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1977 Oakland Athletics

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1976 / 1978

63-98, Finished 7th in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jack McKeon (26-27) and Bobby Winkles (37-71)
Scored 605 runs, Allowed 749 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-96

Ballparks: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Attendance: 495,599 (14th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 97, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 95

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1976 / 1978 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
Matt Alexander 30 B R 5' 11" 168 Jan 30, 1947 5 90 14 90 49 0 0 0 4 1 12 7 17 10 34 13 0 67 -0.4 $
Dick Allen 35 R R 5' 11" 187 Mar 8, 1942 15 54 51 54 50 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.3 $100,000
Tony Armas 23 R R 5' 11" 182 Jul 2, 1953 2 118 104 118 113 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 86 29 117 0 8 1 0.7 $20,000
Stan Bahnsen 32 R R 6' 2" 185 Dec 15, 1944 11 11 2 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Doug Bair 27 R R 6' 0" 170 Aug 22, 1949 2 45 0 0 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Vida Blue 27 B L 6' 0" 189 Jul 28, 1949 9 38 38 2 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 $145,000 All-Star
Joe Coleman 30 R R 6' 3" 175 Feb 3, 1947 13 43 12 1 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $
Willie Crawford 30 L L 6' 1" 197 Sep 7, 1946 14 59 37 59 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20 22 19 20 1 -0.9 $
Steve Dunning 28 R R 6' 2" 205 May 15, 1949 7 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Dock Ellis 32 B R 6' 3" 205 Mar 11, 1945 10 7 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.7 $
Dave Giusti 37 R R 5' 11" 190 Nov 27, 1939 15 40 0 1 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Wayne Gross 25 L R 6' 2" 210 Jan 14, 1952 2 146 145 146 145 0 0 1 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.1 $30,000 All-Star
Tim Hosley 30 R R 5' 11" 185 May 10, 1947 7 39 22 39 22 0 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 8 0 -0.3 $
Mike Jorgensen 28 L L 6' 0" 195 Aug 16, 1948 9 66 56 66 61 0 0 48 0 0 0 6 1 13 20 2 5 0 0.7 $
Matt Keough 21 R R 6' 3" 190 Jul 3, 1955 1st 8 6 1 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.2 $
Bob Lacey 23 R L 6' 5" 210 Aug 25, 1953 1st 64 0 1 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 $
Rick Langford 25 R R 6' 0" 180 Mar 20, 1952 2 37 31 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $
Larry Lintz 27 B R 5' 9" 150 Oct 10, 1949 5 41 9 41 30 0 0 0 28 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 23 0.3 $35,000
Sheldon Mallory 23 L L 6' 2" 175 Jul 16, 1953 1st 64 31 64 48 0 0 4 0 0 0 9 16 22 47 8 9 17 -0.5 $
Steve McCatty 23 R R 6' 3" 195 Mar 20, 1954 1st 4 2 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Rich McKinney 30 R R 5' 11" 185 Nov 22, 1946 7 86 44 86 46 0 0 32 3 8 0 3 0 2 5 18 36 0 -1.7 $
Doc Medich 28 R R 6' 5" 225 Dec 9, 1948 6 26 25 0 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $64,000
Craig Mitchell 23 R R 6' 3" 180 Apr 14, 1954 3 3 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Paul Mitchell 27 R R 6' 1" 195 Aug 19, 1949 3 5 3 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Larry Murray 24 B R 5' 11" 179 Apr 1, 1953 4 90 41 90 79 0 0 0 0 0 1 29 35 23 87 3 4 15 -0.9 $
Jeff Newman 28 R R 6' 2" 215 Sep 11, 1948 2 94 42 94 94 1 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.2 $
Mike Norris 22 R R 6' 2" 175 Mar 19, 1955 3 17 12 1 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.2 $
Bill North 29 B R 5' 11" 185 May 15, 1948 7 56 51 56 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 0 52 1 4 1 -0.1 $75,000
Mitchell Page 25 L R 6' 2" 205 Oct 15, 1951 1st 145 139 145 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 131 0 5 136 8 5 1 6.0 $30,000
Marty Perez 31 R R 5' 11" 160 Feb 28, 1946 9 115 100 115 114 0 0 0 105 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0 $
Rob Picciolo 24 R R 6' 2" 185 Feb 4, 1953 1st 148 121 148 148 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.0 $20,000
Manny Sanguillen 33 R R 6' 0" 193 Mar 21, 1944 10 152 148 152 91 0 77 7 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 58 4 0 0.3 $145,000
Rodney Scott 23 B R 6' 0" 160 Oct 16, 1953 3 133 91 133 129 0 0 0 71 5 70 0 0 1 1 1 10 7 0.1 $
Jerry Tabb 25 L R 6' 2" 195 Mar 17, 1952 2 51 33 51 36 0 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 13 0 -0.6 $
Pablo Torrealba 29 L L 5' 10" 173 Apr 28, 1948 3 41 10 1 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 $
Mike Torrez 30 R R 6' 5" 220 Aug 28, 1946 11 4 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $100,000
Jim Tyrone 28 R R 6' 1" 185 Jan 29, 1949 4 96 80 96 83 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 4 70 84 4 12 1 0.3 $
Jim Umbarger 24 L L 6' 6" 200 Feb 17, 1953 3 12 8 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $
Earl Williams 28 R R 6' 3" 215 Jul 14, 1948 8 100 90 100 54 0 36 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 7 0 -0.2 $50,000
Mark Williams 23 L L 6' 0" 180 Jul 28, 1953 1st 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0.0 $
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

Matt Alexander

Rodney Scott

Bill North

Jeff Newman

Mitchell Page

Marty Perez

Rob Picciolo

Rich McKinney

Wayne Gross

Tony Armas

Jerry Tabb

Vida Blue

Joe Coleman

Mike Norris

Doug Bair

Mike Jorgensen

Sheldon Mallory

Larry Murray

Larry Lintz

Rick Langford

Jim Umbarger

Steve Dunning
Paul Mitchell
Mike Torrez

Tim Hosley

Doug Bair
Jim Tyrone

Matt Keough
Mark Williams

Pablo Torrealba

Craig Mitchell

Joe Coleman
Jim Umbarger

Dave Giusti

Earl Williams

Doc Medich

Bob Lacey

Manny Sanguillen

Dock Ellis
Paul Mitchell

Steve McCatty

Stan Bahnsen

Bob Lacey

Dave Giusti

Doc Medich

Dick Allen

Willie Crawford

1976 / 1978 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers