2010 Oakland Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkOakland–Alameda County Coliseum
CityOakland, California, U.S.
Record81–81 (.500)
Divisional place2nd
OwnersLewis Wolff
General managersBilly Beane
ManagersBob Geren
TelevisionComcast SportsNet California
(Glen Kuiper, Ray Fosse)
RadioKTRB
(Ken Korach, Vince Cotroneo, Ray Fosse)
Seasons

The Oakland Athletics' 2010 season was their 42nd in Oakland, California. It was also the 110th season in franchise history. The team finished second in the American League West with a record of 81–81.

The Athletics' 2010 season is remembered mainly for Dallas Braden's perfect game. Braden accomplished the feat on May 9, 2010, against the visiting Tampa Bay Rays. The Rays had the league's best record at the time.

The season also saw Oakland's starting rotation improve greatly. The Athletics, led by a trio of promising young starters (Gio González, Trevor Cahill, and Brett Anderson), ultimately posted the American League's lowest earned run average in 2010. All told, the team allowed some 135 fewer runs than it did in 2009. Cahill, along with closer Andrew Bailey, would be rewarded for their strong performance with All-Star selections.

The 2010 season was the only non-losing season of manager Bob Geren's tenure. Geren would ultimately be fired midway through the Athletics' 2011 season.

Regular season

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Texas Rangers 9072 0.556 — 51–30 39–42
Oakland Athletics 8181 0.500 9 47–34 34–47
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 8082 0.494 10 43–38 37–44
Seattle Mariners 61101 0.377 29 35–46 26–55

