1976 Oakland Athletics
Record: 93-69
Finish: 2nd in AL Union Division Division
Runs Scored: 699
Runs Allowed: 621
Exp W-L: 90-72
 
Ballpark: Colosseum
Attendance: 2,413,027
Manager: Marwan Najdawi

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 49-88, 10th in the American League
AA: 67-70, 5th in the American League
A: 64-73, 6th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 0-4 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  Terry Harmon 32 152 594 88 178 23 4 5 64 32 13 52 80 .300 .360 .377 .737 81.9 14.3 7.2
CF *Rick Monday 30 155 558 89 156 36 6 25 97 15 11 102 123 .280 .391 .500 .891 105.5 22.9 4.1
SS  Dick Allen 34 155 578 83 147 24 6 14 89 34 9 77 168 .254 .339 .389 .729 81.8 13.6 7.2
LF #Roy White 32 154 574 71 163 32 5 2 34 3 1 75 34 .284 .369 .368 .736 77.4 14.7 4.0
DH  Lee May 33 157 605 65 164 24 1 16 95 3 2 28 86 .271 .306 .393 .699 67.4 9.1 4.2
CF  Cookie Rojas 37 155 591 64 159 34 4 16 68 2 0 31 61 .269 .302 .421 .723 73.5 11.6 5.8
3B  Rene Lachemann 31 132 437 44 100 14 0 14 63 2 1 46 100 .229 .303 .357 .660 48.8 5.7 2.5
C  Jose Morales 31 122 404 37 101 15 4 3 45 0 0 26 67 .250 .294 .329 .623 37.8 3.4 8.2
SS  Bobby Cox 35 106 286 34 73 10 3 1 28 3 0 34 38 .255 .343 .322 .664 34.3 5.0 2.6
3B *Graig Nettles 31 77 213 20 38 5 1 6 21 0 1 27 35 .178 .269 .296 .564 18.0 0.0 1.9
C  Bill Freehan 34 64 206 19 53 11 0 4 17 0 1 10 31 .257 .295 .369 .664 19.9 1.8 3.0
DH *Don Mincher 38 51 159 15 31 2 1 3 14 0 0 25 41 .195 .303 .277 .579 15.2 0.8 0.1
3B  Ron Dunn 26 52 146 15 23 9 0 0 9 0 0 18 38 .158 .248 .219 .468 6.4 0.0 2.0
DH *Larry Biittner 30 44 150 16 34 9 1 1 17 0 1 10 19 .227 .272 .320 .592 13.7 0.9 0.2
RF  Buddy Bradford 31 28 81 7 14 3 2 1 8 0 0 9 17 .173 .256 .296 .552 5.9 0.0 0.6
2B *Tim Johnson 26 74 57 30 11 1 2 0 3 18 6 3 7 .193 .233 .281 .514 4.6 0.0 0.5
SS  Chuck Harrison 35 11 15 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .133 .235 .200 .435 0.3 0.0 0.2
P #Dick Estelle 34 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Nash 31 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Bill Hepler 30 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 32.1 1701 5658 699 1447 253 40 111 673 113 46 575 952 .256 .325 .373 .698 692.3 103.8 54.1
  Rank among 10 AL teams 3 7 7 9 2 7 8 5 6 6 8 7 7 8 7 6  
* - 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 31 18 8 .692 32 32 0 284.0 235 78 19 67 184 2.47 32.0
*John Hiller 33 13 5 .722 33 33 0 234.7 181 62 6 68 188 2.38 26.7
 Jim Nash 31 14 7 .667 30 30 0 230.7 204 77 16 81 111 3.00 22.0
 Mike Stanton 23 11 11 .500 32 32 0 219.0 185 96 23 109 157 3.95 13.9
 Bill Gogolewski 28 9 13 .409 28 28 0 192.7 188 84 13 77 107 3.92 11.7
 Darrell Osteen 33 7 3 .700 48 0 6 105.7 108 61 9 52 63 5.20 4.6
*Dick Estelle 34 6 5 .545 49 0 2 77.3 90 44 4 49 47 5.12 2.7
 Don Durham 27 4 2 .667 23 2 1 58.7 49 24 11 17 33 3.68 4.7
 Doug Bair 26 10 14 .417 46 5 13 50.0 72 35 6 31 32 6.30 0.0
 Don Rose 29 1 0 1.000 46 0 1 13.7 6 5 1 5 13 3.29 2.6
*Bill Hepler 30 0 1 .000 55 0 1 12.3 14 8 1 14 4 5.84 0.0
Team Totals 29.5 93 69 .574 422 162 24 1478.6 1332 574 109 570 939 3.49 121.0
Rank among 10 AL teams 4 4 6 4 1 2 3 1 4 2 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 .989 31.7
J.Morales 958.3 104 115 608 80 5 0 .993 43.4
B.Freehan 437.6 46 52 274 17 2 1 .993 20.6
R.Lachemann 107.3 12 13 80 5 2 0 .977 25.0
D.Estelle 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1505.3 162 181 962 102 9 1 .992 37.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.45
L.May 1301.3 147 150 1566 112 12 135 .993 11.61
B.Cox 118.0 12 21 153 14 1 9 .994 12.74
D.Mincher 27.3 2 5 33 2 0 3 1.000 11.53
J.Morales 14.0 0 3 19 2 0 4 1.000 13.50
L.Biittner 11.0 1 2 18 0 0 2 1.000 14.73
C.Harrison 8.5 1 2 11 0 0 1 1.000 11.65
R.Lachemann 3.0 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00
D.Allen 3.0 0 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
T.Harmon 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1487.2 163 188 1811 130 13 154 .993 11.75
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.79
T.Harmon 886.3 98 103 197 366 12 80 .979 5.72
R.Dunn 317.3 37 39 56 144 7 31 .966 5.67
C.Rojas 158.0 17 23 39 64 1 13 .990 5.87
T.Johnson 41.3 3 13 8 22 1 2 .968 6.53
B.Cox 31.0 1 10 9 6 0 1 1.000 4.35
C.Harrison 13.0 2 3 3 5 0 1 1.000 5.54
Team Total 1447.0 158 191 312 607 21 128 .978 5.72
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.84
G.Nettles 450.5 48 53 22 114 6 9 .958 2.72
T.Harmon 405.7 45 48 29 128 2 10 .987 3.48
R.Lachemann 358.7 40 46 15 102 2 10 .983 2.94
B.Cox 106.0 11 16 6 30 3 0 .923 3.06
R.Dunn 60.0 4 12 4 18 0 1 1.000 3.30
C.Harrison 6.2 1 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 2.90
B.Freehan 6.1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.95
D.Allen 6.0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 3.00
B.Hepler 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1401.1 149 182 77 398 13 32 .973 3.05
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 5.18
D.Allen 1331.3 147 148 202 545 13 95 .983 5.05
B.Cox 100.3 11 11 19 41 1 13 .984 5.38
T.Johnson 45.0 4 7 8 16 1 0 .960 4.80
C.Harrison 6.0 1 2 1 3 0 1 1.000 6.00
J.Nash 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1484.7 163 169 231 605 15 109 .982 5.07
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.94
R.White 1301.0 152 153 247 6 2 2 .992 1.75
B.Cox 100.0 8 19 15 1 0 0 1.000 1.44
G.Nettles 67.7 4 12 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.20
B.Bradford 34.4 3 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.83
L.May 14.0 0 5 2 0 1 0 .667 1.29
L.Biittner 12.0 1 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.75
D.Allen 7.3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.23
C.Harrison 1.6 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1538.0 168 199 286 7 3 2 .990 1.71
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.43
C.Rojas 1154.3 129 129 286 4 1 2 .997 2.26
B.Cox 117.7 11 16 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.68
B.Bradford 94.4 9 11 24 0 1 0 .960 2.29
R.Monday 8.3 0 3 3 0 1 0 .750 3.24
T.Harmon 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1376.7 149 160 336 4 3 2 .991 2.22
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.98
R.Monday 1349.7 148 151 264 6 9 2 .968 1.80
B.Cox 104.3 12 12 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.33
B.Bradford 51.3 5 7 9 0 1 0 .900 1.58
L.Biittner 17.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06
C.Rojas 4.7 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
Team Total 1527.0 167 173 304 6 10 2 .969 1.83
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 1.98
S.Carlton 284.0 32 32 18 50 0 4 1.000 2.15
J.Hiller 234.7 33 33 13 24 0 1 1.000 1.42
J.Nash 230.7 30 30 11 33 2 5 .957 1.72
M.Stanton 219.0 32 32 10 28 1 3 .974 1.56
B.Gogolewski 192.7 28 28 19 31 1 3 .980 2.34
D.Osteen 105.7 0 48 5 15 0 1 1.000 1.70
D.Estelle 77.3 0 49 6 14 1 1 .952 2.33
D.Durham 58.7 2 23 7 13 1 0 .952 3.07
D.Bair 50.0 5 46 2 8 1 0 .909 1.80
D.Rose 13.7 0 46 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Hepler 12.3 0 55 2 4 0 2 1.000 4.38
Team Total 1478.6 162 422 93 220 7 20 .978 1.91
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Harmon .300
On-Base Pct Monday .391
Slugging Pct Monday .500
OPS Monday .891
XR Monday 105.5
Games May 157
At-Bats May 605
Runs Monday 89
Hits Harmon 178
Total Bases Monday 279
Singles Harmon 146
Doubles Monday 36
Triples Allen, Monday 6
Homeruns Monday 25
RBIs Monday 97
Stolen Bases Allen 34
Caught Stealing Harmon 13
Walks Monday 102
Strikeouts Allen 168
ERA Hiller 2.38
Wins Carlton 18
Losses Bair 14
Winning Pct Hiller .722
Saves Bair 13
Games Pitched Hepler 55
Games Started Hiller 33
Complete Games Carlton 23
Shutouts Carlton 5
Innings Pitched Carlton 284.0
Hits Allowed Carlton 235
Homeruns Allowed Stanton 23
Strikeouts Hiller 188
Walks Allowed Stanton 109
Walks per 9IP Carlton 2.1
Hits per 9IP Hiller 6.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Hiller 7.2
WHiP Hiller 1.06
OAVG Hiller .212
OOBP Hiller .268
OSLG Hiller .288
OOPS Hiller .556
Team All-Stars
Dick Allen
Steve Carlton
John Hiller
Jim Nash
Player Salaries
John Hiller $ 15,500,000
Steve Carlton $ 11,600,000
Rick Monday $ 8,500,000
Dick Allen $ 7,750,000
Roy White $ 6,000,000
Cookie Rojas $ 3,890,000
Bill Gogolewski $ 3,257,143
Don Mincher $ 2,000,000
Terry Harmon $ 1,614,286
Lee May $ 1,000,000
Rene Lachemann $ 645,714
Darrell Osteen $ 410,000
Don Durham $ 350,000
Jim Nash $ 350,000
Bobby Cox $ 350,000
Buddy Bradford $ 300,000
Larry Biittner $ 300,000
John Bateman $ 300,000
Doug Bair $ 300,000
Ron Dunn $ 300,000
Dick Estelle $ 300,000
Bill Hepler $ 300,000
Tim Johnson $ 300,000
Jose Morales $ 300,000
Freddie Patek $ 300,000
Don Rose $ 300,000
Mike Stanton $ 300,000
Tommy Harper $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Rafael Robles Cleveland (A) Dick Allen
2/3 Signed     Cookie Rojas
3/3 Traded John Doherty New York (N) Dick Estelle
Bill Hepler
3/3 Traded Frank Riccelli
Mickey Lolich
Montreal Fritz Peterson
John Hiller
Rene Lachemann
Jerry Martin
$2,000,000
3/3 Traded Fritz Peterson Montreal Floyd Wicker
4/2 Signed     Frank Baker
4/2 Signed     John Bateman
4/2 Signed     George Mitterwald
4/2 Signed     Del Unser
4/2 Signed     Phil Gagliano
4/2 Signed     Dennis Bennett
5/1 Signed     Freddie Patek
7/1 Traded Frank Baker Boston (N) $605,671
Oscar Zamora
7/31 Traded Graig Nettles
Chuck Harrison
Bill Freehan
Pittsburgh Buddy Bradford
7/31 Signed     Garry Jestadt