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Record: 75-86   .466.... 3rd in American League West
Stadium: McAfee Coliseum
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,665,256
Payroll: $47,967,126
Top Draft Pick: Jemile Weeks (#12)   AA
Manager - Bob Geren

Oakland Athletics affiliate.

Affiliates - MLB Oakland Athletics AAA Sacramento River Cats AA Midland RockHounds A+ Stockton Ports A Kane County Cougars A- Vancouver Canadians A- Yakima Bears Rk Arizona Athletics

Team Leaders

HR: Cust [33]
RBI: Cust [77]
2B: Crosby [39]
SB: Davis [25]
W: Duchscherer [10]
SV: Street [18]
SO: Eveland [118]

Oldest Player: []
Youngest Player: []

Major League Debuts

Batters: Jeff Baisley (Sep 9) Wes Bankston (Jul 2) Brooks Conrad (Jul 21) Aaron Cunningham (Aug 31) Carlos Gonzalez (May 30) Cliff Pennington (Aug 12) Gregorio Petit (May 18)
Pitchers: Giovany Gonzalez (Aug 6) Jeff Gray (Sep 8) Fernando Hernandez (Apr 9) Josh Outman (Sep 2) Greg Smith (Apr 9) Brad Ziegler (May 31)

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Draft Picks Listing

Rnd	Ovl	Phase	Player Name	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	B	T	HL	MLB	Drafted From	Bonus
1	12	June-Reg	Jemile Weeks	2B	21	5-10	175	B	R	AA		University of Miami	$1,910,000
2	58	June-Reg	Tyson Ross	P	21	6-6	225	R	R	AA		University of California	$694,800
3	90	June-Reg	Preston Paramore	C	21	6-3	205	B	R	A		Arizona State University	$430,000
4	124	June-Reg	Anthony Capra	P	21	6-1	200	L	L	A+		Wichita State University	$260,000
5	154	June-Reg	Jason Christian	SS	21	6-3	170	L	R	A		University of Michigan	$182,000
6	184	June-Reg	Tyreace House	OF	20	5-10	180	R	R	A-		College of the Canyons	$130,000
7	214	June-Reg	Brett Hunter	P	21	6-4	215	R	R	A		Pepperdine University	$1,100,000
8	244	June-Reg	Jeremy Barfield	OF	19	6-5	240	R	L	A		San Jacinto College	$92,000
9	274	June-Reg	Mitch Levier	C	20	5-11	185	L	L	A		Fullerton College	$75,000
10	304	June-Reg	Rashun Dixon	OF	17	6-2	210	R	R	A-		Terry (Terry,MS)	$600,000
11	334	June-Reg	Chris Berroa	OF	19	6-1	175	R	R	A		Chipola College
12	364**	June-Reg	Zac Elgie	1B	18	6-2	210	R	R	-		Minot (Minot,ND)
13	394	June-Reg	Daniel Thomas	P	22	6-2	195	R	R	A+		University of South Florida
14	424	June-Reg	David Thomas	OF	21	5-11	180	B	R	A+		Catawba College.
15	454	June-Reg	Nino Leyja	SS	17	5-10	170	R	R	A		Houston Christian (Houston,TX)
16	484	June-Reg	Matt Fitts	P	22	6-1	205	R	R	A		Lewis-Clark State College
17	514	June-Reg	Brad Glenn	3B	21	6-2	220	R	R	A-		University of Arizona
18	544	June-Reg	Rayan Gonzalez	P	17	6-3	175	R	R	-		Luchetti (Arecibo,PR)
19	574	June-Reg	Mike Hart	P	21	6-1	210	R	R	A		Texas State University
20	604	June-Reg	Rodney Rutherford	3B	23	5-11	210	R	R	A-		Columbus State University
21	634	June-Reg	Mathieu LeBlanc-Porter	P	21	6-1	175	L	R	A+		College Ahuntsic
22	664	June-Reg	Preston Guilmet	P	20	6-2	200	R	R	A-		University of Arizona
23	694	June-Reg	Chris Rusin	P	21	6-2	185	L	L	A-		University of Kentucky
24	724	June-Reg	Kenny Smalley	P	20	6-2	200	R	R	A		Delta State University
25	754	June-Reg	Trey Barham	P	22	6-0	215	L	L	A		Virginia Military Institute
26	784	June-Reg	Ryan Doolittle	P	20	6-3	185	R	R	Rookie		Cumberland County College
27	814	June-Reg	Brent Warren	OF	18	6-3		L	L	-		Xavier (Cedar Rapids,IA)
28	844	June-Reg	Dusty Coleman	SS	21	6-2	185	R	R	A+		Wichita State University
29	874	June-Reg	Justin Murray	P	21	6-5	220	R	R	AA		Kansas State University
30	904	June-Reg	Kevin Jernigan	2B	23	5-10	175	R	R	-		University of South Alabama
31	934	June-Reg	Mickey Storey	P	22	6-2	183	R	R	AAA		Florida Atlantic University
32	964	June-Reg	Ben Hornbeck	P	20	6-5	192	R	L	AA		Kansas State University
33	994	June-Reg	Shawn Haviland	P	22	6-2	200	L	R	A		Harvard University
34	1024	June-Reg	Riley Welch	P	17	6-0	160	R	R	-		Desert Mountain (Scottsdale,AZ)
35	1054	June-Reg	Virgil Hill	CF	18	5-11	186	R	R	Rookie		Mission College
36	1084	June-Reg	Jonathan Berti	SS	18	5-10	175	R	R	-		Troy (Troy,MI)
37	1114**	June-Reg	Ryan Doiron	P	17	6-1	177	R	R	-		Barbe (Lake Charles,LA)
38	1144**	June-Reg	Bobby Crocker	OF	18	6-3	200	R	R	College		Aptos (Aptos,CA)
39	1174	June-Reg	Denny Clement	P	18	6-0	180	R	R	College		Cascia Hall Prep (Tulsa,OK)
40	1204**	June-Reg	Jeff Dennis	P	20	6-6	215	R	L	College		Binghamton University
41	1234	June-Reg	William Hawn	3B	19	6-1	195	L	R	-		Walters State Community College
42	1264	June-Reg	Kent Walton	2B	21	5-11	185	R	R	A-		Brigham Young University
43	1294	June-Reg	Nick Maronde	P	18	6-3	195	B	L	-		Lexington Catholic (Lexington,KY)
44	1324	June-Reg	Jimmy Messer	P	18	6-0	195	R	R	-		South Caldwell (Hudson,NC)
45	1353**	June-Reg	Derek Benny	P	17	6-5	210	R	R	College		Roseville (Roseville,CA)
46	1381	June-Reg	J.R. Graham	P	18	6-0	170	R	R	-		Livermore (Livermore,CA)
47	1408	June-Reg	Coley Crank	C	18	6-0	215	R	R	College		Pinole Valley (Pinole,CA)
48	1435	June-Reg	Brett Holland	P	21	6-1	185	R	R	A-		University of Texas-Tyler
49	1462	June-Reg	Matt Bowman	2B	22	5-8	185	R	R	College		University of Nevada
50	1489	June-Reg	Derek Wiley	1B	21	6-3	217	R	R	A		Belmont University