1978 Oakland Athletics Statistics

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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162. Oct 1, OAK (69-93) lost to MIL, 0-9

Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Jim Essian	27	126	340	278	21	62	9	1	3	26	2	1	44	22	.223	.326	.295	.621	81	82	12	0	15	3	1
2	1B	Dave Revering*	25	152	553	521	49	141	21	3	16	46	0	1	26	55	.271	.303	.415	.718	106	216	12	0	2	4	5
3	2B	Mike Edwards	25	142	446	414	48	113	16	2	1	23	27	21	16	32	.273	.303	.329	.632	83	136	7	2	14	0	0
4	SS	Mario Guerrero	28	143	546	505	27	139	18	4	3	38	0	5	15	35	.275	.302	.345	.647	87	174	13	6	17	3	2
5	3B	Wayne Gross*	26	118	335	285	18	57	10	2	7	23	0	2	40	63	.200	.308	.323	.631	83	92	3	5	4	1	2
6	LF	Mitchell Page*	26	147	579	516	62	147	25	7	17	70	23	19	53	95	.285	.355	.459	.814	134	237	7	4	4	2	6
7	CF	Joe Wallis#	26	85	311	279	28	66	16	1	6	26	1	4	26	42	.237	.300	.366	.665	92	102	2	0	4	2	1
8	RF	Gary Thomasson*	26	47	171	154	17	31	4	1	5	16	4	1	15	44	.201	.272	.338	.610	76	52	3	0	2	0	2
9	DH	Gary Alexander	25	58	199	174	18	36	6	1	10	22	0	3	22	66	.207	.298	.425	.723	107	74	9	1	1	1	2
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
10	3B	Taylor Duncan	25	104	348	319	25	82	15	2	2	37	1	2	19	38	.257	.296	.335	.632	83	107	5	0	7	3	0
11	OF	Miguel Diloné#	23	135	292	258	34	59	8	0	1	14	50	23	23	30	.229	.294	.271	.566	65	70	2	1	10	0	0
12	UT	Jeff Newman	29	105	291	268	25	64	7	1	9	32	0	3	18	40	.239	.288	.373	.661	90	100	4	1	3	1	2
13	OF	Tony Armas	24	91	258	239	17	51	6	1	2	13	1	2	10	62	.213	.250	.272	.522	51	65	5	2	6	1	2
14	CF	Glenn Burke	25	78	217	200	19	47	6	1	1	14	15	8	10	26	.235	.270	.290	.560	62	58	7	0	6	1	1
15	OF	Dell Alston*	25	58	188	173	17	36	2	0	1	10	11	10	10	21	.208	.250	.237	.487	42	41	1	0	4	1	0
16	DH	Rico Carty	38	41	163	141	19	39	5	1	11	31	0	0	21	16	.277	.368	.560	.928	165	79	8	0	0	1	2
17	DH	Willie Horton	35	32	112	102	11	32	8	0	3	19	0	1	9	15	.314	.369	.480	.850	144	49	1	0	1	0	2
18	SS	Rob Picciolo	25	79	98	93	16	21	1	0	2	7	1	1	2	13	.226	.242	.301	.543	57	28	2	0	3	0	0
19	2B	Steve Staggs	27	47	97	78	10	19	2	2	0	0	2	3	19	17	.244	.392	.321	.712	109	25	0	0	0	0	0
20	C	Bruce Robinson*	24	28	88	84	5	21	3	1	0	8	0	0	3	8	.250	.276	.310	.585	69	26	2	0	1	0	0
21	CF	Bill North#	30	24	65	52	5	11	4	0	0	5	3	2	9	13	.212	.344	.288	.632	85	15	1	2	1	1	2
22	OF	Dwayne Murphy*	23	60	62	52	15	10	2	0	0	5	0	1	7	14	.192	.279	.231	.509	49	12	0	0	1	2	0
23	2B	Tito Fuentes#	34	13	45	43	5	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	.140	.159	.163	.322	-7	7	0	0	1	0	0
24	C	Tim Hosley	31	13	25	23	1	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	6	.304	.360	.391	.751	118	9	0	1	0	0	0
25	IF	Mike Adams	29	15	22	15	5	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	2	.200	.455	.267	.721	114	4	0	0	0	0	0
26	OF	Larry Murray#	25	11	15	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.083	.267	.083	.350	6	1	0	0	0	0	0
27	IF	Marty Perez	32	16	13	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
28	DH	Jerry Tabb*	26	12	11	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	.111	.273	.111	.384	15	1	0	0	0	0	1
29	IF	Darrell Woodard	21	33	10	9	10	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	1	1	.000	.100	.000	.100	-69	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	C	Scott Meyer	20	8	9	9	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.111	.111	.222	.333	-6	2	0	0	0	0	0
31	OF	Mark Budaska#	25	4	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.250	.400	.500	.900	159	2	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
