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1981 Oakland Athletics (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980/1982)
First Half: 37-23, Finished 1st
Second Half: 27-22, Finished 2nd
Overall: 64-45, Finished 1st in AL Western Division
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Scored 458 runs, Allowed 403 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 61-48
Managed by Billy Martin

Ballpark: Oakland Coliseum (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,304,052 (4th of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 95, Pitching - 95
  (one-year): Batting - 94, Pitching - 93
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1981 Stats / Schedule (1980/1982) / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

Game Results

Season Summary   64-45 , Final Rank: 1, GB: up 5.0
Days in First:                 102 (last on October 4, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          19 (last on October 4)
Most Games under .500:       never

Biggest Lead:                  7.5 (last on May 9)
Farthest Behind Leader:      never behind

Longest Winning Streak:         11 (April 9 to April 19)
Longest Losing Streak:           8 (May 14 to May 21)

Most Runs Allowed:              13 (May 10)
Most Runs Scored:               16 (April 17 and August 24)

Longest Game:                   15 innings (May 23 and August 18)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       8
Times Opponent Shutout:         11

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        64  45     458     403    .587

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           35  21     234     183    .625
Road           29  24     224     220    .547

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     37  23     249     192    .617
Second Half    27  22     209     211    .551

Extra-Innings
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
ExtraInning    10   2      53      44    .833
Full Games     54  43     405     359    .557
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        21  11     127     117    .656

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        11   7     126      96    .611

