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Record: 54-108 .333.... 7th in American League West
Stadium: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 306,763

Top Draft Pick: Juan Bustabad (#5) AAA
Manager - Jim Marshall

Affiliates - AAA Ogden A's AA Waterbury A's A+ Modesto A's A- Medford A's

Team Leaders

HR: Newman [22]
RBI: Revering [77]
2B: Revering [25]
SB: Henderson [33]
W: Langford [12]
SV: Heaverlo [9]
SO: Langford [101]

Oldest Player: Jim Todd [31]
Youngest Player: Mike Morgan [19]
Longest Tenure: Mike Norris [5]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Derek Bryant (Apr 24) Rickey Henderson (Jun 24)
Pitchers: Brian Kingman (Jun 28)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Michael Altobelli			Medford	A-
Tony Armas	CF-OF	26	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Vernon Armstead	OF		Waterbury	AA
	OF		Modesto	A+
Eric Attaway			Waterbury	AA
Shooty Babitt	2B	20	Waterbury	AA
Dana Berry	1B		Modesto	A+
Thomas Brunswick	SS		Modesto	A+
Derek Bryant	OF	27	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	OF		Ogden	AAA
Mark Budaska	OF	26	Ogden	AAA
Glenn Burke	OF	26	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Oscar Burnett	OF-3B		Medford	A-
Dave Chalk	3B-SS	29	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Darryl Cias	C	22	Modesto	A+
	C		Medford	A-
Tim Conroy	P	19	Waterbury	AA
Ray Cosey	H	23	Ogden	AAA
Jeff Cox	2B	23	Ogden	AAA
Michael Davis	SS-OF		Waterbury	AA
	SS-OF		Modesto	A+
Pat Dempsey	C		Ogden	AAA
	C		Modesto	A+
Fred DeVito	3B		Modesto	A+
Miguel Dilone	OF	24	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	OF		Ogden	AAA
James Durrman			Medford	A-
Gordon Eakin			Modesto	A+
Mike Edwards	2B	27	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Terry Enyart	P	28	Ogden	AAA
Jim Essian	C	28	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Bruce Fournier			Waterbury	AA
Bobby Garrett			Medford	A-
Steve Gelfarb	1B-OF	23	Modesto	A+
Danny Goodwin	1B	26	Ogden	AAA
John Gosse	P		Modesto	A+
Bob Grandas	SS		Ogden	AAA
	SS		Waterbury	AA
Jay Greb	SS		Modesto	A+
	SS		Medford	A-
Wayne Gross	3B	27	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Mario Guerrero	SS	30	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Dennis Haines	C		Ogden	AAA
Dave Hamilton	P	31	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Theron Harper	C-1B	20	Medford	A-
Mack Harrison	SS-2B		Ogden	AAA
Mike Heath	C	24	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Dave Heaverlo	P	29	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Rickey Henderson	LF-OF	20	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	LF-OF		Ogden	AAA
Tim Hosley	C	32	Ogden	AAA
John Henry Johnson	P	23	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Michael Kennedy	SS		Medford	A-
Matt Keough	P	24	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Brian Kingman	P	25	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Rob Klebba	3B		Waterbury	AA
Mickey Klutts	3B	25	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Frank Kneuer	C	19	Modesto	A+
	C		Medford	A-
Frank Kolarek			Ogden	AAA
			Waterbury	AA
Bob Lacey	P	26	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Shaun Lacey			Medford	A-
Rick Langford	P	27	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Keith Lieppman	SS		Ogden	AAA
Robert Markham	1B		Modesto	A+
John McBrain	OF	22	Medford	A-
Steve McCatty	P	25	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Ron McNeely	OF		Waterbury	AA
Scott Meyer	C	22	Waterbury	AA
Craig Minetto	P	25	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Allan Minker	1B		Waterbury	AA
	1B		Modesto	A+
Craig Mitchell	P	25	Ogden	AAA
Paul Mize	2B		Waterbury	AA
Kelvin Moore	1B	22	Waterbury	AA
	1B		Modesto	A+
Mike Morgan	P	19	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Donald Morris	OF		Modesto	A+
Dwayne Murphy	OF	24	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Larry Murray	OF	26	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Jeff Newman	C-1B	31	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Mike Norris	P	24	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Ted Nowakowski	C		Waterbury	AA
Mitchell Page	OF	27	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Mike Patterson	OF	21	Ogden	AAA
	OF		Waterbury	AA
Rob Picciolo	SS-2B	26	Oakland Athletics	MLB
John Pignotti	OF		Medford	A-
Milt Ramirez	3B-2B	29	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	3B-2B		Ogden	AAA
Daniel Randle			Medford	A-
Dave Revering	1B	26	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Leroy Robbins	OF		Waterbury	AA
Steve Roberts	OF		Modesto	A+
Howard Robinson	3B-SS		Medford	A-
Michael Rodriguez	C		Ogden	AAA
Steven Schields			Medford	A-
Mark Souza	P	24	Ogden	AAA
Paul Spillane	C		Modesto	A+
Paul Stevens	2B		Ogden	AAA
	2B		Waterbury	AA
	2B		Modesto	A+
Paul Stockley	OF		Modesto	A+
Jim Todd	P	32	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Ricky Tronerud	P-OF	26	Waterbury	AA
Joe Wallis	OF	27	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Robert Wilber			Medford	A-
Joseph Williams	1B		Medford	A-
Alan Wirth	P	22	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	P		Ogden	AAA
Mike Woodard	2B	19	Modesto	A+

