Oakland Athletics - The Clinton Years  (1990-1999)  
   
 

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        Yr P W L   Yr P W L   Yr P W L               1990  
        1990 1 103 59   1993 7 68 94   1997 4 65 97               Decade  
        1991 4 84 78   1994 2 51 63   1998 4 78 84               Click  
        1992 1 96 66   1995 4 67 77   1999 2 83 75               on Logo  
                  1996 3 78 84                            
                                                       
   
  Titles: Top Athletics Players of the Nineties  
  AL Champs 1990 - Lost to Reds  
  Western Division Champs 1992 - Lost to Toronto Pitchers:  
    Dennis Eckersley (8.13) -   63  
  BallPark: Oakland Alameda Stadium  Mike Moore (3.92) -   29  
    Billy Taylor (4.77) -   28  
  Team Name: Athletics Dave Stewart (4.96) -   26  
    Ron Darling -   26  
  Owners:  Bob Welch (4.53) -   26  
   Walter Haas Jr (1990-1995) Bobby Witt (3.44) -   18  
  Stephen Schott (1996-1999) Todd Stottlemyre (2.08) -   13  
    Steve Ontiveros (4.36) -   13  
  Managers:   Kenny Rodgers (9.33) -   11  
  Tony LaRussa (1990-1995) Gil Heredia (4.2) -   10  
  Art Howe (1996-1999) Todd Van Poppel (0.31) -   10  
    Mike Oquist (2.4) -   10  
  General Managers:  Jim Corsi (4.4) -   3  
  Sandy Alderson (1990-1998) Goose Gossage (0.97) -   0  
  Billy Beane (1999)    
    Catchers:  
  Hall of Famers: Terry Steinbach (18.02) -   51  
  Dennis Eckersley    
  Rickey Henderson First Basemen:  
  Harold Baines Mark McGwire (31.66) -   57  
  Mark McGwire (Pending) Jason Giambi (12.26) -   30  
  Tony LaRussa      
    Second Basemen:  
  Rookie of the Year: Brent Gates (5.05) -    9  
  Ben Grieve (1998) Willie Randolph (2.33) -   0  
       
  MVP:  ShortStop:  
  Ricky Henderson (1990) Mike Bordick (10.48) -   29  
  Dennis Eckersley (1992) Miguel Tejada (3.2) -   13  
    Walt Weiss (3.7) -   12  
  Cy Young:     
  Bob Welch (1990) Third Base:  
  Dennis Eckersley (1992) Scott Brosius (7.41) -   18  
       
