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1974 Oakland A's  (1973)  (1975) 101-61, 1st in AL Western Division Scored 831 runs, Allowed 620 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 104-58 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .715 Park Factor: Batting - 109 / Pitching - 107 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 99-63   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 90-72 Manager(s): Drew Kennedy Lost to Boston Red Sox in Championship Series, 3 games to 1.

 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       28  156  577  108  170  39   1  31  109  14   1   75  111  .295  .378  .527  119   7.6  1(-5)e13    0  
 1B *Willie McCovey       36  126  372   95  102  10   0  34   70   1   0   92   74  .274  .423  .575   95   9.1  4e20       76  
 OF #Billy North          26  159  577   94  172  31   2   5   72  43   9   79   72  .298  .383  .385   94   5.9  2(-2)e5    84  
 3B  Sal Bando            30  154  536   96  125  24   1  29   99   1   1  101   98  .233  .359  .444   87   5.5  2e27       25  
 UT  Gene Tenace          27  157  549   82  116  25   0  28  102   0   2  102  113  .211  .353  .410   86   5.2            -16  
 OF  Joe Rudi             27  162  605   64  156  32   4  17   98   2   4   36  116  .258  .301  .408   70   3.9  1(+1)e5  -109  
 SS  Bert Campaneris      32  155  583   90  145  17  10   4   52  32   4   45   93  .249  .301  .333   63   3.7  2e27      -80  
 2B  Doug Griffin         27  138  344   33   99  17   3   0   44   2   1   25   24  .288  .332  .355   40   4.1  2e18       28  
 DH  Merv Rettenmund      31   83  227   47   53   8   0  10   23   1   0   43   61  .233  .358  .401   34   5.0             89  
 C   Steve Yeager         25  108  281   32   67  17   2   6   23   0   2   28   74  .238  .306  .377   31   3.8  1(-3)e4   -87  
 DH *Claudell Washington  19   80  229   31   70  11   3   0   23   1   1   10   50  .306  .335  .380   27   4.4             13  
 DH  Buddy Bradford       29   61   99   21   35   4   0   7   23   0   1   13   11  .354  .414  .606   23   8.6             95  
 UT  Joe Lis              27   91  117   13   25   5   0   5   13   0   0   14   40  .214  .293  .385   13   3.9             44  
 2B #Paul Popovich        33   62   81    6   27   5   0   0    9   0   0    8    9  .333  .393  .395   12   6.0  3e32      268  
 2B  Dick Green           33   77   76    4   16   2   0   0    4   1   0    8   16  .211  .286  .237    6   2.6  2e14      -21  
 PH  Manny Mota           36   34   54    3   16   2   0   0   15   0   0    0    3  .296  .321  .333    5   4.2             11  
 OF  Angel Mangual        27    8   25    3   10   5   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .400  .423  .600    5   9.9  4(0)e13   391  
 2B  Gaylen Pitts         28   18   25    2    7   5   0   0    1   0   0    5    3  .280  .400  .480    5   8.0  4e32      237  
 C   Bob Barton           32   24   68    3   17   0   0   0    3   0   0    5   13  .250  .301  .250    5   2.7  4(+1)e10  -29  
 2B  Phil Gagliano        32   52   38    0    4   0   0   0    0   0   0   13   10  .105  .333  .105    2   2.0  4e41        5  
 SS  Lee Richard          25   16   32    2    5   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .156  .182  .156    0    .6  4e30      -63  
 PH  Randy Elliott        23    8   10    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .100  .250  .100    0   1.1           -333  
 2B  Manny Trillo         23    4    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  3e41     -374  
 PR  Herb Washington      22    3    0    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0              0  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           834                    5

