1976 Oakland Athletics Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 87-74
Finished 2nd in the AL's West Division
Attendance: 780,593, Avg. 9,885
Ballpark: Oakland Coliseum
Manager: Chuck Tanner (87-74)
Location: Oakland, California
1976 Oakland Athletics Roster
1976 Oakland Athletics Results

The Oakland Athletics of the American League ended the 1976 season with a record of 87 wins and 74 losses, finishing second in the AL's West Division.

The Athletics plated 686 runs and conceded 598 runs. Sal Bando paced Oakland with 27 home runs, while Don Baylor and Gene Tenace walloped 20 or more also. Joe Rudi recorded 94 runs batted in. Bill North led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .276. Vida Blue topped the team with 18 wins, plus Mike Torrez added 15 or more wins, too Vida Blue earned a 2.35 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Chuck Tanner coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Vida Blue1813.5812.35373702060298.3268907896331661151205
Mike Torrez1612.5712.50393901340266.32319374158721156081094
Rollie Fingers1311.5422.47700620020134.7118403734010113702559
Paul Mitchell97.5634.2526260410142.016974671530067114615
Stan Bahnsen87.5333.34351410110143.012455531343382207589
Jim Todd78.4673.814902200482.7874335634822603362
Paul Lindblad65.5453.0665020005114.71115039524537302480
Dick Bosman42.6674.1027152000112.011854511319134102459
Mike Norris45.4444.782419111096.09153511056244204430
Glenn Abbott24.3335.491910400062.3874138616027103283
Craig Mitchell002.701000003.3311000000013
Chris Batton009.002110004.0544130400019
Totals8774.5403.263941611223913291459.314125985289641534711302406108

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Bill North1546755909116320523175297395.276.356.337.69319982643
Don Baylor15768559585147251156852125872.247.329.368.69721911201114
Phil Garner15960355554145291287435133671.261.307.400.707222112641
Bert Campaneris1496315366713714115254126380.256.331.291.6221564318110
Joe Rudi130557500541353231394614171.270.323.424.74721214331010
Sal Bando1586405507513218227842067674.240.335.427.76223574731
Claudell Washington1345304906512620655337203090.257.302.353.655173133341
Gene Tenace128508417641041912266548191.249.373.458.83119174152
Billy Williams12041335136741201141425844.211.320.339.659119401315
Ken McMullen98211186204162523112233.220.305.355.6606641113
Larry Haney88196177124020010011326.226.280.237.5174251320
Jeff Newman438677515400400412.195.235.247.4811900500
Tommy Sandt41756761410030079.209.284.224.5081510100
Ron Fairly1555469111031000912.239.364.457.8202110003
Tim Hosley37635549201400812.164.270.255.5241410000
Cesar Tovar2952451800041244.178.275.178.452802100
Willie McCovey1127240500000034.208.296.208.505500001
Wayne Gross1020180400010021.222.300.222.522400000
Denny Walling311111300000003.273.273.273.545300000
Jim Holt4870220020012.286.375.571.946400000
Angel Mangual812120210010101.167.167.250.417300000
Gary Woods6880100000003.125.125.125.250100000
Matt Alexander613030161000020705.033.033.033.067100000
Nate Colbert2650000000013.000.167.000.167000001
Larry Lintz68412100000311120.000.667.000.667000100
Stan Bahnsen35000000000000000000
Chris Batton2000000000000000000
Vida Blue37000000000000000000
Dick Bosman27000000000000000000
Mike Torrez39000000000000000000
Jim Todd49000000000000000000
Craig Mitchell1000000000000000000
Rollie Fingers70000000000000000000
Don Hopkins3000000000100000000
Paul Lindblad65000000000000000000
Mike Norris24000000000000000000
Paul Mitchell26000000000000000000
Glenn Abbott19000000000000000000
Totals221061065353686131920833113625341123592818.246.323.361.68419329145585845


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Gene Tenace1B7062563.057731347.9959.7198.6860000
Don Baylor1B6962559.362944940.9871.8299.7540000
Ken McMullen1B2620176.320480191.0001.8208.1540000
Ron Fairly1B1514129.0121100101.0009.1408.7330000
Wayne Gross1B3323.027112.9661.9579.3330000
Joe Rudi1B208.7121021.00013.5006.5000000
Phil Garner2B1591591415.33784652291.9755.3615.3020000
Tommy Sandt2B9234.7711011.0004.6732.0000000
Larry Lintz2B509.022001.0004.000.8000000
Ken McMullen2B100.301001.00027.0001.0000000
Sal Bando3B1551551330.31253041726.9622.9022.7680000
Ken McMullen3B356125.0103021.9522.8801.1430000
Tommy Sandt3B204.00000.000.0000000
Larry HaneyC8766548.02904592.9745.5023.85150562732.5
Gene TenaceC6561522.72632553.9834.9594.43140421728.8
Jeff NewmanC4326240.01401831.9815.9253.67400121555.6
Tim HosleyC378148.7791330.9685.5702.4862016420.0
Bill NorthOF1441421240.3397891.9782.9392.8130000
Joe RudiOF1261261101.0258632.9892.1582.0950000
Claudell WashingtonOF1261221100.327610112.9632.3392.2700000
Don BaylorOF7672640.0152130.9812.1522.0130000
Cesar TovarOF208103.023010.9582.0101.1500000
Matt AlexanderOF23476.7230001.0002.7001.0000000
Ken McMullenOF5332.780001.0002.2041.6000000
Angel MangualOF7227.041001.0001.667.7140000
Denny WallingOF3225.08010.8892.8802.6670000
Gary WoodsOF4116.070001.0003.9381.7500000
Wayne GrossOF2110.030001.0002.7001.5000000
Larry LintzOF304.00000.000.0000000
Billy WilliamsOF102.00000.000.0000000
Vida BlueP3737298.333412.9741.1161.0000000
Mike TorrezP3939266.3193764.9031.8921.4360000
Stan BahnsenP3514143.0132310.9732.2661.0290000
Paul MitchellP2626142.0717001.0001.521.9230000
Rollie FingersP700134.742612.9682.005.4290000
Paul LindbladP650114.792111.9682.355.4620000
Dick BosmanP2715112.091912.9662.2501.0370000
Mike NorrisP241996.0112921.9523.7501.6670000
Jim ToddP49082.772221.9353.157.5920000
Glenn AbbottP191062.3312001.0002.166.7890000
Chris BattonP214.00000.000.0000000
Craig MitchellP103.30110.5002.7001.0000000
Bert CampanerisSS1491471292.32314902366.9695.0214.8390000
Tommy SandtSS2914156.33749310.9664.9512.9660000
Sal BandoSS5010.726011.0006.7501.6000000
Totals1900144913134.043781821144340.9774.2483.2631101266333.3




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