1978 Oakland Athletics

69-93 • 0.426 Win% • 6th in AL W

📊 Season Record

69 Wins
93 Losses
0.426 Win %
6th Rank
532 R 690 RA
Diff -158

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⚡ Quick Stats

532 Runs Scored
690 Runs Allowed
-158 Run Diff
527K Attendance

📈 vs. 1978 AL Average

Batting Avg .245 6% below the 1978 league average (.261)
OBP .301 7% below the 1978 league average (.325)
SLG .301 8% below the 1978 league average (.327)
Team ERA 3.62 4% better than the 1978 league average (3.76)
Runs Scored 532 22% below the 1978 league average (679 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumOakland Coliseum
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Home Games 80
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Total Attendance 527,017
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Avg per Game 6,587

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Willie Horton 0.314 2 Mitchell Page 0.285 3 Rico Carty 0.277 4 Mario Guerrero 0.275 5 Mike Edwards 0.273

Home Runs

1 Mitchell Page 17 2 Dave Revering 16 3 Rico Carty 11 4 Gary Alexander 10 5 Jeff Newman 9

RBI

1 Mitchell Page 70 2 Dave Revering 46 3 Mario Guerrero 38 4 Taylor Duncan 37 5 Jeff Newman 32
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Dave Revering 152 521 49 141 0 0 16 46 26 55 0 0.271
Mitchell Page 147 516 62 147 0 0 17 70 53 95 23 0.285
Mario Guerrero 143 505 27 139 0 0 3 38 15 35 0 0.275
Mike Edwards 142 414 48 113 0 0 1 23 16 32 27 0.273
Taylor Duncan 104 319 25 82 0 0 2 37 19 38 1 0.257
Wayne Gross 118 285 18 57 0 0 7 23 40 63 0 0.200
Joe Wallis 85 279 28 66 0 0 6 26 26 42 1 0.237
Jim Essian 126 278 21 62 0 0 3 26 44 22 2 0.223
Jeff Newman 105 268 25 64 0 0 9 32 18 40 0 0.239
Miguel Dilone 135 258 34 59 0 0 1 14 23 30 50 0.229
Tony Armas 91 239 17 51 0 0 2 13 10 62 1 0.213
Glenn Burke 78 200 19 47 0 0 1 14 10 26 15 0.235
Gary Alexander 58 174 18 36 0 0 10 22 22 66 0 0.207
Dell Alston 58 173 17 36 0 0 1 10 10 21 11 0.208
Gary Thomasson 47 154 17 31 0 0 5 16 15 44 4 0.201
Rico Carty 41 141 19 39 0 0 11 31 21 16 0 0.277
Willie Horton 32 102 11 32 0 0 3 19 9 15 0 0.314
Rob Picciolo 78 93 16 21 0 0 2 7 2 13 1 0.226
Bruce Robinson 28 84 5 21 0 0 0 8 3 8 0 0.250
Steve Staggs 47 78 10 19 0 0 0 0 19 17 2 0.244
Dwayne Murphy 60 52 15 10 0 0 0 5 7 14 0 0.192
Bill North 24 52 5 11 0 0 0 5 9 13 3 0.212
Tito Fuentes 13 43 5 6 0 0 0 2 1 6 0 0.140
Tim Hosley 13 23 1 7 0 0 0 3 1 6 0 0.304
Mike Adams 15 15 5 3 0 0 0 1 7 2 0 0.200
Larry Murray 11 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0.083
Marty Perez 16 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Scott Meyer 8 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.111
Jerry Tabb 12 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 0.111
Darrell Woodard 33 9 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0.000
Mark Budaska 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.250
Pete Broberg 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joe Coleman 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tim Conroy 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Heaverlo 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Henry Johnson 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Matt Keough 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Lacey 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rick Langford 40 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve McCatty 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Craig Minetto 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Morgan 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Norris 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Renko 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Elias Sosa 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Alan Wirth 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Elias Sosa 2.64 2 Bob Lacey 3.01 3 Matt Keough 3.24 4 Dave Heaverlo 3.25 5 John Henry Johnson 3.39

Wins

1 John Henry Johnson 11 2 Pete Broberg 10 3 Matt Keough 8 4 Bob Lacey 8 5 Elias Sosa 8

Strikeouts

1 Matt Keough 108 2 Pete Broberg 94 3 Rick Langford 92 4 John Henry Johnson 91 5 Steve Renko 89
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Matt Keough 8 15 3.24 32 32 0 197.1 85 108
John Henry Johnson 11 10 3.39 33 30 0 186.0 82 91
Rick Langford 7 13 3.43 37 24 0 175.2 56 92
Pete Broberg 10 12 4.62 35 26 0 165.2 65 94
Steve Renko 6 12 4.29 27 25 0 151.0 67 89
Dave Heaverlo 3 6 3.25 69 0 10 130.0 41 71
Bob Lacey 8 9 3.01 74 0 5 119.2 35 60
Elias Sosa 8 2 2.64 68 0 14 109.0 44 61
Alan Wirth 5 6 3.43 16 14 0 81.1 34 31
Mike Norris 0 5 5.51 14 5 0 49.0 35 36
Steve McCatty 0 0 4.50 9 0 0 20.0 9 10
Joe Coleman 3 0 1.37 10 0 0 19.2 5 4
Mike Morgan 0 3 7.30 3 3 0 12.1 8 0
Craig Minetto 0 0 3.75 4 1 0 12.0 7 3
Tim Conroy 0 0 7.71 2 2 0 4.2 9 0

👥 Roster (46)

Mike Adams Gary Alexander Dell Alston Tony Armas Pete Broberg Mark Budaska Glenn Burke Rico Carty Joe Coleman Tim Conroy Miguel Dilone Taylor Duncan +34 more

46 players

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