1962 Oakland Athletics
Record: 96-66
Finish: 1st in AL Union Division Division
Runs Scored: 749
Runs Allowed: 631
Exp W-L: 94-68
 
Ballpark: Colosseum
Attendance: 2,414,281
Manager: Marwan Najdawi

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 61-76, 8th in the American League
AA: 61-76, 7th in the American League
A: 68-69, 4th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 1-4 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
2B #Jim Gilliam 33 155 574 78 150 29 9 1 51 22 13 83 40 .261 .354 .348 .702 73.3 13.7 10.8
1B *Wayne Belardi 31 156 556 101 158 25 3 26 97 0 0 69 75 .284 .369 .480 .849 93.3 21.2 3.7
CF *Whitey Lockman 35 153 566 81 168 22 4 15 72 15 6 56 64 .297 .361 .429 .790 80.4 17.1 4.2
RF  Jackie Jensen 35 154 540 71 155 21 4 14 72 1 3 60 115 .287 .353 .419 .772 78.2 15.6 3.4
RF  Stan Palys 32 153 548 75 154 31 1 27 115 1 0 42 85 .281 .332 .489 .821 84.3 18.1 3.0
SS  Jim Brideweser 35 146 548 67 141 19 7 7 63 19 6 37 62 .257 .303 .356 .659 57.6 8.4 9.7
C *Joe Ginsberg 35 137 493 66 145 18 1 2 43 1 1 54 34 .294 .368 .347 .715 64.7 13.0 0.0
RF *Willie Kirkland 28 120 411 57 110 29 2 17 78 15 5 40 57 .268 .328 .472 .800 62.8 13.0 2.2
2B  Leo Cardenas 23 114 296 48 94 10 3 6 35 0 0 28 45 .318 .377 .432 .810 45.8 10.8 4.8
1B *Ray Barker 26 96 197 18 44 11 1 4 24 0 1 15 35 .223 .280 .350 .631 16.9 1.3 1.6
RF *Al Spangler 28 104 186 36 54 10 3 3 24 3 3 12 40 .290 .330 .425 .755 25.6 5.2 1.2
C  Johnny Pramesa 36 51 143 12 24 1 0 3 9 0 0 11 38 .168 .227 .238 .465 6.7 0.0 0.0
P  Gene Conley 31 42 116 5 20 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 35 .172 .186 .181 .367 2.4 0.0 0.0
P *Billy Pierce 35 38 94 5 14 0 0 0 10 0 0 1 22 .149 .156 .149 .305 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P #Marshall Bridges 31 41 88 4 7 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 30 .080 .138 .080 .218 -1.8 0.0 0.0
P  Virgil Jester 34 34 75 6 11 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 20 .147 .156 .187 .343 1.0 0.0 0.0
3B  Rudy Regalado 32 33 69 7 23 2 0 0 9 0 0 5 2 .333 .382 .362 .744 9.1 1.9 1.0
C  Cal Neeman 33 39 47 11 20 0 0 1 7 0 0 1 7 .426 .438 .489 .927 8.5 2.5 0.0
P  Chuck Estrada 24 43 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Ron Mrozinski 31 30 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Acker 32 75 6 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .500 .667 0.6 0.2 0.1
P *Tom Borland 29 26 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Cholly Naranjo 27 36 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Dolan Nichols 32 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.2 1995 5579 749 1497 229 39 127 724 80 38 519 813 .268 .331 .392 .723 709.5 142.0 45.6
  Rank among 10 AL teams 3 2 1 5 3 5 2 2 9 3 1 1 2 4 3 2  
* - 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 31 27 6 .818 42 42 0 343.7 268 82 5 87 331 2.15 39.5
*Marshall Bridges 31 15 18 .455 41 41 0 275.3 249 109 27 116 223 3.56 14.0
*Billy Pierce 35 20 8 .714 37 37 0 272.3 274 114 39 98 220 3.77 15.4
 Virgil Jester 34 13 16 .448 34 34 0 239.0 276 127 31 39 122 4.78 5.6
 Tom Acker 32 7 6 .538 69 0 7 91.7 79 34 9 32 65 3.34 9.0
 Chuck Estrada 24 4 3 .571 43 5 1 84.0 83 39 9 40 77 4.18 4.0
*Ron Mrozinski 31 6 3 .667 30 3 1 55.3 57 20 2 29 41 3.25 4.8
 Cholly Naranjo 27 4 6 .400 36 0 19 37.0 33 16 5 13 30 3.89 5.1
*Tom Borland 29 0 0 .000 26 0 0 36.0 41 12 4 5 24 3.00 2.2
 Dolan Nichols 32 0 0 .000 19 0 1 18.7 22 13 4 5 2 6.27 0.0
 Jim Waugh 28 0 0 .000 10 0 0 12.3 11 4 3 1 8 2.92 0.9
Team Totals 30.4 96 66 .593 387 162 29 1465.3 1393 570 138 465 1143 3.50 100.4
Rank among 10 AL teams 1 1 7 2 2 6 6 3 5 2 3  
* - 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 .996 28.5
J.Ginsberg 1132.7 126 131 895 29 8 0 .991 20.4
J.Pramesa 295.3 33 35 233 7 1 0 .996 0.0
C.Neeman 36.7 3 7 32 2 0 0 1.000 50.0
Team Total 1464.7 162 173 1160 38 9 0 .993 19.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.71
W.Belardi 1295.3 149 149 1540 126 15 157 .991 11.58
R.Barker 161.0 13 23 204 15 2 20 .991 12.24
L.Cardenas 4.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
A.Spangler 3.0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
J.Ginsberg 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1465.3 162 175 1751 141 17 178 .991 11.62
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 5.72
J.Gilliam 1324.7 148 154 277 562 13 113 .985 5.70
