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1984 Oakland Athletics season

Field	Value
name	Oakland Athletics
season	1984
league	American League
division	West
ballpark	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
city	Oakland, California
record	77–85 (.475)
owners	Walter A. Haas, Jr.
general_managers	Sandy Alderson
managers	Steve Boros, Jackie Moore
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 1984 Oakland Athletics season was the 84th season for the Oakland Athletics franchise, all as members of the American League, and their 17th season in Oakland. The Athletics finished fourth in the American League West with a record of 77 wins and 85 losses. While the A's struggled for a third consecutive season, they staged a major coup by drafting future superstar Mark McGwire with the tenth overall pick of the 1984 Major League Baseball draft. The season also marked the end of Rickey Henderson's first (of four) stints with the Athletics. His second stint would begin in 1989. After 13 years, this would be the final season that the Athletics wore their Swingin' A's era uniforms.

Offseason

October 28, 1983: Joe Rudi was released by the Athletics.
November 21, 1983: Dave Beard and Bob Kearney were traded by the Athletics to the Seattle Mariners for Bill Caudill and Darrel Akerfelds.
December 13, 1983: Joe Morgan was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.
December 7, 1983: Rusty McNealy and cash were traded by the Athletics to the Montreal Expos for Ray Burris.
January 3, 1984: Luis Polonia was signed by the Athletics as an amateur free agent.
January 3, 1984: Félix José was signed by the Athletics as an amateur free agent.
January 16, 1984: Jack Daugherty was released by the Athletics.
February 8, 1984: Tim Belcher was chosen by the Athletics from the New York Yankees as a free agent compensation pick.

Regular season

August 19, 1984: In a game against the Athletics, Cliff Johnson of the Toronto Blue Jays hit the 19th pinch home run of his career, breaking Jerry Lynch's mark of 18.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

June 4, 1984: 1984 Major League Baseball draft
- Mark McGwire was drafted by the Athletics in the 1st round (10th pick). Player signed July 20, 1984.
- Todd Burns was drafted by the Athletics in the 7th round.
June 9, 1984: Chuck Hensley was purchased by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Oakland Athletics.
July 3, 1984: Mike Torrez was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.
August 9, 1984: Mike Torrez was released by the Athletics.

Roster

1984 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	Mike Heath	140	475	118	.248	13	64
1B	Bruce Bochte	148	469	124	.264	5	52
2B		116	365	89	.244	6	43
SS	Tony Phillips	154	451	120	.266	4	37
3B	Carney Lansford	151	597	179	.300	14	74
LF	Rickey Henderson	142	502	147	.293	16	58
CF	Dwayne Murphy	153	559	143	.256	33	88
RF	Mike Davis	134	382	88	.230	9	46
DH	Dave Kingman	147	549	147	.268	35	118

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
Davey Lopes	72	230	59	.257	9	36
Bill Almon	106	211	47	.223	7	16
Donnie Hill	73	174	40	.230	2	16
Jim Essian	63	136	32	.235	2	10
	80	87	20	.230	0	12
Mickey Tettleton	33	76	20	.263	1	5
Jeff Burroughs	58	71	15	.211	2	8
	51	60	13	.217	0	8
	23	40	7	.175	0	2
Dan Meyer	20	22	7	.318	0	4

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
	34	211.2	13	10	3.15	93
Steve McCatty	33	179.2	8	14	4.76	63
Bill Krueger	26	142.0	10	10	4.75	61
Curt Young	20	108.2	9	4	4.06	41

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
	46	183.1	6	13	4.91	63
Tim Conroy	38	93.0	1	6	5.23	69
Mike Warren	24	90.0	3	6	4.90	61
Chris Codiroli	28	89.1	6	4	5.84	44
Rick Langford	3	8.2	0	0	8.31	2

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
	68	9	7	36	2.71	89
	57	7	6	2	4.33	58
	17	3	0	2	2.35	8
	16	1	1	1	6.75	10
Jeff Jones	13	0	3	0	3.55	19
Dave Leiper	8	1	0	0	9.00	3
	6	0	1	0	6.14	3
	3	0	0	1	4.66	5
	2	0	0	0	27.00	2
	1	0	0	0	0.00	1
	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Modesto

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rudijo01.shtml Joe Rudi page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/caudibi01.shtml Bill Caudill page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/morgajo02.shtml Joe Morgan page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/burrira01.shtml Ray Burris page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/polonlu01.shtml Luis Polonia page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/josefe01.shtml Félix José page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/daughja01.shtml Jack Daugherty page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/belchti01.shtml Tim Belcher page at Baseball Reference]
''Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures'', 2008 Edition, p.232, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, {{ISBN. 978-0-451-22363-0
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcgwima01.shtml Mark McGwire page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/burnsto02.shtml Todd Burns page at Baseball Reference]
"Chuck Hensley Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/torremi01.shtml Mike Torrez page at Baseball Reference]

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