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1970 Oakland Athletics
Record: 107-55
Finish: 1st in AL Union Division Division
Runs Scored: 928
Runs Allowed: 648
Exp W-L: 107-55
 
Ballpark: Colosseum
Attendance: 2,238,018
Manager: Marwan Najdawi

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 59-78, 9th in the American League
AA: 57-80, 8th in the American League
A: 64-73, 6th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost World Championship 2-4 to Los Angeles Dodgers
Won AL League Series 4-1 over Kansas City Royals
Won Divisional Series 4-1 over Minnesota Twins
 
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 26 155 596 104 186 28 3 16 79 7 5 92 31 .312 .403 .450 .853 103.9 25.2 3.1
DH *Don Mincher 32 152 585 125 172 27 4 47 138 0 1 89 86 .294 .386 .595 .981 125.9 31.9 0.0
LF  Frank Howard 33 146 545 87 145 20 0 27 99 0 0 76 83 .266 .354 .451 .805 86.6 17.8 2.9
2B *Don Blasingame 38 149 581 79 161 18 3 4 56 39 17 39 54 .277 .324 .339 .663 63.6 10.1 6.9
3B  Jim Fregosi 28 153 558 96 142 36 5 20 91 32 11 36 147 .254 .298 .444 .743 74.6 13.6 6.1
CF *Rick Monday 24 139 448 80 127 14 2 20 80 12 6 75 88 .283 .384 .458 .842 80.1 18.1 2.6
CF  Ken Berry 29 129 435 72 138 21 4 13 74 3 4 38 46 .317 .371 .474 .844 69.8 15.8 3.6
C *Tim Talton 31 124 414 63 135 31 4 7 62 0 2 36 59 .326 .379 .471 .850 66.6 16.2 4.9
3B *Graig Nettles 25 99 291 37 68 12 0 12 48 0 0 32 50 .234 .311 .399 .710 37.2 6.1 3.8
SS  Chuck Harrison 29 85 251 36 70 16 1 3 31 0 1 26 21 .279 .343 .386 .729 31.4 5.9 2.6
3B *Mack Jones 31 89 250 33 65 8 0 10 42 4 3 18 55 .260 .316 .412 .728 34.2 6.3 1.8
C  Andy Etchebarren 27 68 235 43 61 8 2 2 35 0 0 26 38 .260 .332 .336 .668 27.0 4.3 3.0
RF  Felipe Alou 35 61 205 20 59 15 0 4 28 0 0 12 29 .288 .329 .420 .748 26.5 5.5 0.9
3B  Gene Alley 29 96 187 40 47 8 1 5 30 9 10 9 31 .251 .286 .385 .671 17.7 1.9 1.9
1B  Ron Jackson 36 14 44 3 12 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 14 .273 .273 .341 .614 3.7 0.3 0.2
SS  Tommy Helms 29 16 38 5 8 1 0 0 6 1 0 4 2 .211 .279 .237 .516 3.0 0.1 0.5
2B  Marv Breeding 36 7 17 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 8 .059 .238 .059 .297 0.4 0.0 0.4
1B *Dick Nen 30 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
CF *Roger Maris 35 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
CF  Jack Reed 37 6 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.0 1693 5688 928 1598 263 29 191 905 107 61 612 844 .281 .350 .438 .788 852.0 179.1 45.3
  Rank among 10 AL teams 2 2 1 4 7 3 2 3 7 5 4 1 1 2 2 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
*Steve Carlton 25 20 9 .690 33 33 0 278.7 253 115 26 69 205 3.71 17.4
 Tom Seaver 25 24 5 .828 32 32 0 272.3 211 73 12 65 171 2.41 26.4
*Sandy Koufax 34 22 8 .733 33 33 0 266.3 202 84 22 94 257 2.84 23.2
*Mickey Lolich 29 19 6 .760 32 32 0 252.0 211 104 24 80 186 3.71 16.2
 Mel Queen 28 4 8 .333 22 16 0 113.7 113 57 20 43 81 4.51 3.3
 Bill Gogolewski 22 7 7 .500 15 15 0 102.3 115 66 12 45 50 5.80 0.3
 Dennis Higgins 30 2 1 .667 37 0 1 60.7 77 33 5 29 35 4.90 1.4
*Rob Gardner 25 5 3 .625 32 0 12 37.0 35 11 0 13 17 2.68 6.4
 Bob Lee 32 0 4 .000 27 0 1 27.7 43 21 1 11 14 6.83 0.0
 Tom Timmermann 30 4 2 .667 40 0 0 25.7 20 11 3 11 13 3.86 2.0
 Moe Drabowsky 34 0 2 .000 8 1 0 20.3 19 13 4 12 11 5.76 0.0
*Bo Belinsky 33 0 0 .000 17 0 0 4.3 5 3 0 4 5 6.24 0.0
*Paul Lindblad 28 0 0 .000 9 0 0 2.3 4 1 1 0 2 3.86 0.1
