1979 Oakland Athletics Roster

The 1979 Oakland Athletics team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1979 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 1979 Oakland Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1979 Oakland Athletics salary list, a 1979 Oakland Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1979 Oakland Athletics primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
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1979 Oakland Athletics



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Complete Roster  
 

Roster
Schedule
33 Dave Hamilton 6-00 190 Left Left 1947-12-13
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
50 Brian Kingman 6-02 200 Right Right 1954-07-27
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
32 Craig Minetto 6-00 185 Left Left 1954-04-25
15 Mike Morgan 6-02 215 Right Right 1959-10-08
17 Mike Norris 6-02 175 Right Right 1955-03-19
28 Jim Todd 6-02 190 Right Left 1947-09-21
30 Alan Wirth 6-04 190 Right Right 1956-12-08
18 Jim Essian 6-02 195 Right Right 1951-01-02
5 Jeff Newman 6-02 218 Right Right 1948-09-11
16 Dave Chalk 5-10 175 Right Right 1950-08-30
7 Mike Edwards 5-10 154 Right Right 1952-08-27
10 Wayne Gross 6-02 210 Right Left 1952-01-14
3 Mario Guerrero 5-10 155 Right Right 1949-09-28
12 Mickey Klutts 5-11 189 Right Right 1954-09-20
8 Rob Picciolo 6-02 185 Right Right 1953-02-04
31 Milt Ramirez 5-09 150 Right Right 1950-04-02
24 Dave Revering 6-04 210 Right Left 1953-02-12
11 Tony Armas 6-01 200 Right Right 1953-07-02
23 Derek Bryant 5-11 185 Right Right 1951-10-09
14 Glenn Burke 6-00 195 Right Right 1952-11-16
19 Miguel Dilone 6-00 160 Right Both 1954-11-01
48 Mike Heath 5-11 190 Right Right 1955-02-05
35 Rickey Henderson 5-10 195 Left Right 1958-12-25
21 Dwayne Murphy 6-01 185 Right Left 1955-03-18
20 Larry Murray 5-11 179 Right Both 1953-04-01
9, 43 Joe Wallis 5-10 195 Right Both 1952-01-09
6 Mitchell Page 6-02 205 Right Left 1951-10-15
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The 1979 Oakland Athletics played 162 games during the regular season, won 54 games, lost 108 games, and finished in seventh position. They played their home games at Oakland Coliseum (Park Factors: 95/96) where 306,763 fans witnessed their 1979 Athletics finish the season with a .333 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 1979 Oakland Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1979 Oakland Athletics salary list, a 1979 Oakland Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1979 Oakland Athletics primary starters list:

1979 Oakland Athletics
Opening Day Starters


Tony Armas
Glenn Burke
Miguel Dilone
Mike Edwards
Mickey Klutts
Rick Langford
Jeff Newman
Mitchell Page
Rob Picciolo
Dave Revering

1979 Oakland Athletics
Most Games by Position

C Jeff Newman (81)
1B Dave Revering (104)
2B Mike Edwards (113)
3B Wayne Gross (120)
SS Rob Picciolo (105)
LF Rickey Henderson (62)
CF Dwayne Murphy (115)
RF Larry Murray (57)
DH Mitchell Page (126)
  
SP Matt Keough
SP Brian Kingman
SP Rick Langford
SP Steve McCatty
SP Mike Norris
  
RP Dave Hamilton
RP Bob Lacey
RP Jim Todd
CL Dave Heaverlo


1979 Oakland Athletics
Salaries

No Salary Data Available


1979 Oakland Athletics
Uniform Numbers

#3 Mario Guerrero
#5 Jeff Newman
#6 Mitchell Page
#7 Mike Edwards
#8 Rob Picciolo
#9 Joe Wallis
#10 Wayne Gross
#11 Tony Armas
#12 Mickey Klutts
#14 Glenn Burke
#15 Mike Morgan
#16 Dave Chalk
#17 Mike Norris
#18 Jim Essian
#19 Miguel Dilone
#20 Larry Murray
#21 Dwayne Murphy
#22 Rick Langford
#23 Derek Bryant
#24 Dave Revering
#27 Matt Keough
#28 Jim Todd
#30 Alan Wirth
#31 Milt Ramirez
#32 Craig Minetto
#33 Dave Hamilton
#34 Bob Lacey
#35 Rickey Henderson
#38 John Henry Johnson
#43 Joe Wallis
#48 Mike Heath
#50 Brian Kingman
#54 Steve McCatty
#60 Dave Heaverlo

Did you know that a 1979 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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