Lintz, who didn’t quite get the full-on “D.R.” action that Herb Washington had before him, did play in 41 games, with only 40 plate appearances, stealing 13 bases while scoring 11 runs for Oakland.
The previous year, his first with the A’s, Lintz appeared in 68 games, yet had only four plate appearances, scoring 21 runs while stealing 31 bases for the go-go team that stole over 300, 341 to be exact!
But Lintz’s MLB days were coming to a close, as he’d find himself with the Cleveland Indians the following year, appearing in only three games before being out of Big League ball for good.
All told, he played in 350 games during his career between 1973 and 1978, hitting .227 while scoring 137 runs and stealing 128 bases in 616 at-bats and 756 plate appearances.
