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1972 Oakland Athletics

1972 > Class Major League > 1972 American League (West)
Overall: 93-62
Scored 604 runs, Allowed 457 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 97-58

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Dick Williams
Represented: Oakland, CA
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1971 / 1973

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 Matty Alou* 33 32 136 121 11 34 5 0 1 16 2 1 11 12 .281 .341 .347 .688 42 1 1 1 2 1
2 Dwain Anderson 24 3 8 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Sal Bando 28 152 631 535 64 126 20 3 15 77 3 1 78 55 .236 .341 .368 .709 197 13 9 6 3 17
4 Curt Blefary* 28 8 12 11 1 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .455 .417 .636 1.053 7 0 0 0 1 0
5 Vida Blue# 22 27 52 45 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 34 .044 .140 .044 .184 2 0 0 2 0 0
6 Bobby Brooks 26 15 47 39 4 7 0 0 0 5 0 1 8 8 .179 .319 .179 .499 7 2 0 0 0 1
7 Larry Brown 32 47 157 142 11 26 2 0 0 4 0 0 13 8 .183 .250 .197 .447 28 9 0 1 1 1
8 Bert Campaneris 30 149 681 625 85 150 25 2 8 32 52 14 32 88 .240 .278 .325 .603 203 9 2 20 2 0
9 Orlando Cepeda 34 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Tim Cullen 30 72 149 142 10 37 8 1 0 15 0 1 5 17 .261 .286 .331 .617 47 3 0 2 0 0
11 Dave Duncan 26 121 450 403 39 88 13 0 19 59 0 2 34 68 .218 .283 .392 .676 158 13 5 2 6 5
12 Mike Epstein* 29 138 537 455 63 123 18 2 26 70 0 1 68 68 .270 .376 .490 .866 223 7 11 0 3 9
13 Rollie Fingers 25 65 20 19 2 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .316 .316 .474 .789 9 0 0 1 0 0
14 Adrian Garrett* 29 14 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .083 .000 .083 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Dick Green 31 26 48 42 1 12 1 1 0 3 0 1 3 5 .286 .348 .357 .705 15 1 1 2 0 0
16 Dave Hamilton* 24 25 33 26 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 12 .154 .313 .192 .505 5 1 1 1 0 0
17 Larry Haney 29 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Mike Hegan* 29 98 90 79 13 26 3 1 1 5 1 0 7 20 .329 .375 .430 .805 34 1 0 2 2 1
19 George Hendrick 22 58 129 121 10 22 1 1 4 15 3 2 3 22 .182 .205 .306 .511 37 3 1 2 2 0
20 Ken Holtzman 26 40 102 90 6 16 4 0 0 6 0 0 1 25 .178 .187 .222 .409 20 4 0 11 0 0
21 Joe Horlen 34 32 17 17 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .176 .176 .176 .353 3 1 0 0 0 0
22 Catfish Hunter 26 39 116 105 5 23 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 16 .219 .215 .219 .434 23 0 0 9 2 0
23 Reggie Jackson* 26 135 572 499 72 132 25 2 25 75 9 8 59 125 .265 .350 .473 .823 236 5 8 4 2 7
24 Darold Knowles* 30 54 14 12 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .250 .308 .250 .558 3 0 0 1 0 0
25 Allan Lewis# 30 24 10 10 5 2 1 0 0 2 8 3 0 1 .200 .200 .300 .500 3 0 0 0 0 0
26 Bob Locker# 34 56 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Angel Mangual 25 91 292 272 19 67 13 2 5 32 0 1 14 48 .246 .285 .364 .649 99 8 1 4 1 1
28 Gonzalo Marquez* 26 23 26 21 2 8 0 0 0 4 1 1 3 4 .381 .462 .381 .842 8 0 1 0 1 0
29 Dal Maxvill 33 27 39 36 2 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 11 .250 .270 .278 .548 10 0 0 2 0 0
30 Denny McLain 28 5 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0
31 Bill McNulty 25 4 12 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .100 .250 .100 .350 1 0 0 0 0 0
32 Blue Moon Odom 27 59 72 66 16 8 1 0 2 2 4 2 1 29 .121 .134 .227 .362 15 0 0 5 0 0
33 Joe Rudi 25 147 653 593 94 181 32 9 19 75 3 4 37 62 .305 .345 .486 .830 288 15 2 15 6 6
34 Diego Segui 34 7 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 1 0 0 0 0 0
35 Art Shamsky* 30 8 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 Gene Tenace 25 82 256 227 22 51 5 3 5 32 0 0 24 42 .225 .307 .339 .646 77 4 3 2 0 2
37 Gary Waslewski 30 8 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 Players 27.5 155 5846 5200 604 1248 195 29 134 565 87 48 463 886 .240 .306 .366 .672 1903 112 47 100 36 55
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 Vida Blue* 22 6 10 .375 2.80 25 23 0 5 4 0 151.0 117 55 47 11 48 3 111 1 0 2 606 1.093 7.0 0.7 2.9 6.6 2.31
2 Rollie Fingers 25 11 9 .550 2.51 65 0 41 0 0 21 111.1 85 35 31 8 32 7 113 1 1 2 437 1.051 6.9 0.6 2.6 9.1 3.53
3 Dave Hamilton* 24 6 6 .500 2.93 25 14 3 1 0 0 101.1 94 34 33 7 31 2 55 1 0 0 419 1.234 8.3 0.6 2.8 4.9 1.77
4 Ken Holtzman* 26 19 11 .633 2.51 39 37 0 16 4 0 265.1 232 83 74 23 52 6 134 4 0 4 1058 1.070 7.9 0.8 1.8 4.5 2.58
5 Joe Horlen 34 3 4 .429 3.00 32 6 6 0 0 1 84.0 74 33 28 3 20 4 58 4 0 4 339 1.119 7.9 0.3 2.1 6.2 2.90
6 Catfish Hunter 26 21 7 .750 2.04 38 37 1 16 5 0 295.1 200 74 67 21 70 6 191 3 0 3 1148 0.914 6.1 0.6 2.1 5.8 2.73
7 Darold Knowles* 30 5 1 .833 1.37 54 0 29 0 0 11 65.2 49 12 10 1 37 4 36 0 0 1 272 1.310 6.7 0.1 5.1 4.9 0.97
8 Bob Locker 34 6 1 .857 2.65 56 0 29 0 0 10 78.0 69 25 23 1 16 5 47 2 0 6 317 1.090 8.0 0.1 1.8 5.4 2.94
9 Denny McLain 28 1 2 .333 6.04 5 5 0 0 0 0 22.1 32 17 15 4 8 0 8 0 0 0 108 1.791 12.9 1.6 3.2 3.2 1.00
10 Blue Moon Odom 27 15 6 .714 2.50 31 30 0 4 2 0 194.1 164 62 54 10 87 2 86 3 0 5 804 1.292 7.6 0.5 4.0 4.0 0.99
11 Diego Segui 34 0 1 .000 3.57 7 3 1 0 0 0 22.2 25 10 9 2 7 1 11 0 1 1 95 1.412 9.9 0.8 2.8 4.4 1.57
12 Don Shaw* 28 0 1 .000 16.88 3 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 12 10 10 2 2 0 4 0 0 1 29 2.625 20.2 3.4 3.4 6.8 2.00
13 Gary Waslewski 30 0 3 .000 2.04 8 0 3 0 0 0 17.2 12 5 4 3 8 1 8 0 0 0 71 1.132 6.1 1.5 4.1 4.1 1.00
13 Players 27.6 93 62 .600 2.58 155 155 113 42 23 43 1417.2 1170 457 406 96 418 41 862 19 2 29 5718 1.120 7.4 0.6 2.7 5.5 2.06

