1982 Oakland Athletics | |
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Record | 68–94 (.420) |
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Owner(s) | Walter A. Haas, Jr. |
General manager(s) | Billy Martin |
Manager(s) | Billy Martin |
Local television | KBHK (Bill King, Harmon Killebrew, Lon Simmons) |
Local radio | KSFO (Bill King, Lon Simmons, Wayne Hagin) |
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The Oakland Athletics' 1982 season involved the A's finishing fifth in the American League West with a record of 68 wins and 94 losses.
The 1982 Athletics are remembered mainly for the exploits of star left fielder Rickey Henderson. Henderson, in his fourth major league season, stole an MLB-record 130 bases over the course of the year. Henderson broke the record, previously held by Lou Brock, by swiping his 119th base of the season on August 27 against the Milwaukee Brewers. Henderson's record has not been approached since.
The season also marked the end of manager Billy Martin's tenure with the Athletics. Martin was unceremoniously fired at season's end, despite having led the A's to the ALCS only one season prior. He was replaced by Steve Boros.
In the first fifty games of the season, Rickey Henderson had stolen 49 bases. By the All-Star break, Henderson had 84 steals.[5]
AL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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California Angels | 93 | 69 | 0.574 | — | 52–29 | 41–40 |
Kansas City Royals | 90 | 72 | 0.556 | 3 | 56–25 | 34–47 |
Chicago White Sox | 87 | 75 | 0.537 | 6 | 49–31 | 38–44 |
Seattle Mariners | 76 | 86 | 0.469 | 17 | 42–39 | 34–47 |
Oakland Athletics | 68 | 94 | 0.420 | 25 | 36–45 | 32–49 |
Texas Rangers | 64 | 98 | 0.395 | 29 | 38–43 | 26–55 |
Minnesota Twins | 60 | 102 | 0.370 | 33 | 37–44 | 23–58 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
Baltimore | — | 4–9 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 9–4–1 | 8–4 | 11–2 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 10–3 |
Boston | 9–4 | — | 7–5 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 4–9 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 7–6 |
California | 5–7 | 5–7 | — | 8–5 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 9–4 | 10–3 | 8–5 | 8–4 |
Chicago | 7–5 | 8–4 | 5–8 | — | 6–6 | 9–3 | 3–10 | 3–9 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 9–4 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 8–4 |
Cleveland | 7–6 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 6–6 | — | 6–7 | 2–10 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 4–9 | 4–8 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 7–6 |
Detroit | 6–7 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 3–9 | 7–6 | — | 6–6 | 3–10 | 9–3 | 8–5 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 6–7 |
Kansas City | 8–4 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 10–3 | 10–2 | 6–6 | — | 7–5 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 7–6 | 7–6 | 4–8 |
Milwaukee | 4–9–1 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 6–7 | 10–3 | 5–7 | — | 7–5 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 9–4 |
Minnesota | 4–8 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 5–7 | — | 2–10 | 3–10 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 5–7 |
New York | 2–11 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 9–4 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 10–2 | — | 7–5 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–7 |
Oakland | 5–7 | 4–8 | 4–9 | 4–9 | 8–4 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 10–3 | 5–7 | — | 6–7 | 5–8 | 3–9 |
Seattle | 5–7 | 5–7 | 3–10 | 7–6 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 7–6 | — | 9–4 | 7–5 |
Texas | 3–9 | 2–10 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 8–5 | 4–9 | — | 4–8 |
Toronto | 3–10 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 4–9 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 8–4 | — |
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Mike Heath | 101 | 318 | 77 | .242 | 3 | 39 |
1B | Dan Meyer | 120 | 383 | 92 | .240 | 8 | 59 |
2B | Davey Lopes | 128 | 450 | 109 | .242 | 11 | 42 |
3B | Wayne Gross | 129 | 386 | 97 | .251 | 9 | 41 |
SS | Fred Stanley | 101 | 228 | 44 | .193 | 2 | 17 |
LF | Rickey Henderson | 149 | 536 | 143 | .267 | 10 | 51 |
CF | Dwayne Murphy | 151 | 543 | 129 | .238 | 27 | 94 |
RF | Tony Armas | 138 | 536 | 125 | .233 | 28 | 89 |
DH | Jeff Burroughs | 113 | 285 | 79 | .277 | 16 | 48 |
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Cliff Johnson | 73 | 214 | 51 | .238 | 7 | 31 |
Joe Rudi | 71 | 193 | 41 | .212 | 5 | 18 |
Kelvin Moore | 21 | 67 | 15 | .224 | 2 | 6 |
Rob Picciolo | 18 | 49 | 11 | .224 | 0 | 3 |
Rick Bosetti | 6 | 15 | 3 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Kevin Bell | 4 | 9 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Rick Langford | 32 | 237.1 | 11 | 16 | 4.21 | 79 |
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Preston Hanna | 23 | 48.1 | 0 | 4 | 5.59 | 32 |
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Dennis Kinney | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.31 | 0 |
See also: Minor League Baseball |
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Tacoma Tigers | Pacific Coast League | Ed Nottle |
AA | West Haven A's | Eastern League | Bob Didier |
A | Modesto A's | California League | Pete Whisenant |
A | Madison Muskies | Midwest League | Brad Fischer |
A-Short Season | Medford A's | Northwest League | Dennis Rogers |
Rookie | Idaho Falls A's | Pioneer League | Keith Lieppman |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: West Haven, Modesto