1989 Oakland Athletics season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Oakland Athletics 1989 World Series championsAmerican League championsAmerican League West champions American League West Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Oakland, California 99–63 (99 63) Walter A. Haas, Jr. Sandy Alderson Tony La Russa KPIX/KICU-TV(Monte Moore, Ray Fosse) KSFO(Bill King, Lon Simmons, Ray Fosse) KNTA(Amaury Pi-Gonzalez, Evilio Mendoza) 1st The 1989 Oakland Athletics season was the 89th season for the Oakland Athletics franchise, all as members of the American League, and their 22nd season in Oakland. The Athletics finished the season in first place in the American League West, with a record of 99 wins and 63 losses, seven games in front of the Kansas City Royals. Oakland dominated the American League, Complete Book of 1990 Baseball Cards 1990 Publications International, Ltd. 0-88176-804-9 12–13 earning their second consecutive AL West title, as well as marking the second straight year in which they finished with the best record in all of baseball. A's pitcher Dave Stewart recorded his third straight season of earning 20 or more wins while Rickey Henderson put on a dazzling offensive performance in the postseason as he approached the prospects of landing a three million dollar contract for the following season. 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. The Athletics looked to be a future dynasty by the close of the 1989 season. Offseason 350 2 Dave Parker Oakland A's.jpg Mark McGwire 1989.jpg Tony La Russa 1989.jpg Jose Canseco 1989.jpg 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.Billy Beane Statistics Baseball-Reference.com Regular season Ken Griffey Jr. made his major league baseball debut on April 3, 1989, in a game against the Oakland Athletics.https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/griffke02.shtml Ken Griffey Stats - Baseball-Reference.com Baseball-Reference.com On August 22, 1989, Nolan Ryan struck out Rickey Henderson for the 5,000th strikeout in his career.http://www.smackbomb.com/nolanryan/strikeouts.html The Nolan Ryan Express - The Strikeout King - smackbomb.com/nolanryan smackbomb.com July 28, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20110716092407/http://www.smackbomb.com/nolanryan/strikeouts.html July 16, 2011 dead mdy-all Season standings Oakland Athletics Record vs. opponents OAK Notable transactions April 6, 1989: Troy Afenir was traded by the Houston Astros to the Oakland Athletics for Matt Sinatro.Troy Afenir Statistics Baseball-Reference.com April 6, 1989: Mike Norris was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics.https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/norrimi01.shtml Mike Norris Stats - Baseball-Reference.com Baseball-Reference.com May 27, 1989: Jamie Quirk was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics.Jamie Quirk Statistics Baseball-Reference.com 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.https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mohlemi01.shtml Mike Mohler Stats - Baseball-Reference.com Baseball-Reference.com 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. July 31, 1989: Glenn Hubbard was released by the Oakland Athletics.Glenn Hubbard Statistics Baseball-Reference.com 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 #0C371D white April #ffc322 y |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 1 || April 3 || Mariners || 3–2 || Stewart (1–0) || Langston (0–1) || Eckersley (1) || 46,163 || 1–0 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 2 || April 5 || Mariners || 11–1 || Welch (1–0) || Bankhead (0–1) || || 16,045 || 2–0 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 3 || April 6 || Mariners || 11–3 || Davis (1–0) || Campbell (0–1) || Burns (1) || 19,087 || 3–0 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 4 || April 7 || White Sox || 7–1 || Long (1–0) || C. Young (0–1) || Jones (1) || 20,585 || 3–1 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 5 || April 8 || White Sox || 7–4 || Pérez (1–0) || Moore (0–1) || Thigpen (1) || 32,881 || 3–2 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 6 || April 9 || White Sox || 4–2 || Stewart (2–0) || Reuss (1–1) || Eckersley (2) || 45,110 || 4–2 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 7 || April 10 || @ Angels || 4–0 || Welch (2–0) || Finley (1–1) || || 23,820 || 5–2 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 