1982 Oakland Athletics | ||||
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League | American League | |||
Division | West | |||
Ballpark | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum | |||
City | Oakland, California | |||
Record | 68–94 (.420) | |||
Divisional place | 5th | |||
Owners | Walter A. Haas, Jr. | |||
General managers | Billy Martin | |||
Managers | Billy Martin | |||
Television | KBHK-TV (Bill King, Harmon Killebrew, Lon Simmons) | |||
Radio | KSFO (Bill King, Lon Simmons, Wayne Hagin) | |||
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The Oakland Athletics' 1982 season involved the A's finishing fifth in the American League West with a record of 68 wins and 94 losses.
The 1982 Athletics are remembered mainly for the exploits of star left fielder Rickey Henderson. Henderson, in his fourth major league season, stole an MLB-record 130 bases over the course of the year. Henderson broke the record, previously held by Lou Brock, by swiping his 119th base of the season on August 27 against the Milwaukee Brewers. Henderson's record has not been approached since.
The season also marked the end of manager Billy Martin's tenure with the Athletics. Martin was unceremoniously fired at season's end, despite having led the A's to the ALCS only one season prior. He was replaced by Steve Boros.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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California Angels | 93 | 69 | .574 | — | 52–29 | 41–40 |
Kansas City Royals | 90 | 72 | .556 | 3 | 56–25 | 34–47 |
Chicago White Sox | 87 | 75 | .537 | 6 | 49–31 | 38–44 |
Seattle Mariners | 76 | 86 | .469 | 17 | 42–39 | 34–47 |
Oakland Athletics | 68 | 94 | .420 | 25 | 36–45 | 32–49 |
Texas Rangers | 64 | 98 | .395 | 29 | 38–43 | 26–55 |
Minnesota Twins | 60 | 102 | .370 | 33 | 37–44 | 23–58 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
Baltimore | — | 4–9 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 9–4–1 | 8–4 | 11–2 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 10–3 |
Boston | 9–4 | — | 7–5 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 4–9 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 7–6 |
California | 5–7 | 5–7 | — | 8–5 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 9–4 | 10–3 | 8–5 | 8–4 |
Chicago | 7–5 | 8–4 | 5–8 | — | 6–6 | 9–3 | 3–10 | 3–9 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 9–4 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 8–4 |
Cleveland | 7–6 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 6–6 | — | 6–7 | 2–10 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 4–9 | 4–8 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 7–6 |
Detroit | 6–7 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 3–9 | 7–6 | — | 6–6 | 3–10 | 9–3 | 8–5 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 6–7 |
Kansas City | 8–4 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 10–3 | 10–2 | 6–6 | — | 7–5 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 7–6 | 7–6 | 4–8 |
Milwaukee | 4–9–1 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 6–7 | 10–3 | 5–7 | — | 7–5 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 9–4 |
Minnesota | 4–8 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 5–7 | — | 2–10 | 3–10 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 5–7 |
New York | 2–11 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 9–4 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 10–2 | — | 7–5 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–7 |
Oakland | 5–7 | 4–8 | 4–9 | 4–9 | 8–4 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 10–3 | 5–7 | — | 6–7 | 5–8 | 3–9 |
Seattle | 5–7 | 5–7 | 3–10 | 7–6 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 7–6 | — | 9–4 | 7–5 |
Texas | 3–9 | 2–10 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 8–5 | 4–9 | — | 4–8 |
Toronto | 3–10 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 4–9 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 8–4 | — |
1982 Oakland Athletics | |||||||||
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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 |
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C | Mike Heath | 101 | 318 | 77 | .242 | 3 | 39 |
1B | Dan Meyer | 120 | 383 | 92 | .240 | 8 | 59 |
2B | Davey Lopes | 128 | 450 | 109 | .242 | 11 | 42 |
3B | Wayne Gross | 129 | 386 | 97 | .251 | 9 | 41 |
SS | Fred Stanley | 101 | 228 | 44 | .193 | 2 | 17 |
LF | Rickey Henderson | 149 | 536 | 143 | .267 | 10 | 51 |
CF | Dwayne Murphy | 151 | 543 | 129 | .238 | 27 | 94 |
RF | Tony Armas | 138 | 536 | 125 | .233 | 28 | 89 |
DH | Jeff Burroughs | 113 | 285 | 79 | .277 | 16 | 48 |
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 |
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Jeff Newman | 72 | 251 | 50 | .199 | 6 | 30 |
Cliff Johnson | 73 | 214 | 51 | .238 | 7 | 31 |
Dave McKay | 78 | 212 | 42 | .198 | 4 | 17 |
Joe Rudi | 71 | 193 | 41 | .212 | 5 | 18 |
Mickey Klutts | 55 | 157 | 28 | .178 | 0 | 14 |
Jimmy Sexton | 69 | 139 | 34 | .245 | 2 | 14 |
Jim Spencer | 33 | 101 | 17 | .168 | 2 | 5 |
Tony Phillips | 40 | 81 | 17 | .210 | 0 | 8 |
Mitchell Page | 31 | 78 | 20 | .256 | 4 | 7 |
Mike Davis | 23 | 75 | 30 | .400 | 1 | 10 |
Bob Kearney | 22 | 71 | 12 | .169 | 0 | 5 |
Kelvin Moore | 21 | 67 | 15 | .224 | 2 | 6 |
Danny Goodwin | 17 | 52 | 11 | .212 | 2 | 8 |
Rob Picciolo | 18 | 49 | 11 | .224 | 0 | 3 |
Darrell Brown | 8 | 18 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 3 |
Rick Bosetti | 6 | 15 | 3 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Kevin Bell | 4 | 9 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Rick Langford | 32 | 237.1 | 11 | 16 | 4.21 | 79 |
Matt Keough | 34 | 209.1 | 11 | 18 | 5.72 | 75 |
Mike Norris | 28 | 166.1 | 7 | 11 | 4.76 | 83 |
Steve McCatty | 21 | 128.2 | 6 | 3 | 3.99 | 66 |
Brian Kingman | 23 | 122.2 | 4 | 12 | 4.48 | 46 |
Tim Conroy | 5 | 25.1 | 2 | 2 | 3.55 | 17 |
Chris Codiroli | 3 | 16.2 | 1 | 2 | 4.32 | 5 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Tom Underwood | 56 | 153.0 | 10 | 6 | 3.29 | 79 |
Steve Baker | 5 | 25.2 | 1 | 1 | 4.56 | 14 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Dave Beard | 54 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 3.44 | 73 |
Bob Owchinko | 54 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5.21 | 67 |
Preston Hanna | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5.59 | 32 |
Bo McLaughlin | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.84 | 27 |
Jeff Jones | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5.11 | 18 |
John D'Acquisto | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.29 | 7 |
Fernando Arroyo | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.24 | 9 |
Dennis Kinney | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.31 | 0 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: West Haven, Modesto
1982 MLB season by team
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