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1979 Oakland Athletics

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980

54-108, Finished 7th in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jim Marshall (54-108)
Scored 573 runs, Allowed 860 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 52-110

Ballparks: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Attendance: 306,763 (14th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 88, Pitching - 91

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1978 / 1980 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
Tony Armas 25 R R 5' 11" 182 Jul 2, 1953 4 80 78 80 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 17 53 82 0 0 0 0.2 $
Derek Bryant 27 R R 5' 11" 185 Oct 9, 1951 1st 39 29 39 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 10 35 2 2 4 -1.6 $
Glenn Burke 26 R R 6' 0" 195 Nov 16, 1952 4 23 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 1 2 24 0 0 0 -0.9 $
Dave Chalk 28 R R 5' 10" 175 Aug 30, 1950 7 66 61 66 64 0 0 0 37 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -1.8 $
Miguel Dilone 24 B R 6' 0" 160 Nov 1, 1954 6 30 22 30 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 20 25 0 2 5 -0.8 $42,000
Mike Edwards 26 R R 5' 10" 154 Aug 27, 1952 3 122 108 122 115 0 0 0 113 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 -1.9 $
Jim Essian 28 R R 6' 2" 195 Jan 2, 1951 7 98 86 98 88 0 70 4 0 10 0 4 0 0 4 3 9 0 0.5 $90,000
Wayne Gross 27 L R 6' 2" 210 Jan 14, 1952 4 138 129 138 134 0 0 18 0 119 0 2 0 1 3 0 7 0 0.6 $
Mario Guerrero 29 R R 5' 10" 155 Sep 28, 1949 7 46 43 46 43 0 0 0 0 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.8 $
Dave Hamilton 31 L L 6' 0" 180 Dec 13, 1947 8 40 7 0 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Mike Heath 24 R R 5' 11" 180 Feb 5, 1955 2 74 69 74 70 0 22 0 0 7 0 23 0 24 47 3 5 0 -0.7 $
Dave Heaverlo 28 R R 6' 2" 200 Aug 25, 1950 5 62 0 1 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $95,000
Rickey Henderson HOF 20 R L 5' 10" 180 Dec 25, 1958 1st 89 89 89 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 32 1 95 0 0 0 -1.2 $
John Henry Johnson 22 L L 6' 2" 190 Aug 21, 1956 2 14 13 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $
Matt Keough 23 R R 6' 3" 190 Jul 3, 1955 3 30 28 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Brian Kingman 24 R R 6' 2" 200 Jul 27, 1954 1st 18 17 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $
Mickey Klutts 24 R R 5' 11" 170 Sep 20, 1954 4 24 24 24 22 0 0 0 8 6 10 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -0.2 $
Bob Lacey 25 R L 6' 5" 210 Aug 25, 1953 3 42 0 1 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Rick Langford 27 R R 6' 0" 180 Mar 20, 1952 4 34 29 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 $67,000
Steve McCatty 25 R R 6' 3" 195 Mar 20, 1954 3 31 23 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 $
Craig Minetto 25 L L 6' 0" 185 Apr 25, 1954 2 36 13 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Mike Morgan 19 R R 6' 3" 195 Oct 8, 1959 2 13 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Dwayne Murphy 24 L R 6' 1" 185 Mar 18, 1955 2 121 117 121 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 114 3 119 1 2 1 0.6 $
Larry Murray 26 B R 5' 11" 179 Apr 1, 1953 6 105 58 105 93 0 0 0 3 0 0 26 11 57 94 3 2 21 -1.4 $
Jeff Newman 30 R R 6' 2" 215 Sep 11, 1948 4 143 133 143 129 0 81 46 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 9 0 0.8 $58,000 All-Star
Mike Norris 24 R R 6' 2" 175 Mar 19, 1955 5 29 18 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Mitchell Page 27 L R 6' 2" 205 Oct 15, 1951 3 133 130 133 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 126 2 1 -1.1 $70,000
Rob Picciolo 26 R R 6' 2" 185 Feb 4, 1953 3 115 101 115 115 0 0 0 6 4 105 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 -1.6 $
Milt Ramirez 29 R R 5' 9" 150 Apr 2, 1950 3 28 15 28 28 0 0 0 11 12 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
Dave Revering 26 L R 6' 4" 210 Feb 12, 1953 2 125 122 125 104 0 0 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 3 0 1.9 $
Jim Todd 31 L R 6' 2" 190 Sep 21, 1947 6 51 0 0 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.5 $
Joe Wallis 27 B R 5' 11" 180 Jan 9, 1952 5 23 21 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 23 0 1 0 -1.1 $
Alan Wirth 22 R R 6' 4" 190 Dec 8, 1956 2 5 1 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Mario Guerrero
Jeff Newman
Mitchell Page
Mike Edwards
Rob Picciolo
Joe Wallis
Wayne Gross
Tony Armas

Mickey Klutts
Glenn Burke
Mike Morgan
Dave Chalk
Mike Norris
Jim Essian
Miguel Dilone
Larry Murray

Dwayne Murphy
Rick Langford
Derek Bryant
Dave Revering
Matt Keough
Jim Todd
Alan Wirth
Milt Ramirez

Craig Minetto
Dave Hamilton
Bob Lacey
Rickey Henderson
Dwayne Murphy
John Henry Johnson
Rickey Henderson
Mike Heath

Brian Kingman
Steve McCatty
Dave Heaverlo

1978 / 1980 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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