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1993 Oakland Athletics
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
City Oakland, California
Record68–94 (.420)
Divisional place7th
Owners Walter A. Haas, Jr.
General managers Sandy Alderson
Managers Tony La Russa
Television KRON-TV
( Dick Stockton, Ray Fosse)
Sports Channel Pacific
( Ray Fosse, Greg Papa)
Radio KNEW (AM)
( Bill King, Lon Simmons, Ray Fosse)
←  1992 Seasons 1994 →

The Oakland Athletics' 1993 season was the team's 26th in Oakland, California. It was also the 93rd season in franchise history. The team finished seventh and last in the American League West with a record of 68–94.

The Athletics' disastrous 1993 campaign was mired by inconsistency, injuries, and free agent departures. The team lost key contributors Dave Stewart, Harold Baines, and Mike Moore to free agency; the players ended up (respectively) in Toronto, Baltimore, and Detroit. The A's also traded Walt Weiss to the expansion Florida Marlins for Scott Baker and Eric Helfand. The Athletics' roster was further weakened by the retirement of longtime third baseman Carney Lansford.

The team's depleted pitching staff was no match for its American League (AL) competition. The Athletics, following a resurgent 1992 campaign, finished 1993 with a team ERA of 4.90; this was the worst such figure in the AL. The futility of Oakland's new-look starting rotation was especially noteworthy; of the team's five primary starters ( Bobby Witt, Ron Darling, Bob Welch, Todd Van Poppel, and Shawn Hillegas), only one (Witt) managed a sub-5.00 ERA. On offense, the Athletics also struggled; the loss of their two best players ( Mark McGwire and Rickey Henderson) to injury and a trade, respectively, contributed to their scoring only 715 runs (10th of 14 AL teams).

The Athletics' 68-94 finish was their worst since 1982. Moreover, the 1993 Athletics (as of 2020) remain the only team in Oakland history to finish last in the AL West after finishing first one-year earlier.

Offseason

  • October 27, 1992: Jamie Quirk was released by the Athletics. [1]
  • November 17, 1992: Walt Weiss was traded by the Athletics to the Florida Marlins for Eric Helfand and a player to be named later. The Marlins completed the deal by sending Scott Baker to the Athletics on November 20. [2]
  • December 7, 1992: Rich Gossage was signed as a free agent by the Athletics. [3]
  • December 17, 1992: Ron Darling was signed as a free agent by the Athletics. [4]
  • January 21, 1993: Joe Boever was signed as a free agent by the Athletics. [5]
  • January 21, 1993: Dale Sveum was signed as a free agent by the Athletics. [6]
  • March 27, 1993: Mike Aldrete was signed as a free agent by the Athletics. [7]

Regular season


Rollie
Fingers

Pitcher:
1968-76(OAK)

Retired 1993

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 94 68 0.580 45–36 49–32
Texas Rangers 86 76 0.531 8 50–31 36–45
Kansas City Royals 84 78 0.519 10 43–38 41–40
Seattle Mariners 82 80 0.506 12 46–35 36–45
California Angels 71 91 0.438 23 44–37 27–54
Minnesota Twins 71 91 0.438 23 36–45 35–46
Oakland Athletics 68 94 0.420 26 38–43 30–51

