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1973 Oakland A's  (1972)  (1974) 90-73, 1st in AL Western Division Scored 799 runs, Allowed 679 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 94-68 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .713 Park Factor: Batting - 105 / Pitching - 104 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 87-75   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 94-68 Manager(s): Drew Kennedy Defeated Baltimore Orioles in Championship Series, 3 games to 0. Lost to Los Angeles Dodgers in World Series, 4 games to 1.

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 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       27  159  586  101  172  30   4  33  123   9   5   95  144  .294  .394  .527  125   7.7  2(-5)e10    7  
 3B  Sal Bando            29  163  658  112  176  31   7  23  114   0   0   73  115  .267  .340  .441   98   5.2  2e23      -92  
 1B  Gene Tenace          26  163  573   98  135  19   2  26   96   0   0  103  127  .236  .361  .412   89   5.2  4e17      -58  
 OF #Billy North          25  153  608   95  162  22   3   5   50  26   6   92  101  .266  .363  .337   83   4.9  2(-2)e11  -24  
 SS  Bert Campaneris      31  163  565   72  156  20   3   4   51  18   6   42   79  .276  .328  .343   61   3.7  2e26       45  
 OF  Manny Mota           35  103  323   33  109  13   1   0   35   0   0   27   20  .337  .391  .384   46   5.5  3(+3)e3    42  
 2B  Doug Griffin         26   96  280   44   91  10   6   3   37   1   1   13   25  .325  .355  .436   40   5.4  2e10      174  
 2B  Dick Green           32  120  365   31   92  20   1   0   49   0   0   26   83  .252  .302  .312   33   3.1  2e10      -35  
 OF  Joe Rudi             26   84  239   28   65  22   0   6   37   0   0   14   34  .272  .312  .439   31   4.5  2(0)e3     22  
 C   Carl Taylor          29   61  151   22   32   5   0   0   15   0   0   44   28  .212  .388  .245   18   4.1  4(0)e8    -13  
 OF *Jim Lyttle           27   42   88   13   26   1   0   6   19   0   0   10   13  .295  .367  .511   16   7.2  2(-1)e9   152  
 C   Steve Yeager         24   79  149   18   34   7   0   5   19   0   0   15   30  .228  .299  .376   16   3.8  2(-1)e7     0  
 OF  Buddy Bradford       28   84  188   22   35   3   0   5   18   1   0   20   47  .186  .280  .282   14   2.5  2(-2)e3  -164  
 C  *John Stephenson      32   63  133   11   32   4   0   4   20   0   0    8    3  .241  .285  .361   13   3.3  4(+1)e7    42  
 DH  Phil Gagliano        31   34   85   13   27   3   0   0    9   0   0    7   18  .318  .354  .353   12   5.2            -14  
 OF  Clyde Mashore        28   46   99   19   18   3   0   0    7   0   1   31   34  .182  .377  .212   10   3.5  3(0)e13   -31  
 C  *Hal King             29   25   48    6   13   2   0   2    5   0   0    8    8  .271  .375  .438    7   5.7  4(+2)e8    62  
 OF  Angel Mangual        26   17   44    5   14   2   1   1    4   0   1    4    6  .318  .388  .477    7   6.5  4(0)e17   306  
 OF *Mike Rogodzinski     25   25   61    5   13   3   0   0    4   0   0   13   14  .213  .351  .262    6   3.8  4(+1)e13  -70  
 1B *Frank Baker          26    5   12    4    5   0   2   1    5   0   0    2    1  .417  .500 1.000    6  24.1  4e25      915  
 DH  Jim Beauchamp        33   24   70    6   20   0   0   0    6   0   0    4   16  .286  .324  .286    5   3.0            -61  
 DH *Tommy Smith          24   16   46    4   11   2   0   2   10   0   0    0    2  .239  .255  .413    4   3.3            -33  
 SS  Fred Stanley         25   44   43    6    9   0   0   1    4   0   0    5   19  .209  .292  .279    3   3.0  3e16       -5  
 1B *Joe Hague            29   68   35    7    7   3   0   0    6   0   0    7    4  .200  .333  .286    3   3.8  2e16      151  
 OF  Felipe Alou          38   16   43    5    7   0   0   3    5   0   0    4    6  .163  .234  .372    3   2.6  3(0)e7     74  
 OF  Cleo James           32   38   18   11    5   1   0   0    2   8   1    0    4  .278  .278  .333    2   4.4  3(-1)e14  370  
 C  *Rick Stelmaszek      24   17   40    3    7   1   0   0    3   0   0    3   11  .175  .233  .200    1   1.5  4(+1)e3   -25  
 DH  Craig Robinson       24   10   31    3    6   1   0   0    5   0   0    0    4  .194  .188  .226    1   1.5            -87  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           771                   -3

