1972 Oakland Athletics Roster (40-man)

1971 Season 1973 Season

Record: 93-62-0, Finished 1st in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

Postseason:
Won World Series (4-3) over Cincinnati Reds
Won AL Championship Series (3-2) over Detroit Tigers

Manager: Dick Williams (93-62)

General Manager: Charlie Finley

Ballpark: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Attendance: 921,323 (5th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 93
One-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 94

Pythagorean W-L: 97-58, 604 Runs, 457 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Matty Alou	33	do DO	L	L	5' 9"	160	Dec 22, 1938	13	32	31	32	32	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	31	32	0	0	0.5	$100,000
Brant Alyea	31	us US	R	R	6' 3"	215	Dec 8, 1940	6	20	7	20	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	8	12	0	0.3	$23,500
Dwain Anderson	24	us US	R	R	5' 11"	165	Nov 23, 1947	2	3	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	-0.1	$9,600
Sal Bando	28	us US	R	R	6' 0"	195	Feb 13, 1944	7	152	151	152	151	0	0	0	1	151	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5.6		All-Star
Curt Blefary	28	us US	L	R	6' 2"	195	Jul 5, 1943	8	8	1	8	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	0	0.2
Vida Blue	22	us US	B	L	6' 0"	189	Jul 28, 1949	4	27	23	27	25	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.5	$63,000
Bobby Brooks	26	us US	R	R	5' 8"	165	Nov 1, 1945	3	15	11	15	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	11	4	0	0.5	$10,500
Larry Brown	32	us US	R	R	5' 10"	160	Mar 1, 1940	10	47	44	47	47	0	0	0	46	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.9	$30,000
Ollie Brown	28	us US	R	R	6' 2"	178	Feb 11, 1944	8	20	13	20	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9	16	5	0	-0.2
Bert Campaneris	30	cu CU	R	R	5' 10"	160	Mar 9, 1942	9	149	148	149	148	0	0	0	0	0	148	0	0	0	0	0	1	5.4		All-Star
Orlando Cepeda HOF	34	pr PR	R	R	6' 2"	210	Sep 17, 1937	15	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		$90,000
Ron Clark	29	us US	R	R	5' 10"	175	Jan 14, 1943	6	14	3	14	14	0	0	0	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.1	$17,000
Tim Cullen	30	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Feb 16, 1942	7	72	43	72	70	0	0	0	65	4	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0.5
Dave Duncan	26	us US	R	R	6' 2"	190	Sep 26, 1945	7	121	109	121	113	0	113	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	2.8	$30,000
Mike Epstein	29	us US	L	L	6' 3"	230	Apr 4, 1943	7	138	137	138	137	0	0	137	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5.2	$40,000
Rollie Fingers HOF	25	us US	R	R	6' 4"	190	Aug 25, 1946	5	65	0	65	65	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.7
Adrian Garrett	29	us US	L	R	6' 3"	185	Jan 3, 1943	4	14	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	12	0	-0.1	$13,200
Dick Green	31	us US	R	R	5' 10"	180	Apr 21, 1941	10	26	22	26	26	0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.9
Dave Hamilton	24	us US	L	L	6' 0"	180	Dec 13, 1947	1st	25	14	25	25	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0
Larry Haney	29	us US	R	R	6' 2"	195	Nov 19, 1942	6	5	0	5	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-0.1	$19,056
Mike Hegan	29	us US	L	L	6' 1"	188	Jul 21, 1942	7	98	6	98	67	0	0	64	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	40	9	1.0	$23,000
George Hendrick	22	us US	R	R	6' 3"	195	Oct 18, 1949	2	58	20	58	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	28	13	41	21	5	-0.2
Ken Holtzman	26	us US	R	L	6' 2"	175	Nov 3, 1945	8	40	37	40	39	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.7	$53,250	All-Star
Joe Horlen	34	us US	R	R	6' 0"	170	Aug 14, 1937	12	32	6	32	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2
Catfish Hunter HOF	26	us US	R	R	6' 0"	190	Apr 8, 1946	8	39	37	39	38	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5.9	$50,000	All-Star
Reggie Jackson HOF	26	us US	L	L	6' 0"	195	May 18, 1946	6	135	135	135	135	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	92	43	135	0	0	5.6	$55,000	All-Star
Mike Kilkenny	27	ca CA	R	L	6' 3"	175	Apr 11, 1945	4	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	$20,500
Darold Knowles	30	us US	L	L	6' 0"	180	Dec 9, 1941	8	54	0	54	54	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.7	$42,500
Ted Kubiak	30	us US	B	R	6' 0"	175	May 12, 1942	6	51	18	51	49	0	0	0	49	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0.5	$31,000
Allan Lewis	30	pa PA	B	R	6' 0"	170	Dec 12, 1941	5	24	1	24	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	6	0	20	0.0
Bob Locker	34	us US	B	R	6' 3"	200	Mar 15, 1938	8	56	0	56	56	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	$35,000
Ángel Mangual	25	pr PR	R	R	5' 10"	178	Mar 19, 1947	3	91	66	91	75	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	22	52	75	19	2	1.3
Gonzalo Márquez	32	ve VE	L	L	5' 11"	180	Mar 31, 1940	1st	23	1	23	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	1	0.2
Marty Martínez	30	cu CU	B	R	6' 0"	170	Aug 23, 1941	7	22	8	22	22	0	0	0	17	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	-0.5
Dal Maxvill	33	us US	R	R	5' 11"	157	Feb 18, 1939	11	27	23	27	27	0	0	0	24	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	$40,000
Denny McLain	28	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Mar 29, 1944	10	5	5	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.9	$75,000
Bill McNulty	25	us US	R	R	6' 4"	205	Aug 29, 1946	2	4	3	4	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-0.2	$12,900
Don Mincher	34	us US	L	R	6' 3"	205	Jun 24, 1938	13	47	8	47	11	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	0	-0.5	$47,000
Blue Moon Odom	27	us US	R	R	6' 0"	178	May 29, 1945	9	59	30	59	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	2.1
Jim Roland	29	us US	R	L	6' 3"	175	Dec 14, 1942	10	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	$21,500
Joe Rudi	25	us US	R	R	6' 2"	200	Sep 7, 1946	6	147	147	147	147	0	0	0	0	1	0	147	0	0	147	0	0	6.1		All-Star
Diego Seguí	34	cu CU	R	R	6' 0"	190	Aug 17, 1937	11	7	3	7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Art Shamsky	30	us US	L	L	6' 1"	168	Oct 14, 1941	8	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0		$25,000
Don Shaw	28	us US	L	L	6' 0"	180	Feb 23, 1944	5	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.7
Gene Tenace	25	us US	R	R	6' 0"	190	Oct 10, 1946	4	82	59	82	65	0	47	8	2	2	0	0	0	9	9	21	0	0.5	$20,000
Bill Voss	28	us US	L	L	6' 2"	160	Oct 31, 1943	8	40	24	40	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	21	34	10	1	0.1
Gary Waslewski	30	us US	R	R	6' 4"	190	Jul 21, 1941	6	8	0	8	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Dick Williams HOF	43	us US	May 7, 1929	Manager	Apr 15	Oct 4
Bill Posedel	65	us US	Aug 2, 1906	Pitching	Apr 15	Oct 4
Vern Hoscheit	50	us US	Apr 1, 1922	Bullpen	Apr 15	Oct 4
Jerry Adair	35	us US	Dec 17, 1936	First base	Apr 15	Oct 4
Irv Noren	47	us US	Nov 29, 1924	Third base	Apr 15	Oct 4
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date