1983 Oakland Athletics season

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1983  Oakland Athletics
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
City Oakland, California
Record74–88 (.457)
Divisional place4th
Owners Walter A. Haas, Jr.
General managers Sandy Alderson
Managers Steve Boros
Television KBHK-TV
(Bill King, Bill Rigney, Lon Simmons)
Radio KSFO
(Bill King, Lon Simmons, Wayne Hagin)
←  1982 Seasons 1984  →

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.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 99630.611—55–2644–37
Kansas City Royals 79830.4882045–3634–47
Texas Rangers 77850.4752244–3733–48
Oakland Athletics 74880.4572542–3932–49
California Angels 70920.4322935–4635–46
Minnesota Twins 70920.4322937–4433–48
Seattle Mariners 601020.3703930–5130–51

Record vs. opponents

1983 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
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
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 Bob Kearney 10829876.255832
1B Wayne Gross 13633979.2331244
2B Davey Lopes 147494137.2771767
SS Tony Phillips 148412102.248435
3B Carney Lansford 8029992.3081045
LF Rickey Henderson 145513150.292948
CF Dwayne Murphy 130471107.2271775
RF Mike Davis 128443122.275862
DH Jeff Burroughs 121401108.2691056

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Bill Almon 143451120.266463
Mike Heath 9634597.281633
Garry Hancock 10125670.273830
Rick Peters 5517851.287020
Dan Meyer 6916932.189113
Donnie Hill 5315842.266215
Kelvin Moore 4112426.210516
Mitchell Page 577919.24101
Luis Quiñones 19428.19004
Darryl Cias 19186.33301
Marshall Brant 5142.14302
Dave Hudgens 671.14300
Rusty McNealy 1540.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Chris Codiroli 37205.212124.4685
Bill Krueger 17109.2763.6158
Mike Norris 1688.2453.7663
Gorman Heimueller 1683.2354.4131
Mike Warren 1265.2534.1130
Rick Langford 720.00412.152

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Steve McCatty 38167.0693.9965
Tim Conroy 39162.17103.94112
Tom Underwood 51144.2974.0462
Matt Keough 1444.0235.5228
Mark Smith 814.2106.7510
Ed Farmer 510.1003.487
Ben Callahan 49.11212.542
Curt Young 89.00116.005

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Dave Beard 4355105.6140
Tom Burgmeier 496742.8139
Steve Baker 353354.3323
Keith Atherton 292542.7740
Jeff Jones 131105.7614
Bert Bradley 60006.483
Wayne Gross 10000.000
Rich Wortham 1000inf0

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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

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