1978 Oakland Athletics Roster

The 1978 Oakland Athletics team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1978 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1978 Oakland Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1978 Oakland Athletics salary list, a 1978 Oakland Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1978 Oakland Athletics primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
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1978 Oakland Athletics



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Roster
Schedule
40 Pete Broberg 6-03 205 Right Right 1950-03-02
15 Joe Coleman 6-03 195 Right Right 1947-02-03
37 Tim Conroy 5-11 185 Left Left 1960-04-03
60 Dave Heaverlo 6-01 210 Right Right 1950-08-25
38 John Henry Johnson 6-02 190 Left Left 1956-08-21
27 Matt Keough 6-03 190 Right Right 1955-07-03
34 Bob Lacey 6-05 210 Left Right 1953-08-25
22 Rick Langford 6-00 180 Right Right 1952-03-20
54 Steve McCatty 6-03 205 Right Right 1954-03-20
23, 49 Craig Minetto 6-00 185 Left Left 1954-04-25
15 Mike Morgan 6-02 215 Right Right 1959-10-08
16, 17 Mike Norris 6-02 175 Right Right 1955-03-19
28 Steve Renko 6-05 230 Right Right 1944-12-10
33 Elias Sosa 6-02 190 Right Right 1950-06-10
38 Alan Wirth 6-04 190 Right Right 1956-12-08
18 Jim Essian 6-02 195 Right Right 1951-01-02
25 Tim Hosley 5-10 195 Right Right 1947-05-10
26 Scott Meyer 6-01 195 Right Right 1957-08-19
5 Jeff Newman 6-02 218 Right Right 1948-09-11
25, 48 Bruce Robinson 6-01 185 Right Left 1954-04-16
9, 21 Mike Adams 5-09 180 Right Right 1948-07-24
16 Taylor Duncan 6-00 170 Right Right 1953-05-12
7 Mike Edwards 5-10 154 Right Right 1952-08-27
26, 44 Tito Fuentes 5-11 175 Right Both 1944-01-04
10 Wayne Gross 6-02 210 Right Left 1952-01-14
3 Mario Guerrero 5-10 155 Right Right 1949-09-28
17 Marty Perez 5-11 160 Right Right 1947-02-28
8 Rob Picciolo 6-02 185 Right Right 1953-02-04
24 Dave Revering 6-04 210 Right Left 1953-02-12
31 Steve Staggs 5-09 150 Right Right 1951-05-06
14 Jerry Tabb 6-02 195 Right Left 1952-03-17
25, 44 Darrell Woodard 5-11 160 Right Right 1956-12-10
13, 32 Dell Alston 6-00 180 Right Left 1952-09-22
11 Tony Armas 6-01 200 Right Right 1953-07-02
17 Mark Budaska 6-00 180 Left Both 1952-12-27
4, 14 Glenn Burke 6-00 195 Right Right 1952-11-16
19 Miguel Dilone 6-00 160 Right Both 1954-11-01
36 Dwayne Murphy 6-01 185 Right Left 1955-03-18
20 Larry Murray 5-11 179 Right Both 1953-04-01
4 Billy North 5-11 185 Right Both 1948-05-15
6 Mitchell Page 6-02 205 Right Left 1951-10-15
12 Gary Thomasson 6-01 180 Left Left 1951-07-29
9 Joe Wallis 5-10 195 Right Both 1952-01-09
37 Gary Alexander 6-02 200 Right Right 1953-03-27
20, 23 Rico Carty 6-03 200 Right Right 1939-09-01
23 Willie Horton 5-11 209 Right Right 1942-10-18
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The 1978 Oakland Athletics played 162 games during the regular season, won 69 games, lost 93 games, and finished in sixth position. They played their home games at Oakland Coliseum (Park Factors: 95/97) where 526,999 fans witnessed their 1978 Athletics finish the season with a .426 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1978 Oakland Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1978 Oakland Athletics salary list, a 1978 Oakland Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1978 Oakland Athletics primary starters list:

1978 Oakland Athletics
Opening Day Starters


Gary Alexander
Tony Armas
Miguel Dilone
Jim Essian
Wayne Gross
Mario Guerrero
John Henry Johnson
Dave Revering
Steve Staggs
Gary Thomasson

1978 Oakland Athletics
Most Games by Position

C Jim Essian (119)
1B Dave Revering (138)
2B Mike Edwards (133)
3B Wayne Gross (106)
SS Mario Guerrero (142)
LF Mitchell Page (112)
CF Joe Wallis (55)
RF Tony Armas (47)
DH Gary Alexander (45)
  
SP Pete Broberg
SP John Henry Johnson
SP Matt Keough
SP Rick Langford
SP Steve Renko
  
RP Dave Heaverlo
RP Bob Lacey
CL Elias Sosa


1978 Oakland Athletics
Salaries

No Salary Data Available


1978 Oakland Athletics
Uniform Numbers

#3 Mario Guerrero
#4 Glenn Burke
#4 Billy North
#5 Jeff Newman
#6 Mitchell Page
#7 Mike Edwards
#8 Rob Picciolo
#9 Mike Adams
#9 Joe Wallis
#10 Wayne Gross
#11 Tony Armas
#12 Gary Thomasson
#13 Dell Alston
#14 Glenn Burke
#14 Jerry Tabb
#15 Joe Coleman
#15 Mike Morgan
#16 Taylor Duncan
#16 Mike Norris
#17 Mark Budaska
#17 Mike Norris
#17 Marty Perez
#18 Jim Essian
#19 Miguel Dilone
#20 Rico Carty
#20 Larry Murray
#21 Mike Adams
#22 Rick Langford
#23 Rico Carty
#23 Willie Horton
#23 Craig Minetto
#24 Dave Revering
#25 Tim Hosley
#25 Bruce Robinson
#25 Darrell Woodard
#26 Tito Fuentes
#26 Scott Meyer
#27 Matt Keough
#28 Steve Renko
#31 Steve Staggs
#32 Dell Alston
#33 Elias Sosa
#34 Bob Lacey
#36 Dwayne Murphy
#37 Gary Alexander
#37 Tim Conroy
#38 John Henry Johnson
#38 Alan Wirth
#40 Pete Broberg
#44 Tito Fuentes
#44 Darrell Woodard
#48 Bruce Robinson
#49 Craig Minetto
#54 Steve McCatty
#60 Dave Heaverlo

Did you know that a 1978 Oakland Athletics Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?
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