1966 Oakland Athletics
Record: 61-101
Finish: 4th in AL Union Division Division
Runs Scored: 602
Runs Allowed: 781
Exp W-L: 62-100
 
Ballpark: Colosseum
Attendance: 1,127,673
Manager: Marwan Najdawi

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 79-58, 3rd in the American League
AA: 61-76, 8th in the American League
A: 79-58, 1st 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
RF *Willie Kirkland 32 155 556 98 131 30 8 20 77 21 4 54 79 .236 .304 .426 .730 75.5 14.6 2.2
C *Tim Talton 27 146 525 55 137 34 6 7 59 0 1 32 77 .261 .305 .389 .693 51.7 8.7 3.1
LF  Billy Moran 32 144 484 46 128 18 1 16 68 0 0 24 48 .264 .300 .405 .705 55.2 9.5 3.3
C *Joe Ginsberg 39 137 409 34 106 9 4 2 39 1 1 50 55 .259 .339 .315 .654 45.2 7.7 1.2
DH  Dick Stuart 33 142 366 34 90 13 1 7 48 0 1 26 103 .246 .293 .344 .637 36.0 4.5 3.2
SS  Eddie Kasko 34 128 364 34 87 10 2 1 24 0 0 12 52 .239 .267 .286 .553 22.4 0.8 4.2
CF *Mike Hegan 23 123 275 29 57 10 0 3 23 8 6 48 68 .207 .326 .276 .603 28.1 3.2 1.7
3B  Ed Charles 33 128 297 47 88 10 2 5 33 12 7 24 45 .296 .355 .394 .749 39.2 7.9 0.9
CF *Albie Pearson 31 77 283 39 91 14 3 4 37 8 5 39 17 .322 .402 .435 .836 48.8 12.0 1.7
1B *Jim Gentile 32 95 266 30 47 11 2 10 31 0 0 40 68 .177 .295 .346 .641 28.5 3.7 1.2
3B  Gene Alley 25 76 285 23 59 11 0 2 22 16 3 15 47 .207 .252 .267 .519 20.7 1.2 1.7
3B  Bobby Klaus 28 59 136 9 25 6 0 0 9 1 0 15 23 .184 .265 .228 .493 6.4 0.0 1.4
SS  Tommy Helms 25 43 131 13 36 6 1 3 24 0 0 7 4 .275 .312 .405 .716 15.0 2.8 1.3
RF *Al Spangler 32 60 111 17 28 6 2 0 5 3 3 13 22 .252 .336 .342 .678 12.4 2.1 0.8
LF *Dan Dobbek 31 67 99 17 19 2 0 2 15 2 1 17 20 .192 .311 .273 .584 10.3 1.0 0.6
P *Steve Carlton 21 41 100 6 13 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 23 .130 .147 .160 .307 0.4 0.0 0.0
P #Mickey Lolich 25 39 93 4 9 1 1 0 7 0 0 2 30 .097 .116 .129 .245 -1.7 0.0 0.0
C  Jack Shepard 34 52 95 7 21 0 0 1 5 0 0 10 16 .221 .295 .253 .548 7.0 0.3 0.5
CF  Rick Reichardt 23 24 88 9 21 2 3 3 13 1 2 8 19 .239 .302 .432 .734 10.7 2.0 0.5
LF #Roy White 22 25 87 13 23 5 0 3 9 1 2 8 10 .264 .326 .425 .752 11.5 2.3 0.3
P *Dean Stone 35 35 76 3 5 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 33 .066 .111 .066 .177 -2.4 0.0 0.0
1B *Dick Nen 26 62 79 8 15 1 0 4 11 0 0 3 22 .190 .220 .354 .574 6.2 0.3 0.2
C  Andy Etchebarren 23 23 75 10 26 4 0 1 10 0 1 3 13 .347 .383 .440 .823 11.7 3.0 0.4
P  Humberto Robinson 36 35 72 2 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 32 .125 .171 .139 .310 0.4 0.0 0.0
CF *Rick Monday 20 18 39 7 11 3 0 1 7 2 3 4 5 .282 .364 .436 .800 5.3 1.1 0.1
RF  Don Taussig 34 24 42 6 9 4 0 1 5 1 0 2 12 .214 .250 .381 .631 4.1 0.7 0.2
P *Mel Queen 24 7 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .133 .133 .133 .267 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Ken Holtzman 20 6 14 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .143 .200 .214 .414 0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Dennis Higgins 26 78 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Dwight Siebler 28 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Dave Baldwin 28 47 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Radatz 29 44 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P *Cholly Naranjo 31 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Arnold Earley 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.7 2179 5475 602 1296 213 37 96 586 80 42 465 955 .237 .299 .342 .640 547.8 89.4 30.7
  Rank among 10 AL teams 8 7 7 9 3 8 7 5 5 6 5 7 6 9 8 8  
* - 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 21 10 23 .303 41 41 0 321.0 293 137 26 128 228 3.84 17.3
*Mickey Lolich 25 10 20 .333 39 39 0 292.0 288 134 34 90 205 4.13 11.9
*Dean Stone 35 11 16 .407 35 34 0 239.3 202 107 25 80 178 4.02 12.2
