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1978 Oakland Athletics
Record: 70-90
Finish: 4th in AL West Division
Runs Scored: 622
Runs Allowed: 757
Exp W-L: 66-94
 
Ballpark: Colosseum
Attendance: 1,587,883
Manager: Marwan Najdawi

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 64-73, 8th in the American League
AA: 64-73, 10th in the American League
A: 63-74, 10th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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 34 155 557 70 152 25 1 2 53 1 1 77 43 .273 .363 .332 .695 67.4 14.1 1.6
DH  Lee May 35 155 565 48 126 14 2 18 72 0 1 38 99 .223 .273 .350 .623 55.5 5.6 3.4
CF *Mike Easler 27 155 552 66 152 22 4 10 70 1 1 41 93 .275 .323 .384 .707 66.6 12.7 2.7
CF *Jim Norris 29 139 501 67 117 18 9 3 54 22 13 49 46 .234 .302 .323 .625 50.3 6.8 0.3
C  Jose Morales 33 120 438 42 132 15 5 3 46 2 0 24 45 .301 .337 .379 .716 52.2 11.3 9.1
RF  Buddy Bradford 33 129 361 39 78 17 2 10 53 0 2 41 66 .216 .301 .357 .658 37.4 4.5 1.9
2B *Duane Kuiper 28 106 349 36 95 7 1 1 23 8 5 17 22 .272 .307 .307 .614 32.1 4.5 3.9
SS  Dick Allen 36 85 277 32 59 8 1 7 37 11 5 39 71 .213 .309 .325 .634 29.6 3.9 1.6
CF *Rick Monday 32 76 268 39 77 4 9 5 49 4 3 39 61 .287 .377 .425 .802 41.5 10.3 1.0
3B  Garry Jestadt 31 106 262 34 66 10 1 2 25 0 1 12 49 .252 .284 .321 .605 22.2 2.1 3.4
3B  Rene Lachemann 33 71 242 31 63 7 2 9 28 2 0 17 51 .260 .309 .417 .727 29.9 5.8 2.6
2B  Billy Parker 31 78 212 17 57 11 0 1 21 0 1 12 36 .269 .307 .335 .642 20.6 3.2 2.7
2B *Tim Johnson 28 101 204 27 45 5 1 0 13 21 5 16 21 .221 .279 .255 .534 16.1 0.8 1.3
C  Mike Sadek 32 67 172 14 28 6 1 1 14 2 2 27 17 .163 .276 .227 .503 12.4 0.0 3.4
RF  Dan Norman 23 73 127 22 21 2 3 2 11 23 3 11 27 .165 .229 .276 .504 11.7 0.4 0.8
DH  Carlos Lopez 27 47 106 10 26 5 0 1 9 2 0 2 20 .245 .259 .321 .580 7.0 0.2 0.7
1B *Mike Squires 26 43 74 9 22 6 0 0 14 2 1 9 2 .297 .368 .378 .746 11.5 2.4 0.4
3B  Jim Fregosi 36 51 75 14 16 1 2 1 6 5 4 4 13 .213 .253 .320 .573 5.9 0.1 0.6
SS  Bobby Cox 37 21 52 4 13 1 0 0 4 1 0 3 8 .250 .291 .269 .560 4.3 0.6 0.7
C  Frank Fernandez 35 13 27 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .037 .071 .037 .108 -1.9 0.0 0.4
LF  Tony Horton 33 14 21 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 6 .143 .174 .143 .317 0.7 0.0 0.1
  Team Totals 31.4 1805 5442 622 1349 184 44 76 604 108 48 480 805 .248 .309 .340 .649 573.1 89.4 42.7
  Rank among 12 AL teams 11 10 10 12 3 12 10 4 7 9 10 10 10 11 11 10  
* - 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
 Ray Burris 27 14 10 .583 32 32 0 249.3 248 108 26 71 94 3.90 15.8
 Bill Gogolewski 30 14 11 .560 32 32 0 237.7 224 95 21 97 139 3.60 17.0
 Mike Stanton 25 10 20 .333 34 30 0 208.0 213 114 26 100 132 4.93 7.3
*Steve Carlton 33 8 8 .500 16 16 0 136.0 142 46 4 25 67 3.04 12.2
 Jim Nash 33 7 8 .467 18 18 0 127.7 149 65 7 38 78 4.58 5.5
 Darrell Osteen 35 3 8 .273 15 15 0 98.0 104 47 13 54 58 4.32 3.3
 Dwight Bernard 26 3 4 .429 30 4 4 76.3 65 26 1 39 27 3.07 7.5
*Dick Estelle 36 1 2 .333 39 0 3 67.0 64 35 6 51 32 4.70 2.3
 Juan Eichelberger 24 2 7 .222 10 10 0 66.0 72 44 9 48 19 6.00 0.0
 Ernie McAnally 31 4 5 .444 38 1 2 62.3 86 40 9 30 31 5.78 0.0
 Doug Bair 28 4 4 .500 43 0 12 58.7 56 27 7 31 34 4.14 5.1
 Manny Sarmiento 22 0 2 .000 2 2 0 14.0 22 13 1 5 7 8.36 0.0
*Bill Hepler 32 0 1 .000 54 0 0 13.7 11 3 0 16 4 1.98 1.5
 Don Rose 31 0 0 .000 10 0 0 6.7 9 3 1 3 5 4.05 0.3
Team Totals 29.5 70 90 .438 373 160 21 1421.3 1465 666 131 608 727 4.22 77.9
Rank among 12 AL teams 9 9 10 9 12 7 7 8 10 8 8  
* - 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 32.1
