1983 Milwaukee Brewers season
1983 Milwaukee Brewers | |
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Owner(s) | Bud Selig |
General manager(s) | Harry Dalton |
Manager(s) | Harvey Kuenn |
Local television | WVTV (Steve Shannon, Mike Hegan) |
Local radio | WTMJ (AM) (Bob Uecker, Dwayne Mosley) |
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The 1983 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers finishing 5th in the American League East with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses.
Offseason[]
- December 19, 1982: Ernie Camacho was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.[1]
- January 11, 1983: 1983 Major League Baseball draft
- Bobby Thigpen was drafted by the Brewers in the 7th round, but did not sign.[2]
- Jim Morris was drafted by the Brewers in the 1st round (4th pick) of the Secondary Phase.[3]
Regular season[]
Season standings[]
AL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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[]
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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 | — |
Notable transactions[]
- April 1, 1983: Steve Lake was traded by the Brewers to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later and cash. The Cubs completed the trade by sending Rich Buonantony (minors) to the Brewers on October 24.[4]
- June 6, 1983: 1983 Major League Baseball draft
- Dan Plesac was drafted by the Brewers in the 1st round (26th pick). Player signed June 8, 1983.[5]
- Joey Meyer was drafted by the Brewers in the 5th round.[6]
- June 6, 1983: Gorman Thomas, Ernie Camacho and Jamie Easterly were traded by the Brewers to the Cleveland Indians for Rick Manning and Rick Waits.[7]
- July 15, 1983: Danny Boone was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.[8]
- August 31, 1983: Sixto Lezcano was traded by the San Diego Padres with a player to be named later to the Philadelphia Phillies for players to be named later. [9]
Roster[]
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Player stats[]
Batting[]
Starters by position[]
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 | Ted Simmons | 153 | 600 | 185 | .308 | 13 | 108 |
1B | Cecil Cooper | 160 | 661 | 203 | .307 | 30 | 126 |
2B | Jim Gantner | 161 | 603 | 170 | .282 | 11 | 74 |
SS | Robin Yount | 149 | 578 | 178 | .308 | 17 | 80 |
3B | Paul Molitor | 152 | 613 | 167 | .272 | 15 | 47 |
LF | Ben Oglivie | 125 | 411 | 115 | .280 | 13 | 66 |
CF | Rick Manning | 108 | 375 | 86 | .229 | 3 | 33 |
RF | Charlie Moore | 151 | 529 | 150 | .284 | 2 | 49 |
DH | Roy Howell | 69 | 194 | 54 | .278 | 4 | 25 |
Other batters[]
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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Ned Yost | 61 | 196 | 44 | .224 | 6 | 28 |
Mark Brouhard | 56 | 185 | 51 | .276 | 7 | 23 |
Gorman Thomas | 46 | 164 | 30 | .183 | 5 | 18 |
Ed Romero | 59 | 145 | 46 | .317 | 1 | 18 |
Don Money | 43 | 114 | 17 | .149 | 1 | 8 |
Marshall Edwards | 51 | 74 | 22 | .297 | 0 | 5 |
Bill Schroeder | 23 | 73 | 13 | .178 | 3 | 7 |
Randy Ready | 12 | 37 | 15 | .405 | 1 | 6 |
Rob Picciolo | 14 | 27 | 6 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
Bob Skube | 12 | 25 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 9 |
Dion James | 11 | 20 | 2 | .100 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching[]
Starting pitchers[]
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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Mike Caldwell | 32 | 228.1 | 12 | 11 | 4.53 | 58 |
Don Sutton | 31 | 220 | 8 | 13 | 4.08 | 134 |
Moose Haas | 25 | 179 | 13 | 3 | 3.27 | 75 |
Bob McClure | 24 | 142 | 9 | 9 | 4.50 | 68 |
Chuck Porter | 25 | 134 | 7 | 9 | 4.50 | 76 |
Tom Candiotti | 10 | 55.2 | 4 | 4 | 3.23 | 21 |
Pete Vuckovich | 3 | 14.2 | 0 | 2 | 4.91 | 10 |
Other pitchers[]
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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Bob Gibson | 27 | 80.2 | 3 | 4 | 3.90 | 46 |
Jerry Augustine | 34 | 64.1 | 3 | 3 | 5.74 | 40 |
Rick Waits | 10 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 5.10 | 20 |
Jaime Cocanower | 5 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1.80 | 8 |
Relief pitchers[]
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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Pete Ladd | 44 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 2.55 | 41 |
Jim Slaton | 46 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 4.33 | 38 |
Tom Tellmann | 44 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 2.80 | 48 |
Jamie Easterly | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.86 | 6 |
Andy Beene | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |
Awards and honors[]
Farm system[]
The Brewers' farm system consisted of five minor league affiliates in 1983.[10] The Paintsville Brewers won the Appalachian League championship.[11]
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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Triple-A | Vancouver Canadians | Pacific Coast League | Dick Phillips and Tony Muser |
Double-A | El Paso Diablos | Texas League | Tony Muser and Lee Sigman |
Class A | Stockton Ports | California League | Terry Bevington |
Class A | Beloit Brewers | Midwest League | Tim Nordbrook |
Rookie | Paintsville Brewers | Appalachian League | Tom Gamboa |
Notes[]
- ^ Ernie Camacho at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Bobby Thigpen at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Jim Morris at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Steve Lake at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Dan Plesac at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Joey Meyer at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Gorman Thomas dealt to Tribe
- ^ Danny Boone at Baseball-Reference
- ^ "Sixto Lezacano: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
- ^ "1983 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ^ "Appalachian League Champions". Appalachian League. Major League Baseball. Archived from the original on December 31, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
References[]
- 1983 Milwaukee Brewers team at Baseball-Reference
- 1983 Milwaukee Brewers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
- Milwaukee Brewers seasons
- 1983 Major League Baseball season
- 1983 in sports in Wisconsin