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Record: 78-84   .481.... 3rd in American League West
Stadium: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,148,380
Payroll: $19,404,500
Top Draft Pick: Eric Chavez (#10)   MLB
Manager - Art Howe

Affiliates - AAA Edmonton Trappers AA Huntsville Stars A+ Modesto A's A West Michigan Whitecaps A- Southern Oregon Timberjacks Rk Arizona Athletics

Team Leaders

HR: McGwire [52]
RBI: McGwire [113]
2B: Giambi [40]
SB: Battle [10]
W: Wasdin [8]
SV: Taylor [17]
SO: Reyes [78]

Oldest Player: Jim Corsi [34]
Youngest Player: Tony Batista [22]
Longest Tenure: Mark McGwire, Terry Steinbach [11]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Tony Batista (Jun 3) Webster Garrison (Aug 2) Brian Lesher (Aug 25) Damon Mashore (Jun 5) Izzy Molina (Aug 15) Kerwin Moore (Aug 30) Scott Spiezio (Sep 14)
Pitchers: Willie Adams (Jun 11) Bobby Chouinard (May 26) Jay Witasick (Jul 7)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Mark Acre	P	28	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	P		Edmonton	AAA
Willie Adams	P	23	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Danny Ardoin	C	22	Modesto	A+
Tony Batista	3B-SS	22	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	3B-SS		Edmonton	AAA
Allen Battle	CF-LF	27	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	CF-LF		Edmonton	AAA
Mark Bellhorn	2B-3B	22	Huntsville	AA
Geronimo Berroa	RF-LF	31	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Mike Bordick	SS	31	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Rafael Bournigal	SS-2B	30	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Justin Bowles	OF	23	Huntsville	AA
	OF		Southern Oregon	A-
John Briscoe	P	29	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Scott Brosius	3B	30	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	3B		Edmonton	AAA
Emil Brown	CF-LF	21	Modesto	A+
	CF-LF		Arizona Athletics	Rk
MacGregor Byers	3B	22	Southern Oregon	A-
	3B		Arizona Athletics	Rk
Jose Castro	SS	21	Modesto	A+
Dionys Cesar	IF	20	Modesto	A+
	IF		Southern Oregon	A-
Bobby Chouinard	P	24	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Ryan Christenson	CF-LF	22	West Michigan	A
	CF-LF		Southern Oregon	A-
Rodney Clifton	OF	19	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Chris Cochrane	P	23	Modesto	A+
Rod Correia	SS-2B	29	Edmonton	AAA
	SS-2B		Huntsville	AA
Jim Corsi	P	35	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Steve Cox	1B	21	Huntsville	AA
D.T. Cromer	1B	25	Modesto	A+
Jeff D'Amico	P	21	Modesto	A+
Jeff DaVanon	RF-CF	22	West Michigan	A
George Davis	3B		Arizona Athletics	Rk
Rob DeBoer	OF	25	Huntsville	AA
	OF		Modesto	A+
Juan Dilone	OF	23	Modesto	A+
Kirk Dressendorfer	P	27	Huntsville	AA
Mario Encarnacion	LF-RF	19	West Michigan	A
Joe Espada	2B-SS	21	West Michigan	A
	2B-SS		Southern Oregon	A-
Jose Figueroa			Arizona Athletics	Rk
Duane Filchner	OF	23	West Michigan	A
Paul Fletcher	P	29	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	P		Edmonton	AAA
David Francisco	OF	24	Huntsville	AA
Terrence Freeman	2B	21	Southern Oregon	A-
Webster Garrison	2B-1B	31	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	2B-1B		Edmonton	AAA
	2B-1B		Huntsville	AA
Brent Gates	2B-3B	26	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Jason Giambi	1B	25	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Braulio Goris			Arizona Athletics	Rk
Ben Grieve	RF-LF	20	Huntsville	AA
	RF-LF		Modesto	A+
Buddy Groom	P	31	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Creighton Gubanich	C	24	Edmonton	AAA
	C		Huntsville	AA
Gary Haught	P	26	Huntsville	AA
Ramon Hernandez	C	20	West Michigan	A
Victor Hernandez	OF	19	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Jose Herrera	RF-CF	24	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	RF-CF		Huntsville	AA
Tyrone Horne	OF	25	Edmonton	AAA
Gary Hust	OF	24	Huntsville	AA
	OF		Modesto	A+
Doug Johns	P	28	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Jace Johnson	OF	22	Southern Oregon	A-
Tim Jones	OF	19	Southern Oregon	A-
Brian Kieffer			Southern Oregon	A-