J.Morales 948.3 105 110 510 62 3 1 .995 51.0
M.Sadek 429.0 49 50 236 23 6 0 .977 32.7
R.Lachemann 100.9 10 11 42 4 2 0 .958 25.0
F.Fernandez 53.7 12 12 31 3 1 0 .971 40.0
Team Total 1531.9 176 183 819 92 12 1 .987 43.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.57
L.May 1205.0 141 142 1424 121 15 156 .990 11.54
M.Squires 151.3 16 22 181 15 3 19 .985 11.66
D.Allen 109.2 12 14 147 12 0 14 1.000 13.10
J.Morales 21.0 0 7 22 2 0 4 1.000 10.29
J.Fregosi 18.0 1 6 22 1 0 0 1.000 11.50
B.Parker 13.0 1 3 12 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
T.Horton 11.0 1 2 13 1 0 2 1.000 11.45
R.Lachemann 5.8 0 2 8 0 0 1 1.000 12.41
Team Total 1534.3 172 198 1829 153 18 197 .991 11.63
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.89
D.Kuiper 760.7 85 92 196 323 7 75 .987 6.14
G.Jestadt 446.7 52 62 120 206 5 54 .985 6.57
B.Cox 133.0 17 19 33 58 1 15 .989 6.16
T.Johnson 80.0 6 19 12 27 2 4 .951 4.39
R.White 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1421.3 160 193 361 615 15 148 .985 6.18
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.95
B.Parker 559.0 71 72 40 145 3 18 .984 2.98
R.Lachemann 470.0 48 55 25 125 5 9 .968 2.87
C.Lopez 115.0 8 23 5 26 0 3 1.000 2.43
G.Jestadt 78.0 6 15 8 23 3 1 .912 3.58
J.Fregosi 75.7 7 16 5 24 3 2 .906 3.45
D.Allen 17.4 2 3 1 3 1 1 .800 2.07
B.Cox 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Bradford 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
F.Fernandez 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Morales 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1324.1 142 188 84 347 15 34 .966 2.93
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 5.24
D.Allen 486.2 55 58 78 212 9 47 .970 5.37
T.Johnson 447.3 55 59 83 182 14 39 .950 5.33
G.Jestadt 117.7 9 23 26 58 2 13 .977 6.43
J.Fregosi 97.0 10 19 16 29 1 7 .978 4.18
D.Kuiper 52.0 5 11 7 24 0 6 1.000 5.37
B.Parker 5.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Cox 4.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
M.Squires 4.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
D.Norman 2.0 0 1 1 1 1 0 .667 9.00
B.Bradford 1.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1216.5 134 178 213 509 27 112 .964 5.34
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.04
R.White 846.3 102 104 179 8 0 3 1.000 1.99
M.Easler 414.0 49 53 73 0 4 0 .948 1.59
B.Bradford 58.0 6 9 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.02
D.Allen 44.1 5 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.02
D.Norman 24.7 0 9 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.92
M.Sadek 20.0 1 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
T.Horton 18.0 1 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
C.Lopez 16.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
J.Norris 16.0 1 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
L.May 5.3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
B.Parker 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1464.4 165 206 297 8 4 3 .987 1.87
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.64
M.Easler 832.7 98 100 244 6 5 4 .980 2.70
B.Bradford 466.7 54 60 129 2 2 1 .985 2.53
C.Lopez 56.0 5 9 20 0 0 0 1.000 3.21
J.Norris 49.0 3 13 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
D.Norman 11.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
M.Squires 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
D.Kuiper 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Johnson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Fregosi 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
