[4] He then transferred to California State Polytechnic University, Pomona where he played alongside his future Athletics teammate, Wayne Gross.
[4] Then on March 15, 1977, the Pirates and Oakland Athletics announced that Page was being traded along with Tony Armas, Doc Medich, Doug Bair, Dave Giusti and Rick Langford for Phil Garner, Chris Batton and Tommy Helms.
[4] Page made his major league debut at the age of 25 on the opening day of the 1977 season, replacing the departed Joe Rudi as the Athletics' left fielder.
[1][4] His early performance indicated a promising career ahead of him when he began the season with an eight-game hitting streak along with a .500 batting average, as the Athletics surged to a 7-1 record.
[4] He was fourth in the league with a 6.1 Wins Above Replacement (WAR) behind only Rod Carew, George Brett, and Carlton Fisk, and his .926 On-base plus slugging (OPS) was fourth in the American League behind only Carew, Ken Singleton, and Jim Rice.
[4] Page led the Magallanes to the Caribbean Series victory, leading the round-robin tournament with 2 home runs and 11 runs batted in, earning him the Series’ Most Valuable Player award in what he called the biggest thrill of his baseball career.
[1] Page batted just .146 with four home runs and thirteen RBIs in the first half of the strike shortened 1981 season.
[1] When play resumed in August, Page saw just three more at-bats for the rest of the season, spending most of his time with the triple A Tacoma Tigers.
He signed a minor league deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates shortly afterwards, and in twelve at bats, hit .333, with three walks as a pinch hitter in August.
[13] He remained with the club through the 2004 World Series, but left the post immediately afterwards to enter an alcohol treatment facility near his Oakland, California home.
[2] He rejoined the Cardinals' organization, and began 2010 as a coach with the Quad Cities River Bandits, but left in May due to "personal reasons.