R.Regalado 71.0 8 12 17 27 2 11 .957 5.58
L.Cardenas 69.7 6 13 15 27 0 6 1.000 5.43
Team Total 1465.3 162 179 309 616 15 130 .984 5.68
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.76
W.Kirkland 828.0 93 93 55 155 9 21 .959 2.28
J.Brideweser 300.3 33 34 12 75 2 9 .978 2.61
R.Barker 217.0 25 28 14 68 4 2 .953 3.40
L.Cardenas 76.7 7 16 3 17 2 1 .909 2.35
R.Regalado 36.3 4 6 1 11 1 0 .923 2.97
A.Spangler 6.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Neeman 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1465.3 162 179 85 326 18 33 .958 2.52
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.15
J.Brideweser 944.0 108 109 151 424 21 90 .965 5.48
L.Cardenas 486.7 51 60 59 208 8 40 .971 4.94
R.Regalado 31.7 3 7 5 13 1 4 .947 5.12
A.Spangler 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Jensen 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1465.3 162 178 215 645 30 134 .966 5.28
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.72
S.Palys 1196.0 137 140 191 4 5 1 .975 1.47
W.Kirkland 147.0 16 22 20 0 2 0 .909 1.22
A.Spangler 108.0 9 19 19 1 1 0 .952 1.67
W.Lockman 9.3 0 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
W.Belardi 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1465.3 162 188 235 5 8 1 .968 1.47
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.26
W.Lockman 1257.7 143 147 247 9 4 3 .985 1.83
A.Spangler 152.7 14 24 40 2 0 1 1.000 2.48
S.Palys 37.0 5 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.19
T.Acker 18.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
Team Total 1465.3 162 182 298 11 4 4 .987 1.90
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.73
J.Jensen 1292.0 147 153 211 7 2 2 .991 1.52
A.Spangler 129.0 14 22 16 0 1 0 .941 1.12
S.Palys 22.0 1 9 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.23
W.Kirkland 10.3 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Regalado 5.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40
T.Acker 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
W.Belardi 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1465.3 162 197 235 7 3 2 .988 1.49
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.12
G.Conley 343.7 42 42 22 57 2 6 .975 2.07
M.Bridges 275.3 41 41 12 58 2 2 .972 2.29
B.Pierce 272.3 37 37 16 42 1 4 .983 1.92
V.Jester 239.0 34 34 23 45 1 4 .986 2.56
T.Acker 91.7 0 69 4 15 1 0 .950 1.87
C.Estrada 84.0 5 43 5 15 0 2 1.000 2.14
R.Mrozinski 55.3 3 30 1 6 0 1 1.000 1.14
C.Naranjo 37.0 0 36 3 7 1 1 .909 2.43
T.Borland 36.0 0 26 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.00
D.Nichols 18.7 0 19 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.93
J.Waugh 12.3 0 10 2 5 0 0 1.000 5.11
Team Total 1465.3 162 387 90 260 8 20 .978 2.15
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Lockman .297
On-Base Pct Belardi .369
Slugging Pct Palys .489
OPS Belardi .849
XR Belardi 93.3
Games Belardi 156
At-Bats Gilliam 574
Runs Belardi 101
Hits Lockman 168
Total Bases Palys 268
Singles Lockman 127
Doubles Palys 31
Triples Gilliam 9
Homeruns Palys 27
RBIs Palys 115
Stolen Bases Gilliam 22
Caught Stealing Gilliam 13
Walks Gilliam 83
Strikeouts Jensen 115
ERA Conley 2.15
Wins Conley 27
Losses Bridges 18
Winning Pct Conley .818
Saves Naranjo 19
Games Pitched Acker 69
Games Started Conley 42
Complete Games Conley 21
Shutouts Conley 7
Innings Pitched Conley 343.7
Hits Allowed Jester 276
Homeruns Allowed Pierce 39
Strikeouts Conley 331
Walks Allowed Bridges 116
Walks per 9IP Jester 1.5
Hits per 9IP Conley 7.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Conley 8.7
WHiP Conley 1.03
OAVG Conley .212
OOBP Conley .263
OSLG Conley .284
OOPS Conley .548
Team All-Stars
Gene Conley
Billy Pierce
Player Salaries
Gene Conley $ 22,100,000
Jim Gilliam $ 6,100,000
Jackie Jensen $ 5,500,000
Whitey Lockman $ 5,410,000
Jim Brideweser $ 4,660,000
Virgil Jester $ 4,490,000
Wayne Belardi $ 3,570,000
Willie Kirkland $ 3,542,857
Marshall Bridges $ 3,514,286
Stan Palys $ 2,687,143
Joe Ginsberg $ 1,500,000
Billy Pierce $ 1,000,000
Johnny Pramesa $ 950,000
Tom Acker $ 350,000
Dolan Nichols $ 350,000
Jim Waugh $ 350,000
Ron Mrozinski $ 350,000
Rudy Regalado $ 300,000
Leo Cardenas $ 300,000
Cholly Naranjo $ 300,000
Al Spangler $ 300,000
Tom Borland $ 300,000
Cal Neeman $ 300,000
Ray Barker $ 300,000
Chuck Estrada $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
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