1979 Oakland Athletics Statistics and Roster

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1979 Oakland Athletics (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978/1980)
54-108, Finished 7th in AL Western Division
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Scored 573 runs, Allowed 860 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 52-110
Managed by Jim Marshall

Ballpark: Oakland Coliseum (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 306,763 (14th of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 94, Pitching - 96
  (one-year): Batting - 88, Pitching - 91
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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306,763 fans. Not for a week-long homestand -- for the whole season! The lowest attended modern major league game 4/17/1979 (653 fans). Games routinely had less than 1500 fans. We weren't many but we were dedicated! Our "All-Star" (Jeff Newman) hit .221.

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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   Jeff Newman         30  143  516   53  119  17  2  22   71  27   88  .231  .267  .399   2   1  17   1   2   6   2   82
1B *Dave Revering       26  125  472   63  136  25  5  19   77  34   65  .288  .334  .483   1   4   6   1   1   5   5  124
2B  Mike Edwards        26  122  400   35   93  12  2   1   23  15   37  .233  .263  .280  10   6  11   2   4   1   0   51
3B *Wayne Gross         27  138  442   54   99  19  1  14   50  72   62  .224  .332  .367   4   3   8   1   3   3   9   94
SS  Rob Picciolo        26  115  348   37   88  16  2   2   27   3   45  .253  .261  .328   2   1   9   1  11   0   1   63
LF  Rickey Henderson    20   89  351   49   96  13  3   1   26  34   39  .274  .338  .336  33  11   4   2   8   3   0   88
CF *Dwayne Murphy       24  121  388   57   99  10  4  11   40  84   80  .255  .387  .387  15  11  10   1  13   3   6  116
RF  Tony Armas          25   80  278   29   69   9  3  11   34  16   67  .248  .290  .421   1   0   6   1   0   2   2   95
DH *Mitchell Page       27  133  478   51  118  11  2   9   42  52   93  .247  .323  .335  17  16   9   3   3   3   5   83
    Jim Essian          28   98  313   34   76  16  0   8   40  25   29  .243  .295  .371   0   1  12   2   3   9   1   84
    Mike Heath          24   74  258   19   66   8  0   3   27  17   18  .256  .304  .322   1   0  14   3   3   5   1   74
   #Larry Murray        26  105  226   25   42  11  2   2   20  28   34  .186  .275  .279   6   6   2   0   6   1   1   54
    Dave Chalk          28   66  212   15   47   6  0   2   13  29   14  .222  .317  .278   2   1   6   1   7   1   0   67
    Mario Guerrero      29   46  166   12   38   5  0   0   18   6    7  .229  .253  .259   0   1   5   0   3   2   0   43
    Derek Bryant        27   39  106    8   19   2  1   0   13  10   10  .179  .246  .217   0   0   4   0   2   2   1   30
   #Miguel Dilone       24   30   91   15   17   1  2   1    6   6    7  .187  .237  .275   6   5   2   0   2   0   0   42
    Glenn Burke         26   23   89    4   19   2  1   0    4   4   10  .213  .247  .258   3   1   3   0   1   0   1   41
   #Joe Wallis          27   23   78    6   11   2  0   1    3  10   18  .141  .247  .205   1   0   1   1   2   0   1   27
    Mickey Klutts       24   24   73    3   14   2  1   1    4   7   20  .192  .263  .288   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   53
    Milt Ramirez        29   28   62    4   10   1  1   0    3   3    8  .161  .200  .210   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   14

    Dave Heaverlo       28   62    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.2  162 5348  573 1276 188 32 108  530 482  751  .239  .302  .346 104  69 120   9  64  35  25   80
    Rank among 14 AL teams        14   14   14  14 11  13       11    5    14    14    14   5   4                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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  Rick Langford       27  34   4.28  12  16  0  29   0  14   1  218.7  233  114  104  22   57  101  934  16   4  1   6  95
SP  Matt Keough         23  30   5.04   2  17  0  28   2   7   1  176.7  220  115   99  18   78   95  800  13   7  0   2  81
SP  Steve McCatty       25  31   4.22  11  12  0  23   4   8   0  185.7  207  106   87  17   80   87  841   2  10  0   8  96
SP  Mike Norris         24  29   4.80   5   8  0  18   3   3   0  146.3  146   87   78  11   94   96  669  10   9  1   9  85
SP  Brian Kingman       24  18   4.31   8   7  0  17   1   5   1  112.7  113   59   54  10   33   58  481  10   3  0   1  94
SP *John Henry Johnson  22  14   4.36   2   8  0  13   0   1   0   84.7   89   45   41  13   36   50  372   1   1  0   0  93
SP  Mike Morgan         19  13   5.94   2  10  0  13   0   2   0   77.3  102   57   51   7   50   17  368   7   3  0   0  68

