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1979 Oakland Athletics 54 - 108

1978 / 1980 (Organization)

7th place in the AL West (34 GB)
Home Record: Away Record:	31 - 50 (.383) 23 - 58 (.284)	-12.7 wins -14.3 wins

Scored/Expected: 573 / 714 ( -141 ) Allowed/Expected: 860 / 701 ( -159 )
Pyth Record: 51 - 111 (+3)

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Oakland Coliseum
Attendance:	306,763	Avg Att:	3,787 (0.19)
Att Rank:	14 / 14	Lg Avg:	19,833

Park Factor:	0.93
HR Factor:	0.93	R/L HR:	0.99 / 0.87

Notes:

Transactions

Date									WAR
M	D	Yr	Player	Pos	Age	Transaction	From	To	Before	After	Org
10	3	1978	Rico Carty	LF	39.1	Purchased	OAK	TOR	32.9	-0.3	-0.3
11	2	1978	Pete Broberg	SP	28.7	Free Agency Granted	OAK		-1.0	0.0
11	2	1978	Steve Renko	SP	33.9	Free Agency Granted	OAK		16.2	7.8
11	2	1978	Elias Sosa	RP	28.4	Free Agency Granted	OAK		5.2	4.1
11	2	1978	Darrell Woodard	2B	21.9	Free Agency Granted	OAK		-0.2	0.0
1	9	1979	Lemmie Miller	LF	18.6	Amateur Draft (Round 1 / Pick 6) Did Not Sign		OAK	0.0	-0.1	0.0
1	9	1979	Bob Fallon	SP	18.9	Amateur Draft (Round 2) Did Not Sign		OAK	0.0	0.1	0.0
2	3	1979	Bruce Robinson	C	24.8	Purchased	OAK	NYA	-0.1	-0.3	-0.3
2	26	1979	Darryl Cias	C	21.8	Purchased	Salem	OAK	0.0	0.1	0.1
2	28	1979	Dave Hamilton	SW	31.2	Signed as a Free Agent		OAK	5.7	-1.8	-1.8
2	28	1979	Jim Todd	RP	31.4	Signed as a Free Agent		OAK	1.7	-1.6	-1.6
3	23	1979	Dell Alston	LF	26.5	Released	OAK		-1.8	-0.4
6	5	1979	Mike Stenhouse	LF	21.0	Amateur Draft (Round 1 / Pick 26) Did Not Sign		OAK	0.0	-1.4	0.0
6	5	1979	Tom Dodd	DH	20.8	Amateur Draft (Round 2) Did Not Sign		OAK	0.0	0.1	0.0
6	5	1979	Jeff Dedmon	RP	19.3	Amateur Draft (Round 3) Did Not Sign		OAK	0.0	1.4	0.0
6	5	1979	Ronn Reynolds	C	20.7	Amateur Draft (Round 5) Did Not Sign		OAK	0.0	-2.1	0.0
6	5	1979	Bert Bradley	RP	22.4	Amateur Draft (Round 27)		OAK	0.0	-0.3	-0.3
6	15	1979	Mark Souza	RP	24.4	Signed as a Free Agent		OAK	0.0	-0.3	-0.3
6	15	1979	Dave Chalk	3B	28.8	Received in Trade	TEX	OAK	10.1	-1.6	-1.5
6	15	1979	Mike Heath	C	24.4	Received in Trade	TEX	OAK	-0.2	13.5	7.9
6	15	1979	John Henry Johnson	SW	22.8	Traded Away	OAK	TEX	3.9	3.7	1.5
7	4	1979	Miguel Dilone	LF	24.7	Purchased	OAK	CHN	-0.8	3.3	0.2

WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

Trades

6 / 15 / 1979

Oakland Athletics Receive

				Wins Above Replacement
Player	Pos	From	Age	Before	After	OAK	1st Yr
Mike Heath	C	TEX	23.9	-0.2	13.5	7.9	-0.5
Dave Chalk	3B	TEX	28.3	10.1	-1.6	-1.5	-1.5
$		TEX
Totals				9.9	11.9	6.5	-1.9

Texas Rangers Receive

				Wins Above Replacement
Player	Pos	From	Age	Before	After	TEX	1st Yr
John Henry Johnson	SW	OAK	22.3	3.9	3.7	1.5	-0.4
Totals				3.9	3.7	1.5	-0.4

Team Analysis

	WAR After Trade			WAR First Year
Tm	Out	In	Diff	Out	In	Diff
OAK	3.7	11.9	8.2	-0.4	-1.9	-1.6
TEX	11.9	3.7	-8.2	-1.9	-0.4	1.6

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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James