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
Dave Duncan 113 661 43 5 9 .993 6.23 9 52 29 36%
Gene Tenace 49 266 18 6 1 .979 5.80 4 20 9 31%
Larry Haney 4 4 0 1 0 .800 1.00 0 0 0

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Mike Epstein 137 1111 73 12 101 .990 8.64
Mike Hegan 64 165 10 0 22 1.000 2.73
Gene Tenace 7 49 3 0 4 1.000 7.43
Gonzalo Marquez 2 12 1 1 1 .929 6.50
Matty Alou 1 9 1 0 1 1.000 10.00
Curt Blefary 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Tim Cullen 65 103 117 11 24 .952 3.38
Larry Brown 46 110 111 6 30 .974 4.80
Dick Green 26 35 45 3 9 .964 3.08
Dal Maxvill 24 25 32 1 8 .983 2.38
Gene Tenace 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
Sal Bando 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00
Curt Blefary 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Larry Haney 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Sal Bando 151 123 337 19 29 .960 3.05
Tim Cullen 4 4 3 0 0 1.000 1.75
Bill McNulty 3 2 2 1 0 .800 1.33
Gene Tenace 2 1 2 1 0 .750 1.50
Dwain Anderson 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00
Larry Brown 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.00
Joe Rudi 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bert Campaneris 148 283 494 18 93 .977 5.25
Dal Maxvill 4 3 8 0 1 1.000 2.75
Dwain Anderson 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00
Tim Cullen 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00

