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Record: 65-97   .401.... 4th in American League West
Stadium: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,264,218
Payroll: $21,911,000
Top Draft Pick: Chris Enochs (#11)   AAA
Manager - Art Howe

Affiliates - AAA Edmonton Trappers AA Huntsville Stars A+ Visalia Oaks A+ Modesto A's A- Southern Oregon Timberjacks Rk Arizona Athletics

Team Leaders

HR: McGwire [34]
RBI: Giambi, McGwire [81]
2B: Giambi [41]
SB: McDonald [13]
W: Small [9]
SV: Taylor [23]
SO: Karsay [92]

Oldest Player: Billy Taylor [35]
Youngest Player: Ben Grieve [21]
Longest Tenure: Mark McGwire [12]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Mark Bellhorn (Jun 10) Ben Grieve (Sep 3) Jason McDonald (Jun 5) Scott Sheldon (May 18) Miguel Tejada (Aug 27)
Pitchers: Gary Haught (Jul 16) Tim Kubinski (Jul 16) Brad Rigby (Jun 28)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Mark Acre	P	29	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Willie Adams	P	24	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Danny Ardoin	C	23	Huntsville	AA
	C		Visalia	A+
Jesus Basabe	OF	20	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Tony Batista	3B-SS	23	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	3B-SS		Edmonton	AAA
Mark Bellhorn	2B-3B	23	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	2B-3B		Edmonton	AAA
Geronimo Berroa	RF-LF	32	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Joe Boever	P	36	Edmonton	AAA
D.J. Boston	IF	26	Visalia	A+
Rafael Bournigal	SS-2B	31	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	SS-2B		Modesto	A+
Justin Bowles	OF	24	Modesto	A+
Billy Brewer	P	29	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Tilson Brito	2B-3B	25	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	2B-3B		Modesto	A+
Scott Brosius	3B	31	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	3B		Modesto	A+
Terry Burrows	P	28	Edmonton	AAA
Todd Bussa	P	24	Huntsville	AA
MacGregor Byers	3B	23	Visalia	A+
Juan Camilo	OF	21	Southern Oregon	A-
	OF		Arizona Athletics	Rk
Jose Canseco	RF-LF	33	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Jose Castro	SS	22	Edmonton	AAA
	SS		Huntsville	AA
	SS		Modesto	A+
Dionys Cesar	IF	21	Visalia	A+
Eric Chavez	3B	19	Visalia	A+
Ryan Christenson	CF-LF	23	Edmonton	AAA
	CF-LF		Huntsville	AA
	CF-LF		Visalia	A+
Rodney Clifton	OF	20	Southern Oregon	A-
Chris Cochrane	P	24	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Mike Coolbaugh	3B	25	Huntsville	AA
Henry Corniel	P	20	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Caonabo Cosme	IF	18	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Steve Cox	1B	22	Edmonton	AAA
D.T. Cromer	1B	26	Huntsville	AA
Jim Daspit	P	28	Edmonton	AAA
Jeff DaVanon	RF-CF	23	Visalia	A+
Monty Davis	2B	19	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Rob DeBoer	OF	26	Huntsville	AA
Miguel Declet	SS	18	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Juan Dilone	OF	24	Modesto	A+
Mario Encarnacion	LF-RF	20	Modesto	A+
Joe Espada	2B-SS	22	Visalia	A+
Ed Farris	1B	23	Southern Oregon	A-
Jose Figueroa			Modesto	A+
			Southern Oregon	A-
Duane Filchner	OF	24	Visalia	A+
Javier Flores	C	21	Southern Oregon	A-
Expeddy Garcia	P	20	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Webster Garrison	2B-1B	32	Edmonton	AAA
Jason Giambi	1B	26	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Braulio Goris			Southern Oregon	A-
Brad Gorrie	SS	22	Southern Oregon	A-
Ben Grieve	RF-LF	21	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	RF-LF		Edmonton	AAA
	RF-LF		Huntsville	AA
Buddy Groom	P	32	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Creighton Gubanich	C	25	Edmonton	AAA
	C		Edmonton	AAA
