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When the A's moved to Oakland in, he had perhaps his finest year, leading the league in hits ( 177 ), steals ( 62 ), and at bats ( 642 ); the last mark was an Oakland record until Johnny Damon broke it in.

Campaneris enjoyed another fine year in, batting. 279 with career highs of 22 home runs and 64 runs batted in while leading the league in steals for the fifth time ( 42 ) and scoring 97 runs.

He improved consistently on defense ; his six double plays in an extra-inning game on September 13 of that year set an AL record, and in he led AL shortstops with 795 total chances while also breaking Collins ' franchise record of 376 steals.

An avid bunter, he led the league in sacrifice hits in 1972 ( 20 ), ( 40 ) and ( 25 ).