1984 Oakland Athletics season

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1984  Oakland Athletics
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
City Oakland, California
Record77–85 (.475)
Divisional place4th
Owners Walter A. Haas, Jr.
General managers Sandy Alderson
Managers Steve Boros, Jackie Moore
Television KBHK-TV
(Bill King, Bill Rigney, Lon Simmons)
Radio KSFO
(Bill King, Lon Simmons, Wayne Hagin)
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The 1984 Oakland Athletics season was the 84th season for the Oakland Athletics franchise, all as members of the American League, and their 17th season in Oakland. The Athletics finished fourth in the American League West with a record of 77 wins and 85 losses. While the A's struggled for a third consecutive season, they staged a major coup by drafting future superstar Mark McGwire with the tenth overall pick of the 1984 Major League Baseball Draft. The season also marked the end of Rickey Henderson's first (of four) stints with the Athletics. His second stint would begin in 1989.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 8478.519—44‍–‍3740‍–‍41
California Angels 8181.500337‍–‍4444‍–‍37
Minnesota Twins 8181.500347‍–‍3434‍–‍47
Oakland Athletics 7785.475744‍–‍3733‍–‍48
Chicago White Sox 7488.4571043‍–‍3831‍–‍50
Seattle Mariners 7488.4571042‍–‍3932‍–‍49
Texas Rangers 6992.42914½34‍–‍4635‍–‍46

Record vs. opponents

1984 American League record

Sources:

TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —6–78–47–57–67–65–77–65–75–86–69–39–34–9
Boston 7–6—9–37–510–37–63–99–46–67–67–54–85–75–8
California 4–83–9—8–58–44–86–78–44–98–47–69–45–87–5
Chicago 5–75–75–8—8–44–85–87–58–57–56–75–85–84–8
Cleveland 6–73–104–84–8—4–96–69–47–52–117–58–49–36–7–1
Detroit 6–76–78–48–49–4—7–511–29–37–69–36–610–28–5
Kansas City 7–59–37–68–56–65–7—6–66–75–75–89–46–75–7
Milwaukee 6–74–94–85–74–92–116–6—5–76–74–86–65–610–3
Minnesota 7–56–69–45–85–73–97–67–5—8–48–57–68–51–11
New York 8–56–74–85–711–26–77–57–64–8—8–47–56–68–5
Oakland 6–65–76–77–65–73–98–58–45–84–8—8–58–54–8
Seattle 3–98–44–98–54–86–64–96–66–75–75–8—10–35–7
Texas 3–97–58–58–53–92–107–66–55–86–65–83–10—6–6
Toronto 9–48–55–78–47–6–15–87–53–1011–15–88–47–56–6—

Notable transactions

Roster

1984 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 140475118.2481364
1B Bruce Bochte 148469124.264552
2B Joe Morgan 11636589.244643
SS Tony Phillips 154451120.266437
3B Carney Lansford 151597179.3001474
LF Rickey Henderson 142502147.2931658
CF Dwayne Murphy 153559143.2563388
RF Mike Davis 13438288.230946
DH Dave Kingman 147549147.26835118

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Davey Lopes 7223059.257936
Bill Almon 10621147.223716
Donnie Hill 7317440.230216
Jim Essian 6313632.235210
Mark Wagner 808720.230012
Mickey Tettleton 337620.26315
Jeff Burroughs 587115.21128
Garry Hancock 516013.21708
Steve Kiefer 23407.17502
Dan Meyer 20227.31804

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Ray Burris 34211.213103.1593
Steve McCatty 33179.28144.7663
Bill Krueger 26142.010104.7561
Curt Young 20108.2944.0641

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Lary Sorensen 46183.16134.9163
Tim Conroy 3893.0165.2369
Mike Warren 2490.0364.9061
Chris Codiroli 2889.1645.8444
Rick Langford 38.2008.312

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Bill Caudill 6897362.7189
Keith Atherton 577624.3358
Tom Burgmeier 173022.358
Chuck Rainey 161116.7510
Jeff Jones 130303.5519
Dave Leiper 81009.003
Gorman Heimueller 60106.143
Jeff Bettendorf 30014.665
Mike Torrez 200027.002
Mark Wagner 10000.001
Garry Hancock 10000.000

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Tacoma Tigers Pacific Coast League Ed Nottle
AA Albany-Colonie A's Eastern League 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 Jim Nettles

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Modesto

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References

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  2. ↑ Bill Caudill page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Joe Morgan page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Ray Burris page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Luis Polonia page at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Félix José page at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Jack Daugherty page at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Tim Belcher page at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.232, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN   978-0-451-22363-0
  10. ↑ Mark McGwire page at Baseball Reference
  11. ↑ Todd Burns page at Baseball Reference
  12. ↑ "Chuck Hensley Stats".
  13. 1 2 Mike Torrez page at Baseball Reference
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