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THE BULLPEn: The A’s bullpen compiled a 3.75 ERA, which ranked sixth in the American League…
converted 38 of 51 (74.5%) save opportunities, which was third best in the AL…the 13 blown saves tied
for the fewest in the AL, but the save opportunities were third fewest and the saves tied for fourth fewest…also
ranked fourth in the AL in opponents batting average (.248), fifth in on-base percentage (.325)
and eighth in slugging percentage (.394)…held first batters faced to a .214 batting average, which was
the third lowest mark in the AL…it was the lowest average by an A’s team since 1989 (.199)…allowed
27.1% of inherited runners to score, which was fourth lowest in the AL…compiled a 17-23 (.425) record,
which was the second lowest winning percentage in the AL and fourth lowest in Oakland history…
it was the lowest by an A’s team since 1986 (15-29, .341).
OFFEnSE: The A’s ranked ninth in the American League with a .256 batting average and .324 on-base
percentage but their .378 slugging percentage was second lowest as was their .241 average with runners
in scoring position…the average with RISP was the lowest by an A’s team since 1997 (.239)…had the
fourth fewest runs scored in the AL with 663, marking just the second time in the last 28 years the A’s
scored fewer than 700 runs in a non-strike season (had 646 in 2008)…averaged 4.09 runs per game,
which was the seventh lowest figure in Oakland history…had 30 triples, which were the most by an A’s
team since 1987 (33)…that ranked sixth in the AL, which was the highest finish by an A’s team since
1981 (5 th )…placed fourth in the AL with 43 sacrifice hits, which were the A’s most in a season since
1998 (58)…had 527 walks for the second consecutive season, which is the A’s fewest in a non-strike
season since 1985 (508)…were walked just 16 times intentionally, matching the 2009 A’s for second
fewest by a Major League team since the intentional walk became an official statistic in 1955…the only
team with fewer than 16 is the 1961 Kansas City A’s (10)…had the second fewest extra base hits in the
AL with 415, which was the fewest by an A’s team in a non-strike season since 1992 (385)…led the AL
in reaching base on an error (60).
On THE BASES: The A’s stole 156 bases, which ranked third in the American League and the majors…it
was the ninth best single season total in Oakland history and the most since the 1989 club had
157…were caught stealing just 38 times for a success rate of 80.4%...that led the AL and ranked second
in the majors (PHI, 83.7%)…it was the second best mark in Oakland history (80.7% in 2008)…led the
majors with 32 steals of third base…Rajai Davis (50), Coco Crisp (32) and Cliff Pennington (29) combined
for 111 of the A’s 156 stolen bases…those are the most steals by three Oakland teammates since
1983 when Rickey Henderson (108), Mike Davis (32) and Bill Almon (26) combined for 166…had two
players with 30 or more steals for the first time since 1995 (Henderson and Javier) and three with 20 or
more for the first time since 1992 (Henderson, Wilson and Blankenship)…had 18 different players steal
a base, matching the 1998 club for most in Oakland history…had a 57-30 record when stealing at least
one base and were 24-51 in games when they did not steal a base.
THE LOnG BALL: The A’s hit 109 home runs, which was second fewest in the American League
(Seattle, 101) and third fewest in the majors (Houston, 108)…it was the fourth lowest total in Oakland
history in a non-strike season and the fewest since the 1979 club hit 108…Kevin Kouzmanoff led the
A’s with 16 home runs and that was the fewest by a team leader in Oakland history…the previous low
was 17 by Mitchell Page in 1978 and Dwayne Murphy and Davey Lopes in 1983…the last time the A’s
team leader finished with 16 or fewer home runs was in 1967 in Kansas City when Rick Monday led the
club with 14…the A’s number three hitters combined for a major league low seven home runs, which
were the fewest in Oakland history.
DEFEnSiVE DOinGS: The A’s ranked fifth in the American League with a .984 fielding percentage,
which was the sixth best mark in Oakland history…had the fifth fewest errors in the AL (99) but the
errors led to the fourth most unearned runs (60)…this marked the sixth time in the last seven years the
A’s committed fewer than 100 errors…had a 52-35 record when going errorless and a 29-46 mark when
making one or more errors.
HOME AnD AWAY: The A’s compiled a 47-34 (.580) record in Oakland compared to 34-47 (.420) on
the road…had their best home mark since 2006 but posted a losing record on the road for the fourth
consecutive season…the pitching staff had a 3.02 ERA at home compared to 4.13 on the road…led the
American League in ERA at home and ranked third on the road…had the lowest home ERA by an AL
team since 1992 (Milwaukee, 2.74)…allowed just 62 home runs at home, which was the fewest in the
AL, and 91 on the road, which tied for second most…hit .261 at home and .252 on the road…ranked
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