1982 Oakland Athletics season

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1982  Oakland Athletics
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
City Oakland, California
Record68–94 (.420)
Divisional place5th
Owners Walter A. Haas, Jr.
General managers Billy Martin
Managers Billy Martin
Television KBHK-TV
(Bill King, Harmon Killebrew, Lon Simmons)
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.

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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

Regular season

Season standings

AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
California Angels 93690.574—52–2941–40
Kansas City Royals 90720.556356–2534–47
Chicago White Sox 87750.537649–3138–44
Seattle Mariners 76860.4691742–3934–47
Oakland Athletics 68940.4202536–4532–49
Texas Rangers 64980.3952938–4326–55
Minnesota Twins 601020.3703337–4423–58

Record vs. opponents

1982 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —4–97–55–76–77–64–89–4–18–411–27–57–59–310–3
Boston 9–4—7–54–86–78–56–64–96–67–68–47–510–27–6
California 5–75–7—8–58–45–77–66–67–67–59–410–38–58–4
Chicago 7–58–45–8—6–69–33–103–97–68–49–46–78–58–4
Cleveland 7–67–64–86–6—6–72–107–68–44–94–89–37–57–6
Detroit 6–75–87–53–97–6—6–63–109–38–59–36–68–46–7
Kansas City 8–46–66–710–310–26–6—7–57–65–77–67–67–64–8
Milwaukee 4–9–19–46–69–36–710–35–7—7–58–57–58–47–59–4
Minnesota 4–86–66–76–74–83–96–75–7—2–103–105–85–85–7
New York 2–116–75–74–89–45–87–55–810–2—7–56–67–56–7
Oakland 5–74–84–94–98–43–96–75–710–35–7—6–75–83–9
Seattle 5–75–73–107–63–96–66–74–88–56–67–6—9–47–5
Texas 3–92–105–85–85–74–86–75–78–55–78–54–9—4–8
Toronto 3–106–74–84–86–77–68–44–97–57–69–35–78–4—

Notable transactions

Roster

1982 Oakland Athletics
Roster
PitchersCatchers

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Mike Heath 10131877.242339
1B Dan Meyer 12038392.240859
2B Davey Lopes 128450109.2421142
3B Wayne Gross 12938697.251941
SS Fred Stanley 10122844.193217
LF Rickey Henderson 149536143.2671051
CF Dwayne Murphy 151543129.2382794
RF Tony Armas 138536125.2332889
DH Jeff Burroughs 11328579.2771648

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Jeff Newman 7225150.199630
Cliff Johnson 7321451.238731
Dave McKay 7821242.198417
Joe Rudi 7119341.212518
Mickey Klutts 5515728.178014
Jimmy Sexton 6913934.245214
Jim Spencer 3310117.16825
Tony Phillips 408117.21008
Mitchell Page 317820.25647
Mike Davis 237530.400110
Bob Kearney 227112.16905
Kelvin Moore 216715.22426
Danny Goodwin 175211.21228
Rob Picciolo 184911.22403
Darrell Brown 8186.33303
Rick Bosetti 6153.20000
Kevin Bell 493.33300

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Rick Langford 32237.111164.2179
Matt Keough 34209.111185.7275
Mike Norris 28166.17114.7683
Steve McCatty 21128.2633.9966
Brian Kingman 23122.24124.4846
Tim Conroy 525.1223.5517
Chris Codiroli 316.2124.325

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Tom Underwood 56153.01063.2979
Steve Baker 525.2114.5614

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Dave Beard 54109113.4473
Bob Owchinko 542435.2167
Preston Hanna 230405.5932
Bo McLaughlin 210404.8427
Jeff Jones 183105.1118
John D'Acquisto 110105.297
Fernando Arroyo 100005.249
Dennis Kinney 30008.310

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: West Haven, Modesto

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