     * - 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 *Ken Holtzman         27  19  17  .528  43  41  15   0   0   0   2  297.2  324  140  121  27   81  129  3.66  148   4.4   43  
  P *Vida Blue            23  17  14  .548  40  39  13   1   1   0   1  291.1  257  122  111  27  120  161  3.43  124   3.9   -4  
  P  Catfish Hunter       27  16  16  .500  39  39  11   0   0   0   4  285.2  240  133  123  41   97  115  3.88  122   3.8  -36  
  P  Rollie Fingers       26  12   8  .600  72   0   0  58  23   9   0  142.1  142   49   47   9   62  124  2.97   65   4.1   78  
  P  Rich Hand            24   7   4  .636  31  13   0  12   0   0   0  101.0  109   51   44   5   42   24  3.92   48   4.3  -98  
  P  Ken Sanders          32   6   3  .667  47   0   0  21   2   3   0   75.1   76   35   34   7   46   31  4.06   41   5.0   -9  
  P  Blue Moon Odom       28   6   5  .545  27  20   0   5   0   0   0  120.0  109   63   51  15   61   76  3.82   59   4.4  -36  
  P *Dave Hamilton        25   5   2  .714  30   6   1   9   2   0   0   65.2   67   40   36   8   27   29  4.93   34   4.8  -53  
  P  Wayne Granger        29   1   1  .500  30   0   0  12   0   0   0   46.1   59   24   21   2   25   20  4.08   31   6.1   32  
  P *Darold Knowles       31   1   2  .333   8   5   0   3   0   0   0   31.1   31   14   13   0   17   14  3.73   12   3.6  -41  
  P  John Lamb            26   0   1  .000   3   0   0   2   0   0   0    3.0   11    8    6   1    2    2 18.00   10  27.9  635  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                                      699         -1

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Steve Yeager 412 44 77 236 22 6 1 .977 19 10 John Stephenson 356 47 61 188 18 4 1 .981 23 12 Gene Tenace 338 33 46 198 19 3 1 .986 19 14 Carl Taylor 215 25 30 98 15 4 0 .966 17 12 Rick Stelmaszek 100 12 15 68 2 1 0 .986 10 2 Hal King 38 2 13 15 3 0 0 1.000 3 2 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gene Tenace 1024 130 134 1077 85 10 113 .991 10.21 Joe Rudi 189 26 29 176 19 1 28 .995 9.29 Joe Hague 159 0 67 155 9 1 25 .994 9.30 Frank Baker 31 5 5 24 7 2 6 .939 9.00 Phil Gagliano 24 1 8 17 0 1 3 .944 6.38 Carl Taylor 20 1 6 20 0 0 4 1.000 9.00 Jim Beauchamp 10 0 5 9 0 1 2 .900 8.38 Angel Mangual 3 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dick Green 836 96 109 261 256 6 76 .989 5.57 Doug Griffin 610 67 83 192 178 3 57 .992 5.46 Clyde Mashore 8 0 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 Phil Gagliano 3 0 1 0 5 0 0 1.000 15.00 Fred Stanley 2 0 2 2 2 0 2 1.000 18.00 Cleo James 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Sal Bando 1458 163 163 186 316 20 53 .962 3.10 Dick Green 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bert Campaneris 1411 163 163 307 581 12 118 .987 5.66 Fred Stanley 47 0 17 9 20 0 3 1.000 5.55 Manny Mota 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 13.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Manny Mota 556 61 77 128 7 2 1 .985 2.19 Buddy Bradford 443 52 67 107 4 1 0 .991 2.25 Joe Rudi 333 36 49 59 2 0 0 1.000 1.65 Jim Lyttle* 64 7 10 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.27 Angel Mangual 30 5 5 7 0 1 0 .875 2.10 Cleo James 23 2 6 3 1 0 1 1.000 1.57 Mike Rogodzinski* 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Clyde Mashore 7 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 Tommy Smith 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Phil Gagliano 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Fred Stanley 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Billy North 1315 148 153 413 9 13 0 .970 2.89 Reggie Jackson 52 7 7 18 0 0 0 1.000 3.12 Clyde Mashore 39 5 7 9 1 0 0 1.000 2.31 Jim Lyttle* 25 1 14 5 1 1 0 .857 2.16 Angel Mangual 18 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 Joe Rudi 12 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Cleo James 9 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 Buddy Bradford 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Reggie Jackson 1339 149 153 276 6 3 1 .989 1.90 Felipe Alou 111 14 15 16 3 0 1 1.000 1.54 Jim Lyttle* 35 0 17 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.06 Cleo James 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Mike Rogodzinski* 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Clyde Mashore 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Joe Rudi 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1973 Draft

Round 1 (#15):	Billy North
Round 3 (#52):	Buddy Bradford
Round 4 (#69):	Ken Sanders
Round 5 (#85):	Phil Gagliano
Round 6 (#99):	Hal King
Round 7 (#110):	Fred Stanley
Round 8 (#119):	Rich Hand
Round 9 (#128):	Jim Beauchamp
Round 10 (#133):	Joe Hague
Round 11 (#138):	Wayne Granger
Round 12 (#142):	Mike Andrews
Round 13 (#146):	Cleo James
Round 14 (#148):	Mike Rogodzinski

Transactions

• 1973-01: traded Denny Doyle, Mike Andrews to MON for Doug Griffin
• 1973-01: acquired John Lamb as a free agent
• 1973-02: acquired Tommy Smith as a free agent
• 1973-03: acquired Rick Stelmaszek as a free agent
• 1973-04: acquired Jesus Alou as a free agent
• 1973-12: traded Jesus Alou, Mike Rogodzinski to MON for Jim Lyttle, Clyde Mashore
• 1973-20: released Tommy Smith
• 1973-20: acquired Craig Robinson as a free agent
• 1973-21: acquired Felipe Alou as a free agent
• 1973-21: released Jim Beauchamp
• 1973-22: acquired Frank Baker as a free agent
• 1973-22: released Rick Stelmaszek
• 1973 postseason: released Frank Baker, Phil Gagliano, Jim Lyttle, Fred Stanley

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