Gary Haught	P	27	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Jimmy Haynes	P	25	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Nathan Haynes	OF	18	Southern Oregon	A-
	OF		Arizona Athletics	Rk
Ramon Hernandez	C	21	Huntsville	AA
	C		Visalia	A+
Victor Hernandez	OF	20	Southern Oregon	A-
Jose Herrera	RF-CF	25	Edmonton	AAA
A.J. Hinch	C	23	Edmonton	AAA
	C		Modesto	A+
Troy Hughes	OF	26	Huntsville	AA
Dane Johnson	P	34	Oakland Athletics	MLB
John Johnstone	P	28	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Tim Jones	OF	20	Modesto	A+
Steve Karsay	P	25	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Ryan Kjos	P	24	Modesto	A+
Mike Koerner	OF	21	Visalia	A+
	OF		Southern Oregon	A-
Tim Kubinski	P	25	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Eddie Lara	IF	21	Visalia	A+
	IF		Modesto	A+
	IF		Southern Oregon	A-
Pat Lennon	LF-RF	29	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	LF-RF		Edmonton	AAA
	LF-RF		Modesto	A+
Brian Lesher	LF-1B	26	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	LF-1B		Edmonton	AAA
Richie Lewis	P	31	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Andrew Lorraine	P	25	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Brian Luderer	C	19	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Eric Ludwick	P	25	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Dave Magadan	3B-1B	35	Oakland Athletics	MLB
T.R. Marcinczyk	1B	23	Modesto	A+
Hipolito Martinez	OF	20	Southern Oregon	A-
Eric Martins	2B	24	Edmonton	AAA
	2B		Huntsville	AA
Damon Mashore	CF-LF	27	Oakland Athletics	MLB
T.J. Mathews	P	27	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Brent Mayne	C	29	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	C		Edmonton	AAA
Jason McDonald	CF-LF	25	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	CF-LF		Edmonton	AAA
Mark McGwire	1B	33	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Cody Mckay	C-3B	23	Modesto	A+
Eric Meeks	P	18	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Todd Mensik	OF	22	Visalia	A+
Alex Miranda	1B	25	Visalia	A+
Mike Mohler	P	29	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Izzy Molina	C	26	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	C		Edmonton	AAA
Steve Montgomery	P	26	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	P		Edmonton	AAA
Willie Morales	C	25	Edmonton	AAA
	C		Huntsville	AA
Mike Neill	LF-CF	27	Edmonton	AAA
	LF-CF		Huntsville	AA
David Newhan	RF-2B	24	Huntsville	AA
	RF-2B		Visalia	A+
Kelvin Nova	P	20	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Jose M Nunez			Arizona Athletics	Rk
Mike Oquist	P	29	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Jose Ortiz	2B	20	Modesto	A+
Arturo Paulino	SS	23	Modesto	A+
Juan Pena	P	18	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Troy Penix	1B		Visalia	A+
	1B		Modesto	A+
Tony Phillips	2B-LF	38	Edmonton	AAA
Adam Piatt	LF-RF	21	Southern Oregon	A-
Hector Pimentel	3B	18	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Juan Polanco	OF	22	Modesto	A+
Jamie Porter	OF	21	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Ariel Prieto	P	27	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Roberto Ramirez	OF	27	Huntsville	AA
	OF		Visalia	A+
Troy Rauer	OF	24	Visalia	A+
Carlos Reyes	P	28	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Brad Rigby	P	24	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Scott Rivette	P	23	Huntsville	AA
Adam Robinson	2B	22	Southern Oregon	A-
Omar Rosario	OF	20	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Scott Sheldon	3B-SS	28	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	3B-SS		Edmonton	AAA
David Slemmer	SS-2B	24	Visalia	A+