*Karl Spooner 39 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0.7 1 1 1 1 0 13.64 0.0
Team Totals 29.6 107 55 .660 341 162 14 1463.9 1309 593 131 477 1047 3.65 96.6
Rank among 10 AL teams 1 1 10 1 5 2 5 4 2 3 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 .991 31.4
T.Talton 934.3 102 110 678 36 7 0 .990 30.8
A.Etchebarren 529.7 60 62 395 25 2 0 .995 38.3
Team Total 1464.0 162 172 1073 61 9 0 .992 33.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.18
F.Howard 872.3 99 99 1090 68 7 99 .994 11.95
F.Alou 399.7 46 46 464 30 7 37 .986 11.12
G.Alley 119.0 12 24 137 9 0 14 1.000 11.04
R.Jackson 24.0 3 3 25 2 0 0 1.000 10.13
T.Talton 19.0 0 9 25 1 1 1 .963 12.32
D.Nen 12.0 1 3 17 2 0 0 1.000 14.25
C.Harrison 9.0 0 5 11 0 0 1 1.000 11.00
J.Fregosi 9.0 1 1 12 0 0 0 1.000 12.00
Team Total 1464.0 162 190 1781 112 15 152 .992 11.64
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.59
D.Blasingame 1245.0 141 146 254 527 15 112 .981 5.65
G.Alley 124.3 12 22 17 46 1 5 .984 4.56
M.Breeding 51.7 7 7 9 27 1 8 .973 6.27
T.Helms 22.0 2 4 5 13 0 1 1.000 7.36
C.Harrison 20.0 0 6 7 7 0 1 1.000 6.30
G.Nettles 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1464.0 162 186 292 621 17 127 .982 5.61
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.73
G.Nettles 755.7 86 92 38 236 7 13 .975 3.26
C.Harrison 584.7 65 70 42 150 4 9 .980 2.96
G.Alley 74.7 7 17 4 17 0 3 1.000 2.53
T.Helms 37.0 4 7 4 8 0 1 1.000 2.92
M.Jones 5.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Fregosi 4.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
D.Blasingame 3.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1464.0 162 192 89 414 11 26 .979 3.09
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.94
J.Fregosi 1282.3 145 148 192 514 22 102 .970 4.96
G.Alley 141.7 14 23 18 68 1 7 .989 5.46
T.Helms 30.0 3 5 2 13 1 3 .938 4.50
G.Nettles 10.0 0 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1464.0 162 180 212 597 24 112 .971 4.97
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.77
R.White 1302.0 148 153 218 4 0 1 1.000 1.53
M.Jones 111.7 11 17 21 0 1 0 .955 1.69
G.Nettles 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.Alou 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
F.Howard 8.0 0 3 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.13
C.Harrison 8.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
R.Monday 8.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.Reed 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Belinsky 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
K.Berry 1.3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.77
Team Total 1464.0 162 184 247 5 1 2 .996 1.55
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.46
K.Berry 1001.7 114 126 237 4 3 1 .988 2.17
M.Jones 359.3 40 49 94 1 0 1 1.000 2.38
R.Monday 47.0 3 13 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.91
F.Alou 40.0 4 6 5 0 1 0 .833 1.13
F.Howard 12.0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
A.Etchebarren 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1464.0 162 197 349 5 4 2 .989 2.18
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.02
R.Monday 970.7 107 117 168 7 5 2 .972 1.62
F.Howard 378.3 43 43 73 2 2 2 .974 1.78
R.Jackson 79.0 9 10 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.48
F.Alou 24.0 2 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
D.Mincher 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Reed 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
R.Maris 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Etchebarren 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1464.0 162 179 262 9 7 4 .975 1.67
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 1.91
S.Carlton 278.7 33 33 18 46 1 1 .985 2.07
T.Seaver 272.3 32 32 27 35 2 2 .969 2.05
S.Koufax 266.3 33 33 10 31 1 2 .976 1.39
M.Lolich 252.0 32 32 9 39 2 6 .960 1.71
M.Queen 113.7 16 22 4 13 1 2 .944 1.35
B.Gogolewski 102.3 15 15 3 21 0 0 1.000 2.11
D.Higgins 60.7 0 37 4 9 1 2 .929 1.93
R.Gardner 37.0 0 32 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.73
B.Lee 27.7 0 27 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.30
T.Timmermann 25.7 0 40 0 5 1 0 .833 1.75
M.Drabowsky 20.3 1 8 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.44
B.Belinsky 4.3 0 17 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.08
P.Lindblad 2.3 0 9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
K.Spooner 0.7 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1463.9 162 341 79 204 9 15 .969 1.74
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average White .312
On-Base Pct White .403
Slugging Pct Mincher .595
OPS Mincher .981
XR Mincher 125.9
Games White 155
At-Bats White 596
Runs Mincher 125
Hits White 186
Total Bases Mincher 348
Singles White 139
Doubles Fregosi 36
Triples Fregosi 5
Homeruns Mincher 47
RBIs Mincher 138
Stolen Bases Blasingame 39
Caught Stealing Blasingame 17
Walks White 92
Strikeouts Fregosi 147
ERA Seaver 2.41
Wins Seaver 24
Losses Carlton 9
Winning Pct Seaver .828
Saves Gardner 12
Games Pitched Timmermann 40
Games Started Carlton, Koufax 33
Complete Games Carlton 23
Shutouts Seaver 5
Innings Pitched Carlton 278.7
Hits Allowed Carlton 253
Homeruns Allowed Carlton 26
Strikeouts Koufax 257
Walks Allowed Koufax 94
Walks per 9IP Seaver 2.1
Hits per 9IP Koufax 6.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Koufax 8.7
WHiP Seaver 1.01
OAVG Koufax .207
OOBP Seaver .260
OSLG Seaver .296
OOPS Seaver .556
Team All-Stars
Sandy Koufax
Don Mincher
Tom Seaver
Tim Talton
Roy White
Player Salaries
Jim Fregosi $ 10,220,000
Sandy Koufax $ 8,960,000
Don Mincher $ 5,960,000
Frank Howard $ 5,420,000
Steve Carlton $ 4,200,000
Don Blasingame $ 3,800,000
Ken Berry $ 3,600,000
Tim Talton $ 3,421,429
Mickey Lolich $ 3,200,000
Tom Seaver $ 2,928,571
Roy White $ 2,857,143
Ron Jackson $ 1,900,000
Andy Etchebarren $ 1,536,429
Dennis Higgins $ 794,286
Roger Maris $ 650,000
Karl Spooner $ 570,000
Moe Drabowsky $ 436,000
Gene Alley $ 368,571
Mel Queen $ 350,000
Paul Lindblad $ 350,000
Tommy Helms $ 350,000
Felipe Alou $ 300,000
Bo Belinsky $ 300,000
Tom Timmermann $ 300,000
Bob Blaylock $ 300,000
Marv Breeding $ 300,000
Jack Reed $ 300,000
Mack Jones $ 300,000
Bill Gogolewski $ 300,000
Chuck Harrison $ 300,000
Graig Nettles $ 300,000
Dick Nen $ 300,000
Rick Monday $ 300,000
Barry Latman $ 300,000
Bob Lee $ 300,000
Rob Gardner $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/25 Signed     Ken Berry
3/2 Signed     Mack Jones
3/2 Signed     Felipe Alou
3/2 Signed     Ray Washburn
3/2 Signed     Clay Dalrymple
3/2 Signed     Marv Breeding
3/2 Signed     Tom Butters
3/2 Signed     Jack Reed
3/3 Traded Willie Kirkland Colorado Don Mincher
4/2 Signed     Bo Belinsky
4/2 Signed     Moe Drabowsky
4/2 Signed     Gary Bell
 
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