1969 Oakland Athletics
88 - 74
1968 / 1970 (Organization)
2nd place in the AL West (9 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		49 - 32 (.605)
39 - 42 (.481)		 +4.6 wins
+2.4 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 740 / 636 ( +104 )
Allowed/Expected: 678 / 639 ( -39 )
Pyth Record: 88 - 74 (0)
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Oakland Coliseum
Attendance: 778,232 Avg Att: 9,608 (0.77)
Att Rank: 8 / 12 Lg Avg: 12,471
       
Park Factor: 0.95    
HR Factor: 0.95 R/L HR: 0.96 / 0.93
Notes:


Top Prospects (as of March 1st)

Filters
Positions
# Pos
Age
 
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
   Acquired Via M D Y
1
C
22.7
46.8
228.5
114.7
 
-0.1
1.8
2.2
0.5
4.7
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
8
1965
2
SP
19.9
45.5
204.1
98.5
 
-1.6
1.0
8.6
0.5
2.0
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
6
1967
3
CF
19.7
28.9
234.7
85.5
 
-0.5
-0.2
1.0
 
Draft (Amateur)
1
27
1968
4
RP
22.9
26.1
187.2
103.0
 
-0.5
0.7
1.8
1.7
1.7
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
12
24
1964
5
SW
21.6
3.9
43.4
14.0
 
1.0
-0.3
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
7
1966
6
LF
23.7
1.0
5.5
2.2
 
0.4
0.1
0.5
-0.0
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
8
1965
7
1B
19.8
0.3
3.1
1.4
 
 
Draft (Amateur)
1
27
1968
8
DH
24.5
0.2
24.9
3.2
 
0.0
 
Draft (Minor League)
12
2
1968
9
LF
22.2
-0.1
0.1
-0.3
 
-0.1
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1965
10
LF
22.8
-0.4
0.2
-0.3
 
-0.2
-0.2
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1965
11
SP
21.9
-0.5
2.6
-1.4
 
-0.4
-0.6
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
8
1965
12
1B
23.3
-0.5
1.7
-0.4
 
0.2
-0.4
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
3
1966
13
2B
24.7
-0.7
4.0
-0.5
 
-0.2
-0.2
-0.3
-0.0
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
6
6
1962
14
2B
25.1
-0.8
0.5
-1.1
 
-0.5
-0.2
 
Draft (First Year)
11
26
1962
15
RP
22.7
-0.8
11.9
-1.4
 
-0.6
-0.3
0.4
-0.4
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
7
1968
16
LF
21.9
-0.9
0.7
-1.1
 
0.1
-0.3
-0.6
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
8
1965
17
RP
26.4
-1.0
0.6
-1.1
 
-0.0
 
Trade
11
21
1967
18
SS
21.6
-1.3
5.8
-1.9
 
0.3
-0.0
-1.5
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1965
19
RP
24.3
-2.4
0.8
-5.2
 
-0.6
-0.9
-1.0
 
Draft (Amateur)
1
28
1967
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James