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)
Seasons

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 9963 0.611 — 55–26 44–37
Kansas City Royals 7983 0.488 20 45–36 34–47
Texas Rangers 7785 0.475 22 44–37 33–48
Oakland Athletics 7488 0.457 25 42–39 32–49
California Angels 7092 0.432 29 35–46 35–46
Minnesota Twins 7092 0.432 29 37–44 33–48
Seattle Mariners 60102 0.370 39 30–51 30–51

Record vs. opponents

1983 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —8–57–57–56–75–88–411–28–46–78–48–49–37–6
Boston 5–8—6–66–67–64–95–74–95–77–68–47–57–57–6
California 5–76–6—3–108–44–86–76–66–75–75–86–76–74–8
Chicago 5–76–610–3—8–48–49–44–88–58–48–512–18–55–7
Cleveland 7–66–74–84–8—5–87–53–106–66–77–58–43–94–9
Detroit 8–59–48–44–88–5—7–56–79–35–86–68–48–46–7
Kansas City 4–87–57–64–95–75–7—6–66–76–67–68–58–5–16–6
Milwaukee 2–119–46–68–410–37–66–6—8–44–96–65–78–48–5
Minnesota 4–87–57–65–86–63–97–64–8—4–84–99–45–85–7
New York 7–66–77–54–87–68–56–69–48–4—8–47–57–57–6
Oakland 4–84–88–55–85–76–66–76–69–44–8—9–42–116–6
Seattle 4–85–77–61–124–84–85–87–54–95–74–9—6–74–8
Texas 3–95–77–65–89–34–85–8–14–88–55–711–27–6—4–8
Toronto 6–76–78–47–59–47–66–65–87–56–76–68–48–4—

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
CBob Kearney10829876.255832
1BWayne Gross13633979.2331244
2BDavey Lopes147494137.2771767
SSTony Phillips148412102.248435
3BCarney Lansford8029992.3081045
LFRickey Henderson145513150.292948
CFDwayne Murphy130471107.2271775
RFMike Davis128443122.275862
DHJeff Burroughs121401108.2691056

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 Almon143451120.266463
Mike Heath9634597.281633
Garry Hancock10125670.273830
Rick Peters5517851.287020
Dan Meyer6916932.189113
Donnie Hill5315842.266215
Kelvin Moore4112426.210516
Mitchell Page577919.24101
Luis Quiñones19428.19004
Darryl Cias19186.33301
Marshall Brant5142.14302
Dave Hudgens671.14300
Rusty McNealy1540.00000

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 Codiroli37205.212124.4685
Bill Krueger17109.2763.6158
Mike Norris1688.2453.7663
Gorman Heimueller1683.2354.4131
Mike Warren1265.2534.1130
Rick Langford720.00412.152

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 McCatty38167.0693.9965
Tim Conroy39162.17103.94112
Tom Underwood51144.2974.0462
Matt Keough1444.0235.5228
Mark Smith814.2106.7510
Ed Farmer510.1003.487
Ben Callahan49.11212.542
Curt Young89.00116.005

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 Beard4355105.6140
Tom Burgmeier496742.8139
Steve Baker353354.3323
Keith Atherton292542.7740
Jeff Jones131105.7614
Bert Bradley60006.483
Wayne Gross10000.000
Rich Wortham1000inf0

Farm system

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
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