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.

Although a disappointing season standings-wise, a major highlight of the 1982 campaign for the A's was left fielder Rickey Henderson breaking the record for most stolen bases in a season with 130. Henderson broke the record, previously held by Lou Brock, by swiping his 119th base of the season on August 27 against the Milwaukee Brewers.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Farm system
5 References
6 External links

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]

Season standings

AL West	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
California Angels	93	69	.574	--
Kansas City Royals	90	72	.556	3.0
Chicago White Sox	87	75	.537	6.0
Seattle Mariners	76	86	.469	17.0
Oakland Athletics	68	94	.420	25,0
Texas Rangers	64	98	.395	29.0
Minnesota Twins	60	102	.370	33.0

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

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

1 Billy Martin

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
C	Heath, MikeMike Heath	101	318	77	.242	3	39
1B	Meyer, DanDan Meyer	120	383	92	.240	8	59
2B	Lopes, DaveyDavey Lopes	128	450	109	.242	11	42
3B	Gross, WayneWayne Gross	129	386	97	.251	9	41
SS	Stanley, FredFred Stanley	101	228	44	.193	2	17
LF	Henderson, RickeyRickey Henderson	149	536	143	.267	10	51
CF	Murphy, DwayneDwayne Murphy	151	543	129	.238	27	94
RF	Armas, TonyTony Armas	138	536	125	.233	28	89
DH	Burroughs, JeffJeff Burroughs	113	285	79	.277	16	48

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Johnson, CliffCliff Johnson	73	214	51	.238	7	31
Rudi, JoeJoe Rudi	71	193	41	.212	5	18
Moore, KelvinKelvin Moore	21	67	15	.224	2	6
Picciolo, RobRob Picciolo	18	49	11	.224	0	3
Bosetti, RickRick Bosetti	6	15	3	.200	0	0
Bell, KevinKevin Bell	4	9	3	.333	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Langford, RickRick Langford	32	237.1	11	16	4.21	79

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Hanna, PrestonPreston Hanna	23	48.1	0	4	5.59	32

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Kinney, DennisDennis Kinney	3	0	0	0	8.31	0

Farm system

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
Short-Season A	Medford A's	Northwest League	Dennis Rogers
Rookie	Idaho Falls A's	Pioneer League	Keith Lieppman

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: West Haven, Modesto

References

External links

1982 Oakland Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
1982 Oakland Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

v t e 1982 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1982 Major League Baseball Draft 1982 All-Star Game 1982 World Series

Oakland Athletics

Formerly the Philadelphia Athletics and the Kansas City Athletics
Based in Oakland, California (Bay Area)

The Franchise

History in Philadelphia • History in Oakland • Seasons • Records • No-hitters • Players • Owners and executives • Managers • Broadcasters • Award winners and league leaders • First-round draft picks * Opening Day starting pitchers * Record holders

Ballparks

Columbia Park • Shibe Park • Municipal Stadium • Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum • Cashman Field • Cisco Field (proposed)

Spring Training: Barrs Field; Terry Park Ballfield; Wilmington Park; McCurdy Field; Connie Mack Field; McKechnie Field; Rendezvous Park; Scottsdale Stadium I; Phoenix Municipal Stadium; HoHoKam Stadium(2015)

Culture

Philadelphia Athletics (football) • Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame • Charlie-O • Stomper • $100,000 Infield • "Holy Toledo!" • Billyball • Celebration • Moneyball (book • film)

Lore

The Mack Attack • Catfish Hunter's perfect game • 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake • Dallas Braden's perfect game

Rivalries

City Series • Bay Bridge Series

Important figures

Hall of Fame members	Home Run Baker Chief Bender Mickey Cochrane Eddie Collins Dennis Eckersley Rollie Fingers Jimmie Foxx Lefty Grove Rickey Henderson Catfish Hunter Reggie Jackson Nap Lajoie Connie Mack Eddie Plank Al Simmons Rube Waddell Dick Williams

Wall of Fame members	Sam Chapman Jack Coombs Jimmy Dykes George Earnshaw Ferris Fain Bob Johnson Eddie Joost Bing Miller Wally Moses Rube Oldring Bobby Shantz Eddie Rommel Elmer Valo Rube Walberg Gus Zernial

Retired numbers

World Series
Champions (9)

American League
Championships (15)

A.L. West Division
Championships (16)

1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1981
1988
1989
1990
1992
2000
2002
2003
2006
2012
2013

Minors

AAA: Sacramento River Cats
AA: Midland RockHounds
A: Stockton Ports; Beloit Snappers; Vermont Lake Monsters
Rookie: Arizona League Athletics, DSL Athletics

Seasons (114)

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