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1981 Oakland Athletics

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980 / 1982

First Half: 37-23, Finished 1st
Second Half: 27-22, Finished 2nd
Overall: 64-45, Finished 1st in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Billy Martin (64-45)
Scored 458 runs, Allowed 403 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 61-48

Ballparks: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Attendance: 1,304,052 (4th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 94 · 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 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

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Game Results

Season Summary 64-45, Final Rank:1, GB: 0.0
Days in First102last on Sunday, Oct 4, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
 180last on Oct 4, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead7.5last on Saturday, May 9, for days on which they played
Farthest Behindnever behind
Most Games over .50019last on Sunday, Oct 4
Most Games under .500never
Longest Winning Streak11Thursday, Apr 9 to Sunday, Apr 19
Longest Losing Streak8Thursday, May 14 to Thursday, May 21
Most Runs Allowed13Sunday, May 10
Most Runs Scored16Friday, Apr 17 and Monday, Aug 24
Longest Game (innings)15Saturday, May 23 and Tuesday, Aug 18
Times Shutout by Opponent8 
Times Opponent Shutout11 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 64 45 458 403 .587
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 35 21 234 183 .625
Road 29 24 224 220 .547
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 18 3 105 41 .857
May 13 17 109 126 .433
June 6 3 35 25 .667
August 10 9 91 88 .526
September 15 12 106 113 .556
October 2 1 12 10 .667
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 37 23 249 192 .617
Second Half 27 22 209 211 .551
Extra-Innings
SplitWLRSRAWP
9-Inning Games 54 43 405 359 .557
ExtraInning 10 2 53 44 .833
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 21 11 127 117 .656
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 11 7 126 96 .611
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BAL 5 7 44 46 .417
BOS 5 7 46 55 .417
CAL 8 2 46 33 .800
CHW 6 7 52 61 .462
CLE 2 3 25 21 .400
DET 2 1 13 8 .667
KCR 3 3 23 21 .500
MIL 2 4 20 33 .333
MIN 8 2 35 23 .800
NYY 3 4 27 31 .429
SEA 6 1 54 15 .857
TEX 4 2 18 25 .667
TOR 10 2 55 31 .833

