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1984 Oakland Athletics (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1983/1985)
77-85, Finished 4th in AL Western Division
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Scored 738 runs, Allowed 796 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-87
Managed by Steve Boros and Jackie Moore

Ballpark: Oakland Coliseum (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,353,281 (11th of 14)
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Batting - 93, Pitching - 93
  (one-year): Batting - 91, Pitching - 91
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1984 Stats / Schedule / Transactions (1983/1985) / 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 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.

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 Rickey Henderson, Bert Bradley, and cash to the New York Yankees. Received Stan Javier, Jay Howell, Jose Rijo, Eric Plunk, and Tim Birtsas.

December 7, 1984

Traded a player to be named later, Ray Burris, and Eric Barry (minors) 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 Alfredo Griffin, Dave Collins, 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.


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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