1983 Minnesota Twins season

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1983 Minnesota Twins
70-92, fifth in the AL Western Division
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (since 1982)
  • Minneapolis, Minnesota (since 1961)
Other information
Owner(s)Calvin Griffith (majority owner, with Thelma Griffith Haynes)
General manager(s)Calvin Griffith
Manager(s)Billy Gardner
Local televisionKMSP-TV
(Bob Kurtz, Larry Osterman)
Spectrum
(Pat Hughes, Dick Bremer)
Local radio830 WCCO AM
(Herb Carneal, Ron Weber, Tim Moreland)
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The 1983 Minnesota Twins finished 70–92, fifth in the AL West. 858,939 fans attended Twins games, the third-lowest total in the American League.

Offseason[]

  • January 12, 1983: Bob Veselic was traded by the Twins to the Houston Astros for Rick Lysander.[1]
  • January 31, 1983: Mike Hart was signed as a free agent by the Twins.[2]
  • March 25, 1983: Sal Butera was traded by the Twins to the Detroit Tigers for Stine Poole (minors) and cash.[3]
  • March 25, 1983: Pete Redfern was released by the Twins.[4]

Regular season[]

Only one Twins player made the All-Star Game, outfielder Gary Ward.

Offense[]

  • Kent Hrbek hit .297 with 16 HR and 84 RBI.
  • Gary Ward hit .278 with 19 HR and 88 RBI.
  • Gary Gaetti hit 21 HR and 78 RBI.
  • Tom Brunansky hit 28 HR and 82 RBI.
Team Leaders
Statistic Player Quantity
HR Tom Brunansky 28
RBI Gary Ward 92
BA Kent Hrbek .297
Runs John Castino 83

Pitching[]

Starter Ken Schrom was 15-8. Reliever Ron Davis had 30 saves.

Team Leaders
Statistic Player Quantity
ERA Ken Schrom 3.71
Wins Ken Schrom 15
Saves Ron Davis 30
Strikeouts Frank Viola 127

Defense[]

Season standings[]

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AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
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[]

1983 American League Records
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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[]

Roster[]

1983 Minnesota Twins
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

  • 25 Randy Bush
 Manager

Coaches

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
C Dave Engle 120 374 114 .305 8 43
1B Kent Hrbek 141 515 153 .297 16 84
2B John Castino 142 563 156 .277 11 57
SS Ron Washington 99 317 78 .246 4 26
3B Gary Gaetti 157 584 143 .245 21 78
LF Gary Ward 157 623 173 .278 19 88
CF Darrell Brown 91 309 84 .272 0 22
RF Tom Brunansky 151 542 123 .227 28 82
DH Randy Bush 124 373 93 .249 11 56

Other batters[]

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Mickey Hatcher 106 375 119 .317 9 47
Lenny Faedo 51 173 48 .277 1 18
Tim Laudner 62 168 31 .185 6 18
Bobby Mitchell 59 152 35 .230 1 15
Ray Smith 59 152 34 .224 0 8
Rusty Kuntz 31 100 19 .190 3 5
Houston Jiménez 36 86 15 .174 0 9
Scott Ullger 35 79 15 .190 0 5
Tim Teufel 21 78 24 .308 3 6
Greg Gagne 10 27 3 .111 0 3
Jim Eisenreich 2 7 2 .286 0 0
Tack Wilson 5 4 1 .250 0 1

Pitching[]

Starting pitchers[]

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Frank Viola 35 210 7 15 5.49 127
Ken Schrom 33 196.1 15 8 3.71 80
Albert Williams 36 193.1 11 14 4.14 68
Bobby Castillo 27 158.1 8 12 4.77 90
Brad Havens 16 80.1 5 8 8.18 40
Jay Pettibone 4 27 0 4 5.33 10

Other pitchers[]

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Pete Filson 26 90 4 1 3.40 49
Jack O'Connor 27 83 2 3 5.86 56
Bryan Oelkers 10 34.1 0 5 8.65 13

Relief pitchers[]

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Ron Davis 66 5 8 30 3.34 84
Rick Lysander 61 5 12 3 3.38 58
Len Whitehouse 60 7 1 2 4.15 44
Mike Walters 23 1 1 2 4.12 21
Jim Lewis 6 0 0 0 6.50 8

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Cal Ermer
AA Orlando Twins Southern League Phil Roof
A Visalia Oaks California League Harry Warner
A Wisconsin Rapids Twins Midwest League Charlie Manuel
Rookie Elizabethton Twins Appalachian League Fred Waters

Notes[]

  1. ^ Rick Lysander page at Baseball Reference[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Mike Hart page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Sal Butera page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Pete Redfern page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Tom Klawitter page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Tim Belcher page at Baseball Reference

References[]

  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.

External links[]

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