1983 Oakland Athletics season

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.

1983 Oakland Athletics
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record74–88 (.457)
Other information
Owner(s)Walter A. Haas, Jr.
General manager(s)Sandy Alderson
Manager(s)Steve Boros
Local televisionKBHK
(Bill King, Bill Rigney, Lon Simmons)
Local radioKSFO
(Bill King, Lon Simmons, Wayne Hagin)
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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 Records

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 5–86–66–67–64–95–74–95–77–68–47–57–57–6
California 5–76–63–108–44–86–76–66–75–75–86–76–74–8
Chicago 5–76–610–38–48–49–44–88–58–48–512–18–55–7
Cleveland 7–66–74–84–85–87–53–106–66–77–58–43–94–9
Detroit 8–59–48–44–88–57–56–79–35–86–68–48–46–7
Kansas City 4–87–57–64–95–75–76–66–76–67–68–58–5–16–6
Milwaukee 2–119–46–68–410–37–66–68–44–96–65–78–48–5
Minnesota 4–87–57–65–86–63–97–64–84–84–99–45–85–7
New York 7–66–77–54–87–68–56–69–48–48–47–57–57–6
Oakland 4–84–88–55–85–76–66–76–69–44–89–42–116–6
Seattle 4–85–77–61–124–84–85–87–54–95–74–96–74–8
Texas 3–95–77–65–89–34–85–8–14–88–55–711–27–64–8
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

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
1BWayne Gross13633979.2331244
LFRickey Henderson145513150.292948
RFMike Davis128443122.275862

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
Garry Hancock10125670.273830
Rick Peters5517851.287020
Kelvin Moore4112426.210516
Darryl Cias19186.33301
Marshall Brant5142.14302

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
Gorman Heimueller1683.2354.4131

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
Matt Keough1444235.5228
Ben Callahan49.11212.542

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
Steve Baker353354.3323
Keith Atherton292542.7740
Jeff Jones131105.7614
Wayne Gross10000.000
Rich Wortham10000

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

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