Game log

Legend
 Athletics win
 Athletics loss
 Postponement
BoldAthletics team member
2010 Game Log
April (12–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBoxscore
1April 5Mariners3–5League (1–0)Ziegler (0–1)Aardsma (1)30,6861–0
2April 6Mariners2–1Ramírez (1–0)Texeira (0–1)10,0901–1
3April 7Mariners6–5Blevins (1–0)Lowe (0–1)18,1942–1
4April 8Mariners6–2Anderson (1–0)Fister (0–1)12,4643–1
5April 9@ Angels4–10Gonzalez (1–0)Palmer (0–1)40,0344–1
6April 10@ Angels3–4Rodney (1–0)Breslow (0–1)40,2494–2
7April 11@ Angels9–4Braden (1–0)Saunders (0–2)Ross (1)40,6015–2
8April 12@ Mariners4–0Duchscherer (1–0)Rowland-Smith (0–1)45,8766–2
9April 13@ Mariners0–3Fister (1–1)Ziegler (0–2)Aardsma (3)18,0436–3
10April 14@ Mariners2–4Vargas (1–1)Gaudin (0–1)Aardsma (4)19,9786–4
11April 15Orioles6–2Sheets (1–0)Hernandez (0–2)17,3827–4
12April 16Orioles4–2Braden (2–0)Millwood (0–2)Bailey (1)12,2258–4
13April 17Orioles4–3Blevins (2–0)Johnson (0–1)15,0729–4
14April 18Orioles3–8Matusz (2–0)Anderson (1–1)Johnson (1)14,4519–5
15April 20Yankees3–7Vázquez (1–2)Gonzalez (1–1)19,8499–6
16April 21Yankees1–3Hughes (2–0)Sheets (1–1)Rivera (6)30,2119–7
17April 22Yankees4–2Braden (3–0)Sabathia (2–1)Bailey (2)21,98610–7
18April 23Indians10–0Duchscherer (2–0)Westbrook11,54711–7
19April 24Indians1–6Carmona (3–0)Gaudin (0–2)15,87311–8
20April 25Indians11–0Gonzalez (2–1)Masterson (0–3)16,94612–8
21April 27@ Rays6–8Davis (2–1)Sheets (1–2)Soriano (5)10,82512–9
22April 28@ Rays3–10Shields (3–0)Braden (3–1)10,69112–10
23April 29@ Blue Jays3–6Romero (2–1)Duchscherer (2–1)Gregg (6)10,72112–11
24April 30@ Blue Jays2–10Morrow (2–2)Cahill (0–1)12,72212–12
May (16–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBoxscore
25May 1@ Blue Jays4–3Gonzalez (3–1)Eveland (2–1)Bailey (3)13,95113–12
26May 2@ Blue Jays3–9Marcum (1–1)Sheets (1–3)14,72513–13
27May 3Rangers2–4Harden (2–1)Braden (3–2)Feliz (6)8,87413–14
28May 4Rangers7–6Ziegler (1–2)Feldman (1–3)Bailey (4)10,13514–14
29May 5Rangers4–1Cahill (1–1)Lewis (3–1)Bailey (5)15,40315–14
30May 7Rays1–4Price (4–1)Gonzalez (3–2)Soriano (8)19,19315–15
31May 8Rays4–2Sheets (2–3)Davis (3–2)Bailey (6)15,49316–15
32May 9Rays4–0Braden (4–2)Shields (4–1)12,22817–15
33May 11@ Rangers7–6Ross (1–0)Nippert (1–3)15,47418–15
34May 12@ Rangers1–10Holland (1–0)Gonzalez (3–3)26,62518–16
35May 13@ Rangers1–2Nippert (2–3)Bailey (0–1)27,50718–17
36May 14@ Angels0–4Saunders (2–5)Braden (4–3)41,29018–18
37May 15@ Angels3–12Santana (2–3)Ross (1–1)41,74418–19
38May 16@ Angels0–4Piñeiro (3–4)Cahill (1–2)41,56918–20
39May 17Mariners8–4Gonzalez (4–3)Rowland-Smith (0–4)10,05119–20
40May 18Mariners6–5Breslow (1–1)League (3–4)10,51220–20
41May 19Tigers1–5Verlander (5–2)Braden (4–4)19,28420–21
42May 20Tigers2–5Bonderman (2–2)Ross (1–2)Valverde (11)24,14620–22
43May 21Giants6–1Cahill (2–2)Zito (6–2)33,36921–22
44May 22Giants1–0Gonzalez (5–3)Cain (2–4)Bailey (7)35,06722–22
45May 23Giants3–0Wuertz (1–0)Sánchez (2–4)Bailey (8)35,06723–22
46May 25@ Orioles1–5Guthrie (3–4)Ross (1–3)14,68623–23
47May 26@ Orioles6–1Cahill (3–2)Matusz (2–5)19,15324–23
48May 27@ Orioles7–5Wuertz (2–0)Hendrickson (1–3)Bailey (9)26,27925–23
49May 28@ Tigers5–4Ziegler (2–2)Perry (1–4)Bailey (10)40,21026–23
50May 29@ Tigers6–0Anderson (2–1)Porcello (4–5)39,75027–23
51May 30@ Tigers2–10Scherzer (2–4)Braden (4–5)32,51027–24
52May 31@ Tigers4–1Cahill (4–2)Verlander (5–4)Bailey (11)23,64128–24
June (10–17)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBoxscore
53June 1@ Red Sox4–9Lackey (6–3)Ross (1–4)37,33728–25
54June 2@ Red Sox4–6Matsuzaka (4–2)Sheets (2–4)Papelbon (13)37,78328–26
55June 3@ Red Sox9–8Mazzaro (1–0)Wakefield (1–4)Bailey (12)37,38629–26
56June 4Twins4–5 (11)Guerrier (1–1)Bailey (0–2)Rauch (14)21,70329–27
57June 5Twins3–4Burnett (1–1)Ziegler (2–3)Rauch (15)16,42129–28
58June 6Twins5–4Gonzalez (6–3)Blackburn (6–3)Wuertz (1)20,05930–28
59June 7Angels2–4Kazmir (5–5)Sheets (2–5)Fuentes (8)10,07130–29
60June 8Angels10–1Mazzaro (2–0)Weaver (5–3)11,86031–29
61June 9Angels1–7Saunders (5–6)Braden (4–6)18,28531–30
62June 10Angels6–1Cahill (5–2)Santana (6–4)12,32832–30
63June 11@ Giants2–6Lincecum (6–2)Gonzalez (6–4)Wilson (16)41,81732–31
64June 12@ Giants4–5Zito (7–2)Sheets (2–6)Wilson (17)36,86132–32
65June 13@ Giants2–6Cain (6–4)Mazzaro (2–1)Casilla (2)39,18732–33
66June 15@ Cubs9–5Cahill (6–2)Zambrano (2–5)34,39033–33
67June 16@ Cubs2–6Dempster (5–5)Gonzalez (6–5)36,24433–34
68June 17@ Cubs2–3Mármol (2–1)Blevins (2–1)36,94233–35
69June 18@ Cardinals4–6Carpenter (8–1)Ziegler (2–4)Franklin (13)40,08333–36
70June 19@ Cardinals3–4Wainwright (10–4)Sheets (2–7)Motte (2)43,68233–37
71June 20@ Cardinals3–2Breslow (2–1)Hawksworth (1–4)Bailey (13)42,27134–37
72June 21Reds4–6Cordero (3–3)Wuertz (2–1)Smith (1)11,08834–38
73June 22Reds2–4Arroyo (7–3)Braden (4–7)Cordero (18)12,13634–39
74June 23Reds0–3Cueto (7–2)Mazzaro (2–2)Cordero (19)20,82434–40
75June 25Pirates14–4Sheets (3–7)Lincoln (0–2)11,15435–40
76June 26Pirates5–0Cahill (7–2)McCutchen (0–3)25,06836–40
77June 27Pirates3–2Breslow (3–1)Meek (3–2)Bailey (14)15,23837–40
78June 29@ Orioles4–2Mazzaro (3–2)Matusz (2–9)Bailey (15)11,98738–40
79June 30@ Orioles6–9Albers (3–3)Bowers (0–1)Simón (10)21,39238–41
July (14–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBoxscore
80July 1@ Orioles8–1Cahill (8–2)Arrieta (2–2)15,71239–41
81July 2@ Indians3–0Gonzalez (7–5)Talbot (8–7)Bailey (16)18,62940–41
82July 3@ Indians4–5 (10)Sipp (1–2)Breslow (3–2)25,48340–42
