1972 Oakland Athletics Statistics

1971 Season 1973 Season

Record: 93-62-0, Finished 1st in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

Postseason:
Won World Series (4-3) over Cincinnati Reds
Won AL Championship Series (3-2) over Detroit Tigers

Manager: Dick Williams (93-62)

General Manager: Charlie Finley

Ballpark: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Attendance: 921,323 (5th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 93
One-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 94

Pythagorean W-L: 97-58, 604 Runs, 457 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	Dave Duncan	26	121	450	403	39	88	13	0	19	59	0	2	34	68	.218	.283	.392	.676	105	158	13	5	2	6	5
2	1B	Mike Epstein*	29	138	537	455	63	123	18	2	26	70	0	1	68	68	.270	.376	.490	.866	163	223	7	11	0	3	9
3	2B	Tim Cullen	30	72	149	142	10	37	8	1	0	15	0	1	5	17	.261	.286	.331	.617	88	47	3	0	2	0	0
4	SS	Bert Campaneris	30	149	681	625	85	150	25	2	8	32	52	14	32	88	.240	.278	.325	.603	84	203	9	2	20	2	0
5	3B	Sal Bando	28	152	631	535	64	126	20	3	15	77	3	1	78	55	.236	.341	.368	.709	116	197	13	9	6	3	17
6	LF	Joe Rudi	25	147	653	593	94	181	32	9	19	75	3	4	37	62	.305	.345	.486	.830	151	288	15	2	15	6	6
7	CF	Reggie Jackson*	26	135	573	499	72	132	25	2	25	75	9	8	59	125	.265	.350	.473	.823	149	236	5	8	4	2	7
8	RF	Ángel Mangual	25	91	292	272	19	67	13	2	5	32	0	1	14	48	.246	.285	.364	.649	97	99	8	1	4	1	1
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
9	C	Gene Tenace	25	82	258	227	22	51	5	3	5	32	0	0	24	42	.225	.307	.339	.646	97	77	4	3	2	0	2
10	2B	Larry Brown	32	47	157	142	11	26	2	0	0	4	0	0	13	8	.183	.250	.197	.447	38	28	9	0	1	1	1
11	RF	Matty Alou*	33	32	136	121	11	34	5	0	1	16	2	1	11	12	.281	.341	.347	.688	110	42	1	1	1	2	1
12	CF	George Hendrick	22	58	130	121	10	22	1	1	4	15	3	2	3	22	.182	.205	.306	.511	54	37	3	1	2	2	0
13	OF	Bill Voss*	28	40	109	97	10	22	5	1	1	5	0	0	9	16	.227	.296	.330	.626	91	32	2	1	1	1	3
14	2B	Ted Kubiak#	30	51	104	94	14	17	4	1	0	8	0	0	9	11	.181	.250	.245	.495	51	23	2	0	0	1	0
15	1B	Mike Hegan*	29	98	91	79	13	26	3	1	1	5	1	0	7	20	.329	.375	.430	.805	145	34	1	0	2	2	1
16	1B	Don Mincher*	34	47	64	54	2	8	1	0	0	5	0	2	10	16	.148	.281	.167	.448	39	9	4	0	0	0	0
17	OF	Ollie Brown	28	20	60	54	5	13	1	0	1	4	1	1	6	14	.241	.317	.315	.631	93	17	0	0	0	0	1
18	2B	Dick Green	31	26	48	42	1	12	1	1	0	3	0	1	3	5	.286	.348	.357	.705	115	15	1	1	2	0	0
19	CF	Bobby Brooks	26	15	47	39	4	7	0	0	0	5	0	1	8	8	.179	.319	.179	.499	55	7	2	0	0	0	1
20	IF	Marty Martínez#	30	22	44	40	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	.125	.186	.125	.311	-4	5	2	0	1	0	0
21	MI	Dal Maxvill	33	27	39	36	2	9	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	11	.250	.270	.278	.548	67	10	0	0	2	0	0
22	OF	Brant Alyea	31	20	34	31	3	6	1	0	1	2	0	0	3	5	.194	.265	.323	.587	79	10	1	0	0	0	0
23	1B	Gonzalo Márquez*	32	23	26	21	2	8	0	0	0	4	1	1	3	4	.381	.462	.381	.842	159	8	0	1	0	1	0
24	IF	Ron Clark	29	14	18	15	1	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.267	.353	.400	.753	129	6	1	0	1	0	0
25	3B	Bill McNulty	25	4	12	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.100	.250	.100	.350	10	1	0	0	0	0	0
26	LF	Adrian Garrett*	29	14	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.083	.000	.083	-73	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	UT	Curt Blefary*	28	8	12	11	1	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.455	.417	.636	1.053	218	7	0	0	0	1	0
28	OF	Allan Lewis#	30	24	10	10	5	2	1	0	0	2	8	3	0	1	.200	.200	.300	.500	51	3	0	0	0	0	0
29		Art Shamsky*	30	8	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.125	.000	.125	-60	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	IF	Dwain Anderson	24	3	8	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.125	.000	.125	-60	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	UT	Larry Haney	29	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
32		Orlando Cepeda	34	3	3	3	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
33	P	Catfish Hunter	26	39	116	105	5	23	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	16	.219	.215	.219	.434	33	23	0	0	9	2	0
