1978 OAKLAND ATHLETICS

| Level: MLB

Location: Oakland,CA
Team Record: 69-93 .426
Result: 6th in American League - West Division
Manager(s): Jack McKeon, Bobby Winkles
General Manager: Charlie Finley
Stadium: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Attendance: 526,999
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Oakland Athletics affiliate history

Oldest Player: Rico Carty (38)
Youngest Player: Tim Conroy (18)
Longest Tenure: Billy North (6)
Top Hitter: Rico Carty (24)
Top Pitcher: Matt Keough (23)
Top Draft Pick: Mike Morgan (#4)

Roster Continuity: 47.51%

American League Standings

West	W	L	Pct	GB
KC Royals	92	70	.568	--
Texas	87	75	.537	5.0
California	87	75	.537	5.0
Minnesota	73	89	.451	19.0
Chi White Sox	71	90	.441	20.5
Oakland	69	93	.426	23.0
Seattle	56	104	.350	35.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
24	Dave Revering	1b	92	25	1971-7-166	MLB	152	521	49	141	21	3	16	46	0	1	26	55	0	5	2	4	12	.271	.303	.415	718	216	553	399	70	4.8	.275
6	Mitchell Page	of	47	26	1973-3-72	MLB	147	516	62	147	25	7	17	70	23	19	53	95	4	6	4	2	7	.285	.355	.459	814	237	579	401	87	5.8	.320
3	Mario Guerrero	ss	59	28	UDFA: 1968	MLB	143	505	27	139	18	4	3	38	0	5	15	35	6	2	17	3	13	.275	.302	.345	647	174	546	404	55	3.7	.289
7	Mike Edwards	2b	64	25	1974-7-155	MLB	142	414	48	113	16	2	1	23	27	21	16	32	2	0	14	0	7	.273	.303	.329	632	136	446	343	41	3.3	.294
16	Taylor Duncan	3b	-	25	1971-1-10	MLB	104	319	25	82	15	2	2	37	1	2	19	38	0	0	7	3	5	.257	.296	.335	632	107	348	254	34	3.6	.284
10	Wayne Gross	3b	-	26	1973-9-215	MLB	118	285	18	57	10	2	7	23	0	2	40	63	5	2	4	1	3	.200	.308	.323	631	92	335	238	30	3.4	.231
9	Joe Wallis	of	-	26	1973-6-136	MLB	85	279	28	66	16	1	6	26	1	4	26	42	0	1	4	2	2	.237	.300	.366	665	102	311	225	33	4.0	.258
18	Jim Essian	c	75	27	UDFA: 1970	MLB	126	278	21	62	9	1	3	26	2	1	44	22	0	1	15	3	12	.223	.326	.295	621	82	340	247	30	3.3	.230
5	Jeff Newman	c-1b	-	29	1970-26-601	MLB	105	268	25	64	7	1	9	32	0	3	18	40	1	2	3	1	4	.239	.288	.373	661	100	291	215	29	3.7	.250
19	Miguel Dilone	of	66	23	UDFA: 1972	MLB	135	258	34	59	8	0	1	14	50	23	23	30	1	0	10	0	2	.229	.294	.271	566	70	292	234	21	2.5	.256
11	Tony Armas	cf-of	-	24	UDFA: 1971	MLB	91	239	17	51	6	1	2	13	1	2	10	62	2	2	6	1	5	.213	.250	.272	522	65	258	202	10	1.4	.278
4,14	Glenn Burke	of	-	25	1972-17-401	MLB	78	200	19	47	6	1	1	14	15	8	10	26	0	1	6	1	7	.235	.270	.290	560	58	217	175	13	2.0	.264
37	Gary Alexander	c	46	25	1972-2-36	MLB	58	174	18	36	6	1	10	22	0	3	22	66	1	2	1	1	9	.207	.298	.425	723	74	199	152	17	3.0	.263