     * - 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 *Vida Blue            24  26   8  .765  41  41  13   0   0   0   4  309.2  252  118  100  25  109  205  2.91  108   3.1  -27  
  P  Catfish Hunter       28  24  13  .649  41  41  21   0   0   0   7  330.2  312  120  105  28   65  139  2.86  127   3.5   22  
  P *Ken Holtzman         28  20  12  .625  40  39   8   0   0   0   3  280.1  272  126  112  20   57  129  3.60  111   3.5  -56  
  P  Rollie Fingers       27  12   9  .571  63   0   0  57  26  11   0  127.1  104   39   35   7   37  111  2.47   41   2.9  -23  
  P *Dave Hamilton        26   6   3  .667  22  13   0   5   1   1   0   86.1   80   33   32   9   35   55  3.34   40   4.2   13  
  P  Bill Hands           34   6   9  .400  51  11   0  26   7   3   0  128.2  128   49   41   7   22   61  2.87   45   3.2 -112  
  P  Glenn Abbott         23   5   4  .556  27  16   0   3   0   1   0  104.0  106   59   52   7   54   33  4.50   60   5.1   47  
  P  Jerry Johnson        30   1   0 1.000  27   0   0   9   2   1   0   24.0   24   13   11   3   12   11  4.12   13   5.2  -61  
  P  Bill Slayback        26   1   1  .500  31   0   0  16   2   1   0   58.0   84   44   40   3   28   18  6.21   44   7.0   94  
  P *Darold Knowles       32   0   0  .000   3   0   0   2   0   0   0    7.2   14   14   14   1   10    6 16.43   12  14.8  273  
  P  Blue Moon Odom       29   0   2  .000   3   1   0   2   1   0   0    3.2    7    5    5   0    6    2 12.27    6  18.4  481  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      612        -11

     * - 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 790 94 98 466 32 6 1 .988 28 14 Steve Yeager 667 68 98 413 28 2 4 .995 17 9 Bob Barton 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Willie McCovey 800 99 110 778 54 10 79 .988 9.36 Gene Tenace 556 62 81 537 35 3 55 .995 9.26 Joe Lis 94 1 44 97 7 0 10 1.000 9.96 Joe Rudi 11 0 6 12 0 0 0 1.000 9.82 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Doug Griffin 883 57 135 329 252 10 80 .983 5.92 Dick Green 270 38 75 89 78 1 22 .994 5.56 Paul Popovich 231 20 43 72 62 5 19 .964 5.23 Gaylen Pitts 28 12 14 11 8 0 1 1.000 6.11 Gene Tenace 23 0 10 2 2 1 1 .800 1.54 Phil Gagliano 20 35 41 6 9 1 4 .938 6.64 Manny Trillo 5 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Sal Bando 1323 143 154 180 288 23 32 .953 3.18 Joe Lis 127 18 24 14 24 1 5 .974 2.69 Paul Popovich 8 0 4 1 3 0 2 1.000 4.50 Gaylen Pitts 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bert Campaneris 1305 108 155 254 508 22 90 .972 5.26 Lee Richard 71 7 12 10 20 0 6 1.000 3.80 Doug Griffin 44 45 47 11 13 0 2 1.000 4.87 Paul Popovich 40 2 18 6 18 0 2 1.000 5.36 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Joe Rudi 1425 161 161 314 13 5 3 .985 2.06 Merv Rettenmund 13 0 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 4.85 Manny Mota 7 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 Buddy Bradford 6 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Randy Elliott 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 Lee Richard 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Claudell Washington 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Billy North 1428 159 159 411 23 6 2 .986 2.73 Joe Rudi 9 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 Angel Mangual 8 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Claudell Washington 8 1 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.38 Buddy Bradford 6 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 Merv Rettenmund 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Reggie Jackson 1345 156 156 263 5 15 2 .947 1.79 Claudell Washington 55 4 13 10 1 1 0 .917 1.80 Merv Rettenmund 21 0 11 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.14 Buddy Bradford 13 0 7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Angel Mangual 9 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 Randy Elliott 8 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Joe Rudi 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Manny Mota 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1974 Draft

Round 1 (#17):	Willie McCovey
Round 3 (#51):	Bill Hands
Round 4 (#67):	Joe Lis
Round 5 (#82):	Merv Rettenmund
Round 6 (#96):	Jerry Johnson
Round 7 (#110):	Paul Popovich
Round 8 (#122):	Bill Slayback
Round 9 (#133):	Bob Barton

Transactions

• 1974-01: acquired Randy Elliott as a free agent
• 1974-02: acquired Phil Gagliano as a free agent
• 1974-03: acquired Lee Richard as a free agent
• 1974 postseason: released Paul Popovich, Lee Richard

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