1984 Oakland Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkOakland–Alameda County Coliseum
CityOakland, California
Record77–85 (.475)
Divisional place4th
OwnersWalter A. Haas, Jr.
General managersSandy Alderson
ManagersSteve Boros, Jackie Moore
TelevisionKBHK-TV
(Bill King, Bill Rigney, Lon Simmons)
RadioKSFO
(Bill King, Lon Simmons, Wayne Hagin)
Seasons

The Oakland Athletics' 1984 season involved the A's finishing fourth in the American League West with a record of 77 wins and 85 losses. While the A's struggled for a third consecutive season, they staged a major coup by drafting future superstar Mark McGwire with the tenth overall pick of the 1984 Major League Baseball Draft. The season also marked the end of Rickey Henderson's first (of four) stints with the Athletics. His second stint would begin in 1989.

Offseason

Regular season

  • August 19, 1984: In a game against the Athletics, Cliff Johnson of the Toronto Blue Jays hit the 19th pinch home run of his career, breaking Jerry Lynch's mark of 18.[9]

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 8478 0.519 — 44–37 40–41
California Angels 8181 0.500 3 37–44 44–37
Minnesota Twins 8181 0.500 3 47–34 34–47
Oakland Athletics 7785 0.475 7 44–37 33–48
Chicago White Sox 7488 0.457 10 43–38 31–50
Seattle Mariners 7488 0.457 10 42–39 32–49
Texas Rangers 6992 0.429 14½ 34–46 35–46

Record vs. opponents

1984 American League record

Sources:

Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —6–78–47–57–67–65–77–65–75–86–69–39–34–9
Boston 7–6—9–37–510–37–63–99–46–67–67–54–85–75–8
California 4–83–9—8–58–44–86–78–44–98–47–69–45–87–5
Chicago 5–75–75–8—8–44–85–87–58–57–56–75–85–84–8
Cleveland 6–73–104–84–8—4–96–69–47–52–117–58–49–36–7–1
Detroit 6–76–78–48–49–4—7–511–29–37–69–36–610–28–5
Kansas City 7–59–37–68–56–65–7—6–66–75–75–89–46–75–7
Milwaukee 6–74–94–85–74–92–116–6—5–76–74–86–65–610–3
Minnesota 7–56–69–45–85–73–97–67–5—8–48–57–68–51–11
New York 8–56–74–85–711–26–77–57–64–8—8–47–56–68–5
Oakland 6–65–76–77–65–73–98–58–45–84–8—8–58–54–8
Seattle 3–98–44–98–54–86–64–96–66–75–75–8—10–35–7
Texas 3–97–58–58–53–92–107–66–55–86–65–83–10—6–6
Toronto 9–48–55–78–47–6–15–87–53–1011–15–88–47–56–6—

Notable transactions

  • June 4, 1984: 1984 Major League Baseball Draft
    • Mark McGwire was drafted by the Athletics in the 1st round (10th pick). Player signed July 20, 1984.[10]
    • Todd Burns was drafted by the Athletics in the 7th round.[11]
  • June 9, 1984: Chuck Hensley was purchased by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Oakland Athletics.[12]
  • July 3, 1984: Mike Torrez was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.[13]
  • August 9, 1984: Mike Torrez was released by the Athletics.[13]

Roster

1984 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 Heath140475118.2481364
1BBruce Bochte148469124.264552
2BJoe Morgan11636589.244643
SSTony Phillips154451120.266437
3BCarney Lansford151597179.3001474
LFRickey Henderson142502147.2931658
CFDwayne Murphy153559143.2563388
RFMike Davis13438288.230946
DHDave Kingman147549147.26835118

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Davey Lopes7223059.257936
Bill Almon10621147.223716
Donnie Hill7317440.230216
Jim Essian6313632.235210
Mark Wagner808720.230012
Mickey Tettleton337620.26315
Jeff Burroughs587115.21128
Garry Hancock516013.21708
Steve Kiefer23407.17502
Dan Meyer20227.31804

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ray Burris34211.213103.1593
Steve McCatty33179.28144.7663
Bill Krueger26142.010104.7561
Curt Young20108.2944.0641

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Lary Sorensen46183.16134.9163
Tim Conroy3893.0165.2369
Mike Warren2490.0364.9061
Chris Codiroli2889.1645.8444
Rick Langford38.2008.312

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Bill Caudill6897362.7189
Keith Atherton577624.3358
Tom Burgmeier173022.358
Chuck Rainey161116.7510
Jeff Jones130303.5519
Dave Leiper81009.003
Gorman Heimueller60106.143
Jeff Bettendorf30014.665
Mike Torrez200027.002
Mark Wagner10000.001
Garry Hancock10000.000

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Tacoma Tigers Pacific Coast League Ed Nottle
AA Albany-Colonie A's Eastern League Keith Lieppman
A Modesto A's California League George Mitterwald
A Madison Muskies Midwest League Brad Fischer
A-Short Season Medford A's Northwest League Dennis Rogers
Rookie Idaho Falls A's Pioneer League Jim Nettles

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Modesto

References

  1. ↑ Joe Rudi page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Bill Caudill page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Joe Morgan page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Ray Burris page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Luis Polonia page at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Félix José page at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Jack Daugherty page at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Tim Belcher page at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.232, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  10. ↑ Mark McGwire page at Baseball Reference
  11. ↑ Todd Burns page at Baseball Reference
  12. ↑ "Chuck Hensley Stats".
  13. 1 2 Mike Torrez page at Baseball Reference
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