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(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1982 / 1984)
74-88, Finished 4th in AL West
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Scored 708 runs, Allowed 782 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-88
Manager: Steve Boros (74-88)
Ballpark: Oakland Coliseum (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,294,941 (11th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 94; one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 95
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1982 / 1984 Trades and Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
October 9, 1982
Signed Jack Daugherty as an amateur free agent.
November 4, 1982
Released Mickey Klutts.
November 5, 1982
Traded Cliff Johnson to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Al Woods.
November 10, 1982
Dave McKay granted Free Agency.
Fred Stanley granted Free Agency.
November 16, 1982
Signed Tom Burgmeier as a free agent.
December 6, 1982
Drafted Luis Quinones from the San Diego Padres in the 1982 rule 5 draft.
Drafted German Rivera from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1982 rule 5 draft.
Traded Tony Armas and Jeff Newman to the Boston Red Sox. Received Jerry King (minors), Garry Hancock and Carney Lansford.
December 8, 1982
Traded Bobby Moore to the Chicago White Sox. Received Jesse Anderson (minors).
December 13, 1982
Released Kevin Bell.
Released Darrell Brown.
December 20, 1982
Released Preston Hanna.
January 11, 1983
Drafted Jerry Goff in the 7th round of the 1983 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
Drafted Steve Howard in the 8th round of the 1983 amateur draft (January).
January 17, 1983
Sold Brian Kingman to the Boston Red Sox.
January 18, 1983
Signed Bill Almon as a free agent.
January 25, 1983
Signed Rich Wortham as a free agent.
February 2, 1983
Signed Rick Peters as a free agent.
February 14, 1983
Signed Thad Bosley as a free agent.
March 25, 1983
Returned German Rivera (earlier draft pick) to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
March 28, 1983
Sold Keith Comstock to the Detroit Tigers.
Released Bob Owchinko.
Released Al Woods.
March 30, 1983
Sold Thad Bosley to the Chicago Cubs.
June 6, 1983 (Standings)
Drafted Rob Nelson in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1983 amateur draft (June Secondary).
Drafted Luis Medina in the 3rd round of the 1983 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.
Drafted John Leister in the 6th round of the 1983 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Jose Tolentino in the 7th round of the 1983 amateur draft.
Drafted Terry Steinbach in the 9th round of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1983.
Drafted Brian Dorsett in the 10th round of the 1983 amateur draft.
Drafted Greg Cadaret in the 11th round of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1983.
Drafted Gary Wayne in the 23rd round of the 1983 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
June 15, 1983 (Standings)
Released Jimmy Sexton.
Traded Matt Keough to the New York Yankees. Received Marshall Brant, Ben Callahan and cash.
July 6, 1983 (Standings)
Traded Jerry King (minors) to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Mark Smith.
July 22, 1983 (Standings)
Traded Kelvin Moore to the New York Mets. Received Scott Dye (minors).
August 23, 1983 (Standings)
Signed Ed Farmer as a free agent.
September 2, 1983 (Standings)
Traded Steve Baker to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received players to be named later. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Tom Dozier (September 16, 1983) and Jim Strichek (minors) (September 16, 1983) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.
October 15, 1983 (Standings)
De Wayne Buice granted Free Agency.
October 28, 1983
Released Joe Rudi.
November 7, 1983
Tom Underwood granted Free Agency.
November 14, 1983
Signed Bruce Bochte as a free agent.
November 21, 1983
Traded Dave Beard and Bob Kearney to the Seattle Mariners. Received Darrel Akerfelds and Bill Caudill.
November 26, 1983
Signed Les Straker as a free agent.
December 2, 1983
Released Marshall Brant.
December 5, 1983
Drafted Jeff Bettendorf from the New York Mets in the 1983 rule 5 draft.
December 6, 1983
Traded Luis Quinones to the Cleveland Indians. Received Jim Essian.
December 7, 1983
Traded Rusty McNealy and cash to the Montreal Expos. Received Ray Burris.
December 8, 1983
Traded Wayne Gross to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Tim Stoddard.
December 13, 1983
Signed Joe Morgan as a free agent.
January 3, 1984
Signed Felix Jose as an amateur free agent.
Signed Luis Polonia as an amateur free agent.
January 16, 1984
Released Jack Daugherty.
January 17, 1984
Drafted Tim Fortugno in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
Drafted Darren Reed in the 10th round of the 1984 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
January 23, 1984
Signed Lary Sorensen as a free agent.
February 8, 1984
Chose Tim Belcher from the New York Yankees as a free agent compensation pick.
March 26, 1984
Released Ed Farmer.
Traded Tim Stoddard to the Chicago Cubs. Received a player to be named later and Stan Kyles (minors). The Chicago Cubs sent Stan Boderick (minors) (March 31, 1984) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.
March 29, 1984
Signed Dave Kingman as a free agent.
Released Mitchell Page.
