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1973 Oakland Athletics Pitching Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1972 / 1974)
94-68, Finished 1st in AL West
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Scored 758 runs, Allowed 615 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 96-66
Manager: Dick Williams (94-68)
Ballpark: Oakland Coliseum (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,000,763 (8th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 93;   one-year: Batting - 88, Pitching - 86
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Postseason:  Won World Series (4-3) over New York Mets
Won AL Championship Series (3-2) over Baltimore Orioles
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1972 / 1974 Pitching Statistics

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Ken Holtzman* 27 21 13 .618 2.97 40 40 0 16 4 0 297.1 275 109 98 22 66 5 157 4 0 12 1210 120 1.147 8.3 0.7 2.0 4.8 2.38
2 SP Vida Blue* 23 20 9 .690 3.28 37 37 0 13 4 0 263.2 214 108 96 26 105 2 158 4 2 15 1083 108 1.210 7.3 0.9 3.6 5.4 1.50
3 SP Catfish Hunter 27 21 5 .808 3.34 36 36 0 11 3 0 256.1 222 105 95 39 69 1 124 1 0 2 1040 107 1.135 7.8 1.4 2.4 4.4 1.80
4 SP Blue Moon Odom 28 5 12 .294 4.49 30 24 4 3 0 0 150.1 153 86 75 14 67 3 83 2 1 8 658 79 1.463 9.2 0.8 4.0 5.0 1.24
5 SP Dave Hamilton* 25 6 4 .600 4.39 16 11 1 1 0 0 69.2 74 37 34 8 24 0 34 1 0 1 296 81 1.407 9.6 1.0 3.1 4.4 1.42
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 CL Rollie Fingers 26 7 8 .467 1.92 62 2 49 0 0 22 126.2 107 41 27 5 39 6 110 4 0 2 521 185 1.153 7.6 0.4 2.8 7.8 2.82
7 RP Darold Knowles* 31 6 8 .429 3.09 52 5 26 1 1 9 99.0 87 44 34 7 49 3 46 3 1 3 422 115 1.374 7.9 0.6 4.5 4.2 0.94
8 RP Horacio Pina 28 6 3 .667 2.76 47 0 24 0 0 8 88.0 58 31 27 8 34 5 41 8 0 3 350 129 1.045 5.9 0.8 3.5 4.2 1.21
9 RP Paul Lindblad* 31 1 5 .167 3.69 36 3 11 0 0 2 78.0 89 38 32 8 28 2 33 3 0 6 341 96 1.500 10.3 0.9 3.2 3.8 1.18
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
10 Glenn Abbott 22 1 0 1.000 3.86 5 3 1 1 0 0 18.2 16 8 8 3 7 0 6 0 1 0 79 92 1.232 7.7 1.4 3.4 2.9 0.86
11 Rob Gardner* 28 0 0 4.91 3 0 0 0 0 0 7.1 10 4 4 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 32 72 1.909 12.3 2.5 4.9 2.5 0.50
12 Chuck Dobson 29 0 1 .000 7.71 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 6 4 2 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 16 46 3.429 23.1 3.9 7.7 11.6 1.50
Team Totals 26.7 94 68 .580 3.29 162 162 116 46 12 41 1457.1 1311 615 532 143 494 27 797 30 5 52 6048 108 1.239 8.1 0.9 3.1 4.9 1.61
Rank in 12 AL teams 2 11 2 9 2 2 3 2 3 3 9 4 9852
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Pitching Ratios*

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Age IP Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB Opp DP %
Glenn Abbott 22 18.2 35% 3.8% 7.6% 8.9% 8.9% 44% 0.60 80% 15 0 0%
*Vida Blue 23 263.2 84% 2.4% 14.6% 9.7% 5.6% 29% 0.88 72% 202 28 14%
Chuck Dobson 29 2.1 38% 6.3% 18.8% 12.5% 12.5% 33% 1.00 63% 4 0 0%
Rollie Fingers 26 126.2 37% 1.0% 21.2% 7.5% 4.0% 20% 0.72 69% 98 7 7%
*Rob Gardner 28 7.1 59% 6.3% 6.3% 12.5% 12.5% 40% 0.90 72% 8 3 38%
*Dave Hamilton 25 69.2 72% 2.7% 11.5% 8.1% 9.5% 38% 0.70 77% 57 6 11%
*Ken Holtzman 27 297.1 80% 1.8% 13.0% 5.5% 5.2% 23% 1.09 79% 211 28 13%
Catfish Hunter 27 256.1 48% 3.8% 11.9% 6.6% 7.9% 37% 0.49 77% 148 8 5%
*Darold Knowles 31 99.0 71% 1.7% 10.9% 11.6% 6.9% 33% 1.36 73% 87 12 14%
*Paul Lindblad 31 78.0 72% 2.4% 9.7% 8.2% 5.6% 21% 1.44 78% 78 12 15%
Blue Moon Odom 28 150.1 41% 2.1% 12.6% 10.2% 5.8% 25% 1.26 74% 134 14 10%
Horacio Pina 28 88.0 31% 2.3% 11.7% 9.7% 5.7% 35% 2.36 73% 69 14 20%
League Average 55% 2.1% 13.1% 9.0% 6.3% 27% 1.09 74% 11%
Team Total 62% 2.4% 13.2% 8.2% 6.2% 29% 0.94 75% 1111 132 12%
Age IP Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB Opp DP %

