1983 Oakland Athletics
Record: 86-74
Finish: 2nd in AL West Division
Runs Scored: 744
Runs Allowed: 746
Exp W-L: 80-80
 
Ballpark: Colosseum
Attendance: 1,722,993
Manager: Marwan Najdawi

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 69-68, 5th in the American League
AA: 75-62, 3rd in the American League
A: 63-74, 8th in the American League
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
LF #Tim Raines 23 153 590 105 167 37 14 6 61 66 32 77 26 .283 .366 .424 .789 91.4 21.3 5.1
3B  Larry Parrish 29 155 587 80 148 22 4 35 97 0 1 57 119 .252 .317 .482 .799 90.3 19.6 5.2
C  Gene Tenace 36 148 490 81 129 31 0 6 46 5 0 99 80 .263 .391 .363 .754 76.8 18.2 3.7
1B *Don Mattingly 22 144 517 54 150 33 3 11 74 2 0 27 26 .290 .320 .429 .749 67.9 13.7 2.6
CF #Rick Peters 27 139 466 71 125 22 6 3 53 8 5 37 35 .268 .327 .361 .687 54.6 10.6 6.3
2B  Ryne Sandberg 23 112 363 41 93 25 2 10 67 10 3 33 77 .256 .316 .419 .735 48.7 9.8 3.8
C *Harry Spilman 28 121 328 35 86 10 0 7 47 0 0 32 60 .262 .330 .357 .686 38.7 6.7 3.3
C  Mike Heath 28 111 297 26 83 16 0 3 37 3 5 13 37 .279 .308 .364 .671 29.1 4.3 1.3
RF  Dan Norman 28 120 259 45 61 10 0 6 32 32 6 14 33 .236 .273 .344 .616 28.9 4.3 2.4
CF *Mike Easler 32 70 243 33 70 12 1 8 41 2 0 16 33 .288 .332 .444 .777 35.2 8.0 0.9
LF  Dave Kingman 34 106 212 34 51 4 1 12 38 3 0 29 53 .241 .333 .439 .772 33.1 7.1 0.3
SS  Rafael Belliard 21 75 210 23 39 5 4 0 13 10 4 13 39 .186 .245 .248 .492 12.1 0.0 1.4
SS  Phil Garner 34 69 210 23 59 11 2 1 30 6 5 2 42 .281 .285 .367 .652 18.1 1.9 1.5
1B *Mike Squires 31 41 141 16 29 4 0 0 14 3 5 21 6 .206 .307 .234 .541 10.7 0.0 0.0
SS  Jim Lentine 28 54 130 11 37 7 0 0 16 2 1 16 15 .285 .361 .338 .699 15.2 3.0 1.0
3B  Mickey Hatcher 28 94 128 18 41 7 3 0 14 0 1 8 3 .320 .370 .422 .791 17.0 4.3 0.9
2B *Duane Kuiper 33 40 120 18 30 3 0 0 18 2 3 5 7 .250 .280 .275 .555 7.9 0.0 1.4
SS #Wayne Tolleson 27 53 96 14 19 3 0 0 5 9 2 6 12 .198 .243 .229 .472 4.3 0.0 0.7
3B  Bill Madlock 32 23 83 8 23 6 2 3 10 0 1 6 1 .277 .333 .506 .839 12.6 3.1 0.5
3B  Tom Heintzelman 36 27 54 6 15 1 0 0 3 1 0 3 5 .278 .316 .296 .612 4.3 0.5 0.9
P  Joe Cowley 24 4 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Juan Eichelberger 29 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.8 1867 5539 744 1455 269 42 111 716 165 74 514 713 .263 .326 .387 .712 695.2 136.2 43.2
  Rank among 12 AL teams 8 6 6 6 2 7 6 2 11 5 4 6 6 7 7 7  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Joe Cowley 24 13 12 .520 31 31 0 220.7 195 96 23 88 141 3.92 12.0
 Mike Parrott 28 9 12 .429 32 32 0 219.3 251 116 23 99 94 4.76 6.2
 Dave Beard 23 11 10 .524 32 32 0 210.7 190 78 15 84 145 3.33 14.0
 Milt Wilcox 33 14 4 .778 23 23 0 175.3 148 48 6 41 127 2.46 17.0
 Eric Wilkins 26 11 6 .647 32 32 0 172.0 147 77 12 92 139 4.03 9.7
 Bruce Berenyi 28 6 6 .500 75 1 9 132.0 123 63 6 81 77 4.30 7.9
 Chip Lang 30 12 10 .545 66 1 23 100.3 107 54 13 48 55 4.84 6.8
*Mike Wallace 32 3 3 .500 44 0 1 76.7 92 68 10 53 48 7.98 0.0
 Juan Eichelberger 29 4 4 .500 31 6 1 71.0 82 52 11 44 20 6.59 0.0
*Mike Madden 25 3 2 .600 76 1 0 29.0 21 6 3 6 11 1.86 4.8
 Ed Farmer 33 0 0 .000 9 0 0 14.7 22 18 2 11 6 11.05 0.0
 Terry Felton 25 0 4 .000 43 1 2 13.3 13 15 4 18 14 10.13 0.0
 Bob Moose 35 0 1 .000 12 0 0 4.3 2 2 0 2 4 4.16 0.2
Team Totals 28.5 86 74 .538 506 160 36 1439.3 1393 693 128 667 881 4.33 78.6
