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1972 Oakland Athletics

Roster (40-man)

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 Roster (40-man)

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 0.7 $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 5.6 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 0.2
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 0.5 $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 0.5 $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 -0.9 $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 -0.2
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 5.4 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 0.5
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 2.8 $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 5.2 $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 1.7
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 0.9
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 1.0
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 -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 1.0 $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 -0.2
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 3.6 $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 0.1
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 5.8 $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 5.6 $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 2.7 $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 0.5 $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 0.0
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 0.7 $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 1.3
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 -0.9 $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 -0.5 $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 2.1
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 6.1 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 -0.7
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 0.5 $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 0.3
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
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

1971 / 1973 Roster (40-man)

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