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Brian Abraham		Ogden	AAA
Keith Atherton	20	Waterbury	AA
	20	Modesto	A+
Dave Beard	19	Waterbury	AA
Ron Bell		Ogden	AAA
Walter Bigos	22	Modesto	A+
Bert Bradley	22	Ogden	AAA
	22	Waterbury	AA
	22	Modesto	A+
Barton Braun		Ogden	AAA
		Waterbury	AA
		Modesto	A+
Thomas Brunswick		Modesto	A+
Mark Budaska	26	Ogden	AAA
Oscar Burnett		Medford	A-
Keith Call		Medford	A-
Ernie Camacho	24	Ogden	AAA
Mark Clapham		Waterbury	AA
Bret Cleland		Medford	A-
Tim Conroy	19	Waterbury	AA
Kenneth Corzel		Modesto	A+
Dennis DeBarr	26	Waterbury	AA
Charles Dougherty		Modesto	A+
		Medford	A-
Terry Enyart	28	Ogden	AAA
Mark Ferguson		Medford	A-
Bruce Fournier		Waterbury	AA
Lawrence Glover		Waterbury	AA
John Gosse		Modesto	A+
Randy Green		Ogden	AAA
		Waterbury	AA
Monroe Greenfield		Ogden	AAA
Dave Hamilton	31	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Craig Harris		Modesto	A+
		Medford	A-
Mack Harrison		Ogden	AAA
Dave Heaverlo	29	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Richard Holloway		Modesto	A+
Ron Jensen		Modesto	A+
John Henry Johnson	23	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Jeff Jones	23	Ogden	AAA
Matt Keough	24	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Brian Kingman	25	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	25	Ogden	AAA
Bob Lacey	26	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Rick Langford	27	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Keith Lieppman		Ogden	AAA
Frederick Lund		Modesto	A+
Rick Lysander	26	Ogden	AAA
Ronnie Mantsch		Modesto	A+
		Medford	A-
Stephen Marlowe		Medford	A-
David McCarthy		Modesto	A+
Steve McCatty	25	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	25	Ogden	AAA
Craig Minetto	25	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Craig Mitchell	25	Ogden	AAA
Bobby Moore	20	Waterbury	AA
Mike Morgan	19	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	19	Ogden	AAA
Mike Norris	24	Oakland Athletics	MLB
Steven Oliver		Medford	A-
Ed Retzer		Waterbury	AA
Donald Schubert		Modesto	A+
Peter Slattery		Medford	A-
Mark Souza	24	Ogden	AAA
Paul Stevens		Ogden	AAA
Jim Todd	32	Oakland Athletics	MLB
William Tolli		Medford	A-
Ricky Tronerud	26	Waterbury	AA
Donald Van Marter		Modesto	A+
		Medford	A-
Robert Wilber		Medford	A-
Alan Wirth	22	Oakland Athletics	MLB
	22	Ogden	AAA
Robert Wood		Medford	A-
Dennis Wyszynski		Waterbury	AA
		Modesto	A+
Mike Yesenchak		Modesto	A+
		Medford	A-