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Thu, Apr  9 box OAK @MIN  W   5-1        1-0     1    Tied  2:46 M Norris     J Koosman     42,658 +
  2 Fri, Apr 10 box OAK @MIN  W   6-3        2-0     1  up 0.5  2:27 R Langford   R Erickson     4,552 ++
  3 Sat, Apr 11 box OAK @MIN  W   3-0        3-0     1  up 1.0  2:34 M Keough     A Williams     5,536 +++
  4 Sun, Apr 12 box OAK @MIN  W   1-0        4-0     1  up 1.0  2:14 S McCatty    P Redfern      5,699 ++++
  5 Mon, Apr 13 box OAK @CAL  W   3-2        5-0     1  up 2.0  3:32 J Jones      L Sanchez     38,076 +++++
  6 Tue, Apr 14 box OAK @CAL  W   5-2        6-0     1  up 2.5  2:53 M Norris     G Zahn        26,483 ++++++
  7 Wed, Apr 15 box OAK @CAL  W   5-3        7-0     1  up 2.5  3:02 R Langford   A Hassler     27,371 +++++++
  8 Thu, Apr 16 box OAK @CAL  W   5-1        8-0     1  up 3.0  2:23 M Keough     M Witt        27,697 ++++++++
  9 Fri, Apr 17 box OAK  SEA  W  16-1        9-0     1  up 4.0  2:38 S McCatty    F Bannister   50,255 +++++++++
 10 Sat, Apr 18 box OAK  SEA  W   8-0       10-0     1  up 4.0  2:24 B Kingman    K Clay        20,131 ++++++++++
 11 Sun, Apr 19 box OAK  SEA  W   6-1       11-0     1  up 4.5  2:28 M Norris     G Abbott           0 +++++++++++
 12             box OAK  SEA  L   2-3       11-1     1  up 4.5  2:29 B Clark      R Langford    29,834 -
 13 Mon, Apr 20 box OAK  MIN  W   3-0       12-1     1  up 5.0  2:04 M Keough     J Koosman     22,141 +
 14 Tue, Apr 21 box OAK  MIN  W   4-3 (10)  13-1     1  up 5.0  2:35 S McCatty    D Corbett     10,939 ++
 15 Wed, Apr 22 box OAK  MIN  W   2-1       14-1     1  up 5.5  2:28 B Kingman    A Williams    16,573 +++
 16 Fri, Apr 24 box OAK @SEA  W   6-2       15-1     1  up 4.5  2:37 M Norris     G Abbott      17,554 ++++
 17 Sat, Apr 25 box OAK @SEA  W   7-4       16-1     1  up 4.5  2:37 R Langford   J Gleaton     17,388 +++++
 18 Sun, Apr 26 box OAK @SEA  W   9-4       17-1     1  up 4.5  3:06 M Keough     M Parrott     15,562 ++++++
 19 Mon, Apr 27 box OAK  CAL  L   2-3       17-2     1  up 4.5  2:50 K Forsch     S McCatty     41,760 -
 20 Tue, Apr 28 box OAK  CAL  L   1-3       17-3     1  up 3.5  3:00 S Renko      B Kingman     15,400 --
 21 Wed, Apr 29 box OAK  CAL  W   6-4       18-3     1  up 4.5  3:03 M Norris     G Zahn        15,220 +
 22 Fri, May  1 box OAK  NYY  W   8-6       19-3     1  up 6.0  3:17 R Langford   T Underwood   44,105 ++
 23 Sat, May  2 box OAK  NYY  W   6-3       20-3     1  up 7.0  3:01 M Keough     R Guidry      48,179 +++
 24 Sun, May  3 box OAK  NYY  L   2-3 (10)  20-4     1  up 5.5  3:14 R Davis      S McCatty          0 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25             box OAK  NYY  L   0-2       20-5     1  up 5.5  2:48 T John       B Kingman     48,592 --
 26 Tue, May  5 box OAK  DET  W   6-2       21-5     1  up 6.5  2:35 M Norris     D Rozema      18,925 +
 27 Wed, May  6 box OAK  DET  L   2-3       21-6     1  up 5.5  2:40 M Wilcox     R Langford    15,763 -
 28 Thu, May  7 box OAK  DET  W   5-3       22-6     1  up 5.5  2:43 J Jones      D Petry       15,902 +
 29 Fri, May  8 box OAK  MIL  W   2-0       23-6     1  up 6.0  2:44 S McCatty    M Caldwell    28,708 ++
 30 Sat, May  9 box OAK  MIL  W   6-5 (12)  24-6     1  up 7.5  4:10 B Owchinko   R Lerch       27,308 +++
 31 Sun, May 10 box OAK  MIL  L   5-13      24-7     1  up 6.5  3:01 P Vuckovich  M Norris      28,581 -
 32 Tue, May 12 box OAK @NYY  L   1-4       24-8     1  up 6.0  2:20 R Guidry     R Langford    30,959 --
 33 Wed, May 13 box OAK @NYY  W   5-4       25-8     1  up 6.5  2:41 M Keough     T John        35,419 +
 34 Thu, May 14 box OAK @NYY  L   5-9       25-9     1  up 5.5  3:12 R Gossage    J Jones       35,761 -
 35 Fri, May 15 box OAK @MIL  L   0-3       25-10    1  up 4.5  3:00 P Vuckovich  S McCatty     29,667 --
 36 Sat, May 16 box OAK @MIL  L   5-6       25-11    1  up 4.5  3:16 R Cleveland  B Owchinko    33,937 ---
 37 Sun, May 17 box OAK @MIL  L   2-6       25-12    1  up 4.5  2:16 M Haas       R Langford    33,142 ----
 38 Mon, May 18 box OAK @BAL  L   1-5       25-13    1  up 3.5  2:44 S McGregor   M Keough      23,428 -----
 39 Tue, May 19 box OAK @BAL  L   5-6       25-14    1  up 3.5  3:01 M Flanagan   M Norris      14,689 ------
 40 Wed, May 20 box OAK @BOS  L   3-5       25-15    1  up 3.0  2:36 B Stanley    S McCatty     23,007 -------
 41 Thu, May 21 box OAK @BOS  L   0-3       25-16    1  up 2.5  2:35 D Eckersley  B Kingman     23,145 --------
 42 Fri, May 22 box OAK  TOR  W   6-2       26-16    1  up 2.5  2:21 R Langford   D Stieb       13,426 +
 43 Sat, May 23 box OAK  TOR  W   3-2 (15)  27-16    1  up 2.5  4:24 J Jones      L Leal        27,147 ++
 44 Sun, May 24 box OAK  TOR  W   6-5 (12)  28-16    1  up 3.0  4:00 B Owchinko   J McLaughlin       0 +++
 45             box OAK  TOR  W   5-0       29-16    1  up 3.0  2:18 M Norris     J Garvin      32,985 ++++
 46 Mon, May 25 box OAK  CHW  W   5-2       30-16    1  up 3.5  2:56 S McCatty    R Dotson      40,689 +++++
 47 Tue, May 26 box OAK  CHW  L   1-4       30-17    1  up 2.5  3:35 B Burns      B Kingman     26,371 -
 48 Wed, May 27 box OAK  CHW  L   0-3       30-18    1  up 2.0  2:50 R Baumgarten R Langford    17,621 --
 49 Fri, May 29 box OAK @TOR  L   3-6       30-19    1  up 1.5  2:29 J Clancy     M Keough      16,509 ---