Record vs. opponents


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore 6–7 7–5 4–8 8–5 5–8 7–5 8–5 8–4 6–7 10–2 7–5 4–8 5–8
Boston 7–6 7–5 7–5 5–8 6–7 5–7 5–8 7–5 6–7 9–3 7–5 6–6 3–10
California 5–7 5–7 7–6 5–7 4–8 6–7 7–5 4–9 6–6 6–7 6–7 6–7 4–8
Chicago 8–4 5–7 6–7 9–3 7–5 6–7 9–3 10–3 4–8 7–6 9–4 8–5 6–6
Cleveland 5–8 8–5 7–5 3–9 6–7 7–5 8–5 4–8 6–7 8–4 3–9 7–5 4–9
Detroit 8–5 7–6 8–4 5–7 7–6 5–7 8–5 6–6 4–9 8–4 7–5 6–6 6–7
Kansas City 5–7 7–5 7–6 7–6 5–7 7–5 5–7 7–6 6–6 6–7 7–6 7–6 8–4
Milwaukee 5–8 8–5 5–7 3–9 5–8 5–8 7–5 7–5 4–9 7–5 4–8 4–8 5–8
Minnesota 4–8 5–7 9–4 3–10 8–4 6–6 6–7 5–7 4–8 8–5 4–9 7–6 2–10
New York 7–6 7–6 6–6 8–4 7–6 9–4 6–6 9–4 8–4 6–6 7–5 3–9 5–8
Oakland 2–10 3–9 7–6 6–7 4–8 4–8 7–6 5–7 5–8 6–6 9–4 5–8 5–7
Seattle 5–7 5–7 7–6 4–9 9–3 5–7 6–7 8–4 9–4 5–7 4–9 8–5 7–5
Texas 8–4 6–6 7–6 5–8 5–7 6–6 6–7 8–4 6–7 9–3 8–5 5–8 7–5
Toronto 8–5 10–3 8–4 6–6 9–4 7–6 4–8 8–5 10–2 8–5 7–5 5–7 5–7


