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1974 Oakland Athletics Pitching Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1973 / 1975)
90-72, Finished 1st in AL West
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Scored 689 runs, Allowed 551 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 97-65
Manager: Alvin Dark (90-72)
Ballpark: Oakland Coliseum (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 845,693 (11th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 92;   one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 99
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Postseason:  Won World Series (4-1) over Los Angeles Dodgers
Won AL Championship Series (3-1) over Baltimore Orioles
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1973 / 1975 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 Catfish Hunter 28 25 12 .676 2.49 41 41 0 23 6 0 318.1 268 97 88 25 46 2 143 4 0 1 1240 134 0.986 7.6 0.7 1.3 4.0 3.11
2 SP Vida Blue* 24 17 15 .531 3.25 40 40 0 12 1 0 282.1 246 118 102 17 98 7 174 1 0 9 1159 103 1.218 7.8 0.5 3.1 5.5 1.78
3 SP Ken Holtzman* 28 19 17 .528 3.07 39 38 0 9 3 0 255.1 273 111 87 14 51 3 117 3 0 5 1073 109 1.269 9.6 0.5 1.8 4.1 2.29
4 SP Dave Hamilton* 26 7 4 .636 3.15 29 18 3 1 1 0 117.0 104 45 41 10 48 3 69 5 0 2 490 106 1.299 8.0 0.8 3.7 5.3 1.44
5 SP Glenn Abbott 23 5 7 .417 3.00 19 17 0 3 0 0 96.0 89 38 32 4 34 3 38 3 0 3 401 111 1.281 8.3 0.4 3.2 3.6 1.12
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 27 9 5 .643 2.65 76 0 60 0 0 18 119.0 104 41 35 5 29 6 95 1 1 1 483 126 1.118 7.9 0.4 2.2 7.2 3.28
7 RP Paul Lindblad* 32 4 4 .500 2.06 45 2 22 0 0 6 100.2 85 30 23 4 30 11 46 2 0 0 412 162 1.142 7.6 0.4 2.7 4.1 1.53
8 RP Blue Moon Odom 29 1 5 .167 3.81 34 5 7 1 0 1 87.1 85 39 37 4 52 3 52 3 0 4 384 87 1.569 8.8 0.4 5.4 5.4 1.00
9 RP Darold Knowles* 32 3 3 .500 4.22 45 1 18 0 0 3 53.1 61 29 25 6 35 3 18 2 0 2 250 79 1.800 10.3 1.0 5.9 3.0 0.51
10 RP Leon Hooten 26 0 0 3.24 6 0 2 0 0 0 8.1 6 3 3 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 35 103 1.200 6.5 1.1 4.3 1.1 0.25
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
11 Bill Parsons 25 0 0 0.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 10 2.000 4.5 0.0 13.5 9.0 0.67
Team Totals 27.1 90 72 .556 2.96 162 162 113 49 11 28 1439.2 1322 551 473 90 430 41 755 25 1 27 5937 113 1.217 8.3 0.6 2.7 4.7 1.76
Rank in 12 AL teams 2 11 1 9 6 3 10 1 1 1 1 1 9525
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 23 96.0 42% 1.0% 9.5% 8.5% 6.8% 30% 1.08 80% 60 6 10%
*Vida Blue 24 282.1 83% 1.5% 15.0% 8.5% 4.4% 21% 0.81 74% 243 35 14%
Rollie Fingers 27 119.0 39% 1.0% 19.7% 6.0% 3.9% 18% 1.02 71% 104 11 11%
