1983 Baltimore Orioles season

1983  Baltimore Orioles
World Series Champions American League Champions American League East Champions
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Memorial Stadium
City	Baltimore
Record	98–64 (.605)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Edward Bennett Williams
General managers	Hank Peters
Managers	Joe Altobelli
Television	WMAR-TV (Chuck Thompson, Brooks Robinson) Super TV (Rex Barney, Ted Patterson)
Radio	WFBR (Jon Miller, Tom Marr)
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The 1983 Baltimore Orioles season was the 83rd season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 30th in Baltimore, and the 30th at Memorial Stadium. The Orioles won the Major League Baseball World Series after finishing first 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 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 ^[3] Weaver ^[4] with Joe Altobelli. The World Series victory was the Orioles' first championship since 1970 and their most recent to date. ^[5]

After many years the Orioles made the jump to cable television, with a separate broadcast team on their then first cable broadcaster, Super TV. They would move to Home Team Sports the following year.

Offseason

• October 19, 1982: RHP, Don Stanhouse was released by the Orioles. ^[6]
• November 13, 1982 Named Manager, Joe Altobelli ^[7]
• November 29, 1982 signed, LHP, Dan Morogiello as a free agent. ^[8]
• January 15, 1983: Catcher, Joe Nolan was re-signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles. ^[9]
• February 3, 1983: Third Baseman, Aurelio Rodriguez was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles. ^[10]
• February 23, 1983: Outfielder, John Lowenstein was re-signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles. ^[11]
• April 4, 1983 Pinch Hitter/Outfielder Terry Crowley was released by the Orioles ^[12]

Regular season

Season standings

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AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	98	64	.605	—	50‍–‍31	48‍–‍33
Detroit Tigers	92	70	.568	6	48‍–‍33	44‍–‍37
New York Yankees	91	71	.562	7	51‍–‍30	40‍–‍41
Toronto Blue Jays	89	73	.549	9	48‍–‍33	41‍–‍40
Milwaukee Brewers	87	75	.537	11	52‍–‍29	35‍–‍46
Boston Red Sox	78	84	.481	20	38‍–‍43	40‍–‍41
Cleveland Indians	70	92	.432	28	36‍–‍45	34‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

1983 American League record v t e Sources:
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	—

Opening Day starters

• Rich Dauer
• Rick Dempsey
• Dan Ford
• Leo Hernández
• Dennis Martínez
• Eddie Murray
• Cal Ripken Jr.
• Gary Roenicke
• John Shelby
• Ken Singleton ^[13]

Notable transactions

• June 13, 1983: Traded catcher/third baseman Floyd Rayford (playing for the Rochester Red Wings at the time of the trade) to the St. Louis Cardinals for a player to be named later ^[14]
• June 30, 1983: Todd Cruz was purchased by the Orioles from the Seattle Mariners. ^[15]
• August 13, 1983: Aurelio Rodriguez was released by the Baltimore Orioles. ^[10]
• August 31, 1983: Acquired outfielder Tito Landrum from the St. Louis Cardinals completing the Floyd Rayford trade. ^[16]

Roster

1983 Baltimore Orioles roster
Roster
Pitchers 52 Mike Boddicker 34 Storm Davis 46 Mike Flanagan 30 Dennis Martínez 23 Tippy Martinez 16 Scott McGregor 39 Paul Mirabella 21 Dan Morogiello 22 Jim Palmer 36 Allan Ramirez 53 Sammy Stewart 49 Tim Stoddard 32 Bill Swaggerty 51 Don Welchel		Catchers 24 Rick Dempsey 18 Dave Huppert 17 Joe Nolan  9 John Stefero Infielders  2 Bobby Bonner 10 Todd Cruz 25 Rich Dauer 11 Glenn Gulliver  3 Leo Hernández 33 Eddie Murray  8 Cal Ripken Jr.  6 Aurelio Rodríguez 12 Lenn Sakata		Outfielders 27 Benny Ayala  1 Al Bumbry 28 Jim Dwyer 15 Dan Ford 39 Tito Landrum 38 John Lowenstein 35 Gary Roenicke 37 John Shelby 43 Mike Young Other batters 29 Ken Singleton		Manager 26 Joe Altobelli Coaches 44 Elrod Hendricks 31 Ray Miller 47 Cal Ripken, Sr. 54 Ralph Rowe 40 Jimmy Williams

