You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Teams > Franchise Encyclopedia > 1972 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

1972 Oakland Athletics Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971 / 1973)
93-62, Finished 1st in AL West
View League Standings and Leaders
Scored 604 runs, Allowed 457 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 97-58
Manager: Dick Williams (93-62)
Ballpark: Oakland Coliseum (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 921,323 (5th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 93;   one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 94
World Series Champs
Postseason:  Won World Series (4-3) over Cincinnati Reds
Won AL Championship Series (3-2) over Detroit Tigers
BaseballAmerica.com: Franchise Executives
BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)
Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms
World Series Champions

1971 / 1973 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

Glossaries · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Matty Alou 33 L L 5' 9" 160 Dec 22, 1938 13 32 31 32 32 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 31 32 0 0
Brant Alyea 31 R R 6' 3" 215 Dec 8, 1940 6 20 7 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 8 12 0
Dwain Anderson 24 R R 5' 11" 165 Nov 23, 1947 2 3 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Sal Bando 28 R R 6' 0" 205 Feb 13, 1944 7 152 151 152 152 0 0 0 1 151 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 All-Star
Curt Blefary 28 L R 6' 2" 195 Jul 5, 1943 8 8 1 8 8 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 0
Vida Blue 22 B L 6' 0" 189 Jul 28, 1949 4 27 23 27 27 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bobby Brooks 26 R R 165 Nov 1, 1945 3 15 11 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 11 4 0
Larry Brown 32 R R 5' 11" 165 Mar 1, 1940 10 47 44 47 47 0 0 0 46 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ollie Brown 28 R R 6' 3" 200 Feb 11, 1944 8 20 13 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 16 5 0
Bert Campaneris 30 R R 5' 10" 160 Mar 9, 1942 9 149 148 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 1 All-Star
Orlando Cepeda HOF 34 R R 6' 2" 210 Sep 17, 1937 15 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Ron Clark 29 R R 5' 10" 175 Jan 14, 1943 6 14 3 14 14 0 0 0 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Tim Cullen 30 R R 6' 1" 185 Feb 16, 1942 7 72 43 72 72 0 0 0 65 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
Dave Duncan 26 R R 6' 2" 200 Sep 26, 1945 7 121 109 121 121 0 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Mike Epstein 29 L L 230 Apr 4, 1943 7 138 137 138 138 0 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Rollie Fingers HOF 25 R R 6' 4" 195 Aug 25, 1946 5 65 0 65 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Adrian Garrett 29 L R 6' 3" 185 Jan 3, 1943 4 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 12 0
Dick Green 31 R R 5' 10" 180 Apr 21, 1941 10 26 22 26 26 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Hamilton 24 L L 6' 0" 190 Dec 13, 1947 1st 25 14 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Haney 29 R R 6' 2" 195 Nov 19, 1942 6 5 0 5 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Mike Hegan 29 L L 6' 1" 190 Jul 21, 1942 7 98 6 98 98 0 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 40 9
George Hendrick 22 R R 6' 3" 195 Oct 18, 1949 2 58 20 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 28 13 41 21 5
Ken Holtzman 26 R L 6' 2" 175 Nov 3, 1945 8 40 37 40 40 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 All-Star
Joe Horlen 34 R R 6' 0" 175 Aug 14, 1937 12 32 6 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Catfish Hunter HOF 26 R R 6' 0" 195 Apr 8, 1946 8 39 37 39 39 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 All-Star
Reggie Jackson HOF 26 L L 6' 0" 200 May 18, 1946 6 135 135 135 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 92 43 135 0 0 All-Star
Mike Kilkenny 27 R L 175 Apr 11, 1945 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Darold Knowles 30 L L 6' 0" 190 Dec 9, 1941 8 54 0 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ted Kubiak 30 B R 6' 0" 175 May 12, 1942 6 51 18 51 51 0 0 0 49 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Allan Lewis 30 B R 6' 0" 170 Dec 12, 1941 5 24 1 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 6 0 20
Bob Locker 34 B R 6' 3" 200 Mar 15, 1938 8 56 0 56 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Angel Mangual 25 R R 5' 10" 180 Mar 19, 1947 3 91 66 91 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 22 52 74 19 2
Gonzalo Marquez 26 L L 5' 11" 180 Mar 31, 1946 1st 23 1 23 23 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 1
Marty Martinez 30 B R 6' 1" 175 Aug 23, 1941 7 22 8 22 22 0 0 0 17 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dal Maxvill 33 R R 5' 11" 160 Feb 18, 1939 11 27 23 27 27 0 0 0 24 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Denny McLain 28 R R 6' 1" 185 Mar 29, 1944 10 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill McNulty 25 R R 6' 4" 205 Aug 29, 1946 2 4 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Don Mincher 34 L R 6' 3" 213 Jun 24, 1938 13 47 8 47 47 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0
Blue Moon Odom 27 R R 6' 0" 185 May 29, 1945 9 59 30 59 59 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28
Jim Roland 29 R L 6' 3" 190 Dec 14, 1942 10 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Rudi 25 R R 6' 2" 200 Sep 7, 1946 6 147 147 147 147 0 0 0 0 1 0 147 0 0 147 0 0 All-Star
Diego Segui 34 R R 6' 0" 190 Aug 17, 1937 11 7 3 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Art Shamsky 30 L L 6' 1" 175 Oct 14, 1941 8 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Don Shaw 28 L L 6' 0" 185 Feb 23, 1944 5 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gene Tenace 25 R R 6' 0" 190 Oct 10, 1946 4 82 59 82 82 0 49 7 2 2 0 0 0 9 9 21 0
Bill Voss 28 L L 6' 2" 160 Oct 31, 1943 8 40 24 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 21 34 10 1
Gary Waslewski 30 R R 6' 4" 195 Jul 21, 1941 6 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1971 / 1973 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Compare     Other Links@google.com   Report an error