CL  Dave Heaverlo       28  62   4.20   4  11  9   0  42   0   0   85.7   97   42   40   7   42   40  392   0   4  1  18  97
RP  Jim Todd            31  51   6.56   2   5  2   0  21   0   0   81.0  108   66   59  12   51   26  391   5   2  0  10  62
RP *Bob Lacey           25  42   5.85   1   5  4   0  20   0   0   47.7   66   34   31   7   24   33  230   4   1  0   8  69
RP *Dave Hamilton       31  40   3.70   3   4  5   7  16   1   0   82.7   80   42   34   5   43   52  361   2   1  0   2 110
RP *Craig Minetto       25  36   5.55   1   5  0  13  12   0   0  118.3  131   85   73  16   58   64  539   2   3  1   3  73

    Alan Wirth          22   5   6.00   1   0  0   1   0   0   0   12.0   14    8    8   2    8    7   58   0   1  0   0  68
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 25.3 162   4.75  54 108 20 162 121  41   4 1429.0 1606  860  754 147  654  726 6436  72  49  4  67  85
    Rank among 14 AL teams         13  13   2 13           8  14     11   14   13        9   14    9

    * - 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 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JNewman 680 79 81 378 53 10 7 .977 4 29 41 36 JEssian 584 66 70 348 57 8 5 .981 7 31 62 39 MHeath 165 17 22 80 13 3 0 .969 4 12 14 11 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1429 162 162 806 123 21 12 .978 15 72 117 86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *10.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DRevering 901 104 104 828 80 13 77 .986 9.07 JNewman 373 42 46 350 30 7 29 .982 9.15 WGross 118 12 18 129 14 1 8 .993 10.88 JEssian 36 4 4 35 2 0 4 1.000 9.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1429 162 162 1342 126 21 118 .986 9.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *5.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MEdwards 935 106 113 244 314 22 54 .962 5.37 DChalk 296 35 37 77 93 2 22 .988 5.16 MRamirez 80 8 11 14 19 1 5 .971 3.71 MKlutts 59 7 8 19 15 1 3 .971 5.13 RPicciolo 52 6 6 11 16 0 4 1.000 4.61 LMurray 5 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1429 162 162 366 458 26 88 .969 5.19 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 *3.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WGross 999 116 120 120 211 20 19 .943 2.98 DChalk 125 13 16 15 25 3 1 .930 2.87 JEssian 80 10 10 15 20 1 2 .972 3.94 MKlutts 55 6 6 7 14 2 0 .913 3.44 MHeath 52 6 7 1 14 0 0 1.000 2.60 JNewman 51 6 7 2 12 1 2 .933 2.47 MRamirez 46 3 12 4 8 1 0 .923 2.33 RPicciolo 20 2 4 1 7 0 0 1.000 3.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1429 162 162 165 311 28 24 .944 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 *5.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RPicciolo 842 93 105 191 265 17 51 .964 4.87 MGuerrero 367 43 43 68 129 10 33 .952 4.83 DChalk 117 13 16 30 33 6 8 .913 4.85 MKlutts 56 9 10 9 21 4 3 .882 4.80 MRamirez 40 4 8 7 16 3 0 .885 5.17 MEdwards 6 0 3 2 4 0 0 1.000 8.57 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1429 162 162 307 468 40 95 .951 4.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.22 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RHenderson 510 60 62 123 4 4 0 .969 2.24 DBryant 190 22 25 39 1 1 0 .976 1.89 GBurke 184 21 21 40 2 0 0 1.000 2.05 MHeath 173 19 23 46 1 1 0 .979 2.45 LMurray 141 14 26 47 1 2 0 .960 3.05 TArmas 98 11 12 27 0 2 0 .931 2.46 MPage 42 5 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.71 MDilone 35 4 5 7 0 1 0 .875 1.80 JEssian 23 3 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.78 DMurphy 17 2 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.18 WGross 10 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 RPicciolo 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1429 162 162 348 9 11 0 .970 2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DMurphy 974 112 114 306 10 4 0 .987 2.92 RHenderson 252 28 32 88 1 2 0 .978 3.17 TArmas 136 16 17 62 2 1 0 .985 4.24 LMurray 57 5 11 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.68 GBurke 9 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1429 162 162 475 13 7 0 .986 3.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TArmas 434 51 53 108 4 2 2 .982 2.32 LMurray 379 39 57 112 6 5 2 .959 2.80 JWallis 188 21 23 43 1 0 0 1.000 2.11 MHeath 178 24 24 40 4 1 2 .978 2.22 MDilone 165 18 20 42 0 1 0 .977 2.29 DBryant 57 5 10 15 1 0 0 1.000 2.53 DMurphy 11 2 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.91 GBurke 9 1 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 RHenderson 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 WGross 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1429 162 162 371 16 9 6 .977 2.44 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 *2.46 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- DMurphy 1002 116 118 322 10 4 0 .988 2.98 RHenderson 768 89 88 215 5 6 0 .973 2.58 TArmas 669 78 80 194 7 5 2 .976 2.70 LMurray 578 58 90 173 7 7 2 .963 2.80 MHeath 351 43 46 86 5 2 2 .978 2.33 DBryant 247 27 33 55 2 0 0 1.000 2.08 GBurke 202 23 23 46 2 0 0 1.000 2.14 MDilone 200 22 25 47 0 2 0 .959 2.12 JWallis 188 21 23 41 1 0 0 1.000 2.01 MPage 42 5 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 JEssian 23 3 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.78 WGross 11 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 RPicciolo 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1429 162 162 1190 39 26 6 .979 2.58 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 *1.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RLangford 218 29 34 26 36 0 3 1.000 2.55 SMcCatty 185 23 31 12 20 3 3 .914 1.55 MKeough 176 28 30 23 28 3 5 .944 2.60 MNorris 146 18 29 6 17 1 0 .958 1.41 CMinetto 118 13 36 4 10 0 0 1.000 1.07 BKingman 112 17 18 8 8 2 0 .889 1.28 DHeaverlo 85 0 62 9 13 2 1 .917 2.31 JJohnson 84 13 14 4 7 0 2 1.000 1.17 DHamilton 82 7 40 3 15 0 0 1.000 1.96 JTodd 81 0 51 5 14 0 2 1.000 2.11 MMorgan 77 13 13 9 15 1 0 .960 2.79 BLacey 47 0 42 3 7 0 0 1.000 1.89 AWirth 12 1 5 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1429 162 162 112 193 12 16 .962 1.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- MPage 126 DRevering 18 JNewman 7 JEssian 3 MHeath 3 DBryant 2 MEdwards 2 MKlutts 2 ------------+---