8 || April 11 || @ Angels || 7–1 || Blyleven (1–0) || Davis (1–1) || || 23,322 || 5–3 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 9 || April 12 || @ Angels || 5–0 || McCaskill (2–0) || C. Young (0–2) || || 24,650 || 5–4 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 10 || April 13 || @ Angels || 5–0 || Moore (1–1) || Abbott (0–2) || || 24,137 || 6–4 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 11 || April 14 || @ White Sox || 7–4 || Stewart (3–0) || Pérez (1–1) || || 37,950 || 7–4 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 12 || April 15 || @ White Sox || 7–4 || Reuss (2–1) || Welch (2–1) || Thigpen (3) || 15,748 || 7–5 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 13 || April 16 || @ White Sox || 3–2 || Eckersley (1–0) || King (0–3) || || 20,969 || 8–5 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 14 || April 17 || @ Mariners || 7–2 || Hanson (2–1) || C. Young (0–3) || || 14,827 || 8–6 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 15 || April 18 || @ Mariners || 5–3 || Plunk (1–0) || Reed (1–2) || Eckersley (3) || 9,670 || 9–6 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 16 || April 19 || @ Mariners || 7–5 || Stewart (4–0) || Langston (2–2) || Eckersley (4) || 11,328 || 10–6 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 17 || April 21 || Angels || 10–6 || Welch (3–1) || Finley (2–2) || Honeycutt (1) || 26,903 || 11–6 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 18 || April 22 || Angels || 4–3 || C. Young (1–3) || Blyleven (2–1) || Eckersley (5) || 33,172 || 12–6 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 19 || April 23 || Angels || 2–0 || Moore (2–1) || McCaskill (3–1) || Eckersley (6) || 25,681 || 13–6 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 20 || April 24 || Blue Jays || 5–4 || Nelson (1–0) || Henke (1–2) || || 25,099 || 14–6 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 21 || April 25 || Blue Jays || 3–1 || Davis (2–1) || Cerutti (0–1) || Eckersley (7) || 12,437 || 15–6 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 22 || April 26 || Orioles || 2–1 || Bautista (2–2) || Welch (3–2) || Olson (2) || 17,060 || 15–7 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 23 || April 27 || Orioles || 9–4 || Burns (1–0) || Thurmond (0–1) || || 21,423 || 16–7 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 24 || April 28 || Tigers || 2–1 || Moore (3–1) || Gibson (1–1) || Eckersley (8) || 26,594 || 17–7 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 25 || April 29 || Tigers || 3–2 || Stewart (5–0) || Alexander (3–1) || || 36,313 || 18–7 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 26 || April 30 || Tigers || 7–2 || Tanana (2–3) || Davis (2–2) || Hernández (5) || 36,009 || 18–8 May #ffc322 y |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 27 || May 2 || @ Blue Jays || 8–5 || Honeycutt (1–0) || Ward (1–4) || Plunk (1) || 23,439 || 19–8 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 28 || May 3 || @ Blue Jays || 2–0 || Flanagan (2–1) || Moore (3–2) || || 22,370 || 19–9 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 29 || May 5 || @ Tigers || 5–3 || Stewart (6–0) || Tanana (2–4) || Eckersley (9) || 18,482 || 20–9 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 30 || May 6 || @ Tigers || 6–3 || Morris (1–6) || Davis (2–3) || Hernández (6) || 32,404 || 20–10 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 31 || May 7 || @ Tigers || 5–4 || Welch (4–2) || Hudson (0–3) || Eckersley (10) || 20,391 || 21–10 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 32 || May 8 || @ Orioles || 6–1 || Moore (4–2) || Milacki (1–3) || || 19,159 || 22–10 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 33 || May 11 || @ Orioles || 6–2 || Ballard (6–1) || Stewart (6–1) || || 1,201 || 22–11 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 34 || May 12 || Brewers || 5–4 || Burns (2–0) || Plesac (1–2) || || 30,743 || 23–11 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 35 || May 13 || Brewers || 4–3 || Welch (5–2) || Bosio (5–2) || Eckersley (11) || 33,053 || 24–11 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 36 || May 14 || Brewers || 2–1 || Crim (2–2) || Moore (4–3) || Plesac (6) || 26,989 || 24–12 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 37 || May 15 || Brewers || 12–2 || Stewart (7–1) || August (2–5) || || 25,974 || 25–12 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 