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1978 Oakland Athletics

1978 > Class Major League > 1978 American League (West)
Overall: 69-93
Scored 532 runs, Allowed 690 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 62-100

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Jack McKeon and Bobby Winkles
Represented: Oakland, CA
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1977 / 1979

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Mike Adams 29 15 22 15 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 2 .200 .455 .267 .721 4 0 0 0 0 0
2 Tony Armas 24 91 258 239 17 51 6 1 2 13 1 2 10 62 .213 .250 .272 .522 65 5 2 6 1 2
3 Mark Budaska# 25 4 5 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250 .400 .500 .900 2 0 0 0 0 0
4 Glenn Burke 25 78 217 200 19 47 6 1 1 14 15 8 10 26 .235 .270 .290 .560 58 7 0 6 1 1
5 Miguel Dilone# 23 135 292 258 34 59 8 0 1 14 50 23 23 30 .229 .294 .271 .566 70 2 1 10 0 0
6 Taylor Duncan 25 104 348 319 25 82 15 2 2 37 1 2 19 38 .257 .296 .335 .632 107 5 0 7 3 0
7 Mike Edwards 25 142 446 414 48 113 16 2 1 23 27 21 16 32 .273 .303 .329 .632 136 7 2 14 0 0
8 Jim Essian 27 126 340 278 21 62 9 1 3 26 2 1 44 22 .223 .326 .295 .621 82 12 0 15 3 1
9 Tito Fuentes# 34 13 45 43 5 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 .140 .159 .163 .322 7 0 0 1 0 0
10 Wayne Gross* 26 118 335 285 18 57 10 2 7 23 0 2 40 63 .200 .308 .323 .631 92 3 5 4 1 2
11 Mario Guerrero 28 143 546 505 27 139 18 4 3 38 0 5 15 35 .275 .302 .345 .647 174 13 6 17 3 2
12 Tim Hosley 31 13 25 23 1 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 6 .304 .360 .391 .751 9 0 1 0 0 0
13 Scott Meyer 20 8 9 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .111 .111 .222 .333 2 0 0 0 0 0
14 Dwayne Murphy* 23 60 62 52 15 10 2 0 0 5 0 1 7 14 .192 .279 .231 .509 12 0 0 1 2 0
15 Larry Murray# 25 11 15 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .083 .267 .083 .350 1 0 0 0 0 0
16 Jeff Newman 29 105 291 268 25 64 7 1 9 32 0 3 18 40 .239 .288 .373 .661 100 4 1 3 1 2
17 Bill North# 30 24 65 52 5 11 4 0 0 5 3 2 9 13 .212 .344 .288 .632 15 1 2 1 1 2
18 Mitchell Page* 26 147 579 516 62 147 25 7 17 70 23 19 53 95 .285 .355 .459 .814 237 7 4 4 2 6
19 Marty Perez 32 16 13 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
20 Rob Picciolo 25 78 98 93 16 21 1 0 2 7 1 1 2 13 .226 .242 .301 .543 28 2 0 3 0 0
21 Dave Revering* 25 152 553 521 49 141 21 3 16 46 0 1 26 55 .271 .303 .415 .718 216 12 0 2 4 5
22 Bruce Robinson* 24 28 88 84 5 21 3 1 0 8 0 0 3 8 .250 .276 .310 .585 26 2 0 1 0 0
23 Steve Staggs 27 47 97 78 10 19 2 2 0 0 2 3 19 17 .244 .392 .321 .712 25 0 0 0 0 0
24 Jerry Tabb* 26 12 11 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .111 .273 .111 .384 1 0 0 0 0 1
25 Joe Wallis# 26 85 311 279 28 66 16 1 6 26 1 4 26 42 .237 .300 .366 .665 102 2 0 4 2 1
26 Darrell Woodard 21 33 10 9 10 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 1 .000 .100 .000 .100 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Players 25.9 162 5914 5321 532 1304 200 31 100 492 144 117 433 800 .245 .303 .351 .654 1866 106 25 108 27 33
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 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 1.443 9.5 0.9 3.5 5.1 1.45
2 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 2.571 5.8 0.0 17.4 0.0 0.00
3 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 1.400 9.8 0.8 2.8 4.9 1.73
4 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 1.323 7.9 0.9 4.0 4.4 1.11
5 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 1.333 8.1 0.4 3.9 4.9 1.27
6 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 1.345 9.5 0.8 2.6 4.5 1.71
7 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 1.281 8.7 0.8 2.9 4.7 1.64
8 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 1.750 11.7 0.4 4.0 4.5 1.11
9 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 1.667 9.8 0.8 5.2 2.2 0.43
10 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 2.189 13.9 0.7 5.8 0.0 0.00
11 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 1.653 8.4 0.4 6.4 6.6 1.03
12 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 1.450 9.1 0.6 4.0 5.3 1.33
13 Elias 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 1.376 8.8 0.4 3.6 5.0 1.39
14 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 1.303 8.0 0.7 3.8 3.4 0.91
14 Players 25.5 69 93 .426 3.62 162 162 136 26 11 29 1433.1 1401 690 577 106 582 59 750 26 9 37 6171 1.383 8.8 0.7 3.7 4.7 1.29

