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1985 Oakland Athletics

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1984 / 1986

77-85, Finished 4th in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jackie Moore (77-85)
Scored 757 runs, Allowed 787 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-84

Ballparks: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Attendance: 1,334,599 (11th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 92, Pitching - 92 · one-year: Batting - 92, Pitching - 92

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1984 / 1986 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Keith Atherton 26 R R 6' 4" 200 Feb 19, 1959 3 56 0 0 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $107,333
Dusty Baker 36 R R 6' 2" 183 Jun 15, 1949 18 111 90 111 80 0 0 58 0 0 0 32 0 5 37 13 21 0 2.6 $575,000
Tim Birtsas 24 L L 6' 7" 240 Sep 5, 1960 1st 29 25 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $60,000
Bruce Bochte 34 L L 6' 3" 195 Nov 12, 1950 11 137 102 137 128 0 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 3.1 $350,000
Jose Canseco 20 R R 6' 4" 240 Jul 2, 1964 1st 29 25 29 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 16 30 0 4 0 0.5 $
Chris Codiroli 27 R R 6' 1" 160 Mar 26, 1958 4 37 37 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $141,500
Dave Collins 32 B L 5' 11" 175 Oct 20, 1952 11 112 86 112 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 91 0 0 91 0 22 3 1.1 $700,000
Tim Conroy 25 L L 6' 0" 178 Apr 3, 1960 5 16 2 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Mike Davis 26 L L 6' 2" 175 Jun 11, 1959 6 154 143 154 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 138 169 0 3 2 5.3 $305,000
Mike Gallego 24 R R 5' 8" 160 Oct 31, 1960 1st 76 27 76 74 0 0 0 42 12 21 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 0.6 $
Alfredo Griffin 27 B R 5' 11" 160 Oct 6, 1957 10 162 162 162 162 0 0 0 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $610,000
Mike Heath 30 R R 5' 11" 180 Feb 5, 1955 8 138 119 138 137 0 112 0 0 13 0 16 0 24 40 0 5 6 2.8 $425,000
Steve Henderson 32 R R 6' 2" 190 Nov 18, 1952 9 85 46 85 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 0 11 58 1 31 5 0.5 $150,000
Donnie Hill 24 B R 5' 10" 160 Nov 12, 1960 3 123 112 123 122 0 0 0 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1.8 $
Jay Howell 29 R R 6' 3" 200 Nov 26, 1955 6 63 0 2 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $262,500 All-Star
Tommy John 42 R L 6' 3" 180 May 22, 1943 22 11 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $600,000
Jeff Kaiser 24 R L 6' 3" 195 Jul 24, 1960 1st 15 0 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.6 $
Steve Kiefer 24 R R 6' 1" 175 Oct 18, 1960 2 40 19 40 34 0 0 0 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 7 -0.6 $
Dave Kingman 36 R R 6' 6" 210 Dec 21, 1948 15 158 156 158 9 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 149 2 0 1.0 $1,087,500
Bill Krueger 27 L L 6' 5" 205 Apr 24, 1958 3 32 23 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $
Rick Langford 33 R R 6' 0" 180 Mar 20, 1952 10 23 3 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $608,333
Carney Lansford 28 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 7, 1957 8 98 97 98 97 0 0 0 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.6 $900,000
Steve McCatty 31 R R 6' 3" 195 Mar 20, 1954 9 30 9 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $520,000
Dan Meyer 32 L R 5' 11" 180 Aug 3, 1952 12 14 0 14 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 13 1 -0.3 $
Steve Mura 30 R R 6' 2" 188 Feb 12, 1955 7 23 1 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Dwayne Murphy 30 L R 6' 1" 185 Mar 18, 1955 8 152 146 152 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 150 0 3 0 3.2 $845,833
Charlie O'Brien 25 R R 6' 2" 195 May 1, 1960 1st 16 2 16 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Steve Ontiveros 24 R R 6' 0" 180 Mar 5, 1961 1st 39 0 0 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 $
Tony Phillips 26 B R 5' 10" 175 Apr 25, 1959 4 42 40 42 41 0 0 0 25 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.8 $220,000
Rob Picciolo 32 R R 6' 2" 185 Feb 4, 1953 9 71 20 71 52 0 0 13 17 20 9 0 0 0 0 9 10 26 -0.5 $100,000
Jose Rijo 20 R R 6' 1" 200 May 13, 1965 2 12 9 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $
Don Sutton HOF 40 R R 6' 1" 185 Apr 2, 1945 20 29 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $
Tom Tellmann 31 R R 6' 3" 195 Mar 29, 1954 5 11 0 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $207,500
Mickey Tettleton 24 B R 6' 2" 200 Sep 16, 1960 2 78 66 78 76 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0.8 $
Mike Warren 24 R R 6' 1" 175 Mar 26, 1961 3 16 6 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.5 $
Curt Young 25 R L 6' 1" 175 Apr 16, 1960 3 19 7 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Mike Heath

Alfredo Griffin

Carney Lansford

Steve Henderson

Mickey Tettleton

Charlie O'Brien

Rob Picciolo

Mike Gallego
Dan Meyer

Dave Kingman

Dave Collins

Dusty Baker

Mike Davis

Tony Phillips

Bruce Bochte
Don Sutton

Dwayne Murphy

Rick Langford

Chris Codiroli

Tim Conroy

Donnie Hill
Tommy John

Don Sutton

Steve Kiefer

Curt Young

Bill Krueger

Jose Canseco

Tom Tellmann

Steve Mura

Jose Rijo

Jeff Kaiser

Mike Warren

Tim Birtsas

Tim Birtsas

Jay Howell

Steve Ontiveros

Steve McCatty

Keith Atherton

1984 / 1986 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers