1978 Oakland Athletics Roster (40-man)

1977 Season 1979 Season

Record: 69-93-0, Finished 6th in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Bobby Winkles (24-15) and Jack McKeon (45-78)

General Manager: Charlie Finley

Farm Director: Norman Koselke

Ballpark: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Attendance: 526,999 (14th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 96
One-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 101

Pythagorean W-L: 62-100, 532 Runs, 690 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	DH	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Mike Adams	29	us US	R	R	5' 9"	180	Jul 24, 1948	5	15	2	15	8	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	2	0.2
Gary Alexander	25	us US	R	R	6' 2"	195	Mar 27, 1953	4	58	51	58	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	3	6	45	7	0	0.1
Dell Alston	25	us US	L	R	6' 0"	180	Sep 22, 1952	2	58	44	58	52	0	0	9	0	0	0	23	0	29	50	3	3	6	-1.9
Tony Armas	24	ve VE	R	R	5' 11"	182	Jul 2, 1953	3	91	64	91	85	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	41	47	85	3	5	1	0.2
Pete Broberg	28	us US	R	R	6' 3"	205	Mar 2, 1950	8	35	26	0	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.6
Mark Budaska	25	us US	B	L	6' 0"	180	Dec 27, 1952	1st	4	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	0.0
Glenn Burke	25	us US	R	R	6' 0"	195	Nov 16, 1952	3	78	53	78	68	0	0	1	0	0	0	13	44	15	67	4	2	14	-0.6
Rico Carty	38	do DO	R	R	6' 3"	200	Sep 1, 1939	14	41	40	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	41	1	0	1.4
Joe Coleman	31	us US	R	R	6' 3"	175	Feb 3, 1947	14	10	0	1	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.8
Tim Conroy	18	us US	L	L	6' 0"	178	Apr 3, 1960	1st	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Miguel Diloné	23	do DO	B	R	6' 0"	160	Nov 1, 1954	5	135	71	135	100	0	0	0	0	3	0	45	24	37	99	13	1	47	-0.2
Taylor Duncan	25	us US	R	R	6' 0"	170	May 12, 1953	2	104	88	104	89	0	0	0	12	84	1	0	0	0	0	7	14	0	-0.1
Mike Edwards	25	us US	R	R	5' 10"	154	Aug 27, 1952	2	142	118	142	133	0	0	0	133	0	9	0	0	0	0	4	0	14	0.1
Jim Essian	27	us US	R	R	6' 2"	195	Jan 2, 1951	6	126	88	126	122	0	119	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	2.3
Tito Fuentes	34	cu CU	B	R	5' 11"	175	Jan 4, 1944	13	13	9	13	13	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	-0.5
Wayne Gross	26	us US	L	R	6' 2"	210	Jan 14, 1952	3	118	83	118	113	0	0	15	0	107	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	-0.2
Mario Guerrero	28	do DO	R	R	5' 10"	155	Sep 28, 1949	6	143	137	143	142	0	0	0	0	0	142	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.4
Dave Heaverlo	27	us US	R	R	6' 2"	200	Aug 25, 1950	4	69	0	2	69	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.9
Willie Horton	35	us US	R	R	5' 11"	209	Oct 18, 1942	16	32	27	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	27	4	0	0.6
Tim Hosley	31	us US	R	R	5' 11"	185	May 10, 1947	8	13	5	13	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	0.3
John Henry Johnson	21	us US	L	L	6' 2"	190	Aug 21, 1956	1st	34	30	1	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.7	$20,000
Matt Keough	22	us US	R	R	6' 3"	190	Jul 3, 1955	2	33	32	1	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3.0		All-Star
Bob Lacey	24	us US	R	L	6' 5"	210	Aug 25, 1953	2	74	0	0	74	74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5
Rick Langford	26	us US	R	R	6' 0"	180	Mar 20, 1952	3	40	24	4	37	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2.7
Steve McCatty	24	us US	R	R	6' 3"	195	Mar 20, 1954	2	9	0	0	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Scott Meyer	20	us US	R	R	6' 1"	195	Aug 19, 1957	1st	8	1	8	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	-0.2
Craig Minetto	24	us US	L	L	6' 0"	185	Apr 25, 1954	1st	4	1	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Mike Morgan	18	us US	R	R	6' 3"	195	Oct 8, 1959	1st	3	3	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4
Dwayne Murphy	23	us US	L	R	6' 1"	185	Mar 18, 1955	1st	60	10	60	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	12	14	45	6	5	20	-0.4
Larry Murray	25	us US	B	R	5' 11"	179	Apr 1, 1953	5	11	5	11	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	6	0	2	1	-0.1
Jeff Newman	29	us US	R	R	6' 2"	215	Sep 11, 1948	3	105	68	105	85	0	61	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	24	0	0.7
Mike Norris	23	us US	R	R	6' 2"	175	Mar 19, 1955	4	15	5	1	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-0.6	$24,000
Bill North	30	us US	B	R	5' 11"	185	May 15, 1948	8	24	13	24	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0	17	0	8	2	0.4
Mitchell Page	26	us US	L	R	6' 2"	205	Oct 15, 1951	2	147	146	147	114	0	0	0	0	0	0	112	0	2	114	33	1	0	2.3	$66,000
Marty Perez	32	us US	R	R	5' 11"	160	Feb 28, 1946	10	16	1	16	15	0	0	0	1	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	-0.3	$68,000
Rob Picciolo	25	us US	R	R	6' 2"	185	Feb 4, 1953	2	79	32	79	70	0	0	0	19	13	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	-0.3
Steve Renko	33	us US	R	R	6' 5"	230	Dec 10, 1944	10	27	25	0	27	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.1
Dave Revering	25	us US	L	R	6' 4"	210	Feb 12, 1953	1st	152	136	152	139	0	0	139	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	14	0	1.2
Bruce Robinson	24	us US	L	R	6' 2"	195	Apr 16, 1954	1st	28	25	28	28	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-0.1
Elías Sosa	28	do DO	R	R	6' 2"	186	Jun 10, 1950	7	68	0	2	68	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.7
Steve Staggs	27	us US	R	R	5' 9"	150	May 6, 1951	2	47	21	47	42	0	0	0	40	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	4	8	0.7
Jerry Tabb	26	us US	L	R	6' 2"	195	Mar 17, 1952	3	12	0	12	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	1	-0.2
Gary Thomasson	26	us US	L	L	6' 1"	180	Jul 29, 1951	7	47	44	47	46	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	44	44	0	1	1	-0.3
Joe Wallis	26	us US	B	R	5' 11"	180	Jan 9, 1952	4	85	74	85	80	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	57	21	80	1	8	1	-0.6
Alan Wirth	21	us US	R	R	6' 4"	190	Dec 8, 1956	1st	16	14	0	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.8
Darrell Woodard	21	us US	R	R	5' 11"	160	Dec 10, 1956	1st	33	1	33	14	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	22	-0.2
Name	Age	Birth	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	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Bobby Winkles	48	us US	Mar 11, 1930	Manager	Apr 7	May 21
Jack McKeon	47	us US	Nov 23, 1930	Manager	May 23	Oct 1
Lee Stange	41	us US	Oct 27, 1936	Pitching	Apr 7	Oct 1
Jack McKeon	47	us US	Nov 23, 1930		Apr 7	May 21
Bobby Hofman	52	us US	Oct 5, 1925		Apr 7	Oct 1
Red Schoendienst	55	us US	Feb 2, 1923		Apr 7	Oct 1
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date