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2012 Oakland Athletics
Major league affiliations
American League (since 1901) Western Division (since 1969)
Location
O.co Coliseum (since 1968) Oakland, California (since 1968)
2012 information
Owner(s)	Lewis Wolff
Manager(s)	Bob Melvin
Local television	Comcast SportsNet California (Glen Kuiper, Ray Fosse)
Local radio	KGMZ (Ken Korach, Vince Cotroneo, Ray Fosse)
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The Oakland Athletics' 2012 season is the 45th for the franchise in the Bay Area (all of them at O.co Coliseum), as well as the 112th in club history. The team is competing for the American League West Division title after a 5 year absence from playoff contention. The team opened the regular season with two games in Japan against the Seattle Mariners.

Contents

1 Regular season
- 1.1 Record against opponents
2 Offseason
3 Roster
- 3.1 Game log
- 3.2 Notable 2011 Departures
4 Farm System
- 4.1 MLB Top Prospects
5 References

Regular season

v t e AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Texas Rangers	31	20	.608	—	15–11	16–9
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	26	26	.500	5½	13–11	13–15
Seattle Mariners	23	30	.434	9	9–13	14–17
Oakland Athletics	22	29	.431	9	10–15	12–14

Record against opponents

Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	–	4–2	3–1	0–0	0–0	3–2	1–2	3–0	3–5	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–3	5–4	2–1
Boston	2–4	–	3–1	3–1	3–4	1–2	0–0	3–0	0–2	1–2	2–0	5–4	0–2	1–2	2–1
Chicago	1–3	1–3	–	8–4	4–4	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	3–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	3–0
Cleveland	0–0	1–3	4–8	–	3–0	5–4	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	4–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–2
Detroit	0–0	4–3	4–4	0–3	–	4–1	0–0	3–2	1–2	2–2	1–5	2–1	1–3	0–0	2–1
Kansas City	2–3	2–1	2–1	4–5	1–4	–	2–1	1–1	3–4	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–4	1–2
Los Angeles	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	–	6–3	3–3	4–5	4–0	0–3	1–2	2–2	1–2
Minnesota	0–3	0–3	1–2	0–2	2–3	1–1	3–6	–	2–2	3–0	1–2	1–2	0–3	2–2	2–1
New York	5–3	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	4–3	3–3	2–2	–	3–0	2–1	2–4	1–2	0–2	1–2
Oakland	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–2	2–1	5–4	0–3	0–3	–	2–5	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–2
Seattle	0–0	0–2	0–3	1–4	5–1	0–0	0–4	2–1	1–2	5–2	–	0–4	5–5	1–2	3–0
Tampa Bay	1–2	4–5	0–3	0–0	1–2	0–0	3–0	2–1	4–2	1–2	4–0	–	2–1	6–2	1–2
Texas	3–1	2–0	2–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	5–5	1–2	–	4–2	2–1
Toronto	4–5	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	4–0	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–6	2–4	–	2–1

Source: MLB Standings Grid

Offseason

At the end of the regular season, the club quickly dismissed bench coach Joel Skinner, pitching coach Ron Romanick, and hitting coach Gerald Perry. Oakland received OF prospect Eliezer Mesa from Colorado as the PTBNL from the Mark Ellis trade. Former Mets' 3B coach, Chip Hale, will serve as bench coach under Bob Melvin. After spending one year in Boston, pitching coach Curt Young returned on a one-year deal. RHP Evan Scribner and OF Cedric Hunter were both claimed off waivers from San Diego and later outrighted to AAA and RHP Michael Wuertz was released. The beginning of November saw RHP Trystan Magnuson DFA'd and traded back to Toronto for cash considerations. OF Jermaine Mitchell was protected from the Rule 5 Draft by being added to the 40-man roster. Former big leaguer Chili Davis was named hitting coach. In December, the team traded pitchers Trevor Cahill and Craig Breslow to Arizona for pitchers Jarrod Parker, Ryan Cook and outfielder Collin Cowgill. Next to go were pitchers Gio Gonzalez and minor leaguer Robert Gilliam to Washington for pitchers A.J. Cole, Tom Milone, Brad Peacock, and catcher Derek Norris. DFA'd OF Jai Miller (Traded to Baltimore) and C Landon Powell (cleared waiver, assigned to AAA). January, signed P Bartolo Colon and OF Jonny Gomes, removed IF Adrian Cardenas from 40-man roster (claimed by the Chicago Cubs in January. Traded P Josh Outman and P Guillermo Moscoso to Colorado for OF Seth Smith. Re-signed OF Coco Crisp. In February, the team signed Manny Ramirez to a minor league contract. On March 3rd, the team announced officially signing Cuban defecting OF Yoenis Céspedes to a 4-year, $36 million contract.