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Jim Essian 119 431 78 10 12 .981 4.28 3 60 51 46%
Jeff Newman 61 222 27 8 3 .969 4.08 4 30 14 32%
Bruce Robinson 28 150 16 6 2 .965 5.93 2 15 13 46%
Scott Meyer 7 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.57 1 1 0 0%
Tim Hosley 6 22 3 1 0 .962 4.17 0 4 2 33%

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Dave Revering 138 1013 110 13 98 .989 8.14
Jeff Newman 36 177 14 4 17 .979 5.31
Wayne Gross 15 48 0 2 3 .960 3.20
Jim Essian 3 20 1 0 2 1.000 7.00
Jerry Tabb 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
Glenn Burke 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Mike Edwards 133 228 309 20 71 .964 4.04
Steve Staggs 40 56 65 3 10 .976 3.03
Rob Picciolo 19 20 25 2 2 .957 2.37
Darrell Woodard 14 13 14 1 3 .964 1.93
Tito Fuentes 13 17 17 2 4 .944 2.62
Taylor Duncan 11 9 8 0 2 1.000 1.55
Mike Adams 6 7 4 0 2 1.000 1.83
Jim Essian 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
Marty Perez 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Wayne Gross 106 72 150 20 22 .917 2.09
Taylor Duncan 84 63 119 9 4 .953 2.17
Rob Picciolo 13 3 2 0 0 1.000 0.38
Marty Perez 11 2 9 0 1 1.000 1.00
Mike Adams 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.67
Miguel Dilone 3 1 1 2 0 .500 0.67
Steve Staggs 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.50
Darrell Woodard 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Mario Guerrero 142 258 330 26 67 .958 4.14
Rob Picciolo 41 51 63 5 17 .958 2.78
Mike Edwards 9 5 9 2 1 .875 1.56
Marty Perez 3 1 3 1 0 .800 1.33
Steve Staggs 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.50
Taylor Duncan 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00

LF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Mitchell Page 112 0.00
Miguel Dilone 47 0.00
Dwayne Murphy 21 0.00
Glenn Burke 13 0.00
Larry Murray 5 0.00
Joe Wallis 5 0.00
Tony Armas 2 0.00
Mark Budaska 1 0.00

CF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Joe Wallis 55 0.00
Glenn Burke 45 0.00
Tony Armas 40 0.00
Miguel Dilone 25 0.00
Bill North 17 0.00
Dwayne Murphy 12 0.00

