1979 Oakland Athletics Statistics

1978 Season 1980 Season

Record: 54-108-0, Finished 7th in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Jim Marshall (54-108)

General Manager: Charlie Finley

Farm Director: Norman Koselke

Ballpark: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Attendance: 306,763 (14th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 96
One-year: Batting - 88, Pitching - 91

Pythagorean W-L: 52-110, 573 Runs, 860 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Regular Season

Standard Batting Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1	Jeff Newman	30	C	1.2	143	552	516	53	119	17	2	22	71	2	1	27	88	.231	.267	.399	.666	82	.314	86	206	17	1	2	6	2	23/H5D	AS
2	Dave Revering*	26	1B	1.8	125	513	472	63	136	25	5	19	77	1	4	34	65	.288	.334	.483	.817	124	.353	116	228	6	1	1	5	5	3D/H
3	Mike Edwards	26	2B	-1.5	122	422	400	35	93	12	2	1	23	10	6	15	37	.233	.263	.280	.543	51	.263	51	112	11	2	4	1	0	*4/H6D
4	Rob Picciolo	26	SS	-0.9	115	363	348	37	88	16	2	2	27	2	1	3	45	.253	.261	.328	.589	63	.281	62	114	9	1	11	0	1	6/45H7
5	Wayne Gross*	27	3B	0.8	138	521	442	54	99	19	1	14	50	4	3	72	62	.224	.332	.367	.699	94	.323	93	162	8	1	3	3	9	*53/H79
6	Rickey Henderson	20	LF	-0.9	89	398	351	49	96	13	3	1	26	33	11	34	39	.274	.338	.336	.675	88	.323	88	118	4	2	8	3	0	78/9
7	Dwayne Murphy*	24	CF	0.9	121	489	388	57	99	10	4	11	40	15	11	84	80	.255	.387	.387	.773	116	.360	121	150	10	1	13	3	6	*8/9H7
8	Tony Armas	25	RF	0.4	80	297	278	29	69	9	3	11	34	1	0	16	67	.248	.290	.421	.710	95	.324	92	117	6	1	0	2	2	987
9	Mitchell Page*	27	DH	-0.6	133	539	478	51	118	11	2	9	42	17	16	52	93	.247	.323	.335	.657	83	.307	86	160	9	3	3	3	5	*D/7H
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
10	Jim Essian	28	C	0.8	98	352	313	34	76	16	0	8	40	0	1	25	29	.243	.295	.371	.666	84	.316	89	116	12	2	3	9	1	25/H37D
11	Mike Heath	24	UT	-0.5	74	286	258	19	66	8	0	3	27	1	0	17	18	.256	.304	.322	.626	74	.296	73	83	14	3	3	5	1	792/5HD
12	Larry Murray#	26	OF	-1.3	105	261	226	25	42	11	2	2	20	6	6	28	34	.186	.275	.279	.553	54	.259	51	63	2	0	6	1	1	97H8/4D
13	Dave Chalk	28	2B	-1.5	66	250	212	15	47	6	0	2	13	2	1	29	14	.222	.317	.278	.595	67	.292	70	59	6	1	7	1	0	456/H
14	Mario Guerrero	29	SS	-0.9	46	177	166	12	38	5	0	0	18	0	1	6	7	.229	.253	.259	.512	43	.237	34	43	5	0	3	2	0	6/H
15	Derek Bryant	27	LF	-1.5	39	120	106	8	19	2	1	0	13	0	0	10	10	.179	.246	.217	.463	30	.232	27	23	4	0	2	2	1	79/HD
16	Miguel Diloné#	24	RF	-0.6	30	99	91	15	17	1	2	1	6	6	5	6	7	.187	.237	.275	.512	42	.252	50	25	2	0	2	0	0	9/H7
17	Glenn Burke	26	LF	-0.8	23	94	89	4	19	2	1	0	4	3	1	4	10	.213	.247	.258	.506	41	.270	53	23	3	0	1	0	1	7/9
18	Joe Wallis#	27	RF	-1.1	23	91	78	6	11	2	0	1	3	1	0	10	18	.141	.247	.205	.452	27	.221	17	16	1	1	2	0	1	9/H
19	Mickey Klutts	24	IF	-0.3	24	80	73	3	14	2	1	1	4	0	1	7	20	.192	.263	.288	.550	53	.248	45	21	1	0	0	0	0	6/45D
20	Milt Ramírez	29	IF	-0.6	28	66	62	4	10	1	1	0	3	0	0	3	8	.161	.200	.210	.410	14	.204	9	13	1	0	1	0	0	54/6
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
21	Dave Heaverlo	28	P	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-133	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
22	Bob Lacey	25	P	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Team Totals			-7.2	162	5971	5348	573	1276	188	32	108	541	104	69	482	751	.239	.302	.346	.648	80	.303	79	1852	131	20	75	46	36
	Non-Pitcher Totals			-7.2		5970	5347	573	1276	188	32	108	541	104	69	482	751	.239	.302	.346	.648	80	.303	80	1852	131	20	75	46	36
	Pitcher Totals			0.0		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-133	0	0	0	0	0	0

