Best Of The Oakland Athletics: Top 10 Seasons In Left Field
By Phil Watson
10. Claudell Washington, 1975
| Year ▾ | Age | G | PA | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 20 | 148 | 635 | 86 | 182 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 77 | 40 | 15 | 32 | 80 | .308 | .345 | .424 | .769 | 119 |
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Generated 2/13/2014.
Washington took over the full-time left field duties for the A’s in his first full season in 1975 and became one of the youngest All-Stars ever, playing in the game at Milwaukee County Stadium as a 20-year-old. He also earned some MVP support for what was a very solid season.
Washington was sixth in the AL with a 16.0 Power-Speed number.
Among more conventional measures, he was second in the league with 40 stolen bases, fourth with 182 hits, fifth with a .308 batting average and seven triples, 10th with 86 runs scored—and he did all of that as the eighth-youngest player in the American League.
In the ALCS against Boston, Washington was 3-for-12 with a run, a double and an RBI in the three-game sweep by the Red Sox.