1983 Baltimore Orioles season

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1983 Baltimore Orioles
1983 AL East Champions
1983 AL Champions
1983 World Series Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 98–64 (.605)
Divisional place 1st
Other information
Owner(s) Edward Bennett Williams
General manager(s) Hank Peters
Manager(s) Joe Altobelli
Local television WMAR-TV
(Chuck Thompson, Brooks Robinson)
Super TV
(Rex Barney,Ted Patterson)
Local radio WFBR
(Jon Miller, Tom Marr)
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The 1983 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Orioles finishing 1st in the American League East with a record of 98 wins and 64 losses. The season culminated with the winning of the 1983 World Series over the Philadelphia Phillies.

Offseason

  • October 19, 1982: Don Stanhouse was released by the Orioles.[1]
  • January 15, 1983: Joe Nolan was signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.[2]
  • February 3, 1983: Aurelio Rodriguez was signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.[3]

Regular season

Season standings

AL East		 W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 98 64 0.605 — 50–31 48–33
Detroit Tigers 92 70 0.568 6 48–33 44–37
New York Yankees 91 71 0.562 7 51–30 40–41
Toronto Blue Jays 89 73 0.549 9 48–33 41–40
Milwaukee Brewers 87 75 0.537 11 52–29 35–46
Boston Red Sox 78 84 0.481 20 38–43 40–41
Cleveland Indians 70 92 0.432 28 36–45 34–47


Record vs. opponents

1983 American League Records

Sources:

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore — 8–5 7–5 7–5 6–7 5–8 8–4 11–2 8–4 6–7 8–4 8–4 9–3 7–6
Boston 5–8 — 6–6 6–6 7–6 4–9 5–7 4–9 5–7 7–6 8–4 7–5 7–5 7–6
California 5–7 6–6 — 3–10 8–4 4–8 6–7 6–6 6–7 5–7 5–8 6–7 6–7 4–8
Chicago 5–7 6–6 10–3 — 8–4 8–4 9–4 4–8 8–5 8–4 8–5 12–1 8–5 5–7
Cleveland 7–6 6–7 4–8 4–8 — 5–8 7–5 3–10 6–6 6–7 7–5 8–4 3–9 4–9
Detroit 8–5 9–4 8–4 4–8 8–5 — 7–5 6–7 9–3 5–8 6–6 8–4 8–4 6–7
Kansas City 4–8 7–5 7–6 4–9 5–7 5–7 — 6–6 6–7 6–6 7–6 8–5 8–5–1 6–6
Milwaukee 2–11 9–4 6–6 8–4 10–3 7–6 6–6 — 8–4 4–9 6–6 5–7 8–4 8–5
Minnesota 4–8 7–5 7–6 5–8 6–6 3–9 7–6 4–8 — 4–8 4–9 9–4 5–8 5–7
New York 7–6 6–7 7–5 4–8 7–6 8–5 6–6 9–4 8–4 — 8–4 7–5 7–5 7–6
Oakland 4–8 4–8 8–5 5–8 5–7 6–6 6–7 6–6 9–4 4–8 — 9–4 2–11 6–6
Seattle 4–8 5–7 7–6 1–12 4–8 4–8 5–8 7–5 4–9 5–7 4–9 — 6–7 4–8
Texas 3–9 5–7 7–6 5–8 9–3 4–8 5–8–1 4–8 8–5 5–7 11–2 7–6 — 4–8
Toronto 6–7 6–7 8–4 7–5 9–4 7–6 6–6 5–8 7–5 6–7 6–6 8–4 8–4 —


Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

  • June 30, 1983: Todd Cruz was purchased by the Orioles from the Seattle Mariners.[5]
  • August 13, 1983: Aurelio Rodriguez was released by the Baltimore Orioles.[3]

Roster

1983 Baltimore Orioles roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB= Stolen bases

Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
C Rick Dempsey 128 347 33 80 .231 4 32 1
1B Eddie Murray 156 582 115 178 .306 33 111 5
2B Rich Dauer 140 459 49 108 .235 5 41 1
3B Todd Cruz 81 221 16 46 .208 3 27 3
SS Cal Ripken 162 663 121 211 .318 27 102 0
LF John Lowenstein 122 310 52 87 .281 15 60 2
CF Al Bumbry 124 378 63 104 .275 3 31 12
RF Dan Ford 103 407 63 114 .280 9 55 9
DH Ken Singleton 151 507 52 140 .276 18 84 0

