1982 Oakland Athletics season

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.

1982 Oakland Athletics
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record68–94 (.420)
Other information
Owner(s)Walter A. Haas, Jr.
General manager(s)Billy Martin
Manager(s)Billy Martin
Local televisionKBHK
(Bill King, Harmon Killebrew, Lon Simmons)
Local radioKSFO
(Bill King, Lon Simmons, Wayne Hagin)
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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

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]

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
California Angels 9369 0.574 — 52–29 41–40
Kansas City Royals 9072 0.556 3 56–25 34–47
Chicago White Sox 8775 0.537 6 49–31 38–44
Seattle Mariners 7686 0.469 17 42–39 34–47
Oakland Athletics 6894 0.420 25 36–45 32–49
Texas Rangers 6498 0.395 29 38–43 26–55
Minnesota Twins 60102 0.370 33 37–44 23–58

Record vs. opponents
1982 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —4–97–55–76–77–64–89–4–18–411–27–57–59–310–3
Boston 9–4—7–54–86–78–56–64–96–67–68–47–510–27–6
California 5–75–7—8–58–45–77–66–67–67–59–410–38–58–4
Chicago 7–58–45–8—6–69–33–103–97–68–49–46–78–58–4
Cleveland 7–67–64–86–6—6–72–107–68–44–94–89–37–57–6
Detroit 6–75–87–53–97–6—6–63–109–38–59–36–68–46–7
Kansas City 8–46–66–710–310–26–6—7–57–65–77–67–67–64–8
Milwaukee 4–9–19–46–69–36–710–35–7—7–58–57–58–47–59–4
Minnesota 4–86–66–76–74–83–96–75–7—2–103–105–85–85–7
New York 2–116–75–74–89–45–87–55–810–2—7–56–67–56–7
Oakland 5–74–84–94–98–43–96–75–710–35–7—6–75–83–9
Seattle 5–75–73–107–63–96–66–74–88–56–67–6—9–47–5
Texas 3–92–105–85–85–74–86–75–78–55–78–54–9—4–8
Toronto 3–106–74–84–86–77–68–44–97–57–69–35–78–4—

Notable transactions

Roster
1982 Oakland Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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 Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CMike Heath10131877.242339
1BDan Meyer12038392.240859
2BDavey Lopes128450109.2421142
3BWayne Gross12938697.251941
SSFred Stanley10122844.193217
LFRickey Henderson149536143.2671051
CFDwayne Murphy151543129.2382794
RFTony Armas138536125.2332889
DHJeff Burroughs11328579.2771648

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Cliff Johnson7321451.238731
Joe Rudi7119341.212518
Kelvin Moore216715.22426
Rob Picciolo184911.22403
Rick Bosetti6153.20000
Kevin Bell493.33300

Pitching

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Rick Langford32237.111164.2179

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Preston Hanna2348.1045.5932

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Dennis Kinney30008.310

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tacoma Tigers Pacific Coast League Ed Nottle
AA West Haven A's Eastern League Bob Didier
A Modesto A's California League Pete Whisenant
A Madison Muskies Midwest League Brad Fischer
A-Short Season Medford A's Northwest League Dennis Rogers
Rookie Idaho Falls A's Pioneer League Keith Lieppman

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: West Haven, Modesto

References
  1. Joe Rudi page at Baseball Reference
  2. Rich Bordi page at Baseball Reference
  3. Dennis Kinney page at Baseball Reference
  4. Craig Minetto page at Baseball Reference
  5. Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.52, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
  6. Home Run in Last At Bat by Baseball Almanac
  7. Rob Picciolo page at Baseball Reference
  8. Phil Stephenson page at Baseball Reference
  9. Charlie O'Brien page at Baseball Reference
  10. Jeff Kaiser page at Baseball Reference
  11. Jim Eppard page at Baseball Reference
  12. José Canseco page at Baseball Reference
  13. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/spencji01.shtml
  14. Preston Hanna page at Baseball Reference
  15. Rick Bosetti page at Baseball Reference
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