Aaron Small	P	25	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Demond Smith	OF	24	Edmonton	AAA
	OF		Huntsville	AA
Jose Soriano	OF	23	Modesto	A+
Nick Sosa	1B	20	Southern Oregon	A-
Scott Spiezio	1B-2B	25	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	1B-2B		Southern Oregon	A-
Matt Stairs	RF-1B	29	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Billy Taylor	P	35	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Ron Tegland			Southern Oregon	A-
Miguel Tejada	SS	23	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	SS		Huntsville	AA
Dave Telgheder	P	30	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Gary Thomas	OF	18	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Jon Valenti	P	23	Modesto	A+
Roberto Vaz	OF	22	Visalia	A+
	OF		Southern Oregon	A-
Wilfredo Ventura	C	20	Visalia	A+
Dane Walker	OF	27	Huntsville	AA
Don Wengert	P	27	Oakland Athletics	MLB
George Williams	C	28	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	C		Edmonton	AAA
	C		Modesto	A+
Jay Witasick	P	25	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	P		Edmonton	AAA
Steve Wojciechowski	P	27	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	P		Edmonton	AAA
Jason Wood	SS-1B	27	Edmonton	AAA
Kota Yoshida			Arizona Athletics	Rk
Ernie Young	CF-RF	28	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	CF-RF		Edmonton	AAA

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Todd Abbott	24	Visalia	A+
Oscar Abreu	21	Visalia	A+
	21	Southern Oregon	A-
Mark Acre	29	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	29	Edmonton	AAA
Willie Adams	24	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	24	Edmonton	AAA
Jason Anderson	21	Southern Oregon	A-
Benito Baez	20	Huntsville	AA
	20	Visalia	A+
Bob Baxter	28	Huntsville	AA
Bob Bennett	26	Huntsville	AA
Tom Bennett	21	Modesto	A+
Brad Blumenstock	22	Visalia	A+
	22	Southern Oregon	A-
Joe Boever	36	Edmonton	AAA
Bert Bradley	40	Huntsville	AA
Billy Brewer	29	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	29	Edmonton	AAA
	29	Visalia	A+
Terry Burrows	28	Edmonton	AAA
Todd Bussa	24	Huntsville	AA
	24	Modesto	A+
Dionys Cesar	21	Visalia	A+
Bobby Chouinard	25	Edmonton	AAA
Steve Connelly	23	Huntsville	AA
Henry Corniel	20	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Jeremy Crawford	18	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Carl Dale	24	Huntsville	AA
Jeff D'Amico	22	Edmonton	AAA
	22	Modesto	A+
Jim Daspit	28	Edmonton	AAA
Peter Della Ratta	23	Modesto	A+
Eric DuBose	21	Visalia	A+
	21	Southern Oregon	A-
Matt Dunbar	28	Edmonton	AAA
	28	Huntsville	AA
Chris Enochs	21	Modesto	A+
	21	Southern Oregon	A-
Jason Faust	22	Southern Oregon	A-
Duane Filchner	24	Visalia	A+
Bryan Gallagher	20	Southern Oregon	A-
	20	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Bryan Garcia	19	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Expeddy Garcia	20	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Webster Garrison	32	Edmonton	AAA
Randy Glaze	23	Southern Oregon	A-
Al Gogolin	25	Modesto	A+
Chris Gorrell	21	Southern Oregon	A-
Kevin Gregg	19	Visalia	A+
Buddy Groom	32	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Kevin Gunther	24	Modesto	A+
Chad Harville	21	Visalia	A+
	21	Southern Oregon	A-
Gary Haught	27	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	27	Edmonton	AAA
	27	Huntsville	AA
Brendan Hause	22	Modesto	A+
	22	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Jimmy Haynes	25	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	25	Edmonton	AAA
Stacy Hollins	25	Edmonton	AAA
	25	Huntsville	AA
Mike Holmes	21	Visalia	A+
	21	Southern Oregon	A-
Tim Hudson	22	Southern Oregon	A-
Frankey Jacobs	19	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Jared Jensen	23	Southern Oregon	A-
