1983 Boston Red Sox season

The 1983 Boston Red Sox season was the 83rd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished sixth in the American League East with a record of 78 wins and 84 losses, 20 games behind the Baltimore Orioles, who went on to win the 1983 World Series. It was the Red Sox' first losing season since 1966.

1983 Boston Red Sox
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston
Record78–84 (.481)
Divisional place6th
OwnersBuddy LeRoux, Haywood Sullivan, Jean Yawkey
PresidentJean Yawkey
General managerHaywood Sullivan
ManagerRalph Houk
TelevisionWSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Ned Martin, Bob Montgomery)
RadioWPLM-FM 99.1
WPLM-AM 1390
(Ken Coleman, Joe Castiglione)
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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On June 6, general partner Buddy LeRoux attempted to replace general manager Haywood Sullivan with former general manager Dick O'Connell, leading to protracted legal proceedings between LeRoux and the team's other two general partners, Sullivan and Jean Yawkey.[1] LeRoux ultimately lost in court the following June.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Record by month[8]
Month Record Cumulative AL East Ref.
Won Lost Won Lost Position GB
April 10 9 10 9 2nd (tie) 12 [9]
May 16 11 26 20 2nd 12 [10]
June 11 16 37 36 5th 5 [11]
July 14 14 51 50 6th 9 [12]
August 12 19 63 69 6th 15+12 [13]
September 14 14 77 83 6th 20 [14]
October 1 1 78 84 6th 20 [15]

Highlights

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Season standings

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AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 98 64 .605 50‍–‍31 48‍–‍33
Detroit Tigers 92 70 .568 6 48‍–‍33 44‍–‍37
New York Yankees 91 71 .562 7 51‍–‍30 40‍–‍41
Toronto Blue Jays 89 73 .549 9 48‍–‍33 41‍–‍40
Milwaukee Brewers 87 75 .537 11 52‍–‍29 35‍–‍46
Boston Red Sox 78 84 .481 20 38‍–‍43 40‍–‍41
Cleveland Indians 70 92 .432 28 36‍–‍45 34‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

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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


Notable transactions

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Opening Day lineup

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26 Wade Boggs 3B
24 Dwight Evans RF
14 Jim Rice LF
20 Tony Armas CF
  8 Carl Yastrzemski DH
11 Dave Stapleton 1B
10 Rich Gedman C
18 Glenn Hoffman SS
12 Julio Valdez 2B
43 Dennis Eckersley     P

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Roster

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1983 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

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Player stats

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Batting

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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB AVG SLG
Jim Rice 155 626 90 191 34 1 39 126 0 52 .305 .550
Jerry Remy 146 592 73 163 16 5 0 43 11 40 .275 .319
Wade Boggs 153 582 100 210 44 7 5 74 3 92 .361 .486
Tony Armas 145 574 77 125 23 2 36 107 0 29 .218 .453
Dave Stapleton 151 542 54 134 31 1 10 66 1 40 .247 .363
Glenn Hoffman 143 473 56 123 24 1 4 41 1 30 .260 .340
Dwight Evans 126 470 74 112 19 4 22 58 3 70 .238 .436
Carl Yastrzemski 119 380 38 101 24 0 10 56 0 54 .266 .408
Reid Nichols 100 274 35 78 22 1 6 22 7 26 .285 .438
Rick Miller 104 262 41 75 10 2 2 21 3 28 .286 .363
Gary Allenson 84 230 19 53 11 0 3 30 0 27 .230 .317
Rich Gedman 81 204 21 60 16 1 2 18 0 15 .294 .412
Ed Jurak 75 159 19 44 8 4 0 18 1 18 .277 .377
Jeff Newman 59 132 11 25 4 0 3 7 0 10 .189 .288
Marty Barrett 33 44 7 10 1 1 0 2 0 3 .227 .295
Julio Valdez 12 25 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .120 .120
Jackie Gutiérrez 5 10 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .300 .300
Lee Graham 5 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000
Chico Walker 4 5 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 .400 1.200
Team Totals 162 5590 724 1512 287 32 142 691 30 536 .270 .409

