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1979 Oakland Athletics
Record: 52-108
Finish: 4th in AL West Division
Runs Scored: 589
Runs Allowed: 839
Exp W-L: 55-105
 
Ballpark: Colosseum
Attendance: 1,576,950
Manager: Marwan Najdawi

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 60-77, 11th in the American League
AA: 79-58, 3rd in the American League
A: 75-62, 5th 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
CF *Jim Norris 30 152 554 56 132 25 3 3 57 21 17 63 47 .238 .316 .310 .626 53.3 5.8 2.1
LF #Roy White 35 154 550 58 151 21 0 1 33 4 1 52 38 .275 .340 .318 .658 59.9 9.8 1.7
2B *Duane Kuiper 29 153 565 60 166 12 4 3 49 7 9 28 21 .294 .329 .345 .674 56.6 8.6 5.4
C  Jose Morales 34 137 504 41 131 25 2 2 57 2 1 27 63 .260 .295 .329 .624 42.5 4.3 6.7
SS *John Donaldson 36 146 470 46 115 11 3 2 44 22 14 18 65 .245 .276 .294 .569 32.9 1.1 5.2
1B #Roger Metzger 31 142 424 48 118 21 4 2 51 24 18 28 20 .278 .325 .361 .686 46.0 7.0 3.4
CF *Mike Easler 28 102 371 38 89 16 4 8 40 1 0 28 57 .240 .294 .369 .664 37.0 4.8 1.2
DH  Lee May 36 99 371 31 77 13 1 9 41 0 0 22 71 .208 .251 .321 .571 28.9 0.9 0.0
1B *Mike Squires 27 115 325 29 69 9 0 2 23 7 2 25 9 .212 .271 .258 .529 21.8 0.0 1.2
SS  Jose Cardenal 35 124 319 41 90 11 3 2 39 19 10 20 55 .282 .322 .354 .676 34.8 5.2 1.8
LF  Tony Horton 34 77 216 26 56 13 2 3 29 1 1 11 35 .259 .296 .380 .675 22.2 3.2 0.6
CF *Terry Crowley 32 55 206 28 65 6 1 10 30 1 0 21 19 .316 .382 .500 .882 35.9 8.5 0.3
RF  Buddy Bradford 34 97 173 28 31 7 1 8 26 0 1 23 28 .179 .276 .370 .646 17.6 1.5 0.4
2B *Tim Johnson 29 91 158 22 35 6 0 0 15 10 8 13 27 .222 .279 .259 .539 9.3 0.0 2.5
SS  Jim Lentine 24 43 136 17 38 8 1 3 18 1 1 26 26 .279 .400 .419 .819 23.4 5.1 0.6
C  Mike Sadek 33 34 61 13 12 2 0 1 3 1 2 9 7 .197 .300 .279 .579 4.8 0.1 0.8
C  Frank Fernandez 36 28 49 6 8 3 1 0 5 0 0 9 13 .163 .293 .265 .558 4.1 0.1 0.6
C  Mike Heath 24 5 17 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .176 .176 .235 .412 -0.3 0.0 0.1
  Team Totals 31.5 1754 5469 589 1386 210 30 59 560 121 85 423 603 .253 .308 .335 .643 530.7 65.9 34.5
  Rank among 12 AL teams 10 10 9 10 10 12 11 3 10 12 2 9 10 10 10 11  
* - 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 28 9 19 .321 32 32 0 237.7 272 119 20 75 79 4.51 9.5
 Jim Nash 34 8 18 .308 32 32 0 228.3 255 112 25 76 119 4.41 9.4
 Tom Seaver 34 10 11 .476 27 27 0 203.0 228 84 11 82 37 3.72 13.0
*Frank Bertaina 35 6 16 .273 38 28 0 186.0 204 116 21 102 88 5.61 2.3
 Eric Wilkins 22 5 7 .417 16 16 0 98.7 112 51 6 51 49 4.65 3.0
 Mike Stanton 26 2 9 .182 59 0 30 79.3 80 31 6 40 48 3.52 8.6
 Dwight Bernard 27 3 7 .300 24 9 0 77.0 88 48 11 51 33 5.61 0.9
 Doug Bair 29 3 6 .333 67 0 2 74.7 82 38 9 37 32 4.58 3.3
 Manny Sarmiento 23 4 4 .500 11 11 0 72.0 84 34 10 23 35 4.25 3.1
 Ernie McAnally 32 1 4 .200 33 0 1 62.3 92 48 10 25 19 6.93 0.0
*Dick Estelle 37 0 4 .000 44 0 0 58.0 71 43 10 50 21 6.67 0.0
*Mike Pazik 29 1 2 .333 5 5 0 40.0 41 18 4 18 8 4.05 1.8
*Bill Hepler 33 0 1 .000 29 0 0 8.0 6 6 0 4 0 6.75 0.6
Team Totals 29.9 52 108 .325 417 160 33 1425.0 1615 748 143 634 568 4.72 55.5
Rank among 12 AL teams 11 11 11 11 10 12 10 12 12 11 12  
* - 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 .986 32.3
