1981 Oakland Athletics

64-45 • 0.587 Win% • 1st in AL W

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📊 Season Record

64 Wins

45 Losses

0.587 Win %

                        1st
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458 R 403 RA

Diff +55

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⚡ Quick Stats

458 Runs Scored

403 Runs Allowed

+55 Run Diff

1,298K Attendance

📈 vs. 1981 AL Average

Batting Avg .247 3% below the 1981 league average (.256)

OBP .311 3% below the 1981 league average (.319)

SLG .332 4% above the 1981 league average (.318)

Team ERA 3.30 10% better than the 1981 league average (3.66)

Runs Scored 458 5% above the 1981 league average (437 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumOakland Coliseum

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Home Games 56

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Total Attendance 1,298,105

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Avg per Game 23,180

⚾ Batting Leaders

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
Tony Armas	109	440	51	115	22	76	19	115	5	0.261
Rickey Henderson	108	423	89	135	6	35	64	68	56	0.319
Dwayne Murphy	107	390	58	98	15	60	73	91	10	0.251
Mike Heath	84	301	26	71	8	30	13	36	3	0.236
Cliff Johnson	84	273	40	71	17	59	28	60	5	0.260
Wayne Gross	82	243	29	50	10	31	34	28	2	0.206
Dave McKay	79	224	25	59	4	21	16	43	4	0.263
Jeff Newman	68	216	17	50	3	15	9	28	0	0.231
Rob Picciolo	82	179	23	48	4	13	5	22	0	0.268
Jim Spencer	54	171	14	35	2	9	10	20	1	0.205
Shooty Babitt	54	156	10	40	0	14	13	13	5	0.256
Fred Stanley	66	145	15	28	0	7	15	23	2	0.193
Mitchell Page	34	92	9	13	4	13	7	29	2	0.141
Dave Revering	31	87	12	20	2	10	11	12	0	0.230
Keith Drumright	31	86	8	25	0	11	4	4	0	0.291
Kelvin Moore	14	47	5	12	1	3	5	15	1	0.255
Mickey Klutts	15	46	9	17	5	11	2	9	0	0.370
Brian Doyle	17	40	2	5	0	3	1	2	0	0.125
Mark Budaska	9	32	3	5	0	2	4	10	0	0.156
Mike Patterson	12	23	4	8	0	1	2	5	0	0.348
Tim Hosley	18	21	2	2	1	5	2	5	0	0.095
Mike Davis	17	20	0	1	0	0	2	4	0	0.050
Rick Bosetti	9	19	4	2	0	1	3	3	0	0.105
Jimmy Sexton	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	0.000
Dave Beard	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Rich Bordi	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Jeff Cox	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Ed Figueroa	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Dave Heaverlo	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Jeff Jones	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Bob Kearney	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Matt Keough	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Brian Kingman	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Rick Langford	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Steve McCatty	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Bo McLaughlin	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Craig Minetto	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Jim Nettles	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Mike Norris	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Bob Owchinko	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Tom Underwood	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Steve McCatty 2.33 2 Rick Langford 2.99 3 Tom Underwood 3.18 4 Bob Owchinko 3.20 5 Jeff Jones 3.39

Wins

1 Steve McCatty 14 2 Rick Langford 12 3 Mike Norris 12 4 Matt Keough 10 5 Jeff Jones 4

Strikeouts

1 Steve McCatty 91 2 Rick Langford 84 3 Mike Norris 78 4 Matt Keough 60 5 Brian Kingman 52

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BB	SO
Rick Langford	12	10	2.99	24	24	0	195.1	58	84
Steve McCatty	14	7	2.33	22	22	0	185.2	61	91
Mike Norris	12	9	3.75	23	23	0	172.2	63	78
Matt Keough	10	6	3.40	19	19	0	140.1	45	60
Brian Kingman	3	6	3.95	18	15	0	100.1	32	52
Jeff Jones	4	1	3.39	33	0	3	61.0	40	43
Tom Underwood	3	2	3.18	16	5	1	51.0	25	46
Bob Owchinko	4	3	3.20	29	0	2	39.1	19	26
Dave Beard	1	1	2.77	8	0	3	13.0	4	15
Bo McLaughlin	0	0	11.57	11	0	1	11.2	9	3
Ed Figueroa	0	0	5.40	2	1	0	8.1	6	1
Craig Minetto	0	0	2.70	8	0	0	6.2	4	4
Dave Heaverlo	1	0	1.59	6	0	0	5.2	3	2
Rich Bordi	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	2.0	1	0

🏆 Postseason Results

AL Championship

Lost to NYA 3-0

AWDIV

OAK def. KCA 3-0

👥 Roster (41)

Tony Armas Shooty Babitt Dave Beard Rich Bordi Rick Bosetti Mark Budaska Jeff Cox Mike Davis Brian Doyle Keith Drumright Ed Figueroa Wayne Gross +29 more

41 players