The Baseball Scholar

Updated 02/27/2022

This is the Oakland Athletics all-time roster. The roster consists of one starter and one bench player for each infield position and one starter and one bench player for each outfield position. Hitters had to have a minimum of 1,500 plate appearances. For pitching, I selected five starting pitchers and three relief pitchers. Starting pitchers had to start at least 75 games during their time with the franchise to qualify. Relief pitchers had to accumulate a minimum of 150 innings pitched to be eligible.

• Catcher – Mickey Cochrane



• Age: 22 – 30
• Years: 1925 – 1933

Mickey Cochrane

WAR	wRC+	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
37.9	132	1167	4856	4097	823	1317	250	59	108	680	50	35	612	157	.321	.401	.490	.891

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• First Base – Jimmie Foxx



• Age: 17 – 27
• Years: 1925 – 1935

Jimmie Foxx

WAR	wRC+	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
61.2	169	1256	5239	4397	975	1492	257	79	302	1075	48	41	781	644	.339	.435	.640	1.075

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• Second Base – Eddie Collins



• Age: 19 – 27, 40 – 43
• Years: 1906 – 1914, 1927 – 1929

Eddie Collins

WAR	wRC+	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
57.4	156	1156	4632	3884	756	1308	172	85	16	496	376	32	534	81	.337	.407	.437	.844

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• Third Base – Frank “Home Run” Baker



• Age: 22 – 28
• Years: 1908 – 1914

Home Run Baker

WAR	wRC+	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
42.2	148	899	3840	3436	573	1103	194	88	48	612	172	20	266	68	.321	.364	.471	.835

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• Shortstop – Bert Campaneris



• Age: 22 – 34
• Years: 1964 – 1976

Bert Campaneris

WAR	wRC+	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
49.0	94	1795	7895	7180	983	1882	270	70	70	529	566	157	504	933	.262	.311	.348	.659

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• Outfield – Rickey Henderson



• Age: 20 – 25, 30 – 34, 35 – 36, 39
• Years: 1979 – 1984, 1989 – 1993, 1994 – 1995, 1998

Rickey Henderson

WAR	wRC+	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
72.5	140	1704	7481	6140	1270	1768	289	41	167	648	867	219	1227	915	.288	.410	.430	.840

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• Outfield – Reggie Jackson



• Age: 21 – 29, 41
• Years: 1967 – 1975, 1987

Reggie Jackson

WAR	wRC+	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
48	145	1346	5430	4686	756	1228	234	27	269	776	145	67	633	1226	.262	.357	.496	.853

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• Outfield – Al Simmons



• Age: 22 – 30, 38 – 39, 42
• Years: 1924 – 1931, 1940 – 1941, 1944




Al Simmons

WAR	wRC+	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
51.2	146	1290	5586	5130	969	1827	348	98	209	1178	65	47	344	413	.356	.398	.584	.982

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• Starting Pitcher – Lefty Grove



• Age: 25 – 33
• Years: 1925 – 1933

Lefty Grove

WAR	ERA-	G	GS	W	L	ERA	IP	CG	SHO	SV	R	ER	BB	SO	K%	WHIP
68.4	66	402	267	195	79	2.88	2401	179	20	51	929	768	740	1523	15.1%	1.25

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• Starting Pitcher – Rube Waddell



• Age: 25 – 30
• Years: 1902 – 1907

Rube Waddell

WAR	ERA-	G	GS	W	L	ERA	IP	CG	SHO	SV	R	ER	BB	SO	K%	WHIP
46.3	69	251	212	131	82	1.97	1869.1	168	37	0	598	409	495	1576	.%	1.06

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• Starting Pitcher – Eddie Plank



• Age: 25 – 38
• Years: 1901 – 1914

Eddie Plank

WAR	ERA-	G	GS	W	L	ERA	IP	CG	SHO	SV	R	ER	BB	SO	K%	WHIP
74.5	83	524	458	284	162	2.39	3860.2	362	59	16	1377	1025	913	1985		1.13

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• Starting Pitcher – Eddie Rommel



• Age: 22 – 34
• Years: 1920 – 1932




Eddie Rommel

WAR	ERA-	G	GS	W	L	ERA	IP	CG	SHO	SV	R	ER	BB	SO	K%	WHIP
50.3	83	500	249	171	119	3.54	2556.3	147	18	29	1213	1006	724	599	5.5%	1.35

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• Starting Pitcher – Tim Hudson



• Age: 23 – 28
• Years: 1999 – 2004

Tim Hudson

WAR	ERA-	G	GS	W	L	ERA	IP	CG	SHO	SV	R	ER	BB	SO	K%	WHIP
31.0	72	183	183	92	39	3.30	1240.2	16	8	0	509	455	382	899	17.5%	1.22

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• Relief Pitcher – Dennis Eckersley



• Age: 32 – 40
• Years: 1987 – 1995

Dennis Eckersley

WAR	ERA-	G	GS	W	L	ERA	IP	CG	SHO	SV	R	ER	BB	SO	K%	WHIP
15.9	67	525	2	41	31	2.74	637	0	0	320	210	194	92	658	26.4%	0.95

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• Relief Pitcher – Justin Duchscherer



• Age: 25 – 30, 32
• Years: 2003 – 2008, 2010

Justin Duchscherer

WAR	ERA-	G	GS	W	L	ERA	IP	CG	SHO	SV	R	ER	BB	SO	K%	WHIP
10.7	65	219	30	32	24	2.82	440	1	1	14	152	138	117	336	18.9%	1.11

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• Relief Pitcher – Andrew Bailey



• Age: 25 – 27
• Years: 2009 – 2011




Andrew Bailey

WAR	ERA-	G	GS	W	L	ERA	IP	CG	SHO	SV	R	ER	BB	SO	K%	WHIP
6.4	50	157	0	7	10	2.07	174	0	0	75	43	40	49	174	25.5%	0.95

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Bench

• Catcher – Gene Tenace, 1969 – 1976
• First Base – Mark McGwire, 1986 – 1997
• Second Base – Danny Murphy, 1902 – 1913
• Third Base – Sal Bando, 1966 – 1976
• Shortstop – Eddie Joost, 1947 – 1954
• Outfield – Bob Johnson, 1933 – 1942
• Outfield – Jose Canseco, 1985 – 1992, 1997
• Outfield – Dwayne Murphy, 1978 – 1987
• Starting Pitcher – Chief Bender, 1903 – 1914
• Starting Pitcher – Barry Zito, 2000 – 2006, 2015
• Starting Pitcher – Vida Blue, 1969 – 1977
• Relief Pitcher – Blake Treinen, 2017 – 2019