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. ^[17] Terry Crowley was the last player cut during 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" ^[18] 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. ^[19] 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 shortstop playing his first full season at his new position ^[20]
• Perennial All-Star Eddie Murray won a Silver Slugger Award and Gold Glove Award at first base ^[21]
• The aging Jim Palmer started only 11 games but would come out of the bullpen for his final career victory in the World Series ^[22]
• During an August 24, 1983 game, Orioles pitcher Tippy Martinez picked off three Toronto Blue Jays baserunners in one inning. The baserunners were Barry Bonnell, Dave Collins and Willie Upshaw. ^[23]

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. ^[24]

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 pitchers would take the mound to start a game in 1983 whereas in 1982 only six players got the starting nod.

Game log

Regular season

1983 regular season game log: 98–64 (.605) (Home: 50–31; Away: 48–33)
April: 11–9 (Home: 6–3; Away: 5–6) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 1 April 4 Royals 2–7 Gura (1–0) Martínez (0–1) — 51,889 0–1 L1 2 April 6 Royals 11–1 Flanagan (1–0) Leonard (0–1) — 7,904 1–1 W1 — April 7 Royals Postponed (Rain)(Makeup date: August 19) 3 April 9 @ Indians 4–8 Sutcliffe (2–0) Stewart (0–1) Spillner (2) 52,150 1–2 L1 4 April 10 @ Indians 13–2 Martínez (1–1) Sorensen (0–1) — 10,721 2–2 W1 5 April 12 2:15 p.m. EST @ White Sox W 10–8 Stewart (1–1) Lamp (1–1) — 3:09 38,306 3–2 W2 6 April 14 2:15 p.m. EST @ White Sox L 11–12 Barojas (1–0) Welchel (0–1) Hickey (2) 3:56 13,622 3–3 L1 — April 15 Indians Postponed (rain); Makeup: April 16 7 April 16 Indians 2–0 Palmer (1–0) Sorensen (0–2) Martinez (1) N/A 4–3 W1 8 April 16 Indians 4–7 Heaton (1–0) Martínez (1–2) Spillner (4) 10,016 4–4 L1 9 April 17 Indians 6–1 Flanagan (2–0) Blyleven (0–3) — 36,430 5–4 W1 10 April 18 Indians 4–1 McGregor (1–0) Barker (2–1) — 9,610 6–4 W2
May: 15–13 (Home: 8–6; Away: 7–7) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak — May 16 White Sox Postponed (Rain)(Makeup date: May 17) 33 May 17(1) 5:05 p.m. EDT White Sox W 7–2 Stoddard (2–0) Hoyt (2–6) — 2:36 N/A 20–13 W1 34 May 17(2) 8:11 p.m. EDT White Sox W 5–0 Boddicker (1–0) Lamp (3–3) — 2:24 14,314 21–13 W2 35 May 18 7:35 p.m. EDT White Sox W 1–0 Martinez (2–1) Dotson (4–4) — 2:21 12,582 22–13 W3 43 May 26 @ Royals 2–8 Renko (4–3) Boddicker (1–2) — 26,131 23–20 L7 44 May 27 @ Royals 7–4 Davis (3–1) Gura (4–6) Martinez (5) 23,675 24–20 W1 45 May 28 @ Royals 1–0 McGregor (5–3) Armstrong (2–2) — 29,616 25–20 W2 46 May 29 @ Royals 0–4 Splittorff (2–1) Martínez (3–9) Quisenberry (11) 29,035 25–21 L1
June: 14–11 (Home: 9–6; Away: 5–5) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak — June 14 @ Brewers Postponed (Rain)(Makeup date: June 16) — June 20 Yankees Postponed (Rain)(Makeup date: September 30) 68 June 24 Tigers 69 June 25 Tigers 70 June 26 Tigers — June 28 @ Yankees Postponed (Rain)(Makeup date: September 10)
July: 19–7 (Home: 10–3; Away: 9–4) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 74 July 1 @ Tigers 75 July 2 @ Tigers 76 July 3 @ Tigers — July 4 @ Tigers Postponed (Rain)(Makeup date: September 21) 54th All-Star Game in Chicago, Illinois
August: 18–12 (Home: 9–7; Away: 9–5) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 100 August 2 @ Indians 1–3 Blyleven (7–9) Martínez (6–13) Anderson (3) N/A 59–41 L1 101 August 2 @ Indians 3–4 Brennan (1–1) Ramirez (4–2) Anderson (4) 17,286 59–42 L2 102 August 3 @ Indians 8–2 Davis (10–4) Sutcliffe (12–7) — 8,549 60–42 W1 103 August 4 @ Indians 4–3 (10) McGregor (14–4) Anderson (0–3) Martinez (11) 6,368 61–42 W2 104 August 5 8:05 p.m. EDT White Sox W 5–4 Boddicker (8–5) Lamp (5–7) — 3:16 39,544 62–42 W3 105 August 6 7:35 p.m. EDT White Sox L 4–6 Bannister (9–9) Martínez (6–14) Barojas (10) 3:26 32,769 62–43 L1 106 August 7 2:05 p.m. EDT White Sox L 3–4 Hoyt (14–10) Flanagan (6–1) Lamp (8) 2:27 24,384 62–44 L2 107 August 8 Indians 4–9 Sutcliffe (13–7) Davis (10–5) — 24,324 62–45 L3 108 August 9 Indians 3–4 Heaton (6–4) McGregor (14–5) — 24,324 62–46 L4 109 August 10 Indians 3–4 Sorensen (6–9) Boddicker (8–6) — 18,294 62–47 L5 110 August 11 8:30 p.m. EDT @ White Sox L 3–9 Bannister (10–9) Ramirez (4–3) — 3:34 31,810 62–48 L6 111 August 12 8:30 p.m. EDT @ White Sox L 1–2 Hoyt (15–10) Flanagan (6–2) — 2:41 45,588 62–49 L7 112 August 13 8:30 p.m. EDT @ White Sox W 5–2 Stewart (5–3) Koosman (8–5) Martinez (12) 2:27 36,232 63–49 W1 113 August 14 2:15 p.m. EDT @ White Sox W 2–1 McGregor (15–5) Dotson (12–7) Stoddard (5) 2:51 37,846 64–49 W2 117 August 19 Royals 5–4 Stewart (6–3) Quisenberry (5–2) — N/A 67–50 W2 118 August 19 Royals 3–1 Martinez (6–3) Rasmussen (1–2) — 35,582 68–50 W3 119 August 20 Royals 6–1 Boddicker (10–6) Gura (10–15) Martinez (13) 23,069 69–50 W4 120 August 21 Royals 3–8 Black (7–4) Palmer (2–3) Quisenberry (34) 29,044 69–51 L1 127 August 29 @ Royals 9–2 McGregor (16–5) Perry (6–13) — 20,367 75–52 W6 128 August 30 @ Royals 12–4 Davis (11–5) Rasmussen (2–3) — 15,769 76–52 W7
September: 20–11 (Home: 7–5; Away: 13–6) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak — September 12 @ Red Sox Postponed (Rain)(Makeup date: September 13) 149 September 20 @ Tigers 150 September 21(1) @ Tigers 151 September 21(2) @ Tigers 152 September 22 @ Tigers 156 September 27 Tigers 157 September 28 Tigers 158 September 29 Tigers
October: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Away: 0–0) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement Bold = Orioles team member