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Other batters

Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB= Stolen bases

Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
John Shelby 126 325 52 84 .258 5 27 15
Gary Roenicke 115 323 45 84 .260 19 64 2
Jim Dwyer 100 196 37 56 .286 8 38 1
Joe Nolan 73 184 25 51 .277 5 24 0
Lenn Sakata 66 134 23 34 .254 3 12 8
Leo Hernández 64 203 21 50 .246 6 26 1
Benny Ayala 47 104 12 23 .221 4 13 0
Aurelio Rodríguez 45 67 0 8 .119 0 2 0
Glenn Gulliver 23 47 5 10 .213 0 2 0
Tito Landrum 26 42 8 13 .310 1 4 0
Mike Young 25 36 5 6 .167 0 2 1
John Stefero 9 11 2 5 .455 0 4 0
Bobby Bonner 6 0 0 0 ---- 0 0 0
Dave Huppert 2 0 0 0 ---- 0 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA BB SO
Scott McGregor 36 260 18 7 3.18 45 86
Storm Davis 34 200.1 13 7 3.59 64 125
Dennis Martínez 32 153 7 16 5.53 45 71
Mike Boddicker 27 179 16 8 2.77 52 120
Mike Flanagan 20 125.1 12 4 3.30 31 50
Jim Palmer 14 76.2 5 4 4.23 19 34
Allan Ramirez 11 57 4 4 3.47 30 20

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA BB SO
Bill Swaggerty 7 21.2 1 1 2.91 6 7
Paul Mirabella 3 9.2 0 0 5.59 4 7

Relief pitchers

Player G IP W L SV ERA BB SO
Tippy Martinez 65 103.1 9 3 21 2.35 37 81
Sammy Stewart 58 144.1 9 4 7 3.62 67 95
Tim Stoddard 47 57.2 4 3 9 6.09 29 50
Don Welchel 11 26.2 0 2 0 5.40 10 16

Postseason

ALCS

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Main article: 1983 American League Championship Series

Summary

Game Score Date Location Attendance
1 Chicago – 2, Baltimore – 1 October 5 Memorial Stadium 51,289
2 Chicago – 0, Baltimore – 4 October 6 Memorial Stadium 52,347
3 Baltimore – 11, Chicago – 1 October 7 Comiskey Park 46,635
4 Baltimore – 3, Chicago – 0 October 8 Comiskey Park 45,477

World Series

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Main article: 1983 World Series

AL Baltimore Orioles (4) vs. NL Philadelphia Phillies (1)

Game Score Date Location Attendance Time of Game
1 Phillies – 2, Orioles – 1 October 11 Memorial Stadium (Baltimore) 52,204 2:22
2 Phillies – 1, Orioles – 4 October 12 Memorial Stadium (Baltimore) 52,132 2:27
3 Orioles – 3, Phillies – 2 October 14 Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia) 65,792 2:35
4 Orioles – 5, Phillies – 4 October 15 Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia) 66,947 2:50
5 Orioles – 5, Phillies – 0 October 16 Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia) 67,064 2:21

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

League leaders

  • Cal Ripken, Jr. – American League Leader in At-Bats (663)
  • Cal Ripken, Jr. – American League Leader in Hits (211)
  • Cal Ripken, Jr. – American League Leader Runs Scored (121)
  • Cal Ripken, Jr. – American League Leader Doubles (47)

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Lance Nichols
AA Charlotte O's Southern League Grady Little
A Hagerstown Suns Carolina League John Hart
A-Short Season Newark Orioles New York–Penn League Art Mazmanian
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Greg Biagini

Notes

  1. ↑ Don Stanhouse at Baseball-Reference
  2. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nolanjo01.shtml
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rodriau01.shtml
  4. ↑ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1983&t=BAL
  5. ↑ Todd Curz at Baseball-Reference
  6. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BAL/1983.shtml

References

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