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1983 Oakland Athletics (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1982/1984)
74-88, Finished 4th in AL Western Division
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Scored 708 runs, Allowed 782 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-88
Managed by Steve Boros

Ballpark: Oakland Coliseum (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,294,941 (11th of 14)
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Batting - 93, Pitching - 94
  (one-year): Batting - 95, Pitching - 95
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1983 Stats / Schedule / Transactions (1982/1984) / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

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

Traded Tony Armas and Jeff Newman to the Boston Red Sox. Received Carney Lansford, Garry Hancock, and Jerry King (minors).

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.

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, but did not sign the player.

Drafted Steve Howard in the 8th round of the 1983 amateur draft.

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 (Secondary Phase).

Drafted Luis Medina in the 3rd round of the 1983 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), 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)

Traded Matt Keough to the New York Yankees. Received Ben Callahan, Marshall Brant, and cash.

Released Jimmy Sexton.

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 Bill Caudill and Darrel Akerfelds.

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, but did not sign the player.

Drafted Darren Reed in the 10th round of the 1984 amateur draft, 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

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.

Released Ed Farmer.

March 29, 1984

Signed Dave Kingman as a free agent.

Released Mitchell Page.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

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