2018 Oakland Athletics season

The 2018 Oakland Athletics season was the 118th season for the Oakland Athletics franchise, all as members of the American League, and their 51st season in Oakland (all at Oakland Coliseum). The A's were managed by Bob Melvin in his eighth year as manager of the A's. They played their home games at Oakland Coliseum as members of Major League Baseball's American League West Division.

2018 Oakland Athletics
American League Wild Card
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record97–65 (.599)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
Owner(s)John Fisher
Manager(s)Bob Melvin
Local televisionNBC Sports California
(Glen Kuiper, Ken Korach, Vince Cotroneo, Ray Fosse, Mark Mulder, Eric Chavez, Shooty Babitt, Dallas Braden)
Local radioKGMZ-FM
(Ken Korach, Vince Cotroneo, Ray Fosse, Mark Mulder)
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The A's began the season on March 29 against the Los Angeles Angels and finished the season on September 30 against the Angels as well.[1] On September 24, they clinched their first playoff berth since 2014. They went on to lose to the New York Yankees in the Wild Card Game, 7–2. Their 97 wins were the most of any Athletics team since 2002.

Offseason

The Oakland Athletics made a move to acquire outfielder Stephen Piscotty from the St. Louis Cardinals for Yairo Muñoz on December 14, 2017.[2] The trade allowed Piscotty to be closer to his mother who was suffering from ALS.[3] His mother died on May 6th, 2018.[4]

Regular season

Game log
2018 game log: 97–65 (Home: 50–31; Away: 47–34)
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = Postponement
Bold = A's team member

American League West
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Houston Astros 10359 0.636 — 46–35 57–24
Oakland Athletics 9765 0.599 6 50–31 47–34
Seattle Mariners 8973 0.549 14 45–36 44–37
Los Angeles Angels 8082 0.494 23 42–39 38–43
Texas Rangers 6795 0.414 36 34–47 33–48

American League Wild Card
Division Leaders W L Pct.
Boston Red Sox 10854 0.667
Houston Astros 10359 0.636
Cleveland Indians 9171 0.562


Wild Card teams
(Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)		 W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees 10062 0.617 +3
Oakland Athletics 9765 0.599 —
Tampa Bay Rays 9072 0.556 7
Seattle Mariners 8973 0.549 8
Los Angeles Angels 8082 0.494 17
Minnesota Twins 7884 0.481 19
Toronto Blue Jays 7389 0.451 24
Texas Rangers 6795 0.414 30
Detroit Tigers 6498 0.395 33
Chicago White Sox 62100 0.383 35
Kansas City Royals 58104 0.358 39
Baltimore Orioles 47115 0.290 50

Record against opponents
2018 American League Records

Source: AL Standings Head-to-head
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore —3–163–42–52–41–62–41–51–67–121–51–68–113–45–147–13
Boston 16–3—3–43–44–23–45–16–04–310–92–44–311–86–115–416–4
Chicago 4–34–3—5–147–120–711–82–57–122–42–52–44–24–32–46–14
Cleveland 5–24–314–5—13–63–412–73–310–92–52–42–52–44–23–412–8
Detroit 4–22–412–76–13—1–58–113–47–123–40–73–42–43–44–36–14
Houston 6–14–37–04–35–1—5–113–64–22–512–79–103–412–74–213–7
Kansas City 4–21–58–117–1211–81–5—1–610–92–52–51–50–72–52–56–14
Los Angeles 5–10–65–23–34–36–136–1—4–31–510–98–111–613–64–310–10
Minnesota 6–13–412–79–1012–72–49–103–4—2–52–51–53–42–44–28–12
New York 12–79–104–25–24–35–25–25–15–2—3–35–110–94–313–611–9
Oakland 5–14–25–24–27–07–125–29–105–23–3—9–102–513–67–012–8
Seattle 6–13–44–25–24–310–95–111–85–11–510–9—6–110–93–46–14
Tampa Bay 11–88–112–44–24–24–37–06–14–39–105–21–6—5–113–67–13
Texas 4–31–63–42–44–37–125–26–134–23–46–139–101–5—3–39–11
Toronto 14–54–154–24–33–42–45–23–42–46–130–74–36–133–3—13–7

Updated with the results of all games through September 30, 2018.

Postseason

Postseason Game log
2018 Postseason game log (0−1 (Home 0−0; Away 0−1))
American League Wild Card Game: 0−1

Roster
2018 Oakland Athletics
Roster
Pitchers
  • 35 Daniel Coulombe
  • 15 Emilio Pagan
 Catchers
  • 46 Beau Taylor

Infielders

  • 26 Matt Chapman

Outfielders

 Manager

Coaches

  • 90 Jeremy Dowdy (bullpen catcher)
  • 88 Philip Pohl (bullpen catcher)

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Nashville Sounds Pacific Coast League Fran Riordan
AA Midland RockHounds Texas League Scott Steinmann
A-Advanced Stockton Ports California League Rick Magnante
A Beloit Snappers Midwest League Webster Garrison
A-Short Season Vermont Lake Monsters New York–Penn League Aaron Nieckula
Rookie AZL Athletics Arizona League Eddie Menchaca
Rookie DSL Athletics Dominican Summer League Carlos Casimiro

Notes

    References
    1. "2018 Oakland Athletics Schedule | Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
    2. "Piscotty traded to A's, near mom with ALS". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
    3. "A's trade with Cardinals for Stephen Piscotty". MLB.com. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
    4. "Gretchen Piscotty, mother of Athletics OF, dies". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
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