1960 Oakland Athletics
Record: 90-73
Finish: 3rd in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 741
Runs Allowed: 597
Exp W-L: 97-66
 
Ballpark: Colosseum
Attendance: 2,411,331
Manager: Marwan Najdawi

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 59-78, 7th in the AL
AA: 53-84, 7th in the AL
A: 69-68, 4th in the AL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
CF *Whitey Lockman 33 158 590 66 162 14 9 13 83 20 9 49 61 .275 .328 .395 .723 74.4 13.5 6.0
SS  Jim Brideweser 33 152 589 64 159 18 3 10 59 15 9 39 67 .270 .316 .362 .678 66.5 11.0 5.0
2B #Jim Gilliam 31 155 552 92 145 37 7 5 59 20 10 79 19 .263 .357 .382 .740 75.8 15.4 6.8
RF  Jackie Jensen 33 150 528 70 124 20 1 22 76 4 0 60 113 .235 .314 .402 .716 68.2 11.9 3.6
1B *Dale Long 34 156 546 70 128 29 6 21 99 0 0 34 117 .234 .276 .425 .701 61.1 8.8 2.6
1B *Billy Klaus 31 134 396 49 111 13 2 6 50 8 2 74 93 .280 .393 .369 .762 62.8 14.0 4.5
RF *Willie Kirkland 26 139 434 75 130 35 2 16 63 8 3 37 90 .300 .352 .500 .852 71.9 17.3 2.8
1B  Luis Aparicio 26 124 372 59 102 21 5 3 33 23 7 22 23 .274 .314 .382 .696 42.7 7.8 3.6
C  Hank Foiles 31 123 343 49 88 22 2 6 55 0 0 42 100 .257 .335 .385 .720 44.9 8.8 3.0
RF  Stan Palys 30 122 341 39 100 25 1 13 55 0 0 21 62 .293 .332 .487 .818 51.6 11.6 2.7
C *Joe Ginsberg 33 106 288 42 91 15 2 2 25 0 0 35 13 .316 .390 .403 .793 41.9 9.8 2.1
P  Carl Scheib 33 41 118 12 27 5 1 1 10 0 0 2 16 .229 .248 .314 .561 9.1 0.7 0.0
P  Gene Conley 29 41 108 5 19 0 0 0 10 0 0 3 35 .176 .204 .176 .379 2.4 0.0 0.0
P *Billy Pierce 33 41 101 8 14 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 24 .139 .137 .158 .296 -2.3 0.0 0.0
DH  Vic Power 32 65 104 16 31 7 0 2 15 1 1 6 2 .298 .336 .423 .759 13.1 2.8 0.4
P  Virgil Jester 32 37 91 7 17 1 0 0 6 0 0 3 27 .187 .213 .198 .411 3.1 0.0 0.0
RF  Bill Wilson 31 28 46 10 10 0 0 2 5 0 0 5 11 .217 .308 .348 .656 4.9 0.7 0.6
C  Cal Neeman 31 7 19 4 5 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 5 .263 .300 .474 .774 2.7 0.6 0.2
CF  Mel Clark 33 5 9 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .222 .300 .444 .744 1.2 0.1 0.2
P  Ron Mrozinski 29 8 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.7 0.2 0.0
P  Chuck Estrada 22 41 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Harry Byrd 35 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Waugh 26 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Ross 31 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 30.8 1877 5587 741 1468 267 41 123 712 99 41 513 883 .263 .324 .391 .716 696.6 135.3 43.8
  Rank among 8 AL teams 3 3 2 5 2 6 3 1 8 5 1 2 3 4 3 3  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Gene Conley 29 22 10 .688 41 41 0 337.3 269 92 14 86 323 2.45 29.5
 Carl Scheib 33 19 16 .543 41 41 0 334.7 283 151 58 110 303 4.06 14.1
*Billy Pierce 33 17 17 .500 41 41 0 309.7 250 104 34 100 290 3.02 17.5
 Virgil Jester 32 17 9 .654 37 37 0 277.3 222 75 28 45 169 2.43 23.7
*Tom Borland 27 3 7 .300 49 0 4 47.3 48 25 8 22 30 4.75 0.9
 Chuck Estrada 22 6 4 .600 41 1 2 44.7 45 26 12 28 43 5.24 0.7
 Harry Byrd 35 4 5 .444 25 0 7 30.7 32 16 3 11 22 4.70 2.0
*Marshall Bridges 29 1 2 .333 25 0 7 23.0 24 13 6 9 22 5.09 0.4
*Ron Mrozinski 29 0 1 .000 8 2 0 19.7 21 12 3 12 18 5.49 0.0
 Jim Waugh 26 0 0 .000 12 0 0 14.3 12 4 1 4 9 2.51 1.0
 Dolan Nichols 30 1 2 .333 16 0 1 13.0 21 12 3 4 7 8.31 0.0
*Bob Ross 31 0 0 .000 7 0 0 8.3 6 1 1 1 7 1.08 1.0
 Cholly Naranjo 25 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.2
Team Totals 29.3 90 73 .552 344 163 21 1461.0 1233 531 171 432 1243 3.27 90.9
Rank among 8 AL teams 3 3 7 3 4 2 7 1 2 3 1  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .995 31.0
H.Foiles 792.7 90 94 679 33 1 0 .999 36.8
J.Ginsberg 623.0 68 78 545 16 5 1 .991 14.3
C.Neeman 45.3 5 6 42 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1461.0 163 178 1266 49 6 1 .995 24.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.00
D.Long 1277.0 146 151 1396 107 12 114 .992 10.59
V.Power 137.0 15 23 142 17 0 6 1.000 10.45
J.Ginsberg 21.0 2 5 29 2 0 3 1.000 13.29
B.Klaus 12.0 0 3 13 0 0 0 1.000 9.75
H.Foiles 8.0 0 6 12 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
W.Lockman 3.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
B.Wilson 2.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
L.Aparicio 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1461.0 163 193 1597 127 12 123 .993 10.62
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 5.37
J.Gilliam 1280.3 145 147 255 487 16 94 .979 5.22
L.Aparicio 104.7 11 16 25 37 1 9 .984 5.33
B.Klaus 75.0 7 11 6 34 1 4 .976 4.80