Roster

Oakland Athletics roster

Active roster

Inactive roster

Coaches/Other

Pitchers

Starting rotation

Bullpen

Closer

40 Brian Fuentes

Catchers

8 Kurt Suzuki

Infielders

Outfielders

Designated hitters

None specified

Pitchers

Catchers

72 Derek Norris
26 Anthony Recker

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

6 Bob Melvin

Coaches

30 Chili Davis (hitting)
3 Mike Gallego (third base)
5 Chip Hale (bench)
Chris Pittaro (special assistant)
44 Rick Rodriguez (bullpen)
46 Tye Waller (first base)
41 Curt Young (pitching)

60-day disabled list

25 Active, 14 Inactive

7- or 15-day disabled list
^† Suspended list
^# Personal leave
Roster updated May 28, 2012
Transactions • Depth chart
→ All MLB rosters

Game log

Legend
	Athletics win
	Athletics loss
	Postponement
Bold	Athletics team member

2012 Game Log

March/April (11–13)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	March 28	Mariners (@ Tokyo, Japan)	1–3 (11)	Wilhemsen (1–0)	Carignan (0–1)	League (1)	44,227	0–1
2	March 29	Mariners (@ Tokyo, Japan)	4–1	Colon (1–0)	Kelley (0–1)	Balfour (1)	43,391	1–1
3	April 6	Mariners	3–7	Vargas (1–0)	McCarthy (0–1)		35,067	1–2
4	April 7	Mariners	7–8	Hernández (1–0)	Colón (1–1)	League (2)	16,612	1–3
5	April 9	Royals	1–0	Milone (1–0)	Mendoza (0–1)	Balfour (2)	10,054	2–3
6	April 10	Royals	0–3 (8)	Duffy (1–0)	Godfrey (0–1)	Crow (1)	10,670	2–4
7	April 11	Royals	5–4 (12)	Carignan (1–1)	Broxton (0–1)		12,390	3–4
8	April 13	@ Mariners	4–0	Colón (2–1)	Hernández (1–1)		46,026	4–4
9	April 14	@ Mariners	0–4	Noesí (1–1)	Milone (1–1)		21,071	4–5
10	April 15	@ Mariners	3–5	Beavan (1–1)	Godfrey (0–2)	League (4)	19,650	4–6
11	April 16	@ Angels	0–6	Weaver (2–0)	McCarthy (0–2)		27,338	4–7
12	April 17	@ Angels	5–3	Fuentes (1–0)	Jepsen (0–1)	Balfour (3)	41,016	5–7
13	April 18	@ Angels	6–0	Colón (3–1)	Santana (0–3)		27,217	6–7
14	April 19	@ Angels	4–2	Milone (2–1)	Wilson (2–1)	Balfour (4)	27,864	7–7
15	April 20	Indians	3–4	Jiménez (2–0)	Godfrey (0–3)	Perez (5)	14,340	7–8
16	April 21	Indians	1–5	Gómez (1–0)	McCarthy (0–3)	Perez (6)	25,258	7–9
17	April 22	Indians	5–1	Ross (1–0)	Masterson (0–2)		24,049	8–9
18	April 23	White Sox	0–4	Peavy (3–0)	Colón (3–2)		10,574	8–10
19	April 24	White Sox	2–0	Milone (3–1)	Floyd (1–3)	Balfour (5)	11,184	9–10
20	April 25	White Sox	5–4 (14)	Miller (1–0)	Santiago (0–1)		13,032	10–10
21	April 27	@ Orioles	5–2	McCarthy (1–3)	Arrieta (1–2)	Balfour (6)	18,297	11–10
22	April 28	@ Orioles	1–10	Chen (2–0)	Ross (1–1)		26,926	11–11
23	April 29	@ Orioles	2–5	Strop (3–1)	Balfour (0–1)		31,793	11–12
24	April 30	@ Red Sox	6–11	Buchholz (3–1)	Milone (3–2)		37,359	11–13

