1984 Oakland Athletics
Record: 96-64
Finish: 1st in AL West Division
Runs Scored: 802
Runs Allowed: 651
Exp W-L: 95-65
 
Ballpark: Colosseum
Attendance: 2,084,771
Manager: Marwan Najdawi

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 64-73, 9th in the American League
AA: 71-66, 5th in the American League
A: 66-71, 6th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost World Championship 3-4 to Colorado Rockies
Won AL League Series 4-2 over Kansas City Royals
Won Divisional Series 4-3 over Indianapolis Hoosiers
 
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 24 154 615 115 180 28 9 12 74 88 34 72 58 .293 .366 .426 .792 95.8 19.0 4.0
RF  Dusty Baker 35 153 592 70 170 24 2 22 86 0 0 26 83 .287 .316 .446 .762 75.8 13.1 1.4
3B  Larry Parrish 30 155 564 87 151 29 2 42 108 1 2 47 104 .268 .326 .550 .875 94.3 19.6 5.1
2B  Ryne Sandberg 24 148 519 73 138 30 3 22 70 17 8 37 106 .266 .314 .462 .777 71.9 13.2 4.5
C  Mike Heath 29 144 509 77 167 34 3 12 79 9 9 38 65 .328 .373 .477 .850 81.1 18.3 8.2
SS  Phil Garner 35 144 484 66 143 23 4 7 64 22 13 32 100 .295 .338 .403 .741 61.6 11.0 8.3
1B *Don Mattingly 23 134 451 55 133 31 4 6 60 2 0 35 18 .295 .347 .421 .768 58.1 11.1 2.0
CF *Mike Easler 33 133 452 60 151 30 1 12 61 0 0 27 50 .334 .372 .485 .856 75.7 17.4 2.8
CF #Rick Peters 28 125 366 41 80 16 0 1 36 3 1 30 20 .219 .286 .270 .557 26.4 0.1 4.9
3B  Mickey Hatcher 29 90 269 28 67 19 1 2 29 1 1 11 15 .249 .278 .349 .627 23.7 2.3 2.1
SS  Rick Auerbach 34 78 211 27 54 5 2 3 23 4 1 16 29 .256 .302 .341 .643 23.1 2.5 1.9
RF  Dan Norman 29 104 213 50 58 10 1 9 40 30 5 12 33 .272 .306 .455 .761 32.8 6.0 0.5
C *Harry Spilman 29 72 187 17 40 7 0 3 20 0 1 11 43 .214 .264 .299 .563 14.2 0.1 2.3
2B *Duane Kuiper 34 62 93 22 20 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 7 .215 .232 .237 .468 2.7 0.0 0.8
LF  Dave Kingman 35 31 61 12 16 5 0 1 11 2 1 4 12 .262 .308 .393 .701 6.2 0.9 0.2
CF *Bobby Mitchell 29 11 26 1 9 1 0 0 4 1 2 2 3 .346 .379 .385 .764 3.8 0.7 0.2
P  Joe Cowley 25 5 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .077 .143 .077 .220 -0.2 0.0 0.1
1B *Mike Squires 32 4 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.8 1747 5630 802 1579 292 33 154 768 181 80 403 751 .280 .328 .426 .755 747.0 135.3 49.2
  Rank among 12 AL teams 5 3 3 6 9 2 3 1 12 10 4 3 5 2 4 4  
* - 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
 J.R. Richard 34 20 8 .714 32 32 0 251.7 188 63 5 116 218 2.25 26.0
 Milt Wilcox 34 17 10 .630 32 32 0 228.3 209 83 6 68 183 3.27 16.6
 Eric Wilkins 27 15 8 .652 32 32 0 210.3 176 76 18 100 177 3.25 16.5
 Joe Cowley 25 12 10 .545 34 30 0 199.3 213 99 20 84 152 4.47 7.7
 Dave Beard 24 12 9 .571 31 31 0 195.7 189 98 18 85 144 4.51 8.9
 Mike Parrott 29 6 6 .500 71 2 7 128.7 145 70 10 61 55 4.90 4.8
 Rick Sutcliffe 28 7 3 .700 41 1 19 69.0 63 28 10 27 43 3.65 8.8
 Don Robinson 27 2 3 .400 46 0 4 66.7 63 18 2 11 36 2.43 7.4
 Bruce Berenyi 29 4 3 .571 74 0 11 37.3 34 20 4 23 34 4.82 3.8
 Chip Lang 31 0 2 .000 34 0 2 24.7 32 21 5 16 20 7.66 0.0
*Mike Madden 26 0 2 .000 69 0 1 18.3 20 7 0 14 11 3.44 1.2
 Juan Eichelberger 30 1 0 1.000 7 0 0 6.7 5 2 0 4 5 2.70 0.8
