1983 Cincinnati Reds | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Riverfront Stadium | |
City | Cincinnati | |
Record | 74–88 (.457) | |
Divisional place | 6th | |
Owners | William & James Williams | |
General managers | Dick Wagner, Bob Howsam | |
Managers | Russ Nixon | |
Television | WLWT (Ray Lane, Ken Wilson, Dick Carlson) | |
Radio | WLW (Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall) | |
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The Cincinnati Reds' 1983 season was a season in American baseball. It consisted of the Cincinnati Reds attempting to win the National League West. It was Johnny Bench's last season as a Red.
NL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Los Angeles Dodgers | 91 | 71 | 0.562 | — | 48–32 | 43–39 |
Atlanta Braves | 88 | 74 | 0.543 | 3 | 46–34 | 42–40 |
Houston Astros | 85 | 77 | 0.525 | 6 | 46–36 | 39–41 |
San Diego Padres | 81 | 81 | 0.500 | 10 | 47–34 | 34–47 |
San Francisco Giants | 79 | 83 | 0.488 | 12 | 43–38 | 36–45 |
Cincinnati Reds | 74 | 88 | 0.457 | 17 | 36–45 | 38–43 |
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | — | 5–7 | 12–6 | 11–7 | 7–11 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 9–9 | 9–9 | 7–5 | |||||
Chicago | 7–5 | — | 4–8 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 5–13 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 10–8 | |||||
Cincinnati | 6–12 | 8–4 | — | 5–13 | 7–11 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 9–9 | 10–8 | 6–6 | |||||
Houston | 7–11 | 7–5 | 13–5 | — | 6–12 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 11–7 | 12–6 | 2–10 | |||||
Los Angeles | 11–7 | 6–6 | 11–7 | 12–6 | — | 7–5 | 7–5 | 11–1 | 6–6 | 6–12–1 | 5–13 | 9–3 | |||||
Montreal | 5–7 | 11–7 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 5–7 | — | 8–10 | 8–10–1 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 9–9 | |||||
New York | 4–8 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 5–7 | 10–8 | — | 6–12 | 9–9 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 6–12 | |||||
Philadelphia | 5-7 | 13–5 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 1–11 | 10–8–1 | 12–6 | — | 11–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 14–4 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 6–6 | 9–9 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 10–8 | 9–9 | 7–11 | — | 9–3 | 6–6 | 10–8 | |||||
San Diego | 9–9 | 7–5 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 12–6–1 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 3–9 | — | 11–7 | 6–6 | |||||
San Francisco | 9–9 | 8–4 | 8–10 | 6–12 | 13–5 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 7–11 | — | 4–8 | |||||
St. Louis | 5–7 | 8–10 | 6–6 | 10–2 | 3–9 | 9–9 | 12–6 | 4–14 | 8–10 | 6–6 | 8–4 | — |
1983 Cincinnati Reds | |||||||||
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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 |
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C | Dann Bilardello | 109 | 298 | 71 | .238 | 9 | 38 |
1B | Dan Driessen | 122 | 386 | 107 | .277 | 12 | 57 |
2B | Ron Oester | 157 | 549 | 145 | .264 | 11 | 58 |
SS | Dave Concepción | 143 | 528 | 123 | .233 | 1 | 47 |
3B | Nick Esasky | 85 | 302 | 80 | .265 | 12 | 46 |
LF | Gary Redus | 125 | 453 | 112 | .247 | 17 | 51 |
CF | Eddie Milner | 146 | 502 | 131 | .261 | 9 | 33 |
RF | César Cedeño | 98 | 332 | 77 | .232 | 9 | 39 |
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 |
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Paul Householder | 123 | 380 | 97 | .255 | 6 | 43 |
Johnny Bench | 110 | 310 | 79 | .255 | 12 | 54 |
Duane Walker | 109 | 225 | 53 | .236 | 2 | 29 |
Alex Treviño | 74 | 167 | 36 | .216 | 1 | 13 |
Kelly Paris | 56 | 120 | 30 | .250 | 0 | 7 |
Alan Knicely | 59 | 98 | 22 | .224 | 2 | 10 |
Tom Foley | 68 | 98 | 20 | .204 | 0 | 9 |
Wayne Krenchicki | 51 | 77 | 21 | .273 | 0 | 11 |
Jeff Jones | 16 | 44 | 10 | .227 | 0 | 5 |
Dallas Williams | 18 | 36 | 2 | .056 | 0 | 1 |
Skeeter Barnes | 15 | 34 | 7 | .206 | 1 | 4 |
Steve Christmas | 9 | 17 | 1 | .059 | 0 | 1 |
Rafael Landestoy | 7 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Mario Soto | 34 | 273.2 | 17 | 13 | 2.70 | 242 |
Bruce Berenyi | 32 | 186.1 | 9 | 14 | 3.86 | 151 |
Frank Pastore | 36 | 184.1 | 9 | 12 | 4.88 | 93 |
Joe Price | 21 | 144.0 | 10 | 6 | 2.88 | 83 |
Charlie Puleo | 27 | 143.2 | 6 | 12 | 4.89 | 71 |
Jeff Russell | 10 | 68.1 | 4 | 5 | 3.03 | 40 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Ted Power | 49 | 111.0 | 5 | 6 | 4.54 | 57 |
Rich Gale | 33 | 89.2 | 4 | 6 | 5.82 | 53 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Bill Scherrer | 73 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 2.74 | 57 |
Ben Hayes | 60 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6.49 | 44 |
Tom Hume | 48 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4.77 | 34 |
Brad Lesley | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.16 | 5 |
Keefe Cato | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.45 | 3 |
Greg Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 |
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