Oakland Athletics Best Single Seasons

In: Best Single Seasons By Franchise, Teams

These are the greatest individual seasons in Oakland Athletics history, including Philadelphia Athletics, Kansas City Athletics, and Oakland Athletics, broken down by player and position. Since we’re celebrating standout seasons, players can show up multiple times especially if they logged meaningful time at different spots on the field. Outfielders and pitchers may also appear for multiple seasons when those performances rank as the franchise’s best at their respective positions.

Catcher

  • Gene Tenace – 1975

    Gene Tenace Hitting Stats
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS
    5.2 153 158 623 498 83 127 17 0 29 87 106 127 7 4 .255 .395 .464 .859

    • First Base

  • Jason Giambi – 2001

    Jason Giambi Hitting Stats
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS
    9.2 193 154 671 520 109 178 47 2 38 120 129 83 2 0 .342 .477 .660 1.137

    • Second Base

  • Nap Lajoie – 1901HOF

    Nap Lajoie Hitting Stats
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS
    8.3 186 131 582 544 145 232 48 14 14 125 24 27 .426 .463 .643 1.106

    • Third Base

  • Home Run Baker – 1912HOF

    Home Run Baker Hitting Stats
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS
    9.3 166 149 644 577 116 200 40 21 10 130 50 40 .347 .404 .541 .945

    • Shortstop

  • Marcus Semien – 2019

    Marcus Semien Hitting Stats
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS
    8.4 138 162 747 657 123 187 43 7 33 92 87 102 10 8 .285 .369 .522 .892

    • Outfield

  • Rickey Henderson – 1990HOFMVP

    Rickey Henderson Hitting Stats
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS
    9.9 190 136 594 489 119 159 33 3 28 61 97 60 65 10 .325 .439 .577 1.016

    • Outfield

  • Reggie Jackson – 1969HOF

    Reggie Jackson Hitting Stats
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS
    9.3 179 152 677 549 123 151 36 3 47 118 114 142 13 5 .275 .410 .608 1.018

    • Outfield

  • Jose Canseco – 1988MVP

    Jose Canseco Hitting Stats
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS
    7.3 169 158 705 610 120 187 34 0 42 124 78 128 40 16 .307 .391 .569 .959

    • Starting Pitcher

  • Vida Blue – 1971MVPCy Young

    Vida Blue Pitching Stats
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG ShO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    9.0 56 39 39 24 8 1.82 312 24 8 0 73 63 88 301 24.9% 0.95

    • Starting Pitcher

  • Lefty Grove – 1931HOFMVP

    Lefty Grove Pitching Stats
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG ShO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    10.4 46 41 30 31 4 2.06 288.2 27 4 5 84 66 62 175 15.1% 1.08

    • Starting Pitcher

  • Lefty Grove – 1930HOF

    Lefty Grove Pitching Stats
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG ShO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    10.4 53 50 32 28 5 2.54 291 22 2 9 101 82 60 209 17.5% 1.14

    • Starting Pitcher

  • Rube Waddell – 1904HOF

    Rube Waddell Pitching Stats
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG ShO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    11.3 61 46 46 25 19 1.62 383 39 8 0 109 69 91 349 1.04

    • Starting Pitcher

  • Bobby Shantz – 1952Cy Young

    Bobby Shantz Pitching Stats
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG ShO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    8.8 66 33 33 24 7 2.48 279.2 27 5 0 87 77 63 152 13.8% 1.05

    • Relief Pitcher

  • Blake Treinen – 2018

    Blake Treinen Pitching Stats
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG ShO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    4.4 19 68 0 9 2 0.78 80.1 0 0 38 12 7 21 100 31.7% 0.83

    • Relief Pitcher

  • Dennis Eckersley – 1990HOF

    Dennis Eckersley Pitching Stats
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG ShO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    3.3 16 63 0 4 2 0.61 73.1 0 0 48 9 5 4 73 27.9% 0.61

    • Relief Pitcher

  • Joey Devine – 2008

    Joey Devine Pitching Stats
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG ShO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    1.9 14 42 0 6 1 0.59 45.2 0 0 1 7 3 15 49 28.8% 0.83

    • Honorable Mention

  • Catcher – Mickey Cochrane, 1933
  • First Base – Jimmie Foxx, 1932
  • Second Base – Eddie Collins, 1909
  • Third Base – Sal Bando, 1969
  • Shortstop – Eddie Joost, 1949
  • Outfield – Reggie Jackson, 1973
  • Outfield – Al Simmons, 1930
  • Outfield – Al Simmons, 1931
  • Starting Pitcher – Jack Coombs, 1910
  • Starting Pitcher – Tim Hudson, 2003
  • Starting Pitcher – Rube Waddell, 1905
  • Starting Pitcher – Rube Waddell, 1902
  • Starting Pitcher – Barry Zito, 2002
  • Relief Pitcher – Brad Ziegler, 2008
  • Relief Pitcher – Liam Hendriks, 2019

    • All underlying data used in this analysis is available in The Baseball Scholar Data Library.

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