The Texas Rangers 1983 season involved the Rangers finishing third in the American League West with a record of 77 wins and 85 losses. The Rangers did break a Major League Baseball record for the most runs ever scored by one team during a single extra inning.
1983 Texas Rangers | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Arlington Stadium | |
City | Arlington, Texas | |
Owners | Eddie Chiles | |
General managers | Joe Klein | |
Managers | Doug Rader | |
Television | KXAS-TV (Steve Busby, Merle Harmon) | |
Radio | WBAP (Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz) | |
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Regular season edit
Season standings edit
AL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago White Sox | 99 | 63 | 0.611 | — | 55–26 | 44–37 |
Kansas City Royals | 79 | 83 | 0.488 | 20 | 45–36 | 34–47 |
Texas Rangers | 77 | 85 | 0.475 | 22 | 44–37 | 33–48 |
Oakland Athletics | 74 | 88 | 0.457 | 25 | 42–39 | 32–49 |
California Angels | 70 | 92 | 0.432 | 29 | 35–46 | 35–46 |
Minnesota Twins | 70 | 92 | 0.432 | 29 | 37–44 | 33–48 |
Seattle Mariners | 60 | 102 | 0.370 | 39 | 30–51 | 30–51 |
Record vs. opponents edit
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] | ||||||||||||||
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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 edit
- Buddy Bell
- Bucky Dent
- Dave Hostetler
- Pete O'Brien
- Larry Parrish
- Mike Richardt
- Billy Sample
- Mike Smithson
- Jim Sundberg
- George Wright
Notable transactions edit
- August 19, 1983: Rick Honeycutt was traded by the Rangers to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Dave Stewart, a player to be named later and $200,000. The Dodgers completed by sending Ricky Wright to the Rangers on September 16.[1]
Roster edit
1983 Texas Rangers roster | |||||||||
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats edit
Batting edit
Starters by position edit
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Jim Sundberg | 131 | 378 | 76 | .201 | 2 | 28 |
1B | Pete O'Brien | 154 | 524 | 124 | .237 | 8 | 53 |
2B | Wayne Tolleson | 134 | 470 | 122 | .260 | 3 | 20 |
3B | Buddy Bell | 156 | 618 | 171 | .277 | 14 | 66 |
SS | Bucky Dent | 131 | 417 | 99 | .237 | 2 | 34 |
LF | Billy Sample | 147 | 554 | 152 | .274 | 12 | 57 |
CF | George Wright | 162 | 634 | 175 | .276 | 18 | 80 |
RF | Larry Parrish | 145 | 555 | 151 | .272 | 26 | 88 |
DH | Dave Hostetler | 94 | 304 | 67 | .220 | 11 | 46 |
Other batters edit
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Mickey Rivers | 96 | 309 | 88 | .285 | 1 | 20 |
Bill Stein | 78 | 232 | 72 | .310 | 2 | 33 |
Bob Johnson | 72 | 175 | 37 | .211 | 5 | 16 |
Larry Biitner | 66 | 116 | 32 | .276 | 0 | 18 |
Jim Anderson | 50 | 102 | 22 | .216 | 0 | 6 |
Mike Richardt | 22 | 83 | 13 | .157 | 1 | 7 |
Bobby Jones | 41 | 72 | 16 | .222 | 1 | 11 |
Curt Wilkerson | 16 | 35 | 6 | .171 | 0 | 1 |
Tom Dunbar | 12 | 24 | 6 | .250 | 0 | 3 |
Donnie Scott | 2 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Mark Wagner | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Nick Capra | 8 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching edit
Starting pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Charlie Hough | 34 | 252.0 | 15 | 13 | 3.18 | 152 |
Mike Smithson | 33 | 223.1 | 10 | 14 | 3.91 | 135 |
Danny Darwin | 28 | 183.0 | 8 | 13 | 3.49 | 92 |
Rick Honeycutt | 25 | 174.2 | 14 | 8 | 2.42 | 56 |
Frank Tanana | 29 | 159.1 | 7 | 9 | 3.16 | 108 |
Dave Stewart | 8 | 59.0 | 5 | 2 | 2.14 | 24 |
Other pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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John Butcher | 38 | 123.0 | 6 | 6 | 3.51 | 58 |
Jon Matlack | 25 | 73.1 | 2 | 4 | 4.66 | 38 |
Al Lachowicz | 2 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 2.25 | 8 |
Relief pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Odell Jones | 42 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3.09 | 50 |
Dave Schmidt | 31 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3.88 | 29 |
Dave Tobik | 27 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3.68 | 30 |
Víctor Cruz | 17 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1.44 | 18 |
Tom Henke | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.38 | 17 |
Mike Mason | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.91 | 9 |
Ricky Wright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
Awards and honors edit
- Buddy Bell, 3B, Gold Glove 1983
Team leaders edit
- Larry Parrish, Home Runs, 26
- Larry Parrish, RBI, 88
- Billy Sample, Runs, 80
- Billy Sample, Stolen bases, 44
- Buddy Bell, Batting average, .277
- George Wright, Hits, 175
Farm system edit
Notable events edit
- July 3 — The Rangers score twelve runs in the fifteenth inning to defeat the Oakland Athletics 16–4, in the process breaking the MLB record for most runs scored during one single extra inning, previously held by the 1928 New York Yankees.[2]
Notes edit
- ^ Dave Stewart at Baseball Reference
- ^ 'Rangers Rout A's 16–4 in 15-Inning Marathon'; The Greenville News, July 5, 1983, p. 18
References edit
- 1983 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference
- 1983 Texas Rangers at Baseball Almanac
- Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.