RF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Tony Armas 47 0.00
Miguel Dilone 36 0.00
Joe Wallis 23 0.00
Glenn Burke 14 0.00
Dwayne Murphy 14 0.00
Mitchell Page 2 0.00
Mark Budaska 1 0.00
Larry Murray 1 0.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Mitchell Page 114 211 4 6 0 .973 1.89
Miguel Dilone 99 195 3 3 1 .985 2.00
Tony Armas 85 214 3 2 0 .991 2.55
Joe Wallis 80 187 7 4 5 .980 2.43
Glenn Burke 67 152 1 2 0 .987 2.28
Dwayne Murphy 45 49 1 0 1 1.000 1.11
Bill North 17 31 1 0 0 1.000 1.88
Larry Murray 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
Mark Budaska 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.50

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bob Lacey 74 8 27 3 1 .921 0.47
Dave Heaverlo 69 9 30 0 3 1.000 0.57
Elias Sosa 68 9 15 0 1 1.000 0.35
Rick Langford 37 27 23 0 2 1.000 1.35
Pete Broberg 35 8 28 0 1 1.000 1.03
John Henry Johnson 33 8 16 4 0 .857 0.73
Matt Keough 32 21 31 2 2 .963 1.63
Steve Renko 27 5 22 1 3 .964 1.00
Alan Wirth 16 2 9 0 2 1.000 0.69
Mike Norris 14 5 5 2 0 .833 0.71
Steve McCatty 9 2 1 1 0 .750 0.33
Craig Minetto 4 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.75
Mike Morgan 3 1 4 0 1 1.000 1.67
Tim Conroy 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Mike Adams 29 R R 5' 9.0" 180 Jul 24, 1948 Cincinnati, OH, US 1978-04-08 1978-07-25
Gary Alexander 25 R R 6' 2.0" 195 Mar 27, 1953 Los Angeles, CA, US 1978-04-07 1978-06-15
Dell Alston 25 L R 6' 0.0" 180 Sep 22, 1952 Valhalla, NY, US 1978-06-16 1978-10-01
Tony Armas 24 R R 5' 11.0" 182 Jul 2, 1953 Puerto Piritu, Anzoategui, VE 1978-04-07 1978-09-04
Pete Broberg 28 R R 6' 3.0" 205 Mar 2, 1950 West Palm Beach, FL, US 1978-04-11 1978-10-01
Mark Budaska 25 S L 6' 0.0" 180 Dec 27, 1952 Sharon, PA, US 1978-06-06 1978-06-09
Glenn Burke 25 R R 6' 0.0" 195 Nov 16, 1952 Oakland, CA, US 1978-05-19 1978-09-30
Rico Carty 38 R R 6' 3.0" 200 Sep 1, 1939 San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, DO 1978-08-15 1978-10-01
Joe Coleman 31 R R 6' 3.0" 175 Feb 3, 1947 Boston, MA, US 1978-04-25 1978-05-21
Tim Conroy 18 L L 6' 0.0" 178 Apr 3, 1960 McKeesport, PA, US 1978-06-23 1978-06-29
Miguel Dilone 23 S R 6' 0.0" 160 Nov 1, 1954 Santiago, Santiago, DO 1978-04-07 1978-10-01
Taylor Duncan 25 R R 6' 0.0" 170 May 12, 1953 Memphis, TN, US 1978-05-30 1978-09-30
Mike Edwards 25 R R 5' 10.0" 154 Aug 27, 1952 Fort Lewis, WA, US 1978-04-11 1978-09-19
Jim Essian 27 R R 6' 2.0" 195 Jan 2, 1951 Detroit, MI, US 1978-04-07 1978-09-29
Tito Fuentes 34 S R 5' 11.0" 175 Jan 4, 1944 La Habana, La Habana, CU 1978-06-20 1978-07-09
Wayne Gross 26 L R 6' 2.0" 210 Jan 14, 1952 Riverside, CA, US 1978-04-07 1978-10-01