V.Power 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1461.0 163 175 286 559 18 107 .979 5.21
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 2.67
J.Brideweser 1273.0 145 149 70 301 11 27 .971 2.62
L.Aparicio 124.0 13 17 8 27 1 2 .972 2.54
B.Klaus 52.0 5 9 3 15 1 0 .947 3.12
J.Gilliam 12.0 0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1461.0 163 179 82 346 13 29 .971 2.64
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 4.69
B.Klaus 903.3 102 110 93 348 27 52 .942 4.39
L.Aparicio 549.7 61 71 76 207 13 31 .956 4.63
V.Power 6.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
S.Palys 2.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1461.0 163 185 170 558 40 83 .948 4.48
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 1.69
W.Kirkland 907.0 100 110 163 1 7 0 .959 1.63
S.Palys 467.0 56 56 100 5 1 1 .991 2.02
B.Wilson 32.0 2 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.81
L.Aparicio 19.0 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.95
W.Lockman 16.7 2 2 2 0 1 0 .667 1.08
H.Foiles 13.0 1 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
J.Gilliam 6.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.0 163 185 280 6 9 1 .969 1.76
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.25
W.Lockman 1274.3 144 149 314 6 4 1 .988 2.26
S.Palys 109.7 13 16 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.81
B.Wilson 58.0 6 9 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.17
M.Clark 15.0 0 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
J.Jensen 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1461.0 163 180 357 6 4 1 .989 2.24
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.77
J.Jensen 1224.3 142 144 211 6 8 1 .964 1.60
S.Palys 116.0 13 15 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.40
W.Kirkland 71.3 4 16 13 0 1 0 .929 1.64
V.Power 17.0 1 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06
B.Wilson 16.0 2 3 3 1 0 1 1.000 2.25
M.Clark 9.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
L.Aparicio 7.3 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.46
Team Total 1461.0 163 188 251 7 9 2 .966 1.59
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.01
G.Conley 337.3 41 41 23 37 1 3 .984 1.60
C.Scheib 334.7 41 41 14 58 1 6 .986 1.94
B.Pierce 309.7 41 41 16 32 4 2 .923 1.40
V.Jester 277.3 37 37 19 58 3 2 .963 2.50
T.Borland 47.3 0 49 0 10 0 0 1.000 1.90
C.Estrada 44.7 1 41 2 9 0 0 1.000 2.22
H.Byrd 30.7 0 25 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.17
M.Bridges 23.0 0 25 4 2 0 0 1.000 2.35
R.Mrozinski 19.7 2 8 2 4 0 1 1.000 2.75
J.Waugh 14.3 0 12 2 4 0 0 1.000 3.77
D.Nichols 13.0 0 16 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Ross 8.3 0 7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Naranjo 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.0 163 344 84 216 9 14 .971 1.85
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Kirkland .281
On-Base Pct Klaus .373
Slugging Pct Kirkland .470
OPS Kirkland .802
XR Gilliam 75.8
Games Lockman 158
At-Bats Lockman 590
Runs Gilliam 92
Hits Lockman 162
Total Bases Lockman 233
Singles Brideweser 128
Doubles Gilliam 37
Triples Lockman 9
Homeruns Jensen 22
RBIs Long 99
Stolen Bases Aparicio 23
Caught Stealing Gilliam 10
Walks Gilliam 79
Strikeouts Long 117
ERA Jester 2.43
Wins Conley 22
Losses Pierce 17
Winning Pct Conley .688
Saves Bridges, Byrd 7
Games Pitched Borland 49
Games Started Conley, Pierce, Scheib 41
Complete Games Scheib 21
Shutouts Conley 5
Innings Pitched Conley 337.3
Hits Allowed Scheib 283
Homeruns Allowed Scheib 58
Strikeouts Conley 323
Walks Allowed Scheib 110
Walks per 9IP Jester 1.5
Hits per 9IP Conley 7.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Conley 8.6
WHiP Jester 0.96
OAVG Conley .215
OOBP Jester .252
OSLG Conley .312
OOPS Conley .578
Team All-Stars
Gene Conley
Virgil Jester
Player Salaries
Gene Conley $ 22,100,000
Jim Gilliam $ 6,100,000
Carl Scheib $ 6,000,000
Jackie Jensen $ 5,500,000
Whitey Lockman $ 5,350,000
Dale Long $ 4,390,000
Virgil Jester $ 3,664,286
Jim Brideweser $ 3,660,000
Hank Foiles $ 2,514,286
Billy Klaus $ 1,514,286
Joe Ginsberg $ 1,500,000
Billy Pierce $ 1,000,000
Harry Byrd $ 520,000
Bob Ross $ 350,000
Vic Power $ 350,000
Ron Mrozinski $ 350,000
Stan Palys $ 300,000
Luis Aparicio $ 300,000
Dolan Nichols $ 300,000
Bill Wilson $ 300,000
Willie Kirkland $ 300,000
Cal Neeman $ 300,000
Mel Clark $ 300,000
Cholly Naranjo $ 300,000
Marshall Bridges $ 300,000
Jim Waugh $ 300,000
Tom Borland $ 300,000
Chuck Estrada $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
4/2 Signed     Billy Goodman
4/2 Signed     Mel Clark