1977 Oakland Athletics Roster (40-man)

1976 Season 1978 Season

Record: 63-98-0, Finished 7th in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Jack McKeon (26-27) and Bobby Winkles (37-71)

General Manager: Charlie Finley

Farm Director: Norman Koselke

Ballpark: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Attendance: 495,599 (14th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 98
One-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 95

Pythagorean W-L: 65-96, 605 Runs, 749 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Matt Alexander	30	us US	B	R	5' 11"	168	Jan 30, 1947	5	90	14	90	37	0	0	0	4	1	0	7	17	10	32	13	0	67	-0.7
Dick Allen	35	us US	R	R	5' 11"	187	Mar 8, 1942	15	54	51	54	50	0	0	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0.2	$100,000
Tony Armas	23	ve VE	R	R	5' 11"	182	Jul 2, 1953	2	118	104	118	112	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	86	29	112	0	8	1	0.5	$20,000
Stan Bahnsen	32	us US	R	R	6' 2"	185	Dec 15, 1944	11	11	2	0	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Doug Bair	27	us US	R	R	6' 0"	170	Aug 22, 1949	2	45	0	0	45	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.2
Vida Blue	27	us US	B	L	6' 0"	189	Jul 28, 1949	9	38	38	2	38	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.6	$145,000	All-Star
Joe Coleman	30	us US	R	R	6' 3"	175	Feb 3, 1947	13	43	12	1	43	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.6
Willie Crawford	30	us US	L	L	6' 1"	197	Sep 7, 1946	14	59	37	59	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	20	22	19	20	1	-0.9
Steve Dunning	28	us US	R	R	6' 2"	205	May 15, 1949	7	6	0	0	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2
Dock Ellis	32	us US	B	R	6' 3"	205	Mar 11, 1945	10	7	7	0	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.3
Dave Giusti	37	us US	R	R	5' 11"	190	Nov 27, 1939	15	40	0	1	40	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.3
Wayne Gross	25	us US	L	R	6' 2"	210	Jan 14, 1952	2	146	145	146	144	0	0	1	0	144	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.3	$30,000	All-Star
Tim Hosley	30	us US	R	R	5' 11"	185	May 10, 1947	7	39	22	39	22	0	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	8	0	-0.2
Mike Jorgensen	28	us US	L	L	6' 0"	195	Aug 16, 1948	9	66	56	66	61	0	0	48	0	0	0	6	1	13	20	2	5	0	0.8
Matt Keough	21	us US	R	R	6' 3"	190	Jul 3, 1955	1st	8	6	1	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1
Bob Lacey	23	us US	R	L	6' 5"	210	Aug 25, 1953	1st	64	0	1	64	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.6
Rick Langford	25	us US	R	R	6' 0"	180	Mar 20, 1952	2	37	31	0	37	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.2
Larry Lintz	27	us US	B	R	5' 9"	150	Oct 10, 1949	5	41	9	41	30	0	0	0	28	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	23	0.3	$35,000
Sheldon Mallory	23	us US	L	L	6' 2"	175	Jul 16, 1953	1st	64	31	64	48	0	0	4	0	0	0	9	16	22	45	8	9	17	-0.5
Steve McCatty	23	us US	R	R	6' 3"	195	Mar 20, 1954	1st	4	2	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Rich McKinney	30	us US	R	R	5' 11"	185	Nov 22, 1946	7	86	44	86	46	0	0	32	3	8	0	3	0	2	5	18	36	0	-1.6
Doc Medich	28	us US	R	R	6' 5"	225	Dec 9, 1948	6	26	25	0	26	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	$64,000
Craig Mitchell	23	us US	R	R	6' 3"	180	Apr 14, 1954	3	3	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Paul Mitchell	27	us US	R	R	6' 1"	195	Aug 19, 1949	3	5	3	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.6
Larry Murray	24	us US	B	R	5' 11"	179	Apr 1, 1953	4	90	41	90	78	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	35	23	78	3	4	15	-1.0
Jeff Newman	28	us US	R	R	6' 2"	215	Sep 11, 1948	2	94	42	94	94	1	94	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.5
Mike Norris	22	us US	R	R	6' 2"	175	Mar 19, 1955	3	17	12	1	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.3
Bill North	29	us US	B	R	5' 11"	185	May 15, 1948	7	56	51	56	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	52	0	52	1	4	1	0.1	$75,000
Mitchell Page	25	us US	L	R	6' 2"	205	Oct 15, 1951	1st	145	139	145	133	0	0	0	0	0	0	131	0	5	133	8	5	1	6.1	$30,000
Marty Perez	31	us US	R	R	5' 11"	160	Feb 28, 1946	9	115	100	115	114	0	0	0	105	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.3
Rob Picciolo	24	us US	R	R	6' 2"	185	Feb 4, 1953	1st	148	121	148	148	0	0	0	0	0	148	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.6	$20,000
Manny Sanguillén	33	pa PA	R	R	6' 0"	193	Mar 21, 1944	10	152	148	152	91	0	77	7	0	0	0	0	0	9	9	58	4	0	0.6	$145,000
Rodney Scott	23	us US	B	R	6' 0"	160	Oct 16, 1953	3	133	91	133	128	0	0	0	71	5	69	0	0	1	1	1	10	7	0.7
Jerry Tabb	25	us US	L	R	6' 2"	195	Mar 17, 1952	2	51	33	51	36	0	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	13	0	-0.6
Pablo Torrealba	29	ve VE	L	L	5' 10"	173	Apr 28, 1948	3	41	10	1	41	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.8
Mike Torrez	30	us US	R	R	6' 5"	220	Aug 28, 1946	11	4	4	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	$100,000
Jim Tyrone	28	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Jan 29, 1949	4	96	80	96	82	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	4	70	81	4	12	1	0.3
Jim Umbarger	24	us US	L	L	6' 6"	200	Feb 17, 1953	3	12	8	0	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.0
Earl Williams	28	us US	R	R	6' 3"	215	Jul 14, 1948	8	100	90	100	54	0	36	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	45	7	0	0.0	$50,000
Mark Williams	23	us US	L	L	6' 0"	180	Jul 28, 1953	1st	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0.0
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Jack McKeon	46	us US	Nov 23, 1930	Manager	Apr 9	Jun 8
Bobby Winkles	47	us US	Mar 11, 1930	Manager	Jun 10	Oct 2
Lee Stange	40	us US	Oct 27, 1936	Pitching	Apr 9	Oct 2
Bobby Hofman	51	us US	Oct 5, 1925		Apr 9	Oct 2
Red Schoendienst	54	us US	Feb 2, 1923		Apr 9	Oct 2
Cal Ermer	53	us US	Nov 10, 1923	Coach	Apr 9	Oct 2
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date