1983 Oakland Athletics season explained

Oakland Athletics
Season:	1983
League:	American League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
City:	Oakland, California
Record:	74–88 (.457)
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

The Oakland Athletics' 1983 season involved the A's finishing 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.^[1]
November 4, 1982: Mickey Klutts was released by the Athletics.^[2]
December 13, 1982: Kevin Bell was released by the Athletics.^[3]
December 20, 1982: Preston Hanna was released by the Athletics.^[4]
January 11, 1983: Steve Howard was drafted by the Athletics in the 8th round of the 1983 Major League Baseball Draft.^[5]
January 17, 1983: Brian Kingman was purchased from the Athletics by the Boston Red Sox.^[6]
March 28, 1983: Bob Owchinko was released by the Oakland Athletics.^[7]

June 6, 1983: 1983 Major League Baseball Draft
- Greg Cadaret was drafted by the Athletics in the 11th round. Player signed June 11, 1983.^[8]
- Rob Nelson was drafted by the Athletics in the 1st round (7th pick) of the Secondary Phase.^[9]
June 15, 1983: Matt Keough was traded by the Athletics to the New York Yankees for Ben Callahan, Marshall Brant, and cash.^[10]
July 22, 1983: Kelvin Moore was traded by the Athletics to the New York Mets for Scott Dye (minors).^[11]

1983 Oakland Athletics
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches (Third base) (First base) (Bullpen) (Pitching) (Hitting)

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	108	298	76	.255	8	32
1B	136	339	79	.233	12	44
2B	147	494	137	.277	17	67
SS	148	412	102	.248	4	35
3B	80	299	92	.308	10	45
LF	145	513	150	.292	9	48
CF	130	471	107	.227	17	75
RF	128	443	122	.275	8	62
DH	121	401	108	.269	10	56

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
143	451	120	.266	4	63
96	345	97	.281	6	33
101	256	70	.273	8	30
55	178	51	.287	0	20
69	169	32	.189	1	13
53	158	42	.266	2	15
41	124	26	.210	5	16
57	79	19	.241	0	1
19	42	8	.190	0	4
19	18	6	.333	0	1
5	14	2	.143	0	2
6	7	1	.143	0	0
15	4	0	.000	0	0

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
37	205.2	12	12	4.46	85
17	109.2	7	6	3.61	58
16	88.2	4	5	3.76	63
16	83.2	3	5	4.41	31
12	65.2	5	3	4.11	30
7	20.0	0	4	12.15	2

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
38	167.0	6	9	3.99	65
39	162.1	7	10	3.94	112
51	144.2	9	7	4.04	62
14	44.0	2	3	5.52	28
8	14.2	1	0	6.75	10
5	10.1	0	0	3.48	7
4	9.1	1	2	12.54	2
8	9.0	0	1	16.00	5

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
43	5	5	10	5.61	40
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
6	0	0	0	6.48	3
1	0	0	0	0.00	0
1	0	0	0	inf	0