83July 4@ Indians3–1Mazzaro (4–2)Carmona (7–7)Bailey (17)13,94041–42
84July 5Yankees1–3Vázquez (7–7)Sheets (3–8)Rivera (19)27,40541–43
85July 6Yankees1–6Sabathia (11–3)Cahill (8–3)20,47341–44
86July 7Yankees2–6Burnett (7–7)Gonzalez (7–6)31,51841–45
87July 9Angels5–6Jepsen (1–1)Bailey (0–3)Fuentes (16)13,15641–46
88July 10Angels15–1Sheets (4–8)Kazmir (7–9)30,03542–46
89July 11Angels5–2Cahill (9–3)Weaver (8–5)Bailey (18)15,16443–46
90July 16@ Royals5–1Gonzalez (8–6)Greinke (5–9)37,31244–46
91July 17@ Royals6–5Breslow (4–2)Soria (0–2)Bailey (19)26,63445–46
92July 18@ Royals9–6Mazzaro (5–2)Bannister (7–8)Bailey (20)18,70246–46
93July 19Red Sox1–2Matzusaka (7–3)Sheets (4–9)Papelbon (21)19,34146–47
94July 20Red Sox5–4 (10)Bailey (1–3)Ramírez (0–3)20,27147–47
95July 21Red Sox6–4Gonzalez (9–6)Buchholz (10–5)Wuertz (2)30,45648–47
96July 23White Sox1–5Buehrle (9–8)Cahill (9–4)15,10348–48
97July 24White Sox10–2Mazzaro (6–2)García (9–4)17,43949–48
98July 25White Sox6–4Braden (5–7)Hudson (1–1)Wuertz (3)17,14850–48
99July 27@ Rangers1–3Feliz (2–2)Wuertz (2–2)28,12450–49
100July 28@ Rangers1–3Cahill (10–4)Lewis (9–7)Breslow (1)38,26951–49
101July 29@ Rangers4–7Wilson (10–5)Mazzaro (6–3)28.73951–50
102July 30@ White Sox1–6Harrell (1–0)Anderson (2–2)29,43151–51
103July 31@ White Sox6–2Braden (6–7)Danks (11–8)35,85252–51
August (13–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBoxscore
104August 1@ White Sox1–4Floyd (7–8)Gonzalez (9–7)Jenks (22)32,11852–52
105August 2Royals6–0Cahill (11–4)Bannister (7–11)10,04753–52
106August 3Royals2–3Chavez (4–2)Breslow (4–3)Soria (30)10,67053–53
107August 4Royals4–3Anderson (3–2)O'Sullivan (1–2)Wuertz (4)22,32554–53
108August 6Rangers1–5Lee (10–5)Braden (6–8)26,38854–54
109August 7Rangers6–2Gonzalez (10–7)Harden (4–4)16,10455–54
110August 8Rangers3–2Cahill (12–4)Oliver (0–1)Wuertz (5)18,05056–54
111August 9@ Mariners1–5Fister (4–8)Mazzaro (6–4)Aardsma (21)19,94356–55
112August 10@ Mariners0–2Hernández (8–9)Anderson (3–3)Aardsma (22)21,37756–56
113August 11@ Mariners5–1Braden (7–8)French (1–3)31,56057–56
114August 13@ Twins3–4Pavano (15–7)Gonzalez (10–8)Capps (29)40,62257–57
115August 14@ Twins0–2Duensing (6–1)Cahill (12–5)40,83057–58
116August 15@ Twins2–4Slowey (11–5)Mazzaro (6–5)Capps (30)40,60257–59
117August 16Blue Jays1–3Marcum (11–6)Anderson (3–4)10,13657–60
118August 17Blue Jays6–2Braden (8–8)Tallet (2–5)Wuertz (6)13,23758–60
119August 18Blue Jays5–4Ziegler (3–4)Janssen (4–1)18,04659–60
120August 19Rays4–3Cahill (13–5)Wheeler (2–1)Blevins (1)10,11860–60
121August 20Rays5–4Rodríguez (1–0)Benoit (0–2)Breslow (2)13,20761–60
122August 21Rays4–5Choate (3–3)Breslow (4–4)Soriano (36)16,20261–61
123August 22Rays2–3Garza (13–7)Braden (8–9)Soriano (37)18,74961–62
124August 24@ Indians5–0Gonzalez (11–8)Carmona (11–12)11,75162–62
125August 25@ Indians6–1Cahill (14–5)Talbot (8–11)10,51463–62
126August 26@ Indians2–3Masterson (5–12)Mazzaro (6–6)Perez (16)11,82663–63
127August 27@ Rangers3–7Hunter (11–2)Anderson (3–5)24,96263–64
128August 28@ Rangers5–0Braden (9–9)Harden (5–5)47,41164–64
129August 29@ Rangers8–2Gonzalez (12–8)Lewis (9–11)37,18865–64
130August 30@ Yankees5–11Vázquez (10–9)Cahill (14–6)46,35665–65
131August 31@ Yankees3–9Hughes (16–6)Mazzaro (6–7)44,57565–66
September (13–15) / October (3–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBoxscore
132September 1@ Yankees3–4Burnett (10–12)Anderson (3–6)Rivera (28)45,22265–67
133September 2@ Yankees0–5Sabathia (19–5)Braden (9–10)44,64465–68
134September 3Angels8–0Gonzalez (13–8)Kazmir (8–13)23,40166–68
135September 4Angels3–1Cahill (15–6)Weaver (11–11)Bailey (21)14,22767–68
136September 5Angels4–7Santana (15–9)Mazzaro (6–8)16,41367–69
137September 6Mariners6–2Anderson (4–6)Vargas (9–9)11,58168–69
138September 7Mariners5–7Fister (5–11)Braden (9–11)Aardsma (29)10,06768–70
139September 8Mariners4–3Gonzalez (14–8)French (4–5)Bailey (22)15,18069–70
140September 10Red Sox5–0Cahill (16–6)Buchhloz (15–7)19,13970–70
141September 11Red Sox4–3Anderson (5–6)Lackey (12–10)Bailey (23)22,93271–70
142September 12Red Sox3–5Beckett (5–4)Braden (9–12)Papelbon (36)19,80671–71
143September 13@ Royals3–1Cramer (1–0)Hochevar (5–5)Bailey (24)20,69572–71
144September 14@ Royals3–11Greinke (9–12)Gonzalez (14–9)12,85272–72
145September 15@ Royals3–6Chen (10–7)Cahill (16–7)Soria (38)11,08772–73
146September 17@ Twins3–1Anderson (6–6)Blackburn (9–10)Bailey (25)40,68173–73
147September 18@ Twins2–4Slowey (13–6)Braden (9–13)Capps (40)40,84773–74
148September 19@ Twins6–2Cramer (2–0)Liriano (14–8)40,08874–74
149September 20White Sox3–0Bonser (1–0)Linebrink (3–2)Breslow (3)10,09075–74
150September 21White Sox7–2Cahill (17–7)Buehrle (12–12)11,15876–74
151September 22White Sox3–4Thornton (4–4)Zielger (3–5)Sale (3)16,05676–75
152September 23Rangers5–0Braden (10–13)Lee (12–9)10,81577–75
153September 24Rangers3–10Hunter (13–4)Cramer (2–1)15,53977–76
154September 25Rangers3–4O'Day (5–2)Wuertz (2–3)Feliz (38)20,13677–77
155September 26Rangers9–16Lewis (12–13)Cahill (17–8)21,03077–78
156September 27@ Angels5–6Kohn (2–0)Ziegler (3–6)Rodney (13)40,41477–79
157September 28@ Angels2–4Haren (11–12)Braden (10–14)Rodney (14)43,16377–80
158September 29@ Angels1–2Cassevah (1–2)Ziegler (3–7)39,19977–81
159September 30@ Mariners8–1Gonzalez (15–9)Fister (6–14)16,94078–81
160October 1@ Mariners9–0Cahill (18–8)French (5–7)19,65679–81
161October 2@ Mariners5–3Anderson (7–6)Pauley (4–9)Breslow (4)17,71780–81
162October 3@ Mariners4–3Braden (11–14)Varvaro (0–1)Breslow (5)23,26381–81

