2015 Oakland Athletics season

2015 Oakland Athletics

Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Western Division (since 1969)
Location
O.co Coliseum (since 1968)
Oakland, California (since 1968)
Results
Record	68–94 (.420)
Divisional place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	Lewis Wolff, John Fisher
General manager(s)	Billy Beane
Manager(s)	Bob Melvin
Local television	Comcast SportsNet California (Glen Kuiper, Ray Fosse, Eric Chavez)
Local radio	KGMZ (Ken Korach, Vince Cotroneo, Ray Fosse)
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The 2015 Oakland Athletics season was the 48th for the franchise in Oakland (all at O.co Coliseum), as well as the 115th in club history.

Offseason

On November 28, 2014, the Athletics traded Josh Donaldson to the Toronto Blue Jays for Brett Lawrie, Kendall Graveman, Sean Nolin, and Franklin Barreto.^[1]

Regular season

American League West

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Texas Rangers	88	74	0.543	—	43–38	45–36
Houston Astros	86	76	0.531	2	53–28	33–48
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	85	77	0.525	3	49–32	36–45
Seattle Mariners	76	86	0.469	12	36–45	40–41
Oakland Athletics	68	94	0.420	20	34–47	34–47

American League Wild Card

Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
Kansas City Royals	95	67	0.586
Toronto Blue Jays	93	69	0.574
Texas Rangers	88	74	0.543

Wild Card teams (Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	87	75	0.537	+1
Houston Astros	86	76	0.531	—
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	85	77	0.525	1
Minnesota Twins	83	79	0.512	3
Cleveland Indians	81	80	0.503	4½
Baltimore Orioles	81	81	0.500	5
Tampa Bay Rays	80	82	0.494	6
Boston Red Sox	78	84	0.481	8
Chicago White Sox	76	86	0.469	10
Seattle Mariners	76	86	0.469	10
Detroit Tigers	74	87	0.460	11½
Oakland Athletics	68	94	0.420	18

Record against opponents

2015 AL Records Source: AL Standings Head-to-Head
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	11–8	3–3	5–1	4–3	3–4	3–4	2–4	0–7	10–9	6–1	3–3	10–9	1–6	8–11	12–8
Boston	8–11	—	3–4	2–4	4–2	2–4	4–3	2–5	2–5	8–11	5–1	4–3	9–10	2–5	10–9	13–7
Chicago	3–3	4–3	—	10–9	9–10	5–1	7–12	4–3	6–13	2–5	5–2	4–3	1–5	3–3	4–3	9–11
Cleveland	1–5	4–2	9–10	—	7–11	5–2	9–10	4–2	7–12	5–2	3–4	4–3	5–2	3–3	3–4	12–8
Detroit	3–4	2–4	10–9	11–7	—	3–4	9–10	1–6	11–8	2–5	2–4	4–3	3–3	2–5	2–4	9–11
Houston	4–3	4–2	1–5	2–5	4–3	—	4–2	10–9	3–3	4–3	10–9	12–7	2–5	6–13	4–3	16–4
Kansas City	4–3	3–4	12–7	10–9	10–9	2–4	—	6–1	12–7	2–4	5–1	4–2	6–1	3–4	3–4	13–7
Los Angeles	4–2	5–2	3–4	2–4	6–1	9–10	1–6	—	5–2	2–4	11–8	12–7	3–3	12–7	2–5	8–12
Minnesota	7–0	5–2	13–6	12–7	8–11	3–3	7–12	2–5	—	1–5	4–3	4–3	4–2	3–3	2–5	8–12
New York	9–10	11–8	5–2	2–5	5–2	3–4	4–2	4–2	5–1	—	3–4	5–1	12–7	2–5	6–13	11–9
Oakland	1–6	1–5	2–5	4–3	4–2	9–10	1–5	8–11	3–4	4–3	—	6–13	3–4	10–9	1–5	11–9
Seattle	3–3	3–4	3–4	3–4	3–4	7–12	2–4	7–12	3–4	1–5	13–6	—	4–3	12–7	4–2	8–12
Tampa Bay	9–10	10–9	5–1	2–5	3–3	5–2	1–6	3–3	2–4	7–12	4–3	3–4	—	2–5	10–9	14–6
Texas	6–1	5–2	3–3	3–3	5–2	13–6	4–3	7–12	3–3	5–2	9–10	7–12	5–2	—	2–4	11–9
Toronto	11–8	9–10	3–4	4–3	4–2	3–4	4–3	5–2	5–2	13–6	5–1	2–4	9–10	4–2	—	12–8