J.Morales 1132.7 127 130 498 63 6 3 .989 40.2
M.Sadek 156.0 17 22 70 8 2 1 .975 26.3
F.Fernandez 110.3 13 13 36 4 0 1 1.000 22.2
M.Heath 26.0 3 3 14 1 1 0 .938 0.0
Team Total 1425.0 160 168 618 76 9 5 .987 36.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.79
M.Squires 820.0 100 106 1030 90 8 120 .993 12.29
T.Horton 448.3 46 64 558 54 7 72 .989 12.29
J.Cardenal 147.7 14 24 211 14 2 27 .991 13.71
J.Morales 4.0 0 3 4 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
J.Donaldson 3.0 0 2 3 1 0 1 1.000 12.00
L.May 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1425.0 160 200 1808 159 17 222 .991 12.42
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 6.02
D.Kuiper 1280.0 148 150 355 626 19 166 .981 6.90
J.Cardenal 65.7 5 11 15 28 2 7 .956 5.89
R.Metzger 39.0 4 7 13 17 0 7 1.000 6.92
T.Johnson 37.7 3 8 10 16 2 7 .929 6.21
M.Squires 2.7 0 1 4 1 0 0 1.000 16.92
Team Total 1425.0 160 177 397 688 23 187 .979 6.85
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.91
R.Metzger 1013.3 118 121 67 276 11 25 .969 3.05
J.Donaldson 258.0 30 32 16 69 4 10 .955 2.97
J.Cardenal 119.7 12 22 12 36 2 4 .960 3.61
F.Fernandez 23.3 0 13 2 6 0 1 1.000 3.09
T.Johnson 10.7 0 1 4 5 0 0 1.000 7.60
T.Crowley 7.0 0 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.57
Team Total 1432.0 160 193 101 394 17 40 .967 3.11
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.37
J.Donaldson 925.3 109 111 173 435 23 98 .964 5.91
T.Johnson 366.0 41 52 87 188 8 44 .972 6.76
J.Cardenal 83.0 6 21 14 47 1 16 .984 6.61
R.Metzger 40.3 4 6 5 15 1 3 .952 4.46
D.Kuiper 6.0 0 3 1 5 0 3 1.000 9.00
M.Squires 4.3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 2.08
Team Total 1425.0 160 194 280 691 33 165 .967 6.13
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.98
R.White 1204.3 145 149 237 13 3 3 .988 1.87
M.Easler 135.5 14 18 27 1 1 0 .966 1.86
B.Bradford 96.0 6 25 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.84
J.Cardenal 69.0 8 13 6 1 1 0 .875 0.91
T.Horton 12.0 1 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75
J.Donaldson 9.0 0 3 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00
R.Metzger 8.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
T.Crowley 7.5 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
M.Sadek 6.7 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
J.Norris 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.May 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1553.0 174 224 288 15 6 3 .981 1.76
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.66
M.Easler 577.8 65 65 151 0 3 0 .981 2.35
J.Lentine 318.7 42 43 85 1 1 1 .989 2.43
B.Bradford 172.0 12 40 45 1 7 1 .868 2.41
J.Cardenal 87.7 9 13 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.46
J.Norris 18.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
T.Crowley 3.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1177.4 130 164 307 2 11 2 .966 2.36
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.19
J.Norris 1248.3 142 145 292 12 1 3 .997 2.19
T.Crowley 194.6 20 21 35 1 1 0 .973 1.66
J.Cardenal 79.0 8 12 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.71
B.Bradford 73.7 8 15 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.44