38 || May 16 || Yankees || 3–2 || Parker (1–0) || C. Young (1–4) || Righetti (6) || 25,852 || 25–13 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 39 || May 17 || Yankees || 8–3 || Davis (3–3) || Dotson (1–1) || Eckersley (12) || 24,505 || 26–13 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 40 || May 18 || Yankees || 6–2 || Welch (6–2) || John (2–7) || Burns (2) || 40,758 || 27–13 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 41 || May 19 || Red Sox || 7 – 4 (10) || Stanley (2–1) || Nelson (1–1) || || 40,382 || 27–14 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 42 || May 20 || Red Sox || 6–3 || Stewart (8–1) || Gardner (1–4) || Eckersley (13) || 43,427 || 28–14 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 43 || May 21 || Red Sox || 5–4 || Burns (3–0) || Clemens (5–3) || Eckersley (14) || 44,505 || 29–14 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 44 || May 23 || @ Brewers || 9–1 || Bosio (6–3) || Welch (6–3) || || 13,882 || 29–15 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 45 || May 24 || @ Brewers || 6–2 || Moore (5–3) || Birkbeck (0–3) || || 13,932 || 30–15 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 46 || May 25 || @ Brewers || 4–1 || Clutterbuck (2–1) || Stewart (8–2) || Plesac (9) || 18,898 || 30–16 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 47 || May 26 || @ Yankees || 4–0 || Burns (4–0) || Hawkins (4–6) || || 28,726 || 31–16 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 48 || May 27 || @ Yankees || 3–0 || C. Young (2–4) || LaPoint (5–3) || Honeycutt (2) || 28,111 || 32–16 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 49 || May 28 || @ Yankees || 4–3 || Moore (6–3) || Parker (2–1) || Honeycutt (3) || 38,527 || 33–16 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 50 || May 29 || @ Red Sox || 3 – 2 (10) || Smith (3–1) || Welch (6–4) || || 33,344 || 33–17 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 51 || May 30 || @ Red Sox || 4–2 || Stewart (9–2) || Smithson (2–4) || Honeycutt (4) || 31,407 || 34–17 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 52 || May 31 || @ Red Sox || 4 – 3 (10) || Smith (4–1) || Plunk (1–1) || || 33,510 || 34–18 June #ffc322 y |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 53 || June 2 || Indians || 5–3 || Swindell (6–1) || Moore (6–4) || Jones (12) || 28,052 || 34–19 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 54 || June 3 || Indians || 7–0 || Welch (7–4) || Candiotti (6–3) || || 35,466 || 35–19 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 55 || June 4 || Indians || 4–0 || Stewart (10–2) || Farrell (3–6) || || 34,610 || 36–19 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 56 || June 5 || Twins || 2–1 || Oliveras (3–2) || C. Young (2–5) || Reardon (9) || 34,320 || 36–20 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 57 || June 6 || Twins || 1–0 || Moore (7–4) || Anderson (6–4) || || 23,505 || 37–20 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 58 || June 7 || Twins || 3–2 || Welch (8–4) || Viola (4–8) || Burns (3) || 27,396 || 38–20 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 59 || June 9 || @ Rangers || 11–8 || Guante (4–3) || Nelson (1–2) || Russell (14) || 35,799 || 38–21 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 60 || June 10 || @ Rangers || 5–1 || Davis (4–3) || Witt (5–6) || || 40,796 || 39–21 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 61 || June 11 || @ Rangers || 5–1 || Moore (8–4) || Brown (5–3) || Nelson (1) || 32,127 || 40–21 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 62 || June 12 || @ Royals || 2 – 1 (11) || Gordon (8–2) || Burns (4–1) || || 39,387 || 40–22 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 63 || June 13 || @ Royals || 5–3 || Appier (1–1) || C. Young (2–6) || Farr (14) || 29,816 || 40–23 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 64 || June 14 || @ Royals || 2–1 || Stewart (11–2) || Leibrandt (4–7) || Honeycutt (5) || 31,087 || 41–23 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 65 || June 16 || @ Orioles || 7–5 || Davis (5–3) || Holton (2–5) || Honeycutt (6) || || 42–23 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 66 || June 16 || @ Orioles || 5–1 || Tibbs (3–0) || Moore (8–5) || || 40,707 || 42–24 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 67 || June 17 || @ Orioles || 4–2 || Bautista (3–4) || M. Young (0–1) || Olson (8) || 36,431 || 42–25 