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1983 Baltimore Orioles season

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The 1983 Baltimore Orioles won the Major League Baseball World Series after finishing 1st in the American League East with a record of 98 wins and 64 losses, The Orioles won the championship by beating the Philadelphia Philles 4–1 in the 1983 World Series.[1] The season was the Orioles first in nearly 15 years without legendary manager Earl Weaver who retired after the Orioles missed the playoffs in the final game of the 1982 season.[2] The Orioles replaced the future Hall of Famer Weave,[3] with Joe Altobelli. The World Series victory was the Orioles' first championship since 1970 and their most recent to date.[4]

1983 Baltimore Orioles
1983 AL East Champions
1983 AL Champions
1983 World Series Champions
File:BaltimoreOrioles 100.png
DivisionEast Division
BallparkMemorial Stadium
CityBaltimore
Record98–64 (.605)
OwnersEdward Bennett Williams
ManagersJoe Altobelli
TelevisionWMAR-TV
(Chuck Thompson, Brooks Robinson)
Super TV
(Rex Barney,Ted Patterson)
RadioWFBR
(Jon Miller, Tom Marr)
← 1982 Seasons 1984 →

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

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

1983 American League record

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

Roster

An Overview of the Team

On April 3, 1983 the Baltimore Orioles left Spring Training with much the same team that fell just a game short of the playoffs the year before. Of the Orioles starting in the 1982 Opening Day lineup only Lenn Sakata and Al Bumbry would lose their opening day spots in 1983.[16] Terry Crowley was the last player cut on Spring Training, and on his way out of the clubhouse he predicted an Orioles championship, "The shame of it is," he told a ''Sun reporter, "the Orioles are going to win in it all this year, and Joe is going to do a tremendous job"[17] Still, the team was an up-and-coming squad, in fact, no Oriole would be voted on to the All Star team's starting lineup.[18] However, the team featured three future Hall of Famers:

  • Cal Ripken who had won Rookie of the Year honors the year before completed his transition from Third Base to Short Stop playing his first full season at his new position[19]
  • Perennial All-Star Eddie Murray won a Silver Slugger Award and Gold Glove Award at first base[20]
  • The aging Jim Palmer started only 11 games but would come out of the bullpen for his final career victory in the World Series[21]
  • During an August 24, 1983 game, Orioles pitcher Tippy Martinez picked off three Toronto Blue Jays baserunners in one inning. The baserunners were Barry Bonnell, Dave Collins and Willie Upshaw. [22]

While the Orioles fielded a team similar to the team fielded in 1982 Altobelli put his own mark on the squad by breaking camp with a four-man rotation which occasionally increased to five pitchers rather than the three man rotation preferred by Weaver.[23]

Starting Pitching

One significant difference between the 1982 Baltimore Orioles and the 1983 Baltimore Orioles was Altobelli's willingness to use different starting pitchers. Ten different, Orioles pitches would take the mound to start the game in 1983 whereas in 1982 only six players got the starting nod.

