1974 Oakland Athletics
Record: 72-90
Finish: 4th in AL Union Division Division
Runs Scored: 748
Runs Allowed: 832
Exp W-L: 73-89
 
Ballpark: Colosseum
Attendance: 1,652,141
Manager: Marwan Najdawi

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 53-84, 10th in the American League
AA: 63-74, 7th in the American League
A: 61-76, 10th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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
CF *Rick Monday 28 157 586 102 167 25 8 27 118 12 10 79 122 .285 .370 .493 .863 100.5 19.5 2.0
DH *Don Mincher 36 155 557 82 142 30 3 16 97 1 0 77 83 .255 .342 .406 .747 81.7 13.2 2.0
2B  Terry Harmon 30 155 584 82 170 20 6 3 52 12 9 51 73 .291 .352 .361 .713 69.0 10.5 6.1
LF  Frank Howard 37 153 540 72 126 15 3 14 60 2 1 82 92 .233 .336 .350 .686 65.0 8.2 2.2
LF #Roy White 30 127 452 73 146 26 0 6 64 2 3 78 23 .323 .420 .420 .840 80.1 17.1 1.7
C  Andy Etchebarren 31 129 468 51 115 18 1 10 61 0 1 40 87 .246 .305 .353 .657 49.0 4.9 7.3
SS  Bobby Cox 33 127 376 43 105 9 1 3 36 1 0 31 63 .279 .343 .332 .675 42.1 5.4 2.0
3B *Graig Nettles 29 112 339 40 83 17 1 11 51 0 0 39 61 .245 .322 .398 .720 42.9 6.4 1.0
CF *Mike Hegan 31 88 290 29 58 10 0 9 31 0 1 36 70 .200 .288 .328 .616 25.4 0.9 1.6
SS  Chuck Harrison 33 92 274 31 67 6 0 3 26 2 0 23 28 .245 .297 .299 .596 24.1 0.8 2.8
C *Paul Ratliff 30 96 219 28 48 12 0 8 36 0 0 26 43 .219 .301 .384 .685 27.2 3.3 2.0
2B *Tim Johnson 24 97 182 29 33 1 2 1 12 13 2 16 28 .181 .247 .225 .473 10.6 0.0 2.2
SS  Tommy Helms 33 65 161 14 44 12 0 1 20 0 0 4 12 .273 .299 .366 .666 15.2 1.9 1.8
CF *Johnny Lewis 34 48 110 15 27 4 0 0 9 3 3 23 23 .245 .378 .282 .660 14.1 1.9 0.6
C  Jose Morales 29 47 108 7 31 8 0 0 13 0 1 8 14 .287 .336 .361 .697 12.5 2.2 0.8
3B  Ron Dunn 24 25 88 11 19 7 0 2 10 0 0 9 21 .216 .296 .364 .660 9.2 1.0 0.7
1B  Gorman Thomas 23 26 76 6 14 2 0 1 5 0 0 18 18 .184 .337 .250 .587 7.7 0.5 0.4
C  Bill Freehan 32 40 76 14 19 3 0 3 13 1 0 5 9 .250 .305 .408 .713 9.2 1.3 0.8
SS *Wayne Causey 37 21 40 4 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .250 .268 .250 .518 2.6 0.1 0.3
1B #Roger Metzger 26 44 22 12 4 2 0 0 1 8 6 2 0 .182 .240 .273 .513 1.0 0.0 0.3
1B *Dick Nen 34 6 12 3 4 1 0 2 6 0 0 1 2 .333 .385 .917 1.301 3.3 0.9 0.0
  Team Totals 30.7 1810 5560 748 1432 228 25 120 722 57 37 649 878 .258 .336 .372 .708 692.6 99.8 38.5
  Rank among 10 AL teams 8 9 8 10 10 7 9 9 2 4 6 8 5 9 9 9  
* - 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
*Steve Carlton 29 15 9 .625 27 27 0 228.0 180 81 10 65 153 3.20 21.2
 Bill Gogolewski 26 12 12 .500 32 32 0 227.7 229 96 10 84 129 3.80 16.8
 Don Durham 25 9 14 .391 30 24 1 181.7 173 84 17 90 96 4.16 10.6
*Mickey Lolich 33 8 14 .364 25 25 0 180.7 210 95 17 60 102 4.73 8.8
 Darrell Osteen 31 8 10 .444 37 19 0 147.3 169 89 27 66 88 5.44 4.9
*Sandy Koufax 38 3 10 .231 26 15 1 133.7 130 79 16 85 93 5.32 3.9
 Tom Timmermann 34 4 6 .400 42 5 5 120.3 122 71 9 67 57 5.31 5.4
 Mel Queen 32 2 3 .400 38 1 3 69.0 91 57 14 38 33 7.43 0.0
*Rob Gardner 29 6 4 .600 43 3 4 67.3 74 30 1 37 36 4.01 6.2
 Phil Niekro 35 3 5 .375 18 4 3 60.7 71 48 2 42 32 7.12 0.0
 Nelson Briles 30 2 3 .400 5 5 0 32.7 41 23 7 20 11 6.34 0.0
Team Totals 31.1 72 90 .444 323 160 17 1449.0 1490 753 130 654 830 4.68 77.7
Rank among 10 AL teams 7 7 10 7 4 4 3 4 7 5 4  
* - 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 .987 30.3
