1977 Oakland Athletics Statistics and Roster

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1977 Oakland Athletics (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1976/1978)
63-98, Finished 7th in AL Western Division
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Scored 605 runs, Allowed 749 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-96
Managed by Jack McKeon and Bobby Winkles

Ballpark: Oakland Coliseum (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 495,599 (14th of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 98
  (one-year): Batting - 94, Pitching - 95
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Manny Sanguillen    33  152  571   42  157  17  5   6   58  22   35  .275  .302  .354   2   5  13   2   2   4   4   81
1B  Dick Allen          35   54  171   19   41   4  0   5   31  24   36  .240  .330  .351   1   3   4   1   0   4   0   89
2B  Marty Perez         30  115  373   32   86  14  5   2   23  29   65  .231  .290  .311   1   3   8   3   7   2   0   67
3B *Wayne Gross         25  146  485   66  113  21  1  22   63  86   84  .233  .352  .416   5   4   7   5   3   3   6  112
SS  Rob Picciolo        24  148  419   35   84  12  3   2   22   9   55  .200  .218  .258   1   4   8   1  14   3   0   31
LF *Mitchell Page       25  145  501   85  154  28  8  21   75  78   95  .307  .405  .521  42   5   7   6   4   3   6  154
CF  Tony Armas          23  118  363   26   87   8  2  13   53  20   99  .240  .274  .380   1   2   8   0   1   8   2   79
RF  Jim Tyrone          28   96  294   32   72  11  1   5   26  25   62  .245  .300  .340   3   1   5   0   5   4   2   77
DH  Earl Williams       28  100  348   39   84  13  0  13   38  18   58  .241  .288  .391   2   0  19   5   2   1   3   86
   #Rodney Scott        23  133  364   56   95   4  4   0   20  43   50  .261  .342  .294  33  18   1   3   5   2   0   78
   *Mike Jorgensen      28   66  203   18   50   4  1   8   32  25   44  .246  .329  .394   3   2   3   2   2   4   2   99
    Rich McKinney       30   86  198   13   35   7  0   6   21  16   43  .177  .236  .303   0   1  11   0   0   2   0   48
   #Billy North         29   56  184   32   48   3  3   1    9  32   25  .261  .376  .326  17  13   1   2   5   0   2   97
   #Larry Murray        24   90  162   19   29   5  2   1    9  17   36  .179  .257  .253  12   3   1   0   3   0   2   42
    Jeff Newman         28   94  162   17   36   9  0   4   15   4   24  .222  .244  .352   2   0   2   1   4   1   1   63
   *Jerry Tabb          25   51  144    8   32   3  0   6   19  10   26  .222  .269  .368   0   1   5   0   1   2   2   75
   *Willie Crawford     30   59  136    7   25   7  1   1   16  18   20  .184  .277  .272   0   0   5   0   2   1   4   53
   *Sheldon Mallory     23   64  126   19   27   4  1   0    5  11   18  .214  .291  .262  12   5   2   3   2   1   0   55
    Tim Hosley          30   39   78    5   15   0  0   1   10  16   13  .192  .333  .231   0   0   1   1   0   1   0   60
   #Matt Alexander      30   90   42   24   10   1  0   0    2   4    6  .238  .304  .262  26  14   0   0   1   0   0   59
   #Larry Lintz         27   41   30   11    4   1  0   0    0   8   13  .133  .333  .167  13   5   0   1   1   0   1   44
   *Mark Williams       23    3    2    0    0   0  0   0    1   1    1  .000  .333  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    2

   #Vida Blue           27   38    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Mike Norris         22   17    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.2  161 5358  605 1284 176 37 117  537 516  910  .240  .306  .352 176  89 100  25  53  35  26   83
    Rank among 14 AL teams        14   13   14  14 12  12       10    2    14    14    14   1   1                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Vida Blue           27  38   3.83  14  19  0  38   0  16   1  279.7  284  138  119  23   86  157 1184  11   1  0   5 104
SP  Rick Langford       25  37   4.02   8  19  0  31   2   6   1  208.3  223  107   93  18   73  141  901   4   2  1   3  99
SP  Doc Medich          28  26   4.69  10   6  0  25   1   1   0  147.7  155   89   77  19   49   74  646   3   3  0   3  85
SP  Mike Norris         22  16   4.77   2   7  0  12   2   1   1   77.3   77   45   41  14   31   35  335   4   4  0   1  84
SP *Jim Umbarger        24  12   6.55   1   5  0   8   1   1   0   44.0   62   40   32   3   28   24  213   4   4  0   2  61
SP  Dock Ellis          32   7   9.69   1   5  0   7   0   0   0   26.0   35   33   28   5   14   11  128   1   1  0   0  41
SP  Matt Keough         21   7   4.85   1   3  0   6   0   0   0   42.7   39   25   23   4   22   23  183   0   1  0   0  82

CL  Doug Bair           27  45   3.46   4   6  8   0  28   0   0   83.3   78   39   32  11   57   68  377   6   0  0   9 115
RP *Bob Lacey           23  64   3.03   6   8  7   0  29   0   0  121.7  100   46   41  13   43   69  492   4   0  1  11 132
RP  Dave Giusti         37  40   2.98   3   3  6   0  31   0   0   60.3   54   22   20   4   20   28  243   2   0  0   5 134
RP  Joe Coleman         30  43   2.96   4   4  2  12  14   2   0  127.7  114   51   42  11   49   55  532   8   2  0   2 135
RP *Pablo Torrealba     29  41   2.62   4   6  2  10  10   3   0  116.7  127   45   34   5   38   51  507   3   2  2   2 152

    Mike Torrez         30   4   4.44   3   1  0   4   0   2   0   26.3   23   14   13   3   11   12  111   0   1  0   0  90
    Stan Bahnsen        32  11   6.14   1   2  1   2   3   0   0   22.0   24   16   15   5   13   21  100   2   1  0   5  65
    Steve Dunning       28   6   3.93   1   0  0   0   4   0   0   18.3   17    8    8   2   10    4   78   2   0  0   1 102
    Steve McCatty       23   4   5.02   0   0  0   2   1   0   0   14.3   16    9    8   1    7    9   66   1   1  0   0  79
    Paul Mitchell       27   5  10.54   0   3  0   3   1   0   0   13.7   21   16   16   3    7    5   71   0   0  0   0  38
    Craig Mitchell      23   3   7.94   0   1  0   1   1   0   0    5.7    9    6    5   1    2    1   29   0   0  0   0  50
    Jeff Newman         28   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    1    0    0   0    0    0    5   0   1  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.1 161   4.04  63  98 26 161 129  32   4 1436.0 1459  749  645 145  560  788 6201  55  24  4  49  98
    Rank among 14 AL teams          6  13   2  8          13   9     10    7    8        9   10    6
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- MSanguillen 590 76 77 341 45 6 3 .985 5 21 59 37 JNewman 466 42 94 251 36 9 5 .970 4 20 27 29 EWilliams 269 33 36 165 21 2 2 .989 2 10 26 20 THosley 111 10 19 74 11 4 0 .955 1 4 11 5 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1436 161 161 831 113 21 10 .978 12 55 123 91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 *10.02 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DAllen 387 50 50 389 37 7 36 .984 9.91 MJorgensen 344 38 48 330 32 4 26 .989 9.46 JTabb 270 30 36 288 16 2 26 .993 10.13 RMcKinney 218 24 32 208 17 5 20 .978 9.26 EWilliams 135 12 29 140 5 1 12 .993 9.62 MSanguillen 59 6 7 61 9 1 4 .986 10.68 SMallory 12 1 4 15 0 1 0 .937 11.25 THosley 7 0 3 7 2 1 0 .900 11.57 WGross 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 JTyrone 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1436 161 161 1440 118 22 124 .986 9.76 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *5.42 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MPerez 774 89 105 192 287 13 48 .974 5.56 RScott 536 63 71 139 175 12 31 .963 5.27 LLintz 110 9 28 28 35 0 9 1.000 5.15 MAlexander 9 0 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 RMcKinney 6 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.03 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1436 161 161 361 501 25 88 .972 5.40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 *2.97 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WGross 1260 145 145 126 242 27 26 .932 2.63 MPerez 109 11 12 14 24 3 5 .927 3.14 RScott 32 3 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.41 RMcKinney 32 2 7 3 8 3 2 .786 3.09 MAlexander 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 LLintz 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1436 161 161 146 277 33 33 .928 2.65 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 *4.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RPicciolo 1139 121 148 213 381 21 70 .966 4.69 RScott 284 25 70 59 95 9 18 .945 4.88 MPerez 10 0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.50 LLintz 3 0 2 0 2 1 0 .667 6.00 MAlexander 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 TArmas 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 LMurray 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JTyrone 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1436 161 161 273 481 31 88 .961 4.73 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *2.11 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MPage 1091 128 131 271 11 14 0 .953 2.32 LMurray 128 10 29 26 1 1 1 .964 1.90 JTyrone 74 8 10 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.89 SMallory 49 4 9 13 0 2 0 .867 2.37 MJorgensen 41 5 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.76 RMcKinney 20 3 3 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 WCrawford 14 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64 MAlexander 10 0 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 TArmas 8 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1436 161 161 347 12 18 1 .952 2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.83 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TArmas 700 82 86 239 9 5 4 .980 3.19 BNorth 395 50 52 112 1 2 0 .983 2.57 LMurray 174 15 35 46 0 0 0 1.000 2.37 SMallory 91 9 16 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.47 MAlexander 47 2 17 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.64 JTyrone 18 2 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 MJorgensen 9 1 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1436 161 161 447 10 7 4 .985 2.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *2.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JTyrone 588 67 70 139 3 9 0 .940 2.17 TArmas 195 20 29 53 0 1 0 .981 2.44 WCrawford 153 19 20 38 3 1 2 .976 2.41 SMallory 148 16 22 38 3 0 0 1.000 2.49 LMurray 135 15 23 39 2 0 2 1.000 2.72 MJorgensen 89 11 13 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.33 MSanguillen 67 9 9 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.28 MPage 33 4 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.91 MAlexander 21 0 10 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.14 RScott 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 RMcKinney 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 MWilliams 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1436 161 161 361 11 11 4 .971 2.33 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *2.34 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- MPage 1124 132 133 279 11 14 0 .954 2.32 TArmas 904 103 112 294 9 6 4 .981 3.02 JTyrone 680 77 81 167 5 9 0 .950 2.27 LMurray 438 40 78 114 3 1 3 .992 2.40 BNorth 395 50 52 112 1 2 0 .983 2.57 SMallory 288 29 45 81 3 2 0 .977 2.62 WCrawford 167 21 22 41 3 1 2 .978 2.37 MJorgensen 139 17 20 35 0 0 0 1.000 2.27 MAlexander 78 2 31 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.29 MSanguillen 67 9 9 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.28 RMcKinney 22 3 5 1 0 1 0 .500 0.41 RScott 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 MWilliams 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1436 161 161 1162 35 36 9 .971 2.50 161 161 161 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 *1.95 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- VBlue 279 38 38 6 42 3 2 .941 1.54 RLangford 208 31 37 23 29 0 3 1.000 2.25 DMedich 147 25 26 8 18 2 0 .929 1.58 JColeman 127 12 43 13 17 3 2 .909 2.11 BLacey 121 0 64 3 38 3 1 .932 3.03 PTorrealba 116 10 41 11 26 4 1 .902 2.85 DBair 83 0 45 7 14 1 1 .955 2.27 MNorris 77 12 16 8 17 2 1 .926 2.91 DGiusti 60 0 40 7 8 0 0 1.000 2.24 JUmbarger 44 8 12 0 10 1 1 .909 2.05 MKeough 42 6 7 3 4 1 0 .875 1.48 MTorrez 26 4 4 3 3 0 0 1.000 2.05 DEllis 26 7 7 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.38 SBahnsen 22 2 11 0 1 1 0 .500 0.41 SDunning 18 0 6 1 3 0 1 1.000 1.97 SMcCatty 14 2 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 PMitchell 13 3 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 3.28 CMitchell 5 1 3 1 1 1 0 .667 3.16 JNewman 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1436 161 161 97 237 22 13 .938 2.09 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- MSanguillen 58 EWilliams 45 WCrawford 18 RMcKinney 18 THosley 12 MPage 8 SMallory 7 LLintz 5 JTabb 5 JTyrone 4 LMurray 3 MJorgensen 2 MAlexander 1 DAllen 1 BNorth 1 RScott 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

Batting Average Page .307

On-base % Page .405

Slugging % Page .521

OPS Page .926

Games Sanguillen 152

At Bats Sanguillen 571

Plate Appearances (approx.) Sanguillen 601

Runs Page 85

Hits Sanguillen 157

Total Bases Page 261

Doubles Page 28

Triples Page 8

Home Runs Gross 22

RBI Page 75

Bases on Balls Gross 86

Strikeouts Armas 99

Stolen Bases Page 42

Singles Sanguillen 129

Adjusted OPS+ Page 154

Runs Created Page 117

Adjusted Batting Runs Page 41

Batting Wins Page 3.9

Extra-Base Hits Page 57

Times on Base Page 238

Offensive Win% Page .755

Hit By Pitch Page 6

Sac. Hits Picciolo 14

Sac. Flies Armas 8

Intentional Walks Gross and Page 6

Grounded into Double Plays Williams 19

Caught Stealing Scott 18

Power/Speed Number Page 28.0

At Bats per Strikeout Sanguillen 16.3

At Bats per Home Run Gross 22.0

Outs Sanguillen 438

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Blue 3.83

Wins Blue 14

Won-Loss % Medich .625

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Blue 1.323

Hits Allowed/9IP Blue 9.14

Bases on Balls/9IP Blue 2.77

Strikeouts/9IP Langford 6.09

Games Lacey 64

Saves Bair 8

Innings Blue 279.7

Strikeouts Blue 157

Games Started Blue 38

Comp. Games Blue 16

Shutouts Blue, Langford, and Norris 1

Home Runs Allow. Blue 23

Bases On Balls Allow. Blue 86

Hits Allowed Blue 284

SO to Walk Langford 1.93

Losses Blue and Langford 19

Earned Runs Allow. Blue 119

Wild Pitches Blue 11

Hit Batsmen Norris and Umbarger 4

Batters Faced Blue 1184

Games Finished Giusti 31

Adjusted ERA+ Blue 104

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