M.Easler 39.2 4 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.30
M.Heath 15.0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.60
M.Squires 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
K.Harrelson 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.White 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1654.8 184 205 374 13 2 3 .995 2.10
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 2.03
R.Burris 237.7 32 32 18 29 1 4 .979 1.78
J.Nash 228.3 32 32 20 30 3 3 .943 1.97
T.Seaver 203.0 27 27 9 34 0 3 1.000 1.91
F.Bertaina 186.0 28 38 17 37 0 3 1.000 2.61
E.Wilkins 98.7 16 16 7 17 1 1 .960 2.19
M.Stanton 79.3 0 59 4 13 0 1 1.000 1.93
D.Bernard 77.0 9 24 11 12 2 2 .920 2.69
D.Bair 74.7 0 67 5 21 0 3 1.000 3.13
M.Sarmiento 72.0 11 11 4 9 1 0 .929 1.63
E.McAnally 62.3 0 33 3 14 1 0 .944 2.45
D.Estelle 58.0 0 44 3 7 0 0 1.000 1.55
M.Pazik 40.0 5 5 5 9 2 2 .875 3.15
B.Hepler 8.0 0 29 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1425.0 160 417 106 232 11 22 .968 2.13
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Kuiper .294
On-Base Pct White .340
Slugging Pct Kuiper .345
OPS Kuiper .674
XR White 59.9
Games White 154
At-Bats Kuiper 565
Runs Kuiper 60
Hits Kuiper 166
Total Bases Kuiper 195
Singles Kuiper 147
Doubles Morales, Norris 25
Triples Easler, Kuiper, Metzger 4
Homeruns Crowley 10
RBIs Morales, Norris 57
Stolen Bases Metzger 24
Caught Stealing Metzger 18
Walks Norris 63
Strikeouts May 71
ERA Seaver 3.72
Wins Seaver 10
Losses Burris 19
Winning Pct Seaver .476
Saves Stanton 30
Games Pitched Bair 67
Games Started Burris, Nash 32
Complete Games Burris 9
Shutouts Seaver 2
Innings Pitched Burris 237.7
Hits Allowed Burris 272
Homeruns Allowed Nash 25
Strikeouts Nash 119
Walks Allowed Bertaina 102
Walks per 9IP Burris 2.8
Hits per 9IP Bertaina 9.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Nash 4.7
WHiP Nash 1.45
OAVG Bertaina .279
OOBP Nash .342
OSLG Seaver .380
OOPS Seaver .741
Team All-Stars
Mike Stanton
Player Salaries
Roy White $ 5,070,000
Jim Nash $ 4,578,571
Lee May $ 2,390,000
Terry Crowley $ 2,250,000
Jose Morales $ 1,700,000
Tony Horton $ 1,503,061
John Donaldson $ 1,468,000
Dick Estelle $ 1,200,000
Frank Bertaina $ 866,000
Tom Seaver $ 500,000
Buddy Bradford $ 407,143
Tim Johnson $ 350,000
Mike Stanton $ 350,000
Bill Hepler $ 350,000
Don Rose $ 350,000
Jose Cardenal $ 328,000
Jim Lentine $ 300,000
Frank Fernandez $ 300,000
Ken Harrelson $ 300,000
Ray Burris $ 300,000
Dwight Bernard $ 300,000
Mike Heath $ 300,000
Doug Bair $ 300,000
Duane Kuiper $ 300,000
Eric Wilkins $ 300,000
Ernie McAnally $ 300,000
Roger Metzger $ 300,000
Jim Norris $ 300,000
Mike Pazik $ 300,000
Mike Sadek $ 300,000
Manny Sarmiento $ 300,000
Mike Squires $ 300,000
Dennis Kinney $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/8 Traded Bill Gogolewski New York (N) Mike Heath
Mike Parrott
2/9 Signed     Frank Bertaina
2/15 Signed     Tom Seaver
3/3 Signed     Tim Foli
4/3 Signed     John Donaldson
4/3 Signed     Jose Cardenal
4/3 Signed     Ken Harrelson
5/1 Signed     Frank Fernandez
5/1 Signed     Dennis Kinney
6/3 Released Bobby Cox    
7/31 Traded Mike Easler
$1,200,000		 New York (N) Jim Lentine
Tucker Ashford
Terry Crowley
 
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