The 1984 Oakland Athletics season was the 84th season for the Oakland Athletics franchise, all as members of the American League, and their 17th season in Oakland. The Athletics finished 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. After 13 years, this would be the final season that the Athletics wore their Swingin' A's era uniforms.

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

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.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.232, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

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.Mark McGwire page at Baseball Reference Todd Burns was drafted by the Athletics in the 7th round.Todd Burns page at Baseball Reference June 9, 1984: Chuck Hensley was purchased by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Oakland Athletics. July 3, 1984: Mike Torrez was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.Mike Torrez page at Baseball Reference August 9, 1984: Mike Torrez was released by the Athletics.

Roster 1984 Oakland Athletics Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches (Third Base) (First Base) (Bench/First Base) (Bullpen) (Pitching) (Pitching) (Hitting)

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 Mike Heath 140 475 118 .248 13 64 1B Bruce Bochte 148 469 124 .264 5 52 2B 116 365 89 .244 6 43 SS Tony Phillips 154 451 120 .266 4 37 3B Carney Lansford 151 597 179 .300 14 74 LF Rickey Henderson 142 502 147 .293 16 58 CF Dwayne Murphy 153 559 143 .256 33 88 RF Mike Davis 134 382 88 .230 9 46 DH Dave Kingman 147 549 147 .268 35 118

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 Lopes 72 230 59 .257 9 36 Bill Almon 106 211 47 .223 7 16 Donnie Hill 73 174 40 .230 2 16 Jim Essian 63 136 32 .235 2 10 80 87 20 .230 0 12 Mickey Tettleton 33 76 20 .263 1 5 Jeff Burroughs 58 71 15 .211 2 8 51 60 13 .217 0 8 23 40 7 .175 0 2 Dan Meyer 20 22 7 .318 0 4

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 34 211.2 13 10 3.15 93 Steve McCatty 33 179.2 8 14 4.76 63 Bill Krueger 26 142.0 10 10 4.75 61 Curt Young 20 108.2 9 4 4.06 41

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 46 183.1 6 13 4.91 63 Tim Conroy 38 93.0 1 6 5.23 69 Mike Warren 24 90.0 3 6 4.90 61 Chris Codiroli 28 89.1 6 4 5.84 44 Rick Langford 3 8.2 0 0 8.31 2

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 68 9 7 36 2.71 89 57 7 6 2 4.33 58 17 3 0 2 2.35 8 16 1 1 1 6.75 10 Jeff Jones 13 0 3 0 3.55 19 Dave Leiper 8 1 0 0 9.00 3 6 0 1 0 6.14 3 3 0 0 1 4.66 5 2 0 0 0 27.00 2 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Modesto

References

External links 1984 Oakland Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1984 Oakland Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com