Billy Koch

And the defense, what was that? This was supposed to be the best defense in the CAA.

Billy Koch, man.

Hats off to him and that staff and Quinn Boyd and those guys.

They cooked.

I mean, it was unbelievable left side of the infield.

We ended up trading Hinsky for Billy Koch later on.

But Ellie, I think, and I'll give Art Howe credit for this.

Art loved Ellie.

I mean, it was an unbelievable left side of the in- infield.

We ended up trading Hinske for Billy Koch later on.

But Ellie, I think, and now I give Art Howe credit for this, Art loved Ellie.

And we loved him, too, but when he came into spring, Art immediately, like, "Hey, we really need to get this guy on the team." But I didn't wanna move him off shortstop, right? 'Cause I wanted to make sure he stayed at short.

Tim Hudson went 15-9.

Billy Koch won 11 games and had 44 saves.

You never see that.

A guy winning double digits out of the bullpen and had 44 saves.

That's insane to throw more, if you-

No, the answer is someone more recent than, uh, 2002, Billy Koch went 84 appearances.

84 appear- m- that's more than half the games.

So here's the top five in A's history.

Billy Koch, 2002, 84.

John Wyatt, 81 in 1964.

That's Kansas City.