1983 Oakland Athletics season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Oakland Athletics
season = 1983
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = Western Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
y4 = 1968
city = Oakland, California
y5 = 1968
owners = Walter A. Haas, Jr.
managers = Steve Boros
television = KBHK
(Bill King, Bill Rigney, Lon Simmons)
radio = KSFO
(Bill King, Lon Simmons, Wayne Hagin)|The Oakland Athletics' 1983 season involved the A's finishing 4th in the American League West with a record of 74 wins and 88 losses.

Offseason

* December 13, 1982: Kevin Bell was released by the Athletics. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bellke01.shtml Kevin Bell page at Baseball Reference] ]
* December 20, 1982: Preston Hanna was released by the Athletics. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hannapr01.shtml Preston Hanna page at Baseball Reference] ]
* January 11, 1983: Steve Howard was drafted by the Athletics in the 8th round of the 1983 amateur draft. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/howarst01.shtml Steve Howard page at Baseball Reference] ]
* January 17, 1983: Brian Kingman was purchased from the Athletics by the Boston Red Sox. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kingmbr01.shtml Brian Kingman page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular season

eason standings

Notable transactions

* June 6, 1983: Greg Cadaret was drafted by the Athletics in the 11th round of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1983. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cadargr01.shtml Greg Cadaret page at Baseball Reference] ]
* June 15, 1983: Matt Keough was traded by the Athletics to the New York Yankees for Ben Callahan, Marshall Brant, and cash. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/keougma02.shtml Matt Keough page at Baseball Reference] ]

Roster

Pitching

tarting pitchers

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/OAK/1983.shtml 1983 Oakland Athletics team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1983&t=OAK 1983 Oakland Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]