1993 Oakland Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkOakland–Alameda County Coliseum
CityOakland, California
Record68–94 (.420)
Divisional place7th
OwnersWalter A. Haas, Jr.
General managersSandy Alderson
ManagersTony La Russa
TelevisionKRON-TV
(Dick Stockton, Ray Fosse)
Sports Channel Pacific
(Ray Fosse, Greg Papa)
RadioKNEW (AM)
(Bill King, Lon Simmons, Ray Fosse)
Seasons

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, Chicago, 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

Regular season


Rollie
Fingers
Pitcher:
1968-76(OAK)

Retired 1993

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 9468 0.580 — 45–36 49–32
Texas Rangers 8676 0.531 8 50–31 36–45
Kansas City Royals 8478 0.519 10 43–38 41–40
Seattle Mariners 8280 0.506 12 46–35 36–45
California Angels 7191 0.438 23 44–37 27–54
Minnesota Twins 7191 0.438 23 36–45 35–46
Oakland Athletics 6894 0.420 26 38–43 30–51

Record vs. opponents

1993 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —6–77–54–88–55–87–58–58–46–710–27–54–85–8
Boston 7–6—7–57–55–86–75–75–87–56–79–37–56–63–10
California 5–75–7—7–65–74–86–77–54–96–66–76–76–74–8
Chicago 8–45–76–7—9–37–56–79–310–34–87–69–48–56–6
Cleveland 5–88–57–53–9—6–77–58–54–86–78–43–97–54–9
Detroit 8–57–68–45–77–6—5–78–56–64–98–47–56–66–7
Kansas City 5–77–57–67–65–77–5—5–77–66–66–77–67–68–4
Milwaukee 5–88–55–73–95–85–87–5—7–54–97–54–84–85–8
Minnesota 4–85–79–43–108–46–66–75–7—4–88–54–97–62–10
New York 7–67–66–68–47–69–46–69–48–4—6–67–53–95–8
Oakland 2–103–97–66–74–84–87–65–75–86–6—9–45–85–7
Seattle 5–75–77–64–99–35–76–78–49–45–74–9—8–57–5
Texas 8–46–67–65–85–76–66–78–46–79–38–55–8—7–5
Toronto 8–510–38–46–69–47–64–88–510–28–57–55–75–7—