 Humberto Robinson 36 8 15 .348 35 35 0 227.3 246 117 29 67 186 4.63 7.2
 Dennis Higgins 26 6 4 .600 78 0 6 93.3 101 60 10 59 80 5.79 1.6
 Dave Baldwin 28 7 8 .467 47 0 13 50.7 61 29 3 24 36 5.15 3.7
 Mel Queen 24 3 2 .600 7 7 0 48.7 49 20 5 13 37 3.70 3.6
 Dick Radatz 29 2 5 .286 44 0 7 45.7 37 22 6 34 40 4.34 3.2
*Ken Holtzman 20 2 4 .333 6 6 0 45.7 58 24 6 8 27 4.73 1.3
*Paul Lindblad 24 0 3 .000 29 0 0 36.0 44 22 4 7 17 5.50 0.2
 Dwight Siebler 28 1 0 1.000 22 0 0 32.7 35 22 2 11 17 6.06 0.0
 Cholly Naranjo 31 1 1 .500 15 0 0 18.3 28 15 3 16 12 7.36 0.0
*Marshall Bridges 35 0 0 .000 2 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 1 3 0.00 0.6
*Dave McNally 23 0 0 .000 3 0 0 2.7 9 3 1 0 2 10.15 0.0
*Arnold Earley 33 0 0 .000 2 0 0 1.3 2 1 0 0 0 6.77 0.0
Team Totals 27.9 61 101 .377 405 162 26 1457.6 1455 713 154 538 1068 4.40 62.8
Rank among 10 AL teams 8 8 7 8 6 8 7 8 7 4 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 .988 33.9
T.Talton 1127.7 126 130 825 44 7 1 .992 25.3
J.Shepard 166.7 20 23 146 10 2 0 .987 22.2
J.Ginsberg 162.3 16 26 128 6 3 0 .978 20.0
D.Stuart 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1457.7 162 180 1100 60 12 1 .990 24.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 11.16
J.Gentile 579.3 69 70 655 49 5 57 .993 10.94
J.Ginsberg 343.0 38 44 381 31 4 43 .990 10.81
D.Stuart 242.0 25 37 294 18 4 32 .987 11.60
A.Etchebarren 189.0 22 22 240 12 5 21 .981 12.00
D.Nen 66.0 7 11 83 13 1 8 .990 13.09
M.Hegan 14.0 1 5 13 2 0 1 1.000 9.64
T.Talton 10.7 0 7 16 0 0 1 1.000 13.51
D.Dobbek 4.7 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 7.73
E.Kasko 4.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75
G.Alley 3.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Shepard 2.0 0 1 1 1 1 0 .667 9.00
A.Pearson 1.0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1458.7 162 204 1694 127 20 163 .989 11.24
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.65
D.Stuart 576.0 57 88 121 232 13 46 .964 5.52
E.Kasko 571.0 72 75 139 275 7 59 .983 6.53
T.Helms 173.3 22 23 46 75 0 17 1.000 6.28
B.Klaus 100.0 10 16 23 51 4 10 .949 6.66
G.Alley 18.0 0 7 6 7 0 2 1.000 6.50
D.Dobbek 15.3 1 5 5 9 0 2 1.000 8.22
B.Moran 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Spangler 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1457.7 162 217 340 650 24 136 .976 6.11
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.68
E.Charles 638.7 60 110 35 152 11 18 .944 2.64
G.Alley 361.3 46 46 10 97 4 9 .964 2.67
E.Kasko 271.7 34 34 21 62 6 4 .933 2.75
T.Helms 154.0 19 19 10 36 3 2 .939 2.69
B.Klaus 32.0 3 9 1 13 0 1 1.000 3.94
Team Total 1457.7 162 218 77 360 24 34 .948 2.70
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 4.92
B.Moran 984.3 115 117 128 371 8 59 .984 4.56
G.Alley 237.0 26 30 36 105 2 19 .986 5.35
B.Klaus 201.3 19 29 29 75 3 15 .972 4.65
E.Kasko 23.0 1 10 2 13 1 3 .938 5.87
T.Helms 11.0 1 2 1 6 0 1 1.000 5.73
T.Talton 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.7 162 189 196 570 14 97 .982 4.73
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.72
J.Ginsberg 374.3 45 45 34 3 11 1 .771 0.89
W.Kirkland 322.3 32 44 57 3 5 0 .923 1.68
R.Reichardt 211.3 24 24 47 1 0 0 1.000 2.04
R.White 200.7 24 25 30 1 0 1 1.000 1.39
B.Moran 146.0 17 20 22 1 0 1 1.000 1.42
M.Hegan 98.0 11 11 14 1 1 0 .938 1.38
D.Dobbek 51.0 5 11 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.06
D.Taussig 30.0 4 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.10
A.Spangler 22.3 0 9 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.21
D.Nen 1.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.6 162 195 220 10 17 3 .931 1.42
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.39
A.Pearson 649.4 74 76 167 4 2 1 .988 2.37
M.Hegan 507.7 59 72 126 2 1 0 .992 2.27