*Dave Hamilton 26 117.0 77% 2.0% 14.1% 9.8% 5.3% 25% 0.96 73% 100 10 10%
*Ken Holtzman 28 255.1 83% 1.3% 10.9% 4.8% 5.7% 22% 1.16 82% 185 17 9%
Leon Hooten 26 8.1 23% 2.9% 2.9% 11.4% 5.7% 33% 1.00 80% 8 1 13%
Catfish Hunter 28 318.1 45% 2.0% 11.5% 3.7% 6.1% 28% 0.61 82% 166 15 9%
*Darold Knowles 32 53.1 73% 2.4% 7.2% 14.0% 6.4% 26% 1.25 74% 64 6 9%
*Paul Lindblad 32 100.2 76% 1.0% 11.2% 7.3% 4.6% 22% 1.17 79% 89 11 12%
Blue Moon Odom 29 87.1 29% 1.0% 13.5% 13.5% 4.4% 20% 1.49 69% 101 13 13%
Bill Parsons 25 2.0 60% 0.0% 20.0% 30.0% 10.0% 100% 0.00 50% 3 0 0%
League Average 55% 1.9% 12.8% 8.3% 5.9% 25% 1.04 75% 11%
Team Total 63% 1.5% 12.7% 7.3% 5.3% 24% 0.92 77% 1123 125 11%
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 23 96.0 19 400 360 38 89 23 0 4 10 5 34 38 .247 .317 .344 .661 .266 124 6 3 2 1 3
*Vida Blue 24 282.1 40 1158 1040 118 246 28 6 17 12 8 98 174 .237 .300 .324 .624 .266 337 35 1 7 12 7
Rollie Fingers 27 119.0 76 483 433 41 104 10 4 5 8 5 29 95 .240 .282 .316 .599 .287 137 11 1 8 12 6
*Dave Hamilton 26 117.0 29 490 431 45 104 13 3 10 2 8 48 69 .241 .322 .355 .677 .264 153 10 5 2 4 3
*Ken Holtzman 28 255.1 39 1072 1004 111 273 37 10 14 21 9 51 117 .272 .308 .371 .678 .295 372 17 3 10 4 3
Leon Hooten 26 8.1 6 35 29 3 6 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 .207 .314 .345 .659 .179 10 1 1 0 1 0
Catfish Hunter 28 318.1 41 1240 1171 97 268 43 7 25 14 19 46 143 .229 .258 .342 .600 .240 400 15 4 9 10 2
*Darold Knowles 32 53.1 45 250 206 29 61 10 0 6 1 1 35 18 .296 .397 .432 .829 .296 89 6 2 3 4 3
*Paul Lindblad 32 100.2 45 412 368 30 85 15 0 4 9 0 30 46 .231 .288 .304 .593 .250 112 11 2 6 6 11
Blue Moon Odom 29 87.1 34 384 318 39 85 12 1 4 6 4 52 52 .267 .373 .349 .722 .307 111 13 3 9 2 3
Bill Parsons 25 2.0 4 10 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 .143 .400 .286 .686 .200 2 0 0 0 0 0
League Average .259 .324 .373 .697 .282
Team Total 378 5934 5367 551 1322 193 31 90 83 59 430 755 .246 .302 .344 .646 .269 1847 125 25 56 56 41
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 23 96.0 19 17 5 7 5 1 2 9 8 .529 0 2 3 0 8 47% 52 74 31 12 5 4 6 3.5 3.0 5.4
*Vida Blue 24 282.1 40 40 17 15 8 2 5 21 19 .525 5 3 12 1 24 60% 56 88 12 33 15 21 3 4.7 4.8 7.1
*Dave Hamilton 26 117.0 29 18 6 4 8 1 0 11 7 .611 1 2 1 1 8 44% 52 83 33 22 7 5 4 4.4 4.8 5.1
*Ken Holtzman 28 255.1 39 38 19 16 3 4 3 21 17 .553 1 1 9 3 20 53% 53 83 19 33 16 18 5 4.1 4.2 6.6
Catfish Hunter 28 318.1 41 41 25 12 4 1 6 26 15 .634 1 2 23 6 31 76% 61 84 23 17 6 24 2 4.8 4.7 7.8
*Darold Knowles 32 53.1 45 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 55 55 55 25 4 0 1 8.0 9.0 5.0
*Paul Lindblad 32 100.2 45 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 45 55 35 23 10 1 1 3.7 4.5 5.5
