It was a down year for the A’s, but it’s important to celebrate the wins individual members of the team accomplished, no matter how small. Also, the losses, as long as I can squeeze a poor joke out of them.
For offensive statistics, I included only qualified players, excluding ones involving Billy Butler cause Billy Butler ain’t qualified for shit. For pitchers, I set the minimum requirement at 100 innings pitched since the A’s had exactly one qualified pitcher by normal standards (Kendall Graveman).
Offensive edition
Marcus Semien, 12th in games played with 159
This is what we call managing expectations.