1974 Athletics roster

33 players appeared for the Athletics in the 1974 MLB season. They won the 1974 World Series, 4-1.

1974 Athletics roster: batting

1974 Athletics batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Joe Rudi1585937317422992.293.334.818
Bill North1495437914143354.260.347.684
Bert Campaneris1345277715324134.290.347.713
Reggie Jackson14850690146299325.289.391.905
Sal Bando14649884121221032.243.352.778
Gene Tenace1584847110226732.211.367.778
Angel Mangual11536537859433.233.265.632
Dick Green10028720612222.213.269.544
Claudell Washington7322116630196.285.326.702
Ted Kubiak9922022460181.209.268.491
Jesus Alou9622013592150.268.288.620
Ray Fosse6920420404231.196.241.564
Larry Haney761211220231.165.185.433
Gaylen Pitts1841410030.244.326.643
Manny Trillo213335020.152.222.374
Phil Garner302845011.179.207.421
Champ Summers202423030.125.160.327
Vic Davalillo172304010.174.231.405
John Donaldson101512000.133.133.267
Tim Hosley11732010.286.333.619
Rich McKinney5701000.143.143.286

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1974 Athletics roster: pitching

1974 Athletics pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Catfish HunterP414125122.49318.11430.990
Vida BlueSP404017153.25282.11741.220
Ken HoltzmanP393819173.07255.11171.270
Rollie FingersRP760952.65119.0951.1218
Dave HamiltonRP2918743.15117.0691.300
Paul LindbladP452442.06100.2461.146
Glenn AbbottSP1917573.0096.0381.280
Blue moon OdomP345153.8187.1521.571
Darold KnowlesRP451334.2253.1181.803
Leon HootenP60003.248.111.200
Bill ParsonsP40000.002.022.000

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.