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)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 5Tigers
2April 7Tigers
3April 8Tigers
4April 9Brewers
5April 10Brewers
6April 11Brewers
7April 13@ Tigers
8April 15@ Tigers
—April 16@ BrewersPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: August 24)
9April 17@ Brewers
10April 18@ Brewers
11April 20Yankees
12April 21Yankees
13April 22Yankees
—April 23IndiansPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: July 5)
14April 24Indians
15April 25Indians
16April 27Red Sox
17April 28Red Sox
18April 30@ Indians
May: 12–16 (Home: 6–7; Away: 6–9)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
19May 1@ Indians
20May 2@ Indians
21May 3@ Yankees
22May 4@ Yankees
23May 5@ Red Sox
24May 6@ Red Sox
25May 7@ Angels
26May 8@ Angels
27May 9@ Angels
28May 10Rangers
29May 11Rangers
30May 12Rangers
31May 13Rangers
32May 14Mariners
33May 15Mariners
34May 16Mariners
35May 18@ Royals
36May 19@ Royals
37May 20@ Royals
38May 215:08 p.m. PDT@ White SoxW 12–11Downs (2–2)Hernández (0–1)Eckersley (7)3:3736,76016–22W2
39May 2210:07 a.m. PDT@ White SoxW 6–4Witt (4–2)Stieb (1–3)Eckersley (8)3:2633,20517–22W3
40May 2311:30 a.m. PDT@ White SoxL 4–5 (10)Hernández (1–1)Goosage (1–3)–3:1630,87317–23L1
41May 25Twins
42May 26Twins
—May 27TwinsPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: August 14)
43May 28Blue Jays
44May 29Blue Jays
45May 30Blue Jays
46May 31Orioles
June: 12–14 (Home: 7–4; Away: 5–10)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
47June 1Orioles
48June 2Orioles
49June 4@ Blue Jays
50June 5@ Blue Jays
51June 6@ Blue Jays
52June 7@ Orioles
53June 8@ Orioles
54June 9@ Orioles
55June 11@ Twins
56June 12@ Twins
57June 13@ Twins
58June 147:05 p.m. PDTWhite SoxW 7–3Young (1–0) | McCaskill (2–7)–3:1223,58623–35W2
59June 157:05 p.m. PDTWhite SoxL 0–4Álvarez (6–2)Welch (4–6)–2:2626,53223–36L1
60June 1612:16 p.m. PDTWhite SoxL 0–4McDowell (10–4)Darling (1–4)–2:2324,06523–37L2
61June 1712:17 p.m. PDTWhite SoxW 5–2Witt (6–4)Fernandez (7–4)Eckersley (12)2:5720,19224–37W1
62June 18Royals
63June 19Royals
64June 20Royals
65June 21@ Mariners
66June 22@ Mariners
67June 23@ Mariners
68June 24@ Mariners
—June 25@ RangersPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 28)
69June 26@ Rangers
70June 27@ Rangers
71June 29Angels
72June 30Angels
July: 12–17 (Home: 8–6; Away: 4–11)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
73July 1Angels
74July 2Yankees
75July 3Yankees
76July 4Yankees
77 (1)July 5Indians
78 (2)July 5Indians
79July 6Indians
80July 7Indians
81July 8Red Sox
82July 9Red Sox
83July 10Red Sox
84July 11Red Sox
64th All-Star Game in Baltimore, Maryland
85July 15@ Yankees
86July 16@ Yankees
87July 17@ Yankees
88July 18@ Yankees
89July 19@ Indians
90July 20@ Indians
91July 21@ Indians
92July 22@ Red Sox
93July 23@ Red Sox
94July 24@ Red Sox
95July 25@ Red Sox
96July 26@ Angels
97July 27@ Angels
98July 28@ Angels
99July 29@ Angels
100July 30Rangers
101July 31Rangers
August: 9–21 (Home: 6–10; Away: 3–11)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
102August 1Rangers
103August 3Mariners
104August 4Mariners
105August 5Mariners
106August 6@ Royals
107August 7@ Royals
108August 8@ Royals
109August 95:07 p.m. PDT@ White SoxL 4–5Fernandez (13–6)Witt (8–11)Hernández (24)2:5436,64346–63L1
110August 105:06 p.m. PDT@ White SoxL 0–4Belcher (10–7)Mohler (1–3)–2:2129,90646–64L2
111August 1110:35 a.m. PDT@ White SoxW 3–1Van Poppel (3–3)Álvarez (8–8)Eckersley (25)3:1933,62547–64W1
112August 13Twins
113 (1)August 14Twins
114 (2)August 14Twins
115August 15Twins
116August 17Brewers
117August 18Brewers
118August 19Brewers
119August 20@ Tigers
120August 21@ Tigers
121August 22@ Tigers
122August 23@ Tigers
123 (1)August 24@ Brewers
124 (2)August 24@ Brewers
125August 25@ Brewers
126August 26@ Brewers
127August 27Tigers
128August 28Tigers
129August 29Tigers
130August 30Blue Jays
131August 31Blue Jays
September: 15–13 (Home: 4–7; Away: 11–6)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
132September 1Blue Jays
133September 3Orioles
134September 4Orioles
135September 5Orioles
136September 7@ Blue Jays
137September 8@ Blue Jays
138September 9@ Blue Jays
139September 10@ Orioles
140September 11@ Orioles
141September 12@ Orioles
142September 13@ Twins
143September 14@ Twins
144September 15@ Twins
145September 16@ Twins
146September 177:36 p.m. PDTWhite SoxL 0–8Álvarez (13–8)Welch (9–10)–3:0927,27859–87L2
147September 181:05 p.m. PDTWhite SoxW 3–2Witt (12–12)McDowell (21–10)Eckersley (33)2:3334,67960–87W1
148September 191:06 p.m. PDTWhite SoxL 1–3Radinsky (7–2)Eckersley (2–4)Hernández (35)2:3429,93960–88L1
149September 20Royals
150September 21Royals
151September 22Royals
152September 23Royals
153September 24@ Mariners
154September 25@ Mariners
155September 26@ Mariners
156 (1)September 28@ Rangers
157 (2)September 28@ Rangers
158September 29@ Rangers
159September 30@ Rangers
October: 1–2 (Home: 1–2; Away: 0–0)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
160October 1Angels
161October 2Angels
162October 3Angels
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
CTerry Steinbach104389111.2851043
1BMike Aldrete9525568.2671033
2BBrent Gates139535155.290769
3BCraig Paquette10539386.2191246
SSMike Bordick159546136.249348
LFRickey Henderson90318104.3271747
CFDave Henderson10738284.2202053
RFRubén Sierra158630147.23322101
DHTroy Neel123427124.2901963

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 Browne7626065.250219
Kevin Seitzer7325565.255427
Lance Blankenship9425248.190223
Scott Hemond9121555.256626
Scott Brosius7021353.249625
Scott Lydy4110223.22527
Mark McGwire278428.333924
Dale Sveum307914.17726
Kurt Abbott206115.24639
Eric Fox29568.14315
Henry Mercedes204710.21303
Marcos Armas15316.19411
Eric Helfand8133.23101

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 Witt35220.014134.21131
Ron Darling31178.0595.1695
Bob Welch30166.29115.2963
Todd Van Poppel1684.0665.0447
Steve Karsay849.0334.0433
Miguel Jimenez527.0104.0013
Curt Young314.2114.304

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 Downs42119.25105.6466
Mike Mohler4264.1165.6042
Storm Davis1962.2266.1837
Shawn Hillegas1860.2366.9729
Joe Slusarski28.2005.191

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 Eckersley6424364.1680
Edwin Núñez563613.8158
Rick Honeycutt521412.8121
Joe Boever424203.8649
Vince Horsman402005.4017
Rich Gossage394514.5340
John Briscoe171008.0324
Roger Smithberg131232.754
Kevin Campbell110007.319
Kevin Seitzer10000.001

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. 1 2 Joe Boever at Baseball Reference
  6. 1 2 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.
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