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1983 Oakland Athletics season

Field	Value
name	Oakland Athletics
season	1983
league	American League
division	West
ballpark	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
city	Oakland, California
record	74–88 (.457)
owners	Walter A. Haas, Jr.
general_managers	Sandy Alderson
managers	Steve Boros
television	KBHK-TV
(Bill King, Bill Rigney, Lon Simmons)
radio	KSFO
(Bill King, Lon Simmons, Wayne Hagin)
divisional_place	4th

(Bill King, Bill Rigney, Lon Simmons) (Bill King, Lon Simmons, Wayne Hagin) ||divisional_place=4th}} The 1983 Oakland Athletics season was the 83rd season for the Oakland Athletics franchise, all as members of the American League, and their 16th season in Oakland. The Athletics finished fourth in the American League West with a record of 74 wins and 88 losses.

Offseason

October 9, 1982: Jack Daugherty was signed as an amateur free agent by the Athletics.
November 4, 1982: Mickey Klutts was released by the Athletics.
December 13, 1982: Kevin Bell was released by the Athletics.
December 20, 1982: Preston Hanna was released by the Athletics.
January 11, 1983: Steve Howard was drafted by the Athletics in the 8th round of the 1983 Major League Baseball draft.
January 17, 1983: Brian Kingman was purchased from the Athletics by the Boston Red Sox.
March 28, 1983: Bob Owchinko was released by the Oakland Athletics.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

June 6, 1983: 1983 Major League Baseball draft
- Greg Cadaret was drafted by the Athletics in the 11th round. Player signed June 11, 1983.
- Rob Nelson was drafted by the Athletics in the 1st round (7th pick) of the Secondary Phase.
June 15, 1983: Matt Keough was traded by the Athletics to the New York Yankees for Ben Callahan, Marshall Brant, and cash.
July 22, 1983: Kelvin Moore was traded by the Athletics to the New York Mets for Scott Dye (minors).

Roster

1983 Oakland Athletics
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Bob Kearney	108	298	76	.255	8	32
1B		136	339	79	.233	12	44
2B	Davey Lopes	147	494	137	.277	17	67
SS	Tony Phillips	148	412	102	.248	4	35
3B	Carney Lansford	80	299	92	.308	10	45
LF		145	513	150	.292	9	48
CF	Dwayne Murphy	130	471	107	.227	17	75
RF		128	443	122	.275	8	62
DH	Jeff Burroughs	121	401	108	.269	10	56

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Bill Almon	143	451	120	.266	4	63
Mike Heath	96	345	97	.281	6	33
	101	256	70	.273	8	30
	55	178	51	.287	0	20
Dan Meyer	69	169	32	.189	1	13
Donnie Hill	53	158	42	.266	2	15
	41	124	26	.210	5	16
Mitchell Page	57	79	19	.241	0	1
Luis Quiñones	19	42	8	.190	0	4
	19	18	6	.333	0	1
	5	14	2	.143	0	2
Dave Hudgens	6	7	1	.143	0	0
Rusty McNealy	15	4	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Chris Codiroli	37	205.2	12	12	4.46	85
Bill Krueger	17	109.2	7	6	3.61	58
Mike Norris	16	88.2	4	5	3.76	63
	16	83.2	3	5	4.41	31
Mike Warren	12	65.2	5	3	4.11	30
Rick Langford	7	20.0	0	4	12.15	2

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Steve McCatty	38	167.0	6	9	3.99	65
Tim Conroy	39	162.1	7	10	3.94	112
Tom Underwood	51	144.2	9	7	4.04	62
	14	44.0	2	3	5.52	28
Mark Smith	8	14.2	1	0	6.75	10
Ed Farmer	5	10.1	0	0	3.48	7
	4	9.1	1	2	12.54	2
Curt Young	8	9.0	0	1	16.00	5

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Dave Beard	43	5	5	10	5.61	40
Tom Burgmeier	49	6	7	4	2.81	39
	35	3	3	5	4.33	23
	29	2	5	4	2.77	40
	13	1	1	0	5.76	14
Bert Bradley	6	0	0	0	6.48	3
	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
	1	0	0	0	inf	0

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Medford

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/daughja01.shtml Jack Daugherty page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kluttmi01.shtml Mickey Klutts page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bellke01.shtml Kevin Bell page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hannapr01.shtml Preston Hanna page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/howarst01.shtml Steve Howard page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kingmbr01.shtml Brian Kingman page at Baseball Reference]
"Bob Owchinko Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cadargr01.shtml Greg Cadaret page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nelsoro03.shtml Rob Nelson page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/keougma02.shtml Matt Keough page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mooreke01.shtml Kelvin Moore page at Baseball Reference]

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