Game log

2015 Game Log
Total: 68–94 (Home: 34–47; Away: 34–47)^[2]

April: 9–14 (Home: 4–9 ; Away: 5–5)

May: 11–19 (Home: 5–8 ; Away: 6–11)

June: 15–12 (Home: 6–7 ; Away: 9–5)

July: 10–14 (Home: 6–7 ; Away: 4–7)

August: 13–15 (Home: 10–5 ; Away: 3–10)

September: 8–19 (Home: 3–11 ; Away: 4–6 )

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
133	September 1	Angels	2–6	Shoemaker (7–9)	Martin (2–4)	—	14,178	58–75
134	September 2	Angels	4–9	Heaney (6–2)	Gray (12–7)	—	13,392	58–76
135	September 4	Mariners	8–11	Ramírez (1–0)	Brooks (1–2)	Wilhelmsen (9)	16,382	58–77
136	September 5	Mariners	3–8	Hernández (16–8)	Chavez (7–14)	—	27,387	58–78
137	September 6	Mariners	2–3	Iwakuma (7–3)	Nolin (0–1)	Wilhelmsen (10)	19,534	58–79
138	September 7	Astros	10–9	Doubront (3–1)	Fiers (7–10)	Doolittle (1)	22,214	59–79
139	September 8	Astros	4–0	Gray (13–7)	Kazmir (7–10)	—	11,364	60–79
140	September 9	Astros	5–11	McHugh (16–7)	Brooks (1–3)	—	13,387	60–80
141	September 11	@ Rangers	0–4	Lewis (15–8)	Chavez (7–15)	—	28,133	60–81
142	September 12	@ Rangers	5–3	Nolin (1–1)	Gallardo (12–10)	—	30,487	61–81
143	September 13	@ Rangers	4–12	Gonzalez (3–5)	Doubront (3–2)	—	26,131	61–82
144	September 14	@ White Sox	7–8 (14)	Jennings (2–3)	León (0–2)	—	12,221	61–83
145	September 15	@ White Sox	17–6	Brooks (2–3)	Samardzija (9–13)	—	12,446	62–83
146	September 16	@ White Sox	4–9	Johnson (2–0)	Martin (2–5)	—	13,005	62–84
147	September 17	@ White Sox	4–2	Doolittle (1–0)	Robertson (6–4)	—	12,406	63–84
148	September 18	@ Astros	4–3	Pomeranz (5–5)	Neshek (3–6)	Dull (1)	27,567	64–84
149	September 19	@ Astros	6–10	Qualls (3–4)	Rodriguez (4–2)	—	27,044	64–85
150	September 20	@ Astros	1–5	McHugh (17–7)	Brooks (2–4)	—	22,453	64–86
151	September 22	Rangers	6–8	Gonzalez (4–5)	Pomeranz (5–6)	Tolleson (33)	16,524	64–87
152	September 23	Rangers	3–10	Lewis (17–8)	Doubront (3–3)	—	16,445	64–88
153	September 24	Rangers	1–8	Hamels (11–8)	Bassitt (1–7)	—	14,452	64–89
154	September 25	Giants	5–4	Gray (14–7)	Leake (10–10)	Doolittle (2)	36,067	65–89
155	September 26	Giants	10–14	Osich (2–0)	Dull (0–1)	Casilla (36)	36,067	65–90
156	September 27	Giants	4–5	Heston (12–10)	Nolin (1–2)	Casilla (37)	36,067	65–91
157	September 28	@ Angels	4–5	Gott (4–2)	Mujica (3–5)	—	31,858	65–92
158	September 29	@ Angels	1–8	Tropeano (3–2)	Bassitt (1–8)	—	33,470	65–93
159	September 30	@ Angels	8–7	Dull (1–1)	Morin (3–2)	Doolittle (3)	34,033	66–93

October: 2–1 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 2–1 )

