2007 Oakland Athletics
76 - 86
2006 / 2008 (Organization)
3rd place in the AL West (18 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		40 - 41 (.494)
36 - 45 (.444)		 -3.9 wins
-1.1 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 741 / 765 ( -24 )
Allowed/Expected: 758 / 763 ( +5 )
Pyth Record: 79 - 83 (-3)
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Attendance: 1,921,844 Avg Att: 23,726 (0.76)
Att Rank: 12 / 14 Lg Avg: 31,207
       
Park Factor: 0.96    
HR Factor: 0.93 R/L HR: 0.89 / 0.99
Notes:


Defensive Regression Analysis

Filters
Positions
    Multi-Year   1-Year
#
G
Inn
 
Arm
A2
PB
 
Arm
GO2
CS
A2
PB
1 Mark Ellis
2B
150
1,322.0
 
17.7
13.4
17.7
 
25.7
25.7
2 Shannon Stewart
LF
139
1,154.0
 
3.3
2.8
4.2
-0.9
 
8.0
10.3
-2.3
3 Dan Johnson
1B
97
854.7
 
4.0
4.6
4.0
 
-3.7
-3.7
4 Bobby Crosby
SS
92
813.7
 
-0.7
-0.9
-0.7
 
3.2
3.2
5 Eric Chavez
3B
88
774.7
 
2.5
3.3
2.5
 
-2.0
-2.0
6 Jason Kendall
C
80
714.3
 
0.6
0.8
-0.3
0.9
 
-1.6
-0.3
-2.8
-3.1
1.5
7 Kurt Suzuki
C
66
539.0
 
2.1
3.8
1.7
0.4
 
2.8
6.1
-1.5
4.6
-1.8
8 Travis Buck
RF
65
509.3
 
1.2
2.3
2.1
-0.9
 
-1.4
-0.2
-1.2
9 Nick Swisher
CF
59
481.0
 
1.1
2.2
-1.1
2.1
 
3.7
0.6
3.1
10 Mark Kotsay
CF
56
472.7
 
-1.7
-3.5
-2.7
1.0
 
7.7
2.6
5.1
11 Nick Swisher
RF
57
413.7
 
1.2
2.9
2.1
-0.8
 
6.8
7.6
-0.7
12 Jack Cust
RF
48
382.0
 
-4.9
-12.8
-4.2
-0.7
 
-2.9
-1.7
-1.2
13 Jack Hannahan
3B
41
361.7
 
0.4
1.1
0.4
 
-1.3
-1.3
14 Marco Scutaro
SS
43
348.0
 
-0.5
-1.3
-0.5
 
-2.9
-2.9
15 Nick Swisher
1B
44
346.7
 
0.3
1.0
0.3
 
3.1
3.1
16 Marco Scutaro
3B
36
295.7
 
2.7
9.0
2.7
 
-1.0
-1.0
17 Donnie Murphy
SS
31
265.3
 
-0.1
-0.3
-0.1
 
0.6
0.6
18 Daric Barton
1B
18
157.7
 
0.7
4.5
0.7
 
-0.9
-0.9
19 Jeff Davanon
CF
23
144.7
 
-0.5
-3.6
-0.1
-0.4
 
-4.2
-2.5
-1.7
20 Rob Bowen
C
21
130.7
 
-0.2
-1.2
0.1
-0.3
 
-0.3
-0.3
-0.7
-1.0
0.7
21 Travis Buck
LF
18
128.0
 
-1.3
-10.2
-1.3
-0.0
 
-1.3
-1.4
0.1
22 Milton Bradley
CF
15
125.0
 
0.9
7.4
1.1
-0.2
 
-5.6
-3.1
-2.5
23 Marco Scutaro
2B
13
110.0
 
0.4
3.5
0.4
 
3.5
3.5
24 Todd Walker
1B
10
89.0
 
0.4
4.2
0.4
 
1.6
1.6
25 Jack Cust
LF
14
81.7
 
-0.1
-0.7
-0.1
0.0
 
-2.6
-2.2
-0.3
26 Adam Melhuse
C
10
64.0
 
-0.2
-3.4
0.0
-0.2
 
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.5
-0.5
27 Bobby Kielty
RF
7
53.0
 