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time D/N Attendance Streak
1 1 Thursday, Apr 9 boxscore OAK @ MIN W 5 1 1-0 1 Tied Norris Koosman 2:46 D 42,658 +
2 2 Friday, Apr 10 boxscore OAK @ MIN W 6 3 2-0 1 up 0.5 Langford Erickson 2:27 D 4,552 ++
3 3 Saturday, Apr 11 boxscore OAK @ MIN W 3 0 3-0 1 up 1.0 Keough Williams 2:34 D 5,536 +++
4 4 Sunday, Apr 12 boxscore OAK @ MIN W 1 0 4-0 1 up 1.0 McCatty Redfern 2:14 D 5,699 ++++
5 5 Monday, Apr 13 boxscore OAK @ CAL W 3 2 5-0 1 up 2.0 Jones Sanchez 3:32 N 38,076 +++++
6 6 Tuesday, Apr 14 boxscore OAK @ CAL W 5 2 6-0 1 up 2.5 Norris Zahn 2:53 N 26,483 ++++++
7 7 Wednesday, Apr 15 boxscore OAK @ CAL W 5 3 7-0 1 up 2.5 Langford Hassler 3:02 N 27,371 +++++++
8 8 Thursday, Apr 16 boxscore OAK @ CAL W 5 1 8-0 1 up 3.0 Keough Witt 2:23 N 27,697 ++++++++
9 9 Friday, Apr 17 boxscore OAK SEA W 16 1 9-0 1 up 4.0 McCatty Bannister 2:38 N 50,255 +++++++++
10 10 Saturday, Apr 18 boxscore OAK SEA W 8 0 10-0 1 up 4.0 Kingman Clay 2:24 D 20,131 ++++++++++
11 11 Sunday, Apr 19 boxscore OAK SEA W 6 1 11-0 1 up 4.5 Norris Abbott 2:28 D 0 +++++++++++
12 12 Sunday, Apr 19 boxscore OAK SEA L 2 3 11-1 1 up 4.5 Clark Langford Drago 2:29 D 29,834 -
13 13 Monday, Apr 20 boxscore OAK MIN W 3 0 12-1 1 up 5.0 Keough Koosman 2:04 N 22,141 +
14 14 Tuesday, Apr 21 boxscore OAK MIN W 4 3 10 13-1 1 up 5.0 McCatty Corbett 2:35 N 10,939 ++
15 15 Wednesday, Apr 22 boxscore OAK MIN W 2 1 14-1 1 up 5.5 Kingman Williams Jones 2:28 D 16,573 +++
16 16 Friday, Apr 24 boxscore OAK @ SEA W 6 2 15-1 1 up 4.5 Norris Abbott 2:37 N 17,554 ++++
17 17 Saturday, Apr 25 boxscore OAK @ SEA W 7 4 16-1 1 up 4.5 Langford Gleaton 2:37 N 17,388 +++++
18 18 Sunday, Apr 26 boxscore OAK @ SEA W 9 4 17-1 1 up 4.5 Keough Parrott 3:06 D 15,562 ++++++
19 19 Monday, Apr 27 boxscore OAK CAL L 2 3 17-2 1 up 4.5 Forsch McCatty 2:50 N 41,760 -
20 20 Tuesday, Apr 28 boxscore OAK CAL L 1 3 17-3 1 up 3.5 Renko Kingman Sanchez 3:00 N 15,400 --
21 21 Wednesday, Apr 29 boxscore OAK CAL W 6 4 18-3 1 up 4.5 Norris Zahn 3:03 D 15,220 +
22 22 Friday, May 1 boxscore OAK NYY W 8 6 19-3 1 up 6.0 Langford Underwood Jones 3:17 N 44,105 ++
23 23 Saturday, May 2 boxscore OAK NYY W 6 3 20-3 1 up 7.0 Keough Guidry Owchinko 3:01 D 48,179 +++
24 24 Sunday, May 3 boxscore OAK NYY L 2 3 10 20-4 1 up 5.5 Davis McCatty 3:14 D 0 -
25 25 Sunday, May 3 boxscore OAK NYY L 0 2 20-5 1 up 5.5 John Kingman Gossage 2:48 D 48,592 --
26 26 Tuesday, May 5 boxscore OAK DET W 6 2 21-5 1 up 6.5 Norris Rozema 2:35 N 18,925 +
27 27 Wednesday, May 6 boxscore OAK DET L 2 3 21-6 1 up 5.5 Wilcox Langford 2:40 N 15,763 -
28 28 Thursday, May 7 boxscore OAK DET W 5 3 22-6 1 up 5.5 Jones Petry McLaughlin 2:43 D 15,902 +