Notable transactions

Roster

1993 Oakland Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Game log

1993 regular season game log: 68–94 (Home: 38–43; Away: 30–51)
April: 7–11 (Home: 6–7; Away: 1–4)
# Date Time ( PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak
1 April 5 Tigers
2 April 7 Tigers
3 April 8 Tigers
4 April 9 Brewers
5 April 10 Brewers
6 April 11 Brewers
7 April 13 @ Tigers
8 April 15 @ Tigers
April 16 @ Brewers Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: August 24)
9 April 17 @ Brewers
10 April 18 @ Brewers
11 April 20 Yankees
12 April 21 Yankees
13 April 22 Yankees
April 23 Indians Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: July 5)
14 April 24 Indians
15 April 25 Indians
16 April 27 Red Sox
17 April 28 Red Sox
18 April 30 @ Indians
May: 12–16 (Home: 6–7; Away: 6–9)
# Date Time ( PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
19 May 1 @ Indians
20 May 2 @ Indians
21 May 3 @ Yankees
22 May 4 @ Yankees
23 May 5 @ Red Sox
24 May 6 @ Red Sox
25 May 7 @ Angels
26 May 8 @ Angels
27 May 9 @ Angels
28 May 10 Rangers
29 May 11 Rangers
30 May 12 Rangers
31 May 13 Rangers
32 May 14 Mariners
33 May 15 Mariners
34 May 16 Mariners
35 May 18 @ Royals
36 May 19 @ Royals
37 May 20 @ Royals
38 May 21 5:08 p.m. PDT @ White Sox W 12–11 Downs (2–2) Hernández (0–1) Eckersley (7) 3:37 36,760 16–22 W2
39 May 22 10:07 a.m. PDT @ White Sox W 6–4 Witt (4–2) Stieb (1–3) Eckersley (8) 3:26 33,205 17–22 W3
40 May 23 11:30 a.m. PDT @ White Sox L 4–5 (10) Hernández (1–1) Goosage (1–3) 3:16 30,873 17–23 L1
41 May 25 Twins
42 May 26 Twins
May 27 Twins Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: August 14)
43 May 28 Blue Jays
44 May 29 Blue Jays
45 May 30 Blue Jays
46 May 31 Orioles
June: 12–14 (Home: 7–4; Away: 5–10)
# Date Time ( PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
47 June 1 Orioles
48 June 2 Orioles
49 June 4 @ Blue Jays
50 June 5 @ Blue Jays
51 June 6 @ Blue Jays
52 June 7 @ Orioles
53 June 8 @ Orioles
54 June 9 @ Orioles
55 June 11 @ Twins
56 June 12 @ Twins
57 June 13 @ Twins
58 June 14 7:05 p.m. PDT White Sox W 7–3 Young (1–0) | McCaskill (2–7) 3:12 23,586 23–35 W2
59 June 15 7:05 p.m. PDT White Sox L 0–4 Álvarez (6–2) Welch (4–6) 2:26 26,532 23–36 L1
60 June 16 12:16 p.m. PDT White Sox L 0–4 McDowell (10–4) Darling (1–4) 2:23 24,065 23–37 L2
61 June 17 12:17 p.m. PDT White Sox W 5–2 Witt (6–4) Fernandez (7–4) Eckersley (12) 2:57 20,192 24–37 W1
62 June 18 Royals
63 June 19 Royals
64 June 20 Royals
65 June 21 @ Mariners
66 June 22 @ Mariners
67 June 23 @ Mariners
68 June 24 @ Mariners
June 25 @ Rangers Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 28)
69 June 26 @ Rangers
70 June 27 @ Rangers
71 June 29 Angels
72 June 30 Angels
July: 12–17 (Home: 8–6; Away: 4–11)
# Date Time ( PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
73 July 1 Angels
74 July 2 Yankees
75 July 3 Yankees
76 July 4 Yankees
77 (1) July 5 Indians
78 (2) July 5 Indians
79 July 6 Indians
80 July 7 Indians
81 July 8 Red Sox
82 July 9 Red Sox
83 July 10 Red Sox
84 July 11 Red Sox
64th All-Star Game in Baltimore, Maryland
85 July 15 @ Yankees
86 July 16 @ Yankees
87 July 17 @ Yankees
88 July 18 @ Yankees
89 July 19 @ Indians
90 July 20 @ Indians
91 July 21 @ Indians
92 July 22 @ Red Sox
93 July 23 @ Red Sox
94 July 24 @ Red Sox
95 July 25 @ Red Sox
96 July 26 @ Angels
97 July 27 @ Angels
98 July 28 @ Angels
99 July 29 @ Angels
100 July 30 Rangers
101 July 31 Rangers
August: 9–21 (Home: 6–10; Away: 3–11)
# Date Time ( PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
102 August 1 Rangers
103 August 3 Mariners
104 August 4 Mariners
105 August 5 Mariners
106 August 6 @ Royals
107 August 7 @ Royals
108 August 8 @ Royals
109 August 9 5:07 p.m. PDT @ White Sox L 4–5 Fernandez (13–6) Witt (8–11) Hernández (24) 2:54 36,643 46–63 L1
110 August 10 5:06 p.m. PDT @ White Sox L 0–4 Belcher (10–7) Mohler (1–3) 2:21 29,906 46–64 L2
111 August 11 10:35 a.m. PDT @ White Sox W 3–1 Van Poppel (3–3) Álvarez (8–8) Eckersley (25) 3:19 33,625 47–64 W1
112 August 13 Twins
113 (1) August 14 Twins
114 (2) August 14 Twins
115 August 15 Twins
116 August 17 Brewers
117 August 18 Brewers
118 August 19 Brewers
119 August 20 @ Tigers
120 August 21 @ Tigers
121 August 22 @ Tigers
122 August 23 @ Tigers
123 (1) August 24 @ Brewers
124 (2) August 24 @ Brewers
125 August 25 @ Brewers
126 August 26 @ Brewers
127 August 27 Tigers
128 August 28 Tigers
129 August 29 Tigers
130 August 30 Blue Jays
131 August 31 Blue Jays
September: 15–13 (Home: 4–7; Away: 11–6)
# Date Time ( PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
132 September 1 Blue Jays
133 September 3 Orioles
134 September 4 Orioles
135 September 5 Orioles
136 September 7 @ Blue Jays
137 September 8 @ Blue Jays
138 September 9 @ Blue Jays
139 September 10 @ Orioles
140 September 11 @ Orioles
141 September 12 @ Orioles
142 September 13 @ Twins
143 September 14 @ Twins
144 September 15 @ Twins
145 September 16 @ Twins
146 September 17 7:36 p.m. PDT White Sox L 0–8 Álvarez (13–8) Welch (9–10) 3:09 27,278 59–87 L2
147 September 18 1:05 p.m. PDT White Sox W 3–2 Witt (12–12) McDowell (21–10) Eckersley (33) 2:33 34,679 60–87 W1
148 September 19 1:06 p.m. PDT White Sox L 1–3 Radinsky (7–2) Eckersley (2–4) Hernández (35) 2:34 29,939 60–88 L1
149 September 20 Royals
150 September 21 Royals
151 September 22 Royals
152 September 23 Royals
153 September 24 @ Mariners
154 September 25 @ Mariners
155 September 26 @ Mariners
156 (1) September 28 @ Rangers
157 (2) September 28 @ Rangers
158 September 29 @ Rangers
159 September 30 @ Rangers
October: 1–2 (Home: 1–2; Away: 0–0)
# Date Time ( PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
160 October 1 Angels
161 October 2 Angels
162 October 3 Angels
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Athletics team member

