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1972 Oakland Athletics
Record: 77-85
Finish: 4th in AL Union Division Division
Runs Scored: 741
Runs Allowed: 720
Exp W-L: 83-79
 
Ballpark: Colosseum
Attendance: 2,368,587
Manager: Marwan Najdawi

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 69-68, 4th in the American League
AA: 58-79, 9th in the American League
A: 54-83, 10th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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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 28 157 620 76 179 28 2 8 73 7 1 59 65 .289 .350 .379 .729 79.7 12.7 3.0
DH *Don Mincher 34 156 579 91 153 27 3 23 92 2 0 88 84 .264 .360 .440 .800 95.5 17.5 0.0
SS  Chuck Harrison 31 152 596 79 149 22 3 9 56 0 2 49 70 .250 .304 .342 .646 60.7 5.3 8.3
LF  Frank Howard 35 157 557 80 178 22 1 16 88 3 5 76 88 .320 .398 .449 .847 93.9 18.7 1.9
CF *Rick Monday 26 141 509 86 151 25 4 19 94 5 10 83 93 .297 .393 .473 .866 91.8 18.6 3.1
2B  Terry Harmon 28 152 539 60 147 20 3 4 59 18 9 43 81 .273 .331 .343 .674 59.0 7.2 4.5
CF  Ken Berry 31 153 527 52 127 15 2 7 55 1 1 48 69 .241 .302 .317 .619 50.9 3.8 3.5
C *Tim Talton 33 137 473 49 131 28 1 3 42 1 2 40 60 .277 .332 .359 .691 51.3 6.7 6.3
3B *Graig Nettles 27 111 339 43 84 10 0 13 48 1 3 33 71 .248 .315 .392 .707 40.5 5.0 2.2
C  Andy Etchebarren 29 94 235 30 58 9 1 4 30 2 0 41 46 .247 .359 .345 .704 32.8 4.8 2.7
SS  Tommy Helms 31 102 217 22 57 9 1 2 34 0 1 7 7 .263 .283 .341 .624 19.1 1.3 2.0
CF *Al Luplow 33 55 120 13 17 5 0 0 8 0 0 11 19 .142 .220 .183 .403 2.8 0.0 0.7
C *Paul Ratliff 28 35 85 10 18 2 1 2 14 0 0 7 20 .212 .287 .329 .617 7.3 0.2 0.9
1B *Floyd Robinson 36 86 86 28 28 1 0 2 11 6 4 6 12 .326 .370 .407 .777 12.3 2.2 0.6
SS  Bobby Cox 31 39 72 8 21 4 0 0 3 0 0 6 14 .292 .354 .347 .702 9.2 1.5 0.5
1B *Dick Nen 32 37 71 8 16 0 0 1 4 0 0 5 11 .225 .276 .268 .544 3.8 0.0 0.2
LF *Jim Small 35 23 58 6 16 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 7 .276 .311 .310 .622 5.3 0.6 0.4
2B  Marv Breeding 38 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.4 1790 5686 741 1531 229 22 113 717 46 38 605 817 .269 .339 .377 .716 716.3 106.4 41.2
  Rank among 10 AL teams 4 7 3 10 10 9 7 9 4 5 2 4 6 8 7 7  
* - 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 27 14 17 .452 32 32 0 262.3 267 115 23 76 184 3.95 15.2
*Sandy Koufax 36 12 12 .500 33 33 0 248.0 216 107 30 96 232 3.88 14.7
*Mickey Lolich 31 19 6 .760 32 32 0 246.7 239 113 27 87 151 4.12 15.5
 Tom Seaver 27 8 13 .381 27 27 0 219.3 232 85 20 59 122 3.49 13.8
*Rob Gardner 27 7 8 .467 34 17 7 134.7 137 46 2 55 79 3.07 11.5
 Tom Timmermann 32 2 6 .250 35 0 0 83.0 96 48 8 40 44 5.20 1.6
 Darrell Osteen 29 3 5 .375 11 11 0 63.7 63 47 10 46 45 6.64 0.0
 Bill Gogolewski 24 7 7 .500 47 2 1 54.3 75 27 7 26 34 4.47 2.5
 Don Durham 23 1 5 .167 9 8 0 49.0 61 41 10 37 40 7.53 0.0
 Dennis Higgins 32 2 3 .400 30 0 3 47.3 43 17 4 23 28 3.23 4.2
 Eddie Watt 31 0 1 .000 19 0 3 36.0 28 12 4 18 25 3.00 3.1
 Bob Lee 34 2 2 .500 13 0 2 9.7 9 2 2 5 5 1.86 1.3