13,32	Dell Alston	of	-	25	UDFA: 1973	MLB	58	173	17	36	2	0	1	10	11	10	10	21	0	0	4	1	1	.208	.250	.237	487	41	188	153	7	1.3	.230
12	Gary Thomasson	of-1b	-	26	1969-7-160	MLB	47	154	17	31	4	1	5	16	4	1	15	44	0	2	2	0	3	.201	.272	.338	610	52	171	129	12	2.6	.248
20,23	Rico Carty	of	24	38	UDFA: 1960	MLB	41	141	19	39	5	1	11	31	0	0	21	16	0	2	0	1	8	.277	.368	.560	928	79	163	111	30	7.3	.243
11	Willie Horton	of	-	35	UDFA: 1962	MLB	32	102	11	32	8	0	3	19	0	1	9	15	0	2	1	0	1	.314	.369	.480	850	49	112	73	19	7.1	.345
8	Rob Picciolo	ss-2b	-	25	1975-1-4	MLB	78	93	16	21	1	0	2	7	1	1	2	13	0	0	3	0	2	.226	.242	.301	543	28	98	78	6	1.9	.244
25,48	Bruce Robinson	c	-	24	1975-1-21	MLB	28	84	5	21	3	1	0	8	0	0	3	8	0	0	1	0	2	.250	.276	.310	585	26	88	66	7	3.0	.276
31	Steve Staggs	2b	-	27	1971-2-33	MLB	47	78	10	19	2	2	0	0	2	3	19	17	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.392	.321	712	25	97	62	11	4.9	.311
36	Dwayne Murphy	of	-	23	1973-15-359	MLB	60	52	15	10	2	0	0	5	0	1	7	14	0	0	1	2	0	.192	.279	.231	509	12	62	46	3	1.7	.250
4	Billy North	of	-	30	1969-12-278	MLB	24	52	5	11	4	0	0	5	3	2	9	13	2	2	1	1	1	.212	.344	.288	632	15	65	46	6	3.2	.275
26,44	Tito Fuentes	2b	-	34	UDFA: 1962	MLB	13	43	5	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	0	0	1	0	0	.140	.159	.163	322	7	45	38	0	-0.2	.162
25	Tim Hosley	c	-	31	UDFA: 1967	MLB	13	23	1	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	.304	.360	.391	751	9	25	16	3	5.7	.412
9,21	Mike Adams	of-2b	-	29	1967-1-2	MLB	15	15	5	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.455	.267	721	4	22	12	3	7.0	.231
20	Larry Murray	of	-	25	1971-5-113	MLB	11	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.267	.083	350	1	15	11	0	0.5	.100
17	Marty Perez	ss-2b	-	31	UDFA: 1964	MLB	16	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	13	13	-	-	.000
14	Jerry Tabb	1b	-	26	1973-1-16	MLB	12	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	.111	.273	.111	384	1	11	8	0	-0.9	.250
26	Scott Meyer	c	-	20	1978-5-108	MLB	8	9	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.222	333	2	9	8	0	-0.8	.200
25,44	Darrell Woodard	2b	-	21	1974-12-284	MLB	33	9	10	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.100	.000	100	0	10	13	-2	-3.5	.000
17	Mark Budaska	of	-	25	UDFA: 1973	MLB	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.500	900	2	5	3	1	8.0	.500
22	Rick Langford	p	-	26	1972-36-733	MLB	40	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	-	-	.000
Totals: (32 players)							162	5321	532	1304	200	31	100	492	144	117	433	800	25	33	108	27	106	.245	.303	.351	654	1866	5914	4375	575	3.6	.271

