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Re: Ranking the Pennant Winners
Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2023 7:09 pm
by usnspecialist
RANK: 41
YEAR: 1988
TEAM: Oakland Athletics
TOP WAR: 534.3
PLAYOFF RESULTS: Lost World Series to Los Angeles Dodgers 4-0
TOTALS:
CATEGORY | TOTAL | RANK |
TOP TOTAL WAR | 534.3 | 41 |
TOP BATTER WAR | 326.0 | 41 |
TOP PITCHING WAR | 208.3 | 38 |
TOTAL WAR | 658.3 | 38 |
TOTAL BATTER WAR | 431.6 | 36 |
TOTAL PITCHER WAR | 226.7 | 46 |
GARBAGE TOTAL WAR | 124.0 | 36 |
GARBAGE BATTER WAR | 105.6 | 20 |
GARBAGE PITCHER WAR | 18.4 | 60 |
BATTER AGE | 27.80 | 61 |
PITCHER AGE | 27.53 | 60 |
TOP BATTER AGE | 29.09 | 44 |
TOP PITCHER AGE | 28.40 | 49 |
TOP HITTERS:
POSITION | AGE | NAME | WAR |
C | 35 | Ron Hassey | 14.7 |
1B | 24 | Mark McGwire | 62.2 |
2B | 30 | Glenn Hubbard | 19.2 |
SS | 24 | Walt Weiss | 16.5 |
3B | 31 | Carney Lansford | 40.4 |
LF | 24 | Luis Polonia | 9.0 |
CF | 29 | Dave Henderson | 27.6 |
RF | 23 | Jose Canseco | 42.4 |
DH | 39 | Don Baylor | 28.5 |
BENCH | 24 | Stan Javier | 25.4 |
BENCH | 37 | Dave Parker | 40.1 |
TOP PITCHERS:
POSITION | AGE | NAME | WAR |
SP | 31 | Dave Stewart | 26.5 |
SP | 31 | Bob Welch | 43.7 |
SP | 26 | Storm Davis | 17.2 |
SP | 28 | Curt Young | 4.2 |
SP | 24 | Todd Burns | 5.5 |
RP | 33 | Dennis Eckersley | 62.1 |
RP | 27 | Gene Nelson | 7.3 |
RP | 34 | Rick Honeycutt | 21.6 |
RP | 24 | Eric Plunk | 13.5 |
RP | 26 | Greg Cadaret | 6.7 |
OTHERS OF NOTE:
POSITION | AGE | NAME | WAR |
BENCH | 29 | Tony Phillips | 50.9 |
BENCH | 26 | Terry Steinbach | 28.0 |
BENCH | 27 | Mike Gallego | 17.0 |
BULLPEN | 27 | Steve Ontiveros | 8.6 |
Comments: A relatively balanced squad, albeit one that maybe is a bit over-inflated historically with how much that Dodgers upset is talked about. The big names here are obviously the Bash Brothers in McGwire/Canseco as well as Dennis Eckersley (a strong candidate for greatest closer of all time), but there was some impressive depth behind them including some guys who you might go “wait they were THAT good” in Carney Lansford and Bob Welch. Their depth bench is interesting in that it features some quality guys who were actually in the prime of their careers, not the token rookies or aging vets that often populate that section.
Re: Ranking the Pennant Winners
Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2023 9:31 pm
by RonCo
That was always an interesting team to watch.
Re: Ranking the Pennant Winners
Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2023 6:50 am
by trmmilwwi
Those late 80's A's teams are a sweet spot in my heart. Lot's of time attending the entire series when the A's visited County Stadium, the 4 game series' were the best. Also ran a lot of these guys as custom players when playing Baseball Stars back in the day.