1982 Oakland Athletics season explained

Oakland Athletics
Season:	1982
League:	American League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
City:	Oakland, California
Record:	68–94 (.420)
General Managers:	Billy Martin
Managers:	Billy Martin
Television:	KBHK-TV (Bill King, Harmon Killebrew, Lon Simmons)
Radio:	KSFO (Bill King, Lon Simmons, Wayne Hagin)
Divisional Place:	5th

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.

Offseason

December 4, 1981: Joe Rudi was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.^[1]
December 9, 1981: Rich Bordi was traded by the Athletics to the Seattle Mariners for Dan Meyer.^[2]
February 7, 1982: Dennis Kinney was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.^[3]
February 24, 1982: Craig Minetto was traded by the Athletics to the Baltimore Orioles for Allen Edwards (minors).^[4]

Regular season

In the first fifty games of the season, Rickey Henderson had stolen 49 bases. By the All-Star break, Henderson had 84 steals.^[5]
October 3, 1982: Joe Rudi hit a home run in the last at-bat of his career.^[6]

Notable transactions

May 14, 1982: Rob Picciolo was traded by the Athletics to the Milwaukee Brewers for Mike Warren and John Evans (minors).^[7]
June 7, 1982: 1982 Major League Baseball Draft
- Phil Stephenson was drafted by the Athletics in the 3rd round.^[8]
- Charlie O'Brien was drafted by the Athletics in the 5th round.^[9]
- Jeff Kaiser was drafted by the Athletics in the 10th round.^[10]
- Jim Eppard was drafted by the Athletics in the 13th round.^[11]
- José Canseco was drafted by the Athletics in the 15th round. Canseco signed on June 17, 1982.^[12]
June 28, 1982: Jim Spencer was released by the Oakland Athletics.^[13]
July 15, 1982: Preston Hanna was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.^[14]
September 6, 1982: Rick Bosetti was released by the Athletics.^[15]

Roster

1982 Oakland Athletics
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	101	318	77	.242	3	39
1B	120	383	92	.240	8	59
2B	128	450	109	.242	11	42
3B	129	386	97	.251	9	41
SS	101	228	44	.193	2	17
LF	149	536	143	.267	10	51
CF	151	543	129	.238	27	94
RF	138	536	125	.233	28	89
DH	113	285	79	.277	16	48

Other batters

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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
72	251	50	.199	6	30
73	214	51	.238	7	31
78	212	42	.198	4	17
71	193	41	.212	5	18
55	157	28	.178	0	14
69	139	34	.245	2	14
33	101	17	.168	2	5
40	81	17	.210	0	8
31	78	20	.256	4	7
23	75	30	.400	1	10
22	71	12	.169	0	5
21	67	15	.224	2	6
17	52	11	.212	2	8
18	49	11	.224	0	3
8	18	6	.333	0	3
6	15	3	.200	0	0
4	9	3	.333	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
32	237.1	11	16	4.21	79
34	209.1	11	18	5.72	75
28	166.1	7	11	4.76	83
21	128.2	6	3	3.99	66
23	122.2	4	12	4.48	46
5	25.1	2	2	3.55	17
3	16.2	1	2	4.32	5

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
	56	153.0	10	6	3.29	79
	5	25.2	1	1	4.56	14

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
54	10	9	11	3.44	73
54	2	4	3	5.21	67
23	0	4	0	5.59	32
21	0	4	0	4.84	27
18	3	1	0	5.11	18
11	0	1	0	5.29	7
10	0	0	0	5.24	9
3	0	0	0	8.31	0

Farm system

External links

Notes and References

https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rudijo01.shtml Joe Rudi page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bordiri01.shtml Rich Bordi page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kinnede01.shtml Dennis Kinney page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/minetcr01.shtml Craig Minetto page at Baseball Reference
Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.52, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC,
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats18.shtml Home Run in Last At Bat
https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/picciro01.shtml Rob Picciolo page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stephph01.shtml Phil Stephenson page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/o'brich01.shtml Charlie O'Brien page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kaiseje01.shtml Jeff Kaiser page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/e/epparji01.shtml Jim Eppard page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cansejo01.shtml José Canseco page at Baseball Reference
Web site: Jim Spencer Stats.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hannapr01.shtml Preston Hanna page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bosetri01.shtml Rick Bosetti page at Baseball Reference