Eddie Lara	IF	20	West Michigan	A
Derek Lee	LF-RF	30	Edmonton	AAA
Pat Lennon	LF-RF	28	Edmonton	AAA
Brian Lesher	LF-1B	25	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	LF-1B		Edmonton	AAA
Torey Lovullo	2B-3B	31	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	2B-3B		Edmonton	AAA
Brian Luderer	C	18	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Dave Madsen	3B		Modesto	A+
T.R. Marcinczyk	1B	22	Southern Oregon	A-
Hipolito Martinez	OF	19	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Eric Martins	2B	23	Huntsville	AA
Damon Mashore	CF-LF	26	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	CF-LF		Edmonton	AAA
Mike Maurer	P	24	Huntsville	AA
Patrick Maxwell	2B	26	Modesto	A+
Jason McDonald	CF-LF	24	Edmonton	AAA
Mark McGwire	1B	32	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Cody Mckay	C-3B	22	Southern Oregon	A-
Todd Mensik	OF	21	Southern Oregon	A-
Chris Michalak	P	25	Huntsville	AA
Alex Miranda	1B	24	West Michigan	A
Mike Mohler	P	28	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Izzy Molina	C	25	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	C		Edmonton	AAA
Steve Montgomery	P	25	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Kerwin Moore	CF	25	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	CF		Edmonton	AAA
Mark Moore			Modesto	A+
Willie Morales	C	24	Huntsville	AA
Juan Moreno	P	21	West Michigan	A
Pedro Munoz	RF-LF	28	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Mike Neill	LF-CF	26	Edmonton	AAA
	LF-CF		Modesto	A+
David Newhan	RF-2B	23	Modesto	A+
Kelvin Nova	P	19	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Randy Ortega	OF		Modesto	A+
	OF		West Michigan	A
Jose Ortiz	2B	19	Modesto	A+
	2B		Arizona Athletics	Rk
Arturo Paulino	SS	22	West Michigan	A
Phil Plantier	LF-RF	27	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	LF-RF		Edmonton	AAA
Charles Poe	OF	24	Edmonton	AAA
	OF		Huntsville	AA
Juan Polanco	OF	21	Modesto	A+
	OF		Southern Oregon	A-
Ariel Prieto	P	26	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Jason Rajotte	P	23	Modesto	A+
Troy Rauer	OF	23	West Michigan	A
	OF		Southern Oregon	A-
Carlos Reyes	P	27	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Alex Rondon			West Michigan	A
			Southern Oregon	A-
Curtis Shaw	P	27	Modesto	A+
Scott Sheldon	3B-SS	27	Edmonton	AAA
David Slemmer	SS-2B	23	Modesto	A+
	SS-2B		Southern Oregon	A-
Aaron Small	P	24	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Demond Smith	OF	23	Edmonton	AAA
	OF		Huntsville	AA
Fred Soriano	2B	22	Modesto	A+
Jose Soriano	OF	22	West Michigan	A
Nick Sosa	1B	19	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Scott Spiezio	1B-2B	24	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	1B-2B		Edmonton	AAA
Matt Stairs	RF-1B	28	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	RF-1B		Edmonton	AAA
Terry Steinbach	C	34	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Billy Taylor	P	34	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Ron Tegland			Arizona Athletics	Rk
Miguel Tejada	SS	22	Modesto	A+
Dave Telgheder	P	29	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Andy Tomberlin	RF-LF	29	Edmonton	AAA
Jon Valenti	P	22	West Michigan	A
Todd Van Poppel	P	24	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Jose Vasquez	P		Arizona Athletics	Rk
Wilfredo Ventura	C	19	Edmonton	AAA
	C		Modesto	A+
	C		Arizona Athletics	Rk
Bret Wagner	P	23	Huntsville	AA
Dane Walker	OF	26	West Michigan	A
Dan Walters	C	30	Edmonton	AAA
John Wasdin	P	24	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Don Wengert	P	26	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Derrick White	1B-LF	26	Modesto	A+
	1B-LF		West Michigan	A
George Williams	C	27	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	C		Edmonton	AAA
Jay Witasick	P	24	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Steve Wojciechowski	P	26	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	P		Edmonton	AAA
Jason Wood	SS-1B	26	Edmonton	AAA
	SS-1B		Huntsville	AA
Ernie Young	CF-RF	27	Oakland Athletics	MLB
David Zancanaro	P	27	Huntsville	AA
	P		Modesto	A+