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Athletics team member

Roster

2015 Oakland Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

56 Fernando Abad

37 R. J. Alvarez

40 Chris Bassitt

36 Aaron Brooks

44 Ángel Castro

30 Jesse Chavez

36 Tyler Clippard

48 Ryan Cook

67 Daniel Coulombe

62 Sean Doolittle

53 Félix Doubront

66 Ryan Dull

31 Kendall Graveman

54 Sonny Gray

32 Jesse Hahn

26 Scott Kazmir

68 Arnold León

63 Cody Martin

48 Brad Mills

49 Edward Mujica

47 Sean Nolin

39 Eric O'Flaherty

61 Dan Otero

13 Drew Pomeranz

33 Fernando Rodriguez

58 Evan Scribner

63 Chad Smith

29 Pat Venditte

75 Barry Zito

Catchers

45 Bryan Anderson

39 Carson Blair

19 Josh Phegley

21 Stephen Vogt

Infielders

16 Billy Butler

20 Mark Canha

17 Ike Davis

15 Brett Lawrie

50 Max Muncy

12 Andy Parrino

10 Marcus Semien

28 Eric Sogard

26 Danny Valencia

21 Stephen Vogt

18 Ben Zobrist

Outfielders

1 Billy Burns

4 Coco Crisp

23 Sam Fuld

3 Craig Gentry

25 Tyler Ladendorf

7 Jason Pridie

22 Josh Reddick

7 Cody Ross

5 Jake Smolinski

Manager

6 Bob Melvin

Coaches

14 Mike Aldrete (bench)

51 Darren Bush (hitting)

65 Scott Emerson (bullpen)

59 Marcus Jensen (assistant hitting)

46 Tye Waller (first base)

38 Ron Washington (third base)

41 Curt Young (pitching)

Statistics

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Bryan Anderson, C	4	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	.400	0
Chris Bassitt, P	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Carson Blair, C	11	31	3	4	0	0	1	3	4	18	.129	0
Aaron Brooks, P	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Billy Burns, CF	125	520	70	153	18	9	5	42	26	81	.294	26
Billy Butler, DH,1B	151	538	63	135	28	1	15	65	52	101	.251	0
Mark Canha, LF	124	441	61	112	22	3	16	70	33	96	.254	7
Jesse Chavez, P	30	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	0
Coco Crisp, LF	44	126	11	22	6	0	0	6	13	25	.175	2
Ike Davis, 1B	74	214	19	49	17	0	3	20	23	44	.229	0
Sam Fuld, OF	120	290	34	57	16	3	2	22	30	55	.197	9
Craig Gentry, OF	26	50	6	6	0	2	0	3	4	15	.120	1
Sonny Gray, P	31	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.167	0
Jess Hahn, P	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0
Scott Kazmir, P	18	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.500	0
Tyler Ladendorf, 2B,OF	9	17	3	4	0	1	0	2	1	2	.235	0
Brett Lawrie, 3B	149	562	64	146	29	3	16	60	28	144	.260	5
Max Muncy, 1B,3B	45	102	14	21	8	1	3	9	9	31	.206	0
Andy Parrino, SS,3B	17	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.000	0
Josh Phegley, C	73	225	27	56	16	1	9	34	14	51	.249	0
Jason Pridie, OF	6	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	0
Josh Reddick, RF	149	526	67	143	25	4	20	77	49	65	.272	10
Cody Ross, OF	9	22	3	2	0	0	0	3	3	6	.091	0
Marcus Semien, SS	155	556	65	143	23	7	15	45	42	132	.257	11
Jake Smolinski, LF	41	106	12	24	6	2	5	20	8	19	.226	0
Eric Sogard, 2B	120	372	40	92	12	3	1	37	23	50	.247	6
Danny Valencia, 3B,DH	47	183	33	52	10	1	11	37	20	40	.284	0
Pat Venditte, P	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Stephen Vogt, C	136	445	58	116	21	3	18	71	56	97	.261	0
Ben Zobrist, 2B,OF,DH	67	235	39	63	20	2	6	33	33	26	.268	1