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 68 || June 18 || @ Orioles || 4–2 || Schmidt (7–5) || C. Young (2–7) || Weston (1) || 46,541 || 42–26 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 69 || June 19 || Tigers || 6–4 || Tanana (7–6) || Stewart (11–3) || Henneman (1) || 38,607 || 43–26 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 70 || June 20 || Tigers || 6–4 || Nelson (2–2) || Havens (0–1) || Burns (4) || 30,184 || 44–26 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 71 || June 21 || Tigers || 6–3 || Moore (9–5) || Schwabe (1–3) || Honeycutt (7) || 28,654 || 45–26 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 72 || June 22 || Blue Jays || 4 – 2 (13) || Hernandez (1–0) || Corsi (0–1) || Wells (2) || 21,418 || 45–27 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 73 || June 23 || Blue Jays || 10–8 || Buice (1–0) || C. Young (2–8) || Henke (3) || 27,795 || 45–28 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 74 || June 24 || Blue Jays || 7–1 || Stewart (12–3) || Stieb (7–4) || || 39,659 || 46–28 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 75 || June 25 || Blue Jays || 6–3 || Davis (6–3) || Key (7–7) || Honeycutt (8) || 49,219 || 47–28 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 76 || June 26 || @ Twins || 4 – 3 (10) || Reardon (2–2) || Burns (4–2) || || 31,914 || 47–29 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 77 || June 27 || @ Twins || 11–5 || Wayne (3–0) || Nelson (2–3) || Berenguer (2) || 37,891 || 47–30 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 78 || June 28 || @ Twins || 2–0 || Viola (6–8) || Stewart (12–4) || || 41,387 || 47–31 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 79 || June 30 || @ Indians || 5–0 || Welch (9–4) || Swindell (10–2) || Honeycutt (9) || 27,435 || 48–31 July #ffc322 y |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 80 || July 1 || @ Indians || 6–4 || Moore (10–5) || Yett (4–6) || Burns (5) || 18,826 || 49–31 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 81 || July 2 || @ Indians || 11–3 || Davis (7–3) || Farrell (4–9) || || 22,549 || 50–31 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 82 || July 3 || Royals || 1–0 || Stewart (13–4) || Gubicza (8–6) || Honeycutt (10) || 36,763 || 51–31 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 83 || July 4 || Royals || 10–1 || Saberhagen (8–4) || M. Young (0–2) || || 46,031 || 51–32 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 84 || July 5 || Royals || 12 – 9 (11) || Crawford (1–0) || Honeycutt (1–1) || || 20,791 || 51–33 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 85 || July 6 || Royals || 3–1 || Moore (11–5) || Aquino (3–4) || Burns (6) || 21,985 || 52–33 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 86 || July 7 || Rangers || 6–3 || Witt (7–8) || Davis (7–4) || Russell (20) || 39,678 || 52–34 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 87 || July 8 || Rangers || 5 – 4 (10) || Russell (4–2) || M. Young (0–3) || || 38,220 || 52–35 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 88 || July 9 || Rangers || 7–1 || Welch (10–4) || Hough (5–10) || Honeycutt (11) || 40,060 || 53–35 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 89 || July 13 || @ Blue Jays || 11–7 || Burns (5–2) || Key (7–9) || || 48,207 || 54–35 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 90 || July 14 || @ Blue Jays || 4–1 || Stieb (9–5) || Welch (10–5) || Ward (9) || 48,325 || 54–36 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 91 || July 15 || @ Blue Jays || 6–1 || Flanagan (5–6) || Stewart (13–5) || || 48,238 || 54–37 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 92 || July 16 || @ Blue Jays || 6–2 || Moore (12–5) || Cerutti (5–5) || Burns (7) || 48,405 || 55–37 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 93 || July 17 || @ Tigers || 2–1 || Henneman (6–2) || Nelson (2–4) || || 21,844 || 55–38 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 94 || July 18 || @ Tigers || 7–2 || Davis (8–4) || Beard (0–1) || || 21,792 || 56–38 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 95 || July 20 || Orioles || 5–2 || Stewart (14–5) || Schmidt (8–9) || Eckersley (15) || 30,697 || 57–38 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 96 || July 21 || Orioles || 3–2 || Moore (13–5) || Olson (3–1) || || 30,848 || 58–38 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 97 || July 22 || Orioles || 3–1 || Welch (11–5) || Harnisch (1–3) || Eckersley (16) || 37,241 || 59–38 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 98 || July 23 || Orioles || 3–2 || Davis (9–4) || Ballard (11–5) || Eckersley (17) || 43,570 || 60–38 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 99 || July 24 || Angels || 5–4 || Fraser (3–5) || Nelson (2–5) || Harvey (13) || 44,548 || 60–39 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 100 || July 25 || Angels || 4–0 || Finley (12–6) || Stewart (14–6) || Minton (6) || 43,529 || 60–40 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 101 || July 26 || Angels || 9–5 || M. Young (1–3) || Witt (7–8) || || 44,588 || 61–40 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 102 || July 28 || Mariners || 8 – 7 (11) || Burns (6–2) || Harris (1–4) || || 36,446 || 61–41 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 103 || July 29 || Mariners || 14–6 || Johnson (5–2) || Davis (9–5) || Swift (1) || 40,734 || 61–42 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 104 || July 30 || Mariners || 5–3 || Stewart (15–6) || Holman (4–3) || Eckersley (18) || 43,898 || 62–42 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 105 || July 31 || White Sox || 3–2 || Moore (14–5) || Thigpen (1–4) || || 34,554 || 63–42 August #ffc322 y |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 106 || August 1 || White Sox || 2–0 || C. Young (3–8) || Hibbard (2–3) || Eckersley (19) || 22,536 || 64–42 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 107 || August 2 || White Sox || 2–0 || Davis (10–5) || Pérez (7–12) || Honeycutt (12) || 25,146 || 65–42 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 108 || August 3 || White Sox || 6–4 || Pall (4–2) || Welch (11–6) || Thigpen (23) || 31,974 || 65–43 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 109 || August 4 || @ Mariners || 5–3 || Stewart (16–6) || Holman (4–4) || Eckersley (20) || 23,621 || 66–43 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 110 || August 5 || @ Mariners || 11–5 || Bankhead (11–4) || Moore (14–6) || Jackson (5) || 36,961 || 66–44 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 111 || August 6 || @ Mariners || 2–1 || Davis (11–5) || Dunne (2–6) || Eckersley (21) || 19,303 || 67–44 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 112 || August 7 || @ Mariners || 5–3 || Zavaras (1–2) || Welch (11–7) || || 31,334 || 67–45 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 113 || August 8 || @ White Sox || 3 – 2 (10) || Honeycutt (2–1) || Pall (4–3) || Eckersley (22) || 17,832 || 68–45 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 114 || August 9 || @ White Sox || 3 – 2 (11) || McCarthy (1–1) || Corsi (0–2) || || 15,389 || 68–46 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 115 || August 10 || @ White Sox || 4–1 || Davis (12–5) || Rosenberg (3–8) || Eckersley (23) || 16,173 || 69–46 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 116 || August 11 || @ Angels || 5–0 || Moore (15–6) || Witt (7–10) || || 61,696 || 70–46 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 117 || August 12 || @ Angels || 8–3 || Welch (12–7) || Abbott (10–8) || Burns (8) || 53,036 || 71–46 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 118 || August 13 || @ Angels || 4–3 || Blyleven (12–2) || Stewart (16–7) || Harvey (17) || 60,326 || 71–47 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 119 || August 15 || Indians || 5–2 || Davis (13–5) || Nichols (3–2) || Eckersley (24) || 28,459 || 72–47 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 120 || August 16 || Indians || 6–3 || Olin (1–0) || Honeycutt (2–2) || Jones (28) || 29,502 || 72–48 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 121 || August 17 || Indians || 1–0 || Welch (13–7) || Farrell (7–12) || Eckersley (25) || 35,071 || 73–48 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 122 || August 18 || Twins || 4–3 || Smith (9–4) || Stewart (16–8) || Reardon (23) || 38,956 || 73–49 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 123 || August 19 || Twins || 5 – 4 (10) || Davis (14–5) || Wayne (3–4) || || 44,123 || 74–49 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 124 || August 20 || Twins || 5–0 || Moore (16–6) || Anderson (14–10) || || 43,875 || 75–49 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 125 || August 21 || @ Tigers || 6–1 || C. Young (4–8) || Tanana (9–11) || || 6,197 || 76–49 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 126 || August 22 || @ Rangers || 2–0 || Welch (14–7) || Ryan (14–8) || Eckersley (26) || 42,869 || 77–49 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 127 || August 23 || @ Rangers || 5–4 || Stewart (17–8) || Brown (11–8) || Eckersley (27) || 23,453 || 78–49 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 128 || August 24 || @ Rangers || 6–2 || Jeffcoat (7–5) || Davis (14–6) || Mielke (1) || 25,604 || 78–50 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 129 || August 25 || @ Royals || 3–1 || Gubicza (12–10) || Moore (16–7) || Montgomery (14) || 38,263 || 78–51 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 130 || August 26 || @ Royals || 2–0 || Saberhagen (16–5) || C. Young (4–9) || || 41,253 || 78–52 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 131 || August 27 || @ Royals || 6–0 || Welch (15–7) || Gordon (16–5) || || 38,263 || 79–52 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 132 || August 28 || @ Yankees || 7–3 || Stewart (18–8) || Hawkins (13–13) || Eckersley (28) || 25,359 || 80–52 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 133 || August 29 || @ Yankees || 19–5 || Davis (15–6) || Cary (3–3) || || 27,751 || 81–52 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 134 || August 30 || @ Yankees || 8–5 || Plunk (5–4) || Moore (16–8) || McCullers (2) || 26,238 || 81–53 September #ffc322 y |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 135 || September 1 || @ Brewers || 6 – 5 (10) || Crim (9–5) || Burns (6–3) || || 17,465 || 81–54 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 136 || September 2 || @ Brewers || 7–2 || Stewart (19–8) || Filer (5–3) || || 36,980 || 82–54 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 137 || September 3 || @ Brewers || 5–0 || Davis (16–6) || Navarro (4–7) || Nelson (2) || 30,583 || 83–54 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 138 || September 4 || Red Sox || 8–5 || Dopson (10–6) || Moore (16–9) || Smith (21) || 32,697 || 83–55 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 139 || September 5 || Red Sox || 13–1 || C. Young (5–9) || Clemens (14–10) || || 28,541 || 84–55 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 140 || September 6 || Red Sox || 7–5 || Welch (16–7) || Smithson (7–14) || Eckersley (29) || 25,037 || 85–55 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 141 || September 8 || Yankees || 5–1 || Mohorcic (2–1) || Stewart (19–9) || || 43,626 || 85–56 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 142 || September 9 || Yankees || 7–0 || Moore (17–9) || Parker (4–5) || || 43,760 || 86–56 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 143 || September 10 || Yankees || 6–2 || Davis (17–6) || Plunk (6–5) || || 44,071 || 87–56 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 144 || September 12 || Brewers || 7–6 || August (10–11) || M. Young (1–4) || Plesac (30) || 23,862 || 87–57 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 145 || September 13 || Brewers || 7–6 || Eckersley (2–0) || Crim (9–6) || || 21,246 || 88–57 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 146 || September 15 || @ Red Sox || 7–2 || Clemens (15–10) || Moore (17–10) || || 33,533 || 88–58 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 147 || September 16 || @ Red Sox || 5–2 || Dopson (11–7) || Davis (17–7) || Lamp (1) || 33,778 || 88–59 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 148 || September 17 || @ Red Sox || 7–6 || Harris (2–1) || Welch (16–8) || Smith (22) || 33,148 || 88–60 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 149 || September 18 || @ Indians || 4 – 2 (10) || Eckersley (3–0) || Olin (1–3) || || 5,931 || 89–60 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 150 || September 19 || @ Indians || 5–1 || Moore (18–10) || Nichols (4–5) || || 6,085 || 90–60 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 151 || September 20 || @ Indians || 8–6 || Davis (18–7) || Swindell (13–6) || Eckersley (30) || 6,186 || 91–60 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 152 || September 21 || @ Twins || 2–1 || Welch (17–8) || Aguilera (2–5) || Eckersley (31) || 16,779 || 92–60 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 153 || September 22 || @ Twins || 5–2 || Stewart (20–9) || Dyer (3–7) || Nelson (3) || 34,830 || 93–60 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 154 || September 23 || @ Twins || 5–3 || Anderson (17–10) || Moore (18–11) || Smith (1) || 38,791 || 93–61 