1972 Oakland Athletics

93-62 • 0.600 Win% • 1st in AL W

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📊 Season Record

93 Wins

62 Losses

0.600 Win %

                        1st
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604 R 457 RA

Diff +147

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⚡ Quick Stats

604 Runs Scored

457 Runs Allowed

+147 Run Diff

927K Attendance

📈 vs. 1972 AL Average

Batting Avg .240 equal to the 1972 league average (.239)

OBP .302 1% below the 1972 league average (.303)

SLG .317 7% above the 1972 league average (.296)

Team ERA 2.58 16% better than the 1972 league average (3.06)

Runs Scored 604 13% above the 1972 league average (537 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumOakland Coliseum

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Home Games 77

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Total Attendance 927,544

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Avg per Game 12,046

⚾ Batting Leaders

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
Bert Campaneris	149	625	85	150	8	32	32	88	52	0.240
Joe Rudi	147	593	94	181	19	75	37	62	3	0.305
Sal Bando	152	535	64	126	15	77	78	55	3	0.236
Reggie Jackson	135	499	72	132	25	75	59	125	9	0.265
Mike Epstein	138	455	63	123	26	70	68	68	0	0.270
Dave Duncan	121	403	39	88	19	59	34	68	0	0.218
Angel Mangual	91	272	19	67	5	32	14	48	0	0.246
Gene Tenace	82	227	22	51	5	32	24	42	0	0.225
Larry Brown	47	142	11	26	0	4	13	8	0	0.183
Tim Cullen	72	142	10	37	0	15	5	17	0	0.261
Matty Alou	32	121	11	34	1	16	11	12	2	0.281
George Hendrick	58	121	10	22	4	15	3	22	3	0.182
Catfish Hunter	39	105	5	23	0	5	0	16	0	0.219
Bill Voss	40	97	10	22	1	5	9	16	0	0.227
Ted Kubiak	51	94	14	17	0	8	9	11	0	0.181
Ken Holtzman	40	90	6	16	0	6	1	25	0	0.178
Mike Hegan	98	79	13	26	1	5	7	20	1	0.329
Blue Moon Odom	59	66	16	8	2	2	1	29	4	0.121
Ollie Brown	20	54	5	13	1	4	6	14	1	0.241
Don Mincher	47	54	2	8	0	5	10	16	0	0.148
Vida Blue	27	45	4	2	0	0	5	34	0	0.044
Dick Green	26	42	1	12	0	3	3	5	0	0.286
Marty Martinez	22	40	3	5	0	1	3	6	0	0.125
Bobby Brooks	15	39	4	7	0	5	8	8	0	0.179
Dal Maxvill	27	36	2	9	0	1	1	11	0	0.250
Dave Hamilton	25	26	2	4	0	0	5	12	0	0.154
Gonzalo Marquez	23	21	2	8	0	4	3	4	1	0.381
Rollie Fingers	65	19	2	6	1	2	0	3	0	0.316
Joe Horlen	32	17	1	3	0	0	0	4	0	0.176
Ron Clark	14	15	1	4	0	1	2	4	0	0.267
Brant Alyea	10	13	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0.231
Darold Knowles	54	12	0	3	0	1	1	3	0	0.250
Curt Blefary	8	11	1	5	0	1	0	1	0	0.455
Adrian Garrett	14	11	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0.000
Allan Lewis	24	10	5	2	0	2	0	1	8	0.200
Bill McNulty	4	10	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0.100
Dwain Anderson	3	7	2	0	0	0	1	4	0	0.000
Diego Segui	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0.143
Art Shamsky	8	7	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0.000
Bob Locker	56	6	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0.000
Larry Haney	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.000
Denny McLain	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.000
Orlando Cepeda	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Gary Waslewski	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.000
Mike Kilkenny	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Jim Roland	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Don Shaw	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Darold Knowles 1.37 2 Catfish Hunter 2.04 3 Blue Moon Odom 2.50 4 Rollie Fingers 2.51 5 Ken Holtzman 2.51

Wins

1 Catfish Hunter 21 2 Ken Holtzman 19 3 Blue Moon Odom 15 4 Rollie Fingers 11 5 Vida Blue 6

Strikeouts

1 Catfish Hunter 191 2 Ken Holtzman 134 3 Rollie Fingers 113 4 Vida Blue 111 5 Blue Moon Odom 86

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BB	SO
Catfish Hunter	21	7	2.04	38	37	0	295.1	70	191
Ken Holtzman	19	11	2.51	39	37	0	265.1	52	134
Blue Moon Odom	15	6	2.50	31	30	0	194.1	87	86
Vida Blue	6	10	2.80	25	23	0	151.0	48	111
Rollie Fingers	11	9	2.51	65	0	21	111.1	32	113
Dave Hamilton	6	6	2.93	25	14	0	101.1	31	55
Joe Horlen	3	4	3.00	32	6	1	84.0	20	58
Bob Locker	6	1	2.65	56	0	10	78.0	16	47
Darold Knowles	5	1	1.37	54	0	11	65.2	37	36
Diego Segui	0	1	3.57	7	3	0	22.2	7	11
Denny McLain	1	2	6.04	5	5	0	22.1	8	8
Gary Waslewski	0	3	2.04	8	0	0	17.2	8	8
Don Shaw	0	1	16.88	3	0	0	5.1	2	4
Jim Roland	0	0	3.86	2	0	0	2.1	0	0
Mike Kilkenny	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0

🏆 Postseason Results

AL Championship

OAK def. DET 3-2

World Series

OAK def. CIN 4-3

👥 Roster (47)

Matty Alou Brant Alyea Dwain Anderson Sal Bando Curt Blefary Vida Blue Bobby Brooks Larry Brown Ollie Brown Bert Campaneris Orlando Cepeda Ron Clark +35 more

47 players