1971 Oakland Athletics
Record: 106-56
Finish: 2nd in AL Union Division Division
Runs Scored: 889
Runs Allowed: 611
Exp W-L: 108-54
 
Ballpark: Colosseum
Attendance: 2,427,866
Manager: Marwan Najdawi

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 61-76, 6th in the American League
AA: 69-68, 4th in the American League
A: 63-74, 6th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 3-4 to Seattle Mariners
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
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
LF #Roy White 27 148 593 109 187 33 7 9 79 10 5 82 41 .315 .397 .440 .837 101.7 25.4 3.7
DH *Don Mincher 33 156 560 118 163 28 3 41 122 0 0 112 85 .291 .406 .571 .977 126.4 33.0 0.0
CF *Rick Monday 25 156 563 92 162 22 2 28 95 16 12 89 102 .288 .382 .483 .866 103.2 24.1 3.3
LF  Frank Howard 34 157 562 97 149 18 1 26 104 0 1 68 84 .265 .340 .440 .780 82.3 15.6 3.3
3B  Jim Fregosi 29 148 555 80 142 36 7 12 82 27 7 47 146 .256 .313 .411 .724 71.7 14.0 4.9
SS  Chuck Harrison 30 144 529 73 132 25 6 12 77 1 2 44 61 .250 .304 .388 .691 58.5 8.5 5.4
3B *Graig Nettles 26 122 375 56 91 13 4 9 45 0 1 44 53 .243 .325 .371 .696 45.2 7.2 2.4
CF  Ken Berry 30 123 362 50 96 15 5 5 50 0 2 41 45 .265 .341 .376 .716 45.1 8.5 2.8
C *Tim Talton 32 103 326 44 99 17 1 7 53 1 1 21 43 .304 .345 .426 .771 44.1 8.8 5.1
3B *Mack Jones 32 95 299 38 69 13 2 6 44 6 3 30 76 .231 .319 .348 .666 33.6 5.1 2.2
C  Andy Etchebarren 28 93 290 49 73 15 1 9 61 0 1 42 60 .252 .353 .403 .757 42.3 8.8 5.6
2B  Marv Breeding 37 76 207 19 48 8 0 1 16 0 0 14 35 .232 .281 .285 .566 15.4 0.9 3.0
3B  Gene Alley 30 109 181 33 36 7 0 1 12 13 9 16 50 .199 .264 .254 .518 9.9 0.0 2.1
1B *Dick Nen 31 56 148 27 35 3 1 6 23 0 0 19 26 .236 .320 .392 .711 19.7 3.4 0.3
RF  Felipe Alou 36 10 26 4 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .231 .286 .231 .516 1.8 0.1 0.2
C *Vic Roznovsky 32 5 17 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .353 .421 .353 .774 2.7 0.7 0.3
  Team Totals 30.8 1701 5593 889 1494 253 40 172 866 74 44 671 912 .267 .346 .419 .765 803.5 164.0 44.6
  Rank among 10 AL teams 3 3 4 5 2 3 3 7 5 2 3 3 3 3 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
 Tom Seaver 26 22 6 .786 33 33 0 280.0 235 67 16 70 156 2.15 28.6
*Sandy Koufax 35 18 6 .750 33 33 0 272.7 181 87 15 111 264 2.87 23.2
*Steve Carlton 26 15 15 .500 32 32 0 255.3 264 124 17 84 193 4.37 11.2
*Mickey Lolich 30 15 12 .556 29 29 0 217.3 217 102 27 75 138 4.22 10.1
 Bob Gibson 35 16 8 .667 26 26 0 202.0 188 78 18 91 135 3.48 14.3
 Bill Gogolewski 23 7 5 .583 46 5 7 92.3 86 30 1 38 50 2.92 9.4
 Tom Timmermann 31 7 1 .875 38 3 1 60.0 82 39 7 28 30 5.85 1.1
 Dennis Higgins 31 1 1 .500 28 0 1 41.0 16 9 7 11 25 1.98 4.4
 Bob Lee 33 1 0 1.000 11 0 0 17.7 19 3 1 5 13 1.53 2.1
*Rob Gardner 26 2 2 .500 21 0 13 16.7 13 2 0 2 7 1.08 4.7
 Darrell Osteen 28 0 0 .000 1 1 0 4.0 6 7 0 7 5 15.75 0.0
 Chuck Seelbach 23 0 0 .000 5 0 0 3.3 6 4 2 0 1 10.81 0.0
*Rudy May 26 2 0 1.000 11 0 0 2.3 3 2 0 1 0 7.73 0.3
Team Totals 28.7 106 56 .654 314 162 22 1464.6 1316 554 111 523 1017 3.40 109.4
Rank among 10 AL teams 2 2 9 2 2 2 2 1 5 4 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 .991 32.3
T.Talton 739.3 80 97 521 36 7 1 .988 31.1
A.Etchebarren 683.3 77 80 502 51 2 2 .996 43.0
V.Roznovsky 42.0 5 5 30 3 0 0 1.000 50.0
Team Total 1464.7 162 182 1053 90 9 3 .992 37.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.98
F.Howard 1293.3 148 151 1518 108 9 127 .994 11.31
D.Nen 94.7 10 14 125 7 1 12 .992 12.55
G.Alley 58.0 4 10 64 3 0 6 1.000 10.40
T.Talton 14.7 0 6 19 3 0 4 1.000 13.51
D.Mincher 4.0 0 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 11.25
Team Total 1464.7 162 184 1731 121 10 149 .995 11.38
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.73
C.Harrison 786.3 93 94 160 337 9 61 .982 5.69
M.Breeding 525.7 57 75 101 234 4 45 .988 5.74
G.Alley 152.7 12 38 32 74 1 16 .991 6.25
Team Total 1464.7 162 207 293 645 14 122 .985 5.76
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 2.60
G.Nettles 959.3 109 116 58 227 22 23 .928 2.67
C.Harrison 418.0 48 48 22 98 4 5 .968 2.58
G.Alley 84.7 5 23 4 25 2 3 .935 3.08
J.Fregosi 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1464.0 162 188 84 350 28 31 .939 2.67
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 4.95
J.Fregosi 1288.3 145 146 188 528 28 96 .962 5.00