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Pitching

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Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO
John Tudor 13 12 4.09 34 34 0 242.0 236 122 110 81 136
Bruce Hurst 12 12 4.09 33 32 0 211.1 241 102 96 62 115
Dennis Eckersley 9 13 5.61 28 28 0 176.1 223 119 110 39 77
Bob Ojeda 12 7 4.04 29 28 0 173.2 173 85 78 73 94
Bob Stanley 8 10 2.85 64 0 33 145.1 145 56 46 38 65
Mike Brown 6 6 4.67 19 18 0 104.0 110 62 54 43 35
Oil Can Boyd 4 8 3.28 15 13 0 98.2 103 46 36 23 43
Mark Clear 4 5 6.28 48 0 4 96.0 101 71 67 68 81
Doug Bird 1 4 6.65 22 6 1 67.2 91 52 50 16 33
Luis Aponte 5 4 3.63 34 0 3 62.0 74 28 25 23 32
John Henry Johnson 3 2 3.71 34 1 1 53.1 58 28 22 20 51
Al Nipper 1 1 2.25 3 2 0 16.0 17 4 4 7 5
Team Totals 78 84 4.34 162 162 42 1446.1 1572 775 697 493 767

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Statistical leaders

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Wade Boggs
Category Player Statistic
Youngest player Oil Can Boyd
Rich Gedman
Lee Graham
Jackie Gutiérrez
23
Oldest player Carl Yastrzemski 43
Wins Above Replacement Wade Boggs 7.8

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Batting

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Abbr. Category Player Statistic
G Games played Jim Rice 155
PA Plate appearances Jim Rice 689
AB At bats Jim Rice 626
R Runs scored Wade Boggs 100
H Hits Wade Boggs 210
2B Doubles Wade Boggs 44
3B Triples Wade Boggs 7
HR Home runs Jim Rice 39
RBI Runs batted in Jim Rice 126
SB Stolen bases Jerry Remy 11
CS Caught stealing Reid Nichols 5
BB Base on balls Wade Boggs 92
SO Strikeouts Tony Armas 131
BA Batting average Wade Boggs .361
OBP On-base percentage Wade Boggs .444
SLG Slugging percentage Jim Rice .550
OPS On-base plus slugging Wade Boggs .931
OPS+ Adjusted OPS Wade Boggs 150
TB Total bases Jim Rice 344
GIDP Grounded into double play Jim Rice 31
HBP Hit by pitch Jim Rice 6
SH Sacrifice hits Jerry Remy 12
SF Sacrifice flies Dave Stapleton 8
IBB Intentional base on balls Carl Yastrzemski 11

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Pitching

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Abbr. Category Player Statistic
W Wins John Tudor 13
L Losses Dennis Eckersley 13
W-L % Winning percentage Bob Ojeda .632 (12–7)
ERA Earned run average Bob Ojeda 4.04
G Games pitched Bob Stanley 64
GS Games started John Tudor 34
GF Games finished Bob Stanley 53
CG Complete games John Tudor 7
SHO Shutouts Bruce Hurst 2
John Tudor
SV Saves Bob Stanley 33
IP Innings pitched John Tudor 242
SO Strikeouts John Tudor 136
WHIP Walks plus hits per inning pitched John Tudor 1.310

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Awards and honors

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Awards
Accomplishments
  • Jim Rice, American League Leader Home Runs (39)
  • Jim Rice, American League Leader RBIs (126)

All-Star Game

Farm system

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The New Britain Red Sox replaced the Bristol Red Sox as a Double-A affiliate.

Level Team League Manager
AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Tony Torchia
AA New Britain Red Sox Eastern League Rac Slider
A Winston-Salem Red Sox Carolina League Bill Slack
A Winter Haven Red Sox Florida State League Tom Kotchman
A-Short Season Elmira Suns New York–Penn League Dick Berardino

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: New Britain
Source:[20][21]

References

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  1. ^ Wulf, Steve (June 20, 1983). "The Fight is Over the Red Sox, Not in Them". vault.si.com. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
  2. ^ Tony Pérez at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Tony Armas at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Josías Manzanillo at Baseball-Reference
  5. ^ Ellis Burks at Baseball-Reference
  6. ^ Mike Torrez at Baseball-Reference
  7. ^ Brian Kingman at Baseball-Reference
  8. ^ "The 1983 Boston Red Sox". Retrosheet. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  9. ^ "Events of Saturday, April 30, 1983".
  10. ^ "Events of Tuesday, May 31, 1983".
  11. ^ "Events of Thursday, June 30, 1983".
  12. ^ "Events of Sunday, July 31, 1983".
  13. ^ "Events of Wednesday, August 31, 1983".
  14. ^ "Events of Friday, September 30, 1983".
  15. ^ "Events of Sunday, October 2, 1983".
  16. ^ Roger Clemens at Baseball-Reference
  17. ^ John Mitchell at Baseball-Reference
  18. ^ "Toronto Blue Jays 7, Boston Red Sox 1". Retrosheet. April 5, 1983. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  19. ^ a b c "1983 Boston Red Sox Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  20. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  21. ^ Boston Red Sox Media Guide. 1983. p. 81. Retrieved March 14, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.
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