29 29 Friday, May 8 boxscore OAK MIL W 2 0 23-6 1 up 6.0 McCatty Caldwell 2:44 N 28,708 ++
30 30 Saturday, May 9 boxscore OAK MIL W 6 5 12 24-6 1 up 7.5 Owchinko Lerch 4:10 D 27,308 +++
31 31 Sunday, May 10 boxscore OAK MIL L 5 13 24-7 1 up 6.5 Vuckovich Norris Augustine 3:01 D 28,581 -
32 32 Tuesday, May 12 boxscore OAK @ NYY L 1 4 24-8 1 up 6.0 Guidry Langford Gossage 2:20 N 30,959 --
33 33 Wednesday, May 13 boxscore OAK @ NYY W 5 4 25-8 1 up 6.5 Keough John Owchinko 2:41 N 35,419 +
34 34 Thursday, May 14 boxscore OAK @ NYY L 5 9 25-9 1 up 5.5 Gossage Jones 3:12 N 35,761 -
35 35 Friday, May 15 boxscore OAK @ MIL L 0 3 25-10 1 up 4.5 Vuckovich McCatty Fingers 3:00 N 29,667 --
36 36 Saturday, May 16 boxscore OAK @ MIL L 5 6 25-11 1 up 4.5 Cleveland Owchinko Fingers 3:16 N 33,937 ---
37 37 Sunday, May 17 boxscore OAK @ MIL L 2 6 25-12 1 up 4.5 Haas Langford 2:16 D 33,142 ----
38 38 Monday, May 18 boxscore OAK @ BAL L 1 5 25-13 1 up 3.5 McGregor Keough 2:44 N 23,428 -----
39 39 Tuesday, May 19 boxscore OAK @ BAL L 5 6 25-14 1 up 3.5 Flanagan Norris Martinez 3:01 N 14,689 ------
40 40 Wednesday, May 20 boxscore OAK @ BOS L 3 5 25-15 1 up 3.0 Stanley McCatty Burgmeier 2:36 N 23,007 -------
41 41 Thursday, May 21 boxscore OAK @ BOS L 0 3 25-16 1 up 2.5 Eckersley Kingman 2:35 N 23,145 --------
42 42 Friday, May 22 boxscore OAK TOR W 6 2 26-16 1 up 2.5 Langford Stieb 2:21 N 13,426 +
43 43 Saturday, May 23 boxscore OAK TOR W 3 2 15 27-16 1 up 2.5 Jones Leal 4:24 D 27,147 ++
44 44 Sunday, May 24 boxscore OAK TOR W 6 5 12 28-16 1 up 3.0 Owchinko McLaughlin 4:00 D 0 +++
45 45 Sunday, May 24 boxscore OAK TOR W 5 0 29-16 1 up 3.0 Norris Garvin 2:18 N 32,985 ++++
46 46 Monday, May 25 boxscore OAK CHW W 5 2 30-16 1 up 3.5 McCatty Dotson 2:56 D 40,689 +++++
47 47 Tuesday, May 26 boxscore OAK CHW L 1 4 30-17 1 up 2.5 Burns Kingman 3:35 N 26,371 -
48 48 Wednesday, May 27 boxscore OAK CHW L 0 3 30-18 1 up 2.0 Baumgarten Langford Hoyt 2:50 D 17,621 --
49 49 Friday, May 29 boxscore OAK @ TOR L 3 6 30-19 1 up 1.5 Clancy Keough Jackson 2:29 N 16,509 ---
50 50 Saturday, May 30 boxscore OAK @ TOR L 5 6 30-20 1 up 0.5 Leal Norris McLaughlin 2:38 D 21,046 ----
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time D/N Attendance Streak
51 51 Sunday, May 31 boxscore OAK @ TOR W 6 5 31-20 1 up 1.0 Owchinko McLaughlin 3:07 D 24,079 +
52 52 Tuesday, Jun 2 boxscore OAK @ CHW W 6 2 32-20 1 up 2.0 McCatty Baumgarten 3:25 N 40,045 ++
53 53 Wednesday, Jun 3 boxscore OAK @ CHW W 8 3 33-20 1 up 2.0 Kingman Barrios 3:07 N 42,358 +++
54 54 Thursday, Jun 4 boxscore OAK @ CHW L 2 4 33-21 1 up 2.0 Dotson Langford Farmer 2:50 N 37,706 -
55 55 Friday, Jun 5 boxscore OAK BOS L 1 4 33-22 1 up 1.0 Tanana Keough Campbell 2:26 N 30,251 --