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Todd Abbott	23	West Michigan	A
Oscar Abreu	20	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Mark Acre	28	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	28	Edmonton	AAA
Willie Adams	23	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	23	Edmonton	AAA
Benito Baez	19	West Michigan	A
Bill Batchelder	23	Southern Oregon	A-
Bob Bennett	25	Huntsville	AA
Tom Bennett	20	West Michigan	A
	20	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Brad Blumenstock	21	Southern Oregon	A-
John Briscoe	29	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	29	Edmonton	AAA
Bobby Chouinard	24	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	24	Edmonton	AAA
Chris Cochrane	23	Modesto	A+
Steve Connelly	22	Modesto	A+
Rod Correia	29	Edmonton	AAA
Jim Corsi	35	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	35	Modesto	A+
T.J. Costello	22	Southern Oregon	A-
Carl Dale	23	Modesto	A+
Jeff D'Amico	21	Modesto	A+
	21	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Jim Daspit	27	Edmonton	AAA
Rob DeBoer	25	Huntsville	AA
Peter Della Ratta	22	Southern Oregon	A-
Kirk Dressendorfer	27	Edmonton	AAA
	27	Huntsville	AA
Eric Faulk	19	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Paul Fletcher	29	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	29	Edmonton	AAA
Bryan Gallagher	19	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Bryan Garcia	18	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Webster Garrison	31	Edmonton	AAA
Randy Glaze	22	Southern Oregon	A-
Al Gogolin	24	Huntsville	AA
	24	Southern Oregon	A-
	24	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Chris Gorrell	20	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Kevin Gregg	18	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Benji Grigsby	25	Edmonton	AAA
Buddy Groom	31	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Kevin Gunther	23	West Michigan	A
Gary Haught	26	Huntsville	AA
Brendan Hause	21	Modesto	A+
Victor Hernandez	19	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Willie Hilton	23	Southern Oregon	A-
Jason Holden	23	Modesto	A+
	23	Southern Oregon	A-
Stacy Hollins	24	Huntsville	AA
Gary Hust	24	Huntsville	AA
Miguel Jimenez	27	Huntsville	AA
	27	Modesto	A+
Doug Johns	28	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Steve Karsay	24	Modesto	A+
Bobby Kazmirski	24	West Michigan	A
Brian Kern	22	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Bill King	23	Modesto	A+
Ryan Kjos	23	Southern Oregon	A-
Tom Knickerbocker	21	Southern Oregon	A-
	21	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Tim Kubinski	24	Edmonton	AAA
	24	Huntsville	AA
Rico Lagattuta	22	Southern Oregon	A-
Brett Laxton	22	Southern Oregon	A-
Steve Lemke	26	Modesto	A+
Julian Leyva	18	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Andrew Lorraine	24	Edmonton	AAA
Torey Lovullo	31	Edmonton	AAA
Derek Manning	26	Huntsville	AA
Hipolito Martinez	19	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Eric Martins	23	Huntsville	AA
Mike Maurer	24	Huntsville	AA
Jose Mercedes	19	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Chris Michalak	25	Huntsville	AA
	25	Modesto	A+
Kevin Miodik	22	West Michigan	A
Mike Mohler	28	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Steve Montgomery	25	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	25	Edmonton	AAA
Juan Moreno	21	West Michigan	A
Chris Morrison	24	West Michigan	A
Mike Neill	26	Modesto	A+
Chris Nelson	23	Modesto	A+
	23	West Michigan	A
Ray Noriega	22	Southern Oregon	A-
Kelvin Nova	19	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Jake O'Dell	23	Modesto	A+
	23	Southern Oregon	A-
Jose Paulino	19	Southern Oregon	A-
	19	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Juan Perez	23	Modesto	A+
Charles Poe	24	Huntsville	AA
Jamey Price	24	West Michigan	A
Ariel Prieto	26	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	26	Edmonton	AAA
	26	Modesto	A+
Jason Rajotte	23	Modesto	A+
Carlos Reyes	27	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Brad Rigby	23	Huntsville	AA
Scott Rivette	22	West Michigan	A
Doug Robertson	21	Southern Oregon	A-
Scott Rose	26	Edmonton	AAA
Mike Rossiter	23	Huntsville	AA
Curtis Shaw	27	Edmonton	AAA
	27	Modesto	A+
Luis Silva	21	Huntsville	AA
	21	Modesto	A+
	21	Southern Oregon	A-
	21	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Aaron Small	24	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	24	Edmonton	AAA
Andy Smith	21	West Michigan	A
Billy Taylor	34	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	34	Edmonton	AAA
Dave Telgheder	29	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	29	Edmonton	AAA
	29	Modesto	A+
Todd Van Poppel	24	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Jose Vasquez		Arizona Athletics	Rk
Luis Vizcaino	19	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Bret Wagner	23	Huntsville	AA
Flint Wallace	22	Southern Oregon	A-
Matt Walsh	23	Modesto	A+
John Wasdin	24	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	24	Edmonton	AAA
Todd Weinberg	24	West Michigan	A
Don Wengert	26	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Ryan Whitaker	24	Modesto	A+
Todd Williams	25	Edmonton	AAA
Greg Winkleman	23	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Jay Witasick	24	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	24	Edmonton	AAA
	24	Huntsville	AA
Steve Wojciechowski	26	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	26	Edmonton	AAA
Jason Wood	26	Edmonton	AAA
	26	Huntsville	AA
David Zancanaro	27	Huntsville	AA
	27	Modesto	A+