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1979 Oakland A's  (1978)  (1980) 71-91, 4th in AL Western Division Scored 742 runs, Allowed 780 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-85 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .692 Park Factor: Batting - 98 / Pitching - 98 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 69-93   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 54-108 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 *Al Oliver            32  132  437   74  157  21   8  13   84   0   0   32   23  .359  .402  .533   88   7.9  2(+1)e10   98  
 OF *Rick Miller          31  144  476   85  142  25   4   4   41   3   1   49   72  .298  .366  .393   70   5.4  2(0)e6     26  
 SS  Tim Foli             28  153  589   64  167  23   2   2   54   0   1   27   14  .284  .323  .340   65   3.9  3e19       -8  
 1B *Dave Revering        26  146  521   53  123  23   3  21   64   0   0   35   76  .236  .281  .413   57   3.7  4e21     -123  
 DH *Terry Whitfield      26  120  382   45  111  21   1   6   48   2   0   35   45  .291  .360  .398   53   4.9             13  
 OF *Dwayne Murphy        24  122  341   63   70  13   1   2   32   5   2  100   88  .205  .386  .267   45   4.3  2(0)e6   -121  
 2B  Steve Dillard        28   70  184   24   65   9   3   7   30   0   0   18   18  .353  .408  .549   40   8.5  4e11      184  
 C   Steve Yeager         30  100  266   34   69   5   5  20   61   0   0   21   43  .259  .306  .541   37   4.6  1(-2)e11  182  
 3B *Wayne Gross          27  115  332   51   69  14   0   9   37   2   0   57   56  .208  .322  .331   37   3.7  4e29      -45  
 2B  Doug Flynn           28  124  377   38   96  16   6   8   35   0   0    8   24  .255  .269  .393   35   3.0  1e16       80  
 OF  Rickey Henderson     20   97  262   49   80  15   1   0   18   6   0   15   22  .305  .346  .370   34   5.0  3(+1)e11   42  
 DH *Willie Davis         39   24   63   14   35  22   1   0   16   0   0    3    1  .556  .576  .937   33  31.1            891  
 C   Jeff Newman          30  123  378   45   78  10   1  22   58   0   0   12   89  .206  .230  .413   31   2.7  3(-1)e15  -24  
 OF  Tony Armas           26  101  293   28   57   2   5  11   41   0   0   17   57  .195  .241  .348   23   2.5  2(0)e11  -121  
 OF  Joe Rudi             32  102  273   17   62   5   1   8   38   0   0   13   56  .227  .263  .341   23   2.8  3(+1)e4   -84  
 3B  Rob Picciolo         26  100  272   22   67  19   1   0   11   0   0    4   31  .246  .257  .324   19   2.4  3e37       -8  
 PH  Manny Mota           41   44   38    7   20   2   0   0    9   0   0    8    3  .526  .583  .579   14  19.6            405  
 2B *Duane Kuiper         29   74  158   13   36   6   0   0   16   0   1   12   10  .228  .287  .266   11   2.5  2e11      -55  
 1B *Tommy Hutton         33   25   69   10   19   2   0   1    8   0   0   11    4  .275  .383  .348   10   5.6  2e8        60  
 PH *Mitchell Page        27    5    2    1    1   0   1   0    0   0   0    2    0  .500  .750 1.500    2  66.0           1593  
 3B  Mickey Klutts        24   12   22    2    6   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .273  .273  .273    1   2.8  4e47       -5  
 PR  Mike Edwards         26    7    2    2    1   0   0   0    1   1   0    1    0  .500  .667  .500    1  32.0            624  
 C   Bruce Bochy          24    2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000  .500  .000    0   3.5  4(+1)e4   -65  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           739                    9

