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1978 Oakland Athletics Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Jim Essian 27 126 340 278 21 62 9 1 3 26 2 1 44 22 .223 .326 .295 .621 81 82 12 0 15 3 1
2 1B Dave Revering* 25 152 553 521 49 141 21 3 16 46 0 1 26 55 .271 .303 .415 .718 106 216 12 0 2 4 5
3 2B Mike Edwards 25 142 446 414 48 113 16 2 1 23 27 21 16 32 .273 .303 .329 .632 83 136 7 2 14 0 0
4 SS Mario Guerrero 28 143 546 505 27 139 18 4 3 38 0 5 15 35 .275 .302 .345 .647 87 174 13 6 17 3 2
5 3B Wayne Gross* 26 118 335 285 18 57 10 2 7 23 0 2 40 63 .200 .308 .323 .631 83 92 3 5 4 1 2
6 LF Mitchell Page* 26 147 579 516 62 147 25 7 17 70 23 19 53 95 .285 .355 .459 .814 134 237 7 4 4 2 6
7 CF Joe Wallis# 26 85 311 279 28 66 16 1 6 26 1 4 26 42 .237 .300 .366 .665 92 102 2 0 4 2 1
8 RF Gary Thomasson* 26 47 171 154 17 31 4 1 5 16 4 1 15 44 .201 .272 .338 .610 76 52 3 0 2 0 2
9 DH Gary Alexander 25 58 199 174 18 36 6 1 10 22 0 3 22 66 .207 .298 .425 .723 107 74 9 1 1 1 2
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
10 3B Taylor Duncan 25 104 348 319 25 82 15 2 2 37 1 2 19 38 .257 .296 .335 .632 83 107 5 0 7 3 0
11 OF Miguel Dilone# 23 135 292 258 34 59 8 0 1 14 50 23 23 30 .229 .294 .271 .566 65 70 2 1 10 0 0
12 UT Jeff Newman 29 105 291 268 25 64 7 1 9 32 0 3 18 40 .239 .288 .373 .661 90 100 4 1 3 1 2
13 OF Tony Armas 24 91 258 239 17 51 6 1 2 13 1 2 10 62 .213 .250 .272 .522 51 65 5 2 6 1 2
14 CF Glenn Burke 25 78 217 200 19 47 6 1 1 14 15 8 10 26 .235 .270 .290 .560 62 58 7 0 6 1 1
15 OF Dell Alston* 25 58 188 173 17 36 2 0 1 10 11 10 10 21 .208 .250 .237 .487 42 41 1 0 4 1 0
16 DH Rico Carty 38 41 163 141 19 39 5 1 11 31 0 0 21 16 .277 .368 .560 .928 165 79 8 0 0 1 2
17 DH Willie Horton 35 32 112 102 11 32 8 0 3 19 0 1 9 15 .314 .369 .480 .850 144 49 1 0 1 0 2
18 SS Rob Picciolo 25 78 98 93 16 21 1 0 2 7 1 1 2 13 .226 .242 .301 .543 57 28 2 0 3 0 0
19 2B Steve Staggs 27 47 97 78 10 19 2 2 0 0 2 3 19 17 .244 .392 .321 .712 109 25 0 0 0 0 0
20 C Bruce Robinson* 24 28 88 84 5 21 3 1 0 8 0 0 3 8 .250 .276 .310 .585 69 26 2 0 1 0 0
21 CF Billy North# 30 24 65 52 5 11 4 0 0 5 3 2 9 13 .212 .344 .288 .632 85 15 1 2 1 1 2
22 UT Dwayne Murphy* 23 60 62 52 15 10 2 0 0 5 0 1 7 14 .192 .279 .231 .509 49 12 0 0 1 2 0
23 2B Tito Fuentes# 34 13 45 43 5 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 .140 .159 .163 .322 -7 7 0 0 1 0 0
24 UT Tim Hosley 31 13 25 23 1 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 6 .304 .360 .391 .751 118 9 0 1 0 0 0
25 UT Mike Adams 29 15 22 15 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 2 .200 .455 .267 .721 114 4 0 0 0 0 0