34	P	Ken Holtzman	26	40	102	90	6	16	4	0	0	6	0	0	1	25	.178	.187	.222	.409	24	20	4	0	11	0	0
35	P	Blue Moon Odom	27	59	72	66	16	8	1	0	2	2	4	2	1	29	.121	.134	.227	.362	9	15	0	0	5	0	0
36	P	Vida Blue#	22	27	52	45	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	34	.044	.140	.044	.184	-42	2	0	0	2	0	0
37	P	Dave Hamilton*	24	25	33	26	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	12	.154	.313	.192	.505	57	5	1	1	1	0	0
38	P	Rollie Fingers	25	65	20	19	2	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	.316	.316	.474	.789	139	9	0	0	1	0	0
39	P	Joe Horlen	34	32	17	17	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.176	.176	.176	.353	8	3	1	0	0	0	0
40	P	Darold Knowles*	30	54	14	12	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.250	.308	.250	.558	72	3	0	0	1	0	0
41	P	Bob Locker#	34	56	9	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	.000	.333	.000	.333	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	P	Diego Seguí	34	7	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	-13	1	0	0	0	0	0
43	P	Denny McLain	28	5	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0
44	P	Gary Waslewski	30	8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	P	Mike Kilkenny	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
46	P	Jim Roland	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
47	P	Don Shaw*	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.7	155	5851	5200	604	1248	195	29	134	565	87	48	463	886	.240	.306	.366	.672	104	1903	112	47	100	36	55
		Rank in 12 AL teams				4	2	6	4	4	1		3	8	10	8	6	6	2	4		2		1		4
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.8	155	5400	4800	568	1182	189	29	131	549	83	45	447	749	.246	.314	.380	.694	111	1822	106	46	68	34	55
		Pitcher Totals	26.3	155	451	400	36	66	6	0	3	16	4	3	16	137	.165	.198	.203	.401	22	81	6	1	32	2	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	Catfish Hunter	26	21	7	.750	2.04	38	37	1	16	5	0	295.1	200	74	67	21	70	6	191	3	0	3	1148	140	2.77	0.914	6.1	0.6	2.1	5.8	2.73
2	SP	Ken Holtzman*	26	19	11	.633	2.51	39	37	0	16	4	0	265.1	232	83	74	23	52	6	134	4	0	4	1058	114	3.15	1.070	7.9	0.8	1.8	4.5	2.58
3	SP	Blue Moon Odom	27	15	6	.714	2.50	31	30	0	4	2	0	194.1	164	62	54	10	87	2	86	3	0	5	804	115	3.57	1.292	7.6	0.5	4.0	4.0	0.99
4	SP	Vida Blue*	22	6	10	.375	2.80	25	23	0	5	4	0	151.0	117	55	47	11	48	3	111	1	0	2	606	102	2.85	1.093	7.0	0.7	2.9	6.6	2.31
5	SP	Dave Hamilton*	24	6	6	.500	2.93	25	14	3	1	0	0	101.1	94	34	33	7	31	2	55	1	0	0	419	98	3.16	1.234	8.3	0.6	2.8	4.9	1.77
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
6	CL	Rollie Fingers	25	11	9	.550	2.51	65	0	41	0	0	21	111.1	85	35	31	8	32	7	113	1	1	2	437	115	2.19	1.051	6.9	0.6	2.6	9.1	3.53
7	RP	Joe Horlen	34	3	4	.429	3.00	32	6	6	0	0	1	84.0	74	33	28	3	20	4	58	4	0	4	339	96	2.34	1.119	7.9	0.3	2.1	6.2	2.90
8	RP	Bob Locker	34	6	1	.857	2.65	56	0	29	0	0	10	78.0	69	25	23	1	16	5	47	2	0	6	317	108	2.05	1.090	8.0	0.1	1.8	5.4	2.94
9	RP	Darold Knowles*	30	5	1	.833	1.37	54	0	29	0	0	11	65.2	49	12	10	1	37	4	36	0	0	1	272	210	3.19	1.310	6.7	0.1	5.1	4.9	0.97
10	RP	Gary Waslewski	30	0	3	.000	2.04	8	0	3	0	0	0	17.2	12	5	4	3	8	1	8	0	0	0	71	144	5.06	1.132	6.1	1.5	4.1	4.1	1.00
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
11		Diego Seguí	34	0	1	.000	3.57	7	3	1	0	0	0	22.2	25	10	9	2	7	1	11	0	1	1	95	82	3.50	1.412	9.9	0.8	2.8	4.4	1.57
12		Denny McLain	28	1	2	.333	6.04	5	5	0	0	0	0	22.1	32	17	15	4	8	0	8	0	0	0	108	48	5.09	1.791	12.9	1.6	3.2	3.2	1.00
13		Don Shaw*	28	0	1	.000	16.88	3	0	0	0	0	0	5.1	12	10	10	2	2	0	4	0	0	1	29	19	6.90	2.625	20.3	3.4	3.4	6.8	2.00
14		Jim Roland*	29	0	0		3.86	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	91	2.40	2.143	19.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
15		Mike Kilkenny*	27	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		2.40	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		Team Totals	26.8	93	62	.600	2.58	155	155	113	42	15	43	1417.2	1170	457	406	96	418	41	862	19	2	29	5718	111	2.99	1.120	7.4	0.6	2.7	5.5	2.06
		Rank in 12 AL teams		1	12		2				7	1	1	1	3	2	2	7	3		6
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