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1979 Oakland Athletics Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
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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 Jeff Newman 30 143 552 516 53 119 17 2 22 71 2 1 27 88 .231 .267 .399 .666 82 206 17 1 2 6 2
2 1B Dave Revering* 26 125 513 472 63 136 25 5 19 77 1 4 34 65 .288 .334 .483 .817 124 228 6 1 1 5 5
3 2B Mike Edwards 26 122 422 400 35 93 12 2 1 23 10 6 15 37 .233 .263 .280 .543 51 112 11 2 4 1 0
4 SS Rob Picciolo 26 115 363 348 37 88 16 2 2 27 2 1 3 45 .253 .261 .328 .589 63 114 9 1 11 0 1
5 3B Wayne Gross* 27 138 521 442 54 99 19 1 14 50 4 3 72 62 .224 .332 .367 .699 94 162 8 1 3 3 9
6 LF Rickey Henderson 20 89 398 351 49 96 13 3 1 26 33 11 34 39 .274 .338 .336 .675 88 118 4 2 8 3 0
7 CF Dwayne Murphy* 24 121 489 388 57 99 10 4 11 40 15 11 84 80 .255 .387 .387 .773 116 150 10 1 13 3 6
8 RF Tony Armas 25 80 297 278 29 69 9 3 11 34 1 0 16 67 .248 .290 .421 .710 95 117 6 1 0 2 2
9 DH Mitchell Page* 27 133 539 478 51 118 11 2 9 42 17 16 52 93 .247 .323 .335 .657 83 160 9 3 3 3 5
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 C Jim Essian 28 98 352 313 34 76 16 0 8 40 0 1 25 29 .243 .295 .371 .666 84 116 12 2 3 9 1
11 UT Mike Heath 24 74 286 258 19 66 8 0 3 27 1 0 17 18 .256 .304 .322 .626 74 83 14 3 3 5 1
12 OF Larry Murray# 26 105 261 226 25 42 11 2 2 20 6 6 28 34 .186 .275 .279 .553 54 63 2 0 6 1 1
13 2B Dave Chalk 28 66 250 212 15 47 6 0 2 13 2 1 29 14 .222 .317 .278 .595 67 59 6 1 7 1 0
14 SS Mario Guerrero 29 46 177 166 12 38 5 0 0 18 0 1 6 7 .229 .253 .259 .512 43 43 5 0 3 2 0
15 LF Derek Bryant 27 39 120 106 8 19 2 1 0 13 0 0 10 10 .179 .246 .217 .463 30 23 4 0 2 2 1
16 RF Miguel Dilone# 24 30 99 91 15 17 1 2 1 6 6 5 6 7 .187 .237 .275 .512 42 25 2 0 2 0 0
17 LF Glenn Burke 26 23 94 89 4 19 2 1 0 4 3 1 4 10 .213 .247 .258 .506 41 23 3 0 1 0 1
18 RF Joe Wallis# 27 23 91 78 6 11 2 0 1 3 1 0 10 18 .141 .247 .205 .452 27 16 1 1 2 0 1
19 UT Mickey Klutts 24 24 80 73 3 14 2 1 1 4 0 1 7 20 .192 .263 .288 .550 53 21 1 0 0 0 0
20 IF Milt Ramirez 29 28 66 62 4 10 1 1 0 3 0 0 3 8 .161 .200 .210 .410 14 13 1 0 1 0 0
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
21 P Dave Heaverlo 28 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 26.1 162 5971 5348 573 1276 188 32 108 541 104 69 482 751 .239 .302 .346 .648 80 1852 131 20 75 46 36
Rank in 14 AL teams 14 14 14 14 11 13 5 4 11 5 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 Rick Langford 27 12 16 .429 4.28 34 29 0 14 1 0 218.2 233 114 104 22 57 6 101 4 1 16 934 95 1.326 9.6 0.9 2.3 4.2 1.77