56 56 Saturday, Jun 6 boxscore OAK BOS W 6 2 34-22 1 up 1.0 Norris Crawford 2:43 D 40,122 +
57 57 Sunday, Jun 7 boxscore OAK BOS W 4 3 11 35-22 1 up 1.0 Heaverlo Clear 3:13 D 27,384 ++
58 58 Tuesday, Jun 9 boxscore OAK BAL W 4 2 36-22 1 up 2.0 McCatty Palmer 2:51 N 0 +++
59 59 Tuesday, Jun 9 boxscore OAK BAL W 3 2 37-22 1 up 2.0 Jones Stewart 2:58 N 31,520 ++++
60 60 Wednesday, Jun 10 boxscore OAK BAL L 1 3 37-23 1 up 1.0 Flanagan Langford Stoddard 2:35 D 18,329 -
61 61 Monday, Aug 10 boxscore OAK @ MIN L 2 6 37-24 1 up 1.5 Erickson Langford Koosman 2:31 N 15,414 --
62 62 Tuesday, Aug 11 boxscore OAK @ MIN W 6 5 38-24 1 up 1.5 Norris Williams Jones 2:29 N 8,836 +
63 63 Wednesday, Aug 12 boxscore OAK @ MIN L 3 4 38-25 1 up 1.5 Jackson Owchinko Corbett 2:25 N 9,624 -
64 64 Friday, Aug 14 boxscore OAK CAL W 4 2 10 39-25 1 up 1.5 McCatty Aase 2:59 N 23,804 +
65 65 Saturday, Aug 15 boxscore OAK CAL W 8 7 13 40-25 1 up 2.5 Underwood Witt 5:00 D 20,101 ++
66 66 Sunday, Aug 16 boxscore OAK CAL W 7 6 41-25 1 up 2.5 Langford Forsch 2:56 D 28,853 +++
67 67 Tuesday, Aug 18 boxscore OAK BOS W 3 2 15 42-25 1 up 3.0 Owchinko Campbell 3:55 N 16,631 ++++
68 68 Wednesday, Aug 19 boxscore OAK BOS W 4 2 43-25 1 up 3.0 Keough Tanana 2:13 N 15,134 +++++
69 69 Thursday, Aug 20 boxscore OAK BOS L 4 6 43-26 1 up 2.5 Eckersley McCatty Clear 2:58 N 17,503 -
70 70 Friday, Aug 21 boxscore OAK BAL L 2 4 43-27 1 up 2.5 Palmer Kingman Stoddard 2:41 N 21,208 --
71 71 Saturday, Aug 22 boxscore OAK BAL W 2 0 44-27 1 up 3.0 Langford McGregor 2:07 D 26,438 +
72 72 Sunday, Aug 23 boxscore OAK BAL L 4 7 44-28 1 up 2.0 Stewart Norris 2:45 D 35,325 -
73 73 Monday, Aug 24 boxscore OAK CLE W 16 4 45-28 1 up 3.0 Keough Waits 2:34 N 30,139 +
74 74 Tuesday, Aug 25 boxscore OAK CLE L 0 2 45-29 1 up 2.0 Barker McCatty 2:50 D 14,841 -
75 75 Thursday, Aug 27 boxscore OAK @ BOS L 5 6 45-30 1 up 1.0 Stanley Underwood 2:53 N 23,432 --
76 76 Friday, Aug 28 boxscore OAK @ BOS L 5 12 45-31 1 up 1.0 Ojeda Norris 2:47 N 25,356 ---
77 77 Saturday, Aug 29 boxscore OAK @ BOS L 6 7 45-32 1 up 0.5 Torrez Keough 2:55 D 26,318 ----
78 78 Sunday, Aug 30 boxscore OAK @ BOS W 5 3 46-32 1 up 1.5 McCatty Tanana 2:34 D 25,160 +
79 79 Monday, Aug 31 boxscore OAK @ CLE W 5 3 47-32 1 up 2.5 Langford Blyleven Underwood 2:43 N 8,442 ++
80 80 Wednesday, Sep 2 boxscore OAK @ CLE L 0 2 47-33 1 up 1.5 Denny Norris 2:17 N 0 -
81 81 Wednesday, Sep 2 boxscore OAK @ CLE L 4 10 47-34 1 up 1.5 Spillner Keough 3:24 N 5,198 --
82 82 Thursday, Sep 3 boxscore OAK @ BAL W 10 0 48-34 1 up 2.5 McCatty Palmer 2:53 N 14,915 +
83 83 Friday, Sep 4 boxscore OAK @ BAL W 5 4 11 49-34 1 up 2.5 Underwood Stoddard Beard 4:16 N 15,733 ++
