1983 Baltimore Orioles season

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 Weaver,[3] with Joe Altobelli. The World Series victory was the Orioles' first championship since 1970 and their last to date.[4]

1983 Baltimore Orioles
1983 AL East Champions
1983 AL Champions
1983 World Series Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record98–64 (.605)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)Edward Bennett Williams
General manager(s)Hank Peters
Manager(s)Joe Altobelli
Local televisionWMAR-TV
(Chuck Thompson, Brooks Robinson)
Super TV
(Rex Barney,Ted Patterson)
Local radioWFBR
(Jon Miller, Tom Marr)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 9864 0.605 — 50–31 48–33
Detroit Tigers 9270 0.568 6 48–33 44–37
New York Yankees 9171 0.562 7 51–30 40–41
Toronto Blue Jays 8973 0.549 9 48–33 41–40
Milwaukee Brewers 8775 0.537 11 52–29 35–46
Boston Red Sox 7884 0.481 20 38–43 40–41
Cleveland Indians 7092 0.432 28 36–45 34–47

Record vs. opponents
1983 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —8–57–57–56–75–88–411–28–46–78–48–49–37–6
Boston 5–8—6–66–67–64–95–74–95–77–68–47–57–57–6
California 5–76–6—3–108–44–86–76–66–75–75–86–76–74–8
Chicago 5–76–610–3—8–48–49–44–88–58–48–512–18–55–7
Cleveland 7–66–74–84–8—5–87–53–106–66–77–58–43–94–9
Detroit 8–59–48–44–88–5—7–56–79–35–86–68–48–46–7
Kansas City 4–87–57–64–95–75–7—6–66–76–67–68–58–5–16–6
Milwaukee 2–119–46–68–410–37–66–6—8–44–96–65–78–48–5
Minnesota 4–87–57–65–86–63–97–64–8—4–84–99–45–85–7
New York 7–66–77–54–87–68–56–69–48–4—8–47–57–57–6
Oakland 4–84–88–55–85–76–66–76–69–44–8—9–42–116–6
Seattle 4–85–77–61–124–84–85–87–54–95–74–9—6–74–8
Texas 3–95–77–65–89–34–85–8–14–88–55–711–27–6—4–8
Toronto 6–76–78–47–59–47–66–65–87–56–76–68–48–4—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

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 slugger Eddie Murray led the league in home runs[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]

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.[22]

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)
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)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecord
1October 5White Sox1–2Hoyt (1–0)McGregor (0–1)—Memorial Stadium51,2890–1
2October 6White Sox4–0Boddicker (1–0)Bannister (0–1)—Memorial Stadium52,3471–1
3October 7@ White Sox11–1Flanagan (1–0)Dotson (0–1)Stewart (1)Comiskey Park46,6352–1
4October 8@ White Sox3–0 (10)Martinez (1–0)Burns (0–1)—Comiskey Park45,5773–1
World Series: 4–1 (Home: 1–1; Away 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecord
1October 11Phillies1–2Denny (1–0)McGregor (0–1)Holland (1)Memorial Stadium52,2040–1
2October 12Phillies4–1Boddicker (1–0)Hudson (0–1)—Memorial Stadium52,1321–1
3October 14@ Phillies3–2Palmer (1–0)Carlton (0–1)Martinez (1)Veterans Stadium65,7922–1
4October 15@ Phillies5–4Davis (1–0)Denny (1–1)Martinez (2)Veterans Stadium66,9473–1
5October 16@ Phillies5–0McGregor (1–1)Hudson (0–2)—Veterans Stadium67,0644–1

Player stats

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
CRick Dempsey1283473380.2314321
1BEddie Murray156582115178.306331115
2BRich Dauer14045949108.2355411
3BTodd Cruz812211646.2083273
SSCal Ripken162663121211.318271020
LFJohn Lowenstein1223105287.28115602
CFAl Bumbry12437863104.27533112
RFDan Ford10340763114.2809559
DHKen Singleton15150752140.27618840

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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 Shelby1263255284.25852715
Gary Roenicke1153234584.26019642
Jim Dwyer1001963756.2868381
Joe Nolan731842551.2775240
Lenn Sakata661342334.2543128
Leo Hernández642032150.2466261
Benny Ayala471041223.2214130
Aurelio Rodríguez456708.119020
Glenn Gulliver2347510.213020
Tito Landrum2642813.310140
Mike Young253656.167021
John Stefero91125.455040
Bobby Bonner6000----000
Dave Huppert2000----000

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA BB SO
Scott McGregor362601873.184586
Storm Davis34200.11373.5964125
Dennis Martínez321537165.534571
Mike Boddicker271791682.7752120
Mike Flanagan20125.11243.303150
Jim Palmer1476.2544.231934
Allan Ramirez1157443.473020

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA BB SO
Bill Swaggerty721.2112.9167
Paul Mirabella39.2005.5947

Relief pitchers
Player G IP W L SV ERA BB SO
Tippy Martinez65103.193212.353781
Sammy Stewart58144.19473.626795
Tim Stoddard4757.24396.092950
Dan Morogiello2237.20112.391015
Don Welchel1126.20205.401016

Postseason

ALCS
Main article: 1983 American League Championship Series

Summary
GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Chicago – 2, Baltimore – 1October 5Memorial Stadium51,289
2Chicago – 0, Baltimore – 4October 6Memorial Stadium52,347
3Baltimore – 11, Chicago – 1October 7Comiskey Park46,635
4Baltimore – 3, Chicago – 0October 8Comiskey Park45,477

World Series
Main article: 1983 World Series

AL Baltimore Orioles (4) vs. NL Philadelphia Phillies (1)

Game Score Date Location Attendance Time of Game
1Phillies – 2, Orioles – 1October 11Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)52,2042:22
2Phillies – 1, Orioles – 4October 12Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)52,1322:27
3Orioles – 3, Phillies – 2October 14Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia)65,7922:35
4Orioles – 5, Phillies – 4October 15Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia)66,9472:50
5Orioles – 5, Phillies – 0October 16Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia)67,0642:21

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. "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. 'The Evening Sun, "Orioles Ready for a Change of Pace" April 1, 1983, C6
  23. "1983 Baltimore Orioles Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.

References
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