LF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Joe Rudi 147 0.00
George Hendrick 5 0.00
Allan Lewis 5 0.00
Matty Alou 2 0.00
Adrian Garrett 2 0.00
Angel Mangual 2 0.00
Curt Blefary 1 0.00

CF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Reggie Jackson 92 0.00
George Hendrick 28 0.00
Angel Mangual 22 0.00
Bobby Brooks 11 0.00

RF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Angel Mangual 52 0.00
Reggie Jackson 43 0.00
Matty Alou 31 0.00
George Hendrick 12 0.00
Gene Tenace 9 0.00
Mike Hegan 3 0.00
Allan Lewis 1 0.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Joe Rudi 147 247 9 2 1 .992 1.74
Reggie Jackson 135 301 5 9 5 .971 2.27
Angel Mangual 74 166 4 5 2 .971 2.30
George Hendrick 41 68 0 0 0 1.000 1.66
Matty Alou 32 48 2 0 0 1.000 1.56
Bobby Brooks 11 40 0 3 0 .930 3.64
Gene Tenace 9 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.22
Allan Lewis 6 9 0 1 0 .900 1.50
Mike Hegan 3 5 1 0 0 1.000 2.00
Adrian Garrett 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50
Curt Blefary 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Rollie Fingers 65 7 11 0 1 1.000 0.28
Bob Locker 56 5 9 1 0 .933 0.25
Darold Knowles 54 2 26 1 0 .966 0.52
Ken Holtzman 39 7 47 1 4 .982 1.38
Catfish Hunter 38 23 30 2 1 .964 1.39
Joe Horlen 32 5 15 0 0 1.000 0.63
Blue Moon Odom 31 15 33 7 2 .873 1.55
Vida Blue 25 4 17 2 0 .913 0.84
Dave Hamilton 25 4 17 1 0 .955 0.84
Gary Waslewski 8 2 4 0 0 1.000 0.75
Diego Segui 7 0 3 1 0 .750 0.43
Denny McLain 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.00
Don Shaw 3 0 0 0 0 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Matty Alou 33 L L 5' 9.0" 160 Dec 22, 1938 Bajos de Haina, San Cristobal, DO 1972-08-28 1972-10-04
Brant Alyea 31 R R 6' 3.0" 215 Dec 8, 1940 Passaic, NJ, US 1972-04-15 1972-10-03
Brant Alyea 31 R R 6' 3.0" 215 Dec 8, 1940 Passaic, NJ, US 1972-04-15 1972-10-03
Dwain Anderson 24 R R 5' 11.0" 165 Nov 23, 1947 Oakland, CA, US 1972-05-07 1972-05-13
Sal Bando 28 R R 6' 0.0" 195 Feb 13, 1944 Cleveland, OH, US 1972-04-15 1972-10-03
Curt Blefary 28 L R 6' 2.0" 195 Jul 5, 1943 Brooklyn, NY, US 1972-04-23 1972-05-16
Vida Blue 22 S L 6' 0.0" 189 Jul 28, 1949 Mansfield, LA, US 1972-05-24 1972-10-04
Bobby Brooks 26 R R 5' 8.0" 165 Nov 1, 1945 Los Angeles, CA, US 1972-04-15 1972-05-13
Larry Brown 32 R R 5' 10.0" 160 Mar 1, 1940 Shinnston, WV, US 1972-04-16 1972-06-18
Ollie Brown 28 R R 6' 2.0" 178 Feb 11, 1944 Tuscaloosa, AL, US 1972-05-18 1972-06-28
Bert Campaneris 30 R R 5' 10.0" 160 Mar 9, 1942 Pueblo Nuevo, CU 1972-04-15 1972-10-04
Orlando Cepeda 34 R R 6' 2.0" 210 Sep 17, 1937 Ponce, PR 1972-07-03 1972-07-07
Ron Clark 29 R R 5' 10.0" 175 Jan 14, 1943 Fort Worth, TX, US 1972-05-16 1972-06-19
Tim Cullen 30 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Feb 16, 1942 San Francisco, CA, US 1972-06-20 1972-10-01
Dave Duncan 26 R R 6' 2.0" 190 Sep 26, 1945 Dallas, TX, US 1972-04-15 1972-10-04