Dallas Braden's Perfect Game

On Mother's Day, Braden pitches the 19th perfect game in major league history against the MLB best team, the Tampa Bay Rays, who for the second time in less than a year were on the wrong side. The Rays less than two weeks before had hit Braden up for four runs on eight hits over just four innings. May 9 was the second perfect game in the Athletics' Oakland tenure, coming 42 years and 1 day after Catfish Hunter's game and first no-hitter by an Athletics pitcher since Dave Stewart's on June 29, 1990. Braden's batterymate was Landon Powell, who was drafted the same year as Braden and had caught him in all levels of pro ball. In the top of fifth, Evan Longoria broke an unwritten rule by attempting to break up the perfect game with a bunt, but rolled foul and ended up striking out. All 12,228 fans weren't too thrilled to see Tampa's best hitter try to lay down a bunt, as Manager Joe Maddon said, "to get things going." Powell said that he started getting nervous around the sixth inning and was more excited about going back to behind the plate than hitting. He finished throwing 109 pitches with six strikeouts, which is tied for third fewest.

Month Review

September/October

On September 1, Rajai Davis stole his 40th base for the season, becoming the fourth Athletic to have 2 seasons with +40 SB (Henderson, Campaneris, North). Also, Barton walks twice and is the first player in franchise history to have five consecutive multi-walk games. September 6, Pennington steals 23rd base, most for an Athletic infielder since Carney Lansford in 1989 and Crisp hits team's first leadoff home run of the season. September 8, team has 2 double-steals in one inning, first time since July 17, 1983. September 10, Crisp steals 3 bases in one game. September 9 and 10, team steals 4 bases in consecutive games for first time since July 30 and 31, 1993. September 13, Cust hits 100th career HR and 30-year-old Bobby Cramer earns first career win throwing 5.1 innings (1 ER, 4 H, 4 K), becoming the oldest starting pitcher in franchise history to earn a win in first major league game. September 14, Sogard gets first career hit in eight inning. September 21, Carter gets first career hit in sixth inning, snapping 0–33 streak. September 23, Braden and Ziegler threw a combined one-hitter, fourth time in Oakland's history the team has throw a no-hitter and one-hitter in same season. September 26, Tolleson hits first career home run. September 27, Ellis hits career 191st double, tying Miguel Tejada for 10th on Oakland's all-time list. September 28, Braden records career-high eighth pickoff of the season (previous high seven in 2008, 17th of his career).

The team stole 156 bases, the most for Oakland since 1989.

August

July 31 – August 2, Braden (W)-Gonzalez (L)-Cahill (W) toss 3 straight complete games. First time since September 8–10, 2000 (Heredia–Hudson–Zito). August 7, Davis steal 2 bases, giving him 100 as an Athletic, 10th player to do so in franchise history. August 9, Team's number a prospect, Chris Carter, makes MLB debut. August 11, Braden throws fourth complete game of the season, most since Mark Mulder threw five in 2004. August 18–20, Pennington drives in 3 consecutive GW runs. August 19, Cahill ties Nolan Ryan's record of 20 consecutive games with 6 or fewer hits allowed and Blevins records first career save. August 20, Crisp and Pennington double steal, giving them each 20 SBs on the season. First time since 1992 (Henderson–Wilson–Blankenship), the A's have 3 players with +20 SBs. Through August 20, Team has AL-best 3.53 ERA (5th in MLB). August 22, team promotion Fiesta Day, team wore 'Atléticos' jerseys. Ending August 27, team set franchise record of 18 consecutive games with 6 IP and 3 of less ER by starting pitchers. Also, 24 consecutive games allowing 5 runs or fewer, second longest AL streak in DH era since 1974 (1980 Royals with 25). Finished month as the only AL team to have three pitchers in top 10 ERA: Cahill (3rd), Gonzalez (9th), Braden (10th).

July

July 2, with bases loaded and 2 outs, team records a 9–3 putout. Sweeney throws out Cleveland's Mike Redmond before reaching first for sixth time since 1950. Team shutouts Cleveland 3–0. July 10–18, season-high 5-game winning streak. July 19, Sweeney out for season. Kouzmanoff hits walk-off single in bottom 10th on July 20, beating Boston 5–4.

