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1975 Oakland A's  (1974)  (1976) 99-63, 1st in AL Western Division Scored 764 runs, Allowed 674 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 91-71 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .712 Park Factor: Batting - 93 / Pitching - 93 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 85-77   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 98-64 Manager(s): Drew Kennedy Defeated Boston Red Sox in Championship Series, 3 games to 2. Lost to Los Angeles Dodgers in World Series, 4 games to 1.

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos	Batting Splits     Pitching Splits
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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       29  134  421   95  128  36   3  35  104  10   0   67  103  .304  .395  .653  112   9.7  1(-5)e13  209  
 C   Gene Tenace          28  162  538   86  118  12   0  38  109   0   2  120  146  .219  .378  .454  102   6.2  3(-1)e5   -27  
 OF *Claudell Washington  20  140  497   79  150  22   6   9   53  15   2   35   66  .302  .351  .425   74   5.5  4(0)e8      7  
 3B  Sal Bando            31  162  559   70  123  26   1  11   72   1   1   87   78  .220  .332  .329   65   3.9  2e16      -31  
 OF #Billy North          27  162  590   75  144  23   5   1   49  20   3   63   95  .244  .322  .305   62   3.6  2(-2)e13  -76  
 SS  Bert Campaneris      33  157  572   76  138  12   5   9   60  10   3   40   82  .241  .297  .327   58   3.4  2e29      -44  
 DH *Larry Biittner       28  110  386   55  119  11   6   2   41   0   0   32   35  .308  .357  .383   52   5.0            -43  
 1B *Willie McCovey       37  129  397   46   85  20   0  17   55   1   0   60   93  .214  .321  .393   48   3.9  4e24      -91  
 2B  Phil Garner          26  120  292   32   72  17   4   3   22   3   1   21   38  .247  .307  .363   31   3.6  3e27       29  
 DH  Frank Robinson       39   50  128   25   25   2   0  13   28   0   0   33   18  .195  .358  .516   23   5.8            -20  
 OF  Merv Rettenmund      32   81  209   25   50   5   0   3   20   4   2   34   22  .239  .344  .306   23   3.8  2(-2)e3   -19  
 2B  Doug Griffin         28  131  238   35   51   9   0   1   30   1   0   22   29  .214  .284  .265   18   2.5  2e29      -12  
 OF  Joe Rudi             28   82  197   25   43   9   2  10   27   0   0    8   32  .218  .249  .437   16   2.6  1(+1)e5  -146  
 1B *Billy Williams       37   22   45    8   18   6   0   2    9   0   0   10    3  .400  .509  .667   16  15.4  4e30      415  
 C   Steve Yeager         26   92  158   16   32   5   0   3   12   0   1   10   24  .203  .263  .291   12   2.4  1(-3)e2   -91  
 1B  Bobby Valentine      25   38   59    6   12   4   0   0   10   0   0    5    2  .203  .262  .271    3   2.1  4e15     -122  
 PH *Gene Hiser           26   22   22    3    8   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .364  .391  .409    3   7.0            159  
 OF  Manny Mota           37   16   47    1   11   1   0   0   10   0   0    3    0  .234  .280  .255    3   2.4  4(+2)e16 -108  
 PH #Billy Smith          21    9   19    1    4   1   0   0    3   1   0    2    2  .211  .286  .263    1   3.1             34  
 OF  Ken Berry            34   23   21    2    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    5  .143  .143  .190    0    .9  2(-1)e6  -130  
 SS  Lee Richard          26   12   25    2    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .120  .148  .120    0    .7  4e29     -242  
 SS  Terry Harmon         31   22   15    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    2  .067  .263  .067    0   1.0  3e8      -201  
 UT #Paul Popovich        34   10    8    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .125  .111  .125    0    .6           -262  
 C  #Tom Egan             29    3    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  3(+1)e9  -580  
 OF  Angel Mangual        28    1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0     ?  4(0)e9   -516  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           732                  -19

