3.69 22 16 5 7 0 100 80 15 31 77 .214 .693
Chad Bradford, reliever, throws right, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Oak 2.94 30 0 2 1 0 34 32 3 5 27 .254 .672
Prorated Oak 69 0 5 2 0 78 74 7 12 62
Actual Oak 3.11 75 0 4 2 2 75 73 2 14 56 .253 .624
Jim Mecir, reliever, throws right, age 32
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Oak 2.64 70 0 6 2 2 78 64 4 25 69 .225 .604
Prorated Oak 68 0 6 2 2 76 62 4 24 67
Actual Oak 4.26 61 0 6 4 1 68 68 5 29 53 .259 .717
Mike Fyhrie, reliever/starter, throws right, age 32
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Oak 3.38 17 4 2 1 0 37 33 3 14 26 .239 .667
Prorated Oak 23 5 3 1 0 51 45 4 19 36
Actual Oak 4.44 16 4 2 4 0 49 46 3 20 29 .246 .690
Jeff Tam, reliever, throws right, age 31
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Oak 3.27 40 0 3 1 0 44 43 2 10 25 .257 .673
Prorated Oak 42 0 3 1 0 46 45 2 10 26
Actual Oak 5.13 40 0 1 2 0 40 56 2 13 14 .333 .848
Mike Venafro, reliever, throws left, age 28
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Oak 3.12 53 0 4 2 0 58 51 2 19 31 .242 .658
Prorated Oak 37 0 3 1 0 41 36 1 13 22
Actual Oak 4.62 47 0 2 2 0 37 45 5 14 16 .308 .845
Mike Magnante, reliever, throws left, age 37
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Oak 3.66 70 0 4 2 1 59 59 6 14 27 .262 .695
Prorated Oak 38 0 2 1 1 32 32 3 8 15
Actual Oak 5.97 32 0 0 2 0 29 38 2 11 11 .317 .865
Mike Holtz, reliever, throws left, age 29
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Oak 4.05 40 0 2 1 0 33 32 4 10 33 .254 .745
Prorated Oak 22 0 1 1 0 18 18 2 6 18
Actual Oak 6.43 16 0 0 0 0 14 24 3 9 7 .358 1.053
Prorated SD 29 0 1 1 0 24 23 3 7 24
Actual SD 4.71 33 0 2 2 0 21 18 2 21 19 .237 .804
Prorated Tot 51 0 3 1 0 42 41 5 13 42
Actual Tot 5.40 49 0 2 2 0 35 42 5 30 26 .294 .919
Ricardo Rincon, reliever, throws left, age 32
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Cle 3.00 70 0 4 2 1 60 50 4 20 54 .227 .629
Prorated Cle 43 0 2 1 1 37 31 2 12 33
Actual Cle 4.79 46 0 1 4 0 36 36 3 8 30 .263 .691
Prorated Oak 21 0 1 1 0 18 15 1 6 16
Actual Oak 3.10 25 0 0 0 1 20 11 1 3 19 .164 .463
Prorated Tot 63 0 4 2 1 54 45 4 18 49
Actual Tot 4.18 71 0 1 4 1 56 47 4 11 49 .230 .616
Micah Bowie, reliever, throws left, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Oak 1.50 13 0 2 0 0 12 12 1 8 8 .261 .860
Billy Koch, closer, throws right, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Oak 3.30 70 0 4 5 30 76 70 6 21 61 .246 .665
Prorated Oak 88 0 5 6 38 96 88 8 27 77
Actual Oak 3.27 84 0 11 4 44 94 73 7 46 93 .214 .622
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