Team Batting Against*

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Age IP G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Glenn Abbott 22 18.2 5 79 71 8 16 3 1 3 1 2 7 6 .225 .291 .423 .714 .206 30 0 0 0 1 0
*Vida Blue 23 263.2 37 1083 956 108 214 29 6 26 14 7 105 158 .224 .300 .348 .649 .240 333 28 4 8 10 2
Chuck Dobson 29 2.1 1 16 14 4 6 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 .429 .500 .714 1.214 .500 10 0 0 0 0 0
Rollie Fingers 26 126.2 62 520 473 41 107 16 0 5 8 7 39 110 .226 .289 .292 .581 .283 138 7 4 1 3 6
*Rob Gardner 28 7.1 3 32 27 4 10 2 0 2 0 0 4 2 .370 .452 .667 1.118 .348 18 3 0 1 0 0
*Dave Hamilton 25 69.2 16 296 270 37 74 19 1 8 1 3 24 34 .274 .334 .441 .775 .288 119 6 1 0 1 0
*Ken Holtzman 27 297.1 40 1210 1131 109 275 31 10 22 6 11 66 157 .243 .286 .347 .633 .265 392 28 4 5 4 5
Catfish Hunter 27 256.1 36 1040 958 105 222 39 4 39 5 18 69 124 .232 .282 .403 .685 .228 386 8 1 3 9 1
*Darold Knowles 31 99.0 52 422 353 44 87 18 4 7 2 2 49 46 .246 .338 .380 .718 .261 134 12 3 11 6 3
*Paul Lindblad 31 78.0 36 341 305 38 89 10 1 8 4 3 28 33 .292 .354 .410 .764 .303 125 12 3 2 3 2
Blue Moon Odom 28 150.1 30 659 583 86 153 18 6 14 8 6 67 83 .262 .339 .386 .725 .284 225 14 2 4 3 3
Horacio Pina 28 88.0 47 350 300 31 58 9 3 8 5 1 34 41 .193 .290 .323 .613 .197 97 14 8 5 3 5
League Average .261 .330 .385 .715 .283
Team Total 365 6048 5441 615 1311 195 36 143 54 60 494 797 .241 .305 .369 .674 .257 2007 132 30 40 43 27
Age IP G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

Team Starting Pitching*

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Age IP G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
Glenn Abbott 22 18.2 5 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 1 33% 49 71 33 5 1 1 1 7.1 7.1 5.1
*Vida Blue 23 263.2 37 37 20 9 8 4 0 24 13 .649 1 4 13 4 19 51% 56 87 21 26 10 24 5 4.9 5.0 7.1
Chuck Dobson 29 2.1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 34 34 34 2 1 0 1 4.0 4.5 2.3
Rollie Fingers 26 126.2 62 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 1 50% 51 64 37 14 6 1 1 1.0 0.0 3.8
*Dave Hamilton 25 69.2 16 11 5 4 2 2 1 6 5 .545 0 2 1 0 4 36% 50 80 18 12 3 7 4 4.0 4.1 5.5
*Ken Holtzman 27 297.1 40 40 21 13 6 1 6 24 16 .600 1 3 16 4 27 68% 57 89 18 25 8 27 5 4.6 3.9 7.4
Catfish Hunter 27 256.1 36 36 21 5 10 5 0 26 10 .722 5 3 11 3 20 56% 55 84 20 30 10 24 4 5.6 5.5 7.1
*Darold Knowles 31 99.0 52 5 2 1 2 1 0 3 2 .600 1 1 1 1 2 40% 47 71 27 27 5 5 0 5.3 3.9 5.5
*Paul Lindblad 31 78.0 36 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 2 67% 50 57 45 22 6 3 0 1.0 0.5 5.8
Blue Moon Odom 28 150.1 30 24 4 12 8 1 1 8 16 .333 2 3 3 0 7 29% 46 67 22 29 11 11 10 4.1 3.4 5.5
League Average .494 49% 50 100 7 4.3 4.3 6.5
Team Total 365 162 74 50 38 14 11 94 68 .580 10 16 46 12 83 51% 53 89 18 213 67 103 31 4.7 4.5 6.7
Age IP G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max

