1976 Oakland Athletics

Major League Baseball

Record: 87-74 .540.... 2nd in AL West
Manager(s): Chuck Tanner
Stadium: Oakland Coliseum
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 780,593
Top Draft Pick: Mike Sullivan (#24) A+

HR: Sal Bando [27]
RBI: Joe Rudi [94]
2B: Joe Rudi [32]
SB: Billy North [75]

W: Vida Blue [18]
SV: Rollie Fingers [20]
SO: Vida Blue [166]

Oldest Player: Willie McCovey [38]
Youngest Player: Mike Norris [21]
Longest Tenure: Sal Bando, Bert Campaneris, Rollie Fingers, Joe Rudi [9]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Wayne Gross (Aug 21) Jeff Newman (Jun 30) Gary Woods (Sep 14)
Pitchers: Chris Batton (Sep 19)

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Batting Statistics

Pos	#	Player Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
C		Larry Haney	33	88	177	12	40	2	0	0	10	0	1	13	26	1	0	3	2	5	.226	.280	.237	517
1B		Gene Tenace	29	128	417	64	104	19	1	22	66	5	4	81	91	4	2	1	5	7	.249	.373	.458	831
2B		Phil Garner	27	159	555	54	145	29	12	8	74	35	13	36	71	2	1	6	4	11	.261	.307	.400	707
3B		Sal Bando	32	158	550	75	132	18	2	27	84	20	6	76	74	4	1	7	3	7	.240	.335	.427	762
SS		Bert Campaneris	34	149	536	67	137	14	1	1	52	54	12	63	80	3	0	18	11	4	.256	.331	.291	622
OF		Billy North	28	154	590	91	163	20	5	2	31	75	29	73	95	2	3	6	4	8	.276	.356	.337	693
OF		Joe Rudi	29	130	500	54	135	32	3	13	94	6	1	41	71	3	10	3	10	14	.270	.323	.424	747
OF		Claudell Washington	21	134	490	65	126	20	6	5	53	37	20	30	90	3	1	3	4	13	.257	.302	.353	655
DH		Billy Williams	38	120	351	36	74	12	0	11	41	4	2	58	44	0	15	1	3	4	.211	.320	.339	659

OF-1B		Don Baylor	27	157	595	85	147	25	1	15	68	52	12	58	72	20	4	1	11	11	.247	.329	.368	697
3B-1B		Ken McMullen	34	98	186	20	41	6	2	5	23	1	1	22	33	1	3	1	1	4	.220	.305	.355	660
C		Jeff Newman	27	43	77	5	15	4	0	0	4	0	0	4	12	0	0	5	0	0	.195	.235	.247	482
SS		Tommy Sandt	25	41	67	6	14	1	0	0	3	0	0	7	9	0	0	1	0	1	.209	.284	.224	508
C		Tim Hosley	29	37	55	4	9	2	0	1	4	0	0	8	12	0	0	0	0	1	.164	.270	.255	525
1B		Ron Fairly	37	15	46	9	11	1	0	3	10	0	0	9	12	0	3	0	0	1	.239	.364	.457	821
OF		Cesar Tovar	35	29	45	1	8	0	0	0	4	1	2	4	4	2	0	1	0	0	.178	.275	.178	453
OF-DH		Matt Alexander	29	61	30	16	1	0	0	0	0	20	7	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.033	.033	.033	066
DH		Willie McCovey	38	11	24	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	.208	.296	.208	504
DH-1B		Wayne Gross	24	10	18	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.222	522
OF		Angel Mangual	29	8	12	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.250	417
OF		Denny Walling	22	3	11	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.273	546
OF		Gary Woods	21	6	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	250
DH		Jim Holt	32	4	7	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.571	946
DH		Nate Colbert	30	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	167
DH		Larry Lintz	26	68	1	21	0	0	0	0	0	31	11	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.667	.000	667
Batting Totals:				161	5353	686	1319	208	33	113	625	341	122	592	818	45	45	58	58	91	.246	.323	.361	684

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