1982 Oakland Athletics season

1982 Oakland Athletics
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (since 1968)
Oakland, California (since 1968)
Results
Record	68–94 (.420)
Other information
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.

Offseason

December 4, 1981: Joe Rudi was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.^[1]
December 9, 1981: Rich Bordi was traded by the Athletics to the Seattle Mariners for Dan Meyer.^[2]
February 7, 1982: Dennis Kinney was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.^[3]
February 24, 1982: Craig Minetto was traded by the Athletics to the Baltimore Orioles for Allen Edwards (minors).^[4]

Regular season

In the first fifty games of the season, Rickey Henderson had stolen 49 bases. By the All-Star break, Henderson had 84 steals.^[5]

October 3, 1982: Joe Rudi hit a home run in the last at-bat of his career.^[6]

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

Record vs. opponents

1982 American League Records Sources:
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	—

Notable transactions

May 14, 1982: Rob Picciolo was traded by the Athletics to the Milwaukee Brewers for Mike Warren and John Evans (minors).^[7]
June 7, 1982: 1982 Major League Baseball Draft
- Phil Stephenson was drafted by the Athletics in the 3rd round.^[8]
- Charlie O'Brien was drafted by the Athletics in the 5th round.^[9]
- Jeff Kaiser was drafted by the Athletics in the 10th round.^[10]
- Jim Eppard was drafted by the Athletics in the 13th round.^[11]
- José Canseco was drafted by the Athletics in the 15th round. Canseco signed on June 17, 1982.^[12]
June 28, 1982: Jim Spencer was released by the Oakland Athletics.^[13]
July 15, 1982: Preston Hanna was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.^[14]
September 6, 1982: Rick Bosetti was released by the Athletics.^[15]

Roster

1982 Oakland Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

32 Fernando Arroyo

36 Steve Baker

33 Dave Beard

23 Chris Codiroli

37 Tim Conroy

32 John D'Acquisto

49 Preston Hanna

38 Jeff Jones

27 Matt Keough

29,50 Brian Kingman

47 Dennis Kinney

22 Rick Langford

54 Steve McCatty

34 Bo McLaughlin

17 Mike Norris

51 Bob Owchinko

31 Tom Underwood

Catchers

2 Mike Heath

32 Bob Kearney

5 Jeff Newman

Infielders

8 Kevin Bell

10 Wayne Gross

9 Mickey Klutts

15 Davey Lopes

39 Dave McKay

4 Dan Meyer

25 Kelvin Moore

18 Tony Phillips

8 Rob Picciolo

26 Joe Rudi

19 Jimmy Sexton

12 Jim Spencer

11 Fred Stanley

Outfielders

20 Tony Armas

7 Rick Bosetti

13 Darrell Brown

16 Mike Davis

35 Rickey Henderson

21 Dwayne Murphy

Other batters

3 Jeff Burroughs

28 Danny Goodwin

44 Cliff Johnson

6 Mitchell Page

Manager

1 Billy Martin

Coaches

41 Clete Boyer

42 Art Fowler

43 Charlie Metro

40 George Mitterwald

45 Jackie Moore

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	Heath, MikeMike Heath	101	318	77	.242	3	39
1B	Meyer, DanDan Meyer	120	383	92	.240	8	59
2B	Lopes, DaveyDavey Lopes	128	450	109	.242	11	42
3B	Gross, WayneWayne Gross	129	386	97	.251	9	41
SS	Stanley, FredFred Stanley	101	228	44	.193	2	17
LF	Henderson, RickeyRickey Henderson	149	536	143	.267	10	51
CF	Murphy, DwayneDwayne Murphy	151	543	129	.238	27	94
RF	Armas, TonyTony Armas	138	536	125	.233	28	89
DH	Burroughs, JeffJeff Burroughs	113	285	79	.277	16	48

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Johnson, CliffCliff Johnson	73	214	51	.238	7	31
Rudi, JoeJoe Rudi	71	193	41	.212	5	18
Moore, KelvinKelvin Moore	21	67	15	.224	2	6
Picciolo, RobRob Picciolo	18	49	11	.224	0	3
Bosetti, RickRick Bosetti	6	15	3	.200	0	0
Bell, KevinKevin Bell	4	9	3	.333	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Langford, RickRick Langford	32	237.1	11	16	4.21	79

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Hanna, PrestonPreston Hanna	23	48.1	0	4	5.59	32

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Kinney, DennisDennis Kinney	3	0	0	0	8.31	0

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
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

References

↑ Joe Rudi page at Baseball Reference
↑ Rich Bordi page at Baseball Reference
↑ Dennis Kinney page at Baseball Reference
↑ Craig Minetto page at Baseball Reference
↑ Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.52, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
↑ Home Run in Last At Bat by Baseball Almanac
↑ Rob Picciolo page at Baseball Reference
↑ Phil Stephenson page at Baseball Reference
↑ Charlie O'Brien page at Baseball Reference
↑ Jeff Kaiser page at Baseball Reference
↑ Jim Eppard page at Baseball Reference
↑ José Canseco page at Baseball Reference
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/spencji01.shtml
↑ Preston Hanna page at Baseball Reference
↑ Rick Bosetti page at Baseball Reference

External links

1982 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1982 MLB draft 1982 All-Star Game 1982 World Series

Oakland Athletics

Formerly the Philadelphia Athletics and the Kansas City Athletics
Based in Oakland, California (Bay Area)

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Barrs Field; Terry Park Ballfield; Wilmington Park; McCurdy Field; Connie Mack Field; McKechnie Field; Rendezvous Park; Scottsdale Stadium I; Phoenix Municipal Stadium; Hohokam Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Key personnel

Owners: John J. Fisher & Lewis Wolff
President: Michael Crowley
Executive vice president: Billy Beane
General manager: David Forst
Manager: Bob Melvin

Important figures

Hall of Fame members	Home Run Baker Chief Bender Mickey Cochrane Eddie Collins Dennis Eckersley Rollie Fingers Jimmie Foxx Lefty Grove Rickey Henderson Catfish Hunter Reggie Jackson Nap Lajoie Connie Mack Eddie Plank Al Simmons Rube Waddell Dick Williams

Wall of Fame members	Sam Chapman Jack Coombs Jimmy Dykes George Earnshaw Ferris Fain Bob Johnson Eddie Joost Bing Miller Wally Moses Rube Oldring Bobby Shantz Eddie Rommel Elmer Valo Rube Walberg Gus Zernial

World Series
Champions (9)

American League
Championships (15)

AL West Division
Championships (16)

AL Wild Card (2)

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Minors

AAA: Nashville Sounds
AA: Midland RockHounds
A Adv.: Stockton Ports
A: Beloit Snappers
Short A: Vermont Lake Monsters
Rookie: AZL Athletics; DSL Athletics

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