Mario Guerrero 28 R R 5' 10.0" 155 Sep 28, 1949 Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO 1978-04-07 1978-09-26
Dave Heaverlo 27 R R 6' 2.0" 200 Aug 25, 1950 Ellensburg, WA, US 1978-04-07 1978-09-30
Willie Horton 35 R R 5' 11.0" 209 Oct 18, 1942 Arno, VA, US 1978-07-13 1978-08-13
Tim Hosley 31 R R 5' 11.0" 185 May 10, 1947 Spartanburg, SC, US 1978-09-04 1978-09-30
John Henry Johnson 21 L L 6' 2.0" 190 Aug 21, 1956 Houston, TX, US 1978-04-10 1978-09-30
Matt Keough 22 R R 6' 3.0" 190 Jul 3, 1955 Pomona, CA, US 1978-04-08 1978-09-30
Bob Lacey 24 R L 6' 5.0" 210 Aug 25, 1953 Fredericksburg, VA, US 1978-04-08 1978-09-30
Rick Langford 26 R R 6' 0.0" 180 Mar 20, 1952 Farmville, VA, US 1978-04-07 1978-09-24
Steve McCatty 24 R R 6' 3.0" 195 Mar 20, 1954 Detroit, MI, US 1978-06-20 1978-07-25
Scott Meyer 20 R R 6' 1.0" 195 Aug 19, 1957 Evergreen Park, IL, US 1978-09-10 1978-10-01
Craig Minetto 24 L L 6' 0.0" 185 Apr 25, 1954 Stockton, CA, US 1978-07-04 1978-08-10
Mike Morgan 18 R R 6' 3.0" 195 Oct 8, 1959 Tulare, CA, US 1978-06-11 1978-06-22
Dwayne Murphy 23 L R 6' 1.0" 185 Mar 18, 1955 Merced, CA, US 1978-04-08 1978-08-05
Larry Murray 25 S R 5' 11.0" 179 Apr 1, 1953 Chicago, IL, US 1978-05-26 1978-07-06
Jeff Newman 29 R R 6' 2.0" 215 Sep 11, 1948 Fort Worth, TX, US 1978-04-09 1978-09-30
Mike Norris 23 R R 6' 2.0" 175 Mar 19, 1955 San Francisco, CA, US 1978-07-30 1978-09-30
Bill North 30 S R 5' 11.0" 185 May 15, 1948 Seattle, WA, US 1978-04-07 1978-05-16
Mitchell Page 26 L R 6' 2.0" 205 Oct 15, 1951 Los Angeles, CA, US 1978-04-21 1978-10-01
Marty Perez 32 R R 5' 11.0" 160 Feb 28, 1946 Visalia, CA, US 1978-04-09 1978-09-16
Rob Picciolo 25 R R 6' 2.0" 185 Feb 4, 1953 Santa Monica, CA, US 1978-04-08 1978-10-01
Steve Renko 33 R R 6' 5.0" 230 Dec 10, 1944 Kansas City, KS, US 1978-04-27 1978-09-19
Dave Revering 25 L R 6' 4.0" 210 Feb 12, 1953 Roseville, CA, US 1978-04-08 1978-10-01
Bruce Robinson 24 L R 6' 2.0" 195 Apr 16, 1954 La Jolla, CA, US 1978-08-19 1978-10-01
Elias Sosa 28 R R 6' 2.0" 186 Jun 10, 1950 La Vega, La Vega, DO 1978-04-09 1978-09-19
Steve Staggs 27 R R 5' 9.0" 150 May 6, 1951 Anchorage, AK, US 1978-04-07 1978-06-20
Jerry Tabb 26 L R 6' 2.0" 195 Mar 17, 1952 Altus, OK, US 1978-05-05 1978-05-29
Gary Thomasson 26 L L 6' 1.0" 180 Jul 29, 1951 San Diego, CA, US 1978-04-07 1978-06-14
Joe Wallis 26 S R 5' 11.0" 180 Jan 9, 1952 East St. Louis, IL, US 1978-06-17 1978-10-01
Alan Wirth 21 R R 6' 4.0" 190 Dec 8, 1956 Mesa, AZ, US 1978-04-09 1978-10-01
Darrell Woodard 21 R R 5' 11.0" 160 Dec 10, 1956 Wilma, AR, US 1978-08-06 1978-10-01

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