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1981 Oakland Athletics Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980 / 1982)
First Half: 37-23, Finished 1st
Second Half: 27-22, Finished 2nd
Overall: 64-45, Finished 1st in AL West
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Scored 458 runs, Allowed 403 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 61-48
Manager: Billy Martin (64-45)
Ballpark: Oakland Coliseum (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,304,052 (4th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 95, Pitching - 95;   one-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 93
Postseason:  Lost AL Championship Series (3-0) to New York Yankees
Won AL Division Series (3-0) over Kansas City Royals
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1980 / 1982 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Tony Armas 27 R R 6' 1" 200 Jul 2, 1953 6 109 109 109 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 108 109 0 0 0 All-Star
Shooty Babitt 22 R R 5' 8" 174 Mar 9, 1959 1st 54 44 54 52 0 0 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
Dave Beard 21 L R 6' 5" 215 Oct 2, 1959 2 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rich Bordi 22 R R 6' 7" 220 Apr 18, 1959 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Bosetti 27 R R 5' 11" 185 Aug 5, 1953 6 9 4 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 5 2 1 2
Mark Budaska 28 B L 6' 0" 180 Dec 27, 1952 2 9 8 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1
Jeff Cox 25 R R 5' 11" 170 Nov 9, 1955 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mike Davis 22 L L 6' 3" 185 Jun 11, 1959 2 17 2 17 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 11 2
Brian Doyle 26 L R 5' 10" 160 Jan 26, 1955 4 17 15 17 17 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Keith Drumright 26 L R 5' 10" 170 Oct 21, 1954 2 31 21 31 19 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 0
Ed Figueroa 32 R R 6' 1" 190 Oct 14, 1948 8 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wayne Gross 29 L R 6' 2" 210 Jan 14, 1952 6 82 65 82 76 0 0 2 0 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
Mike Heath 26 R R 5' 11" 190 Feb 5, 1955 4 84 76 84 80 0 78 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 6 0 4 0
Dave Heaverlo 30 R R 6' 1" 210 Aug 25, 1950 7 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rickey Henderson HOF 22 R L 5' 10" 195 Dec 25, 1958 3 108 107 108 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 107 0 0 107 0 1 0
Tim Hosley 34 R R 5' 10" 195 May 10, 1947 9 18 1 18 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 0
Cliff Johnson 33 R R 6' 4" 225 Jul 22, 1947 10 84 66 84 9 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 18 0
Jeff Jones 24 R R 6' 3" 210 Jul 29, 1956 2 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Kearney 24 R R 6' 0" 190 Oct 3, 1956 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Keough 25 R R 6' 3" 190 Jul 3, 1955 5 19 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Kingman 26 R R 6' 2" 200 Jul 27, 1954 3 18 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mickey Klutts 26 R R 5' 11" 189 Sep 20, 1954 6 15 12 15 14 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Rick Langford 29 R R 6' 0" 180 Mar 20, 1952 6 24 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve McCatty 27 R R 6' 3" 205 Mar 20, 1954 5 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave McKay 31 B R 6' 1" 195 Mar 14, 1950 7 79 65 79 77 0 0 0 39 44 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
Bo McLaughlin 27 R R 6' 5" 210 Oct 23, 1953 5 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Craig Minetto 27 L L 6' 0" 185 Apr 25, 1954 4 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kelvin Moore 23 R L 6' 1" 195 Sep 26, 1957 1st 14 13 14 13 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Dwayne Murphy 26 L R 6' 1" 185 Mar 18, 1955 4 107 107 107 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 106 0 106 1 0 0
Jim Nettles 34 L L 6' 0" 186 Mar 2, 1947 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jeff Newman 32 R R 6' 2" 218 Sep 11, 1948 6 68 61 68 65 0 37 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Mike Norris 26 R R 6' 2" 175 Mar 19, 1955 7 23 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Bob Owchinko 26 L L 6' 2" 195 Jan 1, 1955 6 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mitchell Page 29 L R 6' 2" 205 Oct 15, 1951 5 34 27 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 5 2
Mike Patterson 23 L R 5' 10" 170 Jan 26, 1958 1st 12 5 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 2 7 0
Rob Picciolo 28 R R 6' 2" 185 Feb 4, 1953 5 82 57 82 82 0 0 0 0 0 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dave Revering 28 L R 6' 4" 210 Feb 12, 1953 4 31 21 31 29 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Jimmy Sexton 29 R R 5' 10" 175 Dec 15, 1951 4 7 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Jim Spencer 33 L L 6' 2" 195 Jul 30, 1947 14 54 42 54 48 0 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Fred Stanley 33 R R 5' 10" 167 Aug 13, 1947 13 66 53 66 66 0 0 0 6 0 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Underwood 27 R L 5' 11" 170 Dec 22, 1953 8 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR

1980 / 1982 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played