1983 Oakland Athletics season

The 1983 Oakland Athletics season was the 83th season for the Oakland Athletics franchise, all as members of the American League, and their 16th season in Oakland. The Athletics finished fourth 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.
November 4, 1982: Mickey Klutts was released by the Athletics.
December 13, 1982: Kevin Bell was released by the Athletics.
December 20, 1982: Preston Hanna was released by the Athletics.
January 11, 1983: Steve Howard was drafted by the Athletics in the 8th round of the 1983 Major League Baseball Draft.
January 17, 1983: Brian Kingman was purchased from the Athletics by the Boston Red Sox.
March 28, 1983: Bob Owchinko was released by the Oakland Athletics.

Regular season

Season standings

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AL West
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	99	63	.611	—	55‍–‍26	44‍–‍37
Kansas City Royals	79	83	.488	20	45‍–‍36	34‍–‍47
Texas Rangers	77	85	.475	22	44‍–‍37	33‍–‍48
Oakland Athletics	74	88	.457	25	42‍–‍39	32‍–‍49
California Angels	70	92	.432	29	35‍–‍46	35‍–‍46
Minnesota Twins	70	92	.432	29	37‍–‍44	33‍–‍48
Seattle Mariners	60	102	.370	39	30‍–‍51	30‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

1983 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	8–5	7–5	7–5	6–7	5–8	8–4	11–2	8–4	6–7	8–4	8–4	9–3	7–6
Boston	5–8	—	6–6	6–6	7–6	4–9	5–7	4–9	5–7	7–6	8–4	7–5	7–5	7–6
California	5–7	6–6	—	3–10	8–4	4–8	6–7	6–6	6–7	5–7	5–8	6–7	6–7	4–8
Chicago	5–7	6–6	10–3	—	8–4	8–4	9–4	4–8	8–5	8–4	8–5	12–1	8–5	5–7
Cleveland	7–6	6–7	4–8	4–8	—	5–8	7–5	3–10	6–6	6–7	7–5	8–4	3–9	4–9
Detroit	8–5	9–4	8–4	4–8	8–5	—	7–5	6–7	9–3	5–8	6–6	8–4	8–4	6–7
Kansas City	4–8	7–5	7–6	4–9	5–7	5–7	—	6–6	6–7	6–6	7–6	8–5	8–5–1	6–6
Milwaukee	2–11	9–4	6–6	8–4	10–3	7–6	6–6	—	8–4	4–9	6–6	5–7	8–4	8–5
Minnesota	4–8	7–5	7–6	5–8	6–6	3–9	7–6	4–8	—	4–8	4–9	9–4	5–8	5–7
New York	7–6	6–7	7–5	4–8	7–6	8–5	6–6	9–4	8–4	—	8–4	7–5	7–5	7–6
Oakland	4–8	4–8	8–5	5–8	5–7	6–6	6–7	6–6	9–4	4–8	—	9–4	2–11	6–6
Seattle	4–8	5–7	7–6	1–12	4–8	4–8	5–8	7–5	4–9	5–7	4–9	—	6–7	4–8
Texas	3–9	5–7	7–6	5–8	9–3	4–8	5–8–1	4–8	8–5	5–7	11–2	7–6	—	4–8
Toronto	6–7	6–7	8–4	7–5	9–4	7–6	6–6	5–8	7–5	6–7	6–6	8–4	8–4	—

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.
- Rob Nelson was drafted by the Athletics in the 1st round (7th pick) of the Secondary Phase.
June 15, 1983: Matt Keough was traded by the Athletics to the New York Yankees for Ben Callahan, Marshall Brant, and cash.
July 22, 1983: Kelvin Moore was traded by the Athletics to the New York Mets for Scott Dye (minors).

Roster

1983 Oakland Athletics
Roster
Pitchers 55 Keith Atherton 36 Steve Baker 33 Dave Beard 53 Bert Bradley 39 Tom Burgmeier 48 Ben Callahan 23 Chris Codiroli 24,37 Tim Conroy 40 Ed Farmer 13 Gorman Heimueller 38 Jeff Jones 27 Matt Keough 32 Bill Krueger 22 Rick Langford 54 Steve McCatty 17 Mike Norris 49 Mark Smith 31 Tom Underwood 43 Mike Warren 45 Rich Wortham 29 Curt Young		Catchers 9 Darryl Cias 2 Mike Heath 30 Bob Kearney Infielders 34 Bill Almon 19 Marshall Brant 10 Wayne Gross 25 Donnie Hill 51 Dave Hudgens 4 Carney Lansford 15 Davey Lopes 7 Dan Meyer 25 Kelvin Moore 18 Tony Phillips 52 Luis Quiñones		Outfielders 16 Mike Davis 11 Garry Hancock 35 Rickey Henderson 47 Rusty McNealy 21 Dwayne Murphy 8 Rick Peters Other batters 3 Jeff Burroughs 6 Mitchell Page		Manager 14 Steve Boros Coaches 41 Clete Boyer (Third base) 45 Jackie Moore (First base) 44 Ed Nottle (Bullpen) 43 Ron Schueler (Pitching) 28 Billy Williams (Hitting)

1983 Oakland Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

3 Jeff Burroughs
6 Mitchell Page

Manager

14 Steve Boros

Coaches

41 Clete Boyer (Third base)
45 Jackie Moore (First base)
44 Ed Nottle (Bullpen)
43 Ron Schueler (Pitching)
28 Billy Williams (Hitting)

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
C	Bob Kearney	108	298	76	.255	8	32
1B	Wayne Gross	136	339	79	.233	12	44
2B	Davey Lopes	147	494	137	.277	17	67
SS	Tony Phillips	148	412	102	.248	4	35
3B	Carney Lansford	80	299	92	.308	10	45
LF	Rickey Henderson	145	513	150	.292	9	48
CF	Dwayne Murphy	130	471	107	.227	17	75
RF	Mike Davis	128	443	122	.275	8	62
DH	Jeff Burroughs	121	401	108	.269	10	56

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
Bill Almon	143	451	120	.266	4	63
Mike Heath	96	345	97	.281	6	33
Garry Hancock	101	256	70	.273	8	30
Rick Peters	55	178	51	.287	0	20
Dan Meyer	69	169	32	.189	1	13
Donnie Hill	53	158	42	.266	2	15
Kelvin Moore	41	124	26	.210	5	16
Mitchell Page	57	79	19	.241	0	1
Luis Quiñones	19	42	8	.190	0	4
Darryl Cias	19	18	6	.333	0	1
Marshall Brant	5	14	2	.143	0	2
Dave Hudgens	6	7	1	.143	0	0
Rusty McNealy	15	4	0	.000	0	0

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
Chris Codiroli	37	205.2	12	12	4.46	85
Bill Krueger	17	109.2	7	6	3.61	58
Mike Norris	16	88.2	4	5	3.76	63
Gorman Heimueller	16	83.2	3	5	4.41	31
Mike Warren	12	65.2	5	3	4.11	30
Rick Langford	7	20.0	0	4	12.15	2

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
Steve McCatty	38	167.0	6	9	3.99	65
Tim Conroy	39	162.1	7	10	3.94	112
Tom Underwood	51	144.2	9	7	4.04	62
Matt Keough	14	44.0	2	3	5.52	28
Mark Smith	8	14.2	1	0	6.75	10
Ed Farmer	5	10.1	0	0	3.48	7
Ben Callahan	4	9.1	1	2	12.54	2
Curt Young	8	9.0	0	1	16.00	5

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
Dave Beard	43	5	5	10	5.61	40
Tom Burgmeier	49	6	7	4	2.81	39
Steve Baker	35	3	3	5	4.33	23
Keith Atherton	29	2	5	4	2.77	40
Jeff Jones	13	1	1	0	5.76	14
Bert Bradley	6	0	0	0	6.48	3
Wayne Gross	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
Rich Wortham	1	0	0	0	inf	0

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

References

External links

1983 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto
AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Athletics

Established in 1901
Formerly the Philadelphia Athletics, the Kansas City Athletics and the Oakland Athletics
Based in West Sacramento, California

Franchise

Ballparks

Columbia Park
Shibe Park
Municipal Stadium
Oakland Coliseum
Sutter Health Park (temporary 2025–2027)
New Las Vegas Stadium (proposed)

Spring training: Latta Park Baseball Field; Barrs Field; Cramton Bowl; Terry Park Ballfield; Wilmington Park; McCurdy Field; Connie Mack Field; McKechnie Field; Rendezvous Park; Scottsdale Stadium I; Phoenix Municipal Stadium; Hohokam Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Key personnel

Owners: John Fisher
President: Dave Kaval
Executive vice president: Billy Beane
General manager: David Forst
Manager: Mark Kotsay

World Series
Champions (9)

American League
Championships (15)

AL West Division
Championships (17)

AL Wild Card (4)

Minors

Triple-A: Las Vegas Aviators
Double-A: Midland RockHounds
High-A: Lansing Lugnuts
Single-A: Stockton Ports
Rookie: ACL Athletics; DSL Athletics

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