Rank among 12 AL teams 7 7 10 6 7 2 10 11 12 2 11  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 37.2
G.Tenace 1172.7 129 133 736 49 11 2 .986 28.6
M.Heath 183.0 20 22 131 7 0 0 1.000 22.2
H.Spilman 83.7 11 12 68 5 2 0 .973 50.0
Team Total 1439.3 160 167 935 61 13 2 .987 28.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.72
D.Mattingly 1132.3 131 139 1355 88 9 102 .994 11.47
M.Heath 211.3 26 26 240 22 8 21 .970 11.16
D.Kingman 59.3 3 22 67 7 0 8 1.000 11.23
G.Tenace 20.0 0 9 18 4 0 3 1.000 9.90
H.Spilman 7.0 0 4 7 2 0 1 1.000 11.57
M.Hatcher 5.0 0 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Lentine 4.3 0 4 5 0 0 1 1.000 10.39
Team Total 1439.3 160 207 1697 123 17 136 .991 11.38
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 5.90
R.Sandberg 849.0 93 104 172 350 7 73 .987 5.53
D.Kuiper 305.3 38 39 78 120 3 23 .985 5.84
W.Tolleson 131.3 14 19 25 50 1 10 .987 5.14
T.Heintzelman 130.7 13 21 27 69 3 11 .970 6.61
P.Garner 61.3 6 9 14 27 0 4 1.000 6.02
R.Belliard 19.0 2 2 6 13 1 1 .950 9.00
Team Total 1496.6 166 194 322 629 15 122 .984 5.72
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 2.90
H.Spilman 761.3 96 105 50 184 7 19 .971 2.77
L.Parrish 274.3 31 33 27 59 6 3 .935 2.82
B.Madlock 184.3 23 23 7 43 5 5 .909 2.44
M.Hatcher 180.7 10 47 12 36 3 1 .941 2.39
W.Tolleson 19.0 0 8 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.89
P.Garner 14.1 1 3 0 4 0 1 1.000 2.55
D.Kingman 7.0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 3.86
T.Heintzelman 6.7 0 3 1 3 0 0 1.000 5.41
M.Heath 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1449.4 161 224 100 334 21 30 .954 2.69
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.31
R.Belliard 586.0 71 71 83 242 15 42 .956 4.99
P.Garner 452.1 46 57 72 204 7 30 .975 5.49
M.Hatcher 166.7 15 38 29 59 2 10 .978 4.75
W.Tolleson 90.7 9 19 10 34 3 6 .936 4.37
J.Cowley 36.0 3 3 3 9 0 1 1.000 3.00
R.Sandberg 20.0 0 6 4 8 0 1 1.000 5.40
T.Heintzelman 6.0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 4.50
D.Norman 4.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Eichelberger 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.00
D.Kuiper 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1365.4 144 201 202 561 27 91 .966 5.03
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.96
T.Raines 1278.3 143 149 272 7 4 1 .986 1.96
M.Easler 267.1 31 31 52 1 2 0 .964 1.79
R.Peters 67.0 7 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.34
D.Norman 57.0 6 8 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.74
M.Heath 33.0 4 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
J.Lentine 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Kingman 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
M.Hatcher 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1706.4 191 205 354 9 6 1 .984 1.91
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 2.62
R.Peters 1022.7 118 123 287 12 1 3 .997 2.63
D.Norman 353.7 38 48 98 2 0 1 1.000 2.54
J.Lentine 53.0 4 13 14 1 0 0 1.000 2.55
M.Easler 7.1 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.27
Team Total 1436.4 160 189 400 15 1 4 .998 2.60
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.04
L.Parrish 1038.7 119 121 211 13 3 4 .987 1.94
J.Lentine 272.7 33 35 41 1 0 0 1.000 1.39
