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1984 Oakland Athletics
Major league affiliations
American League (since 1901) Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (since 1968) Oakland, California (since 1968)
1984 information
Owner(s)	Walter A. Haas, Jr.
Manager(s)	Steve Boros and Jackie Moore
Local television	KBHK (Bill King, Bill Rigney, Lon Simmons)
Local radio	KSFO (Bill King, Lon Simmons, Wayne Hagin)
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The Oakland Athletics' 1984 season involved the A's finishing 4th in the American League West with a record of 77 wins and 85 losses.

Contents

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

October 28, 1983: Joe Rudi was released by the Athletics.^[1]
November 21, 1983: Dave Beard and Bob Kearney were traded by the Athletics to the Seattle Mariners for Bill Caudill and Darrel Akerfelds.^[2]
December 13, 1983: Joe Morgan was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.^[3]
December 7, 1983: Rusty McNealy and cash were traded by the Athletics to the Montreal Expos for Ray Burris.^[4]
January 3, 1984: Luis Polonia was signed by the Athletics as an amateur free agent.^[5]
January 3, 1984: Félix José was signed by the Athletics as an amateur free agent.^[6]
January 16, 1984: Jack Daugherty was released by the Athletics.^[7]
February 8, 1984: Tim Belcher was chosen by the Athletics from the New York Yankees as a free agent compensation pick.^[8]

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

Team	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Kansas City Royals	84	78	.519	--
California Angels	81	81	.500	3.0
Minnesota Twins	81	81	.500	3.0
Oakland Athletics	77	85	.475	7.0
Chicago White Sox	74	88	.457	10.0
Seattle Mariners	74	88	.457	10.0
Texas Rangers	69	92	.429	14.5

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

3 Jeff Burroughs
10 Dave Kingman

Manager

14 Steve Boros
42 Jackie Moore

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
2B	Morgan, JoeJoe Morgan	116	365	89	.244	6	43

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.	RBI
Wagner, MarkMark Wagner	80	87	20	.230	12
Hancock, GarryGarry Hancock	51	60	13	.217	8
Kiefer, SteveSteve Kiefer	23	40	7	.175	2

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
Burris, RayRay Burris	34	211.2	13	10	3.15	93

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
Sorensen, LaryLary Sorensen	46	183.1	6	13	4.91	63

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
Caudill, BillBill Caudill	68	9	7	36	2.71	89
Atherton, KeithKeith Atherton	57	7	6	2	4.33	58
Burgmeier, TomTom Burgmeier	17	3	0	2	2.35	8
Rainey, ChuckChuck Rainey	16	1	1	1	6.75	10
Heimueller, GormanGorman Heimueller	6	0	1	0	6.14	3
Bettendorf, JeffJeff Bettendorf	3	0	0	1	4.66	5
Torrez, MikeMike Torrez	2	0	0	0	27.00	2
Wagner, MarkMark Wagner	1	0	0	0	0.00	1
Hancock, GarryGarry Hancock	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

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
Short-Season A	Medford A's	Northwest League	Dennis Rogers
Rookie	Idaho Falls A's	Pioneer League	Jim Nettles

References

^ Joe Rudi page at Baseball Reference
^ Bill Caudill page at Baseball Reference
^ Joe Morgan page at Baseball Reference
^ Ray Burris page at Baseball Reference
^ Luis Polonia page at Baseball Reference
^ Félix José page at Baseball Reference
^ Jack Daugherty page at Baseball Reference
^ Tim Belcher page at Baseball Reference
^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.232, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
^ Mark McGwire page at Baseball Reference
^ Todd Burns page at Baseball Reference
^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/henslch01.shtml
^ ^a ^b Mike Torrez page at Baseball Reference

External links

v d e 1984 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

1984 Major League Baseball Draft • 1984 All-Star Game • 1984 World Series

Oakland Athletics

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

The Franchise

History • Seasons • Records • No-hitters • Players • Owners and executives • Managers • Broadcasters • Award winners and league leaders • First-round draft picks

Ballparks

Columbia Park • Shibe Park • Municipal Stadium • O.co Coliseum • Cashman Field • Cisco Field (proposed)
Spring Training: Barrs Field • Terry Park Ballfield • Wilmington Park • McCurdy Field • Connie Mack Field • McKechnie Field • Scottsdale Stadium I • Phoenix Municipal Stadium

Culture

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

Lore

The Mack Attack • Kirk Gibson's 1988 World Series home run • 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

Franchise record holders	Don Baylor • Bert Campaneris • José Canseco • Jason Giambi • Ben Grieve • Dave Kingman • Bill Lamar • Mark McGwire • Cy Morgan • Danny Murphy • Elmer Myers • Roy Grover • Blue Moon Odom • Scott Perry • Vic Power • Pete Suder

Retired numbers

9 • 24 • 27 • 34 • 42 • 43

World Series
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