1981 Oakland Athletics Roster

The 1981 Oakland Athletics team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1981 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 1981 Oakland Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1981 Oakland Athletics salary list, a 1981 Oakland Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1981 Oakland Athletics primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
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1981 Oakland Athletics



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Complete Roster  
 

Roster
Schedule
55 Dave Beard 6-05 215 Right Left 1959-10-02
28 Rich Bordi 6-07 220 Right Right 1959-04-18
23 Ed Figueroa 6-01 190 Right Right 1948-10-14
60 Dave Heaverlo 6-01 210 Right Right 1950-08-25
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
22 Rick Langford 6-00 180 Right Right 1952-03-20
54 Steve McCatty 6-03 205 Right Right 1954-03-20
34 Bo McLaughlin 6-05 210 Right Right 1953-10-23
32 Craig Minetto 6-00 185 Left Left 1954-04-25
17 Mike Norris 6-02 175 Right Right 1955-03-19
51 Bob Owchinko 6-02 195 Left Left 1955-01-01
31 Tom Underwood 5-11 170 Left Right 1953-12-22
2 Mike Heath 5-11 190 Right Right 1955-02-05
32 Bob Kearney 6-00 190 Right Right 1956-10-03
5 Jeff Newman 6-02 218 Right Right 1948-09-11
3 Shooty Babitt 5-08 174 Right Right 1959-03-09
48, 49 Jeff Cox 5-11 170 Right Right 1955-11-09
18 Brian Doyle 5-10 160 Right Left 1955-01-26
14 Keith Drumright 5-10 170 Right Left 1954-10-21
10 Wayne Gross 6-02 210 Right Left 1952-01-14
25 Tim Hosley 5-10 195 Right Right 1947-05-10
9 Mickey Klutts 5-11 189 Right Right 1954-09-20
39 Dave McKay 6-01 195 Right Both 1950-03-14
26 Kelvin Moore 6-01 195 Left Right 1957-09-26
8 Rob Picciolo 6-02 185 Right Right 1953-02-04
13 Dave Revering 6-04 210 Right Left 1953-02-12
15 Jimmy Sexton 5-10 175 Right Right 1951-12-15
12 Jim Spencer 6-02 195 Left Left 1947-07-30
11 Fred Stanley 5-10 167 Right Right 1947-08-13
20 Tony Armas 6-01 200 Right Right 1953-07-02
7 Rick Bosetti 5-11 185 Right Right 1953-08-05
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
29 Jim Nettles 6-00 186 Left Left 1947-03-02
47 Mike Patterson 5-10 170 Right Left 1958-01-26
13, 15 Mark Budaska 6-00 180 Left Both 1952-12-27
44 Cliff Johnson 6-04 225 Right Right 1947-07-22
6 Mitchell Page 6-02 205 Right Left 1951-10-15
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The 1981 Oakland Athletics played 109 games during the regular season, won 64 games, lost 45 games, and finished in first position. They played their home games at Oakland Coliseum (Park Factors: 95/95) where 1,304,052 fans witnessed their 1981 Athletics finish the season with a .587 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 1981 Oakland Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1981 Oakland Athletics salary list, a 1981 Oakland Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1981 Oakland Athletics primary starters list:

1981 Oakland Athletics
Opening Day Starters


Tony Armas
Shooty Babitt
Mike Heath
Rickey Henderson
Cliff Johnson
Steve McCatty
Dave McKay
Dwayne Murphy
Jeff Newman
Rob Picciolo

1981 Oakland Athletics
Most Games by Position

C Mike Heath (78)
1B Jim Spencer (48)
2B Shooty Babitt (52)
3B Wayne Gross (73)
SS Rob Picciolo (82)
LF Rickey Henderson (107)
CF Dwayne Murphy (106)
RF Tony Armas (108)
DH Cliff Johnson (68)
  
SP Matt Keough
SP Brian Kingman
SP Rick Langford
SP Steve McCatty
SP Mike Norris
  
RP Bob Owchinko
CL Jeff Jones


1981 Oakland Athletics
Salaries

No Salary Data Available


1981 Oakland Athletics
Uniform Numbers

#2 Mike Heath
#3 Shooty Babitt
#5 Jeff Newman
#6 Mitchell Page
#7 Rick Bosetti
#8 Rob Picciolo
#9 Mickey Klutts
#10 Wayne Gross
#11 Fred Stanley
#12 Jim Spencer
#13 Mark Budaska
#13 Dave Revering
#14 Keith Drumright
#15 Mark Budaska
#15 Jimmy Sexton
#16 Mike Davis
#17 Mike Norris
#18 Brian Doyle
#20 Tony Armas
#21 Dwayne Murphy
#22 Rick Langford
#23 Ed Figueroa
#25 Tim Hosley
#26 Kelvin Moore
#27 Matt Keough
#28 Rich Bordi
#29 Jim Nettles
#31 Tom Underwood
#32 Bob Kearney
#32 Craig Minetto
#34 Bo McLaughlin
#35 Rickey Henderson
#38 Jeff Jones
#39 Dave McKay
#44 Cliff Johnson
#47 Mike Patterson
#48 Jeff Cox
#49 Jeff Cox
#50 Brian Kingman
#51 Bob Owchinko
#54 Steve McCatty
#55 Dave Beard
#60 Dave Heaverlo

Did you know that a 1981 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)?
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