1979 Oakland Athletics Statistics

1978 Season 1980 Season

Record: 54-108-0, Finished 7th in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Jim Marshall (54-108)

General Manager: Charlie Finley

Farm Director: Norman Koselke

Ballpark: 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

Pythagorean W-L: 52-110, 573 Runs, 860 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	Name	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 Diloné#	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	IF	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 Ramírez	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	Name	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
22	P	Matt Keough	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
23	P	Mike Morgan	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
24	P	Mike Norris	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
25	P	Jim Todd*	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
26	P	Rick Langford	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
27	P	Bob Lacey	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Steve McCatty	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	John Henry Johnson*	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Alan Wirth	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Brian Kingman	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Dave Hamilton*	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Craig Minetto*	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	26.2	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	11	11	10	14	14	14	14		14		12		12
		Non-Pitcher Totals	26.2	162	5970	5347	573	1276	188	32	108	541	104	69	482	751	.239	.302	.346	.648	80	1852	131	20	75	46	36
		Pitcher Totals	12.2	162	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	3.95	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	97	4.44	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	4.42	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	4.51	1.640	9.0	0.7	5.8	5.9	1.02
5	SP	Brian Kingman	25	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	3.81	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	94	4.86	1.476	9.5	1.4	3.8	5.3	1.39
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	4.47	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	4.95	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	3.86	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	5.98	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	70	4.83	1.888	12.5	1.3	4.5	6.2	1.38
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	69	5.53	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	70	5.98	1.833	10.5	1.5	6.0	5.3	0.88
		Team Totals	25.3	54	108	.333	4.75	162	162	121	41	3	20	1429.1	1606	860	754	147	654	67	726	49	4	72	6436	85	4.53	1.581	10.1	0.9	4.1	4.6	1.11
		Rank in 14 AL teams		13	2		13				8	14	13	11	14	13	13	9	14		9
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W