84 84 Saturday, Sep 5 boxscore OAK @ BAL L 3 5 49-35 1 up 2.5 Stone Langford Martinez 2:40 N 19,742 -
85 85 Sunday, Sep 6 boxscore OAK @ BAL L 4 8 49-36 1 up 2.5 Martinez Owchinko 3:19 D 15,581 --
86 86 Monday, Sep 7 boxscore OAK TEX W 2 1 50-36 1 up 3.5 Norris Honeycutt 2:11 D 36,393 +
87 87 Tuesday, Sep 8 boxscore OAK TEX W 3 0 51-36 1 up 4.5 McCatty Hough 2:26 N 17,469 ++
88 88 Wednesday, Sep 9 boxscore OAK TEX L 4 9 51-37 1 up 3.5 Comer Underwood 3:02 N 11,655 -
89 89 Friday, Sep 11 boxscore OAK KCR W 6 1 52-37 1 up 3.5 Keough Hammaker 2:31 N 26,098 +
90 90 Saturday, Sep 12 boxscore OAK KCR L 0 4 52-38 1 up 2.5 Leonard Norris 2:30 D 33,493 -
91 91 Sunday, Sep 13 boxscore OAK KCR L 5 6 12 52-39 1 up 2.5 Splittorff Beard 4:28 D 28,701 --
92 92 Monday, Sep 14 boxscore OAK @ TEX W 5 2 53-39 1 up 3.5 Langford Medich 2:32 N 9,995 +
93 93 Tuesday, Sep 15 boxscore OAK @ TEX L 2 12 53-40 1 up 2.5 Hough Kingman 2:47 N 11,829 -
94 94 Wednesday, Sep 16 boxscore OAK @ TEX W 2 1 54-40 1 up 3.5 Norris Darwin 2:29 N 9,743 +
95 95 Friday, Sep 18 boxscore OAK @ CHW W 10 5 55-40 1 up 4.5 McCatty Trout Beard 3:12 N 21,266 ++
96 96 Saturday, Sep 19 boxscore OAK @ CHW W 2 1 56-40 1 up 4.5 Langford Lamp 2:43 D 13,213 +++
97 97 Sunday, Sep 20 boxscore OAK @ CHW L 3 11 56-41 1 up 3.5 Dotson Norris Hoyt 3:09 D 17,819 -
98 98 Tuesday, Sep 22 boxscore OAK @ TOR W 3 2 13 57-41 1 up 4.5 Beard Leal 4:04 N 0 +
99 99 Tuesday, Sep 22 boxscore OAK @ TOR W 4 2 58-41 1 up 4.5 McCatty Berenguer 2:38 N 15,542 ++
100 100 Wednesday, Sep 23 boxscore OAK @ TOR W 6 0 59-41 1 up 5.5 Langford Clancy 2:35 N 14,114 +++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time D/N Attendance Streak
101 101 Friday, Sep 25 boxscore OAK CHW L 2 6 59-42 1 up 5.0 Farmer Norris 2:54 N 21,468 -
102 102 Saturday, Sep 26 boxscore OAK CHW W 5 1 60-42 1 up 6.0 McCatty Burns 2:53 D 21,171 +
103 103 Sunday, Sep 27 boxscore OAK CHW L 5 9 60-43 1 up 5.5 Hoyt Langford 2:34 D 0 -
104 104 Sunday, Sep 27 boxscore OAK CHW L 3 10 60-44 1 up 5.5 Koosman Keough 2:37 D 25,377 --
105 105 Tuesday, Sep 29 boxscore OAK TOR W 5 1 61-44 1 up 5.0 Underwood Clancy 2:35 D 10,998 +
106 106 Wednesday, Sep 30 boxscore OAK TOR W 3 0 62-44 1 up 5.0 Norris Leal 1:58 D 11,144 ++
107 107 Friday, Oct 2 boxscore OAK @ KCR L 0 3 62-45 1 up 4.0 Leonard McCatty 2:15 N 23,781 -
108 108 Saturday, Oct 3 boxscore OAK @ KCR W 8 4 63-45 1 up 4.0 Langford Jones 2:43 N 32,039 +
109 109 Sunday, Oct 4 boxscore OAK @ KCR W 4 3 64-45 1 up 5.0 Keough Gura Beard 3:06 D 28,723 ++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time D/N Attendance Streak

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

1980 / 1982 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

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