*Terry Forster 32 0 0 .000 12 0 0 5.7 4 0 0 0 2 0.00 1.0
Team Totals 28.9 96 64 .600 515 160 44 1442.3 1341 585 98 609 1080 3.65 103.4
Rank among 12 AL teams 2 2 5 2 7 1 1 1 12 1 1  
* - 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 32.1
M.Heath 1181.0 131 135 919 52 14 1 .986 34.4
H.Spilman 261.3 29 34 203 13 0 0 1.000 50.0
Team Total 1442.3 160 169 1122 65 14 1 .988 36.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.68
D.Mattingly 941.7 109 124 1013 82 10 91 .991 10.47
M.Hatcher 312.0 36 44 339 37 3 26 .992 10.85
H.Spilman 111.0 9 25 124 13 0 8 1.000 11.11
D.Kingman 61.7 6 15 63 3 0 9 1.000 9.63
R.Auerbach 9.0 0 2 9 1 0 1 1.000 10.00
M.Squires 5.0 0 1 5 1 0 1 1.000 10.80
L.Parrish 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Baker 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1442.3 160 213 1554 137 13 136 .992 10.55
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.70
R.Sandberg 1243.0 142 143 269 456 16 96 .978 5.25
D.Kuiper 173.3 18 27 32 63 4 13 .960 4.93
R.Auerbach 17.0 0 8 4 6 0 1 1.000 5.29
D.Mattingly 7.0 0 1 1 6 1 2 .875 9.00
P.Garner 2.0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1442.3 160 180 306 533 21 113 .976 5.24
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 2.74
L.Parrish 963.3 110 112 63 210 20 8 .932 2.55
R.Auerbach 423.0 46 52 19 87 3 9 .972 2.26
M.Hatcher 27.0 2 6 3 5 0 0 1.000 2.67
H.Spilman 26.0 2 5 1 5 1 1 .857 2.08
P.Garner 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Peters 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.3 160 177 86 307 24 18 .942 2.45
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.32
P.Garner 1233.0 140 141 205 499 14 89 .981 5.14
M.Hatcher 89.3 9 16 14 42 3 8 .949 5.64
D.Kuiper 60.0 6 9 3 20 2 3 .920 3.45
J.Cowley 35.0 2 2 5 5 1 1 .909 2.57
R.Auerbach 22.0 1 6 5 6 1 1 .917 4.50
R.Sandberg 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.3 158 176 232 572 21 102 .975 5.02
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.90
T.Raines 1310.7 147 150 247 7 2 3 .992 1.74
M.Hatcher 75.0 9 10 21 0 1 0 .955 2.52
D.Kingman 23.0 3 3 7 0 1 0 .875 2.74
D.Norman 12.7 1 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.13
L.Parrish 6.0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
R.Auerbach 6.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
M.Heath 5.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Easler 4.0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.3 160 175 283 7 5 3 .983 1.81
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.56
R.Peters 962.3 109 116 259 14 1 4 .996 2.55
D.Baker 298.0 36 37 81 0 1 0 .988 2.45
D.Norman 98.0 7 26 27 0 2 0 .931 2.48
B.Mitchell 68.0 8 9 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
M.Easler 14.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
M.Hatcher 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1442.3 160 193 383 14 4 4 .990 2.48
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.05
M.Easler 925.3 110 119 175 4 0 1 1.000 1.74
L.Parrish 310.0 37 37 63 0 0 0 1.000 1.83
M.Hatcher 83.0 9 15 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.52
