1983 Los Angeles Dodgers season

The 1983 Los Angeles Dodgers rebounded from being eliminated from the playoffs on the final day of the previous season to win their second National League Western Division title in three years, but lost in the National League Championship Series to the Philadelphia Phillies 3 games to 1.

1983 Los Angeles Dodgers
1983 NL West Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Peter O'Malley
General manager(s)Al Campanis
Manager(s)Tommy Lasorda
Local televisionKTTV (11)
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter
ONTV
Geoff Witcher, Al Downing
Local radioKABC
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter
KTNQ
Jaime Jarrín, René Cárdenas
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 9171 0.562 48–32 43–39
Atlanta Braves 8874 0.543 3 46–34 42–40
Houston Astros 8577 0.525 6 46–36 39–41
San Diego Padres 8181 0.500 10 47–34 34–47
San Francisco Giants 7983 0.488 12 43–38 36–45
Cincinnati Reds 7488 0.457 17 36–45 38–43

Record vs. opponents

1983 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta5–712–611–77–117–58–47–56–69–99–97–5
Chicago7–54–85–76–67–119–95–139–95–74–810–8
Cincinnati6–128–45–137–114–87–56–66–69–910–86–6
Houston7–117–513–56–128–49–34–86–611–712–62–10
Los Angeles 11–76–611–712–67–57–511–16–66–12–15–139–3
Montreal5–711–78–44–85–78–108–10–18–108–48–49–9
New York4–89–95–73–95–710–86–129–96–65–76–12
Philadelphia5-713–56–68–41–1110–8–112–611–75–75–714–4
Pittsburgh6–69–96–66–66–610–89–97–119–36–610–8
San Diego9–97–59–97–1112–6–14–86–67–53–911–76–6
San Francisco9–98–48–106–1213–54–87–57–56–67–114–8
St. Louis5–78–106–610–23–99–912–64–148–106–68–4

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
NamePosition
Steve SaxSecond baseman
Ken LandreauxCenter fielder
Dusty BakerLeft fielder
Pedro GuerreroThird baseman
Greg BrockFirst baseman
Mike MarshallRight fielder
Bill RussellShortstop
Steve YeagerCatcher
Fernando ValenzuelaStarting pitcher

Roster

1983 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Notable transactions

Player stats

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
CSteve Yeager11333568.2031541
1BGreg Brock146455102.2242066
2BSteve Sax155623175.281541
SSBill Russell131451111.246130
3BPedro Guerrero160584174.29832103
LFDusty Baker149531138.2601573
CFKen Landreaux141481135.2811766
RFMike Marshall140465132.2841765

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
Derrel Thomas11819248.25028
Rick Monday9917844.247620
Jack Fimple5414837.250222
Ron Roenicke8114532.221212
Dave Anderson6111519.16512
Candy Maldonado426212.19416
Rafael Landestoy646411.17211
R.J. Reynolds245513.236211
José Morales475315.28338
Mike Scioscia123511.31417
Gilberto Reyes19315.16100
Germán Rivera13176.35300
Sid Bream15112.18202
Cecil Espy20113.27301
Dave Sax780.00001
Alex Taveras1040.00000

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
Fernando Valenzuela3525715103.75189
Jerry Reuss32223.112112.94143
Bob Welch3120415122.65156

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
Alejandro Peña341771292.75120
Burt Hooton33160984.2287
Rick Honeycutt939235.7718
Sid Fernandez26016.009

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
Tom Niedenfuer6683111.9066
Steve Howe4647181.4452
Dave Stewart465282.9654
Joe Beckwith423413.5550
Pat Zachry406102.4936
Orel Hershiser80013.385
Rich Rodas70001.935
Ricky Wright60002.845
Larry White40001.295

Game log

1983 Game Log (91–71)
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Dodgers team member

1983 National League Championship Series

The National League West champion Dodgers faced the National League East champion Philadelphia Phillies in the 1983 NLCS and lost the series 3 games to 1. Noteworthy was that the Dodger had won 11 of 12 games against the Phillies during the regular season.

Game 1

October 4, Dodger Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Philadelphia 100 000 000 151
Los Angeles 000 000 000 070
W: Steve Carlton (1-0)  L: Jerry Reuss (0-1)  SV: Al Holland (1)
HRs: PHIMike Schmidt (1)

Game 2

October 5, Dodger Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Philadelphia 010 000 000 172
Los Angeles 100 020 01X 461
W: Fernando Valenzuela (1-0)  L: John Denny (0-1)  SV: Tom Niedenfuer (1)
HRs: PHIGary Matthews (1)

Game 3

October 7, Veterans Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles 000 200 000 240
Philadelphia 021 120 10X 791
W: Charles Hudson (1-0)  L: Bob Welch (0-1)  
HRs: LADMike Marshall (1); PHIGary Matthews (2)

Game 4

October 8, Veterans Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles 000 100 010 2100
Philadelphia 300 022 00X 7131
W: Steve Carlton (2-0)  L: Jerry Reuss (0-2)  
HRs: LADDusty Baker (1); PHIGary Matthews (3), Sixto Lezcano (1)

Postseason game log

1983 Postseason Game Log: (1–3)

Awards and honors

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Albuquerque Dukes Pacific Coast League Del Crandall
Terry Collins
AA San Antonio Dodgers Texas League Terry Collins
Rick Ollar
Dave Wallace
High A Lodi Dodgers California League Don LeJohn
High A Vero Beach Dodgers Florida State League Stan Wasiak
Rookie Lethbridge Dodgers Pioneer League Gail Henley
Rookie Gulf Coast Dodgers Gulf Coast League Gary LaRocque

Teams in BOLD won League Championships

Major League Baseball Draft

The Dodgers drafted 35 players in the June draft and 17 in the January draft. Of those, six players would eventually play in the Major Leagues. They received two extra picks in the 2nd round as compensation for losing free agents Steve Garvey and Terry Forster.

The first round pick in the June draft was pitcher Erik Sonberg of Wichita State University. He played six seasons in the minors and was 19-38 with a 6.20 ERA in 107 games. None of this years signings amounted to much of anything in the Majors.

Notes

References

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