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1978 Oakland A's  (1977)  (1979) 67-95, 5th in AL Western Division Scored 666 runs, Allowed 748 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 72-90 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .717 Park Factor: Batting - 91 / Pitching - 92 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 73-89   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 69-93 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            31  149  562   79  154  24   3  21   82   0   0   44   50  .274  .327  .440   79   5.1  2(+1)e5   -81  
 OF *Mitchell Page        26  157  563   67  150  27   9  12   80   0   3   49  104  .266  .333  .410   77   4.9  4(+1)e10  -71  
 DH  Rico Carty           38  151  586   72  142  24   1  35   94   0   0   50   74  .242  .300  .466   75   4.4            -84  
 OF *Rick Miller          30  142  511   87  143  27   2   4   32   0   0   70   71  .280  .370  .364   73   5.2  1(-2)e5    54  
 1B *Dave Revering        25  152  519   37  138  22   3  14   51   0   0   14   54  .266  .284  .401   55   3.8  4e15      -33  
 2B  Mike Edwards         25  143  462   48  135  15   8   2   36   1   0    9   42  .292  .304  .372   51   4.0  3e29       45  
 OF  Joe Rudi             31  100  280   40   78  14   3  15   41   0   0   22   52  .279  .337  .511   43   5.3  2(+1)e3   136  
 2B  Doug Flynn           27  162  512   50  113  13   5   0   34   1   0   19   50  .221  .248  .266   33   2.2  1e12      -53  
 3B  Taylor Duncan        25   89  259   31   77  14   0   3   29   0   1   18   25  .297  .343  .386   33   4.8  4e21       97  
 C   Jeff Newman          29   85  253   29   58   7   4  11   30   0   0   17   48  .229  .282  .419   28   3.8  3(0)e6     40  
 3B *Wayne Gross          26   97  265   28   47   7   0   7   21   0   0   35   55  .177  .288  .283   23   2.8  4e41      -60  
 OF *Terry Whitfield      25   86  132   11   44   8   0   2   16   0   0    7   22  .333  .367  .439   18   5.3  3(0)e4     72  
 C  *Bruce Robinson       24   30   95    8   34  12   1   0    8   0   0    0    7  .358  .354  .505   16   7.1  3(0)e15   274  
 3B *Wayne Garrett        30   38  149   21   39   5   0   3   13   2   0   13   32  .262  .321  .356   16   3.9  4e25        7  
 C   Steve Swisher        26   36  123   12   36  10   0   0   11   0   1   13   19  .293  .369  .374   16   4.4  4(+1)e5    47  
 SS  Rob Picciolo         25   67  101    9   28   8   0   3   11   1   0    2    9  .277  .288  .446   12   4.0  3e33      191  
 1B *Tony Muser           30   17   36    6   15   6   5   0    7   0   0    0    4  .417  .417  .861   11  13.1  2e18      832  
 C   Bill Plummer         31   34   95   10   16   5   0   2   12   0   0   20   21  .168  .310  .284    9   3.2  3(+2)e5   -44  
 1B  Tom Heintzelman      31   18   38    4   10   1   0   3    7   0   0    3    5  .263  .317  .526    6   6.4  4e30      145  
 PH  Manny Mota           40   41   39    3   13   2   0   0    6   0   0    0    4  .333  .333  .385    5   5.2             24  
 SS #Sergio Ferrer        27   22   37    4    7   1   1   0    0   0   0    2    4  .189  .231  .270    2   1.9  3e27      -87  
 OF *Dwayne Murphy        23   36   30    3    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    4    5  .100  .206  .133    1   1.0  2(0)e8   -170  
 C   Steve Yeager         29   24   29    3    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .138  .194  .138    0    .9  1(-3)e9  -246  
 OF  Tony Armas           25   13   23    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .087  .087  .130    0    .3  2(0)e5   -305  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           693                   -1