A.Etchebarren 1084.0 123 125 636 66 10 1 .986 37.8
P.Ratliff 185.0 22 23 136 7 0 0 1.000 38.5
B.Freehan 119.2 14 20 70 5 1 0 .987 20.0
J.Morales 86.7 9 11 52 2 0 0 1.000 25.0
Team Total 1474.9 168 179 894 80 11 1 .989 35.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.49
D.Mincher 714.0 81 87 872 76 7 97 .993 11.95
F.Howard 397.0 48 50 508 27 4 45 .993 12.13
B.Cox 159.0 19 20 207 13 1 16 .995 12.45
P.Ratliff 81.3 8 14 98 10 1 9 .991 11.95
J.Morales 63.0 6 14 85 6 0 11 1.000 13.00
R.Metzger 21.0 0 10 36 0 0 3 1.000 15.43
W.Causey 5.0 0 2 7 0 0 1 1.000 12.60
D.Nen 4.0 0 2 7 0 0 2 1.000 15.75
J.Lewis 3.9 0 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 11.54
M.Hegan 1.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00
Team Total 1449.2 162 202 1828 132 13 184 .993 12.17
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.98
C.Harrison 625.3 72 76 155 268 7 59 .984 6.09
T.Harmon 419.7 51 52 93 180 7 41 .975 5.85
T.Helms 296.3 34 43 86 144 3 34 .987 6.99
W.Causey 35.0 4 5 8 14 1 4 .957 5.66
B.Cox 26.0 0 9 8 12 0 1 1.000 6.92
T.Johnson 19.7 1 9 3 6 0 2 1.000 4.12
R.Metzger 18.0 0 9 9 11 0 5 1.000 10.00
R.Dunn 6.0 0 4 0 6 0 0 1.000 9.00
M.Hegan 3.0 0 2 1 1 1 0 .667 6.00
Team Total 1449.0 162 209 363 642 19 146 .981 6.24
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.87
B.Cox 559.7 67 73 34 152 12 19 .939 2.99
G.Nettles 442.0 53 60 31 115 13 5 .918 2.97
R.Dunn 189.0 25 25 12 62 2 4 .974 3.52
P.Ratliff 110.0 11 22 5 29 0 3 1.000 2.78
T.Helms 54.0 6 10 4 9 1 0 .929 2.17
B.Freehan 30.2 0 16 3 8 1 1 .917 3.28
R.Metzger 25.0 0 7 2 3 1 0 .833 1.80
W.Causey 15.3 0 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.17
T.Harmon 8.0 0 3 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.50
C.Harrison 5.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60
J.Morales 1.3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.77
Team Total 1439.5 162 222 92 386 30 32 .941 2.99
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.28
T.Harmon 858.3 98 99 139 412 15 81 .973 5.78
T.Johnson 450.0 57 59 74 198 10 33 .965 5.44
T.Helms 47.7 4 10 10 23 3 4 .917 6.23
W.Causey 33.0 2 9 6 12 1 2 .947 4.91
C.Harrison 20.0 1 5 4 15 0 5 1.000 8.55
B.Cox 19.3 0 9 2 12 0 2 1.000 6.52
R.Metzger 9.7 0 5 2 4 2 0 .750 5.59
A.Etchebarren 9.0 0 1 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.00
D.Nen 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.0 162 198 239 679 31 127 .967 5.70
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.87
R.White 1019.0 122 125 188 6 3 1 .985 1.71
F.Howard 145.0 15 19 24 1 1 0 .962 1.55
M.Hegan 113.0 11 15 15 1 0 0 1.000 1.27
G.Nettles 74.3 7 11 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.06
R.Monday 42.0 5 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.86
C.Harrison 29.0 2 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.24
B.Cox 9.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
J.Lewis 7.5 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.20
T.Johnson 1.7 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 10.84
Team Total 1440.5 162 188 256 8 4 1 .985 1.65
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.41
M.Hegan 516.7 60 61 127 4 1 2 .992 2.28
F.Howard 396.0 45 47 90 4 0 1 1.000 2.14
J.Lewis 257.4 36 42 64 1 0 0 1.000 2.27
G.Thomas 206.0 26 26 46 1 2 1 .959 2.05
B.Cox 50.0 3 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.62
R.Monday 7.0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
