1970 Oakland Athletics
89 - 73
1969 / 1971 (Organization)
2nd place in the AL West (9 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		49 - 32 (.605)
40 - 41 (.494)		 +5.2 wins
+2.8 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 678 / 638 ( +40 )
Allowed/Expected: 593 / 642 ( +49 )
Pyth Record: 91 - 71 (-2)
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Oakland Coliseum
Attendance: 778,355 Avg Att: 9,609 (0.77)
Att Rank: 9 / 12 Lg Avg: 12,420
       
Park Factor: 0.96    
HR Factor: 0.96 R/L HR: 0.99 / 0.92
Notes:


Top Prospects (as of March 1st)

Filters
Positions
# Pos
Age
 
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
   Acquired Via M D Y
1
C
23.7
46.8
228.5
114.7
 
1.8
2.2
0.5
4.7
5.0
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
8
1965
2
SP
20.9
45.5
204.1
98.5
 
1.0
8.6
0.5
2.0
2.1
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
6
1967
3
CF
20.7
28.9
234.7
85.5
 
-0.5
-0.2
1.0
3.1
 
Draft (Amateur)
1
27
1968
4
2B
19.5
11.2
146.2
2.5
 
-0.1
0.2
 
Draft (Rule 5)
12
1
1969
5
SW
19.4
5.9
48.7
17.6
 
0.4
-0.1
-0.2
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
5
1969
6
SP
19.4
5.7
51.2
9.9
 
0.1
1.0
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
5
1969
7
SW
22.6
3.9
43.4
14.0
 
1.0
-0.3
1.2
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
7
1966
8
LF
24.7
1.0
5.5
2.2
 
0.1
0.5
-0.0
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
8
1965
9
RP
19.5
0.3
1.2
0.4
 
0.3
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
5
1969
10
1B
20.8
0.3
3.1
1.4
 
0.3
 
Draft (Amateur)
1
27
1968
11
DH
25.5
0.2
24.9
3.2
 
0.0
0.2
 
Draft (Minor League)
12
2
1968
12
LF
23.2
-0.1
0.1
-0.3
 
-0.1
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1965
13
SS
19.5
-0.2
1.0
-0.7
 
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
5
1969
14
LF
18.9
-0.3
0.2
-0.1
 
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
5
1969
15
LF
23.8
-0.4
0.2
-0.3
 
-0.2
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1965
16
1B
24.3
-0.5
1.7
-0.4
 
0.2
-0.4
-0.3
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
3
1966
17
2B
25.7
-0.7
4.0
-0.5
 
-0.2
-0.3
-0.0
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
6
6
1962
18
2B
26.1
-0.8
0.5
-1.1
 
-0.5
-0.2
 
Draft (First Year)
11
26
1962
19
SS
22.6
-1.3
5.8
-1.9
 
0.3
-0.0
-1.5
-0.0
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1965
20
RP
25.3
-2.4
0.8
-5.2
 
-0.6
-0.9
-1.0
 
Draft (Amateur)
1
28
1967
21
CF
20.3
-6.2
21.0
-16.3
 
-1.6
-0.3
-2.2
 
Draft (Amateur)
1
17
1970
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James