-0.2
-3.9
-0.2
-0.0
 
-1.3
-1.1
-0.2
28 Hiram Bocachica
CF
6
46.0
 
-0.4
-7.9
-0.3
-0.1
 
-2.7
-1.5
-1.2
29 Danny Putnam
CF
6
46.0
 
-0.8
-17.6
-0.4
-0.4
 
-5.4
-2.8
-2.6
30 Chris Snelling
CF
5
38.7
 
-0.4
-9.6
-0.2
-0.2
 
-2.6
-1.4
-1.2
31 Shannon Stewart
CF
6
32.0
 
0.3
10.6
0.2
0.2
 
2.8
1.3
1.5
32 Danny Putnam
RF
4
28.0
 
0.1
2.9
0.1
-0.0
 
0.7
0.8
-0.1
33 Travis Buck
CF
5
28.0
 
0.1
4.3
0.1
0.1
 
1.1
0.5
0.6
34 Marco Scutaro
RF
4
26.0
 
0.1
3.8
0.1
-0.0
 
0.9
1.0
-0.1
35 Milton Bradley
RF
3
23.0
 
-0.0
-0.5
-0.0
-0.0
 
-0.1
0.0
-0.1
36 J.J. Furmaniak
SS
3
21.0
 
-0.0
-1.6
-0.0
 
-0.9
-0.9
37 Marco Scutaro
LF
6
19.3
 
-0.0
-2.0
-0.1
0.0
 
-1.3
-1.2
-0.1
38 Kevin Thompson
CF
5
18.0
 
-0.4
-21.0
-0.2
-0.2
 
-2.8
-1.4
-1.4
39 Kevin Thompson
LF
2
16.0
 
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
 
-0.9
-0.8
-0.1
40 Ryan Langerhans
CF
2
14.0
 
0.2
16.3
0.2
0.1
 
1.0
0.5
0.5
41 Bobby Kielty
LF
2
13.0
 
0.1
4.1
0.1
-0.0
 
1.1
0.6
0.5
42 J.J. Furmaniak
2B
4
13.0
 
-0.1
-9.6
-0.1
 
-0.2
-0.2
43 J.J. Furmaniak
3B
2
12.0
 
-0.0
-1.8
-0.0
 
-0.3
-0.3
44 Chris Snelling
LF
1
9.0
 
-0.0
-2.6
-0.0
0.0
 
-0.6
-0.5
-0.0
45 Dee Brown
RF
4
8.0
 
-0.0
-2.6
-0.0
-0.0
 
-0.4
-0.3
-0.0
46 Jeff Davanon
LF
1
8.0
 
0.1
15.4
0.1
-0.0
 
1.1
1.2
-0.0
47 Danny Putnam
LF
1
7.0
 
0.1
9.6
0.1
-0.0
 
1.3
1.3
-0.0
48 Dee Brown
LF
4
5.7
 
-0.0
-5.1
-0.0
0.0
 
0.4
0.4
-0.0
49 J.J. Furmaniak
LF
1
3.0
 
-0.0
-4.1
-0.0
-0.0
 
-0.4
-0.4
-0.0
50 J.J. Furmaniak
RF
2
3.0
 
0.0
1.5
0.0
-0.0
 
0.1
0.2
-0.0
51 Donnie Murphy
2B
2
3.0
 
-0.0
-9.7
-0.0
 
-0.0
-0.0
52 Jason Kendall
LF
2
2.3
 
0.0
3.0
0.0
-0.0
 
0.2
0.3
-0.0
53 Bobby Kielty
CF
1
2.0
 
-0.0
-6.9
-0.0
-0.0
 
-0.5
-0.3
-0.3
54 Donnie Murphy
3B
1
2.0
 
-0.0
-2.1
-0.0
 
0.2
0.2
55 Adam Melhuse
3B
1
2.0
 
0.0
12.3
0.0
 
0.2
0.2
56 Jeff Davanon
RF
1
1.0
 
-0.0
-7.6
-0.0
-0.0
 
-0.1
-0.1
-0.0
57 Kevin Thompson
RF
1
1.0
 
0.0
3.2
0.0
-0.0
 
-0.1
-0.1
-0.0
58 Todd Walker
LF
1
1.0
 
0.0
2.3
0.0
-0.0
 
-0.1
-0.1
-0.0
  28        
27.9
2.4
27.1
-1.5
1.5
0.7
  
25.9
30.9
-6.1
5.6
-4.6
1.0
0.0
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James