2013 Oakland Athletics season

The 2013 Oakland Athletics season was the 45th for the franchise at O.co Coliseum, as well as the 113th in club history. Oakland was defending their division title in the new five-team American League West during the 2013 season. On September 22, 2013, they clinched their second straight American League West championship. They lost to the Detroit Tigers in five games in the 2013 American League Division Series.

2013 Oakland Athletics
American League West champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record96–66 (.593)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)Lewis Wolff, John Fisher
Manager(s)Bob Melvin
Local televisionComcast SportsNet California
(Glen Kuiper, Ray Fosse, Scott Hatteberg)
Local radioKGMZ
(Ken Korach, Vince Cotroneo, Ray Fosse)
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Offseason

Following a successful 2012 season in which the team won the AL West, GM Billy Beane stated he would keep the team mostly intact, and "if moves are made, they will be additions".[1] The first acquisition occurred October 19 in a three-team trade involving Arizona and Miami; Oakland sent Cliff Pennington to Arizona and minor leaguer Yordy Cabrera to Miami, and the team received Chris Young from Arizona. In November, the team traded pitcher Tyson Ross and minor leaguer A. J. Kirby-Jones to San Diego for infielder Andy Parrino and pitcher Andrew Werner. Grant Green, Arnold Leon, Shane Peterson, and Michael Ynoa were added to the 40-man roster and Andrew Carignan, Brandon Hicks (who was traded to the Mets) and Jim Miller (who was claimed off waivers by the Yankees and later designated for assignment) were removed. The next move was to trade Collin Cowgill to the Mets for Jefry Marté. When free agent Stephen Drew signed with the Boston Red Sox, Oakland signed Japanese shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima to a 2-year, $6.5 million deal, with an option for a third year, in order to fill the vacancy. Pitcher Graham Godfrey was sent to Boston as a player to be named later to complete a previous trade, while Brandon McCarthy and Jonny Gomes, whom both elected free agency, signed with Arizona and Boston, respectively. In January, Oakland was involved in their second three-team trade of the offseason, trading pitching prospect A. J. Cole back to Washington (he was part of a trade for Gio González the year before) and receiving catcher John Jaso from Seattle. Upon the acquisition of Jaso, George Kottaras was designated for assignment. In February, the A's were involved in a five-player deal with new division rival Houston, trading Chris Carter, Brad Peacock and Max Stassi in exchange for shortstop Jed Lowrie and reliever Fernando Rodriguez.[2]

In addition to player movement, there was also a coaching change made by the Athletics. Bullpen coach Rick Rodriguez was offered a position within the organization, and Darren Bush, the manager of the Triple-A affiliate Sacramento River Cats, will assume bullpen coaching responsibilities.

Regular season

American League West
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 9666 0.593 — 52–29 44–37
Texas Rangers 9172 0.558 5½ 46–36 45–36
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 7884 0.481 18 39–42 39–42
Seattle Mariners 7191 0.438 25 36–45 35–46
Houston Astros 51111 0.315 45 24–57 27–54

American League Wild Card
Division Winners W L Pct.
Boston Red Sox 9765 0.599
Oakland Athletics 9666 0.593
Detroit Tigers 9369 0.574


Wild Card teams
(Top two qualify for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Cleveland Indians 9270 0.568 +½
Tampa Bay Rays 9271 0.564 —
Texas Rangers 9172 0.558 1
Kansas City Royals 8676 0.531 5½
Baltimore Orioles 8577 0.525 6½
New York Yankees 8577 0.525 6½
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 7884 0.481 13½
Toronto Blue Jays 7488 0.457 17½
Seattle Mariners 7191 0.438 20½
Minnesota Twins 6696 0.407 25½
Chicago White Sox 6399 0.389 28½
Houston Astros 51111 0.315 40½

Game log
Legend
Athletics Win Athletics Loss Game Postponed
BoldOakland Athletics Pitcher
2013 Game Log: 96-66 (Home: 52-29; Road: 44-37)

Record against opponents
Final season record
2013 AL 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—11–84–33–44–24–23–45–23–39–105–22–46–135–210–911–9
Boston8–11—4–26–13–46–12–53–34–313–63–36–112–72–411–814–6
Chicago3–42–4—2–177–123–49–103–48–113–32–53–32–54–24–38–12
Cleveland4–31–617–2—4–156–110–94–213–61–65–25–22–45–14–211–9
Detroit2–44–312–715–4—6–19–100–611–83–33–45–23–33–45–212–8
Houston2–41–64–31–61–6—2–410–91–51–54–159–102–52–173–48–12
Kansas City4–35–210–99–1010–94–2—2–515–42–51–54–36–13–32–49–11
Los Angeles2–53–34–32–46–09–105–2—1–53–48–1111–84–34–156–110–10
Minnesota3–33–411–86–138–115–14–155–1—2–51–64–31–64–31–58–12
New York10–96–133–36–13–35–15–24–35–2—1–54–37–123–414–59–11
Oakland2–53–35–22–54–315–45–111–86–15–1—8–113–310–94–313–7
Seattle4–21–63–32–52–510–93–48–113–43–411–8—3–37–123–38–12
Tampa Bay13–67–125–24–23–35–21–63–46–112–73–33–3—4–411–812–8
Texas2–54–22–41–54–317–23–315–43–44–39–1012–74–4—1–610–10
Toronto9–108–113–42–42–54–34–21–65–15–143–43–38–116–1—11–9

Roster
2013 Oakland Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

 Manager

Coaches

Postseason

American League Division Series
Main article: 2013 American League Division Series

Game 1, October 4

9:37 p.m. (EDT) at O.co Coliseum in Oakland, California

Team123456789RHE
Detroit3000000003100
Oakland000000200231
WP: Max Scherzer (1–0)   LP: Bartolo Colón (0–1)   Sv: Joaquín Benoit (1)
Home runs:
DET: None
OAK: Yoenis Céspedes (1)

Game 2, October 5

9:07 p.m. (EDT) at O.co Coliseum in Oakland, California

Team123456789RHE
Detroit000000000040
Oakland000000001180
WP: Grant Balfour (1–0)   LP: Al Alburquerque (0–1)

Game 3, October 7

1:07 p.m. (EDT) at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan

Team123456789RHE
Oakland0012300006100
Detroit000300000371
WP: Jarrod Parker (1–0)   LP: Aníbal Sánchez (0–1)   Sv: Grant Balfour (1)
Home runs:
OAK: Josh Reddick (1), Brandon Moss (1), Seth Smith (1)
DET: None

Game 4, October 8

5:07 p.m. (EDT) at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan

Team123456789RHE
Oakland1000201026120
Detroit00003023X890
WP: Max Scherzer (2–0)   LP: Sean Doolittle (0–1)
Home runs:
OAK: Jed Lowrie (1)
DET: Jhonny Peralta (1), Víctor Martínez (1)

Game 5, October 10

8:07 p.m. (EDT) at O.co Coliseum in Oakland, California

Team123456789RHE
Detroit000201000380
Oakland000000000030
WP: Justin Verlander (1–0)   LP: Sonny Gray (0–1)   Sv: Joaquín Benoit (2)
Home runs:
DET: Miguel Cabrera (1)
OAK: None

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Sacramento River Cats Pacific Coast League Steve Scarsone
AA Midland RockHounds Texas League Aaron Nieckula
A Stockton Ports California League Webster Garrison
A Beloit Snappers Midwest League Ryan Christenson
A-Short Season Vermont Lake Monsters New York–Penn League Rick Magnante
Rookie AZL Athletics Arizona League Marcus Jensen

[3]

References
  1. Slusser, Susan (October 12, 2012). "A's unusually likely to retain players". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
  2. Nicholson-Smith, Ben (February 4, 2013). "Athletics Acquire Jed Lowrie In Five-Player Deal". MLB Trade Rumors. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  3. Leventhal, Josh, ed. (2013). Baseball America 2014 Almanac. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-48-0.
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