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1976 Oakland Athletics

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1975 / 1977

87-74, Finished 2nd in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Chuck Tanner (87-74)
Scored 686 runs, Allowed 598 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 91-70

Ballparks: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Attendance: 780,593 (11th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 95, Pitching - 95 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 98

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1975 / 1977 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 DH PH PR WAR Salary
Glenn Abbott 25 R R 6' 6" 200 Feb 16, 1951 4 19 10 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
Matt Alexander 29 B R 5' 11" 168 Jan 30, 1947 4 61 4 61 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 11 25 19 2 45 -0.8 $
Stan Bahnsen 31 R R 6' 2" 185 Dec 15, 1944 10 35 14 1 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $
Sal Bando 32 R R 6' 0" 195 Feb 13, 1944 11 158 156 158 156 0 0 0 0 155 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 5.7 $80,000
Chris Batton 21 R R 6' 4" 195 Aug 24, 1954 1st 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Don Baylor 27 R R 6' 1" 190 Jun 28, 1949 7 157 155 157 136 0 0 69 0 0 0 27 2 50 79 23 1 1 3.3 $35,200
Vida Blue 26 B L 6' 0" 189 Jul 28, 1949 8 37 37 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.7 $135,000
Dick Bosman 32 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 17, 1944 11 27 15 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Bert Campaneris 34 R R 5' 10" 160 Mar 9, 1942 13 149 147 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 $72,000
Nate Colbert 30 R R 6' 2" 190 Apr 9, 1946 10 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -0.1 $
Ron Fairly 37 L L 5' 10" 175 Jul 12, 1938 19 15 14 15 15 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.7 $
Rollie Fingers HOF 29 R R 6' 4" 190 Aug 25, 1946 9 70 0 1 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.7 $71,200 All-Star
Phil Garner 27 R R 5' 10" 175 Apr 30, 1949 4 159 159 159 159 0 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $31,000 All-Star
Wayne Gross 24 L R 6' 2" 210 Jan 14, 1952 1st 10 4 10 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 6 0 -0.2 $
Larry Haney 33 R R 6' 2" 195 Nov 19, 1942 10 88 66 88 87 0 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.2 $
Jim Holt 32 L R 6' 0" 180 May 27, 1944 9 4 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.1 $
Don Hopkins 24 L R 6' 0" 175 Jan 9, 1952 2 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 $
Tim Hosley 29 R R 5' 11" 185 May 10, 1947 6 37 8 37 37 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0.0 $
Paul Lindblad 34 L L 6' 1" 185 Aug 9, 1941 12 65 0 1 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Larry Lintz 26 B R 5' 9" 150 Oct 10, 1949 4 68 0 68 8 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 2 3 19 0 64 -0.1 $
Angel Mangual 29 R R 5' 10" 178 Mar 19, 1947 7 8 2 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 0.0 $
Willie McCovey HOF 38 L L 6' 4" 198 Jan 10, 1938 18 11 7 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 0 -0.1 $
Ken McMullen 34 R R 6' 3" 190 Jun 1, 1942 15 98 42 98 63 0 0 26 1 35 0 5 0 0 5 23 34 0 0.6 $
Craig Mitchell 22 R R 6' 3" 180 Apr 14, 1954 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Paul Mitchell 26 R R 6' 1" 195 Aug 19, 1949 2 26 26 0 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Jeff Newman 27 R R 6' 2" 215 Sep 11, 1948 1st 43 26 43 43 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.2 $
Mike Norris 21 R R 6' 2" 175 Mar 19, 1955 2 24 19 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Bill North 28 B R 5' 11" 185 May 15, 1948 6 154 150 154 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 7 144 8 3 1 2.6 $
Joe Rudi 29 R R 6' 2" 200 Sep 7, 1946 10 130 128 130 126 0 0 2 0 0 0 125 2 0 127 2 2 0 2.5 $67,200
Tommy Sandt 25 R R 5' 11" 175 Dec 22, 1950 2 41 16 41 39 0 0 0 9 2 29 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.3 $
Gene Tenace 29 R R 6' 0" 190 Oct 10, 1946 8 128 124 128 124 0 65 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 4.8 $40,800
Jim Todd 28 L R 6' 2" 190 Sep 21, 1947 3 49 0 1 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Mike Torrez 29 R R 6' 5" 220 Aug 28, 1946 10 39 39 1 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 $
Cesar Tovar 35 R R 5' 9" 155 Jul 3, 1940 12 29 8 29 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 2 4 20 4 9 3 -0.4 $
Denny Walling 22 L R 6' 0" 180 Apr 17, 1954 2 3 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 5 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Claudell Washington 21 L L 6' 0" 190 Aug 31, 1954 3 134 127 134 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 105 135 6 4 1 0.3 $
Billy Williams HOF 38 L R 6' 1" 175 Jun 15, 1938 18 120 100 120 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 106 20 0 0.1 $150,000
Gary Woods 21 R R 6' 2" 185 Jul 20, 1954 1st 6 1 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 1 2 1 -0.2 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary

Don Hopkins

Phil Garner
Angel Mangual
Cesar Tovar

Phil Garner
Cesar Tovar

Bill North

Jeff Newman
Denny Walling

Sal Bando

Wayne Gross

Ron Fairly

Larry Haney

Tommy Sandt

Vida Blue

Claudell Washington

Mike Norris

Dick Bosman

Gene Tenace

Bert Campaneris

Don Baylor
Craig Mitchell

Larry Lintz

Jim Todd

Nate Colbert

Mike Torrez

Paul Lindblad

Joe Rudi

Chris Batton

Billy Williams

Phil Garner

Tim Hosley

Matt Alexander

Rollie Fingers

Ken McMullen

Paul Mitchell

Glenn Abbott

Jim Holt

Stan Bahnsen

Willie McCovey

Stan Bahnsen
Larry Lintz

Gary Woods

1975 / 1977 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers