1968 Oakland Athletics
82 - 80
1967 / 1969 (Organization)
6th place in the AL (21 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		44 - 38 (.537)
38 - 42 (.475)		 +2.1 wins
-1.1 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 569 / 529 ( +40 )
Allowed/Expected: 544 / 529 ( -15 )
Pyth Record: 84 - 78 (-2)
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Oakland Coliseum
Attendance: 837,466 Avg Att: 10,090 (0.72)
Att Rank: 8 / 10 Lg Avg: 13,938
       
Park Factor: 0.96    
HR Factor: 0.91 R/L HR: 0.95 / 0.87
Notes:


Formation
Filters
Home Grown
Positions
#
via
1 Dick Green
2B
27.2
1.3
7.8
2.6
6
Y
1
1
1960
 Free Agency (Amateur)
2 Lew Krausse
SP
25.2
1.7
9.3
2.9
6
Y
6
8
1961
 Free Agency (Amateur)
3 Jack Aker
RP
28.0
-1.4
1.6
-1.9
5
Y
6
9
1959
 Free Agency (Amateur)
4 Bert Campaneris
SS
26.3
6.7
29.7
13.4
5
Y
4
25
1961
 Free Agency (Amateur)
5 Blue Moon Odom
SP
23.1
3.9
16.7
8.9
5
Y
6
1
1964
 Free Agency (Amateur)
6 Paul Lindblad
RP
26.9
0.9
4.6
2.1
4
Y
1
1
1963
 Free Agency (Amateur)
7 Catfish Hunter
SP
22.2
1.6
9.0
1.1
4
Y
6
8
1964
 Free Agency (Amateur)
8 Mike Hershberger
LF
28.7
0.6
9.7
4.4
4
N
1
20
1965
 Trade CHA AL
9 Dave Duncan
C
22.8
0.1
2.7
-4.1
3
Y
1
1
1963
 Free Agency (Amateur)
10 Jim Nash
SP
23.4
4.0
16.4
8.7
3
Y
6
13
1963
 Free Agency (Amateur)
11 John Donaldson
2B
25.2
1.8
8.4
-0.9
3
N
12
2
1963
 Draft (First Year) MIN AL
12 Rene Lachemann
C
23.2
-0.7
0.1
-1.4
3
Y
1
1
1964
 Free Agency (Amateur)
13 Chuck Dobson
SP
24.5
1.4
9.5
2.0
3
Y
1
1
1965
 Free Agency (Amateur)
14 Sal Bando
3B
24.4
3.4
20.6
6.4
3
Y
6
8
1965
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 6
15 Rick Monday
CF
22.6
3.6
26.1
13.9
3
Y
6
8
1965
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 1 (Pick 1)
16 Phil Roof
C
27.3
-0.5
0.2
-1.5
3
N
12
1
1965
 Trade CLE AL
17 Danny Cater
1B
28.4
2.1
16.9
6.8
3
N
5
27
1966
 Trade CHA AL
18 Jim Gosger
LF
25.7
-0.7
1.7
-1.8
3
N
6
13
1966
 Trade BOS AL
19 Ted Kubiak
2B
26.1
0.3
3.6
0.6
2
Y
1
1
1961
 Free Agency (Amateur)
20 Allan Lewis
LF
26.6
0.0
0.0
-0.1
2
Y
1
1
1961
 Free Agency (Amateur)
21 Tony LaRussa
-
23.7
0.1
0.1
0.0
2
Y
6
6
1962
 Free Agency (Amateur)
22 Ray Webster
1B
25.8
-0.0
2.9
-1.0
2
Y
1
1
1963
 Free Agency (Amateur)
23 Tony Pierce
SW
22.4
-0.5
0.3
-1.0
2
Y
1
1
1964
 Free Agency (Amateur)
24 George Lauzerique
RP
20.9
0.0
0.1
0.1
2
Y
6
8
1965
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 10
25 Joe Rudi
LF
21.8
-0.6
0.9
-2.8
2
Y
12
1
1965
 Trade CLE AL
26 Reggie Jackson
RF
22.1
5.2
25.3
13.2
2
Y
6
7
1966
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 1 (Pick 2)
27 Ken Sanders
RP
27.0
0.0
0.1
-0.4
2
N
6
13
1966
 Trade BOS AL
28 Diego Segui
RP
30.9
1.3
7.8
3.9
2
N
7
30
1966
 Trade WS2 AL
29 Rollie Fingers
RP
21.9
-0.2
0.0
-0.1
1
Y
12
24
1964
 Free Agency (Amateur)
30 Joe Keough
LF
22.5
0.3
1.8
-0.2
1
Y
6
8
1965
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 2
31 Warren Bogle
RP
21.7
-0.4
0.0
-1.0
1
Y
6
6
1967
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 4
32 Floyd Robinson
LF
32.1
0.2
2.0
0.4
1
N
11
21
1967
 Trade CIN NL
33 Ed Sprague
RP
22.8
-0.1
3.1
0.0
1
N
11
28
1967
 Draft (Rule 5) SLN NL
34 Jim Pagliaroni
C
30.6
1.3
6.7
1.2
1
N
12
3
1967
 Purchased PIT NL
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Player Pos Hometown
Jack Aker RP Visalia, CA (US)
Sal Bando 3B Warrensville Heights, OH (US)
Warren Bogle RP Passaic, NJ (USA)
Bert Campaneris SS Pueblo Nuevo (Cuba)
Danny Cater 1B Austin, TX (US)
Chuck Dobson SP Kansas City, MO (US)
John Donaldson 2B Charlotte, NC (US)
Dave Duncan C San Diego, CA (US)
Rollie Fingers RP Upland, CA (US)
Jim Gosger LF Port Huron, MI (US)
Dick Green 2B Mitchell, SD (US)
Mike Hershberger LF Massillon, OH (US)
Catfish Hunter SP Perquimans, NC (US)
Reggie Jackson RF Cheltenham, PA (US)
Joe Keough LF Pomona, CA (US)
Lew Krausse SP Chester, PA (US)
Ted Kubiak 2B New Brunswick, NJ (USA)
Rene Lachemann C Los Angeles, CA (US)
Tony LaRussa - Tampa, FL (US)
George Lauzerique RP New York, NY (US)
Allan Lewis LF Chiri Qui (PA)
Paul Lindblad RP Chanute, KS (US)
Rick Monday CF Santa Monica, CA (US)
Jim Nash SP Sprayberry, GA (US)
Blue Moon Odom SP Macon, GA (US)
Jim Pagliaroni C Dearborn, MI (US)
Tony Pierce SW Brunswick, GA (USA)
Floyd Robinson LF San Diego, CA (US)
Phil Roof C Paducah, KY (US)
Joe Rudi LF Downey, CA (US)
Ken Sanders RP St. Louis, MO (US)
Diego Segui RP Holguin (Cuba)
Ed Sprague RP Boston, MA (USA)
Ray Webster 1B Colon (PA)

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