Blue Moon Odom 29 87.1 34 5 0 5 0 0 1 0 5 .000 0 0 1 0 1 20% 45 67 31 33 12 1 2 1.8 0.4 4.8
League Average .497 53% 52 99 4 4.1 4.1 6.6
Team Total 378 162 74 60 28 10 17 90 72 .556 8 10 49 11 93 57% 55 88 12 216 80 74 24 4.3 4.4 6.6
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 23 96.0 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 3 1.026 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 7.0
Rollie Fingers 27 119.0 76 76 60 9 5 25 18 7 72% 35 10 78 27 35% 8 1.683 39 18 18 45 8 23 51 25 38 20 40 25 4.7
*Dave Hamilton 26 117.0 29 11 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 2 33% 8 0.881 2 2 6 3 0 8 3 8 7 0 7 2 6.6
*Ken Holtzman 28 255.1 39 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.969 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0
Leon Hooten 26 8.1 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 2 33% 4 0.324 1 1 4 1 0 5 4 2 3 1 3 1 4.2
*Darold Knowles 32 53.1 45 44 18 2 3 5 3 2 60% 12 6 37 15 41% 8 1.122 15 7 22 19 4 21 25 19 11 14 15 13 3.3
*Paul Lindblad 32 100.2 45 43 22 3 3 9 6 3 67% 13 4 59 20 34% 6 1.157 20 11 12 19 2 22 33 10 25 13 27 5 6.3
Blue Moon Odom 29 87.1 34 29 7 1 0 3 1 2 33% 5 2 36 14 39% 6 0.829 6 9 13 9 1 19 19 10 16 7 18 3 6.6
Bill Parsons 25 2.0 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 20% 4 1.258 2 0 2 1 0 3 2 2 0 3 0 1 1.5
League Average 62% 37% 1.052 6.0
Team Total 378 216 113 16 12 42 28 14 67% 68 24 229 82 36% 1.052 85 50 78 97 16 103 138 78 103 58 113 50 5.0
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 23 96.0 401 89 4 0 5 3 1 4 0 16 8 1 50% 1 3 2 153 10 5 67% 10 4 0 1 0 0 3 0 6 0
*Vida Blue 24 282.1 1159 246 17 0 30 16 1 7 10 52 30 10 58% 19 9 2 420 12 8 60% 12 7 0 0 0 1 2 0 28 0
Rollie Fingers 27 119.0 483 104 5 0 20 2 3 1 4 40 18 9 45% 7 1 0 202 8 5 62% 7 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 21 0
*Dave Hamilton 26 117.0 490 104 10 0 5 10 0 5 5 18 10 2 56% 6 2 1 186 2 8 20% 2 8 0 0 0 0 4 3 10 0
*Ken Holtzman 28 255.1 1073 273 14 0 16 13 1 7 7 51 29 6 57% 18 5 3 373 21 9 70% 17 9 2 0 2 0 3 2 14 0
Leon Hooten 26 8.1 35 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Catfish Hunter 28 318.1 1240 268 25 0 9 16 9 12 13 37 22 2 59% 11 1 1 367 14 19 42% 14 19 0 0 0 0 4 1 15 0
*Darold Knowles 32 53.1 250 61 6 0 17 5 1 3 3 16 11 1 69% 5 2 1 116 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
*Paul Lindblad 32 100.2 412 85 4 0 19 3 1 1 3 34 15 2 44% 8 0 0 161 9 0 100% 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 0
Blue Moon Odom 29 87.1 384 85 4 0 20 3 1 2 2 37 17 4 46% 3 4 0 160 6 4 60% 5 3 1 0 0 1 6 0 10 0
Bill Parsons 25 2.0 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
League Average 52% 62%