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Fernando Abad	2	2	4.15	62	0	0	47.2	45	23	22	11	19	45
R. J. Alvarez	0	0	9.90	21	0	0	20.0	27	23	22	7	13	23
Chris Bassitt	1	8	3.56	18	13	0	86.0	78	36	34	5	30	64
Aaron Brooks	3	4	6.71	11	9	0	51.0	67	38	38	9	14	35
Ángel Castro	0	1	2.25	5	0	0	4.0	8	1	1	1	3	4
Jesse Chavez	7	15	4.18	30	26	1	157.0	164	78	73	18	48	136
Tyler Clippard	1	3	2.79	37	0	17	38.2	25	12	12	3	21	38
Ryan Cook	0	2	10.38	4	0	0	4.1	7	5	5	0	3	3
Daniel Coulombe	0	0	3.52	9	0	0	7.2	8	3	3	0	3	4
Ike Davis	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	1
Sean Doolittle	1	0	3.95	12	0	4	13.2	12	6	6	1	5	15
Félix Doubront	2	2	5.81	11	8	1	52.2	55	35	34	9	21	43
Ryan Dull	1	2	4.24	13	0	1	17.0	12	8	8	4	6	16
Kendall Graveman	6	9	4.05	21	21	0	115.2	126	57	52	15	38	77
Sonny Gray	14	7	2.73	31	31	0	208.0	166	71	63	17	59	169
Jesse Hahn	6	6	3.35	16	16	0	96.2	88	46	36	5	25	64
Scott Kazmir	5	5	2.38	18	18	0	109.2	84	35	29	7	35	101
Arnold León	0	2	4.39	19	0	0	26.2	30	14	13	3	9	19
Cody Martin	0	2	14.00	4	2	0	9.0	16	14	14	4	5	3
Brad Mills	0	0	5.40	1	1	0	5.0	7	3	3	1	1	1
Edward Mujica	2	4	4.81	38	0	1	33.2	37	21	18	7	4	22
Sean Nolin	1	2	5.28	6	6	0	29.0	35	19	17	4	12	15
Eric O'Flaherty	1	2	5.91	25	0	0	21.1	29	17	14	1	13	15
Dan Otero	2	4	6.75	41	0	0	46.2	64	35	35	7	6	28
Drew Pomeranz	5	6	3.66	53	9	3	86.0	71	44	35	8	31	82
Fernando Rodriguez	4	2	3.84	56	0	0	58.2	43	27	24	4	24	65
Evan Scribner	2	2	4.35	54	0	0	60.0	58	31	29	14	4	64
Chad Smith	0	0	33.75	2	0	0	1.1	5	5	5	0	3	2
Pat Venditte	2	2	4.40	26	0	0	28.2	22	14	14	3	12	23
Barry Zito	0	0	10.29	3	2	0	7.0	12	8	8	4	6	2

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Nashville Sounds	Pacific Coast League	Steve Scarsone
AA	Midland RockHounds	Texas League	Ryan Christenson
A-Advanced	Stockton Ports	California League	Rick Magnante
A	Beloit Snappers	Midwest League	Fran Riordan
A-Short Season	Vermont Lake Monsters	New York–Penn League	Aaron Nieckula
Rookie	AZL Athletics	Arizona League	Ruben Escalera
Rookie	DSL Athletics	Dominican Summer League	Carlos Casimiro

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Midland^[3]

References

↑ Chisholm, Gregor (November 28, 2014). "Donaldson reeled in from A's for Lawrie, prospects". MLB.com. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
↑ "2015 Oakland Athletics Sortable Schedule". Oakland Athletics.
↑ Leventhal, Josh, ed. (2015). Baseball America 2016 Almanac. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-60-2.

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2015 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto
AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota
AL West	Houston Los Angeles Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Miami New York Philadelphia Washington
NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis
NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Oakland Athletics

Formerly the Philadelphia Athletics and the Kansas City Athletics
Based in Oakland, California (Bay Area)

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Barrs Field; Terry Park Ballfield; Wilmington Park; McCurdy Field; Connie Mack Field; McKechnie Field; Rendezvous Park; Scottsdale Stadium I; Phoenix Municipal Stadium; Hohokam Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Key personnel

Owners: John J. Fisher
President: Dave Kaval
Executive vice president: Billy Beane
General manager: David Forst
Manager: Bob Melvin

Important figures

Hall of Fame members	Home Run Baker Chief Bender Mickey Cochrane Eddie Collins Dennis Eckersley Rollie Fingers Jimmie Foxx Lefty Grove Rickey Henderson Catfish Hunter Reggie Jackson Nap Lajoie Connie Mack Eddie Plank Al Simmons Rube Waddell Dick Williams
Wall of Fame members	Sam Chapman Jack Coombs Jimmy Dykes George Earnshaw Ferris Fain Bob Johnson Eddie Joost Bing Miller Wally Moses Rube Oldring Bobby Shantz Eddie Rommel Elmer Valo Rube Walberg Gus Zernial

World Series
Champions (9)

American League
Championships (15)

AL West Division
Championships (16)

AL Wild Card (2)

2001
2014

Minors

AAA: Nashville Sounds
AA: Midland RockHounds
A Adv.: Stockton Ports
A: Beloit Snappers
Short A: Vermont Lake Monsters
Rookie: AZL Athletics; DSL Athletics

Seasons (117)
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