D.Norman 47.3 1 14 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.95
D.Kingman 39.0 3 8 4 0 1 0 .800 0.92
R.Auerbach 17.7 0 6 1 0 1 0 .500 0.51
D.Baker 11.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
M.Heath 6.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
B.Mitchell 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.3 160 205 265 4 2 1 .993 1.68
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.12
J.Richard 251.7 32 32 18 50 2 4 .971 2.43
M.Wilcox 228.3 32 32 16 39 2 3 .965 2.17
E.Wilkins 210.3 32 32 13 41 0 2 1.000 2.31
J.Cowley 199.3 30 34 8 22 1 2 .968 1.35
D.Beard 195.7 31 31 7 30 0 2 1.000 1.70
M.Parrott 128.7 2 71 7 24 2 2 .939 2.17
R.Sutcliffe 69.0 1 41 4 10 0 0 1.000 1.83
D.Robinson 66.7 0 46 7 15 0 2 1.000 2.97
B.Berenyi 37.3 0 74 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.93
C.Lang 24.7 0 34 3 4 0 1 1.000 2.55
M.Madden 18.3 0 69 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.47
J.Eichelberger 6.7 0 7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.35
T.Forster 5.7 0 12 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.18
Team Total 1442.3 160 515 89 243 7 18 .979 2.07
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Heath .328
On-Base Pct Heath .373
Slugging Pct Parrish .550
OPS Parrish .875
XR Raines 95.8
Games Parrish 155
At-Bats Raines 615
Runs Raines 115
Hits Raines 180
Total Bases Parrish 310
Singles Raines 131
Doubles Heath 34
Triples Raines 9
Homeruns Parrish 42
RBIs Parrish 108
Stolen Bases Raines 88
Caught Stealing Raines 34
Walks Raines 72
Strikeouts Sandberg 106
ERA Richard 2.25
Wins Richard 20
Losses Cowley, Wilcox 10
Winning Pct Richard .714
Saves Sutcliffe 19
Games Pitched Berenyi 74
Games Started Richard, Wilcox, Wilkins 32
Complete Games Richard 10
Shutouts Richard 5
Innings Pitched Richard 251.7
Hits Allowed Cowley 213
Homeruns Allowed Cowley 20
Strikeouts Richard 218
Walks Allowed Richard 116
Walks per 9IP Wilcox 2.7
Hits per 9IP Richard 6.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Richard 7.8
WHiP Richard 1.21
OAVG Richard .205
OOBP Richard .295
OSLG Richard .274
OOPS Richard .569
Team All-Stars
Larry Parrish
J.R. Richard
Rick Sutcliffe
Milt Wilcox
Player Salaries
Milt Wilcox $ 17,500,000
Larry Parrish $ 15,500,000
J.R. Richard $ 13,500,000
Mike Easler $ 4,000,000
Dusty Baker $ 3,500,049
Dave Kingman $ 2,800,000
Rick Auerbach $ 2,000,001
Mike Parrott $ 1,157,143
Rick Sutcliffe $ 1,000,000
Bruce Berenyi $ 920,000
Mickey Hatcher $ 642,857
Phil Garner $ 400,004
Dan Norman $ 350,000
Harry Spilman $ 350,000
Mike Squires $ 350,000
Bobby Mitchell $ 300,000
Dave Beard $ 300,000
Juan Eichelberger $ 300,000
Terry Forster $ 300,000
Joe Cowley $ 300,000
Mike Heath $ 300,000
Chip Lang $ 300,000
Don Mattingly $ 300,000
Eric Wilkins $ 300,000
Rick Peters $ 300,000
Tim Raines $ 300,000
Don Robinson $ 300,000
Ryne Sandberg $ 300,000
Mike Madden $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/7 Signed     Rick Auerbach
2/16 Signed     J.R. Richard
3/3 Signed     Don Robinson
3/3 Signed     Butch Wynegar
4/3 Traded Ken Reitz New York (N) Rick Sutcliffe
Dusty Baker
10/31 Released Duane Kuiper    
10/31 Released Ed Farmer