D.Norman 72.3 6 18 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.37
M.Heath 26.0 2 8 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.04
D.Kingman 19.7 0 8 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.37
M.Hatcher 6.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Easler 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1438.3 160 195 270 14 3 4 .990 1.78
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.03
J.Cowley 220.7 31 31 11 36 3 3 .940 1.92
M.Parrott 219.3 32 32 13 50 0 3 1.000 2.59
D.Beard 210.7 32 32 11 30 1 0 .976 1.75
M.Wilcox 175.3 23 23 15 28 1 1 .977 2.21
E.Wilkins 172.0 32 32 15 27 0 1 1.000 2.20
B.Berenyi 132.0 1 75 3 28 0 2 1.000 2.11
C.Lang 100.3 1 66 9 12 0 0 1.000 1.88
M.Wallace 76.7 0 44 3 18 1 2 .955 2.47
J.Eichelberger 71.0 6 31 3 17 0 0 1.000 2.54
M.Madden 29.0 1 76 0 7 0 0 1.000 2.17
E.Farmer 14.7 0 9 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.84
T.Felton 13.3 1 43 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.68
B.Moose 4.3 0 12 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1439.3 160 506 85 255 6 12 .983 2.13
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Mattingly .290
On-Base Pct Tenace .391
Slugging Pct Parrish .482
OPS Parrish .799
XR Raines 91.4
Games Parrish 155
At-Bats Raines 590
Runs Raines 105
Hits Raines 167
Total Bases Parrish 283
Singles Raines 110
Doubles Raines 37
Triples Raines 14
Homeruns Parrish 35
RBIs Parrish 97
Stolen Bases Raines 66
Caught Stealing Raines 32
Walks Tenace 99
Strikeouts Parrish 119
ERA Wilcox 2.46
Wins Wilcox 14
Losses Cowley, Parrott 12
Winning Pct Wilcox .778
Saves Lang 23
Games Pitched Madden 76
Games Started Beard, Parrott, Wilkins 32
Complete Games Cowley 7
Shutouts Cowley, Wilcox 3
Innings Pitched Cowley 220.7
Hits Allowed Parrott 251
Homeruns Allowed Cowley, Parrott 23
Strikeouts Beard 145
Walks Allowed Parrott 99
Walks per 9IP Wilcox 2.1
Hits per 9IP Wilcox 7.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Wilkins 7.3
WHiP Wilcox 1.08
OAVG Wilcox .224
OOBP Wilcox .271
OSLG Wilcox .302
OOPS Wilcox .572
Team All-Stars
Tim Raines
Player Salaries
Milt Wilcox $ 17,500,000
Larry Parrish $ 15,500,000
Gene Tenace $ 6,006,068
Mike Easler $ 2,800,000
Dave Kingman $ 2,800,000
Bruce Berenyi $ 920,000
Bob Moose $ 856,000
Phil Garner $ 400,004
Mike Squires $ 350,000
Duane Kuiper $ 350,000
Tom Heintzelman $ 300,000
Mike Heath $ 300,000
Mickey Hatcher $ 300,000
Ed Farmer $ 300,000
Mike Madden $ 300,000
Juan Eichelberger $ 300,000
Joe Cowley $ 300,000
Terry Felton $ 300,000
Dave Beard $ 300,000
Jim Lentine $ 300,000
Eric Wilkins $ 300,000
Don Mattingly $ 300,000
Dan Norman $ 300,000
Mike Parrott $ 300,000
Rick Peters $ 300,000
Tim Raines $ 300,000
Ryne Sandberg $ 300,000
Harry Spilman $ 300,000
Chip Lang $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Traded Mike Young
Jim Norris
Don Stanhouse
Colorado Ken Reitz
2/2 Traded Manny Sarmiento Toronto Dave Beard
4/3 Signed     Bake Mcbride
4/3 Signed     Dave Boswell
4/3 Signed     Aurelio Lopez
4/3 Signed     Mark Ballinger
4/3 Signed     Joe Lis
5/1 Traded Bill Madlock New York (A) Dave Lemonds
5/1 Signed     Tom Heintzelman
5/1 Signed     Terry Forster
7/1 Traded Rafael Belliard
Mark Ballinger
New York (N) Mike Easler
Phil Garner
9/1 Signed     Bob Moose
10/3 Released Skip Pitlock    
10/3 Released Mike Wallace    
10/3 Released Wayne Tolleson