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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# | Pitchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
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 |
# | Catchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
18 | Jim Essian | 6-02 | 195 | Right | Right | 1951-01-02 |
48 | Mike Heath | 5-11 | 190 | Right | Right | 1955-02-05 |
# | Infielders | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
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 |
# | Outfielders | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
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 |
# | Other Positions | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
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 |
# | Pitchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
1980 Oakland Athletics Roster | Research by Baseball Almanac |
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:
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)?