GM: Billy Beane
2002: made playoffs · 103–59. Ranks are vs the 30 teams that season.
Each position lists its starter then backups by games (so platoons & bench show). Starters (mound) & bullpen (left, foul territory) are ranked by WAR; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.
| Player | Age | Service | G | fWAR | Salary $M | Surplus $M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Chavez | 24 | arb | 153 | 5.7 | 2.1 | +7.7 |
| Tim Hudson | 26 | arb | 34 | 4.8 | 0.9 | +7.4 |
| Miguel Tejada | 28 | arb | 162 | 4.5 | 3.6 | +4.1 |
| Barry Zito | 24 | pre-arb | 35 | 4.5 | 0.3 | +7.3 |
| Mark Mulder | 24 | pre-arb | 30 | 3.8 | 0.8 | +5.8 |
| Cory Lidle | 30 | arb | 31 | 3.7 | 2.5 | +3.8 |
| Scott Hatteberg | 32 | FA-elig | 136 | 3.2 | 0.9 | +4.6 |
| Mark Ellis | 25 | – | 98 | 2.7 | – | – |
| Chad Bradford | 27 | arb | 75 | 2.0 | 0.2 | +3.2 |
| Ramon Hernandez | 26 | arb | 136 | 1.9 | 0.5 | +2.7 |
| John Mabry↔ PHI | 31 | FA-elig | 89 | 1.6 | 0.4 | +2.4 |
| Billy Koch | 27 | arb | 84 | 1.3 | 2.4 | -0.1 |
| Ray Durham↔ CHW | 30 | FA-elig | 54 | 1.3 | 2.3 | -0.1 |
| Aaron Harang | 24 | – | 16 | 1.1 | – | – |
| Greg Myers | 36 | FA-elig | 65 | 0.8 | 0.8 | +0.6 |
| Ricardo Rincon↔ CLE | 32 | arb | 25 | 0.8 | 0.5 | +0.8 |
| Jim Mecir | 32 | FA-elig | 61 | 0.7 | 2.4 | -1.1 |
| Olmedo Saenz | 31 | FA-elig | 68 | 0.7 | 0.8 | +0.4 |
| Mike Fyhrie | 32 | – | 16 | 0.7 | – | – |
| Terrence Long | 26 | arb | 162 | 0.6 | 0.7 | +0.3 |
| David Justice | 36 | FA-elig | 118 | 0.6 | 7.0 | -6.0 |
| Frank Menechino | 31 | arb | 38 | 0.5 | 0.3 | +0.5 |
| Adam Piatt | 26 | – | 55 | 0.3 | – | – |
| Jeremy Giambi↔ PHI | 27 | arb | 42 | 0.2 | 0.4 | +0.0 |
| Jermaine Dye | 28 | FA-elig | 131 | 0.2 | 7.2 | -6.8 |
| Jeff Tam | 31 | arb | 40 | 0.2 | 0.7 | -0.4 |
| Jason Grabowski | 26 | – | 4 | 0.2 | – | – |
| Ted Lilly↔ NYY | 26 | arb | 6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +0.2 |
| Mike Magnante | 37 | FA-elig | 32 | 0.1 | 1.2 | -1.1 |
| Cody McKay | 28 | – | 2 | 0.1 | – | – |
| Eric Byrnes | 26 | – | 90 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Carlos Pena↔ DET | 24 | pre-arb | 40 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +0.0 |
| Micah Bowie | 27 | – | 13 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Randy Velarde | 39 | FA-elig | 56 | -0.0 | 1.0 | -1.0 |
| Jose Flores | 29 | – | 7 | -0.0 | – | – |
| Larry Sutton | 32 | – | 7 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Erik Hiljus | 29 | arb | 9 | -0.2 | 0.2 | -0.6 |
| Mike Colangelo | 25 | arb | 20 | -0.3 | 0.3 | -0.8 |
| Mike Venafro | 28 | arb | 47 | -0.3 | 0.8 | -1.3 |
| Mike Holtz↔ SDP | 29 | FA-elig | 16 | -0.3 | 0.3 | -0.8 |
| Esteban German | 24 | – | 9 | -0.3 | – | – |
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Scott Hatteberg | 3.2 |
| Mark Ellis | 2.7 |
| John Mabry | 1.6 |
| Billy Koch | 1.3 |
| Ray Durham | 1.3 |
| Aaron Harang | 1.1 |
| Player | 2001 fWAR |
|---|---|
| Jason Giambi | 9.2 |
| Johnny Damon | 1.9 |
| Jason Isringhausen | 1.8 |
| Mark Guthrie | 0.3 |
| F.P. Santangelo | 0.2 |
| Billy McMillon | 0.2 |
What the front office was committed to as of 2002, 2002–2008. Pre-2015 has no contract-terms data — forward italic $ are realized actuals (hindsight, not commitments known then). Control labels (ARB/FA) are point-in-time.