2 SP Steve McCatty 25 11 12 .478 4.22 31 23 4 8 0 0 185.2 207 106 87 17 80 8 87 10 0 2 841 96 1.546 10.0 0.8 3.9 4.2 1.09
3 SP Matt Keough 23 2 17 .105 5.04 30 28 2 7 1 0 176.2 220 115 99 18 78 2 95 7 0 13 800 81 1.687 11.2 0.9 4.0 4.8 1.22
4 SP Mike Norris 24 5 8 .385 4.80 29 18 3 3 0 0 146.1 146 87 78 11 94 9 96 9 1 10 669 85 1.640 9.0 0.7 5.8 5.9 1.02
5 SP Brian Kingman 24 8 7 .533 4.31 18 17 1 5 1 0 112.2 113 59 54 10 33 1 58 3 0 10 481 94 1.296 9.0 0.8 2.6 4.6 1.76
6 SP John Henry Johnson* 22 2 8 .200 4.36 14 13 0 1 0 0 84.2 89 45 41 13 36 0 50 1 0 1 372 93 1.476 9.5 1.4 3.8 5.3 1.39
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 Dave Heaverlo 28 4 11 .267 4.20 62 0 42 0 0 9 85.2 97 42 40 7 42 18 40 4 1 0 392 97 1.623 10.2 0.7 4.4 4.2 0.95
8 RP Craig Minetto* 25 1 5 .167 5.55 36 13 12 0 0 0 118.1 131 85 73 16 58 3 64 3 1 2 539 73 1.597 10.0 1.2 4.4 4.9 1.10
9 RP Dave Hamilton* 31 3 4 .429 3.70 40 7 16 1 0 5 82.2 80 42 34 5 43 2 52 1 0 2 361 110 1.488 8.7 0.5 4.7 5.7 1.21
10 RP Jim Todd 31 2 5 .286 6.56 51 0 21 0 0 2 81.0 108 66 59 12 51 10 26 2 0 5 391 62 1.963 12.0 1.3 5.7 2.9 0.51
11 RP Bob Lacey* 25 1 5 .167 5.85 42 0 20 0 0 4 47.2 66 34 31 7 24 8 33 1 0 4 230 69 1.888 12.5 1.3 4.5 6.2 1.38
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 Mike Morgan 19 2 10 .167 5.94 13 13 0 2 0 0 77.1 102 57 51 7 50 0 17 3 0 7 368 68 1.966 11.9 0.8 5.8 2.0 0.34
13 Alan Wirth 22 1 0 1.000 6.00 5 1 0 0 0 0 12.0 14 8 8 2 8 0 7 1 0 0 58 68 1.833 10.5 1.5 6.0 5.3 0.88
Team Totals 25.2 54 108 .333 4.78 162 162 121 41 3 20 1429.1 1606 860 759 147 654 67 726 49 4 72 6436 85 1.581 10.1 0.9 4.1 4.6 1.11
Rank in 14 AL teams 13 2 8 14 13 11 14 13 13 9 14 9
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
Tony Armas 25 82 78 669.1 208 197 6 5 2 .976 -0.9 -1.6 -1.9 -1.9 0.0 1 2.73 2.48 RF-CF-LF
Derek Bryant 27 37 27 247.0 57 54 2 1 0 .982 -7.1 -34.5 -5.1 -1.7 -3.4 -2 2.04 1.51 LF-RF-DH
Glenn Burke 26 24 23 202.0 48 46 2 0 0 1.000 -4.7 -27.9 -4.7 -2.0 -2.7 0 2.14 2.00 LF-RF-CF
Dave Chalk 28 69 61 539.0 284 122 151 11 31 .961 -15.1 -33.6 -13.1 -3.6 -9.6 -2 4.56 3.96 2B-3B-SS
Miguel Dilone 24 25 22 200.0 51 49 0 2 0 .961 -2.2 -13.2 -1.2 0.6 -1.7 -1 2.20 1.96 RF-LF
Mike Edwards 26 118 106 941.1 586 246 318 22 54 .962 -9.7 -12.4 -4.7 -5.6 0.9 -5 5.39 4.78 2B-SS-DH
Jim Essian 28 91 83 723.1 488 400 79 9 11 .982 -1.3 -2.2 -1.3 -2.5 1.2 0 0 0 5.96 5.26 7 31 62 39 39% C-3B-1B-LF-DH
Wayne Gross 27 141 129 1129.0 498 252 225 21 27 .958 -7.7 -8.2 -6.7 -2.2 -4.5 0 -1 3.80 3.38 3B-1B-LF-RF
