1979 OAKLAND ATHLETICS

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Location: Oakland,CA
Team Record: 54-108 .333
Result: 7th in American League - West Division
Manager(s): Jim Marshall
General Manager: Charlie Finley
Stadium: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Attendance: 306,763
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Oakland Athletics affiliate history

Oldest Player: Jim Todd (31)
Youngest Player: Mike Morgan (19)
Longest Tenure: Mike Norris (5)
Top Hitter: Wayne Gross (43)
Top Pitcher: Rick Langford (32)
Top Draft Pick: Juan Bustabad (#5)

Roster Continuity: 70.47%

American League Standings

West	W	L	Pct	GB
California	88	74	.543	--
KC Royals	85	77	.525	3.0
Texas	83	79	.512	5.0
Minnesota	82	80	.506	6.0
Chi White Sox	73	87	.456	14.0
Seattle	67	95	.414	21.0
Oakland	54	108	.333	34.0

BATTING STATISTICS

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Defensive Lineups

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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
5	Jeff Newman	c-1b	100	30	1970-26-601	MLB	143	516	53	119	17	2	22	71	2	1	27	88	1	2	2	6	17	.231	.267	.399	666	206	552	423	55	3.5	.235
6	Mitchell Page	of	89	27	1973-3-72	MLB	133	478	51	118	11	2	9	42	17	16	52	93	3	5	3	3	9	.247	.323	.335	657	160	539	391	49	3.4	.288
24	Dave Revering	1b	52	26	1971-7-166	MLB	125	472	63	136	25	5	19	77	1	4	34	65	1	5	1	5	6	.288	.334	.483	817	228	513	352	83	6.4	.298
10	Wayne Gross	3b	43	27	1973-9-215	MLB	138	442	54	99	19	1	14	50	4	3	72	62	1	9	3	3	8	.224	.332	.367	699	162	521	360	61	4.6	.230
7	Mike Edwards	2b	-	26	1974-7-155	MLB	122	400	35	93	12	2	1	23	10	6	15	37	2	0	4	1	11	.232	.263	.280	543	112	422	329	27	2.2	.253
21	Dwayne Murphy	of	44	24	1973-15-359	MLB	121	388	57	99	10	4	11	40	15	11	84	80	1	6	13	3	10	.255	.387	.387	773	150	489	326	62	5.2	.293
35	Rickey Henderson	lf-of	75	20	1976-4-96	MLB	89	351	49	96	13	3	1	26	33	11	34	39	2	0	8	3	4	.274	.338	.336	675	118	398	281	47	4.5	.303
8	Rob Picciolo	ss-2b	94	26	1975-1-4	MLB	115	348	37	88	16	2	2	27	2	1	3	45	1	1	11	0	9	.253	.261	.328	589	114	363	281	29	2.7	.286
18	Jim Essian	c	65	28	UDFA: 1970	MLB	98	313	34	76	16	0	8	40	0	1	25	29	2	1	3	9	12	.243	.295	.371	666	116	352	262	37	3.8	.239
11	Tony Armas	cf-of	-	25	UDFA: 1971	MLB	80	278	29	69	9	3	11	34	1	0	16	67	1	2	0	2	6	.248	.290	.421	710	117	297	217	33	4.1	.287
48	Mike Heath	c	-	24	1973-2-37	MLB	74	258	19	66	8	0	3	27	1	0	17	18	3	1	3	5	14	.256	.304	.322	626	83	286	214	25	3.2	.260
20	Larry Murray	of	-	26	1971-5-113	MLB	105	226	25	42	11	2	2	20	6	6	28	34	0	1	6	1	2	.186	.275	.279	553	63	261	199	18	2.4	.209
16	Dave Chalk	3b-ss	-	28	1972-1-10	MLB	66	212	15	47	6	0	2	13	2	1	29	14	1	0	7	1	6	.222	.317	.278	595	59	250	180	22	3.3	.228
3	Mario Guerrero	ss	-	29	UDFA: 1968	MLB	46	166	12	38	5	0	0	18	0	1	6	7	0	0	3	2	5	.229	.253	.259	512	43	177	139	10	2.0	.236
23	Derek Bryant	of	-	27	1973-8-191	MLB	39	106	8	19	2	1	0	13	0	0	10	10	0	1	2	2	4	.179	.246	.217	463	23	120	95	5	1.3	.194
19	Miguel Dilone	of	-	24	UDFA: 1972	MLB	30	91	15	17	1	2	1	6	6	5	6	7	0	0	2	0	2	.187	.237	.275	512	25	99	83	5	1.6	.193
14	Glenn Burke	of	-	26	1972-17-401	MLB	23	89	4	19	2	1	0	4	3	1	4	10	0	1	1	0	3	.213	.247	.258	506	23	94	75	5	1.7	.241
9,43	Joe Wallis	of	-	27	1973-6-136	MLB	23	78	6	11	2	0	1	3	1	0	10	18	1	1	2	0	1	.141	.247	.205	452	16	91	70	3	1.1	.169
12	Mickey Klutts	3b	-	24	1972-4-86	MLB	24	73	3	14	2	1	1	4	0	1	7	20	0	0	0	0	1	.192	.262	.288	550	21	80	61	4	1.8	.250
31	Milt Ramirez	3b-2b	-	29	UDFA: 1968	MLB	28	62	4	10	1	1	0	3	0	0	3	8	0	0	1	0	1	.161	.200	.210	410	13	66	54	1	0.7	.185
60	Dave Heaverlo	p	-	28	1973-1-23	MLB	62	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (21 players)							162	5348	573	1276	188	32	108	541	104	69	482	751	20	36	75	46	131	.239	.302	.346	648	1852	5971	4393	580	3.6	.258

