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1972 Oakland A's  (1971)  (1973) 89-73, 2nd in AL Western Division Scored 628 runs, Allowed 540 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 93-69 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .734 Park Factor: Batting - 105 / Pitching - 104 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 99-63   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 93-62 Manager(s): Drew Kennedy

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Reggie Jackson       26  162  570   93  162  27   6  23   87   5   0   87  116  .284  .391  .474  109   6.9  2(-5)e11   42  
 1B *Mike Epstein         29  150  454   74  120  25   1  28   68   0   0   91   76  .264  .399  .509   98   7.8  4e15       41  
 OF  Joe Rudi             25  162  677   79  174  32  10  17   86   0   0   34   91  .257  .293  .409   77   4.0  1(0)e2   -129  
 SS  Bert Campaneris      30  162  642   78  150  23   3   7   41  34   3   24   88  .234  .267  .312   57   2.9  2e20      -25  
 3B  Sal Bando            28  156  557   67  126  17   0  14   65   1   0   45   71  .226  .296  .332   54   3.2  2e20      -81  
 OF  Manny Mota           34  125  420   53  126  14   1   4   29   2   0   14   30  .300  .333  .367   51   4.6  4(+2)e2  -110  
 C   Gene Tenace          25   85  254   26   64   8   1   9   31   0   1   28   42  .252  .337  .398   34   4.8  4(0)e13    88  
 C   Dave Duncan          26  101  219   27   49   8   0  11   41   0   0   26   48  .224  .311  .411   26   3.8  2(0)e3     46  
 1B  Joe Lis              25   89  146   22   33   9   0   5   17   0   0   36   45  .226  .389  .390   25   6.0  4e6       -15  
 OF  Billy Conigliaro     24  113  210   27   52   5   0  10   26   0   2    8   54  .248  .278  .414   23   3.7  2(-1)e3    38  
 2B *Denny Doyle          28  128  327   18   68  11   1   0   31   1   1   29   29  .208  .272  .248   20   2.0  3e15      -71  
 PH  Andy Kosco           30   93  117   12   29   2   0   5   16   0   0   14   31  .248  .336  .393   16   5.1             25  
 3B  Carl Taylor          28   82  117   15   34   0   1   0    9   2   1   13   20  .291  .372  .308   13   4.0  4e35       18  
 C  *John Stephenson      31   23   61    3   18   2   0   1   15   0   0    4    4  .295  .368  .377    7   4.1  4(+1)e2    54  
 2B  Bobby Knoop          33   55   92    8   19   7   0   0   11   0   0    6   16  .207  .248  .283    6   2.2  2e21      -58  
 C   Steve Yeager         23   14   44    1    8   0   0   0    4   0   0   11   11  .182  .357  .182    3   3.0  4(-1)e13 -241  
 1B *Jim Spencer          24   88   52    1   12   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    6  .231  .298  .250    3   2.2  2e15       27  
 PH *Oscar Gamble         22    6    5    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .600  .600  .800    2  32.4            743  
 2B  Bill Mazeroski       35   47   58    2   11   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    7  .190  .190  .190    2   1.2  2e15      -88  
 OF  Angel Mangual        25    8   14    4    4   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    3  .286  .286  .500    2   5.4  4(0)e11   137  
 2B  Dick Green           31   13   29    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    4  .103  .212  .103    0    .9  3e30     -389  
 UT  Hector Torres        26   45   32    0    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    5  .125  .152  .125    0    .7           -160  
 OF *Bill Voss            28    8    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000 1.000  .000    0     ?  2(-2)e3  -541  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           639                  -29

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Catfish Hunter       26  23  16  .590  43  42  14   1   0   0   3  322.2  229  111  105  35   69  190  2.93   94   2.6   15  
  P *Ken Holtzman         26  19  11  .633  41  41   2   0   0   0   1  288.0  263  106   97  30   58  159  3.03  118   3.7   14  
  P  Andy Messersmith     26  10   4  .714  17  17   4   0   0   0   2  115.2   81   30   29   5   49   99  2.26   33   2.6  -28  
  P *Vida Blue            22   8  11  .421  28  28   2   0   0   0   1  166.0  159   78   69  18   49  117  3.74   75   4.1   80  
  P  Blue Moon Odom       27   6   6  .500  18  17   3   0   0   0   0  105.0  100   43   42   6   44   59  3.60   44   3.8   11  
  P  Bob Locker           34   5   0 1.000  42   0   0  13   2   2   0   58.1   44   13   10   0    9   46  1.54   11   1.8 -107  
  P *Dave Hamilton        24   5   6  .455  58  10   0  25   1   1   0  112.0  123   61   57  14   43   54  4.58   66   5.3   81  
  P  Rollie Fingers       25   5   7  .417  67   0   0  54  28   5   0  115.2   93   38   33  11   35  103  2.57   40   3.1   15  
  P  Joel Horlen          34   3   3  .500  12   7   0   0   0   1   0   51.1   47   19   19   1    7   41  3.33   18   3.2    0  
  P  Bob Miller           33   3   5  .375  43   0   0  18   5   1   0   60.2   59   19   16   2   17   18  2.37   23   3.5  -92  
  P *Darold Knowles       30   2   4  .333  57   0   0  26   6   0   0   69.1   56   22   22   2   34   42  2.86   26   3.4    6  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                                      554         14

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Gene Tenace 593 74 77 411 29 4 1 .991 35 16 Dave Duncan 546 54 98 366 33 5 1 .988 28 21 John Stephenson* 426 49 57 290 17 2 0 .994 Steve Yeager* 316 34 54 207 11 2 0 .991 Carl Taylor 43 1 10 26 1 0 0 1.000 2 1 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mike Epstein 1065 131 136 1015 74 7 85 .994 9.20 Joe Lis 221 31 32 225 17 1 15 .996 9.84 Jim Spencer 172 0 76 183 21 0 13 1.000 10.65 Gene Tenace 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 Oscar Gamble 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 Andy Kosco 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 Carl Taylor 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Denny Doyle 861 117 127 288 236 6 47 .989 5.48 Bobby Knoop 279 26 53 83 79 3 23 .982 5.23 Bill Mazeroski 201 13 47 55 58 3 11 .974 5.07 Dick Green 57 6 8 19 11 1 1 .968 4.74 Hector Torres 54 0 21 19 15 0 4 1.000 5.67 Gene Tenace 7 0 3 5 5 0 1 1.000 12.27 Sal Bando 6 0 3 2 2 0 0 1.000 6.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Sal Bando 1322 146 149 125 272 16 20 .961 2.70 Carl Taylor 132 16 18 21 27 1 3 .980 3.28 Hector Torres 11 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bert Campaneris 1416 162 162 293 545 22 77 .974 5.33 Hector Torres 49 0 19 9 21 0 2 1.000 5.55 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Joe Rudi 1451 162 162 270 9 2 0 .993 1.73 Manny Mota 9 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 Jim Spencer 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 Joe Lis 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Manny Mota 738 101 103 211 10 1 0 .995 2.69 Billy Conigliaro 565 42 95 180 2 0 0 1.000 2.90 Reggie Jackson 135 16 20 31 2 1 0 .971 2.20 Angel Mangual 25 3 3 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.88 Bill Voss 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Reggie Jackson 1323 146 148 236 5 9 0 .964 1.64 Andy Kosco 129 16 20 35 0 0 0 1.000 2.44 Bill Voss 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Billy Conigliaro 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Joe Lis 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1972 Draft

Round 1 (#18):	Ken Holtzman
Round 2 (#37):	Andy Kosco
Round 3 (#56):	Joe Lis
Round 4 (#74):	Billy Conigliaro
Round 5 (#89):	Hector Torres
Round 6 (#101):	Jim Spencer
Round 7 (#111):	Bill Voss

Transactions

• 1972-04: traded George Hendrick to PIN for Bill Mazeroski
• 1972-13: traded Andy Messersmith, Bobby Brooks to LAN for Steve Yeager, John Stephenson, Joel Horlen
• 1972 postseason: released Billy Conigliaro

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