J.Morales 4.3 0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 2.08
P.Ratliff 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Nettles 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1440.1 170 194 338 10 4 4 .989 2.17
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.02
R.Monday 1281.0 144 147 233 8 8 3 .968 1.69
M.Hegan 98.0 12 12 24 1 0 1 1.000 2.30
B.Cox 19.0 2 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.47
C.Harrison 16.0 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.81
J.Morales 15.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Nen 14.3 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.63
F.Howard 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Lewis 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.0 162 170 265 9 8 4 .972 1.70
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 1.90
S.Carlton 228.0 27 27 15 39 2 1 .964 2.13
B.Gogolewski 227.7 32 32 17 49 4 10 .943 2.61
D.Durham 181.7 24 30 9 27 0 5 1.000 1.78
M.Lolich 180.7 25 25 12 26 1 4 .974 1.89
D.Osteen 147.3 19 37 5 14 0 2 1.000 1.16
S.Koufax 133.7 15 26 11 22 2 2 .943 2.22
T.Timmermann 120.3 5 42 5 16 0 1 1.000 1.57
M.Queen 69.0 1 38 5 13 0 1 1.000 2.35
R.Gardner 67.3 3 43 3 9 0 4 1.000 1.60
P.Niekro 60.7 4 18 5 11 0 0 1.000 2.37
N.Briles 32.7 5 5 1 5 1 2 .857 1.65
Team Total 1449.0 160 323 88 231 10 32 .970 1.98
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average White .323
On-Base Pct White .420
Slugging Pct Monday .493
OPS Monday .863
XR Monday 100.5
Games Monday 157
At-Bats Monday 586
Runs Monday 102
Hits Harmon 170
Total Bases Monday 289
Singles Harmon 141
Doubles Mincher 30
Triples Monday 8
Homeruns Monday 27
RBIs Monday 118
Stolen Bases Johnson 13
Caught Stealing Monday 10
Walks Howard 82
Strikeouts Monday 122
ERA Carlton 3.20
Wins Carlton 15
Losses Durham, Lolich 14
Winning Pct Carlton .625
Saves Timmermann 5
Games Pitched Gardner 43
Games Started Gogolewski 32
Complete Games Carlton 17
Shutouts Gogolewski 3
Innings Pitched Carlton 228.0
Hits Allowed Gogolewski 229
Homeruns Allowed Osteen 27
Strikeouts Carlton 153
Walks Allowed Durham 90
Walks per 9IP Carlton 2.6
Hits per 9IP Carlton 7.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Carlton 6.0
WHiP Carlton 1.07
OAVG Carlton .215
OOBP Carlton .271
OSLG Carlton .310
OOPS Carlton .581
Team All-Stars
Steve Carlton
Rob Gardner
Player Salaries
Don Mincher $ 11,080,000
Steve Carlton $ 10,100,000
Rick Monday $ 8,500,000
Roy White $ 6,000,000
Mickey Lolich $ 4,990,000
Frank Howard $ 4,310,000
Andy Etchebarren $ 4,000,000
Bill Freehan $ 3,250,000
Johnny Lewis $ 2,000,000
Chuck Harrison $ 1,542,857
Bill Gogolewski $ 1,528,571
Rob Gardner $ 1,405,714
Graig Nettles $ 1,375,714
Phil Niekro $ 750,000
Tom Timmermann $ 350,000
Mike Hegan $ 350,000
Tommy Helms $ 350,000
Mel Queen $ 350,000
Darrell Osteen $ 350,000
Paul Lindblad $ 350,000
Dick Nen $ 350,000
Nelson Briles $ 300,000
Jose Morales $ 300,000
Tim Johnson $ 300,000
Roger Metzger $ 300,000
Paul Ratliff $ 300,000
Gorman Thomas $ 300,000
Don Durham $ 300,000
Ron Dunn $ 300,000
Bobby Cox $ 300,000
Wayne Causey $ 300,000
Terry Harmon $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
4/2 Signed     Wayne Causey
4/2 Signed     Fred Whitfield
4/2 Signed     Paul Edmondson
4/2 Signed     Marcel Lachemann
7/31 Traded Nino Espinosa
Tom Carroll
Sandy Koufax
Kansas City Phil Niekro
Johnny Lewis
Bill Freehan