1976 Athletics roster

33 players appeared for the Athletics in the 1976 MLB season.

1976 Athletics roster: batting

1976 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.
Don BaylorDH15759585147156852.247.329.697
Bill NorthCF1545909116323175.276.356.693
Phil Garner3B1595555414587435.261.307.707
Sal Bando3B15855075132278420.240.335.762
Bert Campaneris2B1495366713715254.256.331.622
Joe Rudi1B1305005413513946.270.323.747
Claudell WashingtonLF1344906512655337.257.302.655
Gene Tenace1B1284176410422665.249.373.831
Billy Williams—120351367411414.211.320.659
Ken McMullen—9818620415231.220.305.660
Larry Haney—8817712400100.226.280.517
Jeff NewmanC4377515040.195.235.481
Tommy Sandt—4167614030.209.284.508
Matt AlexanderCF61301610020.033.033.067
Wayne Gross3B101804010.222.300.522
Angel Mangual—81202010.167.167.417
Denny Walling3B31113000.273.273.545
Gary WoodsCF6801000.125.125.250
Jim Holt—4702020.286.375.946
Larry Lintz—6812100031.000.667.667

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

1976 Athletics roster: pitching

1976 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.
Vida BlueSP373718132.35298.11661.110
Mike TorrezSP393916122.50266.11151.190
Stan BahnsenRP3514873.34143.0821.170
Paul MitchellSP2626974.25142.0671.400
Rollie FingersRP70013112.47134.21131.1720
Paul LindbladP650653.06114.2371.185
Dick BosmanP2715424.10112.0341.220
Mike NorrisRP2419454.7896.0441.530
Jim ToddP490783.8182.2221.464
Glenn AbbottSP1910245.4962.1271.650
Chris BattonP21009.004.042.000
Craig MitchellP10002.703.100.900

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.