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.
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

Team	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Chicago White Sox	99	63	.611	0
Kansas City Royals	79	83	.488	20.0
Texas Rangers	77	85	.475	22.0
Oakland Athletics	74	88	.457	25.0
California Angels	70	92	.432	29.0
Minnesota Twins	70	92	.432	29.0
Seattle Mariners	60	102	.370	39.0

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

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

3 Jeff Burroughs
6 Mitchell Page

Manager

14 Steve Boros

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

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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Medford

References

External links

[1] Jack Daugherty page at Baseball Reference

[2] Mickey Klutts page at Baseball Reference

[3] Kevin Bell page at Baseball Reference

[4] Preston Hanna page at Baseball Reference

[5] Steve Howard page at Baseball Reference

[6] Brian Kingman page at Baseball Reference

[7] ttp://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/owchibo01.shtml

[8] Greg Cadaret page at Baseball Reference

[9] Rob Nelson page at Baseball Reference

[10] Matt Keough page at Baseball Reference

[11] Kelvin Moore page at Baseball Reference

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