  No Hitters:   Outfield:  
  Dave Stewart (1990) Rickey Henderson (33.4) -   92  
     Jose Canseco (12.64) -   33  
  Notable Events: Dave Henderson (9.04) -   28  
    Matt Stairs (7.54) -   25  
  1990 - Coming into the decade, the A's have a number of young, high quality Stan Javier (7.41) -   21  
    position players that form the core of what should be a dynasty,  Geronimo Berroa (8.12) -   19  
   but doesn't turn out that way. Ben Grieve (3.43) -   14  
  The top players: Willie Wilson (3.28) -   11  
  □  C - Terry Steinbach, 29, leaves as FA forTwins in '97 Harold Baines (3.9) -   9  
  □  1B - Mark McGwire, 26, dealt to Cards in mid '97 in salary dump Ruben Sierra (1.03) -   8  
   (his '93 & '94 seasons were lost to injuries)    
  □  2B - Mike Bordick, 24, leaves for Baltimore as FA in '97 Notable Events:  
  □  SS - Walter Weiss, 26, dealt to Florida in FA walk year '93    
  □  3B - Carney Lansford, 33, retires after '92 season 1993 - The A's sign Shortstop Miguel Tejada as an international   
  □  OF - Jose Canseco, 25, dealt to Texas in '92 for OF Sierra and RHP Witt free agent. Altho' he doesn't get the press that A-Rod, Jeter and Nomar get,  
  □  OF - Dave Henderson, 30, signs with KC as FA in '94 he's right there with them as part of the greatest group of shortstops ever to   
  □  OF - Rickey Henderson, 30, dealt to Toronto in FA walk year '93  break into the major league scene at the same time. Even one rookie of their  
  □  RHP - Dave Stewart, 33, leaves for Toronto as FA in '93  callibre was an extreme rarity. Four was unreal. A-Rod and Jeter ended up   
  (he had had a couple of subpar years before leaving)   being in the all time top 100, Tejada garnered well over a hundred career  
  □  RHP - Scott Sanderson, 33, sold to Yankees after the '90 season  win shares (very impressive) and Nomar was as good as any of them before   
  □  RHP - Bob Welch, 33, hurts his arm in '91 ending his effectiveness he got hurt  
  □  RHP - Mike Moore, 30, leaves for Detroit as a FA in '93    
  □  Closer - Dennis Eckersley, 35, loses his effectiveness in '93 1996 - Outstanding young third baseman Eric Chavez is drafted in the  
    first round (10th overall pick). As the A's luck would have it, he's the only  
  1990 - The A's, heavy favorites to win, get swept in the World Series by a   star of the big six (Giambi, Tejada, Hudson, Zito, Mulder, Chavez) that the  
  vastly inferior (talentwise) Reds team.  A's choose to keep long term during the next decade and he immediately  
     becomes totally injury prone for the remainder of his career once he signs.  
   1990 - Bob Welch wins 27 games and the Cy Young     
    1996 - The Coliseum is ruined for baseball when it is renovated for the   
  1990 - Ricky Henderson wins the AL MVP. Ricky has a .439 On Base Raiders return to Oakland as thousands of seats are added in the outfield   
  Percentage, steals 65 bases and hits 28 homers while batting .325.  to make Al Davis more money. The park loses its charm for baseball.  
  He was a force of nature as a leadoff man. You couldn't pitch to him and . It does become a better hitters park and McGwire hits 52 dingers.  
  you couldn't pitch around him. Pick your poison when he comes to the plate.    
    1996 - The A's are sold to Steve Schott, a relative of the Reds' Marge.  
  1991 - Ricky Henderson sets the all time stolen base mark at 939 The heady days of Walter Haas' relatively deep pockets are over.   
  Ricky continued stealing and ended up with 1406 when it was all over. It's time for Sandy Alderson and Billy Beane to get really creative.  
      Enter moneyball.   
  1992 - Dennis Eckersley wins the Cy Young and MVP saving 51 games    
   The A's win the Division, but lose in the playoffs to Toronto  1997 - Mark McGwire hits over 50 again, his free agent walk year. The total   
  It marks Eckersley's final season as an elite closer. is split between the A's and the Cards as McGwire is traded to St. Louis at   
    mid season for three non entities  
  1992 - Oakland trades Canseco to the Rangers for Ruben Sierra.    
   This was a trade of two prolific talents whose talents were nevertheless 1997 - Future ace righthander Tim Hudson is drafted in the 6th round  
   still somehow dwarfed by the size of their egos.    
    The egos proving their undoing as players in both cases.  1998 - Future ace lefthander Mark Mulder is drafted in the first round,  
    second pick overall  
   1992 - First Baseman Jason Giambi is drafted in the second round    
  He will be the main man in the A's lineup in their re-emeergence 1999 - Future ace lefthander Barry Zito is drafted in the first round,  
  as a power early in the next decade ninth pick overall   
       
  1993 - Owner Walter Haas Jr decides to cash out. Once again, a great A's    
   team is dismantled prematurely after a run of titles. Haas dies in 1994.    
       
  1993 - Oakland drops 28 games in the standings to 68-94.     
  The mini-dynasty is over.     
  There's a mass exodus out the door for a variety of reasons as Walt Weiss,     
  Rickey Henderson, Carney Lansford, Jose Canseco, Dave Stewart and     
  Mike Moore all leave. Mark McGwire is hurt and Dennis Eckersley and    
  Bob Welch both lose their effectiveness.    
   The cupboard is left pretty bare as there are no replacements.