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
27	Matt Keough	23	22	1973-7-167	MLB	8	15	3.24	32	32	6	0	0	0	197.1	178	90	71	9	85	108	12	3	1.33	8.12	0.41	3.88	4.93	0.79	.272	1.16
38	John Henry Johnson	51	21	1974-15-353	MLB	11	10	3.39	33	30	7	2	1	0	186.0	164	81	70	18	82	91	5	0	1.32	7.94	0.87	3.97	4.40	0.90	.252	0.52
22	Rick Langford	55	26	1972-36-733	MLB	7	13	3.43	37	24	4	2	5	0	175.2	169	77	67	15	56	92	2	0	1.28	8.66	0.77	2.87	4.71	0.61	.274	0.88
40	Pete Broberg	67	28	1971-1-1	MLB	10	12	4.62	35	26	2	0	4	0	165.2	174	101	85	16	65	94	1	0	1.44	9.45	0.87	3.53	5.11	0.69	.294	0.86
28	Steve Renko	-	33	1965-24-461	MLB	6	12	4.29	27	25	3	1	2	0	151.0	152	77	72	10	67	89	1	1	1.45	9.06	0.60	3.99	5.30	0.75	.299	0.75
60	Dave Heaverlo	41	27	1973-1-23	MLB	3	6	3.25	69	0	0	0	40	10	130.0	141	56	47	11	41	71	1	1	1.40	9.76	0.76	2.84	4.92	0.58	.310	1.11
34	Bob Lacey	53	24	1972-10-140	MLB	8	9	3.01	74	0	0	0	25	5	119.2	126	52	40	10	35	60	3	0	1.35	9.48	0.75	2.63	4.51	0.58	.293	1.46
33	Elias Sosa	35	28	UDFA: 1968	MLB	8	2	2.64	68	0	0	0	44	14	109.0	106	37	32	5	44	61	4	3	1.38	8.75	0.41	3.63	5.04	0.72	.301	1.30
38	Alan Wirth	-	21	1974-3-67	MLB	5	6	3.43	16	14	2	1	0	0	81.1	72	39	31	6	34	31	4	1	1.30	7.97	0.66	3.76	3.43	1.10	.265	0.97
16,17	Mike Norris	-	23	1973-1-24	MLB	0	5	5.51	14	5	1	0	1	0	49.0	46	35	30	2	35	36	1	0	1.65	8.45	0.37	6.43	6.61	0.97	.299	1.38
54	Steve McCatty	-	24	UDFA: 1973	MLB	0	0	4.50	9	0	0	0	5	0	20.0	26	14	10	1	9	10	1	0	1.75	11.70	0.45	4.05	4.50	0.90	.342	0.71
15	Joe Coleman	75	31	1965-1-3	MLB	3	0	1.37	10	0	0	0	6	0	19.2	12	3	3	1	5	4	0	0	0.86	5.49	0.46	2.29	1.83	1.25	--	1.17
15	Mike Morgan	-	18	1978-1-4	MLB	0	3	7.30	3	3	1	0	0	0	12.1	19	12	10	1	8	0	0	0	2.19	13.86	0.73	5.84	0.00	--	.360	0.67
23,49	Craig Minetto	-	24	1973-3-60	MLB	0	0	3.75	4	1	0	0	3	0	12.0	13	10	5	1	7	3	1	0	1.67	9.75	0.75	5.25	2.25	2.33	.286	0.48
37	Tim Conroy	-	18	1978-1-20	MLB	0	0	7.71	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.2	3	6	4	0	9	0	1	0	2.57	5.79	0.00	17.36	0.00	--	.187	0.88
Totals: (32 players)						69	93	3.62	162	162	26	6	136	29	1,433	1401	690	577	100	582	750	37	9	1.21	8.80	0.67	3.65	4.71	0.78	.289