June

Bad month for the team, going 10–17. June 25–27, completed third sweep of season against Pittsburgh. Former Athletic Bobby Crosby makes first return to Oakland. June 30, Ellis steals home against Baltimore (First since 2008), but then ruling is changed to fielder's choice. Team is appealing the call.

May

May 1, Donaldson gets first career hit, 2-run HR. May 4, Sweeney knocks in career-high 5 RBIs. May 12–16, 5-game losing streak, scoring total of 5 runs. Last time that happen was September 1979. May 18, Suzuki hits walk-off single to right against Seattle (3rd time in season) in bottom 12. Completed first sweep of season (2-game series). May 21, Former Athletics Barry Zito now 0–4 with 8.85 ERA against team. May 21–23, completed second sweep of season against San Francisco, outscoring the cross bay rivals 10–1.

April

Team lost season opener. April 6, Ellis hit a walk-off single to right against Seattle in bottom of the 10th. The next night, Suzuki hit a walk-off single to left against Seattle in bottom of the 9th. Ross made MLB debut (2.1 IP). April 12, team records first shutout, defeating Seattle 4–0. Duchscherer gets first win since July 8, 2008. April 17, Sweeney hits walk off 2-run single to right against Baltimore. June 22, team hits into first triple-play since May 14, 1994, against New York. Team wore green jerseys at home for first time in 3 seasons. June 30, Donaldson makes MLB debut (0–1, 1 K).

Record vs. opponents

Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore–9–94–33–35–52–46–03–55–133–73–67–116–43–157–11
Boston9–9–1–64–43–34–39–13–29–94–57–37–114–612–613–5
Chicago3–46–1–9–98–1010–87–25–132–44–59–13–44–53–515–3
Cleveland3–34–49–9–9–910–85–46–122–63–63–42–72–46–45–13
Detroit5–53–310–89–9–10–86–49–94–43–33–51–63–64–411–7
Kansas City4–23-49–108–108–10–3-75–133–53–65–44–42–73–38–10
Los Angeles0–61–92–74–54–67–3–2–54–411–815–44–59–106–311–7
Minnesota5–32–313–512–69–913–55–2–2–46–36-43–57–33–68–10
New York13–59–94–26-24–45–34–44–2–9–16–48–104–48–1011–7
Oakland7–35–45–46–33–36–38–113–61–9–13–64–59–103–48–10
Seattle6–33–71–94–35–34–54–154–64–66–13–2–77–122–39–9
Tampa Bay11–711–74–37–26–14–45–45–310–85–47–2–4–210–87–11
Texas4–66–45–44–26–37–210-93-74-410-912–72–4–3–714–4
Toronto15–36–125–34–64–43–33–66–310–84–33–28–107–3–7–11

Team Leaders/Team Rank

As of 10/3/10

Stat Player (Total) Team (MLB Rank)
Runs Barton (79) 663 (23)
Hits Barton (152) 1396 (18)
Doubles Barton (33) 276 (17)
Triples Pennington (8) 30 (t-13)
Home Runs Kouzmanoff (16) 109 (28)
RBIs Kouzmanoff/Suzuki (71) 619 (25)
Stolen Bases Davis (50) 156 (3)
Batting Avg. Davis (.284) .256 (17)
Wins Cahill (18) 72 (15)
ERA Cahill (2.97) 3.56 (4)
Innings Pitched Gonzalez (200.2) 1431.2 (29)
Strikeouts Gonzalez (171) 1070 (21)
  • Barton lead AL in walks with 110 (2nd in MLB) and 1B FPct. with .993 (5th in MLB).
  • Team ERA lead AL by 0.22. Rotation's 3.47 ERA lead MLB.

Roster

Craig Breslow
2010 Oakland Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB AVG SLG
Daric Barton1595567915233510577110.273.405
Kevin Kouzmanoff143551591363211671224.247.396
Rajai Davis143525661492835525026.284.377
Cliff Pennington156508641272686462950.250.368
Kurt Suzuki131495551201821371333.242.366
Mark Ellis12443645127240549740.291.381
Jack Cust11234950951901352268.272.438
Ryan Sweeney823034189202136124.294.383
Coco Crisp7529051811448383230.279.438
Adam Rosales80255316982731219.271.400
Gabe Gross1052222753111125517.239.311
Landon Powell41112132440211115.214.304
Eric Chavez3311110268011008.234.333
Eric Patterson451031321524967.204.408
Jake Fox399811215021205.214.327
Matt Carson3679714204942.177.354
Chris Carter2470813103717.186.329
Jeremy Hermida2164516401204.250.359
Conor Jackson18576132015211.228.316
Jeff Larish2457510302817.175.333
Steven Tolleson2549514301404.286.408
Travis Buck144267201214.167.286
Josh Donaldson143215101402.156.281
Akinori Iwamura103134100405.129.161
Matt Watson123026201403.200.367
Eric Sogard4703000002.429.429
Pitcher Totals1621601000000.063.063
Team Totals1625448663139627630109619156527.256.378

Source:

