1983 Oakland Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkOakland–Alameda County Coliseum
CityOakland, California
Record74–88 (.457)
Divisional place4th
OwnersWalter A. Haas, Jr.
General managersSandy Alderson
ManagersSteve Boros
TelevisionKBHK-TV
(Bill King, Bill Rigney, Lon Simmons)
RadioKSFO
(Bill King, Lon Simmons, Wayne Hagin)
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The Oakland Athletics' 1983 season involved the A's finishing fourth in the American League West with a record of 74 wins and 88 losses.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 99 63 0.611 — 55–26 44–37
Kansas City Royals 79 83 0.488 20 45–36 34–47
Texas Rangers 77 85 0.475 22 44–37 33–48
Oakland Athletics 74 88 0.457 25 42–39 32–49
California Angels 70 92 0.432 29 35–46 35–46
Minnesota Twins 70 92 0.432 29 37–44 33–48
Seattle Mariners 60 102 0.370 39 30–51 30–51

Record vs. opponents

1983 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore — 8–5 7–5 7–5 6–7 5–8 8–4 11–2 8–4 6–7 8–4 8–4 9–3 7–6
Boston 5–8 — 6–6 6–6 7–6 4–9 5–7 4–9 5–7 7–6 8–4 7–5 7–5 7–6
California 5–7 6–6 — 3–10 8–4 4–8 6–7 6–6 6–7 5–7 5–8 6–7 6–7 4–8
Chicago 5–7 6–6 10–3 — 8–4 8–4 9–4 4–8 8–5 8–4 8–5 12–1 8–5 5–7
Cleveland 7–6 6–7 4–8 4–8 — 5–8 7–5 3–10 6–6 6–7 7–5 8–4 3–9 4–9
Detroit 8–5 9–4 8–4 4–8 8–5 — 7–5 6–7 9–3 5–8 6–6 8–4 8–4 6–7
Kansas City 4–8 7–5 7–6 4–9 5–7 5–7 — 6–6 6–7 6–6 7–6 8–5 8–5–1 6–6
Milwaukee 2–11 9–4 6–6 8–4 10–3 7–6 6–6 — 8–4 4–9 6–6 5–7 8–4 8–5
Minnesota 4–8 7–5 7–6 5–8 6–6 3–9 7–6 4–8 — 4–8 4–9 9–4 5–8 5–7
New York 7–6 6–7 7–5 4–8 7–6 8–5 6–6 9–4 8–4 — 8–4 7–5 7–5 7–6
Oakland 4–8 4–8 8–5 5–8 5–7 6–6 6–7 6–6 9–4 4–8 — 9–4 2–11 6–6
Seattle 4–8 5–7 7–6 1–12 4–8 4–8 5–8 7–5 4–9 5–7 4–9 — 6–7 4–8
Texas 3–9 5–7 7–6 5–8 9–3 4–8 5–8–1 4–8 8–5 5–7 11–2 7–6 — 4–8
Toronto 6–7 6–7 8–4 7–5 9–4 7–6 6–6 5–8 7–5 6–7 6–6 8–4 8–4 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1983 Oakland Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
C Bob Kearney 108 298 76 .255 8 32
1B Wayne Gross 136 339 79 .233 12 44
2B Davey Lopes 147 494 137 .277 17 67
SS Tony Phillips 148 412 102 .248 4 35
3B Carney Lansford 80 299 92 .308 10 45
LF Rickey Henderson 145 513 150 .292 9 48
CF Dwayne Murphy 130 471 107 .227 17 75
RF Mike Davis 128 443 122 .275 8 62
DH Jeff Burroughs 121 401 108 .269 10 56

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Bill Almon 143 451 120 .266 4 63
Mike Heath 96 345 97 .281 6 33
Garry Hancock 101 256 70 .273 8 30
Rick Peters 55 178 51 .287 0 20
Dan Meyer 69 169 32 .189 1 13
Donnie Hill 53 158 42 .266 2 15
Kelvin Moore 41 124 26 .210 5 16
Mitchell Page 57 79 19 .241 0 1
Luis Quiñones 19 42 8 .190 0 4
Darryl Cias 19 18 6 .333 0 1
Marshall Brant 5 14 2 .143 0 2
Dave Hudgens 6 7 1 .143 0 0
Rusty McNealy 15 4 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Chris Codiroli 37 205.2 12 12 4.46 85
Bill Krueger 17 109.2 7 6 3.61 58
Mike Norris 16 88.2 4 5 3.76 63
Gorman Heimueller 16 83.2 3 5 4.41 31
Mike Warren 12 65.2 5 3 4.11 30
Rick Langford 7 20.0 0 4 12.15 2

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Steve McCatty 38 167.0 6 9 3.99 65
Tim Conroy 39 162.1 7 10 3.94 112
Tom Underwood 51 144.2 9 7 4.04 62
Matt Keough 14 44.0 2 3 5.52 28
Mark Smith 8 14.2 1 0 6.75 10
Ed Farmer 5 10.1 0 0 3.48 7
Ben Callahan 4 9.1 1 2 12.54 2
Curt Young 8 9.0 0 1 16.00 5

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Dave Beard 43 5 5 10 5.61 40
Tom Burgmeier 49 6 7 4 2.81 39
Steve Baker 35 3 3 5 4.33 23
Keith Atherton 29 2 5 4 2.77 40
Jeff Jones 13 1 1 0 5.76 14
Bert Bradley 6 0 0 0 6.48 3
Wayne Gross 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Rich Wortham 1 0 0 0 inf 0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tacoma Tigers Pacific Coast League Bob Didier
AA Albany-Colonie A's Eastern League Pete Whisenant and Keith Lieppman
A Modesto A's California League George Mitterwald
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 and Jim Nettles

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Medford

References

  1. ^ Jack Daugherty page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Mickey Klutts page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Kevin Bell page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Preston Hanna page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Steve Howard page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Brian Kingman page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ "Bob Owchinko Stats".
  8. ^ Greg Cadaret page at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Rob Nelson page at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ Matt Keough page at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ Kelvin Moore page at Baseball Reference

External links

1983 MLB season by team
Oakland Athletics
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