26 OF Larry Murray# 25 11 15 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .083 .267 .083 .350 6 1 0 0 0 0 0
27 IF Marty Perez 31 16 13 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
28 UT Jerry Tabb* 26 12 11 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .111 .273 .111 .384 15 1 0 0 0 0 1
29 UT Darrell Woodard 21 33 10 9 10 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 1 .000 .100 .000 .100 -69 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 C Scott Meyer 20 8 9 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .111 .111 .222 .333 -6 2 0 0 0 0 0
31 OF Mark Budaska# 25 4 5 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250 .400 .500 .900 159 2 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 26.4 162 5914 5321 532 1304 200 31 100 492 144 117 433 800 .245 .303 .351 .654 89 1866 106 25 108 27 33
Rank in 14 AL teams 14 14 14 14 12 10 3 1 13 4 14 14 14 14 14
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

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 Matt Keough 22 8 15 .348 3.24 32 32 0 6 0 0 197.1 178 90 71 9 85 2 108 4 3 12 837 112 1.333 8.1 0.4 3.9 4.9 1.27
2 SP John Henry Johnson* 21 11 10 .524 3.39 33 30 1 7 2 0 186.0 164 81 70 18 82 6 91 0 0 5 789 107 1.323 7.9 0.9 4.0 4.4 1.11
3 SP Rick Langford 26 7 13 .350 3.43 37 24 5 4 2 0 175.2 169 77 67 15 56 8 92 3 0 2 740 106 1.281 8.7 0.8 2.9 4.7 1.64
4 SP Pete Broberg 28 10 12 .455 4.62 35 26 4 2 0 0 165.2 174 101 85 16 65 5 94 3 0 1 728 79 1.443 9.5 0.9 3.5 5.1 1.45
5 SP Steve Renko 33 6 12 .333 4.29 27 25 2 3 1 0 151.0 152 77 72 10 67 4 89 2 1 1 660 85 1.450 9.1 0.6 4.0 5.3 1.33
6 SP Alan Wirth 21 5 6 .455 3.43 16 14 0 2 1 0 81.1 72 39 31 6 34 0 31 3 1 4 332 106 1.303 8.0 0.7 3.8 3.4 0.91
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
7 CL Elias Sosa 28 8 2 .800 2.64 68 0 44 0 0 14 109.0 106 37 32 5 44 10 61 1 3 4 461 137 1.376 8.8 0.4 3.6 5.0 1.39
8 RP Dave Heaverlo 27 3 6 .333 3.25 69 0 40 0 0 10 130.0 141 56 47 11 41 9 71 3 1 1 566 111 1.400 9.8 0.8 2.8 4.9 1.73
9 RP Bob Lacey* 24 8 9 .471 3.01 74 0 25 0 0 5 119.2 126 52 40 10 35 13 60 1 0 3 514 121 1.345 9.5 0.8 2.6 4.5 1.71
10 RP Mike Norris 23 0 5 .000 5.51 14 5 1 1 0 0 49.0 46 35 30 2 35 1 36 3 0 1 230 66 1.653 8.4 0.4 6.4 6.6 1.03
11 RP Joe Coleman 31 3 0 1.000 1.37 10 0 6 0 0 0 19.2 12 3 3 1 5 0 4 0 0 0 72 264 0.864 5.5 0.5 2.3 1.8 0.80
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
12 Steve McCatty 24 0 0 4.50 9 0 5 0 0 0 20.0 26 14 10 1 9 1 10 0 0 1 98 81 1.750 11.7 0.5 4.1 4.5 1.11
13 Mike Morgan 18 0 3 .000 7.30 3 3 0 1 0 0 12.1 19 12 10 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 60 50 2.189 13.9 0.7 5.8 0.0 0.00