1983 Baltimore Orioles roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

1983 Game Log: 98–64 (.605) (Home: 50–31; Away: 48–33)
April: 11–9 (Home: 6–3 ; Away: 5–6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
1 April 4 Royals 2–7 Gura (1–0) Martínez (0–1) — 51,889 0–1 L1
2 April 6 Royals 11–1 Flanagan (1–0) Leonard (0–1) — 7,904 1–1 W1
-- April 7 Royals Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 19
3 April 9 @ Indians 4–8 Sutcliffe (2–0) Stewart (0–1) Spillner (2) 52,150 1–2 L1
4 April 10 @ Indians 13–2 Martínez (1–1) Sorensen (0–1) — 10,721 2–2 W1
5 April 12 @ White Sox 10–8 Stewart (1–1) Lamp (1–1) — 38,306 3–2 W2
6 April 14 @ White Sox 11–12 Barojas (1–0) Welchel (0–1) Hickey (2) 13,622 3–3 L1
-- April 15 Indians Postponed (rain); Makeup: April 16
7 April 16 Indians 2–0 Palmer (1–0) Sorensen (0–2) Martinez (1) N/A 4–3 W1
8 April 16 Indians 4–7 Heaton (1–0) Martínez (1–2) Spillner (4) 10,016 4–4 L1
9 April 17 Indians 6–1 Flanagan (2–0) Blyleven (0–3) — 36,430 5–4 W1
10 April 18 Indians 4–1 McGregor (1–0) Barker (2–1) — 9,610 6–4 W2
May: 15–13 (Home: 8–6 ; Away: 7–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
-- May 16 White Sox Postponed (rain); Makeup: May 17
33 May 17 White Sox 7–2 Stoddard (2–0) Hoyt (2–6) — N/A 20–13 W1
34 May 17 White Sox 5–0 Boddicker (1–0) Lamp (3–3) — 14,314 21–13 W2
35 May 18 White Sox 1–0 Martinez (2–1) Dotson (4–4) — 12,582 22–13 W3
43 May 26 @ Royals 2–8 Renko (4–3) Boddicker (1–2) — 26,131 23–20 L7
44 May 27 @ Royals 7–4 Davis (3–1) Gura (4–6) Martinez (5) 23,675 24–20 W1
45 May 28 @ Royals 1–0 McGregor (5–3) Armstrong (2–2) — 29,616 25–20 W2
46 May 29 @ Royals 0–4 Splittorff (2–1) Martínez (3–9) Quisenberry (11) 29,035 25–21 L1
June: 14–11 (Home: 9–6 ; Away: 5–5)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
-- June 14 @ Brewers Postponed (rain); Makeup: June 16
-- June 20 Yankees Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 30
-- June 28 @ Yankees Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 10
July: 19–7 (Home: 10–3 ; Away: 9–4)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
-- July 4 @ Tigers Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 21
-- July 6 54th All-Star Game in Chicago, IL
August: 18–12 (Home: 9–7 ; Away: 9–5)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
100 August 2 @ Indians 1–3 Blyleven (7–9) Martínez (6–13) Anderson (3) N/A 59–41 L1
101 August 2 @ Indians 3–4 Brennan (1–1) Ramirez (4–2) Anderson (4) 17,286 59–42 L2
102 August 3 @ Indians 8–2 Davis (10–4) Sutcliffe (12–7) — 8,549 60–42 W1
103 August 4 @ Indians 4–3 (10) McGregor (14–4) Anderson (0–3) Martinez (11) 6,368 61–42 W2
104 August 5 White Sox 5–4 Boddicker (8–5) Lamp (5–7) — 39,544 62–42 W3
105 August 6 White Sox 4–6 Bannister (9–9) Martínez (6–14) Barojas (10) 32,769 62–43 L1
106 August 7 White Sox 3–4 Hoyt (14–10) Flanagan (6–1) Lamp (8) 24,384 62–44 L2
107 August 8 Indians 4–9 Sutcliffe (13–7) Davis (10–5) — 24,324 62–45 L3
108 August 9 Indians 3–4 Heaton (6–4) McGregor (14–5) — 24,324 62–46 L4
109 August 10 Indians 3–4 Sorensen (6–9) Boddicker (8–6) — 18,294 62–47 L5
110 August 11 @ White Sox 3–9 Bannister (10–9) Ramirez (4–3) — 31,810 62–48 L6
111 August 12 @ White Sox 1–2 Hoyt (15–10) Flanagan (6–2) — 45,588 62–49 L7
112 August 13 @ White Sox 5–2 Stewart (5–3) Koosman (8–5) Martinez (12) 36,232 63–49 W1
113 August 14 @ White Sox 2–1 McGregor (15–5) Dotson (12–7) Stoddard (5) 37,846 64–49 W2
117 August 19 Royals 5–4 Stewart (6–3) Quisenberry (5–2) — N/A 67–50 W2
118 August 19 Royals 3–1 Martinez (6–3) Rasmussen (1–2) — 35,582 68–50 W3
119 August 20 Royals 6–1 Boddicker (10–6) Gura (10–15) Martinez (13) 23,069 69–50 W4
120 August 21 Royals 3–8 Black (7–4) Palmer (2–3) Quisenberry (34) 29,044 69–51 L1
127 August 29 @ Royals 9–2 McGregor (16–5) Perry (6–13) — 20,367 75–52 W6
128 August 30 @ Royals 12–4 Davis (11–5) Rasmussen (2–3) — 15,769 76–52 W7
September: 20–11 (Home: 7–5 ; Away: 13–6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
-- September 12 @ Red Sox Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 13
October: 1–1 (Home: 1–1 ; Away: 0–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Orioles team member