G.Alley 174.3 17 29 21 70 4 12 .958 4.70
C.Harrison 2.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1464.7 162 176 209 598 33 108 .961 4.96
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.94
R.White 1273.7 141 144 262 9 1 4 .996 1.91
D.Nen 75.0 10 10 4 0 3 0 .571 0.48
K.Berry 52.7 5 11 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.22
M.Jones 27.0 3 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
G.Nettles 22.7 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.19
F.Alou 11.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
F.Howard 2.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1464.6 162 175 288 9 4 4 .987 1.83
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.39
K.Berry 734.3 80 100 178 4 0 1 1.000 2.23
M.Jones 660.0 78 81 152 2 4 1 .975 2.10
F.Alou 28.7 3 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.20
F.Howard 20.0 1 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
R.Monday 18.0 0 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50
R.White 2.7 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.77
A.Etchebarren 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1464.7 162 200 344 6 4 2 .989 2.15
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.98
R.Monday 1323.7 149 149 268 2 10 0 .964 1.84
M.Jones 59.0 6 6 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.29
D.Nen 48.0 6 6 8 0 2 0 .800 1.50
F.Alou 19.0 1 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.84
K.Berry 15.0 0 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
Team Total 1464.7 162 169 303 2 12 0 .962 1.87
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 1.90
T.Seaver 280.0 33 33 19 45 1 2 .985 2.06
S.Koufax 272.7 33 33 11 42 1 2 .981 1.75
S.Carlton 255.3 32 32 18 39 0 4 1.000 2.01
M.Lolich 217.3 29 29 11 24 1 2 .972 1.45
B.Gibson 202.0 26 26 9 19 3 1 .903 1.25
B.Gogolewski 92.3 5 46 6 17 0 0 1.000 2.24
T.Timmermann 60.0 3 38 3 16 0 2 1.000 2.85
D.Higgins 41.0 0 28 5 6 0 0 1.000 2.41
B.Lee 17.7 0 11 3 2 0 0 1.000 2.55
R.Gardner 16.7 0 21 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.08
D.Osteen 4.0 1 1 0 2 1 0 .667 4.50
C.Seelbach 3.3 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.May 2.3 0 11 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1464.6 162 314 86 213 7 13 .977 1.84
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average White .315
On-Base Pct Mincher .406
Slugging Pct Mincher .571
OPS Mincher .977
XR Mincher 126.4
Games Howard 157
At-Bats White 593
Runs Mincher 118
Hits White 187
Total Bases Mincher 320
Singles White 138
Doubles Fregosi 36
Triples Fregosi, White 7
Homeruns Mincher 41
RBIs Mincher 122
Stolen Bases Fregosi 27
Caught Stealing Monday 12
Walks Mincher 112
Strikeouts Fregosi 146
ERA Seaver 2.15
Wins Seaver 22
Losses Carlton 15
Winning Pct Seaver .786
Saves Gardner 13
Games Pitched Gogolewski 46
Games Started Koufax, Seaver 33
Complete Games Seaver 20
Shutouts Seaver 6
Innings Pitched Seaver 280.0
Hits Allowed Carlton 264
Homeruns Allowed Lolich 27
Strikeouts Koufax 264
Walks Allowed Koufax 111
Walks per 9IP Seaver 2.3
Hits per 9IP Koufax 6.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Koufax 8.7
WHiP Koufax 1.07
OAVG Koufax .188
OOBP Koufax .272
OSLG Koufax .272
OOPS Koufax .544
Team All-Stars
Sandy Koufax
Don Mincher
Rick Monday
Tom Seaver
Tim Talton
Roy White
Player Salaries
Jim Fregosi $ 10,220,000
Sandy Koufax $ 8,960,000
Don Mincher $ 5,960,000
Tom Seaver $ 5,957,143
Frank Howard $ 5,420,000
Steve Carlton $ 4,200,000
Roy White $ 4,071,429
Ken Berry $ 3,600,000
Tim Talton $ 3,592,857
Mickey Lolich $ 3,200,000
Bob Gibson $ 2,280,000
Andy Etchebarren $ 1,536,429
Mack Jones $ 1,180,000
Dennis Higgins $ 794,286
Gene Alley $ 368,571
Tommy Helms $ 350,000
Paul Lindblad $ 350,000
Mel Queen $ 350,000
Bob Lee $ 350,000
Rudy May $ 310,000
Rick Monday $ 300,000
Dick Nen $ 300,000
Graig Nettles $ 300,000
Chuck Harrison $ 300,000
Bill Gogolewski $ 300,000
Darrell Osteen $ 300,000
Rob Gardner $ 300,000
Vic Roznovsky $ 300,000
Chuck Seelbach $ 300,000
Marv Breeding $ 300,000
Tom Timmermann $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/8 Signed     Rudy May
3/2 Signed     Felipe Alou
3/2 Signed     Mike Hegan
3/2 Signed     Jack Reed
4/2 Signed     George Altman
4/2 Signed     Billy Moran
4/2 Signed     Bob Gibson
5/1 Signed     Johnny Goryl
5/1 Signed     Mack Jones