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Positional Players from the 1978 Oakland Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Type | GP | PA/162 | H | HR | RBI | R | SB | SO | BB | BA | OBP | SLG | F/R/A | Salary | |
| Jim Essian | C | F | 126 | 340 | 62 | 3 | 26 | 21 | 2 | 22 | 44 | .223 | .326 | .295 | C/C-/A+ | $2.45M | |
| Jeff Newman | C | F | 105 | 291 | 64 | 9 | 32 | 25 | 0 | 40 | 18 | .239 | .288 | .373 | D/D+/B | $1.90M | |
| Bruce Robinson | C | F | 28 | 88 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 3 | .250 | .276 | .310 | D/A-/D+ | $416K | |
| Dave Revering | 1B | F | 152 | 553 | 141 | 16 | 46 | 49 | 0 | 55 | 26 | .271 | .303 | .415 | C-/D- | $2.66M | |
| Mike Edwards | 2B | F | 142 | 446 | 113 | 1 | 23 | 48 | 27 | 32 | 16 | .273 | .303 | .329 | D+/D- | $2.10M | |
| Steve Staggs | 2B | F | 47 | 97 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 19 | .244 | .392 | .321 | C+/D- | $486K | |
| Taylor Duncan | 3B | F | 104 | 348 | 82 | 2 | 37 | 25 | 1 | 38 | 19 | .257 | .296 | .335 | C+/D- | $1.42M | |
| Wayne Gross | 3B | F | 118 | 335 | 57 | 7 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 63 | 40 | .200 | .308 | .323 | D/D- | $1.27M | |
| Mario Guerrero | SS | F | 143 | 546 | 139 | 3 | 38 | 27 | 0 | 35 | 15 | .275 | .302 | .345 | C/D | $2.57M | |
| Rob Picciolo | SS | F | 78 | 98 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 2 | .226 | .242 | .301 | C/D- | $327K | |
| Rico Carty | DH | P | 41 | 163 | 39 | 11 | 31 | 19 | 0 | 16 | 21 | .277 | .368 | .560 | D-/D- | $1.09M | |
| Gary Alexander | DH | P | 58 | 199 | 36 | 10 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 66 | 22 | .207 | .298 | .425 | D-/D-/A | $903K | |
| Willie Horton | DH | P | 32 | 112 | 32 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 9 | .314 | .369 | .480 | D-/D- | $638K | |
| Mitchell Page | OF | F | 147 | 579 | 147 | 17 | 70 | 62 | 23 | 95 | 53 | .285 | .355 | .459 | C/D+ | $3.80M | |
| Joe Wallis | OF | P | 85 | 311 | 66 | 6 | 26 | 28 | 1 | 42 | 26 | .237 | .300 | .366 | B/C | $1.69M | |
| Tony Armas | OF | F | 91 | 258 | 51 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 62 | 10 | .213 | .250 | .272 | A/B+ | $1.45M | |
| Miguel Dilone | OF | F | 135 | 292 | 59 | 1 | 14 | 34 | 50 | 30 | 23 | .229 | .294 | .271 | B/D+ | $1.37M | |
| Glenn Burke | OF | P | 78 | 217 | 47 | 1 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 26 | 10 | .235 | .270 | .290 | B+/D+ | $1.03M | |
| Gary Thomasson | OF | P | 47 | 171 | 31 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 44 | 15 | .201 | .272 | .338 | C/C | $748K | |
| Dell Alston | OF | P | 58 | 188 | 36 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 21 | 10 | .208 | .250 | .237 | D/D- | $649K | |
| Billy North | OF | P | 24 | 65 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 9 | .212 | .344 | .288 | C+/C+ | $391K | |
| Dwayne Murphy | OF | F | 60 | 62 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 7 | .192 | .279 | .231 | A+/D- | $200K | |
Pitchers from the 1978 Oakland Athletics | |||||||||||||
| Player | Role | Type | GP | IP/162 | GS | ERA | OAV | WHIP | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 | HR/9 | Salary |
| Matt Keough | S | F | 32 | 198.00 | 32 | 3.24 | 0.241 | 1.33 | 1.271 | 4.93 | 3.88 | 0.410 | $4.72M |
| John Henry Johnson | S | F | 33 | 186.00 | 30 | 3.39 | 0.238 | 1.32 | 1.110 | 4.40 | 3.97 | 0.871 | $4.06M |
| Rick Langford | S | F | 37 | 176.00 | 24 | 3.43 | 0.253 | 1.28 | 1.643 | 4.71 | 2.87 | 0.769 | $3.86M |
| Pete Broberg | S | F | 35 | 166.00 | 26 | 4.62 | 0.269 | 1.44 | 1.446 | 5.11 | 3.53 | 0.869 | $3.08M |
| Steve Renko | S | F | 27 | 151.00 | 25 | 4.29 | 0.265 | 1.45 | 1.328 | 5.30 | 3.99 | 0.596 | $3.01M |
| Alan Wirth | S | F | 16 | 82.00 | 14 | 3.43 | 0.252 | 1.30 | 0.912 | 3.43 | 3.76 | 0.664 | $1.58M |
| Dave Heaverlo | R | F | 69 | 130.00 | 0 | 3.25 | 0.281 | 1.40 | 1.732 | 4.92 | 2.84 | 0.762 | $2.46M |
| Bob Lacey | R | F | 74 | 120.00 | 0 | 3.01 | 0.270 | 1.35 | 1.714 | 4.51 | 2.63 | 0.752 | $2.43M |
| Elias Sosa | R | F | 68 | 109.00 | 0 | 2.64 | 0.264 | 1.38 | 1.386 | 5.04 | 3.63 | 0.413 | $2.38M |
| Mike Norris | R | F | 14 | 49.00 | 5 | 5.51 | 0.249 | 1.65 | 1.029 | 6.61 | 6.43 | 0.367 | $884K |
The 1978 Oakland Athletics roster is above. All columns may be sorted by clicking the column name. Clicking on an individual player will display the player's career statistics including his time with the 1978 Oakland Athletics.
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