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Record: 76-78 .494.... 4th in American League West
Stadium: Municipal Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 707,656

Top Draft Pick: Jamie Quirk (#18) MLB
Manager - Bob Lemon

Team Leaders

HR: Mayberry [25]
RBI: Mayberry [100]
2B: Piniella [33]
SB: Patek [33]
W: Splittorff, Drago [12]
SV: Burgmeier [9]
SO: Splittorff [140]

Oldest Player: Ted Abernathy [39]
Youngest Player: Jim Wohlford [21]
Longest Tenure: Tom Burgmeier, Dick Drago, Al Fitzmorris, Mike Hedlund, Joe Keough, Ed Kirkpatrick, Roger Nelson, Bob Oliver, Lou Piniella, Jim Rooker, Paul Schaal [4]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Jim Wohlford (Sep 1)
Pitchers: Norm Angelini (Jul 22) Steve Busby (Sep 8)

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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	Ed Kirkpatrick	27	113	364	43	100	15	1	9	43	3	5	51	50	3	9	1	4	4	.275	.365	.396	761
1B	John Mayberry	23	149	503	65	150	24	3	25	100	0	2	78	74	3	13	1	3	12	.298	.394	.507	901
2B	Cookie Rojas	33	137	487	49	127	25	0	3	53	2	8	41	35	1	5	5	7	17	.261	.315	.331	646
3B	Paul Schaal	29	127	435	47	99	19	3	6	41	1	3	61	59	2	1	2	3	14	.228	.323	.326	649
SS	Freddie Patek	27	136	518	59	110	25	4	0	32	33	7	47	64	3	4	6	3	9	.212	.280	.276	556
OF	Lou Piniella	28	151	574	65	179	33	4	11	72	7	2	34	59	8	9	4	4	25	.312	.356	.441	797
OF	Amos Otis	25	143	540	75	158	28	2	11	54	28	12	50	59	3	3	6	6	6	.293	.352	.413	765
OF	Richie Scheinblum	29	134	450	60	135	21	4	8	66	0	1	58	40	4	3	3	3	19	.300	.383	.418	801

OF	Steve Hovley	27	105	196	24	53	5	1	3	24	3	3	24	29	1	2	4	1	2	.270	.351	.352	703
P	Paul Splittorff	25	35	71	9	16	0	1	0	3	0	0	4	8	1	0	7	0	2	.225	.276	.254	530
3B-SS	Bobby Floyd	28	61	134	9	24	3	0	0	5	1	0	5	29	0	0	1	0	4	.179	.209	.201	410
P	Dick Drago	27	35	68	4	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	8	36	1	0	7	0	0	.059	.169	.059	228
C	Jerry May	28	53	116	10	22	5	1	1	4	0	0	14	13	0	2	1	0	4	.190	.277	.276	553
P	Roger Nelson	28	34	54	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	19	0	0	4	0	0	.093	.140	.093	233
C	Carl Taylor	28	63	113	17	30	2	1	0	11	4	1	17	16	1	1	2	2	3	.265	.361	.301	662
P	Bruce Dalcanton	30	35	41	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	0	0	5	0	1	.098	.119	.122	241
2B	Bobby Knoop	33	44	97	8	23	5	0	0	7	0	0	9	16	0	1	0	1	5	.237	.299	.289	588
P	Mike Hedlund	25	29	32	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	3	0	0	.188	.188	.188	376
1B	Gail Hopkins	29	53	71	1	15	2	0	0	5	0	0	7	4	0	1	0	0	2	.211	.282	.239	521
P	Al Fitzmorris	26	39	23	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	.174	.296	.174	470
OF	Joe Keough	26	56	64	8	14	2	0	0	5	2	0	8	7	2	1	1	0	0	.219	.324	.250	574
P	Jim Rooker	29	18	20	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	1	.100	.095	.100	195
OF	Bob Oliver	29	16	63	7	17	2	1	1	6	1	0	2	12	0	0	0	0	2	.270	.292	.381	673
P	Monty Montgomery	25	9	17	2	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	10	0	0	3	0	0	.176	.222	.235	457
SS	Ron Hansen	34	16	30	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	6	0	1	0	0	1	.133	.212	.133	345
P	Tom Burgmeier	28	51	12	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	666
2B	Jim Wohlford	21	15	25	3	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	.240	.321	.280	601
P	Ted Abernathy	39	45	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Steve Busby	22	5	15	0	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.267	467
P	Ken Wright	25	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Tom Murphy	26	21	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	5	0	0	.000	.071	.000	71
C	Dennis Paepke	27	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.143	.000	143
P	Mike Jackson	26	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Norm Angelini	24	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
Batting Totals			154	5167	580	1317	220	26	78	547	85	44	534	711	34	57	72	38	134	.255	.327	.353	680