PITCHING STATISTICS

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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
22	Rick Langford	32	27	1972-36-733	MLB	12	16	4.28	34	29	14	1	0	0	218.2	233	114	104	22	57	101	16	1	1.33	9.59	0.91	2.35	4.16	0.56	.289	1.10
54	Steve McCatty	62	25	UDFA: 1973	MLB	11	12	4.22	31	23	8	0	4	0	185.2	207	106	87	17	80	87	2	0	1.55	10.03	0.82	3.88	4.22	0.92	.304	0.85
27	Matt Keough	49	23	1973-7-167	MLB	2	17	5.04	30	28	7	1	2	0	176.2	220	115	99	18	78	95	13	0	1.69	11.21	0.92	3.97	4.84	0.82	.345	1.15
17	Mike Norris	-	24	1973-1-24	MLB	5	8	4.80	29	18	3	0	3	0	146.1	146	87	78	11	94	96	10	1	1.64	8.98	0.68	5.78	5.90	0.98	.305	0.93
32	Craig Minetto	-	25	1973-3-60	MLB	1	5	5.55	36	13	0	0	12	0	118.1	131	85	73	16	58	64	2	1	1.60	9.96	1.22	4.41	4.87	0.91	.299	0.55
50	Brian Kingman	-	24	1973-12-271	MLB	8	7	4.31	18	17	5	1	1	0	112.2	113	59	54	10	33	58	10	0	1.30	9.03	0.80	2.64	4.63	0.57	.278	0.66
60	Dave Heaverlo	42	28	1973-1-23	MLB	4	11	4.20	62	0	0	0	42	9	85.2	97	42	40	7	42	40	0	1	1.62	10.19	0.74	4.41	4.20	1.05	.318	0.95
38	John Henry Johnson	44	22	1974-15-353	MLB	2	8	4.36	14	13	1	0	0	0	84.2	89	45	41	13	36	50	1	0	1.48	9.46	1.38	3.83	5.31	0.72	.284	0.67
33	Dave Hamilton	-	31	1966-5-82	MLB	3	4	3.70	40	7	1	0	16	5	82.2	80	42	34	5	43	52	2	0	1.49	8.71	0.54	4.68	5.66	0.83	.300	0.99
28	Jim Todd	64	31	1971-19-442	MLB	2	5	6.56	51	0	0	0	21	2	81.0	108	66	59	12	51	26	5	0	1.96	12.00	1.33	5.67	2.89	1.96	.331	2.00
15	Mike Morgan	-	19	1978-1-4	MLB	2	10	5.94	13	13	2	0	0	0	77.1	102	57	51	7	50	17	7	0	1.97	11.87	0.81	5.82	1.98	2.94	.336	1.71
34	Bob Lacey	-	25	1972-10-140	MLB	1	5	5.85	42	0	0	0	20	4	47.2	66	34	31	7	24	33	4	0	1.89	12.46	1.32	4.53	6.23	0.73	.364	1.55
30	Alan Wirth	-	22	1974-3-67	MLB	1	0	6.00	5	1	0	0	0	0	12.0	14	8	8	2	8	7	0	0	1.83	10.50	1.50	6.00	5.25	1.14	.316	1.33
Totals: (21 players)						54	108	4.78	162	162	41	3	121	20	1,429	1606	860	759	108	654	726	72	4	1.23	10.11	0.93	4.12	4.57	0.90	.315