May (11–16)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
25	May 1	@ Red Sox	5–3	Parker (1–0)	Doubront (1–1)	Norberto (1)	37,225	12–13
26	May 2	@ Red Sox	4–2	McCarthy (2–3)	Bard (2–3)	Fuentes (1)	37,434	13–13
27	May 4	@ Rays	2–7	Price (5–1)	Ross (1–2)	Peralta (2)	18,799	13–14
28	May 5	@ Rays	4–3 (12)	Fuentes (2–0)	Peralta (0–1)	Balfour (7)	23,890	14–14
29	May 6	@ Rays	9–5	Milone (4–2)	Moore (1–2)		23,873	15–14
30	May 8	Blue Jays	7–3	Balfour (1–1)	Cordero (1–2)		10,784	16–14
31	May 9	Blue Jays	2–5	Morrow (4–1)	Ross (2–2)	Janssen (1)	14,815	16–15
32	May 10	Tigers	6–10	Scherzer (2–3)	Colón (3–3)		11,513	16–16
33	May 11	Tigers	11–4	Milone (5–2)	Porcello (3–3)		26,721	17–16
34	May 12	Tigers	3–1	McCarthy (3–3)	Fister (0–1)	Fuentes (2)	20,077	18–16
35	May 13	Tigers	1–3	Verlander (4–1)	Parker (1–1)	Valverde (7)	17,147	18–17
36	May 14	@ Angels	5–0	Ross (2–3)	Haren (1–4)		32,851	19–17
37	May 15	@ Angels	0–4	Santana (2–6)	Colón (3–4)		31,762	19–18
38	May 16	@ Rangers	1–4	Darvish (6–1)	Milone (5–3)	Nathan (8)	46,370	19–19
39	May 17	@ Rangers	5–4 (10)	Cook (1–0)	Adams (0–2)	Fuentes (3)	47,182	20–19
40	May 18	@ Giants	6–8	Zito (3–1)	Parker (1–2)	Casilla (10)	41,477	20–20
41	May 19	@ Giants	0–4	Vogelsong (2–2)	Ross (2–4)		41,411	20–21
42	May 20	@ Giants	6–2	Colón (4–4)	Lincecum (2–4)		41,378	21–21
43	May 21	Angels	2–1	Milone (6–3)	Williams (4–2)	Fuentes (4)	11,292	22–21
44	May 22	Angels	0–5	Wilson (5–4)	Godfrey (0–4)		12,894	22–22
45	May 23	Angels	1–3 (11)	Walden (1–1)	Norberto (0–1)	Frieri (1)	23,617	22–23
46	May 25	Yankees	3–6	Nova (5–2)	Ross (2–5)	Soriano (4)	33,559	22–24
47	May 26	Yankees	2–9	Sabathia (6–2)	Colón (4–5)		27,112	22–25
48	May 27	Yankees	0–2	Kuroda (4–6)	Milone (6–4)	Soriano (5)	25,078	22–26
49	May 28	@ Twins	4–5	Burnett (2–0)	Cook (1–1)	Capps (10)	34,709	22–27
50	May 29	@ Twins	2–3	Perkins (2–1)	Fuentes (2–1)		31,781	22–28
51	May 30	@ Twins	0–4	Liriano (1–5)	Ross (2–6)		35,103	22–29

