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1972 Oakland Athletics

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971 / 1973

93-62, Finished 1st in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Dick Williams (93-62)
Scored 604 runs, Allowed 457 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 97-58

Ballparks: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · 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

Postseason:  Won World Series (4-3) over Cincinnati Reds
Won AL Championship Series (3-2) over Detroit Tigers

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1971 / 1973 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
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 0.5 $100,000
Brant Alyea 31 R R 6' 3" 215 Dec 8, 1940 6 20 7 20 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 8 12 0 0.2 $23,500
Dwain Anderson 24 R R 5' 11" 165 Nov 23, 1947 2 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 -0.1 $9,600
Sal Bando 28 R R 6' 0" 195 Feb 13, 1944 7 152 151 152 151 0 0 0 1 151 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.9 $ All-Star
Curt Blefary 28 L R 6' 2" 195 Jul 5, 1943 8 8 1 8 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 0 0.3 $
Vida Blue 22 B L 6' 0" 189 Jul 28, 1949 4 27 23 27 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.1 $63,000
Bobby Brooks 26 R R 5' 8" 165 Nov 1, 1945 3 15 11 15 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 11 4 0 0.3 $10,500
Larry Brown 32 R R 5' 10" 160 Mar 1, 1940 10 47 44 47 47 0 0 0 46 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $30,000
Ollie Brown 28 R R 6' 2" 178 Feb 11, 1944 8 20 13 20 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 16 5 0 -0.4 $
Bert Campaneris 30 R R 5' 10" 160 Mar 9, 1942 9 149 148 149 148 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.0 $ All-Star
Orlando Cepeda HOF 34 R R 6' 2" 210 Sep 17, 1937 15 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.1 $90,000
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 0.1 $17,000
Tim Cullen 30 R R 6' 1" 185 Feb 16, 1942 7 72 43 72 70 0 0 0 65 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0.3 $
Dave Duncan 26 R R 6' 2" 190 Sep 26, 1945 7 121 109 121 113 0 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 2.1 $30,000
Mike Epstein 29 L L 6' 3" 230 Apr 4, 1943 7 138 137 138 137 0 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.6 $40,000
Rollie Fingers HOF 25 R R 6' 4" 190 Aug 25, 1946 5 65 0 65 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Adrian Garrett 29 L R 6' 3" 185 Jan 3, 1943 4 14 0 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 12 0 -0.1 $13,200
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 0.8 $
Dave Hamilton 24 L L 6' 0" 180 Dec 13, 1947 1st 25 14 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
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 -0.1 $19,056
Mike Hegan 29 L L 6' 1" 188 Jul 21, 1942 7 98 6 98 67 0 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 40 9 0.9 $23,000
George Hendrick 22 R R 6' 3" 195 Oct 18, 1949 2 58 20 58 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 28 13 41 21 5 -0.3 $
Ken Holtzman 26 R L 6' 2" 175 Nov 3, 1945 8 40 37 40 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.9 $53,250 All-Star
Joe Horlen 34 R R 6' 0" 170 Aug 14, 1937 12 32 6 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Catfish Hunter HOF 26 R R 6' 0" 190 Apr 8, 1946 8 39 37 39 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.5 $50,000 All-Star
Reggie Jackson HOF 26 L L 6' 0" 195 May 18, 1946 6 135 135 135 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 92 43 135 0 0 5.5 $55,000 All-Star
Mike Kilkenny 27 R L 6' 3" 175 Apr 11, 1945 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $20,500
Darold Knowles 30 L L 6' 0" 180 Dec 9, 1941 8 54 0 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $42,500
Ted Kubiak 30 B R 6' 0" 175 May 12, 1942 6 51 18 51 49 0 0 0 49 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0.2 $31,000
Allan Lewis 30 B R 6' 0" 170 Dec 12, 1941 5 24 1 24 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 6 0 20 -0.1 $
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 0.4 $35,000
Angel Mangual 25 R R 5' 10" 178 Mar 19, 1947 3 91 66 91 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 22 52 75 19 2 0.8 $
Gonzalo Marquez 26 L L 5' 11" 180 Mar 31, 1946 1st 23 1 23 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 1 0.2 $
Marty Martinez 30 B R 6' 0" 170 Aug 23, 1941 7 22 8 22 22 0 0 0 17 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 -0.5 $
Dal Maxvill 33 R R 5' 11" 157 Feb 18, 1939 11 27 23 27 27 0 0 0 24 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $40,000
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 -1.1 $75,000
Bill McNulty 25 R R 6' 4" 205 Aug 29, 1946 2 4 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.2 $12,900
Don Mincher 34 L R 6' 3" 205 Jun 24, 1938 13 47 8 47 11 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0 -0.6 $47,000
Blue Moon Odom 27 R R 6' 0" 178 May 29, 1945 9 59 30 59 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 1.6 $
Jim Roland 29 R L 6' 3" 175 Dec 14, 1942 10 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $21,500
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 5.9 $ 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 -0.1 $
Art Shamsky 30 L L 6' 1" 168 Oct 14, 1941 8 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 -0.1 $25,000
Don Shaw 28 L L 6' 0" 180 Feb 23, 1944 5 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Gene Tenace 25 R R 6' 0" 190 Oct 10, 1946 4 82 59 82 65 0 47 8 2 2 0 0 0 9 9 21 0 0.4 $20,000
Bill Voss 28 L L 6' 2" 160 Oct 31, 1943 8 40 24 40 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 21 34 10 1 0.1 $
Gary Waslewski 30 R R 6' 4" 190 Jul 21, 1941 6 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Dick Green
Angel Mangual
Adrian Garrett
Larry Haney
Ron Clark
Tim Cullen
Don Mincher
Mike Epstein
Sal Bando
Brant Alyea
Art Shamsky
Larry Brown

Reggie Jackson
Dave Duncan
Dwain Anderson
Ted Kubiak
Marty Martinez
Orlando Cepeda
Gonzalo Marquez
Blue Moon Odom
Matty Alou
Don Shaw
Bobby Brooks
Ollie Brown
Tim Cullen

Denny McLain
Gary Waslewski
Bill McNulty
Bert Campaneris
Mike Hegan
Dal Maxvill
Joe Horlen
Allan Lewis
Diego Segui
Bill Voss
George Hendrick

Joe Rudi
Catfish Hunter
Ken Holtzman
Darold Knowles
Dave Hamilton
Mike Kilkenny
Jim Roland
Rollie Fingers
Vida Blue
Bob Locker

Gene Tenace
Curt Blefary

1971 / 1973 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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