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1976 Oakland A's  (1975)  (1977) 91-71, 2nd in AL Western Division Scored 707 runs, Allowed 639 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 89-73 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .697 Park Factor: Batting - 96 / Pitching - 96 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 80-82   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 87-74 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 #Billy North          28  161  651   76  175  26   7   5   51  25   8   77  111  .269  .346  .353   85   4.6  2(-2)e10    6  
 3B  Sal Bando            32  162  614   84  141  23   2  28  106  14   3   72  103  .230  .316  .410   80   4.4  2e18      -36  
 C   Gene Tenace          29  137  464   63  112  16   0  21   75   0   0   84  108  .241  .358  .412   74   5.4  3(-1)e5   -61  
 OF #Ken Henderson        30  139  467   68  127  16   0  14   60   0   0   80   79  .272  .378  .396   71   5.4  2(-2)e4    27  
 2B  Phil Garner          27  162  475   52  122  29   9   8   51  11   7   32   77  .257  .305  .406   57   4.1  2e22        4  
 SS  Bert Campaneris      34  154  593   79  142  12   0   1   45  27  10   66  104  .239  .316  .265   56   3.1  2e25      -41  
 OF *Claudell Washington  21  136  391   59   97  15   5   7   38   1   0   42   71  .248  .324  .366   46   4.1  4(-1)e14   35  
 OF  Leon Roberts         25   98  243   38   72  11   4   7   40   1   0   21   48  .296  .357  .461   40   6.1  4(0)e6     27  
 1B *Willie McCovey       38   69  202   18   52  18   0   5   19   0   0   17   39  .257  .321  .421   25   4.4  4e14      123  
 DH *Billy Williams       38  122  339   23   62   9   0   7   31   1   1   41   43  .183  .270  .271   25   2.4           -118  
 DH  Tommy Helms          35   49   96   12   27   4   0   4   25   0   0   11    5  .281  .349  .448   15   5.7             56  
 C   Steve Yeager         27   95  203   25   33   5   0   7   20   0   0   17   52  .163  .247  .291   15   2.3  1(-3)e6  -103  
 1B *Gary Thomasson       24   49  156   18   32   5   2   3   20   1   0   16   20  .205  .277  .321   14   3.0  3e30     -147  
 PH  Joe Lis              29   69   54    7   18   0   0   4   21   0   0   11   12  .333  .446  .556   13  10.2            151  
 DH  Frank Robinson       40   22   50    5   16   2   0   2    6   0   0    8    4  .320  .414  .480    9   7.4            206  
 1B *Orlando Gonzalez     24   21   63    9   21   3   0   0    5   0   0    6    4  .333  .391  .381    9   6.0  4e18      191  
 C   Ellie Rodriguez      30   50   71   14   13   1   0   0    9   0   0   23   21  .183  .417  .197    9   4.3  3(+2)e5     3  
 DH *Bob Hansen           28   21   54    9   20   3   0   0    6   0   0    5    4  .370  .424  .426    9   7.1            431  
 2B  Doug Griffin         29   90   64   20   18   1   0   0   10   0   0    6    9  .281  .347  .297    7   3.6  2e10      191  
 OF  Manny Mota           38   30   56    9   16   2   0   0    5   0   0    9    5  .286  .385  .321    6   4.3  4(+4)e6    -7  
 UT *Adrian Garrett       33   28   50    6   14   7   0   0    8   0   0    5   14  .280  .345  .420    6   4.5  4(+2)e9   374  
 OF  Bobby Darwin         33   34   68    8   12   3   0   1   10   0   0    3   22  .176  .216  .265    4   1.9  4(-2)e9  -131  
 OF  Elliott Maddox       28   10    8    1    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .500  .556  .500    2  12.9  2(-2)e4   520  
 C   Jeff Newman          27    7    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .250  .400  .250    0   4.5  3(-1)e6   169  
 2B  Bob Heise            29    9    9    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .111  .111  .222    0    .8  3e44     -263  
 SS  Tommy Sandt          25   16   40    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    7  .025  .091  .025    0    .1  4e22     -392  
 UT #Mike Miley           23    4    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000  .143  .000    0    .4           -350  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           690                   -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 *Jim Kaat             37  21  10  .677  40  40   5   0   0   0   0  246.2  285  121  103  26   36   86  3.76  129   4.7   -2  
  P *Vida Blue            26  20  18  .526  41  41  22   0   0   0   2  326.0  311  119  103  11   66  152  2.84  114   3.1    1  
  P  Mike Torrez          29  15  14  .517  41  41   5   0   0   0   0  292.2  263  116   93  18  102  131  2.86  111   3.4  -10  
  P  Rollie Fingers       29  10   7  .588  65   0   0  48  31  11   0  137.2  148   45   41   3   40  110  2.68   60   4.0   34  