Team Relief Pitching*

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Age IP G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
Glenn Abbott 22 18.2 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 5 0.922 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 5.0
Rollie Fingers 26 126.2 62 60 49 7 6 27 22 5 81% 31 4 69 23 33% 7 1.427 35 9 16 31 8 21 39 21 39 11 41 16 6.0
*Rob Gardner 28 7.1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 3 0.328 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 1 2 1 2 0 7.3
*Dave Hamilton 25 69.2 16 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 25% 5 0.893 2 0 3 1 0 4 3 2 4 1 4 0 5.4
*Darold Knowles 31 99.0 52 47 26 4 7 14 9 5 64% 21 5 50 13 26% 8 1.333 27 6 13 22 7 18 29 18 23 14 26 9 4.6
*Paul Lindblad 31 78.0 36 33 11 1 2 2 2 0 100% 4 1 37 11 30% 7 0.840 8 11 14 4 6 23 21 12 18 9 21 7 5.5
Blue Moon Odom 28 150.1 30 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 38% 3 0.966 1 3 2 0 2 4 4 2 5 0 5 0 9.2
Horacio Pina 28 88.0 47 47 24 6 3 11 8 3 73% 16 4 51 14 27% 8 1.120 18 8 20 18 4 25 30 17 28 14 33 10 5.6
League Average 73% 35% 1.008 6.2
Team Total 365 203 116 20 18 54 41 13 76% 72 14 228 68 30% 1.040 91 37 73 76 27 100 129 74 120 50 133 42 5.6
Age IP G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR

Team Baserunning/Situational*

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Age IP PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
Glenn Abbott 22 18.2 79 16 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 0 27 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
*Vida Blue 23 263.2 1083 214 26 1 18 24 2 14 12 47 22 7 47% 16 15 4 377 14 7 67% 12 7 2 0 0 0 3 2 39 0
Chuck Dobson 29 2.1 16 6 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rollie Fingers 26 126.2 520 107 5 1 15 2 3 2 3 35 15 9 43% 7 2 0 214 8 7 53% 8 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 0
*Rob Gardner 28 7.1 32 10 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
*Dave Hamilton 25 69.2 296 74 8 0 7 8 0 1 7 8 3 1 38% 2 1 0 102 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
*Ken Holtzman 27 297.1 1210 275 22 0 9 21 1 15 7 40 18 10 45% 19 12 3 402 6 11 35% 6 10 0 1 0 0 1 1 25 0
Catfish Hunter 27 256.1 1040 222 39 0 13 13 26 19 20 35 16 6 46% 10 2 0 302 5 18 22% 4 16 1 2 0 0 4 2 13 0
*Darold Knowles 31 99.0 422 87 7 0 10 6 1 2 5 30 13 6 43% 7 3 1 177 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 8 2 13 0
*Paul Lindblad 31 78.0 341 89 8 0 12 6 2 2 6 24 12 2 50% 4 6 2 135 4 3 57% 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 14 0
Blue Moon Odom 28 150.1 659 153 14 0 8 7 7 7 7 31 18 4 58% 13 8 1 258 8 6 57% 7 6 1 0 0 0 3 0 14 0
Horacio Pina 28 88.0 350 58 8 0 6 4 4 2 6 15 8 1 53% 3 3 1 142 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
League Average 50% 62%
Team Total 6048 1311 143 2 99 96 47 70 73 267 127 46 48% 85 52 12 2162 54 60 47% 49 54 5 5 0 1 21 8 140 0
Age IP PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu

Team Neutralized Pitching

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Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact Gact
Glenn Abbott 22 0 1 .000 4.50 18.0 18 10 9 3 8 6 0 1.444 9.0 4.0 3.0 0.75 1.5 5 5
*Vida Blue 23 13 14 .481 4.22 243.0 234 127 114 28 115 146 4 1.436 8.7 4.3 5.4 1.27 1.0 37 37
Chuck Dobson 29 0 0 9.00 2.0 7 2 2 1 2 3 0 4.500 31.5 9.0 13.5 1.50 4.5 1 1
Rollie Fingers 26 9 4 .692 2.42 119.0 117 36 32 5 43 103 4 1.345 8.8 3.3 7.8 2.40 0.4 62 62
*Rob Gardner 28 0 1 .000 11.12 17.0 29 23 21 2 18 6 1 2.765 15.4 9.5 3.2 0.33 1.1 13 13
*Dave Hamilton 25 2 5 .286 5.71 63.0 80 44 40 9 26 31 1 1.683 11.4 3.7 4.4 1.19 1.3 16 16
*Ken Holtzman 27 16 14 .533 3.79 278.0 301 130 117 24 72 147 4 1.342 9.7 2.3 4.8 2.04 0.8 40 40
Catfish Hunter 27 12 14 .462 4.26 239.0 246 126 113 43 76 116 1 1.347 9.3 2.9 4.4 1.53 1.6 36 36
*Darold Knowles 31 5 5 .500 3.96 91.0 94 44 40 8 53 42 3 1.615 9.3 5.2 4.2 0.79 0.8 52 52
*Paul Lindblad 31 3 4 .429 4.82 71.0 96 42 38 9 30 30 3 1.775 12.2 3.8 3.8 1.00 1.1 36 36
Blue Moon Odom 28 5 10 .333 5.80 138.0 168 99 89 15 74 76 2 1.754 11.0 4.8 5.0 1.03 1.0 30 30
Horacio Pina 28 4 4 .500 3.60 80.0 64 36 32 9 38 37 9 1.275 7.2 4.3 4.2 0.97 1.0 47 47
Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Pitching

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Age Yrs W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
Glenn Abbott 22 1 1 0 1.000 3.86 5 3 1 1 0 0 18.2 16 8 8 3 7 0 6 0 1 0 79 92 1.232 7.7 1.4 3.4 2.9 0.86 92
*Vida Blue 23 5 53 28 .654 2.74 119 109 1 44 18 1 807.1 609 282 246 69 271 9 629 10 3 28 3234 122 1.090 6.8 0.8 3.0 7.0 2.32 122
Chuck Dobson 29 7 72 64 .529 3.66 188 183 4 47 11 0 1200.1 1105 536 488 117 450 31 728 16 2 49 5046 90 1.295 8.3 0.9 3.4 5.5 1.62 90
Rollie Fingers 26 6 35 39 .473 3.03 281 37 157 4 2 74 635.2 543 251 214 54 191 26 461 20 2 12 2581 111 1.155 7.7 0.8 2.7 6.5 2.41 111
*Rob Gardner 28 8 14 18 .438 4.35 109 42 17 4 0 2 331.0 345 180 160 35 133 7 193 4 0 13 1449 78 1.444 9.4 1.0 3.6 5.2 1.45 78
*Dave Hamilton 25 2 12 10 .545 3.53 41 25 4 2 0 0 171.0 168 71 67 15 55 2 89 2 0 1 715 89 1.304 8.8 0.8 2.9 4.7 1.62 89
*Ken Holtzman 27 9 114 93 .551 3.33 270 260 4 86 21 1 1839.0 1712 770 681 167 560 52 1199 30 2 64 7665 110 1.235 8.4 0.8 2.7 5.9 2.14 110
Catfish Hunter 27 9 136 101 .574 3.22 322 299 5 93 25 1 2138.0 1811 850 765 236 641 43 1377 32 6 29 8743 102 1.147 7.6 1.0 2.7 5.8 2.15 102
*Darold Knowles 31 9 42 44 .488 2.70 452 7 263 1 1 100 706.0 607 246 212 36 317 57 490 29 7 20 2982 124 1.309 7.7 0.5 4.0 6.2 1.55 124
*Paul Lindblad 31 9 44 47 .484 3.42 410 28 159 1 1 40 719.1 691 311 273 75 235 53 450 18 0 19 3029 96 1.287 8.6 0.9 2.9 5.6 1.91 96
Blue Moon Odom 28 10 79 69 .534 3.44 228 207 10 38 14 0 1316.1 1145 584 503 90 669 36 743 31 2 82 5647 94 1.378 7.8 0.6 4.6 5.1 1.11 94
Horacio Pina 28 6 19 17 .528 3.21 267 7 127 0 0 34 370.2 300 151 132 23 185 31 236 29 1 18 1571 105 1.308 7.3 0.6 4.5 5.7 1.28 105
Age Yrs W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.


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