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1993 Oakland Athletics season

Field	Value
name	Oakland Athletics
season	1993
league	American League
division	West
ballpark	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
city	Oakland, California
record	68–94 (.420)
divisional_place	7th
owners	Walter A. Haas, Jr.
general_managers	Sandy Alderson
managers	Tony La Russa
television	KRON-TV
(Dick Stockton, Ray Fosse)
Sports Channel Pacific
(Ray Fosse, Greg Papa)
radio	KNEW (AM)
(Bill King, Lon Simmons, Ray Fosse)

(Dick Stockton, Ray Fosse) Sports Channel Pacific (Ray Fosse, Greg Papa) (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.
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.
December 7, 1992: Rich Gossage was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.
December 17, 1992: Ron Darling was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.
January 21, 1993: Joe Boever was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.
January 21, 1993: Dale Sveum was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.
March 27, 1993: Mike Aldrete was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

June 3, 1993: 1993 Major League Baseball draft
- Jeff D'Amico was drafted by the Athletics in the 2nd round.
- Jason McDonald was drafted by the Athletics in the 4th round. Player signed July 27, 1993.
- Scott Spiezio was drafted by the Athletics in the 6th round. Player signed June 24, 1993.
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.
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.
August 15, 1993: Joe Boever was released by the Athletics.

Roster

1993 Oakland Athletics
Roster
Pitchers

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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: AZL Athletics

References

1993 Oakland Athletics at Baseball Reference
1993 Oakland Athletics at Baseball Almanac

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/q/quirkja01.shtml Jamie Quirk] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/weisswa01.shtml Walt Weiss] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gossari01.shtml Rich Gossage] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/darliro01.shtml Ron Darling] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boevejo01.shtml Joe Boever] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sveumda01.shtml Dale Sveum] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/aldremi01.shtml Mike Aldrete] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/d'amije02.shtml Jeff D'Amico] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcdonja02.shtml Jason McDonald] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/spiezsc01.shtml Scott Spiezio] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tejadmi01.shtml Miguel Tejada] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/henderi01.shtml Rickey Henderson] at ''Baseball Reference''

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