June (0–0)

#	Date	Opponent
52	June 1	@ Royals
53	June 2	@ Royals
54	June 3	@ Royals
55	June 4	Rangers
56	June 5	Rangers
57	June 6	Rangers
58	June 7	Rangers
59	June 8	@ Diamondbacks
60	June 9	@ Diamondbacks
61	June 10	@ Diamondbacks
62	June 12	@ Rockies
63	June 13	@ Rockies
64	June 14	@ Rockies
65	June 15	Padres
66	June 16	Padres
67	June 17	Padres
68	June 19	Dodgers
69	June 20	Dodgers
70	June 21	Dodgers
71	June 22	Giants
72	June 23	Giants
73	June 24	Giants
74	June 25	@ Mariners
75	June 26	@ Mariners
76	June 27	@ Mariners
77	June 28	@ Rangers
78	June 29	@ Rangers
79	June 30	@ Rangers

July (0–0)

#	Date	Opponent
80	July 1	@ Rangers
81	July 2	Red Sox
82	July 3	Red Sox
83	July 4	Red Sox
84	July 6	Mariners
85	July 7	Mariners
86	July 8	Mariners
87	July 13	@ Twins
88	July 14	@ Twins
89	July 15	@ Twins
90	July 17	Rangers
91	July 18	Rangers
92	July 19	Yankees
93	July 20	Yankees
94	July 21	Yankees
95	July 22	Yankees
96	July 24	@ Blue Jays
97	July 25	@ Blue Jays
98	July 26	@ Blue Jays
99	July 27	@ Orioles
100	July 28	@ Orioles
101	July 29	@ Orioles
102	July 30	Rays
103	July 31	Rays

August (0–0)

#	Date	Opponent
104	August 1	Rays
105	August 2	Blue Jays
106	August 3	Blue Jays
107	August 4	Blue Jays
108	August 5	Blue Jays
109	August 6	Angels
110	August 7	Angels
111	August 8	Angels
112	August 10	@ White Sox
113	August 11	@ White Sox
114	August 12	@ White Sox
115	August 14	@ Royals
116	August 15	@ Royals
117	August 16	@ Royals
118	August 17	Indians
119	August 18	Indians
120	August 19	Indians
121	August 20	Twins
122	August 21	Twins
123	August 22	Twins
124	August 23	@ Rays
125	August 24	@ Rays
126	August 25	@ Rays
127	August 27	@ Indians
128	August 28	@ Indians
129	August 29	@ Indians
130	August 30	@ Indians
131	August 31	Red Sox

September/October (0–0)

#	Date	Opponent
132	September 1	Red Sox
133	September 2	Red Sox
134	September 3	Angels
135	September 4	Angels
136	September 5	Angels
137	September 7	@ Mariners
138	September 8	@ Mariners
139	September 9	@ Mariners
140	September 10	@ Angels
141	September 11	@ Angels
142	September 12	@ Angels
143	September 13	@ Angels
144	September 14	Orioles
145	September 15	Orioles
146	September 16	Orioles
147	September 18	@ Tigers
148	September 19	@ Tigers
149	September 20	@ Tigers
150	September 21	@ Yankees
151	September 22	@ Yankees
152	September 23	@ Yankees
153	September 24	@ Rangers
154	September 25	@ Rangers
155	September 26	@ Rangers
156	September 27	@ Rangers
157	September 28	Mariners
158	September 29	Mariners
159	September 30	Mariners
160	October 1	Rangers
161	October 2	Rangers
162	October 3	Rangers

