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1978 Oakland Athletics

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 / 1979

69-93, Finished 6th in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bobby Winkles (24-15) and Jack McKeon (45-78)
Scored 532 runs, Allowed 690 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 62-100

Ballparks: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Attendance: 526,999 (14th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 101

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1977 / 1979 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
Mike Adams 29 R R 5' 9" 180 Jul 24, 1948 5 15 2 15 8 0 0 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 2 0.3 $
Gary Alexander 25 R R 6' 2" 195 Mar 27, 1953 4 58 51 58 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 6 45 7 0 0.1 $
Dell Alston 25 L R 6' 0" 180 Sep 22, 1952 2 58 44 58 52 0 0 9 0 0 0 23 0 29 52 3 3 6 -1.8 $
Tony Armas 24 R R 5' 11" 182 Jul 2, 1953 3 91 64 91 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 41 47 90 3 5 1 0.1 $
Pete Broberg 28 R R 6' 3" 205 Mar 2, 1950 8 35 26 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Mark Budaska 25 B L 6' 0" 180 Dec 27, 1952 1st 4 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0.0 $
Glenn Burke 25 R R 6' 0" 195 Nov 16, 1952 3 78 53 78 68 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 44 15 72 4 2 14 -0.8 $
Rico Carty 38 R R 6' 3" 200 Sep 1, 1939 14 41 40 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 1 0 1.3 $
Joe Coleman 31 R R 6' 3" 175 Feb 3, 1947 14 10 0 1 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Tim Conroy 18 L L 6' 0" 178 Apr 3, 1960 1st 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Miguel Dilone 23 B R 6' 0" 160 Nov 1, 1954 5 135 71 135 100 0 0 0 0 3 0 45 24 37 106 13 1 47 -0.4 $
Taylor Duncan 25 R R 6' 0" 170 May 12, 1953 2 104 88 104 89 0 0 0 12 84 1 0 0 0 0 7 14 0 -0.4 $
Mike Edwards 25 R R 5' 10" 154 Aug 27, 1952 2 142 118 142 133 0 0 0 133 0 9 0 0 0 0 4 0 14 -0.4 $
Jim Essian 27 R R 6' 2" 195 Jan 2, 1951 6 126 88 126 122 0 119 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 2.1 $
Tito Fuentes 34 B R 5' 11" 175 Jan 4, 1944 13 13 9 13 13 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.6 $
Wayne Gross 26 L R 6' 2" 210 Jan 14, 1952 3 118 83 118 113 0 0 15 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 -0.2 $
Mario Guerrero 28 R R 5' 10" 155 Sep 28, 1949 6 143 137 143 142 0 0 0 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.2 $
Dave Heaverlo 27 R R 6' 2" 200 Aug 25, 1950 4 69 0 2 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $
Willie Horton 35 R R 5' 11" 209 Oct 18, 1942 16 32 27 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 27 4 0 0.6 $
Tim Hosley 31 R R 5' 11" 185 May 10, 1947 8 13 5 13 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0.3 $
John Henry Johnson 21 L L 6' 2" 190 Aug 21, 1956 1st 34 30 1 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2.6 $20,000
Matt Keough 22 R R 6' 3" 190 Jul 3, 1955 2 33 32 1 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2.9 $ All-Star
Bob Lacey 24 R L 6' 5" 210 Aug 25, 1953 2 74 0 0 74 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $
Rick Langford 26 R R 6' 0" 180 Mar 20, 1952 3 40 24 4 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.5 $
Steve McCatty 24 R R 6' 3" 195 Mar 20, 1954 2 9 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Scott Meyer 20 R R 6' 1" 195 Aug 19, 1957 1st 8 1 8 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.2 $
Craig Minetto 24 L L 6' 0" 185 Apr 25, 1954 1st 4 1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Mike Morgan 18 R R 6' 3" 195 Oct 8, 1959 1st 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Dwayne Murphy 23 L R 6' 1" 185 Mar 18, 1955 1st 60 10 60 48 0 0 0 0 0 3 21 12 14 47 6 5 20 -0.2 $
Larry Murray 25 B R 5' 11" 179 Apr 1, 1953 5 11 5 11 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 0 1 6 0 2 1 -0.1 $
Jeff Newman 29 R R 6' 2" 215 Sep 11, 1948 3 105 68 105 85 0 61 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 24 0 0.6 $
Mike Norris 23 R R 6' 2" 175 Mar 19, 1955 4 15 5 1 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.7 $24,000
Bill North 30 B R 5' 11" 185 May 15, 1948 8 24 13 24 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 17 0 8 2 0.3 $
Mitchell Page 26 L R 6' 2" 205 Oct 15, 1951 2 147 146 147 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 112 0 2 114 33 1 0 2.4 $66,000
Marty Perez 32 R R 5' 11" 160 Feb 28, 1946 10 16 1 16 15 0 0 0 1 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 -0.3 $68,000
Rob Picciolo 25 R R 6' 2" 185 Feb 4, 1953 2 79 32 79 70 0 0 0 19 13 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 -0.4 $
Steve Renko 33 R R 6' 5" 230 Dec 10, 1944 10 27 25 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Dave Revering 25 L R 6' 4" 210 Feb 12, 1953 1st 152 136 152 139 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14 0 1.2 $
Bruce Robinson 24 L R 6' 2" 195 Apr 16, 1954 1st 28 25 28 28 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.3 $
Elias Sosa 28 R R 6' 2" 186 Jun 10, 1950 7 68 0 2 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $
Steve Staggs 27 R R 5' 9" 150 May 6, 1951 2 47 21 47 42 0 0 0 40 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 8 0.6 $
Jerry Tabb 26 L R 6' 2" 195 Mar 17, 1952 3 12 0 12 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 1 -0.2 $
Gary Thomasson 26 L L 6' 1" 180 Jul 29, 1951 7 47 44 47 46 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 44 44 0 1 1 -0.2 $
Joe Wallis 26 B R 5' 11" 180 Jan 9, 1952 4 85 74 85 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 57 21 84 1 8 1 -0.6 $
Alan Wirth 21 R R 6' 4" 190 Dec 8, 1956 1st 16 14 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Darrell Woodard 21 R R 5' 11" 160 Dec 10, 1956 1st 33 1 33 14 0 0 0 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 22 -0.3 $
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

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Mario Guerrero
Craig Minetto
Glenn Burke
Bill North
Jeff Newman
Mitchell Page
Mike Edwards
Rob Picciolo
Mike Adams
Joe Wallis
Wayne Gross

Tony Armas
Gary Thomasson
Dell Alston
Glenn Burke
Jerry Tabb
Joe Coleman
Mike Morgan
Taylor Duncan
Mike Norris
Mark Budaska
Mike Norris
Marty Perez
Jim Essian

Miguel Dilone
Rico Carty
Larry Murray
Rick Langford
Willie Horton
Dave Revering
Tim Hosley
Scott Meyer
Matt Keough

Steve Renko
Tim Hosley
Alan Wirth
Steve Staggs
Craig Minetto
Dave Heaverlo
Elias Sosa
Bob Lacey
Dwayne Murphy
Gary Alexander
Tim Conroy

John Henry Johnson
Pete Broberg
Tito Fuentes
Darrell Woodard
Alan Wirth
Bob Lacey
Bruce Robinson
Alan Wirth
Steve McCatty

Dave Heaverlo

1977 / 1979 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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