1981 Oakland Athletics
64 - 45
1980 / 1982 (Organization)
1st place in the AL West
Home Record:
Away Record: 		35 - 21 (.625)
29 - 24 (.547)		 +5.8 wins
+3.6 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 458 / 421 ( +37 )
Allowed/Expected: 403 / 425 ( +22 )
Pyth Record: 61 - 48 (+3)
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Oakland Coliseum
Attendance: 1,304,052 Avg Att: 23,287 (1.24)
Att Rank: 4 / 14 Lg Avg: 18,755
       
Park Factor: 0.94    
HR Factor: 0.96 R/L HR: 1.03 / 0.87
Notes:
- West Division Champions
- Defeated Kansas City Royals in the AWDS
- Lost to New York Yankees in the ALCS

Top Prospects (as of March 1st)

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Positions
# Pos
Age
 
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
   Acquired Via M D Y
1
RF
22.1
14.5
84.9
26.1
 
-0.2
1.0
3.0
0.7
4.7
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
7
1977
2
RP
22.4
4.6
35.5
3.8
 
1.4
0.4
0.2
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
6
1978
3
C
24.7
3.9
30.0
-5.0
 
0.0
-0.3
1.6
0.2
1.3
 
Draft (Minor League)
12
9
1980
4
SP
23.2
3.1
47.0
6.4
 
0.9
-1.2
-0.8
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
7
12
1980
5
RP
26.4
2.6
22.7
8.6
 
-0.1
0.0
3.5
-0.2
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
8
1976
6
SP
24.6
2.2
14.7
5.0
 
-0.2
0.8
 
Draft (Rule 5)
12
8
1980
7
RP
22.2
1.3
20.2
2.3
 
0.1
-0.4
-0.1
1.0
1.3
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
3
1980
8
RP
25.5
1.2
10.5
1.7
 
-0.2
 
Free Agency
2
29
1980
9
RP
23.9
0.9
13.2
3.8
 
 
Draft (Minor League)
12
9
1980
10
2B
22.3
0.3
2.6
-1.1
 
0.3
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
7
1977
11
RP
22.6
0.2
1.0
0.1
 
0.2
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
8
1976
12
C
24.2
0.1
0.9
0.3
 
0.1
 
Purchased
2
26
1979
13
LF
23.4
-0.1
2.0
1.0
 
0.1
-0.2
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
6
30
1975
14
1B
24.6
-0.1
0.0
-0.1
 
-0.1
 
Free Agency
2
18
1981
15
RP
24.5
-0.3
0.0
-0.5
 
-0.3
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
5
1979
16
2B
21.3
-0.3
4.7
-0.4
 
-0.3
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
6
1978
17
1B
23.8
-0.5
2.9
-1.5
 
0.1
-0.3
-0.2
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
6
1978
18
3B
20.7
-1.5
3.1
-2.2
 
-0.2
-0.5
 
Draft (Amateur)
1
13
1981
19
RP
24.9
-1.7
9.7
-1.2
 
-0.4
-1.0
-0.5
0.4
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
7
1977
20
RP
21.7
-2.3
15.1
0.0
 
-0.0
0.8
-1.3
-1.6
-0.1
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
7
1977
21
SP
21.2
-2.5
9.7
-6.7
 
0.0
0.2
-0.5
-0.1
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
6
1978
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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James