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1979 Oakland Athletics
Major league affiliations
American League (since 1901) Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (since 1968) Oakland, California (since 1968)
1979 information
Owner(s)	Charles O. Finley
Manager(s)	Jim Marshall
Local television	KPIX-TV (Monte Moore, Bob Waller)
Local radio	KKIS (Hal Ramey, Red Rush)
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The 1979 Oakland Athletics season involved the A's finishing 7th in the American League West with a record of 54 wins and 108 losses. Only 306,763 paying customers showed up to watch the A's in 1979, the team's worst attendance since leaving Philadelphia.

Team owner Charlie Finley nearly sold the team to buyers who would have moved them to New Orleans for 1979. Any deal to relocate fell through when the city of Oakland refused to release the A's from their lease. The city was in the midst of its battle with the Oakland Raiders over their move to Los Angeles and didn't want to lose both teams.

Contents

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Farm system
5 References
6 External links

Offseason

October 3, 1978: Rico Carty was purchased from the Athletics by the Toronto Blue Jays.^[1]
January 9, 1979: Lemmie Miller was drafted by the Athletics in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1979 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign.^[2]
February 26, 1979: Darryl Cias was purchased by the Athletics from the Salem Senators.^[3]
February 28, 1979: Jim Todd was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.^[4]

Regular season

On June 24, Rickey Henderson made his major league debut against the Texas Rangers. In four at bats, Henderson had two hits and a stolen base.^[5]

Season standings

AL West	W	L	GB	Pct.
California Angels	88	74	--	.543
Kansas City Royals	85	77	3	.525
Texas Rangers	83	79	5	.512
Minnesota Twins	82	80	6	.506
Chicago White Sox	73	87	14	.456
Seattle Mariners	67	95	21	.414
Oakland Athletics	54	108	34	.333

Notable transactions

June 5, 1979: Ronn Reynolds was drafted by the Athletics in the 5th round of the 1979 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign.^[6]
June 15, 1979: Mark Souza was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.^[7]

Roster

1979 Oakland Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

18 Jim Essian
5 Jeff Newman

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

25 Jim Marshall

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Newman, JeffJeff Newman	143	516	119	.231	22	71
1B	Revering, DaveDave Revering	125	472	136	.288	19	77
2B	Edwards, MikeMike Edwards	122	400	93	.233	1	23
LF	Henderson, RickeyRickey Henderson	89	351	96	.274	1	26
DH	Page, MitchellMitchell Page	133	478	118	.247	9	42

Other batters

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
Essian, JimJim Essian	98	313	76	.243	8	40
Murray, LarryLarry Murray	105	226	42	.186	2	20
Bryant, DerekDerek Bryant	39	106	19	.179	0	13
Diloné, MiguelMiguel Diloné	30	91	17	.187	1	6
Burke, GlennGlenn Burke	23	89	19	.213	0	4
Wallis, JoeJoe Wallis	23	78	11	.141	1	3
Klutts, MickeyMickey Klutts	24	73	14	.192	1	4
Ramírez, MiltMilt Ramírez	28	62	10	.161	0	3

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Keough, MattMatt Keough	30	176.2	2	17	5.04	95
Johnson, John HenryJohn Henry Johnson	14	84.2	2	8	4.36	50

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Norris, MikeMike Norris	29	146.1	5	8	4.80	96
Minetto, CraigCraig Minetto	36	118.1	1	5	5.55	64
Hamilton, DaveDave Hamilton	40	82.2	3	4	3.70	52
Wirth, AlanAlan Wirth	5	12	1	0	6.00	7

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Todd, JimJim Todd	51	2	5	2	6.56	26

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Ogden A's	Pacific Coast League	José Pagán
AA	Waterbury A's	Eastern League	Ed Nottle
A	Modesto A's	California League	Gaylen Pitts
Short-Season A	Medford A's	Northwest League	Rich Morales

References

External links

v d e 1979 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore • Boston • Cleveland • Detroit • Milwaukee • New York • Toronto

AL West	California • Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Seattle • Texas

NL East	Chicago • Montréal • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta • Cincinnati • Houston • Los Angeles • San Diego • San Francisco

1979 Major League Baseball Draft •1979 All-Star Game • 1979 World Series

Oakland Athletics

Formerly the Philadelphia Athletics and the Kansas City Athletics • Based in Oakland, California (Bay Area)

The Franchise

History • Seasons • Records • No-hitters • Players • Owners and executives • Managers • Broadcasters • Award winners and league leaders • First-round draft picks

Ballparks

Columbia Park • Shibe Park • Municipal Stadium • O.co Coliseum • Cashman Field • Cisco Field (proposed)
Spring Training: Barrs Field • Terry Park Ballfield • Wilmington Park • McCurdy Field • Connie Mack Field • McKechnie Field • Scottsdale Stadium I • Phoenix Municipal Stadium

Culture

Philadelphia Athletics (football) • Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame • Athletics Nation • Charlie-O • Stomper • $100,000 Infield • "Holy Toledo!" • Billyball • Celebration • White Cleats • Moneyball (book) • Moneyball (film)

Lore

The Mack Attack • Kirk Gibson's 1988 World Series home run • 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake • Dallas Braden's perfect game

Rivalries

City Series • Bay Bridge Series

Important figures

Hall of Fame members	Home Run Baker • Chief Bender • Mickey Cochrane • Eddie Collins • Dennis Eckersley • Rollie Fingers • Jimmie Foxx • Lefty Grove • Rickey Henderson • Catfish Hunter • Reggie Jackson • Nap Lajoie • Connie Mack • Eddie Plank • Al Simmons • Rube Waddell • Dick Williams

Wall of Fame members	Sam Chapman • Jack Coombs • Jimmy Dykes • George Earnshaw • Ferris Fain • Bob Johnson • Eddie Joost • Bing Miller • Wally Moses • Rube Oldring • Bobby Shantz • Eddie Rommel • Elmer Valo • Rube Walberg • Gus Zernial

Franchise record holders	Don Baylor • Bert Campaneris • José Canseco • Jason Giambi • Ben Grieve • Dave Kingman • Bill Lamar • Mark McGwire • Cy Morgan • Danny Murphy • Elmer Myers • Roy Grover • Blue Moon Odom • Scott Perry • Vic Power • Pete Suder

Retired numbers

9 • 24 • 27 • 34 • 42 • 43

World Series
Champions (9)

1910 • 1911 • 1913 • 1929 • 1930 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1989

American League
Championships (15)

1902 • 1905 • 1910 • 1911 • 1913 • 1914 • 1929 • 1930 • 1931 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990

Minors

AAA: Sacramento River Cats • AA: Midland RockHounds • A: Stockton Ports, Burlington Bees, Vermont Lake Monsters • Rookie: Arizona League Athletics, DSL Athletics

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