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 155 || September 24 || @ Twins || 9–3 || Davis (19–7) || Tapani (2–2) || Eckersley (32) || 22,565 || 94–61 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 156 || September 25 || Rangers || 3–2 || Hall (2–1) || Burns (6–4) || Russell (38) || 32,701 || 94–62 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 157 || September 26 || Rangers || 4–3 || Eckersley (4–0) || Jeffcoat (9–6) || || 23,119 || 95–62 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 158 || September 27 || Rangers || 5–0 || Moore (19–11) || Moyer (4–9) || || 32,280 || 96–62 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 159 || September 28 || Rangers || 5–3 || Stewart (21–9) || Arnsberg (2–1) || Eckersley (33) || 21,127 || 97–62 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 160 || September 29 || Royals || 4–3 || Nelson (3–5) || Luecken (2–1) || || 43,470 || 98–62 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 161 || September 30 || Royals || 6–1 || Saberhagen (23–6) || Burns (6–5) || || 42,891 || 98–63 October #ffc322 y |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 162 || October 1 || Royals || 4 – 3 (11) || Corsi (1–2) || Leach (5–6) || || 43,755 || 99–63 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 Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Ron Hassey 97 268 61 .228 5 23 Walt Weiss 84 236 55 .233 3 21 José Canseco 65 227 61 .269 17 57 Luis Polonia 59 206 59 .286 1 17 Glenn Hubbard 53 131 26 .198 3 12 Lance Blankenship 58 125 29 .232 1 4 Billy Beane 37 79 19 .241 0 11 Félix José 20 57 11 .193 0 5 Jamie Quirk 9 10 2 .200 1 1 Ken Phelps 11 9 1 .111 0 0 Larry Arndt 2 6 1 .167 0 0 Doug Jennings 4 4 0 .000 0 0 Dann Howitt 3 3 0 .000 0 0 Dick Scott 3 2 0 .000 0 1 Chris Bando 1 2 1 .500 0 1 Scott Hemond 4 0 0 ---- 0 0 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Dave Stewart 36 2572 3 21 9 3.32 155 Mike Moore 35 2412 3 19 11 2.61 172 Bob Welch 33 2092 3 17 8 3.00 137 Storm Davis 31 1691 3 19 7 4.36 91 Curt Young 25 111 5 9 3.73 55 Dave Otto 1 62 3 0 0 2.70 4 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Matt Young 26 371 3 1 4 6.75 27 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Dennis Eckersley 51 4 0 33 1.56 55 Rick Honeycutt 64 2 2 12 2.35 52 Todd Burns 50 6 5 8 2.24 49 Gene Nelson 50 3 5 3 3.26 70 Greg Cadaret 26 0 0 0 2.28 14 Eric Plunk 23 1 1 1 2.20 24 Jim Corsi 22 1 2 0 1.88 21 Bill Dawley 4 0 0 0 4.00 3 Brian Snyder 2 0 0 0 27.00 1 ALCS 1989 American League Championship Series Game 1 October 3, 1989, at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Team123456789RHEToronto020100000351Oakland01001302X7110W: 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 Team123456789RHEToronto001000020351Oakland00020310X691W: 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 Team123456789RHEOakland101100000381Toronto00040030X780W: Jimmy Key (1-0)   L: Storm Davis (0-1)   HR: OAK – Dave Parker (2) Game 4 October 7, 1989, at SkyDome Team123456789RHEOakland0030201006111Toronto0001011205130W: 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 Team123456789RHEOakland101000200440Toronto000000012390W: Dave Stewart (2-0)   L: Dave Stieb (0-2)   S: Dennis Eckersley (3)   HR: TOR – Lloyd Moseby (1), George Bell (1) World Series 1989 World Series AL Oakland Athletics (4) vs. NL San Francisco Giants (0) GameScoreDateLocationAttendanceTime of game1 Giants – 0, A's – 5 October 14Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum (Oakland) 49,385 2:452 Giants – 1, A's – 5 October 15Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum (Oakland) 49,388 2:473 A's – 13, Giants – 7 October 27Candlestick Park (San Francisco) 62,038 3:034 A's – 9, Giants – 6 October 28Candlestick Park (San Francisco) 62,032 3:07 Awards and honors Rickey Henderson, ALCS Most Valuable Player Dave Stewart, World Series MVPMLB Postseason MVP Award Winners https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/postmvp.shtml 2025-03-21 Baseball-Reference.com en 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 (257.2) Earned Run Average – Mike Moore (2.61) Strikeouts – Mike Moore (172) Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 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 Category:Oakland Athletics seasons Category:American League West champion seasons Category:American League champion seasons Category:World Series champion seasons Oakland Athletics Oakland Category:1980s in Oakland, California