Postseason

1983 Postseason game log: 7–2 (Home: 2–2; Away: 5–0
AL Championship Series: vs. Chicago White Sox 3–1 (Home: 1–1; Away 2–0) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Series Box/ Streak 1 October 5 3:05 p.m. EDT White Sox L 1–2 Hoyt (1–0) McGregor (0–1) — 2:38 51,289 0–1 L1 2 October 6 8:20 p.m. EDT White Sox W 4–0 Boddicker (1–0) Bannister (0–1) — 2:51 52,347 1–1 W1 3 October 7 8:20 p.m. EDT @ White Sox W 11–1 Flanagan (1–0) Dotson (0–1) Stewart (1) 2:58 46,635 2–1 W2 4 October 8 1:05 p.m. EDT @ White Sox W 3–0 (10) Martinez (1–0) Burns (0–1) — 3:41 45,577 3–1 W3
World Series: vs. Philadelphia Phillies 4–1 (Home: 1–1; Away 3–0) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Series Box/ Streak 1 October 11 8:30 p.m. EDT Phillies L 1–2 Denny (1–0) McGregor (0–1) Holland (1) 2:22 52,204 0–1 L1 2 October 12 8:20 p.m. EDT Phillies W 4–1 Boddicker (1–0) Hudson (0–1) — 2:27 52,132 1–1 W1 3 October 14 8:30 p.m. EDT @ Phillies W 3–2 Palmer (1–0) Carlton (0–1) Martinez (1) 2:35 65,792 2–1 W2 4 October 15 1:00 p.m. EDT @ Phillies W 5–4 Davis (1–0) Denny (1–1) Martinez (2) 2:50 66,947 3–1 W3 5 October 16 5:00 p.m. EDT @ Phillies W 5–0 McGregor (1–1) Hudson (0–2) — 2:21 67,064 4–1 W4
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement Bold = Orioles team member

