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1980 Oakland Athletics

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1979 / 1981

83-79, Finished 2nd in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Billy Martin (83-79)
Scored 686 runs, Allowed 642 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-76

Ballparks: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Attendance: 842,259 (12th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 93, Pitching - 93 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 95

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1979 / 1981 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 26 R R 5' 11" 182 Jul 2, 1953 5 158 157 158 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 153 164 0 0 0 5.3 $37,000
Dave Beard 20 L R 6' 5" 190 Oct 2, 1959 1st 13 0 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Rich Bordi 21 R R 6' 7" 210 Apr 18, 1959 1st 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Ernie Camacho 25 R R 6' 1" 180 Feb 1, 1955 1st 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Ray Cosey 24 L L 5' 10" 185 Feb 15, 1956 1st 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 -0.2 $
Jeff Cox 24 R R 5' 11" 170 Nov 9, 1955 1st 59 58 59 58 0 0 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 $
Mike Davis 21 L L 6' 2" 175 Jun 11, 1959 1st 51 20 51 25 0 0 7 0 0 0 5 0 13 18 6 25 0 -0.4 $
Mike Edwards 27 R R 5' 10" 154 Aug 27, 1952 4 46 17 46 24 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 2 18 -0.3 $
Randy Elliott 29 R R 6' 2" 190 Jun 5, 1951 4 14 9 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 0 -0.5 $
Jim Essian 29 R R 6' 2" 195 Jan 2, 1951 8 87 77 87 69 0 68 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 8 0 0.8 $125,000
Orlando Gonzalez 28 L L 6' 2" 180 Nov 15, 1951 3 25 15 25 13 0 0 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 8 4 1 0.2 $
Wayne Gross 28 L R 6' 2" 210 Jan 14, 1952 5 113 96 113 105 0 0 10 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 0 3.0 $
Mario Guerrero 30 R R 5' 10" 155 Sep 28, 1949 8 116 115 116 116 0 0 0 0 0 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.7 $
Dave Hamilton 32 L L 6' 0" 180 Dec 13, 1947 9 21 1 0 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.8 $
Mike Heath 25 R R 5' 11" 180 Feb 5, 1955 3 92 78 92 55 0 47 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 8 31 10 0 -0.1 $
Rickey Henderson HOF 21 R L 5' 10" 180 Dec 25, 1958 2 158 158 158 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 157 1 0 0 8.6 $ All-Star
Jeff Jones 23 R R 6' 3" 210 Jul 29, 1956 1st 35 0 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Matt Keough 24 R R 6' 3" 190 Jul 3, 1955 4 34 32 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 $
Brian Kingman 25 R R 6' 2" 200 Jul 27, 1954 2 32 30 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Mickey Klutts 25 R R 5' 11" 170 Sep 20, 1954 5 75 49 75 73 0 0 0 6 62 10 0 0 0 0 1 7 3 0.6 $
Bob Lacey 26 R L 6' 5" 210 Aug 25, 1953 4 47 1 0 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $75,000
Rick Langford 28 R R 6' 0" 180 Mar 20, 1952 5 35 33 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 $115,000
Rick Lysander 27 R R 6' 2" 190 Feb 21, 1953 1st 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Steve McCatty 26 R R 6' 3" 195 Mar 20, 1954 4 33 31 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Dave McKay 30 B R 6' 1" 195 Mar 14, 1950 6 123 81 123 122 0 0 0 63 53 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 -0.1 $
Craig Minetto 26 L L 6' 0" 185 Apr 25, 1954 3 7 1 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Dwayne Murphy 25 L R 6' 1" 185 Mar 18, 1955 3 159 156 159 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 158 0 158 0 0 1 6.3 $32,500
Jeff Newman 31 R R 6' 2" 215 Sep 11, 1948 5 127 112 127 114 0 55 60 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 9 13 0 -0.2 $150,000
Mike Norris 25 R R 6' 2" 175 Mar 19, 1955 6 33 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.8 $40,000
Mitchell Page 28 L R 6' 2" 205 Oct 15, 1951 4 110 88 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 102 21 1 0.8 $100,000
Rob Picciolo 27 R R 6' 2" 185 Feb 4, 1953 4 95 80 95 95 0 0 0 48 0 49 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 -0.2 $
Dave Revering 27 L R 6' 4" 210 Feb 12, 1953 3 106 92 106 95 0 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 14 0 3.5 $
Mark Souza 26 L L 6' 0" 180 Feb 1, 1954 1st 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Alan Wirth 23 R R 6' 4" 190 Dec 8, 1956 3 2 0 0 2 2 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

Mario Guerrero

Randy Elliott
Orlando Gonzalez

Jeff Newman

Mitchell Page

Mike Edwards

Rob Picciolo

Wayne Gross

Tony Armas

Mickey Klutts

Dave Revering

Mike Davis

Mike Norris

Jim Essian

Jeff Cox

Dwayne Murphy

Rick Langford

Dave Hamilton

Matt Keough

Rich Bordi

Rick Lysander

Alan Wirth

Craig Minetto

Dave Hamilton

Bob Lacey

Rickey Henderson

Jeff Jones

Dave McKay

Ray Cosey

Mike Heath

Brian Kingman

Ernie Camacho

Steve McCatty

Mark Souza

Dave Beard

1979 / 1981 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers