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:  
  Mark McGwire (Pending) Mark McGwire (31.66) -   57  
    Jason Giambi (12.26) -   30  
  Rookie of the Year:    
  Ben Grieve (1998) Second Basemen:  
    Brent Gates (5.05) -    9  
  MVP:  Willie Randolph (2.33) -   0  
  Ricky Henderson (1990)    
  Dennis Eckersley (1992) ShortStop:  
    Mike Bordick (10.48) -   29  
  Cy Young:  Miguel Tejada (3.2) -   13  
  Bob Welch (1990) Walt Weiss (3.7) -   12  
  Dennis Eckersley (1992)    
    Third Base:  
  No Hitters:   Scott Brosius (7.41) -   18  
  Dave Stewart (1990)    
    Outfield:  
  Notable Events: Rickey Henderson (33.4) -   92  
     Jose Canseco (12.64) -   33  
  1990 - Coming into the decade, the A's have a number of young, high quality Dave Henderson (9.04) -   28  
    position players that form the core of what should be a dynasty,  Matt Stairs (7.54) -   25  
   but doesn't turn out that way. Stan Javier (7.41) -   21  
  The top players: Geronimo Berroa (8.12) -   19  
  □  C - Terry Steinbach, 29, leaves as FA forTwins in '97 Ben Grieve (3.43) -   14  
  □  1B - Mark McGwire, 26, dealt to Cards in mid '97 in salary dump Willie Wilson (3.28) -   11  
   (his '93 & '94 seasons were lost to injuries) Harold Baines (3.9) -   9  
  □  2B - Mike Bordick, 24, leaves for Baltimore as FA in '97 Ruben Sierra (1.03) -   8  
  □  SS - Walter Weiss, 26, dealt to Florida in FA walk year '93    
  □  3B - Carney Lansford, 33, retires after '92 season Notable Events:  
  □  OF - Jose Canseco, 25, dealt to Texas in '92 for OF Sierra and RHP Witt    
  □  OF - Dave Henderson, 30, signs with KC as FA in '94 1993 - The A's sign Shortstop Miguel Tejada as an international   
  □  OF - Rickey Henderson, 30, dealt to Toronto in FA walk year '93 free agent. Altho' he doesn't get the press that A-Rod, Jeter and Nomar get,  
  □  RHP - Dave Stewart, 33, leaves for Toronto as FA in '93  he's right there with them as part of the greatest group of shortstops ever to   
  (he had had a couple of subpar years before leaving)  break into the major league scene at the same time. Even one rookie of their  
  □  RHP - Scott Sanderson, 33, sold to Yankees after the '90 season callibre was an extreme rarity. Four was unreal. A-Rod and Jeter ended up   
  □  RHP - Bob Welch, 33, hurts his arm in '91 ending his effectiveness   being in the all time top 100, Tejada garnered well over a hundred career  
  □  RHP - Mike Moore, 30, leaves for Detroit as a FA in '93  win shares (very impressive) and Nomar was as good as any of them before   
  □  Closer - Dennis Eckersley, 35, loses his effectiveness in '93 he got hurt  
       
  1990 - The A's, heavy favorites to win, get swept in the World Series by a  1996 - Outstanding young third baseman Eric Chavez is drafted in the  
  vastly inferior (talentwise) Reds team.  first round (10th overall pick). As the A's luck would have it, he's the only  
     star of the big six (Giambi, Tejada, Hudson, Zito, Mulder, Chavez) that the  
   1990 - Bob Welch wins 27 games and the Cy Young  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 - Ricky Henderson wins the AL MVP. Ricky has a .439 On Base    
  Percentage, steals 65 bases and hits 28 homers while batting .325.  1996 - The Coliseum is ruined for baseball when it is renovated for the   
  He was a force of nature as a leadoff man. You couldn't pitch to him and . Raiders return to Oakland as thousands of seats are added in the outfield   
  you couldn't pitch around him. Pick your poison when he comes to the plate. to make Al Davis more money. The park loses its charm for baseball.  
    It does become a better hitters park and McGwire hits 52 dingers.  
  1991 - Ricky Henderson sets the all time stolen base mark at 939    
  Ricky continued stealing and ended up with 1406 when it was all over. 1996 - The A's are sold to Steve Schott, a relative of the Reds' Marge.  
    The heady days of Walter Haas' relatively deep pockets are over.   
  1992 - Dennis Eckersley wins the Cy Young and MVP saving 51 games It's time for Sandy Alderson and Billy Beane to get really creative.  
   The A's win the Division, but lose in the playoffs to Toronto   Enter moneyball.   
  It marks Eckersley's final season as an elite closer.    
     1997 - Mark McGwire hits over 50 again, his free agent walk year. The total   
  1992 - Oakland trades Canseco to the Rangers for Ruben Sierra. is split between the A's and the Cards as McGwire is traded to St. Louis at   
   This was a trade of two prolific talents whose talents were nevertheless mid season for three non entities  
   still somehow dwarfed by the size of their egos.    
    The egos proving their undoing as players in both cases.  1997 - Future ace righthander Tim Hudson is drafted in the 6th round  
       
   1992 - First Baseman Jason Giambi is drafted in the second round 1998 - Future ace lefthander Mark Mulder is drafted in the first round,  
  He will be the main man in the A's lineup in their re-emeergence second pick overall  
  as a power early in the next decade    
    1999 - Future ace lefthander Barry Zito is drafted in the first round,  
  1993 - Owner Walter Haas Jr decides to cash out. Once again, a great A's ninth pick overall   
   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.