Starting Lineups

Regular season

Game	Date	Opponent	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	SP
6	April 12	@ CWS	#37 Shelby CF	#15 Ford RF	#8 Ripken Jr. SS	#33 Murray 1B	#35 Roenicke LF	#29 Singleton DH	#25 Dauer 2B	#3 Hernández 3B	#24 Dempsey C	#46 Flanagan
7	April 14	@ CWS	#1 Bumbry CF	#15 Ford RF	#8 Ripken Jr. SS	#33 Murray 1B	#38 Lowenstein LF	#29 Singleton DH	#25 Dauer 2B	#3 Hernández 3B	#17 Nolan C	#16 McGregor
33	May 17	CWS	#1 Bumbry CF	#15 Ford RF	#8 Ripken Jr. SS	#33 Murray 1B	#38 Lowenstein LF	#29 Singleton DH	#12 Sakata 2B	#3 Hernández 3B	#17 Nolan C	#46 Flanagan
34	May 17	CWS	#37 Shelby CF	#28 Dwyer RF	#8 Ripken Jr. SS	#33 Murray 1B	#38 Lowenstein DH	#35 Roenicke LF	#12 Sakata 2B	#3 Hernández 3B	#24 Dempsey C	#52 Boddicker
35	May 18	CWS	#1 Bumbry CF	#15 Ford RF	#8 Ripken Jr. SS	#33 Murray 1B	#38 Lowenstein LF	#29 Singleton DH	#12 Sakata 2B	#3 Hernández 3B	#24 Dempsey C	#34 Davis
104	August 5	CWS	#1 Bumbry CF	#15 Ford RF	#8 Ripken Jr. SS	#33 Murray 1B	#38 Lowenstein LF	#29 Singleton DH	#25 Dauer 2B	#24 Dempsey C	#3 Hernández 3B	#52 Boddicker
105	August 6	CWS	#37 Shelby CF	#15 Ford RF	#8 Ripken Jr. SS	#35 Roenicke 1B	#29 Singleton DH	#27 Ayala LF	#25 Dauer 2B	#24 Dempsey C	#3 Hernández 3B	#30 Martínez
106	August 7	CWS	#1 Bumbry CF	#15 Ford RF	#8 Ripken Jr. SS	#38 Lowenstein LF	#29 Singleton DH	#28 Dwyer 1B	#17 Nolan C	#10 Cruz 3B	#25 Dauer 2B	#46 Flanagan
110	August 11	@ CWS	#37 Shelby CF	#15 Ford RF	#8 Ripken Jr. SS	#33 Murray 1B	#35 Roenicke LF	#29 Singleton DH	#10 Cruz 3B	#12 Sakata 2B	#24 Dempsey C	#36 Ramirez
111	August 12	@ CWS	#1 Bumbry CF	#28 Dwyer RF	#8 Ripken Jr. SS	#33 Murray 1B	#38 Lowenstein LF	#29 Singleton DH	#17 Nolan C	#10 Cruz 3B	#12 Sakata 2B	#46 Flanagan
112	August 13	@ CWS	#37 Shelby CF	#15 Ford RF	#8 Ripken Jr. SS	#33 Murray 1B	#35 Roenicke LF	#29 Singleton DH	#25 Dauer 3B	#12 Sakata 2B	#24 Dempsey C	#32 Swaggerty
113	August 14	@ CWS	#1 Bumbry CF	#28 Dwyer RF	#8 Ripken Jr. SS	#33 Murray 1B	#38 Lowenstein LF	#29 Singleton DH	#17 Nolan C	#25 Dauer 3B	#12 Sakata 2B	#16 McGregor

Playoffs

Game	Round	Date	Opponent	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	SP
1	ALCS	October 5	CWS	#1 Bumbry (CF)	#15 Ford (RF)	#8 Ripken Jr. (SS)	#33 Murray (1B)	#38 Lowenstein (LF)	#29 Singleton (DH)	#25 Dauer (2B)	#10 Cruz (3B)	#24 Dempsey (C)	#16 McGregor
2	ALCS	October 6	CWS	#37 Shelby (CF)	#39 Landrum (RF)	#8 Ripken Jr. (SS)	#33 Murray (1B)	#35 Roenicke (LF)	#29 Singleton (DH)	#25 Dauer (2B)	#10 Cruz (3B)	#24 Dempsey (C)	#52 Boddicker
3	ALCS	October 7	@ CWS	#1 Bumbry (CF)	#28 Dwyer (RF)	#8 Ripken Jr. (SS)	#33 Murray (1B)	#38 Lowenstein (LF)	#29 Singleton (DH)	#25 Dauer (2B)	#10 Cruz (3B)	#24 Dempsey (C)	#46 Flanagan
4	ALCS	October 8	@ CWS	#37 Shelby (CF)	#39 Landrum (RF)	#8 Ripken Jr. (SS)	#33 Murray (1B)	#35 Roenicke (LF)	#29 Singleton (DH)	#25 Dauer (2B)	#10 Cruz (3B)	#24 Dempsey (C)	#34 Davis
1	WS	October 11	PHI	#1 Bumbry (CF)	#28 Dwyer (RF)	#8 Ripken Jr. (SS)	#33 Murray (1B)	#38 Lowenstein (LF)	#25 Dauer (2B)	#10 Cruz (3B)	#24 Dempsey (C)	#16 McGregor (P)	#16 McGregor
2	WS	October 12	PHI	#1 Bumbry (CF)	#15 Ford (RF)	#8 Ripken Jr. (SS)	#33 Murray (1B)	#38 Lowenstein (LF)	#25 Dauer (2B)	#10 Cruz (3B)	#24 Dempsey (C)	#52 Boddicker (P)	#52 Boddicker
3	WS	October 14	@ PHI	#37 Shelby (CF)	#15 Ford (RF)	#8 Ripken Jr. (SS)	#33 Murray (1B)	#38 Lowenstein (LF)	#25 Dauer (2B)	#10 Cruz (3B)	#24 Dempsey (C)	#46 Flanagan (P)	#46 Flanagan
4	WS	October 15	@ PHI	#1 Bumbry (CF)	#28 Dwyer (RF)	#8 Ripken Jr. (SS)	#33 Murray (1B)	#38 Lowenstein (LF)	#25 Dauer (2B)	#10 Cruz (3B)	#24 Dempsey (C)	#34 Davis (P)	#34 Davis
5	WS	October 16	@ PHI	#1 Bumbry (CF)	#15 Ford (RF)	#8 Ripken Jr. (SS)	#33 Murray (1B)	#38 Lowenstein (LF)	#25 Dauer (2B)	#10 Cruz (3B)	#24 Dempsey (C)	#16 McGregor (P)	#16 McGregor

Detailed records

American League Opponent W L WP RS RA AL East Baltimore Orioles Detroit Tigers 5 8 0.385 52 85 Total 5 8 0.385 52 85 AL West Chicago White Sox 7 5 0.583 57 50 Kansas City Royals 8 4 0.667 61 44 Total 15 9 0.625 118 94 Season Total 20 17 0.541 170 179

Month Games Won Lost Win % RS RA April 20 11 9 0.550 107 87 May 28 15 13 0.536 126 124 June 25 14 11 0.560 112 106 July 26 19 7 0.731 148 95 August 30 18 12 0.600 144 108 September 31 20 11 0.645 156 127 October 2 1 1 0.500 6 5 Total 162 98 64 0.605 799 652 Games Won Lost Win % RS RA Home 81 50 31 0.617 389 328 Away 82 48 33 0.593 410 324 Total 162 98 64 0.605 799 652