Notable 2011 Departures

Player	Position	OAK Tenure	New Team	Stats

Andrew Bailey	P	2009	BOS
Craig Breslow	P	2009	ARI
Trevor Cahill	P	2009	ARI
David DeJesus	OF	2011	CHC
Gio Gonzalez	P	2008	WAS
Rich Harden	P	2003-2008, 2011	FA	Will miss 2012 season (Injury)
Hideki Matsui	DH	2011	FA
Josh Outman	P	2008	COL
Ryan Sweeney	OF	2008	BOS
Josh Willingham	OF	2011	MIN

Farm System

MLB Top Prospects

Player	Position	Rank	Accusation

Jarrod Parker	SP	1	Cahill Trade
Brad Peacock	SP	2	Gonzalez Trade
Grant Green	OF	3	Drafted No. 1 (2009 as SS)
A.J. Cole	SP	4	Gonzalez Trade
Derek Norris	C	5	Gonzalez Trade
Michael Choice	OF	6	Drafted No. 1 (2010)
Chris Carter	OF/1B	7	Haren Trade
Yordy Cabrera	SS	8	Drafted No. 60 (2010)
Aaron Shipman	OF	9	Drafted No. 92 (2010)
Renato Nunez	3B	10	International FA

Baseball America named Cespedes (14), Parker (26), Peacock (36), Cole (57), Gray (65), and Choice (80) to their Top 100 Prospects list. Baseball Prospectus named Choice (39), Parker (50), Cole (60), Peacock (64), Gray (72), Norris (96), and Green (100) to their Top 101 Prospects list.

References

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2012 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

AL West	Los Angeles Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Miami New York Philadelphia Washington

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Oakland Athletics

Formerly the Philadelphia Athletics and the Kansas City Athletics
Based in Oakland, California (Bay Area)

The Franchise

History • Seasons • Records • No-hitters • Players • Owners and executives • Managers • Broadcasters • Award winners and league leaders • First-round draft picks

Ballparks

Columbia Park • Shibe Park • Municipal Stadium • Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum • Cashman Field • Cisco Field (proposed)

Spring Training: Barrs Field; Terry Park Ballfield; Wilmington Park; McCurdy Field; Connie Mack Field; McKechnie Field; Scottsdale Stadium I; Phoenix Municipal Stadium

Culture

Philadelphia Athletics (football) • Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame • Athletics Nation • Charlie-O • Stomper • $100,000 Infield • "Holy Toledo!" • Billyball • Celebration • White Cleats • Moneyball (book • film)

Lore

The Mack Attack • Catfish Hunter's perfect game • 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake • Dallas Braden's perfect game

Rivalries

City Series • Bay Bridge Series

Important figures

Hall of Fame members	Home Run Baker Chief Bender Mickey Cochrane Eddie Collins Dennis Eckersley Rollie Fingers Jimmie Foxx Lefty Grove Rickey Henderson Catfish Hunter Reggie Jackson Nap Lajoie Connie Mack Eddie Plank Al Simmons Rube Waddell Dick Williams

Wall of Fame members	Sam Chapman Jack Coombs Jimmy Dykes George Earnshaw Ferris Fain Bob Johnson Eddie Joost Bing Miller Wally Moses Rube Oldring Bobby Shantz Eddie Rommel Elmer Valo Rube Walberg Gus Zernial

Franchise record holders	Don Baylor Bert Campaneris José Canseco Jason Giambi Ben Grieve Dave Kingman Bill Lamar Mark McGwire Cy Morgan Danny Murphy Elmer Myers Roy Grover Blue Moon Odom Scott Perry Vic Power Pete Suder

Retired numbers

World Series
Champions (9)

American League
Championships (15)

Minors

AAA: Sacramento River Cats
AA: Midland RockHounds
A: Stockton Ports; Burlington Bees; Vermont Lake Monsters
Rookie: Arizona League Athletics, DSL Athletics

Seasons (112)

1900s-1910s	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

1920s-1930s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s-1950s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s-1970s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s-1990s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s-2010s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

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