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO
Gio González1593.2333330200.2171757292171
Trevor Cahill1882.9730300196.2155736563118
Dallas Braden11143.5030300192.2180837543113
Vin Mazzaro684.2724180122.112770585079
Ben Sheets494.5320200119.112365604384
Brett Anderson762.8019190112.111241352275
Craig Breslow443.01750574.25326252971
Brad Ziegler373.26640060.25424222841
Andrew Bailey131.474702549.034881342
Jerry Blevins213.70630148.25420201846
Michael Wuertz234.31480639.23521192140
Tyson Ross145.49262139.13924242032
Justin Duchscherer212.8955028.0261191218
Henry Rodríguez104.55290027.22516141333
Bobby Cramer213.0444023.22088613
Boof Bonser105.09130023.0271313617
Chad Gaudin028.83120017.1271817520
Cedrick Bowers014.50140014.01297618
Ross Wolf004.26110012.2126669
Edwar Ramírez104.9170011.09761010
Brad Kilby002.165008.172208
Clay Mortensen004.501106.064327
Justin James004.505004.072245
Team Totals81813.56162162381431.213156265665121070

Source:

Awards

ALL STAR GAME

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

  • Dallas Braden (Perfect game on Mother's Day), May 3 – 9
  • Trevor Cahill (2–0, 0.00 ERA, 17 IP), August 2 – 8

Opening Day lineup

Player Position Stats
Ben Sheets Pitcher 5 IP, 4 H, 3 R (2 ER), 3 K, 4 BB, 3.60 ERA, 1 Pickoff, ND
Kurt Suzuki Catcher 0–3, 2 E
Daric Barton First Base 0–1, 3 BB, 1 E
Mark Ellis Second Base 0–2, 2 BB, 1 R, 1 K
Kevin Kouzmanoff Third Base 0–4, 1 E
Cliff Pennington Shortstop 2–3, 1 RBI, 1 K
Travis Buck Left Field 0–3, 1 BB, 1 R, 2 K
Rajai Davis Center Field 2–4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 SB, 1 K
Ryan Sweeney Right Field 1–4, 1 RBI
Eric Chavez Designated Hitter 0–4, 1 K

Transactions

Non-injury report

  • 09/13/10 – Recalled P Vin Mazzaro (3), C Josh Donaldson (2), 1B/OF Chris Carter (2). Selected contract and recalled IF Eric Sogard (1). DFA'd P Jeff Lyman (released 9/14).
  • 09/12/10 – Signed IF Aki Iwamura to a major league contract and transferred OF Conor Jackson to 60-Day DL.
  • 09/10/10 – Selected contract and recalled P Bobby Cramer (1), transferred IF Adam Rosales to 60-Day DL.
  • 09/07/10 – Selected contract and recalled OF Jeremy Hermida (1).
  • 09/06/10 – Optioned P Vin Mazzaro.
  • 09/03/10 – Signed OF Jeremy Hermida to a minor-league contract and assigned to AAA.
  • 09/01/10 – Outrighted P Cedrick Bowers to AAA and selected contract and recalled P Justin James (1). Recalled P Ross Wolf (2).
  • 08/31/10 – Signed IF Tommy Everidge to minor-league contract and assigned to AAA. Appeared in 24 games for the Athletics in 2009.
  • 08/26/10 – Outrighted OF Matt Watson to AAA.
  • 08/24/10 – Optioned OF Travis Buck and recalled OF Matt Carson (4).
  • 08/22/10 – Optioned P Ross Wolf.
  • 08/20/10 – Recalled 1B Jeff Larish (2).
  • 08/16/10 – Optioned 1B/OF Chris Carter and 1B Jeff Larish and recalled OF Travis Buck (1).
  • 08/13/10 – Recalled IF Steven Tolleson (2).
  • 08/09/10 – Optioned OF Matt Carson and recalled 1B/OF Chris Carter (1) and 1B Jeff Larish (1).
  • 08/03/10 – Claimed 1B Jeff Larish off waivers from DET and optioned to AAA. DFA'd 3B Adam Heether (outrighted 08/05).
  • 07/31/10 – Optioned P Cedrick Bowers and selected contract and recalled P Boof Bonser (1).
  • 07/30/10 – Optioned OF Travis Buck to AAA.
  • 07/24/10 – Recalled P Cedrick Bowers (3).
  • 07/20/10 – Optioned P Cedrick Bowers.
  • 07/19/10 – Recalled P Henry Rodriguez (4).
  • 07/14/10 – Released P Jamey Wright.
  • 07/07/10 – Optioned P Tyson Ross and selected contract and recalled up P Ross Wolf (1), transferred IF Eric Chavez to 60-Day DL.
  • 07/05/10 – Optioned P Clayton Mortensen and recalled OF Matt Carson (3). Selected contract & recalled up OF Matt Watson (1).
  • 07/02/10 – Signed P Boof Bonser to minor league contract. Claimed P Jeff Lyman off waivers from ATL and optioned to AA. Recalled P Clayton Mortensen (1).
  • 06/27/10 – Traded UT Eric Patterson to BOS for minor-league P Fabian Williamson.
  • 06/22/10 – DFA'd UT Eric Patterson. Traded UT Jake Fox to BAL for cash considerations and minor-league P Ross Wolf.
  • 06/16/10 – Signed P Jamey Wright to minor league contract, assigned to AAA.
  • 06/15/10 – Traded P Sam Demel (AAA) to ARI for cash considerations and LF/1B Conor Jackson and optioned OF Matt Carson.
  • 06/13/10 – DFA'd UT Jake Fox and recalled C Landon Powell (3).
  • 06/08/10 – Optioned P Henry Rodriguez and recalled OF Matt Carson (2).
  • 06/04/10 – Optioned C Landon Powell and recalled Ps Cedrick Bowers (2) and Henry Rodriguez (3).
  • 06/03/10 – Claimed 3B Adam Heether off waivers from MIL & optioned to AAA and transferred P Justin Duchscherer to 60-Day DL.
  • 05/27/10 – Recalled C Landon Powell (2).
  • 05/21/10 – Optioned C Landon Powell.
  • 05/20/10 – Recalled P Vin Mazzaro (2) and optioned P Henry Rodriguez.
  • 05/16/10 – Recalled P Henry Rodriguez (2). Optioned C Josh Donaldson. Selected contract and recalled up P Cedrick Bowers (1). DFA'd Chad Gaudin.
  • 05/15/10 – Selected contract and recalled DH Jack Cust (1). Optioned P Henry Rodriguez and DFA'd P Edwar Ramírez.
  • 05/07/10 – P Edwar Ramírez recalled (1).
  • 05/05/10 – Optioned P Vin Mazzaro and recalled P Henry Rodríguez (1).
  • 05/04/10 – Optioned IF Steven Tolleson and recalled P Vin Mazzaro (1).
  • 05/03/10 – Activated P Michael Wuertz and optioned P Brad Kilby.
  • 04/30/10 – Recalled P Trevor Cahill (1). Transferred P Joey Devine to 60-Day DL and selected contract and recalled up C Josh Donaldson (1).
  • 04/27/10 – Optioned P Edwar Ramírez and recalled C Landon Powell (1) and IF Steven Tolleson (1).
  • 04/26/10 – OF Jai Miller claimed off waivers by KC.
  • 04/23/10 – Optioned C Landon Powell and recalled P Brad Kilby (1).
  • 04/22/10 – DFA'd OF Jai Miller. Selected contract & recalled OF Matt Carson (1).
  • 04/20/10 – Optioned P Trevor Cahill to AAA.
  • 04/08/10 – Claimed OF Jai Miller off waivers from FLA, optioned to AAA.
  • 04/03/10 – DH Jack Cust DFA'd, (04/07) outrighted to AAA. P Tyson Ross added to 40-man roster.
  • 03/24/10 – Traded IF Gregorio Petit to TEX for P Edwar Ramírez.
  • 03/15/10 – Rule 5 draftee, Bobby Cassevah, returned to LAA.
  • 02/28/10 – Signed Ps Jason Jennings and Brett Tomko minor-league contracts. Jennings received major-league invite. Tomko still rehabbing.
  • 02/09/10 – Release OF Willy Taveras.
  • 02/06/10 – P Dana Eveland traded to TOR.
  • 02/01/10 – Signed free agent OF Gabe Gross. Claimed IF Steven Tolleson off waivers from the MIN. Traded IF Aaron Miles to CIN for IF Adam Rosales and OF Willy Taveras. DFA'd Dana Eveland, Willy Taveras, Gregorio Petit (outrighted to AAA).
  • 01/25/10 – Signed free agent RHP Ben Sheets to 1-year deal.
  • 01/22/10 – OF Grant Desme retires.
  • 01/15/10 – Traded OF Scott Hairston and OF Aaron Cunningham to SDP for 3B Kevin Kouzmanoff and IF Eric Sogard.
  • 01/15/10 – IF Tommy Everidge claimed off waivers by SEA.
  • 01/08/10 – P Jay Marshall claimed off waivers by NYM. MLB voided claim on 03/09 and returned to Oakland and released 03/10.

