1993 Oakland Athletics season

March 2026 November 2013 Oakland Athletics 1993 American League West Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Oakland, California 68–94 (.420) 7th Walter A. Haas, Jr. Sandy Alderson Tony La Russa KRON-TV(Dick Stockton, Ray Fosse)Sports Channel Pacific(Ray Fosse, Greg Papa) KNEW (AM)(Bill King, Lon Simmons, Ray Fosse) The Oakland Athletics' 1993 season was the team's 26th in Oakland, California. It was also the 93rd season in franchise history. The team finished seventh and last in the American League West with a record of 68–94. The Athletics' disastrous 1993 campaign was mired by inconsistency, injuries, and free agent departures. The team lost key contributors Dave Stewart, Harold Baines, and Mike Moore to free agency; the players ended up (respectively) in Toronto, Baltimore, and Detroit. The A's also traded Walt Weiss to the expansion Florida Marlins for Scott Baker and Eric Helfand. The Athletics' roster was further weakened by the retirement of longtime third baseman Carney Lansford. The team's depleted pitching staff was no match for its American League (AL) competition. The Athletics, following a resurgent 1992 campaign, finished 1993 with a team ERA of 4.90; this was the worst such figure in the AL. The futility of Oakland's new-look starting rotation was especially noteworthy; of the team's five primary starters (Bobby Witt, Ron Darling, Bob Welch, Todd Van Poppel, and Shawn Hillegas), only one (Witt) managed a sub-5.00 ERA. On offense, the Athletics also struggled; the loss of their two best players (Mark McGwire and Rickey Henderson) to injury and a trade, respectively, contributed to their scoring only 715 runs (10th of 14 AL teams). The Athletics' 68-94 finish was their worst since 1982. Moreover, the 1993 Athletics were only team in Oakland history to finish last in the AL West after finishing first one-year earlier. Offseason October 27, 1992: Jamie Quirk was released by the Athletics.Jamie Quirk at Baseball Reference November 17, 1992: Walt Weiss was traded by the Athletics to the Florida Marlins for Eric Helfand and a player to be named later. The Marlins completed the deal by sending Scott Baker to the Athletics on November 20.Walt Weiss at Baseball Reference December 7, 1992: Rich Gossage was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.Rich Gossage at Baseball Reference December 17, 1992: Ron Darling was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.Ron Darling at Baseball Reference January 21, 1993: Joe Boever was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.Joe Boever at Baseball Reference January 21, 1993: Dale Sveum was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.Dale Sveum at Baseball Reference March 27, 1993: Mike Aldrete was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.Mike Aldrete at Baseball Reference Regular season 95pxRollieFingersPitcher:1968-76(OAK)Retired 1993 Season standings Oakland Athletics Record vs. opponents OAK Notable transactions June 3, 1993: 1993 Major League Baseball draft Jeff D'Amico was drafted by the Athletics in the 2nd round.Jeff D'Amico at Baseball Reference Jason McDonald was drafted by the Athletics in the 4th round. Player signed July 27, 1993.Jason McDonald at Baseball Reference Scott Spiezio was drafted by the Athletics in the 6th round. Player signed June 24, 1993.Scott Spiezio at Baseball Reference June 17, 1993: Dale Sveum was released by the Athletics. July 17, 1993: Miguel Tejada was signed by the Athletics as an amateur free agent.Miguel Tejada at Baseball Reference July 31, 