14 Craig Minetto* 24 0 0 3.75 4 1 3 0 0 0 12.0 13 10 5 1 7 0 3 2 0 1 56 97 1.667 9.8 0.8 5.3 2.3 0.43
15 Tim Conroy* 18 0 0 7.71 2 2 0 0 0 0 4.2 3 6 4 0 9 0 0 1 0 1 28 47 2.571 5.8 0.0 17.4 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 25.4 69 93 .426 3.62 162 162 136 26 6 29 1433.1 1401 690 577 106 582 59 750 26 9 37 6171 100 1.383 8.8 0.7 3.7 4.7 1.29
Rank in 14 AL teams 11 3 14 9 6 9 7 10 5 3 11 6
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 Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Mike Adams 29 12 1 23.0 13 7 6 0 2 1.000 -1.0 -52.2 -1.0 0.7 -1.9 0 5.09 1.08 2B-3B-DH
Gary Alexander 25 53 6 42.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.1 31.4 1.1 0.1 1.1 0 0 3.43 0.30 0 0 0 0 LF-RF-C-1B-DH
Dell Alston 25 64 43 380.1 112 108 0 4 2 .964 -4.2 -13.3 -0.2 1.1 -1.3 -4 0 2.56 1.69 RF-LF-1B-DH
Tony Armas 24 93 62 601.1 225 220 3 2 0 .991 12.8 25.5 12.8 6.4 6.4 0 3.34 2.40 CF-RF-LF-DH
Pete Broberg 28 35 26 165.2 36 8 28 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.96 1.03 P
Mark Budaska 25 2 1 10.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -0.4 -48.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 0.90 0.50 RF-LF
Glenn Burke 25 75 53 485.0 158 155 1 2 0 .987 -0.8 -2.0 -3.8 -2.9 -0.9 3 2.89 2.08 CF-RF-LF-1B-DH
Rico Carty 38 41 0.0 0.00 DH
Joe Coleman 31 10 0 19.2 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.75 0.60 P
Tim Conroy 18 2 2 4.2 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Miguel Dilone 23 120 71 653.1 204 194 4 6 1 .971 1.1 2.0 3.1 1.4 1.8 -2 0 2.73 1.65 LF-RF-CF-3B-DH
Taylor Duncan 25 103 81 656.0 210 73 128 9 6 .957 -5.5 -10.1 -4.5 -6.3 1.8 -1 2.76 1.95 3B-2B-SS-DH
Mike Edwards 25 146 118 1013.1 573 233 318 22 72 .962 -5.5 -6.5 -5.5 -2.2 -3.3 0 4.89 3.77 2B-SS-DH
Jim Essian 27 124 87 803.1 541 452 79 10 14 .982 9.7 14.5 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 10 5.95 4.28 3 14 60 51 46% C-1B-2B-DH
Tito Fuentes 34 13 9 83.0 36 17 17 2 4 .944 -1.9 -27.5 -1.9 -1.1 -0.8 0 3.69 2.62 2B
Wayne Gross 26 121 83 777.1 292 120 150 22 25 .925 -7.1 -11.0 -8.1 -5.6 -2.5 1 3.13 2.23 3B-1B
Mario Guerrero 28 142 137 1170.0 614 258 330 26 67 .958 -11.6 -11.9 -10.6 -8.3 -2.4 -1 4.52 4.14 SS
Dave Heaverlo 27 69 0 130.0 39 9 30 0 3 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.70 0.57 P
Willie Horton 35 28 0 3.2 3 1 0 2 0 .333 -0.8 -261.8 -0.8 0.0 -0.8 0 2.45 0.04 LF-DH
Tim Hosley 31 7 5 37.0 26 22 3 1 0 .962 0.0 0.0 0 6.08 3.57 0 1 4 2 33% C-DH
John Henry Johnson 21 33 30 186.0 28 8 16 4 0 .857 0.0 0.0 1.16 0.73 P
