1989 Oakland Athletics season

1989 Oakland Athletics
World Series Champions American League Champions AL Western Division Champions
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum (since 1968)
Oakland, California (since 1968)
Results
Record	99–63 (.611)
Other information
Owner(s)	Walter A. Haas, Jr.
General manager(s)	Sandy Alderson
Manager(s)	Tony La Russa
Local television	KPIX/KICU-TV (Monte Moore, Ray Fosse)
Local radio	KSFO (Bill King, Lon Simmons, Ray Fosse) KNTA (Amaury Pi-Gonzalez, Evilio Mendoza)
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The 1989 Oakland Athletics season saw the A's finish in first place in the American League West division, with a record of 99 wins and 63 losses, seven games in front of the Kansas City Royals. It was their second consecutive AL West title, as well as the second straight year in which they finished with the best record in all of baseball. The team defeated the Toronto Blue Jays in five games in the ALCS, then swept their cross-Bay rivals, the San Francisco Giants, in an earthquake-marred World Series.

Offseason

Major figures in the 1989 A's season included (clockwise from top left) Dave Parker, Mark McGwire, Jose Canseco, and manager Tony La Russa.

November 28, 1988: Mike Moore signs as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics.
November 30, 1988: Billy Beane was signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.^[1]

Regular season

Ken Griffey Jr. made his major league baseball debut on April 3, 1989, in a game against the Oakland Athletics.^[2]
On August 22, 1989, Nolan Ryan struck out Rickey Henderson for the 5,000th strikeout in his career.^[3]

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Oakland Athletics	99	63	0.611	—	54–27	45–36
Kansas City Royals	92	70	0.568	7	55–26	37–44
California Angels	91	71	0.562	8	52–29	39–42
Texas Rangers	83	79	0.512	16	45–36	38–43
Minnesota Twins	80	82	0.494	19	45–36	35–46
Seattle Mariners	73	89	0.451	26	40–41	33–48
Chicago White Sox	69	92	0.429	29½	35–45	34–47

Record vs. opponents

1989 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	6–7	6–6	6–6	7–6	10–3	6–6	7–6	4–8	8–5	5–7	6–6	9–3	7–6
Boston	7–6	—	4–8	7–5	8–5	11–2	4–8	6–7	6–6	7–6	7–5	5–7	6–6	5–8
California	6–6	8–4	—	8–5	5–7	11–1	4–9	7–5	11–2	6–6	5–8	7–6	6–7	7–5
Chicago	6–6	5–7	5–8	—	7–5	4–8	6–7	10–2	5–8	5–6	5–8	7–6	3–10	1–11
Cleveland	6–7	5–8	7–5	5–7	—	5–8	8–4	3–10	5–7	9–4	2–10	6–6	7–5	5–8
Detroit	3–10	2–11	1–11	8–4	8–5	—	6–6	6–7	5–7	6–7	4–8	4–8	4–8	2–11
Kansas City	6–6	8–4	9–4	7–6	4–8	6–6	—	8–4	7–6	6–6	7–6	9–4	8–5	7–5
Milwaukee	6–7	7–6	5–7	2–10	10–3	7–6	4–8	—	9–3	8–5	5–7	7–5	5–7	6–7
Minnesota	8–4	6–6	2–11	8–5	7–5	7–5	6–7	3–9	—	6–6	6–7	7–6	5–8	9–3
New York	5–8	6–7	6–6	6–5	4–9	7–6	6–6	5–8	6–6	—	3–9	8–4	5–7	7–6
Oakland	7–5	5–7	8–5	8–5	10–2	8–4	6–7	7–5	7–6	9–3	—	9–4	8–5	7–5
Seattle	6–6	7–5	6–7	6–7	6–6	8–4	4–9	5–7	6–7	4–8	4–9	—	6–7	5–7
Texas	3–9	6–6	7–6	10–3	5–7	8–4	5–8	7–5	8–5	7–5	5–8	7–6	—	5–7
Toronto	6–7	8–5	5–7	11–1	8–5	11–2	5–7	7–6	3–9	6–7	5–7	7–5	7–5	—

Notable transactions

April 6, 1989: Troy Afenir was traded by the Houston Astros to the Oakland Athletics for Matt Sinatro.^[4]
April 6, 1989: Mike Norris was signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.^[5]
May 27, 1989: Jamie Quirk was signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.^[6]
June 5, 1989: Mike Mohler was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 42nd round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed August 18, 1989.^[7]
June 21, 1989: Rickey Henderson was traded by the New York Yankees to the Oakland Athletics for Greg Cadaret, Eric Plunk, and Luis Polonia.
July 24, 1989: Jamie Quirk was released by the Oakland Athletics.^[6]
July 31, 1989: Glenn Hubbard was released by the Oakland Athletics.^[8]
August 30, 1989: Ken Phelps was traded by the New York Yankees to the Oakland Athletics for Scott Holcomb (minors).

Roster

1989 Oakland Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

54 Todd Burns

32 Greg Cadaret

41 Jim Corsi

14 Storm Davis

46 Bill Dawley

43 Dennis Eckersley

40 Rick Honeycutt

21 Mike Moore

19 Gene Nelson

38 Dave Otto

51 Eric Plunk

53 Brian Snyder

34 Dave Stewart

35 Bob Welch

29 Curt Young

20 Matt Young

Catchers

23 Chris Bando

24,27 Ron Hassey

36 Terry Steinbach

Infielders

30 Larry Arndt

9 Mike Gallego

51 Dann Howitt

17 Glenn Hubbard

4 Carney Lansford

25 Mark McGwire

44 Ken Phelps

2 Tony Phillips

3 Jamie Quirk

3 Dick Scott

7 Walt Weiss

Outfielders

11,27 Billy Beane

00,12 Lance Blankenship

33 José Canseco

42 Dave Henderson

22,24 Rickey Henderson

28 Stan Javier

22 Doug Jennings

6 Félix José

39 Dave Parker

22 Luis Polonia

Other batters

31 Scott Hemond

Manager

10 Tony La Russa

Coaches

18 Dave Duncan (pitching)

5 Art Kusnyer (bullpen)

15 Rene Lachemann (third base)

8 Dave McKay (first base)

45 Merv Rettenmund (hitting)

46 Tommie Reynolds (bench)

Game log

1989 Game Log

April

May

June

July

August

September

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
135	September 1	@ Brewers	6 – 5 (10)	Crim (9–5)	Burns (6–3)		17,465	81–54
136	September 2	@ Brewers	7–2	Stewart (19–8)	Filer (5–3)		36,980	82–54
137	September 3	@ Brewers	5–0	Davis (16–6)	Navarro (4–7)	Nelson (2)	30,583	83–54
138	September 4	Red Sox	8–5	Dopson (10–6)	Moore (16–9)	Smith (21)	32,697	83–55
139	September 5	Red Sox	13–1	C. Young (5–9)	Clemens (14–10)		28,541	84–55
140	September 6	Red Sox	7–5	Welch (16–7)	Smithson (7–14)	Eckersley (29)	25,037	85–55
141	September 8	Yankees	5–1	Mohorcic (2–1)	Stewart (19–9)		43,626	85–56
142	September 9	Yankees	7–0	Moore (17–9)	Parker (4–5)		43,760	86–56
143	September 10	Yankees	6–2	Davis (17–6)	Plunk (6–5)		44,071	87–56
144	September 12	Brewers	7–6	August (10–11)	M. Young (1–4)	Plesac (30)	23,862	87–57
145	September 13	Brewers	7–6	Eckersley (2–0)	Crim (9–6)		21,246	88–57
146	September 15	@ Red Sox	7–2	Clemens (15–10)	Moore (17–10)		33,533	88–58
147	September 16	@ Red Sox	5–2	Dopson (11–7)	Davis (17–7)	Lamp (1)	33,778	88–59
148	September 17	@ Red Sox	7–6	Harris (2–1)	Welch (16–8)	Smith (22)	33,148	88–60
149	September 18	@ Indians	4 – 2 (10)	Eckersley (3–0)	Olin (1–3)		5,931	89–60
150	September 19	@ Indians	5–1	Moore (18–10)	Nichols (4–5)		6,085	90–60
151	September 20	@ Indians	8–6	Davis (18–7)	Swindell (13–6)	Eckersley (30)	6,186	91–60
152	September 21	@ Twins	2–1	Welch (17–8)	Aguilera (2–5)	Eckersley (31)	16,779	92–60
153	September 22	@ Twins	5–2	Stewart (20–9)	Dyer (3–7)	Nelson (3)	34,830	93–60
154	September 23	@ Twins	5–3	Anderson (17–10)	Moore (18–11)	Smith (1)	38,791	93–61
155	September 24	@ Twins	9–3	Davis (19–7)	Tapani (2–2)	Eckersley (32)	22,565	94–61
156	September 25	Rangers	3–2	Hall (2–1)	Burns (6–4)	Russell (38)	32,701	94–62
157	September 26	Rangers	4–3	Eckersley (4–0)	Jeffcoat (9–6)		23,119	95–62
158	September 27	Rangers	5–0	Moore (19–11)	Moyer (4–9)		32,280	96–62
159	September 28	Rangers	5–3	Stewart (21–9)	Arnsberg (2–1)	Eckersley (33)	21,127	97–62
160	September 29	Royals	4–3	Nelson (3–5)	Luecken (2–1)		43,470	98–62
161	September 30	Royals	6–1	Saberhagen (23–6)	Burns (6–5)		42,891	98–63

October

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos.	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Terry Steinbach	130	454	124	.273	7	42
1B	Mark McGwire	143	490	113	.231	33	95
2B	Tony Phillips	143	451	118	.262	4	47
3B	Carney Lansford	148	551	185	.336	2	52
SS	Mike Gallego	133	357	90	.252	3	30
LF	Rickey Henderson	85	306	90	.294	9	35
CF	Dave Henderson	152	579	145	.250	15	80
RF	Stan Javier	112	310	77	.248	1	28
DH	Dave Parker	144	553	146	.264	22	97

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Billy Beane	37	79	19	.241	0	11
José Canseco	65	227	61	.269	17	57
Glenn Hubbard	53	131	26	.198	3	12
Ken Phelps	11	9	1	.111	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mike Moore	35	241⅔	19	11	2.61	172
Bob Welch	33	209⅔	17	8	3.00	137
Dave Stewart	36	257⅔	21	9	3.32	155
Curt Young	25	111	5	9	3.73	55
Storm Davis	31	169⅓	19	7	4.36	91

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Dennis Eckersley	51	4	0	33	1.56	55
Todd Burns	50	6	5	8	2.24	49
Greg Cadaret	26	0	0	0	2.28	14
Rick Honeycutt	64	2	2	12	2.35	52
Gene Nelson	50	3	5	3	3.26	70

ALCS

Main article: 1989 American League Championship Series

Game 1

October 3, 1989, at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Toronto	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	1
Oakland	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	2	X	7	11	0
W: Dave Stewart (1-0) L: Dave Stieb (0-1)
HR: TOR – Ernie Whitt (1) OAK – Dave Henderson (1), Mark McGwire (1)

Game 2

October 4, 1989, at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Toronto	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	5	1
Oakland	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	X	6	9	1
W: Mike Moore (1-0) L: Todd Stottlemyre (0-1) S: Dennis Eckersley (1)
HR: OAK – Dave Parker (1)

Game 3

October 6, 1989, at SkyDome

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	1
Toronto	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	0	X	7	8	0
W: Jimmy Key (1-0) L: Storm Davis (0-1)
HR: OAK – Dave Parker (2)

Game 4

October 7, 1989, at SkyDome

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	6	11	1
Toronto	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	5	13	0
W: Bob Welch (1-0) L: Mike Flanagan (0-1) S: Dennis Eckersley (2)
HR: OAK – Rickey Henderson 2 (2), José Canseco (1)

Game 5

October 8, 1989, at SkyDome

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	4	0
Toronto	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	9	0
W: Dave Stewart (2-0) L: Dave Stieb (0-2) S: Dennis Eckersley (3)
HR: TOR – Lloyd Moseby (1), George Bell (1)

World series

Main article: 1989 World Series

AL Oakland Athletics (4) vs. NL San Francisco Giants (0)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance	Time of game
1	Giants – 0, A's – 5	October 14	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum (Oakland)	49,385	2:45
2	Giants – 1, A's – 5	October 15	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum (Oakland)	49,388	2:47
3	A's – 13, Giants – 7	October 27	Candlestick Park (San Francisco)	62,038	3:03
4	A's – 9, Giants – 6	October 28	Candlestick Park (San Francisco)	62,032	3:07

Awards and honors

Rickey Henderson, ALCS Most Valuable Player
Dave Stewart, World Series MVP

All-Star Game

Dave Stewart, Pitcher
Terry Steinbach, Catcher, Starter
Mark McGwire, First Base, Starter
José Canseco, Outfield, Reserve
Mike Moore, Pitcher, Reserve
Tony La Russa, Manager

