1976 Oakland Athletics season

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1976 Oakland Athletics
Major league affiliations
Location
1976 Information
Owner(s) Charles O. Finley
Manager(s) Chuck Tanner
Local television KPIX-TV
Local radio KNBR
(Monte Moore, Bob Waller)

The Oakland Athletics' 1976 season involved the A's finishing 2nd in the American League West with a record of 87 wins and 74 losses, 2.5 games behind the Kansas City Royals, meaning that the A's failed to make the playoffs for the first time since 1970.

Contents

[edit] Offseason

December 9, 1975: Ray Fosse was purchased by the Cleveland Indians from the Oakland Athletics. [1]

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

American League West
Rank Club Wins Losses Win % GB
1st Kansas City Royals   90   72 .556    --
2nd Oakland Athletics   87   74 .540   2.5
3rd Minnesota Twins   85   77 .525   5.0
4th Texas Rangers   76   86 .469 14.0
4th California Angels   76   86 .469 14.0
6th Chicago White Sox   64   97 .398 25.5

[edit] Roster

1976 Oakland Athletics roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

[edit] Notable Transactions

  • June 8, 1976: Rickey Henderson was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 4th round of the 1976 amateur draft. Henderson signed on July 9, 1976.
  • August 30, 1976: Willie McCovey was purchased by the Oakland Athletics from the San Diego Padres.

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Larry Haney 88 177 40 .226 0 10
Gene Tenace 128 417 104 .249 22 66
Phil Garner 159 555 145 .261 8 74
Sal Bando 158 550 132 .240 27 84
Bert Campaneris 149 536 137 .256 1 52
Billy North 154 590 163 .276 2 31
Joe Rudi 130 500 135 .270 13 94
Claudell Washington 134 490 126 .257 5 53
Billy Williams 120 351 74 .211 11 41

[edit] Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Don Baylor 157 595 147 .247 15 68
Ron Fairly 15 46 11 .239 3 10
Willie McCovey 11 24 5 .208 0 0
Cesar Tovar 29 45 8 .178 0 4
Denny Walling 3 11 3 .273 0 0

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

[edit] References

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1976 MLB season by team
AL East
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California • Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Texas
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1976 All-Star Game • 1976 World Series
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