D.Dobbek 176.0 18 32 40 0 0 0 1.000 2.05
R.Monday 74.0 8 13 14 1 0 0 1.000 1.82
D.Taussig 38.3 2 8 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.35
A.Spangler 20.3 0 10 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.89
T.Talton 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1467.7 161 212 360 7 3 1 .992 2.25
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 1.93
W.Kirkland 963.0 108 109 175 10 4 4 .979 1.73
A.Spangler 276.0 33 36 69 2 0 0 1.000 2.32
M.Hegan 124.0 14 16 28 1 0 0 1.000 2.10
D.Dobbek 52.3 3 17 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.20
D.Taussig 37.0 4 9 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.70
J.Ginsberg 3.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Shepard 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.7 162 189 286 13 4 4 .987 1.85
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.05
S.Carlton 321.0 41 41 25 62 1 8 .989 2.44
M.Lolich 292.0 39 39 20 42 4 5 .939 1.91
D.Stone 239.3 34 35 13 43 0 5 1.000 2.11
H.Robinson 227.3 35 35 14 47 2 8 .968 2.41
D.Higgins 93.3 0 78 3 17 2 1 .909 1.93
D.Baldwin 50.7 0 47 2 6 0 1 1.000 1.42
M.Queen 48.7 7 7 1 12 1 2 .929 2.40
D.Radatz 45.7 0 44 5 11 0 1 1.000 3.15
K.Holtzman 45.7 6 6 3 10 0 1 1.000 2.56
P.Lindblad 36.0 0 29 1 6 0 1 1.000 1.75
D.Siebler 32.7 0 22 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.83
C.Naranjo 18.3 0 15 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.45
M.Bridges 3.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.McNally 2.7 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
A.Earley 1.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.6 162 405 91 262 10 33 .972 2.18
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Moran .264
On-Base Pct Ginsberg .313
Slugging Pct Kirkland .426
OPS Kirkland .730
XR Kirkland 75.5
Games Kirkland 155
At-Bats Kirkland 556
Runs Kirkland 98
Hits Talton 137
Total Bases Kirkland 237
Singles Moran 93
Doubles Talton 34
Triples Kirkland 8
Homeruns Kirkland 20
RBIs Kirkland 77
Stolen Bases Kirkland 21
Caught Stealing Charles 7
Walks Kirkland 54
Strikeouts Stuart 103
ERA Carlton 3.84
Wins Stone 11
Losses Carlton 23
Winning Pct Stone .407
Saves Baldwin 13
Games Pitched Higgins 78
Games Started Carlton 41
Complete Games Carlton 16
Shutouts Carlton 3
Innings Pitched Carlton 321.0
Hits Allowed Carlton 293
Homeruns Allowed Lolich 34
Strikeouts Carlton 228
Walks Allowed Carlton 128
Walks per 9IP Robinson 2.7
Hits per 9IP Stone 7.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Robinson 7.4
WHiP Stone 1.18
OAVG Stone .230
OOBP Stone .294
OSLG Carlton .367
OOPS Stone .671
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Willie Kirkland $ 5,510,000
Dick Stuart $ 4,100,200
Eddie Kasko $ 3,700,000
Dean Stone $ 3,300,000
Billy Moran $ 2,995,000
Humberto Robinson $ 2,400,000
Dwight Siebler $ 1,034,286
Joe Ginsberg $ 860,000
Ed Charles $ 775,714
Cholly Naranjo $ 611,429
Arnold Earley $ 611,429
Dick Radatz $ 548,571
Rudy Regalado $ 350,000
Jack Shepard $ 350,000
Al Spangler $ 350,000
Rick Monday $ 300,000
Andy Etchebarren $ 300,000
Steve Carlton $ 300,000
Mike Hegan $ 300,000
Tommy Helms $ 300,000
Dennis Higgins $ 300,000
Dave Baldwin $ 300,000
Dan Dobbek $ 300,000
Ken Holtzman $ 300,000
Bobby Klaus $ 300,000
Paul Lindblad $ 300,000
Gene Alley $ 300,000
Dave McNally $ 300,000
Roy White $ 300,000
Dick Nen $ 300,000
Mel Queen $ 300,000
Rick Reichardt $ 300,000
Tim Talton $ 300,000
Don Taussig $ 300,000
Mickey Lolich $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Signed     Dean Stone
2/4 Signed     Humberto Robinson
2/16 Signed     Billy Moran
3/3 Released Hawk Taylor    
3/3 Released Julio Becquer    
7/1 Traded Albie Pearson Washington Gene Alley
Alex Johnson
7/31 Traded Jim Gentile
Marshall Bridges
Pittsburgh Arnold Earley