Mario Guerrero 29 43 43 367.1 207 68 129 10 33 .952 -3.3 -10.8 -3.3 2.0 -5.3 0 4.83 4.58 SS
Dave Hamilton 31 40 7 82.2 18 3 15 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.96 0.45 P
Mike Heath 24 79 66 568.0 204 167 32 5 2 .975 -4.4 -9.3 -3.4 -1.7 -1.7 0 0 -1 3.15 2.52 4 12 14 11 44% RF-LF-C-3B-DH
Dave Heaverlo 28 62 0 85.2 24 9 13 2 1 .917 0.0 0.0 2.31 0.35 P
Rickey Henderson 20 95 89 768.2 223 212 5 6 0 .973 -14.3 -22.3 -13.3 -9.7 -3.6 -1 2.54 2.28 LF-CF-RF
John Henry Johnson 22 14 13 84.2 11 4 7 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.17 0.79 P
Matt Keough 23 30 28 176.2 54 23 28 3 5 .944 0.0 0.0 2.60 1.70 P
Brian Kingman 24 18 17 112.2 18 8 8 2 0 .889 0.0 0.0 1.28 0.89 P
Mickey Klutts 24 26 22 171.0 92 35 50 7 6 .924 -1.6 -11.2 -1.6 -1.8 0.3 0 4.47 3.27 2B-SS-3B-DH
Bob Lacey 25 42 0 47.2 10 3 7 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.89 0.24 P
Rick Langford 27 34 29 218.2 62 26 36 0 3 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.55 1.82 P
Steve McCatty 25 31 23 185.2 35 12 20 3 3 .914 0.0 0.0 1.55 1.03 P
Craig Minetto 25 36 13 118.1 14 4 10 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.06 0.39 P
Mike Morgan 19 13 13 77.1 25 9 15 1 0 .960 0.0 0.0 2.79 1.85 P
Dwayne Murphy 24 119 116 1002.2 332 318 10 4 0 .988 -16.6 -19.9 -18.6 -10.5 -8.1 2 2.94 2.76 CF-LF-RF
Larry Murray 26 97 58 583.2 192 177 8 7 2 .964 -3.6 -7.4 -1.6 -3.1 1.6 -2 0 2.85 1.91 RF-LF-CF-2B
Jeff Newman 30 141 127 1104.2 843 730 95 18 38 .979 0.9 1.0 -4.1 -4.7 0.6 0 5 6.72 5.85 4 29 41 36 47% C-1B-3B-DH
Mike Norris 24 29 18 146.1 24 6 17 1 0 .958 0.0 0.0 1.41 0.79 P
Mitchell Page 27 131 5 42.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -1.4 -40.0 -1.4 -0.9 -0.5 0 1.71 0.06 LF-DH
Rob Picciolo 26 116 101 920.0 508 203 288 17 55 .967 -10.8 -14.1 -6.8 -5.7 -1.2 0 -4 4.80 4.23 SS-2B-3B-LF
Milt Ramirez 29 31 15 166.1 73 25 43 5 5 .932 -3.8 -27.4 -2.8 -1.8 -1.0 -1 3.68 2.19 2B-3B-SS
Dave Revering 26 122 104 901.1 921 828 80 13 77 .986 -2.8 -3.7 -2.8 -0.7 -2.1 0 9.07 7.44 1B-DH
Jim Todd 31 51 0 81.0 19 5 14 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.11 0.37 P
Joe Wallis 27 23 21 188.0 44 43 1 0 0 1.000 -4.8 -30.6 -3.8 -0.8 -3.0 -1 2.11 1.91 RF
Alan Wirth 22 5 1 12.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.25 0.60 P
Team Totals 26.2 162 1458 12864.0 6180 4288 1718 174 359 .972 -115.2 -10.7 -102.2 -58.3 -43.8 -4 -13 4 4.20 3.01 15 72 117 86 42%
Rank in 14 AL teams 1 14 13
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

1978 / 1980 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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