Detailed records

Player stats

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
C Terry Steinbach 104 389 111 .285 10 43
1B Mike Aldrete 95 255 68 .267 10 33
2B Brent Gates 139 535 155 .290 7 69
3B Craig Paquette 105 393 86 .219 12 46
SS Mike Bordick 159 546 136 .249 3 48
LF Rickey Henderson 90 318 104 .327 17 47
CF Dave Henderson 107 382 84 .220 20 53
RF Rubén Sierra 158 630 147 .233 22 101
DH Troy Neel 123 427 124 .290 19 63

Other batters

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
Jerry Browne 76 260 65 .250 2 19
Kevin Seitzer 73 255 65 .255 4 27
Lance Blankenship 94 252 48 .190 2 23
Scott Hemond 91 215 55 .256 6 26
Scott Brosius 70 213 53 .249 6 25
Scott Lydy 41 102 23 .225 2 7
Mark McGwire 27 84 28 .333 9 24
Dale Sveum 30 79 14 .177 2 6
Kurt Abbott 20 61 15 .246 3 9
Eric Fox 29 56 8 .143 1 5
Henry Mercedes 20 47 10 .213 0 3
Marcos Armas 15 31 6 .194 1 1
Eric Helfand 8 13 3 .231 0 1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bobby Witt 35 220.0 14 13 4.21 131
Ron Darling 31 178.0 5 9 5.16 95
Bob Welch 30 166.2 9 11 5.29 63
Todd Van Poppel 16 84.0 6 6 5.04 47
Steve Karsay 8 49.0 3 3 4.04 33
Miguel Jimenez 5 27.0 1 0 4.00 13
Curt Young 3 14.2 1 1 4.30 4

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Kelly Downs 42 119.2 5 10 5.64 66
Mike Mohler 42 64.1 1 6 5.60 42
Storm Davis 19 62.2 2 6 6.18 37
Shawn Hillegas 18 60.2 3 6 6.97 29
Joe Slusarski 2 8.2 0 0 5.19 1

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Dennis Eckersley 64 2 4 36 4.16 80
Edwin Núñez 56 3 6 1 3.81 58
Rick Honeycutt 52 1 4 1 2.81 21
Joe Boever 42 4 2 0 3.86 49
Vince Horsman 40 2 0 0 5.40 17
Rich Gossage 39 4 5 1 4.53 40
John Briscoe 17 1 0 0 8.03 24
Roger Smithberg 13 1 2 3 2.75 4
Kevin Campbell 11 0 0 0 7.31 9
Kevin Seitzer 1 0 0 0 0.00 1

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Tacoma Tigers Pacific Coast League Bob Boone
AA Huntsville Stars Southern League Casey Parsons
A Modesto A's California League Ted Kubiak
A Madison Muskies Midwest League Gary Jones
A-Short Season Southern Oregon A's Northwest League Dick Scott
Rookie AZL Athletics Arizona League Bruce Hines

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: AZL Athletics

References

  1. ^ Jamie Quirk at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Walt Weiss at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Rich Gossage at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Ron Darling at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ a b Joe Boever at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ a b Dale Sveum at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Mike Aldrete at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Jeff D'Amico at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Jason McDonald at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ Scott Spiezio at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ Miguel Tejada at Baseball Reference
  12. ^ Rickey Henderson at Baseball Reference
  • 1993 Oakland Athletics at Baseball Reference
  • 1993 Oakland Athletics at Baseball Almanac
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN  978-0-9637189-8-3.