Mike Epstein 29 L L 6' 3.0" 230 Apr 4, 1943 Bronx, NY, US 1972-04-15 1972-10-03
Rollie Fingers 25 R R 6' 4.0" 190 Aug 25, 1946 Steubenville, OH, US 1972-04-15 1972-10-04
Adrian Garrett 29 L R 6' 3.0" 185 Jan 3, 1943 Brooksville, FL, US 1972-05-30 1972-07-30
Dick Green 31 R R 5' 10.0" 180 Apr 21, 1941 Sioux City, IA, US 1972-04-15 1972-10-04
Dave Hamilton 24 L L 6' 0.0" 180 Dec 13, 1947 Seattle, WA, US 1972-05-29 1972-10-04
Larry Haney 29 R R 6' 2.0" 195 Nov 19, 1942 Charlottesville, VA, US 1972-05-19 1972-10-04
Mike Hegan 29 L L 6' 1.0" 188 Jul 21, 1942 Cleveland, OH, US 1972-04-15 1972-10-01
George Hendrick 22 R R 6' 3.0" 195 Oct 18, 1949 Los Angeles, CA, US 1972-04-19 1972-10-04
Ken Holtzman 26 R L 6' 2.0" 175 Nov 3, 1945 St. Louis, MO, US 1972-04-15 1972-10-03
Joe Horlen 34 R R 6' 0.0" 170 Aug 14, 1937 San Antonio, TX, US 1972-04-23 1972-10-04
Catfish Hunter 26 R R 6' 0.0" 190 Apr 8, 1946 Hertford, NC, US 1972-04-16 1972-10-03
Reggie Jackson 26 L L 6' 0.0" 195 May 18, 1946 Abington, PA, US 1972-04-15 1972-10-04
Mike Kilkenny 27 R L 6' 3.0" 175 Apr 11, 1945 Bradford, ON, CA 1972-05-13 1972-05-13
Darold Knowles 30 L L 6' 0.0" 180 Dec 9, 1941 Brunswick, MO, US 1972-04-16 1972-09-27
Ted Kubiak 30 S R 6' 0.0" 175 May 12, 1942 New Brunswick, NJ, US 1972-07-20 1972-10-04
Allan Lewis 30 S R 6' 0.0" 170 Dec 12, 1941 Colon, Colon, PA 1972-09-02 1972-10-04
Bob Locker 34 S R 6' 3.0" 200 Mar 15, 1938 George, IA, US 1972-04-15 1972-10-03
Angel Mangual 25 R R 5' 10.0" 178 Mar 19, 1947 Juana Diaz, PR 1972-05-05 1972-10-04
Gonzalo Marquez 26 L L 5' 11.0" 180 Mar 31, 1946 Carupano, Sucre, VE 1972-08-11 1972-10-04
Marty Martinez 30 S R 6' 0.0" 170 Aug 23, 1941 La Habana, La Habana, CU 1972-05-29 1972-07-19
Dal Maxvill 33 R R 5' 11.0" 157 Feb 18, 1939 Granite City, IL, US 1972-09-01 1972-10-04
Denny McLain 28 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Mar 29, 1944 Chicago, IL, US 1972-04-18 1972-05-12
Bill McNulty 25 R R 6' 4.0" 205 Aug 29, 1946 Sacramento, CA, US 1972-09-27 1972-10-04
Don Mincher 34 L R 6' 3.0" 205 Jun 24, 1938 Huntsville, AL, US 1972-07-21 1972-10-04
Blue Moon Odom 27 R R 6' 0.0" 178 May 29, 1945 Macon, GA, US 1972-04-15 1972-10-04
Jim Roland 29 R L 6' 3.0" 175 Dec 14, 1942 Franklin, NC, US 1972-04-23 1972-04-26
Joe Rudi 25 R R 6' 2.0" 200 Sep 7, 1946 Modesto, CA, US 1972-04-15 1972-10-03
Diego Segui 34 R R 6' 0.0" 190 Aug 17, 1937 Holguin, Holguin, CU 1972-04-23 1972-06-02
Art Shamsky 30 L L 6' 1.0" 168 Oct 14, 1941 St. Louis, MO, US 1972-06-30 1972-07-18
Don Shaw 28 L L 6' 0.0" 180 Feb 23, 1944 Pittsburgh, PA, US 1972-05-16 1972-05-19
Gene Tenace 25 R R 6' 0.0" 190 Oct 10, 1946 Russellton, PA, US 1972-04-15 1972-10-03
Bill Voss 28 L L 6' 2.0" 160 Oct 31, 1943 Glendale, CA, US 1972-06-25 1972-08-26
Gary Waslewski 30 R R 6' 4.0" 190 Jul 21, 1941 Meriden, CT, US 1972-07-21 1972-09-28

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