The 1982 Oakland Athletics season was the 82nd season for the Oakland Athletics franchise, all as members of the American League, and their 15th season in Oakland. The Athletics finished fifth in the American League West with a record of 68 wins and 94 losses.

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 December 4, 1981: Joe Rudi was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.Joe Rudi page at Baseball Reference December 9, 1981: Rich Bordi was traded by the Athletics to the Seattle Mariners for Dan Meyer.Rich Bordi page at Baseball Reference February 7, 1982: Dennis Kinney was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.Dennis Kinney page at Baseball Reference February 24, 1982: Craig Minetto was traded by the Athletics to the Baltimore Orioles for Allen Edwards (minors).Craig Minetto page at Baseball Reference

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.Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.52, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, October 3, 1982: Joe Rudi hit a home run in the last at-bat of his career.Home Run in Last At Bat by Baseball Almanac

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions May 14, 1982: Rob Picciolo was traded by the Athletics to the Milwaukee Brewers for Mike Warren and John Evans (minors).Rob Picciolo page at Baseball Reference June 7, 1982: 1982 Major League Baseball draft Phil Stephenson was drafted by the Athletics in the 3rd round.Phil Stephenson page at Baseball Reference Charlie O'Brien was drafted by the Athletics in the 5th round.Charlie O'Brien page at Baseball Reference Jeff Kaiser was drafted by the Athletics in the 10th round.Jeff Kaiser page at Baseball Reference Jim Eppard was drafted by the Athletics in the 13th round.Jim Eppard page at Baseball Reference José Canseco was drafted by the Athletics in the 15th round. Canseco signed on June 17, 1982.José Canseco page at Baseball Reference June 28, 1982: Jim Spencer was released by the Oakland Athletics. July 15, 1982: Preston Hanna was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.Preston Hanna page at Baseball Reference September 6, 1982: Rick Bosetti was released by the Athletics.Rick Bosetti page at Baseball Reference

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 C 101 318 77 .242 3 39 1B 120 383 92 .240 8 59 2B 128 450 109 .242 11 42 3B 129 386 97 .251 9 41 SS 101 228 44 .193 2 17 LF 149 536 143 .267 10 51 CF 151 543 129 .238 27 94 RF 138 536 125 .233 28 89 DH 113 285 79 .277 16 48

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 Jeff Newman 72 251 50 .199 6 30 73 214 51 .238 7 31 Dave McKay 78 212 42 .198 4 17 71 193 41 .212 5 18 Mickey Klutts 55 157 28 .178 0 14 Jimmy Sexton 69 139 34 .245 2 14 Jim Spencer 33 101 17 .168 2 5 Tony Phillips 40 81 17 .210 0 8 Mitchell Page 31 78 20 .256 4 7 Mike Davis 23 75 30 .400 1 10 Bob Kearney 22 71 12 .169 0 5 21 67 15 .224 2 6 Danny Goodwin 17 52 11 .212 2 8 18 49 11 .224 0 3 Darrell Brown 8 18 6 .333 0 3 6 15 3 .200 0 0 4 9 3 .333 0 0

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 32 237.1 11 16 4.21 79 Matt Keough 34 209.1 11 18 5.72 75 Mike Norris 28 166.1 7 11 4.76 83 Steve McCatty 21 128.2 6 3 3.99 66 Brian Kingman 23 122.2 4 12 4.48 46 Tim Conroy 5 25.1 2 2 3.55 17 Chris Codiroli 3 16.2 1 2 4.32 5

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 Tom Underwood 56 153.0 10 6 3.29 79 Steve Baker 5 25.2 1 1 4.56 14

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 Dave Beard 54 10 9 11 3.44 73 Bob Owchinko 54 2 4 3 5.21 67 Preston Hanna 23 0 4 0 5.59 32 Bo McLaughlin 21 0 4 0 4.84 27 Jeff Jones 18 3 1 0 5.11 18 John D'Acquisto 11 0 1 0 5.29 7 Fernando Arroyo 10 0 0 0 5.24 9 3 0 0 0 8.31 0

Farm system

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