32	P	Matt Keough	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Mike Morgan	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Joe Coleman	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Mike Norris	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Elías Sosa	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Tim Conroy*	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Pete Broberg	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Rick Langford	26	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
40	P	Bob Lacey	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
41	P	Steve McCatty	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
42	P	Steve Renko	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
43	P	John Henry Johnson*	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
44	P	Alan Wirth	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
45	P	Craig Minetto*	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
46	P	Dave Heaverlo	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	26.5	162	5914	5321	532	1304	200	31	100	492	144	117	433	800	.245	.303	.351	.654	89	1866	106	25	108	27	33
		Rank in 14 AL teams				14	14	14	14	12	10		3	14	13	11	14	14	14	14		14		10		14
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Matt Keough	22	8	15	.348	3.24	32	32	0	6	0	0	197.1	178	90	71	9	85	2	108	4	3	12	837	112	3.44	1.333	8.1	0.4	3.9	4.9	1.27
2	SP	John Henry Johnson*	21	11	10	.524	3.39	33	30	1	7	2	0	186.0	164	81	70	18	82	6	91	0	0	5	789	107	4.19	1.323	7.9	0.9	4.0	4.4	1.11
3	SP	Rick Langford	26	7	13	.350	3.43	37	24	5	4	2	0	175.2	169	77	67	15	56	8	92	3	0	2	741	106	3.66	1.281	8.7	0.8	2.9	4.7	1.64
4	SP	Pete Broberg	28	10	12	.455	4.62	35	26	4	2	0	0	165.2	174	101	85	16	65	5	94	3	0	1	730	79	3.94	1.443	9.5	0.9	3.5	5.1	1.45
5	SP	Steve Renko	33	6	12	.333	4.29	27	25	2	3	1	0	151.0	152	77	72	10	67	4	89	2	1	1	660	85	3.64	1.450	9.1	0.6	4.0	5.3	1.33
6	SP	Alan Wirth	21	5	6	.455	3.43	16	14	0	2	1	0	81.1	72	39	31	6	34	0	31	3	1	4	332	106	4.15	1.303	8.0	0.7	3.8	3.4	0.91
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
7	CL	Elías Sosa	28	8	2	.800	2.64	68	0	44	0	0	14	109.0	106	37	32	5	44	10	61	1	3	4	459	138	3.30	1.376	8.8	0.4	3.6	5.0	1.39
8	RP	Dave Heaverlo	27	3	6	.333	3.25	69	0	40	0	0	10	130.0	141	56	47	11	41	9	71	3	1	1	566	112	3.61	1.400	9.8	0.8	2.8	4.9	1.73
9	RP	Bob Lacey*	24	8	9	.471	3.01	74	0	25	0	0	5	119.2	126	52	40	10	35	13	60	1	0	3	515	121	3.57	1.345	9.5	0.8	2.6	4.5	1.71
10	RP	Mike Norris	23	0	5	.000	5.51	14	5	1	1	0	0	49.0	46	35	30	2	35	1	36	3	0	1	229	66	3.97	1.653	8.4	0.4	6.4	6.6	1.03
11	RP	Joe Coleman	31	3	0	1.000	1.37	10	0	6	0	0	0	19.2	12	3	3	1	5	0	4	0	0	0	72	270	3.60	0.864	5.5	0.5	2.3	1.8	0.80
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
12		Steve McCatty	24	0	0		4.50	9	0	5	0	0	0	20.0	26	14	10	1	9	1	10	0	0	1	97	82	3.59	1.750	11.7	0.5	4.1	4.5	1.11
13		Mike Morgan	18	0	3	.000	7.30	3	3	0	1	0	0	12.1	19	12	10	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	60	51	5.59	2.189	13.9	0.7	5.8	0.0	0.00
14		Craig Minetto*	24	0	0		3.75	4	1	3	0	0	0	12.0	13	10	5	1	7	0	3	2	0	1	56	100	5.42	1.667	9.8	0.8	5.3	2.3	0.43
15		Tim Conroy*	18	0	0		7.71	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.2	3	6	4	0	9	0	0	1	0	1	28	51	9.01	2.571	5.8	0.0	17.4	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	25.4	69	93	.426	3.62	162	162	136	26	6	29	1433.1	1401	690	577	106	582	59	750	26	9	37	6171	101	3.77	1.383	8.8	0.7	3.7	4.7	1.29
		Rank in 14 AL teams		11	3		6				14	9	6	9	7	10	5	3	11		6
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W