1979 Oakland Athletics

54-108 • 0.333 Win% • 7th in AL W

📊 Season Record

54 Wins
108 Losses
0.333 Win %
7th Rank
573 R 860 RA
Diff -287

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573 Runs Scored
860 Runs Allowed
-287 Run Diff
306K Attendance

📈 vs. 1979 AL Average

Batting Avg .238 12% below the 1979 league average (.269)
OBP .301 10% below the 1979 league average (.333)
SLG .299 14% below the 1979 league average (.348)
Team ERA 4.75 13% worse than the 1979 league average (4.22)
Runs Scored 573 24% below the 1979 league average (752 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumOakland Coliseum
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 306,763
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Avg per Game 3,787

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Dave Revering 0.288 2 Rickey Henderson 0.274 3 Mike Heath 0.256 4 Dwayne Murphy 0.255 5 Rob Picciolo 0.253

Home Runs

1 Jeff Newman 22 2 Dave Revering 19 3 Wayne Gross 14 4 Tony Armas 11 5 Dwayne Murphy 11

RBI

1 Dave Revering 77 2 Jeff Newman 71 3 Wayne Gross 50 4 Mitchell Page 42 5 Jim Essian 40
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Jeff Newman 143 516 53 119 0 0 22 71 27 88 2 0.231
Mitchell Page 133 478 51 118 0 0 9 42 52 93 17 0.247
Dave Revering 125 472 63 136 0 0 19 77 34 65 1 0.288
Wayne Gross 138 442 54 99 0 0 14 50 72 62 4 0.224
Mike Edwards 122 400 35 93 0 0 1 23 15 37 10 0.233
Dwayne Murphy 121 388 57 99 0 0 11 40 84 80 15 0.255
Rickey Henderson 89 351 49 96 0 0 1 26 34 39 33 0.274
Rob Picciolo 115 348 37 88 0 0 2 27 3 45 2 0.253
Jim Essian 98 313 34 76 0 0 8 40 25 29 0 0.243
Tony Armas 80 278 29 69 0 0 11 34 16 67 1 0.248
Mike Heath 74 258 19 66 0 0 3 27 17 18 1 0.256
Larry Murray 105 226 25 42 0 0 2 20 28 34 6 0.186
Dave Chalk 66 212 15 47 0 0 2 13 29 14 2 0.222
Mario Guerrero 46 166 12 38 0 0 0 18 6 7 0 0.229
Derek Bryant 39 106 8 19 0 0 0 13 10 10 0 0.179
Miguel Dilone 30 91 15 17 0 0 1 6 6 7 6 0.187
Glenn Burke 23 89 4 19 0 0 0 4 4 10 3 0.213
Joe Wallis 23 78 6 11 0 0 1 3 10 18 1 0.141
Mickey Klutts 24 73 3 14 0 0 1 4 7 20 0 0.192
Milt Ramirez 28 62 4 10 0 0 0 3 3 8 0 0.161
Dave Heaverlo 62 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Hamilton 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Henry Johnson 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Matt Keough 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brian Kingman 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Lacey 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rick Langford 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve McCatty 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Craig Minetto 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Morgan 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Norris 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Todd 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Alan Wirth 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Dave Hamilton 3.70 2 Dave Heaverlo 4.20 3 Steve McCatty 4.22 4 Rick Langford 4.28 5 Brian Kingman 4.31

Wins

1 Rick Langford 12 2 Steve McCatty 11 3 Brian Kingman 8 4 Mike Norris 5 5 Dave Heaverlo 4

Strikeouts

1 Rick Langford 101 2 Mike Norris 96 3 Matt Keough 95 4 Steve McCatty 87 5 Craig Minetto 64
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Rick Langford 12 16 4.28 34 29 0 218.2 57 101
Steve McCatty 11 12 4.22 31 23 0 185.2 80 87
Matt Keough 2 17 5.04 30 28 0 176.2 78 95
Mike Norris 5 8 4.80 29 18 0 146.1 94 96
Craig Minetto 1 5 5.55 36 13 0 118.1 58 64
Brian Kingman 8 7 4.31 18 17 0 112.2 33 58
Dave Heaverlo 4 11 4.20 62 0 9 85.2 42 40
John Henry Johnson 2 8 4.36 14 13 0 84.2 36 50
Dave Hamilton 3 4 3.70 40 7 5 82.2 43 52
Jim Todd 2 5 6.56 51 0 2 81.0 51 26
Mike Morgan 2 10 5.94 13 13 0 77.1 50 17
Bob Lacey 1 5 5.85 42 0 4 47.2 24 33
Alan Wirth 1 0 6.00 5 1 0 12.0 8 7

👥 Roster (33)

Tony Armas Derek Bryant Glenn Burke Dave Chalk Miguel Dilone Mike Edwards Jim Essian Wayne Gross Mario Guerrero Dave Hamilton Mike Heath Dave Heaverlo +21 more

33 players

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