Team leaders

Games – Dave Henderson (152)
At-Bats – Dave Henderson (579)
Runs – Carney Lansford (81)
Hits – Carney Lansford (185)
Doubles – Carney Lansford (28)
Triples – Tony Phillips (6)
Home Runs – Mark McGwire (33)
Runs Batted In – Dave Parker
Walks – Mark McGwire (83)
Batting average – Carney Lansford (.336)
On Base Percentage – Rickey Henderson (.425)
Slugging Average – José Canseco (.542)
Stolen Bases – Rickey Henderson (52)
Wins – Dave Stewart (21)
Innings Pitched – Dave Stewart (257.7)
Earned Run Average – Dennis Eckersley (1.56)
Strikeouts – Mike Moore (172)

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tacoma Tigers	Pacific Coast League	Brad Fischer
AA	Huntsville Stars	Southern League	Jeff Newman
A	Modesto A's	California League	Lenn Sakata and Ted Kubiak
A	Madison Muskies	Midwest League	Jim Nettles
A-Short Season	Southern Oregon A's	Northwest League	Grady Fuson
Rookie	AZL Athletics	Arizona League	Casey Parsons

References

Notes

↑ Billy Beane Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/griffke02.shtml
↑ The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King | smackbomb.com/nolanryan
↑ Troy Afenir Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/n/norrimi01.shtml
1 2 Jamie Quirk Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mohlemi01.shtml
↑ Glenn Hubbard Statistics Baseball-Reference.com

Sources

1989 Oakland Athletics at Baseball Reference
1989 Oakland Athletics at Baseball Almanac
Blog remembering the team and featuring images of the A's players

World Series champions

American League champions

American League West champions

1989 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1989 All-Star Game 1989 World Series

Oakland Athletics 1989 World Series Champions

2 Tony Phillips 4 Carney Lansford 7 Walt Weiss 9 Mike Gallego 12 Lance Blankenship 14 Storm Davis 19 Gene Nelson 20 Matt Young 21 Mike Moore 24 Rickey Henderson (ALCS MVP) 25 Mark McGwire 27 Ron Hassey 28 Stan Javier 33 Jose Canseco 34 Dave Stewart (World Series MVP) 35 Bob Welch 36 Terry Steinbach 39 Dave Parker 40 Rick Honeycutt 42 Dave Henderson 43 Dennis Eckersley 44 Ken Phelps 54 Todd Burns

Manager 10 Tony La Russa Coaches 5 Art Kusnyer (Bullpen) 8 Dave McKay (First Base) 15 Rene Lachemann (Third Base) 18 Dave Duncan (Pitching) 45 Merv Rettenmund (Hitting) 46 Tommie Reynolds (Bench)

Regular season American League Championship Series Bay Bridge Series

Oakland Athletics

Formerly the Philadelphia Athletics and the Kansas City Athletics
Based in Oakland, California (Bay Area)

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Barrs Field; Terry Park Ballfield; Wilmington Park; McCurdy Field; Connie Mack Field; McKechnie Field; Rendezvous Park; Scottsdale Stadium I; Phoenix Municipal Stadium; Hohokam Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Key personnel

Owners: John J. Fisher & Lewis Wolff
President: Michael Crowley
Executive vice president: Billy Beane
General manager: David Forst
Manager: Bob Melvin

Important figures

Hall of Fame members	Home Run Baker Chief Bender Mickey Cochrane Eddie Collins Dennis Eckersley Rollie Fingers Jimmie Foxx Lefty Grove Rickey Henderson Catfish Hunter Reggie Jackson Nap Lajoie Connie Mack Eddie Plank Al Simmons Rube Waddell Dick Williams

Wall of Fame members	Sam Chapman Jack Coombs Jimmy Dykes George Earnshaw Ferris Fain Bob Johnson Eddie Joost Bing Miller Wally Moses Rube Oldring Bobby Shantz Eddie Rommel Elmer Valo Rube Walberg Gus Zernial

World Series
Champions (9)

American League
Championships (15)

AL West Division
Championships (16)

AL Wild Card (2)

2001
2014

Minors

AAA: Nashville Sounds
AA: Midland RockHounds
A Adv.: Stockton Ports
A: Beloit Snappers
Short A: Vermont Lake Monsters
Rookie: AZL Athletics; DSL Athletics

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