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The 1979 Oakland Athletics season involved the A's finishing 7th in the American League West with a record of 54 wins and 108 losses. Only 306,763 paying customers showed up to watch the A's in 1979, the team's worst attendance since leaving Philadelphia. Team owner Charlie Finley nearly sold the team to buyers who would have moved them to New Orleans for 1979. Any deal to relocate fell through when the city of Oakland refused to release the A's from their lease. The city was in the midst of its battle with the Oakland Raiders over their move to Los Angeles and didn't want to lose both teams. The Athletics' 54-108 finish remains, as of 2013, their worst (by far) since moving to Oakland in 1968. On a brighter note, the season saw the debut of Rickey Henderson. Henderson, a future Hall-of-Famer, would play for the team (in four separate stints) between 1979 and 1998. == Offseason == * October 3, 1978: Rico Carty was purchased from the Athletics by the Toronto Blue Jays.〔(Rico Carty page at Baseball Reference )〕 * January 9, 1979: Lemmie Miller was drafted by the Athletics in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1979 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign.〔(Lemmie Miller page at Baseball Reference )〕 * February 26, 1979: Darryl Cias was purchased by the Athletics from the Salem Senators.〔(Darryl Cias page at Baseball Reference )〕 * February 28, 1979: Jim Todd was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.〔(Jim Todd page at Baseball Reference )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1979 Oakland Athletics season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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