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jim Essian	C	119		431	78	10	12	.981	0.00
Jeff Newman	C	61		222	27	8	3	.969	0.00
Bruce Robinson	C	28		150	16	6	2	.965	0.00
Scott Meyer	C	7		11	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Tim Hosley	C	6		22	3	1	0	.962	0.00
Gary Alexander	C	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dave Revering	1B	138		1013	110	13	98	.989	0.00
Jeff Newman	1B	36		177	14	4	17	.979	0.00
Wayne Gross	1B	15		48	0	2	3	.960	0.00
Dell Alston	1B	9		20	0	0	2	1.000	0.00
Gary Thomasson	1B	5		22	3	1	0	.962	0.00
Jim Essian	1B	3		20	1	0	2	1.000	0.00
Jerry Tabb	1B	2		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Gary Alexander	1B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Glenn Burke	1B	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Mike Edwards	2B	133		228	309	20	71	.964	0.00
Steve Staggs	2B	40		56	65	3	10	.976	0.00
Rob Picciolo	2B	19		20	25	2	2	.957	0.00
Darrell Woodard	2B	14		13	14	1	3	.964	0.00
Tito Fuentes	2B	13		17	17	2	4	.944	0.00
Taylor Duncan	2B	11		9	8	0	2	1.000	0.00
Mike Adams	2B	6		7	4	0	2	1.000	0.00
Jim Essian	2B	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Marty Perez	2B	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Wayne Gross	3B	106		72	150	20	22	.917	0.00
Taylor Duncan	3B	84		63	119	9	4	.953	0.00
Rob Picciolo	3B	13		3	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Marty Perez	3B	11		2	9	0	1	1.000	0.00
Mike Adams	3B	3		0	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Miguel Dilone	3B	3		1	1	2	0	.500	0.00
Steve Staggs	3B	2		1	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Darrell Woodard	3B	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Mario Guerrero	SS	142		258	330	26	67	.958	0.00
Rob Picciolo	SS	41		51	63	5	17	.958	0.00
Mike Edwards	SS	9		5	9	2	1	.875	0.00
Marty Perez	SS	3		1	3	1	0	.800	0.00
Steve Staggs	SS	2		2	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Taylor Duncan	SS	1		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Mitchell Page	OF	114		211	4	6	0	.973	0.00
Miguel Dilone	OF	99		195	3	3	1	.985	0.00
Tony Armas	OF	85		214	3	2	0	.991	0.00
Joe Wallis	OF	80		187	7	4	5	.980	0.00
Glenn Burke	OF	67		152	1	2	0	.987	0.00
Dell Alston	OF	50		86	0	4	0	.956	0.00
Dwayne Murphy	OF	45		49	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Gary Thomasson	OF	44		89	4	3	0	.969	0.00
Billy North	OF	17		31	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Gary Alexander	OF	6		16	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Larry Murray	OF	6		6	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Mark Budaska	OF	2		1	0	1	0	.500	0.00
Willie Horton	OF	1		1	0	2	0	.333	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bob Lacey	P	74	119	8	27	3	1	.921	2.64
Dave Heaverlo	P	69	130	9	30	0	3	1.000	2.70
Elias Sosa	P	68	109	9	15	0	1	1.000	1.98
Rick Langford	P	37	175	27	23	0	2	1.000	2.57
Pete Broberg	P	35	165	8	28	0	1	1.000	1.96
John Henry Johnson	P	33	186	8	16	4	0	.857	1.16
Matt Keough	P	32	197	21	31	2	2	.963	2.37
Steve Renko	P	27	151	5	22	1	3	.964	1.61
Alan Wirth	P	16	81	2	9	0	2	1.000	1.22
Mike Norris	P	14	49	5	5	2	0	.833	1.84
Joe Coleman	P	10	19	2	4	0	0	1.000	2.81
Steve McCatty	P	9	20	2	1	1	0	.750	1.35
Craig Minetto	P	4	12	2	1	0	0	1.000	2.25
Mike Morgan	P	3	12	1	4	0	1	1.000	3.72
Tim Conroy	P	2	4	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Gary Alexander	DH	45						.000	0.00
Rico Carty	DH	41						.000	0.00
Mitchell Page	DH	33						.000	0.00
Willie Horton	DH	27						.000	0.00
Miguel Dilone	DH	11						.000	0.00
Taylor Duncan	DH	7						.000	0.00
Dwayne Murphy	DH	5						.000	0.00
Mike Edwards	DH	4						.000	0.00
Mike Adams	DH	3						.000	0.00
Dell Alston	DH	3						.000	0.00
Tony Armas	DH	3						.000	0.00
Dave Revering	DH	3						.000	0.00
Glenn Burke	DH	2						.000	0.00
Jeff Newman	DH	2						.000	0.00
Steve Staggs	DH	2						.000	0.00
Jerry Tabb	DH	2						.000	0.00
Jim Essian	DH	1						.000	0.00
Tim Hosley	DH	1						.000	0.00
Joe Wallis	DH	1						.000	0.00
Darrell Woodard	DH	1						.000	0.00

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