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Sat, May 30 box OAK @TOR  L   5-6       30-20    1  up 0.5  2:38 L Leal       M Norris      21,046 ----
 51 Sun, May 31 box OAK @TOR  W   6-5       31-20    1  up 1.0  3:07 B Owchinko   J McLaughlin  24,079 +
 52 Tue, Jun  2 box OAK @CHW  W   6-2       32-20    1  up 2.0  3:25 S McCatty    R Baumgarten  40,045 ++
 53 Wed, Jun  3 box OAK @CHW  W   8-3       33-20    1  up 2.0  3:07 B Kingman    F Barrios     42,358 +++
 54 Thu, Jun  4 box OAK @CHW  L   2-4       33-21    1  up 2.0  2:50 R Dotson     R Langford    37,706 -
 55 Fri, Jun  5 box OAK  BOS  L   1-4       33-22    1  up 1.0  2:26 F Tanana     M Keough      30,251 --
 56 Sat, Jun  6 box OAK  BOS  W   6-2       34-22    1  up 1.0  2:43 M Norris     S Crawford    40,122 +
 57 Sun, Jun  7 box OAK  BOS  W   4-3 (11)  35-22    1  up 1.0  3:13 D Heaverlo   M Clear       27,384 ++
 58 Tue, Jun  9 box OAK  BAL  W   4-2       36-22    1  up 2.0  2:51 S McCatty    J Palmer           0 +++
 59             box OAK  BAL  W   3-2       37-22    1  up 2.0  2:58 J Jones      S Stewart     31,520 ++++
 60 Wed, Jun 10 box OAK  BAL  L   1-3       37-23    1  up 1.0  2:35 M Flanagan   R Langford    18,329 -
 61 Mon, Aug 10 box OAK @MIN  L   2-6       37-24    1  up 1.5  2:31 R Erickson   R Langford    15,414 --
 62 Tue, Aug 11 box OAK @MIN  W   6-5       38-24    1  up 1.5  2:29 M Norris     A Williams     8,836 +
 63 Wed, Aug 12 box OAK @MIN  L   3-4       38-25    1  up 1.5  2:25 D Jackson    B Owchinko     9,624 -
 64 Fri, Aug 14 box OAK  CAL  W   4-2 (10)  39-25    1  up 1.5  2:59 S McCatty    D Aase        23,804 +
 65 Sat, Aug 15 box OAK  CAL  W   8-7 (13)  40-25    1  up 2.5  5:00 T Underwood  M Witt        20,101 ++
 66 Sun, Aug 16 box OAK  CAL  W   7-6       41-25    1  up 2.5  2:56 R Langford   K Forsch      28,853 +++
 67 Tue, Aug 18 box OAK  BOS  W   3-2 (15)  42-25    1  up 3.0  3:55 B Owchinko   B Campbell    16,631 ++++
 68 Wed, Aug 19 box OAK  BOS  W   4-2       43-25    1  up 3.0  2:13 M Keough     F Tanana      15,134 +++++
 69 Thu, Aug 20 box OAK  BOS  L   4-6       43-26    1  up 2.5  2:58 D Eckersley  S McCatty     17,503 -
 70 Fri, Aug 21 box OAK  BAL  L   2-4       43-27    1  up 2.5  2:41 J Palmer     B Kingman     21,208 --
 71 Sat, Aug 22 box OAK  BAL  W   2-0       44-27    1  up 3.0  2:07 R Langford   S McGregor    26,438 +
 72 Sun, Aug 23 box OAK  BAL  L   4-7       44-28    1  up 2.0  2:45 S Stewart    M Norris      35,325 -
 73 Mon, Aug 24 box OAK  CLE  W  16-4       45-28    1  up 3.0  2:34 M Keough     R Waits       30,139 +
 74 Tue, Aug 25 box OAK  CLE  L   0-2       45-29    1  up 2.0  2:50 L Barker     S McCatty     14,841 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Thu, Aug 27 box OAK @BOS  L   5-6       45-30    1  up 1.0  2:53 B Stanley    T Underwood   23,432 --
 76 Fri, Aug 28 box OAK @BOS  L   5-12      45-31    1  up 1.0  2:47 B Ojeda      M Norris      25,356 ---
 77 Sat, Aug 29 box OAK @BOS  L   6-7       45-32    1  up 0.5  2:55 M Torrez     M Keough      26,318 ----
 78 Sun, Aug 30 box OAK @BOS  W   5-3       46-32    1  up 1.5  2:34 S McCatty    F Tanana      25,160 +
 79 Mon, Aug 31 box OAK @CLE  W   5-3       47-32    1  up 2.5  2:43 R Langford   B Blyleven     8,442 ++
 80 Wed, Sep  2 box OAK @CLE  L   0-2       47-33    1  up 1.5  2:17 J Denny      M Norris           0 -
 81             box OAK @CLE  L   4-10      47-34    1  up 1.5  3:24 D Spillner   M Keough       5,198 --
 82 Thu, Sep  3 box OAK @BAL  W  10-0       48-34    1  up 2.5  2:53 S McCatty    J Palmer      14,915 +
 83 Fri, Sep  4 box OAK @BAL  W   5-4 (11)  49-34    1  up 2.5  4:16 T Underwood  T Stoddard    15,733 ++
 84 Sat, Sep  5 box OAK @BAL  L   3-5       49-35    1  up 2.5  2:40 S Stone      R Langford    19,742 -
 85 Sun, Sep  6 box OAK @BAL  L   4-8       49-36    1  up 2.5  3:19 D Martinez   B Owchinko    15,581 --
 86 Mon, Sep  7 box OAK  TEX  W   2-1       50-36    1  up 3.5  2:11 M Norris     R Honeycutt   36,393 +
 87 Tue, Sep  8 box OAK  TEX  W   3-0       51-36    1  up 4.5  2:26 S McCatty    C Hough       17,469 ++
 88 Wed, Sep  9 box OAK  TEX  L   4-9       51-37    1  up 3.5  3:02 S Comer      T Underwood   11,655 -
 89 Fri, Sep 11 box OAK  KCR  W   6-1       52-37    1  up 3.5  2:31 M Keough     A Hammaker    26,098 +
 90 Sat, Sep 12 box OAK  KCR  L   0-4       52-38    1  up 2.5  2:30 D Leonard    M Norris      33,493 -
 91 Sun, Sep 13 box OAK  KCR  L   5-6 (12)  52-39    1  up 2.5  4:28 P Splittorff D Beard       28,701 --
 92 Mon, Sep 14 box OAK @TEX  W   5-2       53-39    1  up 3.5  2:32 R Langford   D Medich       9,995 +
 93 Tue, Sep 15 box OAK @TEX  L   2-12      53-40    1  up 2.5  2:47 C Hough      B Kingman     11,829 -
 94 Wed, Sep 16 box OAK @TEX  W   2-1       54-40    1  up 3.5  2:29 M Norris     D Darwin       9,743 +
 95 Fri, Sep 18 box OAK @CHW  W  10-5       55-40    1  up 4.5  3:12 S McCatty    S Trout       21,266 ++
 96 Sat, Sep 19 box OAK @CHW  W   2-1       56-40    1  up 4.5  2:43 R Langford   D Lamp        13,213 +++
 97 Sun, Sep 20 box OAK @CHW  L   3-11      56-41    1  up 3.5  3:09 R Dotson     M Norris      17,819 -
 98 Tue, Sep 22 box OAK @TOR  W   3-2 (13)  57-41    1  up 4.5  4:04 D Beard      L Leal             0 +
 99             box OAK @TOR  W   4-2       58-41    1  up 4.5  2:38 S McCatty    J Berenguer   15,542 ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Wed, Sep 23 box OAK @TOR  W   6-0       59-41    1  up 5.5  2:35 R Langford   J Clancy      14,114 +++
101 Fri, Sep 25 box OAK  CHW  L   2-6       59-42    1  up 5.0  2:54 E Farmer     M Norris      21,468 -
102 Sat, Sep 26 box OAK  CHW  W   5-1       60-42    1  up 6.0  2:53 S McCatty    B Burns       21,171 +
103 Sun, Sep 27 box OAK  CHW  L   5-9       60-43    1  up 5.5  2:34 L Hoyt       R Langford         0 -
104             box OAK  CHW  L   3-10      60-44    1  up 5.5  2:37 J Koosman    M Keough      25,377 --
105 Tue, Sep 29 box OAK  TOR  W   5-1       61-44    1  up 5.0  2:35 T Underwood  J Clancy      10,998 +
106 Wed, Sep 30 box OAK  TOR  W   3-0       62-44    1  up 5.0  1:58 M Norris     L Leal        11,144 ++
107 Fri, Oct  2 box OAK @KCR  L   0-3       62-45    1  up 4.0  2:15 D Leonard    S McCatty     23,781 -
108 Sat, Oct  3 box OAK @KCR  W   8-4       63-45    1  up 4.0  2:43 R Langford   M Jones       32,039 +
109 Sun, Oct  4 box OAK @KCR  W   4-3       64-45    1  up 5.0  3:06 M Keough     L Gura        28,723 ++

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


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