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(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1985 / 1987)
76-86, Finished 3rd in AL West
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Scored 731 runs, Allowed 760 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-84
Manager: Jackie Moore (29-44), Jeff Newman (2-8) and Tony LaRussa (45-34)
Ballpark: Oakland Coliseum (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,314,646 (11th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 92, Pitching - 92; one-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 93
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1985 / 1987 Trades and Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
November 12, 1985
Bruce Bochte granted Free Agency.
Tommy John granted Free Agency.
Steve McCatty granted Free Agency.
Mike Norris granted Free Agency.
Rob Picciolo granted Free Agency.
November 13, 1985
Traded Dave Collins to the Detroit Tigers. Received Barbaro Garbey.
December 4, 1985
Signed Bruce Bochte as a free agent.
December 5, 1985
Signed Ralph Citarella as a free agent.
Signed Don Cooper as a free agent.
December 8, 1985
Signed Rusty Kuntz as a free agent.
December 9, 1985
Signed Ray Smith as a free agent.
December 10, 1985
Traded Tim Conroy and Mike Heath to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Joaquin Andujar.
December 20, 1985
Released Dave Kingman.
Released Steve Mura.
Released Mike Warren.
January 13, 1986
Traded Tom Romano to the Montreal Expos. Received Mike Fuentes.
January 14, 1986
Drafted Dave Veres in the 4th round of the 1986 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 25, 1986.
January 17, 1986
Traded Bob Bathe (minors) and Phil Stephenson to the Chicago Cubs. Received Gary Jones (minors) and John Cox (minors).
January 20, 1986
Signed Dave Kingman as a free agent.
January 29, 1986
Signed Bob Stoddard as a free agent.
February 1, 1986
Signed Lenn Sakata as a free agent.
March 21, 1986
Released Barbaro Garbey.
March 30, 1986
Traded Mike Fulmer (minors), Pete Kendrick (minors), Steve Kiefer and Charlie O'Brien to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Moose Haas.
April 4, 1986 (Standings)
Signed Jerry Willard as a free agent.
April 7, 1986 (Standings)
Signed Ron Roenicke as a free agent.
April 18, 1986 (Standings)
Traded Kevin Russ (minors) and Bob Stoddard to the San Diego Padres. Received Rusty Tillman.
May 6, 1986 (Standings)
Signed Jorge Brito as an amateur free agent.
May 9, 1986 (Standings)
Sold Ron Roenicke to the Philadelphia Phillies.
May 12, 1986 (Standings)
Signed Wayne Gross as a free agent.
May 19, 1986 (Standings)
Signed Doug Bair as a free agent.
May 20, 1986 (Standings)
Traded Keith Atherton to the Minnesota Twins. Received a player to be named later and cash. The Minnesota Twins sent Eric Broersma (minors) (May 23, 1986) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.
May 23, 1986 (Standings)
Signed Dave Stewart as a free agent.
May 27, 1986 (Standings)
Released Ralph Citarella.
May 29, 1986 (Standings)
Signed Fernando Arroyo as a free agent.
Released Steve Henderson.
June 1, 1986 (Standings)
Purchased Dave Von Ohlen from Miami (Florida State).
June 2, 1986 (Standings)
Drafted Scott Hemond in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed August 6, 1986.
Drafted Bret Barberie in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1986 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.
Drafted Kevin Tapani in the 2nd round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1986.
Drafted Lance Blankenship in the 10th round of the 1986 amateur draft.
Drafted Rod Beck in the 13th round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 22, 1986.
Drafted Dann Howitt in the 18th round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 1986.
June 13, 1986 (Standings)
Signed Bobby Castillo as a free agent.
July 10, 1986 (Standings)
Signed Mike Bordick as an amateur free agent.
Signed Ozzie Canseco as a free agent.
July 18, 1986 (Standings)
Released Rick Langford.
July 27, 1986 (Standings)
Released Rick Peters.
October 15, 1986 (Standings)
Fernando Arroyo granted Free Agency.
November 10, 1986
Doug Bair granted Free Agency.
Dusty Baker granted Free Agency.
Bruce Bochte granted Free Agency.
November 12, 1986
Dave Kingman granted Free Agency.
Lenn Sakata granted Free Agency.
December 8, 1986
Released Wayne Gross.
Drafted Cliff Young from the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1986 rule 5 draft.
December 11, 1986
Traded Donnie Hill to the Chicago White Sox. Received a player to be named later and Gene Nelson. The Chicago White Sox sent Bruce Tanner (December 18, 1986) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.
December 17, 1986
Traded Bill Bathe to the Chicago Cubs. Received Joe Hicks (minors).
December 22, 1986
Signed Carlos Diaz as a free agent.
December 24, 1986
Signed Reggie Jackson as a free agent.
1987
Bobby Castillo sent to the Seattle Mariners in an unknown transaction.
January 7, 1987
Released Joe Strong.
January 20, 1987
Signed Vida Blue as a free agent.
January 22, 1987
Sold Jim Eppard to the California Angels.
Signed Luis Quinones as a free agent.
January 30, 1987
Traded Luis Quinones to the Chicago Cubs. Received Ron Cey.
February 6, 1987
Signed Johnnie LeMaster as a free agent.
February 23, 1987
Traded Jeff Kaiser to the Cleveland Indians. Received Curt Wardle.
March 20, 1987
Released Rusty Tillman.
March 22, 1987
Released Carlos Diaz.
April 1, 1987
Signed Matt Sinatro as a free agent.