Team Totals 29.4 77 85 .475 322 162 16 1454.0 1466 660 147 568 989 4.09 83.4
Rank among 10 AL teams 7 7 10 7 5 6 6 4 5 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 .989 34.8
T.Talton 1002.7 108 125 735 58 9 0 .989 35.3
A.Etchebarren 451.0 54 56 293 29 3 1 .991 44.0
P.Ratliff 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1454.0 162 182 1028 87 12 1 .989 37.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.03
F.Howard 1239.7 143 148 1380 108 18 140 .988 10.80
D.Nen 129.3 14 19 135 11 1 17 .993 10.16
F.Robinson 34.0 1 10 41 5 1 4 .979 12.18
T.Talton 18.0 2 2 25 2 0 1 1.000 13.50
D.Mincher 16.0 0 7 18 4 0 3 1.000 12.38
A.Luplow 16.0 2 4 18 0 0 0 1.000 10.13
T.Harmon 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1454.0 162 191 1617 131 20 165 .989 10.82
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.61
C.Harrison 1243.0 142 148 300 543 14 125 .984 6.10
T.Helms 198.3 20 36 55 66 3 20 .976 5.49
M.Breeding 6.0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Cox 4.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
A.Etchebarren 2.7 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.77
Team Total 1454.0 162 189 356 614 17 145 .983 6.00
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.72
G.Nettles 858.3 98 106 47 225 15 22 .948 2.85
P.Ratliff 192.3 22 24 19 65 4 10 .955 3.93
B.Cox 184.3 23 27 10 39 5 2 .907 2.39
T.Helms 167.0 14 28 15 39 1 3 .982 2.91
C.Harrison 42.0 4 4 2 9 0 0 1.000 2.36
T.Harmon 9.0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00
A.Etchebarren 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1454.0 162 191 93 379 25 37 .950 2.92
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.16
T.Harmon 1281.0 149 150 209 525 26 96 .966 5.16
T.Helms 153.0 13 37 26 51 2 12 .975 4.53
B.Cox 18.3 0 8 7 12 1 6 .950 9.33
A.Etchebarren 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1454.0 162 196 242 588 29 114 .966 5.14
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.91
R.White 1284.0 147 154 249 6 2 1 .992 1.79
A.Luplow 75.0 9 10 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.44
F.Robinson 43.0 1 13 8 1 1 0 .900 1.88
J.Small 40.0 5 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.58
F.Howard 8.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
G.Nettles 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1454.0 162 188 279 7 3 1 .990 1.77
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.45
K.Berry 1255.3 149 150 275 7 3 1 .989 2.02
A.Luplow 127.0 9 25 32 2 0 0 1.000 2.41
J.Small 53.7 4 14 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.68
R.Monday 8.3 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.16
F.Howard 5.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
A.Etchebarren 3.7 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.92
B.Cox 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1454.0 162 197 328 9 3 1 .991 2.09
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.95
R.Monday 1169.7 132 136 255 8 7 1 .974 2.02
F.Robinson 139.0 16 20 35 1 0 0 1.000 2.33
A.Luplow 72.0 6 14 14 0 1 0 .933 1.75
J.Small 39.3 4 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.06
F.Howard 18.0 2 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.50
K.Berry 16.0 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.81
Team Total 1454.0 162 179 325 9 8 1 .977 2.07
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 1.92
S.Carlton 262.3 32 32 20 38 2 3 .967 1.99
S.Koufax 248.0 33 33 7 32 4 4 .907 1.42
M.Lolich 246.7 32 32 12 26 0 1 1.000 1.39
T.Seaver 219.3 27 27 22 34 3 3 .949 2.30
R.Gardner 134.7 17 34 6 17 0 1 1.000 1.54
T.Timmermann 83.0 0 35 5 12 0 2 1.000 1.84
D.Osteen 63.7 11 11 8 10 0 2 1.000 2.54
B.Gogolewski 54.3 2 47 2 10 0 2 1.000 1.99
D.Durham 49.0 8 9 2 8 0 0 1.000 1.84
D.Higgins 47.3 0 30 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.76
E.Watt 36.0 0 19 4 7 0 0 1.000 2.75
B.Lee 9.7 0 13 2 3 0 0 1.000 4.66
Team Total 1454.0 162 322 92 199 9 18 .970 1.80
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Howard .320
On-Base Pct Howard .398
Slugging Pct Monday .473
OPS Monday .866
XR Mincher 95.5
Games White, Howard 157
At-Bats White 620
Runs Mincher 91
Hits White 179
Total Bases Mincher 255
Singles White 141
Doubles White, Talton 28
Triples Monday 4
Homeruns Mincher 23
RBIs Monday 94
Stolen Bases Harmon 18
Caught Stealing Monday 10
Walks Mincher 88
Strikeouts Monday 93
ERA Seaver 3.49
Wins Lolich 19
Losses Carlton 17
Winning Pct Lolich .760
Saves Gardner 7
Games Pitched Gogolewski 47
Games Started Koufax 33
Complete Games Carlton 21
Shutouts Lolich, Seaver 1
Innings Pitched Carlton 262.3
Hits Allowed Carlton 267
Homeruns Allowed Koufax 30
Strikeouts Koufax 232
Walks Allowed Koufax 96
Walks per 9IP Seaver 2.4
Hits per 9IP Koufax 7.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Koufax 8.4
WHiP Koufax 1.26
OAVG Koufax .234
OOBP Koufax .304
OSLG Carlton .374
OOPS Koufax .679
Team All-Stars
Frank Howard
Player Salaries
Don Mincher $ 11,080,000
Steve Carlton $ 10,100,000
Sandy Koufax $ 8,960,000
Tom Seaver $ 5,957,143
Frank Howard $ 5,420,000
Rick Monday $ 4,642,857
Roy White $ 4,071,429
Ken Berry $ 3,600,000
Tim Talton $ 3,592,857
Mickey Lolich $ 3,200,000
Chuck Harrison $ 1,542,857
Andy Etchebarren $ 1,536,429
Dennis Higgins $ 1,017,143
Graig Nettles $ 435,714
Rob Gardner $ 351,429
Paul Lindblad $ 350,000
Tommy Helms $ 350,000
Rudy May $ 350,000
Dick Nen $ 350,000
Mel Queen $ 350,000
Bob Lee $ 350,000
Tom Timmermann $ 350,000
Terry Harmon $ 300,000
Marv Breeding $ 300,000
Nelson Briles $ 300,000
Eddie Watt $ 300,000
Bobby Cox $ 300,000
Don Durham $ 300,000
Bill Gogolewski $ 300,000
Al Luplow $ 300,000
Floyd Robinson $ 300,000
Paul Ratliff $ 300,000
Darrell Osteen $ 300,000
Jim Small $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/5 Signed     Floyd Robinson
2/7 Traded Floyd Wicker Montreal Terry Harmon
3/2 Signed     Eddie Watt
3/2 Signed     Jim Small
3/2 Signed     Al Luplow
3/2 Signed     Mack Jones
3/2 Signed     Marv Breeding
3/2 Signed     Alex Johnson
4/2 Signed     John Boccabella
7/31 Traded Rick Auerbach Tampa Bay Bobby Cox
7/31 Signed     Nelson Briles
 
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