1983 St. Louis Cardinals season

The St. Louis Cardinals 1983 season was a season in American baseball. It was the team's 102nd season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 92nd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 79-83 during the season and finished 4th in the National League East, eleven games behind the NL Champion Philadelphia Phillies. They were the first team in the Divisional play era to have a losing season one year after winning the World Series.

This article is about the Major League Baseball team. For the National Football League team, see 1983 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season.

1983 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record79–83 (.488)
Divisional place4th
Other information
Owner(s)August "Gussie" Busch
General manager(s)Joe McDonald
Manager(s)Whitey Herzog
Local televisionKSDK
Local radioKMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Dan Kelly)
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First baseman Keith Hernandez, shortstop Ozzie Smith, and outfielder Willie McGee won Gold Gloves this year, although Hernandez was traded to the New York Mets in mid-season.

Offseason
  • December 2, 1982: Julio González was released by the Cardinals.[1]
  • December 14, 1982: Bobby Meacham was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Stan Javier to the New York Yankees for Steve Fincher (minors), Bob Helsom (minors) and Marty Mason (minors). [2]
  • February 16, 1983: Jamie Quirk was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.[3]

Regular season
  • Steve Carlton won his 300th game on September 23, 1983, against his former team, the St. Louis Cardinals.[4]

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 9072 0.556 — 50–31 40–41
Pittsburgh Pirates 8478 0.519 6 41–40 43–38
Montreal Expos 8280 0.506 8 46–35 36–45
St. Louis Cardinals 7983 0.488 11 44–37 35–46
Chicago Cubs 7191 0.438 19 43–38 28–53
New York Mets 6894 0.420 22 41–41 27–53

Record vs. opponents
1983 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta—5–712–611–77–117–58–47–56–69–99–97–5
Chicago7–5—4–85–76–67–119–95–139–95–74–810–8
Cincinnati6–128–4—5–137–114–87–56–66–69–910–86–6
Houston7–117–513–5—6–128–49–34–86–611–712–62–10
Los Angeles 11–76–611–712–6—7–57–511–16–66–12–15–139–3
Montreal5–711–78–44–85–7—8–108–10–18–108–48–49–9
New York4–89–95–73–95–710–8—6–129–96–65–76–12
Philadelphia5-713–56–68–41–1110–8–112–6—11–75–75–714–4
Pittsburgh6–69–96–66–66–610–89–97–11—9–36–610–8
San Diego9–97–59–97–1112–6–14–86–67–53–9—11–76–6
San Francisco9–98–48–106–1213–54–87–57–56–67–11—4–8
St. Louis5–78–106–610–23–99–912–64–148–106–68–4—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Draft picks

Roster
1983 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
1BGeorge Hendrick144529168.3181897
SSOzzie Smith159552134.243350
CFWillie McGee147601172.286575
RFDavid Green146422120.284869

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Keith Hernandez5521862.284326
Steve Braun789225.27237
Jamie Quirk488618.209211
Bill Lyons426010.16703

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Joaquín Andújar392256164.16125
Bob Forsch3418710124.2856
Neil Allen25121.21063.7074

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Dave Von Ohlen463223.2921
Doug Bair261113.0321
Steve Baker80101.801
Eric Rasmussen600111.746

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Louisville Redbirds American Association Jim Fregosi
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League Nick Leyva
A St. Petersburg Cardinals Florida State League Jim Riggleman
A Springfield Cardinals Midwest League Dave Bialas
A Macon Redbirds South Atlantic League Lloyd Merritt
A-Short Season Erie Cardinals New York–Penn League Joe Rigoli
Rookie Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Rich Hacker

References
  1. Julio González at Baseball Reference
  2. "Bobby Beacham: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  3. Jamie Quirk at Baseball Reference
  4. Steve Carlton | The Baseball Page
  5. Keith Hernandez at Baseball Reference
  6. Jim Kaat at Baseball Reference
  7. Eric Rasmussen at Baseball Reference
  8. Jim Lindeman at Baseball Reference
  9. Tom Pagnozzi at Baseball Reference
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