1983 Oakland Athletics season

1983 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	74–88 (.457)
Other information
Owner(s)	Walter A. Haas, Jr.
General manager(s)	Sandy Alderson
Manager(s)	Steve Boros
Local television	KBHK (Bill King, Bill Rigney, Lon Simmons)
Local radio	KSFO (Bill King, Lon Simmons, Wayne Hagin)
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The Oakland Athletics' 1983 season involved the A's finishing 4th in the American League West with a record of 74 wins and 88 losses.

Offseason

October 9, 1982: Jack Daugherty was signed as an amateur free agent by the Athletics.^[1]
November 4, 1982: Mickey Klutts was released by the Athletics.^[2]
December 13, 1982: Kevin Bell was released by the Athletics.^[3]
December 20, 1982: Preston Hanna was released by the Athletics.^[4]
January 11, 1983: Steve Howard was drafted by the Athletics in the 8th round of the 1983 Major League Baseball Draft.^[5]
January 17, 1983: Brian Kingman was purchased from the Athletics by the Boston Red Sox.^[6]
March 28, 1983: Bob Owchinko was released by the Oakland Athletics.^[7]

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 Records Sources:
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

June 6, 1983: 1983 Major League Baseball Draft
- Greg Cadaret was drafted by the Athletics in the 11th round. Player signed June 11, 1983.^[8]
- Rob Nelson was drafted by the Athletics in the 1st round (7th pick) of the Secondary Phase.^[9]
June 15, 1983: Matt Keough was traded by the Athletics to the New York Yankees for Ben Callahan, Marshall Brant, and cash.^[10]
July 22, 1983: Kelvin Moore was traded by the Athletics to the New York Mets for Scott Dye (minors).^[11]

Roster

1983 Oakland Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

55 Keith Atherton

36 Steve Baker

33 Dave Beard

53 Bert Bradley

39 Tom Burgmeier

48 Ben Callahan

23 Chris Codiroli

24,37 Tim Conroy

40 Ed Farmer

13 Gorman Heimueller

38 Jeff Jones

27 Matt Keough

32 Bill Krueger

22 Rick Langford

54 Steve McCatty

17 Mike Norris

49 Mark Smith

31 Tom Underwood

43 Mike Warren

45 Rich Wortham

29 Curt Young

Catchers

9 Darryl Cias

2 Mike Heath

30 Bob Kearney

Infielders

34 Bill Almon

19 Marshall Brant

10 Wayne Gross

25 Donnie Hill

51 Dave Hudgens

4 Carney Lansford

15 Davey Lopes

7 Dan Meyer

25 Kelvin Moore

18 Tony Phillips

52 Luis Quiñones

Outfielders

16 Mike Davis

11 Garry Hancock

35 Rickey Henderson

47 Rusty McNealy

21 Dwayne Murphy

8 Rick Peters

Other batters

3 Jeff Burroughs

6 Mitchell Page

Manager

14 Steve Boros

Coaches

41 Clete Boyer

45 Jackie Moore

44 Ed Nottle

43 Ron Schueler

28 Billy Williams

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
1B	Gross, WayneWayne Gross	136	339	79	.233	12	44
LF	Henderson, RickeyRickey Henderson	145	513	150	.292	9	48
RF	Davis, MikeMike Davis	128	443	122	.275	8	62

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
Hancock, GarryGarry Hancock	101	256	70	.273	8	30
Peters, RickRick Peters	55	178	51	.287	0	20
Moore, KelvinKelvin Moore	41	124	26	.210	5	16
Cias, DarrylDarryl Cias	19	18	6	.333	0	1
Brant, MarshallMarshall Brant	5	14	2	.143	0	2

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
Heimueller, GormanGorman Heimueller	16	83.2	3	5	4.41	31

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
Keough, MattMatt Keough	14	44	2	3	5.52	28
Callahan, BenBen Callahan	4	9.1	1	2	12.54	2

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
Baker, SteveSteve Baker	35	3	3	5	4.33	23
Atherton, KeithKeith Atherton	29	2	5	4	2.77	40
Jones, JeffJeff Jones	13	1	1	0	5.76	14
Gross, WayneWayne Gross	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
Wortham, RichRich Wortham	1	0	0	0	∞	0

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

References

External links

1983 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

1983 MLB draft 1983 All-Star Game 1983 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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