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jeff Newman	C	81		378	53	10	7	.977	0.00
Jim Essian	C	70		348	57	8	5	.981	0.00
Mike Heath	C	22		80	13	3	0	.969	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dave Revering	1B	104		828	80	13	77	.986	0.00
Jeff Newman	1B	46		350	30	7	29	.982	0.00
Wayne Gross	1B	18		129	14	1	8	.993	0.00
Jim Essian	1B	4		35	2	0	4	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Mike Edwards	2B	113		244	314	22	54	.962	0.00
Dave Chalk	2B	37		77	93	2	22	.988	0.00
Milt Ramirez	2B	11		14	19	1	5	.971	0.00
Mickey Klutts	2B	8		19	15	1	3	.971	0.00
Rob Picciolo	2B	6		11	16	0	4	1.000	0.00
Larry Murray	2B	3		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Wayne Gross	3B	120		120	211	20	19	.943	0.00
Dave Chalk	3B	16		15	25	3	1	.930	0.00
Milt Ramirez	3B	12		4	8	1	0	.923	0.00
Jim Essian	3B	10		15	20	1	2	.972	0.00
Mike Heath	3B	7		1	14	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jeff Newman	3B	7		2	12	1	2	.933	0.00
Mickey Klutts	3B	6		7	14	2	0	.913	0.00
Rob Picciolo	3B	4		1	7	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Rob Picciolo	SS	105		191	265	17	51	.964	0.00
Mario Guerrero	SS	43		68	129	10	33	.952	0.00
Dave Chalk	SS	16		30	33	6	8	.913	0.00
Mickey Klutts	SS	10		9	21	4	3	.882	0.00
Milt Ramirez	SS	8		7	16	3	0	.885	0.00
Mike Edwards	SS	3		2	4	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dwayne Murphy	OF	118		322	10	4	0	.988	0.00
Larry Murray	OF	90		173	7	7	2	.963	0.00
Rickey Henderson	OF	88		215	5	6	0	.973	0.00
Tony Armas	OF	80		194	7	5	2	.976	0.00
Mike Heath	OF	46		86	5	2	2	.978	0.00
Derek Bryant	OF	33		55	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Miguel Dilone	OF	25		47	0	2	0	.959	0.00
Glenn Burke	OF	23		46	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Joe Wallis	OF	23		41	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jim Essian	OF	4		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Mitchell Page	OF	4		6	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Wayne Gross	OF	2		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Rob Picciolo	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dave Heaverlo	P	62	85	9	13	2	1	.917	2.32
Jim Todd	P	51	81	5	14	0	2	1.000	2.11
Bob Lacey	P	42	47	3	7	0	0	1.000	1.91
Dave Hamilton	P	40	82	3	15	0	0	1.000	1.97
Craig Minetto	P	36	118	4	10	0	0	1.000	1.07
Rick Langford	P	34	218	26	36	0	3	1.000	2.56
Steve McCatty	P	31	185	12	20	3	3	.914	1.56
Matt Keough	P	30	176	23	28	3	5	.944	2.60
Mike Norris	P	29	146	6	17	1	0	.958	1.42
Brian Kingman	P	18	112	8	8	2	0	.889	1.28
John Henry Johnson	P	14	84	4	7	0	2	1.000	1.18
Mike Morgan	P	13	77	9	15	1	0	.960	2.80
Alan Wirth	P	5	12	0	3	0	0	1.000	2.25
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Mitchell Page	DH	126						.000	0.00
Dave Revering	DH	18						.000	0.00
Jeff Newman	DH	7						.000	0.00
Jim Essian	DH	3						.000	0.00
Mike Heath	DH	3						.000	0.00
Derek Bryant	DH	2						.000	0.00
Mike Edwards	DH	2						.000	0.00
Mickey Klutts	DH	2						.000	0.00

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