Game umpires

Regular season

Game	Date	Opponent	HP	1B	2B	3B
6	4–12–1983	@ White Sox	Dan Morrison	Tim McClelland	Joe Brinkman (crew chief)	Nick Bremigan
7	4–14–1983	@ White Sox	Tim McClelland	Joe Brinkman (crew chief)	Nick Bremigan	Dan Morrison
33	5–17–1983	White Sox	Mike Reilly	Rich Garcia (crew chief)	AL Clark	Vic Voltaggio
34	5–17–1983	White Sox	Rich Garcia (crew chief)	AL Clark	Vic Voltaggio	Mike Reilly
35	5–18–1983	White Sox	AL Clark	Vic Voltaggio	Mike Reilly	Rich Garcia (crew chief)
104	8–5–1983	White Sox	Mike Reilly	Don Denkinger (crew chief)	Rich Garcia	Vic Voltaggio
105	8–6–1983	White Sox	Don Denkinger (crew chief)	Rich Garcia	Vic Voltaggio	Mike Reilly
106	8–7–1983	White Sox	Rich Garcia	Vic Voltaggio	Mike Reilly	Don Denkinger (crew chief)
110	8–11–1983	@ White Sox	John Hirschbeck	Ted Hendry	Greg Kosc	Jim Evans (crew chief)
111	8–12–1983	@ White Sox	Ted Hendry	Greg Kosc	Jim Evans (crew chief)	John Hirschbeck
112	8–13–1983	@ White Sox	Greg Kosc	Jim Evans (crew chief)	John Hirschbeck	Ted Hendry
113	8–14–1983	@ White Sox	Jim Evans (crew chief)	John Hirschbeck	Ted Hendry	Greg Kosc

Playoffs

Game	Round	Date	Opponent	HP	1B	2B	3B	LF	RF
1	ALCS	October 5	White Sox	Jim McKean	Durwood Merrill	Nick Bremigan	Jim Evans	Dave Phillips (crew chief)	Mike Reilly
2	ALCS	October 6	White Sox	Durwood Merrill	Nick Bremigan	Jim Evans	Dave Phillips (crew chief)	Mike Reilly	Jim McKean
3	ALCS	October 7	@ White Sox	Nick Bremigan	Jim Evans	Dave Phillips (crew chief)	Mike Reilly	Jim McKean	Durwood Merrill
4	ALCS	October 8	@ White Sox	Jim Evans	Dave Phillips (crew chief)	Mike Reilly	Jim McKean	Durwood Merrill	Nick Bremigan
1	WS	October 11	Phillies	Marty Springstead (AL) (crew chief)	Ed Vargo (NL)	AL Clark (AL)	Frank Pulli (NL)	Steve Palermo (AL)	Dutch Rennert (NL)
2	WS	October 12	Phillies	Ed Vargo (NL)	Al Clark (AL)	Frank Pulli (NL)	Steve Palermo (AL)	Dutch Rennert (NL)	Marty Springstead (AL) (crew chief)
3	WS	October 14	@ Phillies	Al Clark (AL)	Frank Pulli (NL)	Steve Palermo (AL)	Dutch Rennert (NL)	Marty Springstead (AL) (crew chief)	Ed Vargo (NL)
4	WS	October 15	@ Phillies	Frank Pulli (NL)	Steve Palermo (AL)	Dutch Rennert (NL)	Marty Springstead (AL) (crew chief)	Ed Vargo (NL)	Al Clark (AL)
5	WS	October 16	@ Phillies	Steve Palermo (AL)	Dutch Rennert (NL)	Marty Springstead (AL) (crew chief)	Ed Vargo (NL)	Al Clark (AL)	Frank Pulli (NL)

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB= Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Rick Dempsey	128	347	33	80	.231	4	32	1
1B	Eddie Murray	156	582	115	178	.306	33	111	5
2B	Rich Dauer	140	459	49	108	.235	5	41	1
3B	Todd Cruz	81	221	16	46	.208	3	27	3
SS	Cal Ripken	162	663	121	211	.318	27	102	0
LF	John Lowenstein	122	310	52	87	.281	15	60	2
CF	Al Bumbry	124	378	63	104	.275	3	31	12
RF	Dan Ford	103	407	63	114	.280	9	55	9
DH	Ken Singleton	151	507	52	140	.276	18	84	0

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Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB= Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
John Shelby	126	325	52	84	.258	5	27	15
Gary Roenicke	115	323	45	84	.260	19	64	2
Leo Hernández	64	203	21	50	.246	6	26	1
Jim Dwyer	100	196	37	56	.286	8	38	1
Joe Nolan	73	184	25	51	.277	5	24	0
Lenn Sakata	66	134	23	34	.254	3	12	8
Benny Ayala	47	104	12	23	.221	4	13	0
Aurelio Rodríguez	45	67	0	8	.119	0	2	0
Glenn Gulliver	23	47	5	10	.213	0	2	0
Tito Landrum	26	42	8	13	.310	1	4	0
Mike Young	25	36	5	6	.167	0	2	1
John Stefero	9	11	2	5	.455	0	4	0
Bobby Bonner	6	0	0	0	----	0	0	0
Dave Huppert	2	0	0	0	----	0	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO
Scott McGregor	36	260.0	18	7	3.18	45	86
Storm Davis	34	200.1	13	7	3.59	64	125
Mike Boddicker	27	179.0	16	8	2.77	52	120
Dennis Martínez	32	153.0	7	16	5.53	45	71
Mike Flanagan	20	125.1	12	4	3.30	31	50
Jim Palmer	14	76.2	5	4	4.23	19	34
Allan Ramirez	11	57.0	4	4	3.47	30	20

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO
Bill Swaggerty	7	21.2	1	1	2.91	6	7
Paul Mirabella	3	9.2	0	0	5.59	4	7

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	BB	SO
Tippy Martinez	65	103.1	9	3	21	2.35	37	81
Sammy Stewart	58	144.1	9	4	7	3.62	67	95
Tim Stoddard	47	57.2	4	3	9	6.09	29	50
Dan Morogiello	22	37.2	0	1	1	2.39	10	15
Don Welchel	11	26.2	0	2	0	5.40	10	16

Postseason

ALCS

Main article: 1983 American League Championship Series

Summary

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Chicago – 2, Baltimore – 1	October 5	Memorial Stadium	51,289
2	Chicago – 0, Baltimore – 4	October 6	Memorial Stadium	52,347
3	Baltimore – 11, Chicago – 1	October 7	Comiskey Park	46,635
4	Baltimore – 3, Chicago – 0	October 8	Comiskey Park	45,477

World Series

Main article: 1983 World Series

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

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance	Time of Game
1	Phillies – 2, Orioles – 1	October 11	Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)	52,204	2:22
2	Phillies – 1, Orioles – 4	October 12	Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)	52,132	2:27
3	Orioles – 3, Phillies – 2	October 14	Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia)	65,792	2:35
4	Orioles – 5, Phillies – 4	October 15	Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia)	66,947	2:50
5	Orioles – 5, Phillies – 0	October 16	Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia)	67,064	2:21

Awards and honors

• Mike Boddicker, ALCS Most Valuable Player
• Rick Dempsey, Babe Ruth Award
• Rick Dempsey – World Series Most Valuable Player
• Eddie Murray, Silver Slugger Award
• Cal Ripken Jr., American League Most Valuable Player

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. "1983 World Series - Baltimore Orioles over Philadelphia Phillies (4-1)".
2. "Orioles' Spell Is Broken: Brewers Win AL East - The Washington Post". The Washington Post .
3. "Earl Weaver 1996 Hall of Fame Induction Speech". January 6, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2023– via www.youtube.com.
4. "Weaver, Earl | Baseball Hall of Fame". baseballhall.org. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
5. "The Story of the 1983 Baltimore Orioles". March 11, 2014.
6. Don Stanhouse at Baseball-Reference
7. "Altobelli to Manage O's" November 11, 1982 The Evening Sun (Baltimore, MD) p.33
8. "1983 Major League Baseball Transactions".
9. "Joe Nolan Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
10. "Aurelio Rodriguez Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
11. "1983 Baltimore Orioles Trades and Transactions".
12. Baseball Almanac
13. "1983 Baltimore Orioles Roster". Baseball Almanac, Inc. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
14. "Floyd Rayford Trades and Transactions by Baseball Almanac". www.baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
15. Todd Curz at Baseball-Reference
16. "Tito Landrum Trades and Transactions by Baseball Almanac". www.baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
17. "1983 Major League Baseball Opening Day Lineups".
18. Class Marks the departure of the 'Crow', The Baltimore Sun April 4, 1983 p.21
19. "1983 All-Star Game Box Score, July 6". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
20. "Cal Ripken, Jr. Awards by Baseball Almanac". www.baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
21. "Eddie Murray Awards by Baseball Almanac". www.baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
22. "Jim Palmer Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
23. 100 Things Orioles Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, Dan Connolly, Triumph Books, Chicago, 2015, ISBN   978-1-62937-041-5, p.188
24. 'The Evening Sun, "Orioles Ready for a Change of Pace" April 1, 1983, C6
25. "1983 Baltimore Orioles Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.

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.
• 1983 Baltimore Orioles team at Baseball-Reference
• 1983 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com

External links

• Baltimore Orioles 1983 Schedule at MLB.com