Team Total 5937 1322 90 0 142 72 18 43 47 304 162 37 53% 78 27 10 2160 83 59 58% 76 55 5 2 2 2 26 6 123 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 23 4 5 .444 4.09 88.0 98 44 40 4 37 35 3 1.534 10.0 3.8 3.6 0.95 0.4 19 19
*Vida Blue 24 13 15 .464 4.43 258.0 274 141 127 19 109 159 1 1.484 9.6 3.8 5.5 1.46 0.7 40 40
Rollie Fingers 27 7 5 .583 3.57 111.0 117 49 44 6 33 89 1 1.351 9.5 2.7 7.2 2.70 0.5 76 76
*Dave Hamilton 26 5 6 .455 4.37 105.0 116 57 51 11 54 62 6 1.619 9.9 4.6 5.3 1.15 0.9 29 29
*Ken Holtzman 28 12 14 .462 4.16 236.0 305 121 109 16 57 108 3 1.534 11.6 2.2 4.1 1.89 0.6 39 39
Leon Hooten 26 0 0 5.14 7.0 7 4 4 1 5 1 1 1.714 9.0 6.4 1.3 0.20 1.3 6 6
Catfish Hunter 28 19 13 .594 3.36 295.0 300 122 110 28 51 133 4 1.190 9.2 1.6 4.1 2.61 0.9 41 41
*Darold Knowles 32 1 4 .200 6.26 46.0 69 36 32 7 40 16 2 2.370 13.5 7.8 3.1 0.40 1.4 45 45
*Paul Lindblad 32 7 3 .700 2.78 94.0 95 32 29 4 34 43 2 1.372 9.1 3.3 4.1 1.26 0.4 45 45
Blue Moon Odom 29 3 5 .375 5.38 77.0 93 51 46 4 57 46 3 1.948 10.9 6.7 5.4 0.81 0.5 34 34
Bill Parsons 25 0 0 0.00 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 2.000 4.5 13.5 9.0 0.67 0.0 4 4
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 23 2 6 7 .462 3.14 24 20 1 4 0 0 114.2 105 46 40 7 41 3 44 3 1 3 480 107 1.273 8.2 0.5 3.2 3.5 1.07 107
*Vida Blue 24 6 70 43 .619 2.87 159 149 1 56 19 1 1089.2 855 400 348 86 369 16 803 11 3 37 4393 116 1.123 7.1 0.7 3.0 6.6 2.18 116
Rollie Fingers 27 7 44 44 .500 2.97 357 37 217 4 2 92 754.2 647 292 249 59 220 32 556 21 3 13 3064 113 1.149 7.7 0.7 2.6 6.6 2.53 113
*Dave Hamilton 26 3 19 14 .576 3.38 70 43 7 3 1 0 288.0 272 116 108 25 103 5 158 7 0 3 1205 95 1.302 8.5 0.8 3.2 4.9 1.53 95
*Ken Holtzman 28 10 133 110 .547 3.30 309 298 4 95 24 1 2094.1 1985 881 768 181 611 55 1316 33 2 69 8738 110 1.240 8.5 0.8 2.6 5.7 2.15 110
Leon Hooten 26 1 0 0 3.24 6 0 2 0 0 0 8.1 6 3 3 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 35 103 1.200 6.5 1.1 4.3 1.1 0.25 103
Catfish Hunter 28 10 161 113 .588 3.13 363 340 5 116 31 1 2456.1 2079 947 853 261 687 45 1520 36 6 30 9983 105 1.126 7.6 1.0 2.5 5.6 2.21 105
*Darold Knowles 32 10 45 47 .489 2.81 497 8 281 1 1 103 759.1 668 275 237 42 352 60 508 31 7 22 3232 119 1.343 7.9 0.5 4.2 6.0 1.44 119
*Paul Lindblad 32 10 48 51 .485 3.25 455 30 181 1 1 46 820.0 776 341 296 79 265 64 496 20 0 19 3441 101 1.270 8.5 0.9 2.9 5.4 1.87 101
Blue Moon Odom 29 11 80 74 .519 3.46 262 212 17 39 14 1 1403.2 1230 623 540 94 721 39 795 34 2 86 6031 94 1.390 7.9 0.6 4.6 5.1 1.10 94
Bill Parsons 25 4 29 36 .446 3.89 93 82 1 22 6 0 520.1 473 247 225 52 231 19 282 7 3 19 2224 85 1.353 8.2 0.9 4.0 4.9 1.22 85
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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