1993: Rickey Henderson was traded by the Athletics to the Toronto Blue Jays for Steve Karsay and a player to be named later. The Blue Jays completed the deal by sending José Herrera to the Athletics on August 6.Rickey Henderson at Baseball Reference August 15, 1993: Joe Boever was released by the Athletics. Roster 1993 Oakland Athletics Roster Pitchers 46 Joe Boever 53 John Briscoe 55 Kevin Campbell 17 Ron Darling 15 Storm Davis 31 Kelly Downs 43 Dennis Eckersley 54 Goose Gossage 57 Shawn Hillegas 40 Rick Honeycutt 26 Vince Horsman 47 Miguel Jimenez 50 Steve Karsay 58 Mike Mohler 52 Edwin Núñez 37 Joe Slusarski 51 Roger Smithberg 59 Todd Van Poppel 35 Bob Welch 32 Bobby Witt 29 Curt Young Catchers 48 Eric Helfand  2 Scott Hemond 39 Henry Mercedes 36 Terry Steinbach Infielders 23 Mike Aldrete 38 Marcos Armas 14 Mike Bordick 13 Brent Gates 25 Mark McGwire 16 Troy Neel  3 Craig Paquette 20 Kevin Seitzer  6 Dale Sveum Outfielders 11 Kurt Abbott 12 Lance Blankenship  7 Scott Brosius 30 Jerry Browne 28 Eric Fox 42 Dave Henderson 24 Rickey Henderson 49 Scott Lydy 29 Rubén Sierra Manager 10 Tony La Russa Coaches 18 Dave Duncan  5 Art Kusnyer 19 Greg Luzinski  8 Dave McKay 47 Tommie Reynolds Player stats 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 104 389 111 .285 10 43 1B Mike Aldrete 95 255 68 .267 10 33 2B Brent Gates 139 535 155 .290 7 69 3B Craig Paquette 105 393 86 .219 12 46 SS Mike Bordick 159 546 136 .249 3 48 LF Rickey Henderson 90 318 104 .327 17 47 CF Dave Henderson 107 382 84 .220 20 53 RF Rubén Sierra 158 630 147 .233 22 101 DH Troy Neel 123 427 124 .290 19 63 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 Jerry Browne 76 260 65 .250 2 19 Kevin Seitzer 73 255 65 .255 4 27 Lance Blankenship 94 252 48 .190 2 23 Scott Hemond 91 215 55 .256 6 26 Scott Brosius 70 213 53 .249 6 25 Scott Lydy 41 102 23 .225 2 7 Mark McGwire 27 84 28 .333 9 24 Dale Sveum 30 79 14 .177 2 6 Kurt Abbott 20 61 15 .246 3 9 Eric Fox 29 56 8 .143 1 5 Henry Mercedes 20 47 10 .213 0 3 Marcos Armas 15 31 6 .194 1 1 Eric Helfand 8 13 3 .231 0 1 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 Bobby Witt 35 220.0 14 13 4.21 131 Ron Darling 31 178.0 5 9 5.16 95 Bob Welch 30 166.2 9 11 5.29 63 Todd Van Poppel 16 84.0 6 6 5.04 47 Steve Karsay 8 49.0 3 3 4.04 33 Miguel Jimenez 5 27.0 1 0 4.00 13 Curt Young 3 14.2 1 1 4.30 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 Kelly Downs 42 119.2 5 10 5.64 66 Mike Mohler 42 64.1 1 6 5.60 42 Storm Davis 19 62.2 2 6 6.18 37 Shawn Hillegas 18 60.2 3 6 6.97 29 Joe Slusarski 2 8.2 0 0 5.19 1 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 64 2 4 36 4.16 80 Edwin Núñez 56 3 6 1 3.81 58 Rick Honeycutt 52 1 4 1 2.81 21 Joe Boever 42 4 2 0 3.86 49 Vince Horsman 40 2 0 0 5.40 17 Rich Gossage 39 4 5 1 4.53 40 John Briscoe 17 1 0 0 8.03 24 Roger Smithberg 13 1 2 3 2.75 4 Kevin Campbell 11 0 0 0 7.31 9 Kevin Seitzer 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Tacoma Tigers Pacific Coast League Bob Boone AA Huntsville Stars Southern League Casey Parsons A Modesto A's California League Ted Kubiak A Madison Muskies Midwest League Gary Jones A-Short Season Southern Oregon A's Northwest League Dick Scott Rookie AZL Athletics Arizona League Bruce Hines LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: AZL Athletics References 1993 Oakland Athletics at Baseball Reference 1993 Oakland Athletics at Baseball Almanac Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 Category:Oakland Athletics seasons Oak Category:1990s in Oakland, California Category:1993 Major League Baseball season