Farm System

Non Roster Invitees

P Cedrick Bowers, P Sam Demel (traded to ARI), P Lenny DiNardo, P Fernando Hernández, P Marcus McBeth, P Tyson Ross, P Matt Wright, C Josh Donaldson, C Joel Galarraga, C Anthony Recker, C Max Stassi, IF Adrian Cardenas, IF Grant Green, IF Dallas McPherson, IF Gregorio Petit (traded to TEX), IF Eric Sogard, IF Jemile Weeks, IF Matthew Whitney, OF Corey Brown, OF Matt Carson, OF Michael Taylor, OF Corey Wimberly

Bold made appearance with Oakland.

Minor League Standings

Level Team League Manager W L Position
AAA Sacramento River Catsx Pacific Coast League Tony DeFrancesco 79 65 1st in PCL Pacific South
AAMidland RockHounds1 xTexas LeagueDarren Bush35351st in TEX South
High AStockton Ports2 xCalifornia LeagueSteve Scarsone43271st in CAL North
Low-AKane County Cougars3 xMidwest LeagueAaron Nieckula39304 GB, 2nd in MID Western
SS-AVancouver Canadians4 xNorthwest LeagueRick Magnante25131st in NOR West
Rookie AZL Athletics Arizona League Marcus Jensen 30 26 5 GB, 2nd in AZL East
DSL Athletics Dominican Summer League Oscar Spencer 32 39 11 GB, 3rd in SD North

x Made playoffs.

  1. Midland RockHounds went 35–35 (3rd) in first half of the season. Won South Division Finals 3–1. Lost in Texas League Championship Series.
  2. Stockton Ports went 31–39 (4th) in first half of the season. Lost in first-round of the playoffs.
  3. Kane County Cougars went 32–37 (6th) in first half of the season. Lost in first-round of playoffs.
  4. Vancouver Canadians went 17–21 (4th) in first half of the season. Lost in first-round of playoffs.

Affiliation news

Prior to the 2010 season, Oakland's farm system was ranked fifth in the league. For the first time since 2005, Oakland will have new minor league teams, for the 2011 season. 2010 will be the last season for Oakland's affiliation with Kane County (MWL) and Vancouver (NWL). Kane County, Oakland's Low-A team since 2003, signed on with Kansas City for the next two years. Vancouver, a Triple-A affiliate for the 1999 season and a Short-Season A team since 2000, signed on with Toronto for the next four seasons. Oakland signed two-year deals with the Midwest League's Burlington Bees (Athletics' affiliate from 1963 to 1974, MWL title in 1965) and New York–Penn League's Vermont Lake Monsters.

