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1979 Oakland Athletics Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980)
54-108, Finished 7th in AL West
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Scored 573 runs, Allowed 860 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 52-110
Manager: Jim Marshall (54-108)
Ballpark: Oakland Coliseum (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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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
Tony Armas 25 R R 6' 1" 200 Jul 2, 1953 4 80 78 80 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 17 53 80 0 0 0
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 33 2 2 4
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 23 0 0 0
Dave Chalk 28 R R Aug 30, 1950 7 66 61 66 64 0 0 0 37 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
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
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
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
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
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
Dave Hamilton 31 L L 6' 0" 190 Dec 13, 1947 8 40 0 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Heath 24 R R 5' 11" 190 Feb 5, 1955 2 74 69 74 70 0 22 0 0 7 0 23 0 24 46 3 5 0
Dave Heaverlo 28 R R 6' 1" 210 Aug 25, 1950 5 62 0 1 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rickey Henderson HOF 20 R L 5' 10" 195 Dec 25, 1958 1st 89 89 89 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 32 1 89 0 0 0
John Henry Johnson 22 L L 6' 2" 190 Aug 21, 1956 2 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Keough 23 R R 6' 3" 190 Jul 3, 1955 3 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Kingman 24 R R 6' 2" 200 Jul 27, 1954 1st 18 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mickey Klutts 24 R R 5' 11" 189 Sep 20, 1954 4 24 24 24 22 0 0 0 8 6 10 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
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
Rick Langford 27 R R 6' 0" 180 Mar 20, 1952 4 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve McCatty 25 R R 6' 3" 205 Mar 20, 1954 3 31 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Craig Minetto 25 L L 6' 0" 185 Apr 25, 1954 2 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Morgan 19 R R 6' 2" 215 Oct 8, 1959 2 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dwayne Murphy 24 L R 6' 1" 185 Mar 18, 1955 2 121 117 121 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 114 3 117 1 2 1
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 91 0 2 21
Jeff Newman 30 R R 6' 2" 218 Sep 11, 1948 4 143 133 143 129 0 81 46 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 6 9 0 All-Star
Mike Norris 24 R R 6' 2" 175 Mar 19, 1955 5 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 5 125 2 1
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
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
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
Jim Todd 31 L R 6' 2" 190 Sep 21, 1947 6 51 0 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Wallis 27 B R 5' 10" 195 Jan 9, 1952 5 23 21 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 23 0 1 0
Alan Wirth 22 R R 6' 4" 190 Dec 8, 1956 2 5 0 5 5 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

1978 / 1980 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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