  P  Vern Ruhle           25  10  14  .417  37  37   4   0   0   0   1  220.0  258  124  108  25   61   95  4.42  128   5.2   -6  
  P  Dick Drago           31   9   4  .692  49   0   0  34   6   2   0   78.2   65   23   20   6   24   46  2.29   28   3.2 -115  
  P  Dick Bosman          32   4   3  .571  57   2   0  26   7   5   0  101.2  100   38   34   8   21   42  3.01   40   3.5  -91  
  P  Mike Norris          21   1   0 1.000   5   1   0   2   0   0   0   10.2   18    6    6   1    5    4  5.06    9   7.8  163  
  P *Rich Folkers         29   1   1  .500  31   0   0  15   1   1   0   53.1   70   47   41   4   20   25  6.92   39   6.5  -19  
  P  Glenn Abbott         25   0   0  .000   1   0   0   1   0   0   0     .1    0    0    0   0    0    0  0.00    0    .0 -821  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      662        -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 780 102 111 409 33 10 4 .978 53 20 Steve Yeager 594 56 92 336 23 2 6 .994 13 10 Ellie Rodriguez 76 4 20 50 7 0 0 1.000 16 3 Jeff Newman 13 0 5 10 0 1 0 .909 0 0 Adrian Garrett 5 0 6 3 1 0 0 1.000 1 1 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Willie McCovey 473 63 67 495 33 3 43 .994 10.05 Gary Thomasson* 426 51 54 414 30 7 45 .984 9.39 Gene Tenace 384 31 67 406 38 3 41 .993 10.41 Orlando Gonzalez 148 16 18 139 16 2 21 .987 9.40 Frank Robinson 59 7 8 54 5 1 5 .983 9.00 Joe Lis 32 0 18 19 3 0 5 1.000 6.25 Adrian Garrett 28 4 8 27 1 0 4 1.000 9.00 Bob Hansen 8 0 5 7 0 0 1 1.000 7.88 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Phil Garner 1167 161 161 438 300 10 91 .987 5.69 Doug Griffin 262 0 83 94 102 2 33 .990 6.73 Tommy Helms 33 1 12 8 8 1 4 .941 4.32 Tommy Sandt 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 Claudell Washington 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Sal Bando 1432 161 162 163 317 15 44 .970 3.02 Tommy Helms 15 0 5 2 8 0 0 1.000 6.00 Bob Heise 12 1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.92 Mike Miley 6 0 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 3.00 Adrian Garrett 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Doug Griffin 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bert Campaneris 1338 148 153 280 598 28 95 .969 5.91 Tommy Sandt 98 11 15 21 41 1 10 .984 5.69 Tommy Helms 17 0 6 3 6 0 3 1.000 4.76 Mike Miley 10 2 2 2 5 1 0 .875 6.30 Bob Heise 4 1 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 6.75 Sal Bando 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Claudell Washington 926 118 122 186 9 5 2 .975 1.89 Leon Roberts 284 20 55 49 5 4 0 .931 1.71 Manny Mota 107 12 17 21 1 1 0 .957 1.85 Gary Thomasson* 95 10 15 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.61 Frank Robinson 55 7 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.47 Ken Henderson 42 1 11 4 0 1 0 .800 0.85 Bobby Darwin 22 2 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.23 Billy Williams 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Joe Lis 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Elliott Maddox 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Billy North 1421 160 161 414 23 17 4 .963 2.77 Gary Thomasson* 218 23 29 68 2 2 0 .972 2.89 Ken Henderson 15 1 6 8 0 1 0 .889 4.80 Elliott Maddox 15 1 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Claudell Washington 11 0 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.91 Manny Mota 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 Bobby Darwin 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 Billy Williams 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ken Henderson 1057 116 134 222 10 8 2 .967 1.97 Leon Roberts 232 27 38 50 1 1 1 .981 1.98 Bobby Darwin 139 19 26 26 1 0 0 1.000 1.75 Elliott Maddox 19 0 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.84 Gary Thomasson* 18 1 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 4.42 Claudell Washington 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 Billy North 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Willie McCovey 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1976 Draft

Round 1 (#14):	Mike Torrez
Round 2 (#31):	Jim Kaat
Round 3 (#50):	Ken Henderson
Round 4 (#68):	Leon Roberts
Round 5 (#86):	Dick Drago
Round 6 (#102):	Tommy Helms
Round 7 (#113):	Bobby Darwin
Round 8 (#124):	Ellie Rodriguez
Round 9 (#131):	Adrian Garrett
Round 10 (#135):	Bob Hansen

Transactions

• 1976-01: acquired Elliott Maddox as a free agent
• 1976-02: acquired Dan Briggs as a free agent
• 1976-05: acquired Orlando Gonzalez as a free agent
• 1976-13: traded Willie McCovey, Dan Briggs to SFN for Bob Heise, Gary Thomasson
• 1976-21: released Bobby Darwin
• 1976-21: acquired Mike Miley as a free agent

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