Oakland agreed to a four-year extension with Triple-A Sacramento through the 2014 season. Sacramento has been Oakland's Triple-A team since 2000.

Top Prospects

# Player Position Top 100 Rank 2010 Level(s) (Games)
1 Chris Carter First Base 28 MLB (24) / AAA (125)
2 Michael Taylor Outfield 29 AAA (127)
3 Grant Green Shortstop - AA (Playoffs) / A-STK (131)
4 Max Stassi Catcher - A-KC (110)
5 Pedro Figueroa Pitcher - AA (13)
6 Tyson Ross Pitcher - MLB (26) / AAA (6)
7 Jemile Weeks Second Base - AA (67)
8 Grant Desme Outfield - Retired
9 Adrian Cardenas Infield - AAA (58) / AA (51)
10 Sean Doolittle Outfield - did not play

Organization leaders

Stat Player Team
AVG Royce Consigli (.340) AZL
Hits Grant Green (174) STK
Home Runs Chris Carter (31) SAC
RBIs Stephen Parker (98) STK
OPS Connor Crumbliss (.421) KC
SLG Chris Carter (.529) SAC
ERA Ian Krol (2.80) KC
Wins Clayton Mortensen (13) SAC
SO Shawn Haviland (169) STK
Saves Paul Smyth (28) STK
WHIP Ian Krol (1.04) KC
AVG Ian Krol (.226) KC

Awards

ALL STAR SELECTION
Pacific Coast League (AAA), July 14, 2010 @ Coca-Cola Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania
PCL vs. International League, 1–2

Postseason All-Star Selection – Chris Carter

Texas League-South (AA), June 30, 2010 @ Citibank Ballpark, Midland, Texas
North vs. South, 4–5

  • Jeff Bailey – Replaced Corpus Christi's Germán Durán, 0–1, 1K
  • Travis Banwart – Promoted to AAA
  • Corey Brown – 0–1, 1 K
  • Archie Gilbert – 0–1, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
  • Carlos Hernández – 1.1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 K
  • Josh Horton – 1–1
  • Jared Lansford – Replaced Midland teammate Travis Banwart, 0.1 IP, 3 H
  • Alex Valdez – 1–2, 1 R, 1 K
  • Beau Vaughan – Promoted to AAA

Postseason All-Star Selection – Corey Brown, Josh Horton

California League (A), June 22, 2010 @ BB&T Coastal Field, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
CAL vs. Carolina League, 4–3

  • Stephen Parker – 1–2, GW RBI single in 9th

Postseason All-Star Selection – Grant Green, Shawn Haviland, Stephen Parker

Midwest League-West (A), June 22, 2010 @ Parkview Field, Fort Wayne, Indiana
West vs. East, 2–6

  • Ian Krol – 0.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 K
  • Connor Hoehn – 0.1 IP, 1 K
  • Max Stassi – 1–2

ALL STAR FUTURES GAME July 11, 2010 @ Angel Stadium, Anaheim, California
U.S. vs. World, 9–1

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Sacramento River Cats

  • Bobby Cramer, August 16 – 22
  • Kyle Middleton, June 21 – 27

Midland RockHounds

  • Archie Gilbert, April 26 – May 2

Stockton Ports

  • Grant Green, August 16 – 22
  • Shawn Haviland, July 26 – August 2, August 16 – 22
  • Jermaine Mitchell, August 2 – 8
  • Stephen Parker, April 26 – May 2

Vancouver Canadians

  • A.J. Kirby-Jones, July 26 – August 2, August 30 – September 5
  • Ryan Doolittle, June 28 – July 4
  • Deyvi Jimenez, July 5 – 11
  • Matthew Thomson, July 12 – 18, August 2 – 8, August 23 – 29
  • Tony Thompson, July 5 – 11

Top 10 Draft Picks

Pick Player Position School Signed Finishing Team
10 Michael Choice OF UT Arlington 07/30/10 Vancouver
60 Yordy Cabrera1 3B Lakeland Senior HS (FL) 08/16/10 AZL Athletics
92 Aaron Shipman OF Brooks County HS (GA) 08/16/10 AZL Athletics
125 Chad Lewis 3B Marina HS (CA) 08/16/10 AZL Athletics
155 Tyler Vail P Notre Dame HS (PA) 06/15/10 AZL Athletics
185 Tony Thompson 3B Kansas 06/11/10 Vancouver
215 Jordan Tripp OF Golden West College 06/20/10 AZL Athletics
245 Blake Hassebrock P UNC 06/23/10 Vancouver
275 A.J. Kirby-Jones IF Tenn. Tech 06/11/10 Vancouver
305 Joshua Bowman P Tampa 06/23/10 Vancouver
  1. Cabrera appeared in the 2009 Under Armour All-America Game.

International signings

  • Yadel Martí, RHP, Cuba
  • Anderson Mata, LHP, Venezuela
  • Renato Nunez, 3B, Venezuela
  • Argenis Raga, C, Venezuela
  • Jesus Rivas, IF/OF, Venezuela
  • José Torres, LHP, Venezuela

Arizona Fall League

Seven player from the organization were assigned to the Phoenix Desert Dogs managed by Dodger's hitting coach Don Mattingly. The pitching coach will be the Athletics' roving pitching coach and rehab coordinator Garvin Alston.

  • Travis Banwart, P
  • Michael Benacka, P
  • Grant Green, INF
  • Carlos Hernández, P
  • Justin James, P
  • Stephen Parker, INF
  • Lance Sewell, P
  • Michael Taylor, OF

Notes

  1. ↑ Oakland's Top-Rated Prospects

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