# 1983 Oakland Athletics season

The 1983 Oakland Athletics season was the 83th 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

vteAL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago White Sox | 99 | 63 | .611 | — | 55‍–‍26 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Kansas City Royals | 79 | 83 | .488 | 20 | 45‍–‍36 | 34‍–‍47 |
| Texas Rangers | 77 | 85 | .475 | 22 | 44‍–‍37 | 33‍–‍48 |
| Oakland Athletics | 74 | 88 | .457 | 25 | 42‍–‍39 | 32‍–‍49 |
| California Angels | 70 | 92 | .432 | 29 | 35‍–‍46 | 35‍–‍46 |
| Minnesota Twins | 70 | 92 | .432 | 29 | 37‍–‍44 | 33‍–‍48 |
| Seattle Mariners | 60 | 102 | .370 | 39 | 30‍–‍51 | 30‍–‍51 |

### Record vs. opponents

1983 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
| Baltimore | — | 8–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 11–2 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 7–6 |
| Boston | 5–8 | — | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 7–6 |
| California | 5–7 | 6–6 | — | 3–10 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 4–8 |
| Chicago | 5–7 | 6–6 | 10–3 | — | 8–4 | 8–4 | 9–4 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 8–4 | 8–5 | 12–1 | 8–5 | 5–7 |
| Cleveland | 7–6 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 4–8 | — | 5–8 | 7–5 | 3–10 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 3–9 | 4–9 |
| Detroit | 8–5 | 9–4 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 8–5 | — | 7–5 | 6–7 | 9–3 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 6–7 |
| Kansas City | 4–8 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 5–7 | — | 6–6 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 8–5–1 | 6–6 |
| Milwaukee | 2–11 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 10–3 | 7–6 | 6–6 | — | 8–4 | 4–9 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 8–5 |
| Minnesota | 4–8 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 7–6 | 4–8 | — | 4–8 | 4–9 | 9–4 | 5–8 | 5–7 |
| New York | 7–6 | 6–7 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 8–4 | — | 8–4 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 7–6 |
| Oakland | 4–8 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 4–8 | — | 9–4 | 2–11 | 6–6 |
| Seattle | 4–8 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 1–12 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 4–9 | — | 6–7 | 4–8 |
| Texas | 3–9 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 5–8 | 9–3 | 4–8 | 5–8–1 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 11–2 | 7–6 | — | 4–8 |
| Toronto | 6–7 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 9–4 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 8–4 | — |

### 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
## 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 | Wayne Gross | 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 | Rickey Henderson | 145 | 513 | 150 | .292 | 9 | 48 |
| CF | Dwayne Murphy | 130 | 471 | 107 | .227 | 17 | 75 |
| RF | Mike Davis | 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 |
| Garry Hancock | 101 | 256 | 70 | .273 | 8 | 30 |
| Rick Peters | 55 | 178 | 51 | .287 | 0 | 20 |
| Dan Meyer | 69 | 169 | 32 | .189 | 1 | 13 |
| Donnie Hill | 53 | 158 | 42 | .266 | 2 | 15 |
| Kelvin Moore | 41 | 124 | 26 | .210 | 5 | 16 |
| Mitchell Page | 57 | 79 | 19 | .241 | 0 | 1 |
| Luis Quiñones | 19 | 42 | 8 | .190 | 0 | 4 |
| Darryl Cias | 19 | 18 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
| Marshall Brant | 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 |
| Gorman Heimueller | 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 |
| Matt Keough | 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 |
| Ben Callahan | 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 |
| Steve Baker | 35 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4.33 | 23 |
| Keith Atherton | 29 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2.77 | 40 |
| Jeff Jones | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.76 | 14 |
| Bert Bradley | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.48 | 3 |
| Wayne Gross | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Rich Wortham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | inf | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Tacoma Tigers | Pacific Coast League | Bob Didier |
| AA | Albany-Colonie A's | Eastern League | Pete Whisenant and Keith Lieppman |
| A | Modesto A's | California League | George Mitterwald |
| A | Madison Muskies | Midwest League | Brad Fischer |
| A-Short Season | Medford A's | Northwest League | Dennis Rogers |
| Rookie | Idaho Falls A's | Pioneer League | Keith Lieppman and Jim Nettles |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Medford