     * - 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  Mike Norris          24  12   7  .632  51  18   1  12   1   2   0  161.0  151   88   82  13  106   93  4.58   85   4.7  -46  
  P  Rick Langford        27  12  14  .462  36  36   5   0   0   0   0  241.0  273  128  113  33   77  113  4.22  147   5.5   33  
  P *Dan Schatzeder       24  11  10  .524  30  27   2   0   0   0   0  177.2  162   75   59  16   66  106  2.99   79   4.0   -2  
  P  Steve McCatty        25   8  10  .444  39  21   3  14   3   0   1  181.2  226  116  106  20   82   68  5.25  123   6.1   22  
  P  Brian Kingman        24   7   7  .500  36  17   0   7   0   0   0  123.2  127   60   46  13   35   58  3.35   57   4.1   -7  
  P  Dan Spillner         27   6  10  .375  63  13   1  26   6   4   0  136.2  135   75   72  13   56   88  4.74   69   4.6  -37  
  P *John Curtis          31   5  12  .294  46  12   1  20   4   3   0  133.0  118   63   59  17   48  110  3.99   56   3.8  -69  
  P  Matt Keough          24   4   5  .444  13  11   2   1   0   0   0   84.1   99   56   45   6   35   51  4.80   50   5.2  -75  
  P  Aurelio Lopez        30   4   9  .308  82   0   0  50  20   9   0  140.0  128   51   47  14   58  105  3.02   66   4.3   49  
  P  Joe Coleman          32   1   2  .333  11   0   0   9   1   0   0   17.2   23   11   11   0    5   13  5.60    9   5.1  -76  
  P  Mike Morgan          19   1   3  .250   7   7   0   0   0   0   0   38.1   40   24   24   5   23   10  5.63   23   5.5  -92  
  P *Bob Lacey            25   0   2  .000  16   0   0   8   1   2   0   38.0   66   33   33   5   15   13  7.82   38   9.2   15  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                                      807        -10

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Jeff Newman 858 95 115 527 53 7 7 .988 31 19 Steve Yeager 610 67 95 407 34 8 2 .982 22 17 Bruce Bochy 3 0 2 2 4 0 0 1.000 0 4 Dwayne Murphy 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dave Revering 1179 140 142 1166 94 18 131 .986 9.62 Tommy Hutton 178 21 23 193 22 2 30 .991 10.87 Joe Rudi 107 1 35 109 10 1 9 .992 10.04 Wayne Gross 8 0 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.48 Jeff Newman 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Doug Flynn 994 106 123 308 306 11 82 .982 5.56 Duane Kuiper 373 37 68 101 127 4 32 .983 5.50 Steve Dillard 90 19 23 29 17 1 8 .979 4.60 Rob Picciolo 9 0 4 3 5 0 1 1.000 8.31 Mickey Klutts 4 0 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 11.25 Steve Yeager 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Terry Whitfield 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Wayne Gross 847 97 109 77 173 16 14 .940 2.66 Rob Picciolo 559 60 80 47 106 11 10 .933 2.46 Mickey Klutts 48 5 7 3 9 1 2 .923 2.25 Steve Dillard 15 0 7 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.00 Jeff Newman 4 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tim Foli 1372 153 153 277 541 14 114 .983 5.37 Rob Picciolo 93 9 16 27 46 2 12 .973 7.06 Doug Flynn 7 0 3 2 3 0 1 1.000 6.43 Mike Edwards 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Al Oliver 907 95 117 159 6 3 1 .982 1.64 Rickey Henderson 388 56 59 66 2 3 0 .958 1.58 Rick Miller 109 11 17 24 2 0 1 1.000 2.15 Tony Armas 28 0 13 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 Joe Rudi 17 0 9 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 Terry Whitfield 9 0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 2.00 Dwayne Murphy 6 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 Manny Mota 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Willie Davis 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Rob Picciolo 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rick Miller 961 96 126 310 13 7 0 .979 3.02 Dwayne Murphy 440 57 60 103 9 4 2 .966 2.29 Joe Rudi 53 9 10 14 1 0 0 1.000 2.53 Al Oliver 12 0 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Rickey Henderson 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 Tony Armas 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tony Armas 603 69 79 143 8 1 3 .993 2.25 Joe Rudi 461 57 62 108 5 1 2 .991 2.21 Dwayne Murphy 404 36 64 94 3 1 0 .990 2.16 Al Oliver 6 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1979 Draft

Round 1 (#10):	Aurelio Lopez
Round 2 (#25):	Tim Foli
Round 3 (#42):	Steve Dillard

Transactions

• 1979-01: acquired Willie Davis as a free agent
• 1979-02: traded Craig Minetto to MON for Duane Kuiper
• 1979-02: acquired Tommy Hutton as a free agent
• 1979-20: acquired Joe Coleman as a free agent
• 1979-21: released Willie Davis
• 1979-21: acquired Bruce Bochy as a free agent
• 1979 postseason: released Tommy Hutton, Joe Rudi

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