R.Monday 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1420.3 160 190 411 8 7 5 .984 2.66
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.13
R.Monday 637.3 73 74 122 3 2 0 .984 1.77
B.Bradford 351.0 42 48 78 2 0 0 1.000 2.05
D.Norman 278.0 33 41 74 2 0 2 1.000 2.46
J.Norris 101.0 9 18 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
C.Lopez 35.3 3 8 7 0 1 0 .875 1.78
L.May 13.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69
M.Easler 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Squires 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Kuiper 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Horton 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1425.6 160 196 302 7 3 2 .990 1.95
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.00
R.Burris 249.3 32 32 19 28 0 3 1.000 1.70
B.Gogolewski 237.7 32 32 13 36 0 2 1.000 1.86
M.Stanton 208.0 30 34 12 21 1 2 .971 1.43
S.Carlton 136.0 16 16 10 26 2 3 .947 2.38
J.Nash 127.7 18 18 6 17 4 0 .852 1.62
D.Osteen 98.0 15 15 6 14 2 0 .909 1.84
D.Bernard 76.3 4 30 7 12 0 2 1.000 2.24
D.Estelle 67.0 0 39 2 15 1 1 .944 2.28
J.Eichelberger 66.0 10 10 6 16 0 2 1.000 3.00
E.McAnally 62.3 1 38 8 12 0 0 1.000 2.89
D.Bair 58.7 0 43 6 9 2 0 .882 2.30
M.Sarmiento 14.0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64
B.Hepler 13.7 0 54 3 2 0 0 1.000 3.29
D.Rose 6.7 0 10 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.05
Team Total 1421.3 160 373 100 210 12 15 .963 1.96
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Morales .278
On-Base Pct White .363
Slugging Pct Easler .384
OPS Easler .707
XR White 67.4
Games White, May, Easler 155
At-Bats May 565
Runs White 70
Hits White, Easler 152
Total Bases Easler 212
Singles White 124
Doubles White 25
Triples Monday, Norris 9
Homeruns May 18
RBIs May 72
Stolen Bases Norman 23
Caught Stealing Norris 13
Walks White 77
Strikeouts May 99
ERA Gogolewski 3.60
Wins Burris, Gogolewski 14
Losses Stanton 20
Winning Pct Burris .583
Saves Bair 12
Games Pitched Hepler 54
Games Started Burris, Gogolewski 32
Complete Games Burris 16
Shutouts Gogolewski 3
Innings Pitched Burris 249.3
Hits Allowed Burris 248
Homeruns Allowed Burris, Stanton 26
Strikeouts Gogolewski 139
Walks Allowed Stanton 100
Walks per 9IP Burris 2.6
Hits per 9IP Gogolewski 8.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Stanton 5.7
WHiP Burris 1.28
OAVG Gogolewski .251
OOBP Burris .311
OSLG Gogolewski .370
OOPS Gogolewski .697
Team All-Stars
Bill Gogolewski
Jose Morales
Player Salaries
Bill Gogolewski $ 5,190,000
Jim Nash $ 4,578,571
Mike Easler $ 3,664,286
Roy White $ 3,350,000
Frank Fernandez $ 3,150,000
Lee May $ 2,390,000
Jose Morales $ 1,662,857
Tony Horton $ 1,503,061
Darrell Osteen $ 380,000
Bill Hepler $ 350,000
Don Rose $ 350,000
Jim Fregosi $ 300,000
Juan Eichelberger $ 300,000
Carlos Lopez $ 300,000
Bobby Cox $ 300,000
Ray Burris $ 300,000
Buddy Bradford $ 300,000
Dwight Bernard $ 300,000
Dick Estelle $ 300,000
Garry Jestadt $ 300,000
Doug Bair $ 300,000
Duane Kuiper $ 300,000
Ernie McAnally $ 300,000
Dan Norman $ 300,000
Jim Norris $ 300,000
Billy Parker $ 300,000
Mike Sadek $ 300,000
Manny Sarmiento $ 300,000
Mike Squires $ 300,000
Mike Stanton $ 300,000
Tim Johnson $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Traded John Hiller
Terry Harmon
Larry Biittner		 Minnesota Mike Easler
$3,100,000
2/2 Traded George Scott Boston (N) Darrell Osteen
Duane Kuiper
2/2 Traded Luis Pujols New York (N) Tony Horton
7/1 Traded Steve Carlton
Rick Monday
Rene Lachemann		 Cleveland (N) Frank Fernandez
Manny Sarmiento
7/31 Traded Dick Allen Colorado Chip Lang
 
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