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.

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Batting Average Revering .288

On-base % Revering .334

Slugging % Revering .483

OPS Revering .817

Games Newman 143

At Bats Newman 516

Plate Appearances (approx.) Newman 552

Runs Revering 63

Hits Revering 136

Total Bases Revering 228

Doubles Revering 25

Triples Revering 5

Home Runs Newman 22

RBI Revering 77

Bases on Balls Murphy 84

Strikeouts Page 93

Stolen Bases Henderson 33

Singles Page 96

Adjusted OPS+ Revering 124

Runs Created Revering 75

Adjusted Batting Runs Revering 15

Batting Wins Revering 1.4

Extra-Base Hits Revering 49

Times on Base Murphy 184

Offensive Win% Revering .585

Hit By Pitch Heath and Page 3

Sac. Hits Murphy 13

Sac. Flies Essian 9

Intentional Walks Gross 9

Grounded into Double Plays Newman 17

Caught Stealing Page 16

Power/Speed Number Murphy 12.7

At Bats per Strikeout Revering 7.3

At Bats per Home Run Newman 23.5

Outs Newman 423

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ERA McCatty 4.22

Wins Langford 12

Won-Loss % Kingman .533

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Langford 1.326

Hits Allowed/9IP Langford 9.59

Bases on Balls/9IP Langford 2.35

Strikeouts/9IP Keough 4.84

Games Heaverlo 62

Saves Heaverlo 9

Innings Langford 218.7

Strikeouts Langford 101

Games Started Langford 29

Comp. Games Langford 14

Shutouts Keough, Kingman, and Langford 1

Home Runs Allow. Langford 22

Bases On Balls Allow. Norris 94

Hits Allowed Langford 233

SO to Walk Langford 1.77

Losses Keough 17

Earned Runs Allow. Langford 104

Wild Pitches Langford 16

Hit Batsmen McCatty 10

Batters Faced Langford 934

Games Finished Heaverlo 42

Adjusted ERA+ McCatty 96

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306,763 fans. Not for a week-long homestand -- for the whole season! The lowest attended modern major league game 4/17/1979 (653 fans). Games routinely had less than 1500 fans. We weren't many but we were dedicated! Our "All-Star" (Jeff Newman) hit .221.