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(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1983 / 1985)
77-85, Finished 4th in AL West
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Scored 738 runs, Allowed 796 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-87
Manager: Steve Boros (20-24) and Jackie Moore (57-61)
Ballpark: Oakland Coliseum (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,353,281 (11th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 93; one-year: Batting - 91, Pitching - 91
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1983 / 1985 Trades and Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
October 15, 1983
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.
April 7, 1984 (Standings)
Signed Mark Wagner as a free agent.
May 9, 1984 (Standings)
Sent Jeff Bettendorf to the New York Mets as part of a conditional deal.
June 4, 1984 (Standings)
Drafted Mark McGwire in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft. Player signed July 20, 1984.
Drafted Todd Burns in the 7th round of the 1984 amateur draft.
Drafted Joe Strong in the 15th round of the 1984 amateur draft.
Drafted John Fishel in the 19th round of the 1984 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
June 9, 1984 (Standings)
Sold Chuck Hensley to the Milwaukee Brewers.
July 3, 1984 (Standings)
Signed Mike Torrez as a free agent.
July 15, 1984 (Standings)
Traded a player to be named later to the Chicago Cubs. Received a player to be named later and Chuck Rainey. The Oakland Athletics sent Davey Lopes (August 31, 1984) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade. The Chicago Cubs sent Damon Farmar (minors) (March 18, 1985) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.
August 9, 1984 (Standings)
Released Mike Torrez.
October 15, 1984 (Standings)
Gorman Heimueller granted Free Agency.
Mike Woodard granted Free Agency.
October 16, 1984
Released Lary Sorensen.
October 19, 1984
Released Jeff Jones.
October 22, 1984
Released Garry Hancock.
November 8, 1984
Bill Almon granted Free Agency.
Dave Kingman granted Free Agency.
Dan Meyer granted Free Agency.
Mark Wagner granted Free Agency.
December 5, 1984
Traded Bert Bradley, Rickey Henderson and cash to the New York Yankees. Received Tim Birtsas, Jay Howell, Stan Javier, Eric Plunk and Jose Rijo.
December 7, 1984
Traded a player to be named later, Eric Barry (minors) and Ray Burris to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Don Sutton. The Oakland Athletics sent Ed Myers (minors) (March 25, 1985) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.
December 8, 1984
Traded Bill Caudill to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Dave Collins, Alfredo Griffin and cash.
December 12, 1984
Released Les Straker.
December 19, 1984
Signed Dave Kingman as a free agent.
December 20, 1984
Bruce Bochte granted Free Agency.
December 22, 1984
Sold Jeff Burroughs to the Toronto Blue Jays.
December 24, 1984
Signed Bruce Bochte as a free agent.
January 15, 1985
Signed Dan Meyer as a free agent.
February 5, 1985
Signed Rob Picciolo as a free agent.
March 11, 1985
Signed Steve Mura as a free agent.
March 24, 1985
Traded Dan Winters (minors) and Ed Puikunas (minors) to the San Francisco Giants. Received Dusty Baker.
March 31, 1985
Released Jim Essian.
Signed Steve Henderson as a free agent.