     * - 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            25  25  11  .694  41  41   9   0   0   0   0  304.0  277  148  131  29  120  184  3.88  137   4.1    7  
  P *Ken Holtzman         29  19  14  .576  40  40   9   0   0   0   1  284.1  253  131  115  21  138  134  3.64  124   3.9   20  
  P *Rich Folkers         28  12   7  .632  46  15   2  19   4   2   0  153.1  153   69   56  10   42   87  3.29   65   3.7  -75  
  P  Dick Bosman          31  12   9  .571  37  27   1   6   0   0   1  165.1  158   58   54  10   40   59  2.94   64   3.5  -51  
  P  Bill Hands           35   8   6  .571  40  17   1   5   1   2   1  119.2  118   60   51  11   32   68  3.84   52   3.8  -91  
  P  Rollie Fingers       28   6   7  .462  78   0   0  64  37   7   0  131.0   97   42   37  11   38  131  2.54   42   2.9  -36  
  P  Glenn Abbott         24   5   1  .833  54   5   0  18   2   1   0  105.0  100   46   41   5   47   37  3.51   48   4.1  -80  
  P *Tom Hall             27   4   1  .800  36   1   0  16   6   0   0   67.1   71   39   39  11   33   59  5.21   41   5.6    2  
  P  Harry Parker         27   3   0 1.000  36   0   0   8   2   0   0   30.0   30   14   11   4   14   14  3.30   17   5.2  -14  
  P  Vern Ruhle           24   3   6  .333  14  14   0   0   0   0   0   76.0   94   55   44   5   28   24  5.21   47   5.5   41  
  P  Clay Kirby           27   2   1  .667   9   2   0   4   0   1   0   23.1   24   12   11   4   15    7  4.24   15   5.8  -22  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      656        -22

     * - 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 1002 121 131 602 68 10 3 .985 90 48 Steve Yeager 456 41 89 278 17 4 3 .987 18 8 Tom Egan 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Willie McCovey 885 109 117 857 41 10 64 .989 9.13 Gene Tenace 426 41 80 424 27 1 58 .998 9.53 Bobby Valentine 129 12 26 134 3 1 13 .993 9.56 Joe Rudi 14 0 5 18 0 0 4 1.000 11.57 Gene Hiser 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 Billy Williams 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Doug Griffin 725 54 122 251 204 10 64 .978 5.65 Phil Garner 694 108 118 263 184 19 45 .959 5.80 Paul Popovich 14 0 8 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.57 Terry Harmon 12 0 6 5 4 0 2 1.000 6.75 Lee Richard 12 0 5 3 2 1 1 .833 3.75 Bobby Valentine 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Sal Bando 1452 162 162 150 404 14 33 .975 3.43 Terry Harmon 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60 Lee Richard 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bert Campaneris 1349 153 157 361 452 27 91 .968 5.42 Lee Richard 53 7 7 16 14 1 3 .968 5.09 Terry Harmon 35 0 12 10 11 0 3 1.000 5.40 Paul Popovich 18 2 2 5 4 0 1 1.000 4.50 Doug Griffin 3 0 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 Billy Smith 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Claudell Washington 929 123 124 222 7 12 1 .950 2.22 Joe Rudi 443 37 74 106 2 2 1 .982 2.20 Ken Berry 44 1 16 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.86 Merv Rettenmund 34 0 17 8 1 0 0 1.000 2.38 Gene Hiser 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Reggie Jackson 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 Manny Mota 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Angel Mangual 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 Steve Yeager 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Billy North 1406 162 162 335 19 12 2 .967 2.27 Ken Berry 18 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 Merv Rettenmund 17 0 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 Joe Rudi 12 0 3 6 0 1 0 .857 4.50 Claudell Washington 6 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Reggie Jackson 983 108 122 170 3 10 1 .945 1.58 Merv Rettenmund 450 52 60 71 4 0 0 1.000 1.50 Claudell Washington 22 2 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.23 Ken Berry 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Gene Hiser 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1975 Draft

Round 1 (#18):	Dick Bosman
Round 2 (#35):	Rich Folkers
Round 3 (#54):	Larry Biittner
Round 4 (#73):	Frank Robinson
Round 5 (#90):	Terry Harmon
Round 6 (#104):	Clay Kirby
Round 7 (#115):	Tom Hall
Round 8 (#126):	Bobby Valentine
Round 9 (#135):	Gene Hiser
Round 10 (#140):	Harry Parker
Round 11 (#142):	Tom Egan
Round 12 (#144):	Ken Berry

Transactions

• 1975-01: acquired Lee Richard as a free agent
• 1975-03: acquired Billy Smith as a free agent
• 1975-16: traded Joe Rudi to DEA for Vern Ruhle
• 1975-18: traded Terry Harmon to NYN for Billy Williams
• 1975-20: acquired Paul Popovich as a free agent

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