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| Breaking News |  | Wednesday, July 21st, 1976: Are Athletics Trading Blair? Sources inside the Oakland organization have confirmed that Paul Blair's name has come up in trade talks. They were unable to verify, however, that someone has contacted the Athletics about obtaining the 32-year-old center fielder. |  | Monday, July 19th, 1976: Jenkins Bewilders Indians in Shutout Oakland hurler Ferguson Jenkins put on quite a show today as he blitzed the Cleveland Indians with a 4-0 shutout. He baffled them with fastballs and changeups, allowing 4 hits with 5 strikeouts and no walks to pick up the win.
The opposing manager told reporters after the game, "I think every time we were looking for a fastball, he threw a changeup and every time we were looking for a changeup, he threw a fastball."
So far this year Jenkins has 9 wins and 8 losses and a 2.98 ERA. |  | Sunday, July 11th, 1976: Is Dukes Headed Elsewhere? Local media has been reporting that Oakland's Tom Dukes could be on the move. However, neither team officials, nor the 33-year-old closer chose to comment when approached. | | | Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | P Bobby Cuellar | hyperextended elbow | 3 weeks | Not on DL | | CF Rick Monday | damaged meniscus (knee) | 1 day | Not on DL | | | Team Information | | Record overall | 38-60, .388 PCT | | Position in Division | 6th, 18.0 GB | | Record at home | 20-27, .426 PCT | | Record on the road | 18-33, .353 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 7-4, .636 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 14-17, .452 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 8-18, .308 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 30-42, .417 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 4-6, .400 PCT | | Record in April | 9-8, .529 PCT | | Record in May | 11-19, .367 PCT | | Record in June | 10-18, .357 PCT | | Record in July | 8-15, .348 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .251 - 8th in AL | | On-Base Percentage | .314 - 10th in AL | | Slugging Percentage | .354 - 10th in AL | | On-Base + Slugging | .667 - 9th in AL | | Runs Scored | 390 - 11th in AL | | Hits | 856 - 7th in AL | | Extra-Base Hits | 218 - 11th in AL | | Home Runs | 52 - 10th in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 313 - 11th in AL | | Strikeouts | 469 - 12th in AL | | Stolen Bases | 48 - tied for 7th in AL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.05 - 7th in AL | | Starters' ERA | 4.18 - 8th in AL | | Bullpen ERA | 3.71 - 8th in AL | | Runs allowed | 476 - 10th in AL | | Hits allowed | 894 - 6th in AL | | Opponents AVG | .264 - 6th in AL | | BABIP | .280 - 5th in AL | | Home Runs allowed | 63 - 7th in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 390 - 10th in AL | | Strikeouts | 346 - 10th in AL |
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