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1978 Oakland Athletics Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 / 1979)
69-93, Finished 6th in AL West
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Scored 532 runs, Allowed 690 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 62-100
Manager: Bobby Winkles (24-15) and Jack McKeon (45-78)
Ballpark: Oakland Coliseum (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
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 1 9 2
Gary Alexander 25 R R 6' 2" 200 Mar 27, 1953 4 58 51 58 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 6 45 7 0
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 50 1 3 6
Tony Armas 24 R R 6' 1" 200 Jul 2, 1953 3 91 64 91 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 41 47 85 2 5 1
Pete Broberg 28 R R 6' 3" 205 Mar 2, 1950 8 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
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 67 0 2 14
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 40 1 0
Joe Coleman 31 R R 6' 3" 195 Feb 3, 1947 14 10 0 1 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Conroy 18 L L 5' 11" 185 Apr 3, 1960 1st 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 99 0 1 47
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
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 0 0 14
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
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
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
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
Dave Heaverlo 27 R R 6' 1" 210 Aug 25, 1950 4 69 0 2 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Tim Hosley 31 R R 5' 10" 195 May 10, 1947 8 13 5 13 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
John Henry Johnson 21 L L 6' 2" 190 Aug 21, 1956 1st 34 0 1 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Matt Keough 22 R R 6' 3" 190 Jul 3, 1955 2 33 0 1 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 All-Star
Bob Lacey 24 R L 6' 5" 210 Aug 25, 1953 2 74 0 74 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Langford 26 R R 6' 0" 180 Mar 20, 1952 3 40 0 4 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Steve McCatty 24 R R 6' 3" 205 Mar 20, 1954 2 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Craig Minetto 24 L L 6' 0" 185 Apr 25, 1954 1st 4 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Morgan 18 R R 6' 2" 215 Oct 8, 1959 1st 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 45 0 5 20
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
Jeff Newman 29 R R 6' 2" 218 Sep 11, 1948 3 105 68 105 85 0 61 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 24 0
Mike Norris 23 R R 6' 2" 175 Mar 19, 1955 4 15 0 1 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Billy 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
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
Marty Perez 31 R R 5' 11" 160 Feb 28, 1947 10 16 1 16 15 0 0 0 1 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
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
Steve Renko 33 R R 6' 5" 230 Dec 10, 1944 10 27 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 1 14 0
Bruce Robinson 24 L R 6' 1" 185 Apr 16, 1954 1st 28 25 28 28 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Elias Sosa 28 R R 6' 2" 190 Jun 10, 1950 7 68 0 2 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 1 4 8
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 0 10 1
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
Joe Wallis 26 B R 5' 10" 195 Jan 9, 1952 4 85 74 85 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 57 21 80 1 8 1
Alan Wirth 21 R R 6' 4" 190 Dec 8, 1956 1st 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 22
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR

1977 / 1979 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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