| Player | Age | Svc | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jermaine Dye | 28 | 6.000 | $7.2M | $11.7M | $11.7M | FREE AGENT | |||
| David Justice | 36 | 13.000 | $7.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jim Mecir | 32 | 7.000 | $2.4M | $3.2M | $3.3M | FREE AGENT | |||
| Ray Durham | 30 | 7.000 | $2.3M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Mike Magnante | 37 | 11.000 | $1.2M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Randy Velarde | 39 | 15.000 | $1.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Scott Hatteberg | 32 | 7.000 | $900k | $1.8M | $2.3M | $2.5M | FREE AGENT | ||
| Olmedo Saenz | 31 | 8.000 | $800k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Greg Myers | 36 | 15.000 | $800k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| John Mabry | 31 | 8.000 | $405k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Mike Holtz | 29 | 6.000 | $269k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Mike Fyhrie | 32 | 6.000 | — | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miguel Tejada | 28 | 5.000 | $3.6M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Cory Lidle | 30 | 5.000 | $2.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Billy Koch | 27 | 3.000 | $2.4M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Eric Chavez | 24 | 4.000 | $2.1M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Tim Hudson | 26 | 3.000 | $875k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Mike Venafro | 28 | 3.000 | $812k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Jeff Tam | 31 | 4.000 | $700k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Terrence Long | 26 | 3.000 | $675k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Ricardo Rincon | 32 | 5.000 | $528k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Ramon Hernandez | 26 | 3.000 | $498k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Jeremy Giambi | 27 | 4.000 | $361k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Mike Colangelo | 25 | 3.000 | $300k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Frank Menechino | 31 | 3.000 | $295k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Erik Hiljus | 29 | 3.000 | $238k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Chad Bradford | 27 | 4.000 | $235k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Ted Lilly | 26 | 3.000 | $65k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Larry Sutton | 32 | 5.000 | — | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Micah Bowie | 27 | 3.000 | — | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Mulder | 24 | 2.000 | $800k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Barry Zito | 24 | 2.000 | $295k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Carlos Pena | 24 | 1.000 | $70k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Jose Flores | 29 | – | — | ||||||
| Cody McKay | 28 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Adam Piatt | 26 | 2.000 | — | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Jason Grabowski | 26 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Eric Byrnes | 26 | 2.000 | — | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Esteban German | 24 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Mark Ellis | 25 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Aaron Harang | 24 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Athletics 2002; the black line = the league-average player at each slot that season. Staying above the line deep into the roster is the depth edge; dropping below it = holes & dead weight.
| Regime | Seasons | Win % | Playoff % | Pennant % | WS % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WINDOW | 289 | 52.2 | 30.1 | 4.8 | 1.0 |
| CONTEND | 311 | 56.8 | 63.0 | 19.3 | 10.3 |
| FORCED-SPEND | 260 | 47.9 | 8.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| REBUILD | 328 | 43.3 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
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