1980 Oakland Athletics Roster

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The 1980 Oakland Athletics team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1980 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1980 Oakland Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1980 Oakland Athletics salary list, a 1980 Oakland Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1980 Oakland Athletics primary starters list. Research by Baseball Almanac.

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59 Dave Beard 6-05 215 Right Left 1959-10-02
28 Rich Bordi 6-07 220 Right Right 1959-04-18
53 Ernie Camacho 6-01 180 Right Right 1955-02-01
33 Dave Hamilton 6-00 190 Left Left 1947-12-13
38 Jeff Jones 6-03 210 Right Right 1956-07-29
27 Matt Keough 6-03 190 Right Right 1955-07-03
50 Brian Kingman 6-02 200 Right Right 1954-07-27
34 Bob Lacey 6-05 210 Left Right 1953-08-25
22 Rick Langford 6-00 180 Right Right 1952-03-20
29 Rick Lysander 6-02 190 Right Right 1953-02-21
54 Steve McCatty 6-03 205 Right Right 1954-03-20
32 Craig Minetto 6-00 185 Left Left 1954-04-25
17 Mike Norris 6-02 175 Right Right 1955-03-19
58 Mark Souza 6-00 180 Left Left 1955-02-01
38 Alan Wirth 6-04 190 Right Right 1956-12-08
18 Jim Essian 6-02 195 Right Right 1951-01-02
48 Mike Heath 5-11 190 Right Right 1955-02-05
19, 56 Jeff Cox 5-11 170 Right Right 1955-11-09
7 Mike Edwards 5-10 154 Right Right 1952-08-27
4 Orlando Gonzalez 6-02 180 Left Left 1951-11-15
10 Wayne Gross 6-02 210 Right Left 1952-01-14
3 Mario Guerrero 5-10 155 Right Right 1949-09-28
12 Mickey Klutts 5-11 189 Right Right 1954-09-20
39 Dave McKay 6-01 195 Right Both 1950-03-14
5 Jeff Newman 6-02 218 Right Right 1948-09-11
8 Rob Picciolo 6-02 185 Right Right 1953-02-04
13 Dave Revering 6-04 210 Right Left 1953-02-12
11 Tony Armas 6-01 200 Right Right 1953-07-02
16 Mike Davis 6-03 185 Left Left 1959-06-11
35 Rickey Henderson 5-10 195 Left Right 1958-12-25
21 Dwayne Murphy 6-01 185 Right Left 1955-03-18
45 Ray Cosey 5-10 185 Left Left 1956-02-15
4 Randy Elliott 6-02 190 Right Right 1951-06-05
6 Mitchell Page 6-02 205 Right Left 1951-10-15
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The 1980 Oakland Athletics played 162 games during the regular season, won 83 games, lost 79 games, and finished in second position. They played their home games at Oakland Coliseum (Park Factors: 93/93) where 842,259 fans witnessed their 1980 Athletics finish the season with a .512 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1980 Oakland Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1980 Oakland Athletics salary list, a 1980 Oakland Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1980 Oakland Athletics primary starters list:

1980 Oakland Athletics
Opening Day Starters

Tony Armas
Jim Essian
Mario Guerrero
Mike Heath
Rickey Henderson
Mickey Klutts
Rick Langford
Dwayne Murphy
Jeff Newman
Rob Picciolo

1980 Oakland Athletics
Most Games by Position

C Jim Essian (68)
1B Dave Revering (95)
2B Dave McKay (63)
3B Wayne Gross (99)
SS Mario Guerrero (116)
LF Rickey Henderson (157)
CF Dwayne Murphy (158)
RF Tony Armas (153)
  
SP Matt Keough
SP Brian Kingman
SP Rick Langford
SP Steve McCatty
SP Mike Norris
  
RP Dave Hamilton
RP Jeff Jones
CL Bob Lacey

1980 Oakland Athletics
Salaries

Mitchell Page $100,000.00
Rob Picciolo $50,000.00
Tony Armas $37,000.00
Mike Heath $36,200.00
Dave Beard $30,000.00
Rich Bordi $30,000.00
Ernie Camacho $30,000.00
Ray Cosey $30,000.00
Jeff Cox $30,000.00
Mike Davis $30,000.00
Rickey Henderson $30,000.00
Jeff Jones $30,000.00
Brian Kingman $30,000.00
Rick Lysander $30,000.00
Craig Minetto $30,000.00
Dwayne Murphy $30,000.00
Dave Revering $30,000.00
Mark Souza $30,000.00
Alan Wirth $30,000.00

1980 Oakland Athletics
Uniform Numbers

#3 Mario Guerrero
#4 Randy Elliott
#4 Orlando Gonzalez
#5 Jeff Newman
#6 Mitchell Page
#7 Mike Edwards
#8 Rob Picciolo
#10 Wayne Gross
#11 Tony Armas
#12 Mickey Klutts
#13 Dave Revering
#16 Mike Davis
#17 Mike Norris
#18 Jim Essian
#19 Jeff Cox
#21 Dwayne Murphy
#22 Rick Langford
#27 Matt Keough
#28 Rich Bordi
#29 Rick Lysander
#32 Craig Minetto
#33 Dave Hamilton
#34 Bob Lacey
#35 Rickey Henderson
#38 Jeff Jones
#38 Alan Wirth
#39 Dave McKay
#45 Ray Cosey
#48 Mike Heath
#50 Brian Kingman
#53 Ernie Camacho
#54 Steve McCatty
#56 Jeff Cox
#58 Mark Souza
#59 Dave Beard

Did you know that a 1980 Oakland Athletics Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?