Oakland Arms

Through last evening's games Oakland pitchers have put up a league leading 3.22 ERA. That works out to an ERA+ of 134.

The closest anyone's come to that figure for a full season since 1949 (that's as far as I felt like going back) is the Cleveland Indians of 1954 when they checked in at a 132 ERA+. That's the year Cleveland racked up 111 wins.

Oakland's sub-par offense is weighting this team down to the point of being only three games over .500.