     * - 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  Rick Langford        26   9   9  .500  30  28   5   1   0   0   1  193.2  174   84   70  15   58   84  3.25   74   3.4  -64  
  P *John Henry Johnson   21   9  19  .321  34  31   4   1   0   0   0  205.0  201  114  100  30   98  116  4.39  124   5.4   62  
  P *Dan Schatzeder       23   8  12  .400  36  18   5  12   3   0   1  157.2  136   87   84  24   89   87  4.79   83   4.7   99  
  P  Matt Keough          23   8  18  .308  33  32   4   1   0   0   0  216.2  185  114  103  20  119  120  4.28  103   4.3    2  
  P  Alan Wirth           21   7   5  .583  40   8   1  18   3   2   1   89.0   72   42   32   8   36   41  3.24   37   3.8  -25  
  P *Jim Kaat             39   6   9  .400  23  23   0   0   0   0   0  127.1  155   69   62  16   32   41  4.38   84   6.1   56  
  P  Pedro Borbon         31   5   6  .455  68   0   0  35   8   4   0  101.0  124   60   52   9   26   30  4.63   64   5.7   76  
  P *Bob Lacey            24   4   1  .800  66   0   0  31   5   2   0   99.1  120   62   54  14   33   41  4.89   67   6.0   73  
  P *John Curtis          30   3   3  .500  48   0   0  31   8   3   0   67.2   48   21   20   4   26   30  2.66   21   2.8 -115  
  P  Dave Freisleben      26   3   3  .500   8   8   0   0   0   0   0   33.2   49   28   24   3   18    6  6.42   32   8.9   83  
  P  Dan Spillner         26   2   2  .500  52   0   0   9   2   1   0   60.2   49   20   16   3   16   56  2.37   22   3.4 -110  
  P  Mike Norris          23   2   3  .400   5   5   0   0   0   0   0   30.2   30   16   14   1   22   23  4.11   16   4.9  -20  
  P  Wayne Garland        27   1   4  .200   5   5   0   0   0   0   0   30.2   33   18   18   7   11    5  5.28   20   6.2 -182  
  P  Steve McCatty        24   0   0  .000   8   0   0   3   1   0   0   19.1   13    3    1   0    7    8  0.47    4   2.2 -337  
  P  Bo McLaughlin        24   0   0  .000   2   1   0   1   1   0   0    8.1    6    2    1   0    0    4  1.08    1   1.7 -419  
  P  Steve Busby          28   0   1  .000   3   3   0   0   0   0   0    9.1   13    8    5   2    8    2  4.82   11  10.6  234  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 25                                                                                      772         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 650 79 84 319 41 22 2 .942 76 30 Steve Swisher 285 32 35 162 12 7 1 .961 47 8 Bill Plummer 247 28 32 148 10 4 0 .975 29 8 Bruce Robinson 190 23 28 125 16 3 1 .979 25 12 Steve Yeager 79 0 21 48 3 0 0 1.000 1 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dave Revering 1182 139 151 1144 82 10 94 .992 9.33 Joe Rudi 102 2 26 89 11 3 7 .971 8.85 Tom Heintzelman 85 13 14 64 9 2 6 .973 7.73 Tony Muser 79 8 16 67 6 1 6 .986 8.32 Wayne Gross 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mike Edwards 1040 127 135 347 296 15 63 .977 5.57 Doug Flynn 327 28 56 115 91 3 22 .986 5.68 Taylor Duncan 71 7 13 19 18 1 3 .974 4.71 Rob Picciolo 10 0 6 4 2 0 0 1.000 5.40 Tom Heintzelman 3 0 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Wayne Gross 678 79 88 90 145 9 14 .963 3.12 Taylor Duncan 459 47 67 52 93 7 14 .954 2.84 Wayne Garrett 307 36 37 29 75 4 1 .963 3.05 Rob Picciolo 5 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60 Tom Heintzelman 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Doug Flynn 1022 134 136 279 320 13 59 .979 5.28 Rob Picciolo 285 21 57 80 81 6 15 .964 5.08 Sergio Ferrer 115 7 22 34 49 2 7 .976 6.50 Taylor Duncan 23 0 10 12 5 1 2 .944 6.65 Mike Edwards 5 0 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Al Oliver 1010 111 121 248 10 8 2 .970 2.30 Mitchell Page 294 40 40 65 2 1 0 .985 2.05 Joe Rudi 108 9 19 20 3 0 0 1.000 1.92 Terry Whitfield 31 2 10 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.05 Tony Armas 6 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 Dwayne Murphy 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rick Miller 1173 130 140 325 19 5 1 .986 2.64 Al Oliver 214 25 36 45 2 0 1 1.000 1.98 Tony Armas 43 4 6 15 3 0 0 1.000 3.77 Joe Rudi 15 3 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.40 Dwayne Murphy 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Terry Whitfield 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mitchell Page 954 114 119 205 9 8 2 .964 2.02 Joe Rudi 378 43 54 100 4 0 1 1.000 2.47 Dwayne Murphy 78 4 24 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.27 Al Oliver 26 1 7 6 0 1 0 .857 2.08 Terry Whitfield 8 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 Rick Miller 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Tony Armas 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Manny Mota 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1978 Draft

Round 1 (#1):	Al Oliver
Round 2 (#21):	Rick Miller
Round 3 (#39):	Rico Carty
Round 4 (#61):	Dan Spillner
Round 5 (#82):	Pedro Borbon
Round 6 (#103):	Steve Swisher
Round 7 (#122):	Bill Plummer

Transactions

• 1978-01: acquired Tom Heintzelman as a free agent
• 1978-02: acquired Wayne Garrett as a free agent
• 1978-03: acquired Tony Muser as a free agent
• 1978-10: released Tom Heintzelman
• 1978-10: acquired Dave Freisleben as a free agent
• 1978-13: acquired Sergio Ferrer as a free agent
• 1978-13: released Tony Muser
• 1978-18: released Wayne Garrett
• 1978-18: acquired Wayne Garland as a free agent
• 1978-19: released Steve Swisher
• 1978-19: acquired Steve Busby as a free agent
• 1978-21: released Sergio Ferrer
• 1978-21: acquired Bo McLaughlin as a free agent
• 1978 postseason: released Steve Busby, Wayne Garland

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