Team Pitching

League Register

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	Rick Langford	27	12	16	.429	4.28	34	29	0	14	1	0	218.2	233	114	104	22	57	6	101	4	1	16	934	95	3.95	1.326	9.6	0.9	2.3	4.2	1.77
2	SP	Steve McCatty	25	11	12	.478	4.22	31	23	4	8	0	0	185.2	207	106	87	17	80	8	87	10	0	2	841	97	4.44	1.546	10.0	0.8	3.9	4.2	1.09
3	SP	Matt Keough	23	2	17	.105	5.04	30	28	2	7	1	0	176.2	220	115	99	18	78	2	95	7	0	13	800	81	4.42	1.687	11.2	0.9	4.0	4.8	1.22
4	SP	Mike Norris	24	5	8	.385	4.80	29	18	3	3	0	0	146.1	146	87	78	11	94	9	96	9	1	10	669	85	4.51	1.640	9.0	0.7	5.8	5.9	1.02
5	SP	Brian Kingman	25	8	7	.533	4.31	18	17	1	5	1	0	112.2	113	59	54	10	33	1	58	3	0	10	481	94	3.81	1.296	9.0	0.8	2.6	4.6	1.76
6	SP	John Henry Johnson*	22	2	8	.200	4.36	14	13	0	1	0	0	84.2	89	45	41	13	36	0	50	1	0	1	372	94	4.86	1.476	9.5	1.4	3.8	5.3	1.39
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	Dave Heaverlo	28	4	11	.267	4.20	62	0	42	0	0	9	85.2	97	42	40	7	42	18	40	4	1	0	392	97	4.47	1.623	10.2	0.7	4.4	4.2	0.95
8	RP	Craig Minetto*	25	1	5	.167	5.55	36	13	12	0	0	0	118.1	131	85	73	16	58	3	64	3	1	2	539	73	4.95	1.597	10.0	1.2	4.4	4.9	1.10
9	RP	Dave Hamilton*	31	3	4	.429	3.70	40	7	16	1	0	5	82.2	80	42	34	5	43	2	52	1	0	2	361	110	3.86	1.488	8.7	0.5	4.7	5.7	1.21
10	RP	Jim Todd	31	2	5	.286	6.56	51	0	21	0	0	2	81.0	108	66	59	12	51	10	26	2	0	5	391	62	5.98	1.963	12.0	1.3	5.7	2.9	0.51
11	RP	Bob Lacey*	25	1	5	.167	5.85	42	0	20	0	0	4	47.2	66	34	31	7	24	8	33	1	0	4	230	70	4.83	1.888	12.5	1.3	4.5	6.2	1.38
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		Mike Morgan	19	2	10	.167	5.94	13	13	0	2	0	0	77.1	102	57	51	7	50	0	17	3	0	7	368	69	5.53	1.966	11.9	0.8	5.8	2.0	0.34
13		Alan Wirth	22	1	0	1.000	6.00	5	1	0	0	0	0	12.0	14	8	8	2	8	0	7	1	0	0	58	70	5.98	1.833	10.5	1.5	6.0	5.3	0.88
		Team Totals	25.3	54	108	.333	4.75	162	162	121	41	3	20	1429.1	1606	860	754	147	654	67	726	49	4	72	6436	85	4.53	1.581	10.1	0.9	4.1	4.6	1.11
		Rank in 14 AL teams		13	2		13				8	14	13	11	14	13	13	9	14		9
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