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1987 Oakland Athletics (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1986/1988)
81-81, Finished 3rd in AL Western Division
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Scored 806 runs, Allowed 789 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-79
Managed by Tony LaRussa

Ballpark: Oakland Coliseum (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,678,921 (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: 1987 Stats / Schedule / Transactions (1986/1988) / 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 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 (Standings)

Signed Matt Sinatro as a free agent.

April 3, 1987 (Standings)

Traded Brian Guinn (minors), Dave Wilder (minors), and Mark Leonette (minors) to the Chicago Cubs. Received Dennis Eckersley and Dan Rohn.

Signed Alejandro Sanchez as a free agent.

April 6, 1987 (Standings)

Returned Cliff Young (earlier draft pick) to the Toronto Blue Jays.

April 12, 1987 (Standings)

Signed Jim Corsi as a free agent.

April 17, 1987 (Standings)

Signed Steve Henderson as a free agent.

April 27, 1987 (Standings)

Signed Dennis Lamp as a free agent.

April 30, 1987 (Standings)

Signed Bill Caudill as a free agent.

May 12, 1987 (Standings)

Purchased Brian Harper from the San Jose (California).

June 2, 1987 (Standings)

Drafted Lee Tinsley in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 1987.

Drafted Scott Livingstone in the 3rd round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

Drafted Scott Chiamparino in the 4th round of the 1987 amateur draft.

Drafted Jerry Nielsen in the 11th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

Drafted Ron Coomer in the 14th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1987.

Drafted Scott Brosius in the 20th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1987.

June 22, 1987 (Standings)

Signed Francisco Matos as an amateur free agent.

Signed Henry Mercedes as an amateur free agent.

June 23, 1987 (Standings)

Traded Bill Krueger to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Tim Meeks (minors).

June 29, 1987 (Standings)

Traded Bill Mooneyham to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Russ McGinnis.

July 2, 1987 (Standings)

Traded Eric Broersma (minors) to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received a player to be named later. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Curt Brown (August 5, 1987) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.

July 15, 1987 (Standings)

Traded Brian Dorsett and Darrel Akerfelds to the Cleveland Indians. Received Tony Bernazard.

Released Ron Cey.

July 23, 1987 (Standings)

Signed Bob Kearney as a free agent.

July 29, 1987 (Standings)

Released Johnnie LeMaster.

August 29, 1987 (Standings)

Traded a player to be named later to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Rick Honeycutt. The Oakland Athletics sent Tim Belcher (September 3, 1987) to the Los Angeles Dodgers to complete the trade.

August 30, 1987 (Standings)

Traded players to be named later to the San Diego Padres. Received Storm Davis. The Oakland Athletics sent Dave Leiper (August 31, 1987) and Rob Nelson (September 8, 1987) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

August 31, 1987 (Standings)

Signed Gary Lavelle as a free agent.

October 12, 1987 (Standings)

Released Brian Harper.

Released Matt Sinatro.

Released Jerry Willard.

October 15, 1987 (Standings)

Curt Brown granted Free Agency.

Chris Codiroli granted Free Agency.

Bob Kearney granted Free Agency.

Dave Von Ohlen granted Free Agency.

October 19, 1987

Dennis Lamp granted Free Agency.

November 9, 1987

Joaquin Andujar granted Free Agency.

Mike Davis granted Free Agency.

Moose Haas granted Free Agency.

Steve Henderson granted Free Agency.

Gary Lavelle granted Free Agency.

Dwayne Murphy granted Free Agency.

November 10, 1987

Signed Ed Jurak as a free agent.

December 7, 1987

Drafted Doug Jennings from the California Angels in the 1987 rule 5 draft.

Signed Gary Lavelle as a free agent.

December 8, 1987

Traded Jose Rijo and Tim Birtsas to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Dave Parker.

December 9, 1987

Signed Ron Hassey as a free agent.

Signed Ross Jones as a free agent.

December 11, 1987

As part of a 3-team trade, traded Alfredo Griffin and Jay Howell to the Los Angeles Dodgers and Kevin Tapani and Wally Whitehurst to the New York Mets. Received Bob Welch and Matt Young from the Los Angeles Dodgers. In addition, the Los Angeles Dodgers sent Jack Savage to the New York Mets and the New York Mets sent Jesse Orosco to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

December 12, 1987

Traded Jose Tolentino to the Texas Rangers. Received Kris Killingworth (minors) and Tom Duggan (minors).

December 15, 1987

Signed Marcos Armas as an amateur free agent.

Bill Caudill granted Free Agency.

Reggie Jackson granted Free Agency.

December 21, 1987

Released Tony Bernazard.

Signed Dave Henderson as a free agent.

Released Tony Phillips.

Released Rick Rodriguez.

December 23, 1987

Signed Brian Snyder as a free agent.

January 5, 1988

Signed Matt Sinatro as a free agent.

January 11, 1988

Signed Glenn Hubbard as a free agent.

January 14, 1988

Signed Orlando Mercado as a free agent.

January 29, 1988

Signed Rich Bordi as a free agent.

February 9, 1988

Signed Don Baylor as a free agent.

February 18, 1988

Signed Johnny Guzman as an amateur free agent.

March 9, 1988

Signed Tony Phillips as a free agent.

March 10, 1988

Signed Manny Martinez as an amateur free agent.

March 23, 1988

Traded Rod Beck to the San Francisco Giants. Received Charlie Corbell (minors).

March 28, 1988

Released Mickey Tettleton.

March 31, 1988

Traded a player to be named later to the Minnesota Twins. Received Joe Klink. The Oakland Athletics sent Russ Kibler (minors) (June 25, 1988) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.


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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