1978 Oakland Athletics season

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1978 Oakland Athletics
Major league affiliations
Location
1978 Information
Owner(s) Charles O. Finley
Manager(s) Bobby Winkles and Jack McKeon
Local television KPIX-TV
(Monte Moore, Bob Waller)
Local radio KALX (FM)/KNEW (AM)
(Bud Foster, Bob Cosgrove, Curt Flood, Jim Peterson, Larry Baer)

The Oakland Athletics' 1978 season involved the A's finishing 6th in the American League West with a record of 69 wins and 93 losses.

Contents

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

American League West
Rank Club Wins Losses Win % GB
1st Kansas City Royals   92   70 .568    --
2nd Texas Rangers   87   75 .537   5.0
3rd California Angels   87   75 .537   5.0
4th Minnesota Twins   73   89 .451 19.0
5th Chicago White Sox   71   90 .441 20.5
6th Oakland Athletics   69   93 .426 23.0
7th Seattle Mariners   56 104 .350 35.0

[edit] Notable Transactions

  • April 4, 1978: Manny Sanguillen was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later, Miguel Dilone, and Elias Sosa. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Mike Edwards (April 7, 1978) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade. [1]

[edit] Roster

1978 Oakland Athletics roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

[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

[edit] Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers
Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Elias Sosa 68 109 8 2 14 2.64 61

[edit] References

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1978 MLB season by team
AL East
AL West
California • Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Seattle • Texas
NL East
NL West
1978 All-Star Game • 1978 World Series
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Oakland Athletics
Formerly the Philadelphia Athletics and the Kansas City Athletics • Based in Oakland, California (Bay Area)
The Franchise
Ballparks
Culture
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9 • 27 • 34 • 42 • 43
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