Postseason

1983 Postseason Game Log (7–2) (Home: 2–2; Away: 5–0)
American League Championship Series: 3–1 (Home: 1–1; Away 2–0)
# Date Opponent Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 October 5 White Sox 1–2 Hoyt (1–0) McGregor (0–1) — Memorial Stadium 51,289 0–1
2 October 6 White Sox 4–0 Boddicker (1–0) Bannister (0–1) — Memorial Stadium 52,347 1–1
3 October 7 @ White Sox 11–1 Flanagan (1–0) Dotson (0–1) Stewart (1) Comiskey Park 46,635 2–1
4 October 8 @ White Sox 3–0 (10) Martinez (1–0) Burns (0–1) — Comiskey Park 45,577 3–1
World Series: 4–1 (Home: 1–1; Away 0–0)
# Date Opponent Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 October 11 Phillies 1–2 Denny (1–0) McGregor (0–1) Holland (1) Memorial Stadium 52,204 0–1
2 October 12 Phillies 4–1 Boddicker (1–0) Hudson (0–1) — Memorial Stadium 52,132 1–1
3 October 14 @ Phillies 3–2 Palmer (1–0) Carlton (0–1) Martinez (1) Veterans Stadium 65,792 2–1
4 October 15 @ Phillies 5–4 Davis (1–0) Denny (1–1) Martinez (2) Veterans Stadium 66,947 3–1
5 October 16 @ Phillies 5–0 McGregor (1–1) Hudson (0–2) — Veterans Stadium 67,064 4–1

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
Dan Morogiello 22 37.2 0 1 1 2.39 10 15
Don Welchel 11 26.2 0 2 0 5.40 10 16

Postseason

ALCS

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

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

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. ^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1983_WS.shtml
  2. ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1982/10/04/orioles-spell-is-broken-brewers-win-al-east/769572e9-2ba8-4b51-b853-1f5ebac02710/
  3. ^ https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/weaver-earl
  4. ^ https://thesportsnotebook.com/1983-baltimore-orioles-sports-history-articles/
  5. ^ Don Stanhouse at Baseball-Reference
  6. ^ "Altobelli to Manage O's" November 11, 1982 The Evening Sun (Baltimore, MD) p.33
  7. ^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1983-transactions.shtml
  8. ^ "Joe Nolan Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  9. ^ a b "Aurelio Rodriguez Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  10. ^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BAL/1983-transactions.shtml
  11. ^ https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/trades.php?p=crowlte01>
  12. ^ "1983 Baltimore Orioles Roster". Baseball Almanac, Inc. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  13. ^ https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/trades.php?p=rayfofl01
  14. ^ Todd Curz at Baseball-Reference
  15. ^ https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/trades.php?p=landrti01
  16. ^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1983-opening-day-rosters.shtml
  17. ^ Class Marks the departure of the 'Crow', The Baltimore Sun April 4, 1983 p.21
  18. ^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/allstar/1983-allstar-game.shtml
  19. ^ https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/awards.php?p=ripkeca01
  20. ^ https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/awards.php?p=murraed02
  21. ^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/palmeji01.shtml
  22. ^ 100 Things Orioles Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, Dan Connolly, Triumph Books, Chicago, 2015, ISBN 978-1-62937-041-5, p.188
  23. ^ 'The Evening Sun, "Orioles Ready for a Change of Pace" April 1, 1983, C6
  24. ^ "1983 Baltimore Orioles Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.

References

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