Miguel Jimenez	28	Edmonton	AAA
	28	Huntsville	AA
Dane Johnson	34	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	34	Edmonton	AAA
John Johnstone	28	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Marcus Jones	22	Southern Oregon	A-
Steve Karsay	25	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Bobby Kazmirski	25	Visalia	A+
Brian Kern	23	Visalia	A+
Andy Kimball	22	Southern Oregon	A-
Bill King	24	Huntsville	AA
Ryan Kjos	24	Edmonton	AAA
	24	Modesto	A+
Tom Knickerbocker	22	Southern Oregon	A-
Tim Kubinski	25	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	25	Edmonton	AAA
Rico Lagattuta	23	Modesto	A+
	23	Southern Oregon	A-
Brett Laxton	23	Visalia	A+
Richie Lewis	31	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	31	Edmonton	AAA
Julian Leyva	19	Modesto	A+
Andrew Lorraine	25	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	25	Edmonton	AAA
Eric Ludwick	25	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	25	Edmonton	AAA
Derek Manning	27	Huntsville	AA
Tim Manwiller	23	Modesto	A+
	23	Southern Oregon	A-
T.J. Mathews	27	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Mike Maurer	25	Huntsville	AA
Eric Meeks	18	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Jose Mercedes	20	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Kevin Miodik	23	Visalia	A+
Mike Mohler	29	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Izzy Molina	26	Edmonton	AAA
Agustin Montero	20	Southern Oregon	A-
	20	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Steve Montgomery	26	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	26	Edmonton	AAA
Chris Morrison	25	Visalia	A+
Chris Nelson	24	Huntsville	AA
	24	Modesto	A+
Chris Nichting	31	Edmonton	AAA
Randy Niles	22	Modesto	A+
	22	Southern Oregon	A-
Elvin Nina	21	Southern Oregon	A-
Wayne Nix	21	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Ray Noriega	23	Modesto	A+
Kelvin Nova	20	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Jake O'Dell	24	Visalia	A+
Mike Oquist	29	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	29	Edmonton	AAA
	29	Modesto	A+
Jose Paulino	20	Visalia	A+
Juan Pena	18	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Juan Perez	24	Visalia	A+
Joe Petcka	26	Visalia	A+
Tony Phillips		Edmonton	AAA
Steve Phoenix	29	Huntsville	AA
Hector Pimentel	18	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Jamey Price	25	Edmonton	AAA
	25	Huntsville	AA
Ariel Prieto	27	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	27	Edmonton	AAA
Jason Rajotte	24	Huntsville	AA
Carlos Reyes	28	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	28	Edmonton	AAA
Chuck Ricci	28	Edmonton	AAA
Brad Rigby	24	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	24	Edmonton	AAA
Scott Rivette	23	Huntsville	AA
	23	Modesto	A+
Doug Robertson	22	Modesto	A+
Aaron Small	25	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	25	Edmonton	AAA
Andy Smith	22	Visalia	A+
Blake Stein	24	Huntsville	AA
Billy Taylor	35	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Dave Telgheder	30	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	30	Modesto	A+
Jon Valenti	23	Modesto	A+
Luis Vizcaino	20	Modesto	A+
	20	Southern Oregon	A-
Bret Wagner	24	Huntsville	AA
Denny Wagner	20	Southern Oregon	A-
David Waites	21	Southern Oregon	A-
	21	Arizona Athletics	Rk
Dane Walker	27	Huntsville	AA
Flint Wallace	23	Modesto	A+
Todd Weinberg	25	Huntsville	AA
	25	Visalia	A+
Don Wengert	27	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Greg Winkleman	24	Modesto	A+
Jay Witasick	25	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	25	Edmonton	AAA
	25	Modesto	A+
Steve Wojciechowski	27	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	27	Edmonton	AAA