Matt Keough 22 32 32 197.1 54 21 31 2 2 .963 0.0 0.0 2.37 1.63 P
Bob Lacey 24 74 0 119.2 38 8 27 3 1 .921 0.0 0.0 2.63 0.47 P
Rick Langford 26 37 24 175.2 50 27 23 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.56 1.35 P
Steve McCatty 24 9 0 20.0 4 2 1 1 0 .750 0.0 0.0 1.35 0.33 P
Scott Meyer 20 7 1 17.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -70.6 -1 5.82 1.57 1 2 1 0 0% C
Craig Minetto 24 4 1 12.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.25 0.75 P
Mike Morgan 18 3 3 12.1 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.65 1.67 P
Dwayne Murphy 23 52 7 149.0 50 49 1 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -1.6 -0.2 0.8 -1.1 0 3.02 0.96 CF-LF-RF-DH
Larry Murray 25 6 2 28.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.93 1.00 LF-RF
Jeff Newman 29 99 66 587.1 452 399 41 12 20 .973 -3.7 -7.6 -1.7 -1.6 -0.1 0 -2 6.74 4.44 4 9 30 14 32% C-1B-DH
Mike Norris 23 14 5 49.0 12 5 5 2 0 .833 0.0 0.0 1.84 0.71 P
Billy North 30 17 13 113.0 33 32 1 0 0 1.000 1.6 17.0 0.6 0.2 0.4 1 2.63 1.94 CF
Mitchell Page 26 147 113 865.0 219 209 4 6 0 .973 -11.8 -16.4 -6.8 -1.2 -5.6 -5 2.22 1.45 LF-RF-DH
Marty Perez 31 15 1 46.0 17 4 12 1 1 .941 -0.3 -7.8 -0.3 0.3 -0.5 0 3.13 1.07 3B-SS-2B
Rob Picciolo 25 73 32 316.0 171 74 90 7 19 .959 -2.6 -9.9 -2.6 -1.6 -0.9 0 4.67 2.25 SS-2B-3B
Steve Renko 33 27 25 151.0 28 5 22 1 3 .964 0.0 0.0 1.61 1.00 P
Dave Revering 25 141 135 1135.1 1136 1013 110 13 98 .989 -0.5 -0.5 -0.5 1.4 -1.9 0 8.90 7.96 1B-DH
Bruce Robinson 24 28 25 199.0 172 150 16 6 2 .965 -1.0 -6.0 -1 7.51 5.93 2 11 15 13 46% C
Elias Sosa 28 68 0 109.0 24 9 15 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.98 0.35 P
Steve Staggs 27 46 20 217.1 130 59 68 3 10 .977 1.0 5.5 2.0 0.8 1.2 -1 5.26 2.76 2B-3B-SS-DH
Jerry Tabb 26 4 0 4.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -180.0 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 6.75 0.75 1B-DH
Gary Thomasson 26 49 44 388.0 120 109 7 4 0 .967 0.1 0.3 1.1 1.0 0.2 -1 0 2.69 2.37 RF-1B
Joe Wallis 26 85 73 626.0 196 184 8 4 5 .980 -6.9 -13.2 -9.9 -4.3 -5.7 3 2.76 2.26 CF-RF-LF-DH
Alan Wirth 21 16 14 81.1 11 2 9 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.22 0.69 P
Darrell Woodard 21 16 1 37.0 29 14 14 1 3 .966 0.6 19.5 0.6 -0.4 1.0 0 6.81 1.75 2B-3B-DH
Team Totals 26.1 162 1452 12900.0 6105 4300 1626 179 368 .971 -39.4 -3.7 -38.4 -21.9 -16.5 -5 -2 6 4.13 2.54 10 37 110 80 42%
Rank in 14 AL teams 1 8 14
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

1977 / 1979 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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