1983 Cleveland Indians season

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1983  Cleveland Indians
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Cleveland Municipal Stadium
City Cleveland, Ohio
Owners Steve O'Neill
General managers Phil Seghi
Managers Mike Ferraro, Pat Corrales
Television WUAB
Radio WWWE
  1982 Seasons 1984  

The 1983 Cleveland Indians season was the 83rd for the franchise. It was the final season under the ownership of Steve O'Neill, who had owned the team since 1978. He died on August 29, 1983, with his estate owning the team until 1986.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 9864.60550314833
Detroit Tigers 9270.568648334437
New York Yankees 9171.562751304041
Toronto Blue Jays 8973.549948334140
Milwaukee Brewers 8775.5371152293546
Boston Red Sox 7884.4812038434041
Cleveland Indians 7092.4322836453447

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore 8–57–57–56–75–88–411–28–46–78–48–49–37–6
Boston 5–86–66–67–64–95–74–95–77–68–47–57–57–6
California 5–76–63–108–44–86–76–66–75–75–86–76–74–8
Chicago 5–76–610–38–48–49–44–88–58–48–512–18–55–7
Cleveland 7–66–74–84–85–87–53–106–66–77–58–43–94–9
Detroit 8–59–48–44–88–57–56–79–35–86–68–48–46–7
Kansas City 4–87–57–64–95–75–76–66–76–67–68–58–5–16–6
Milwaukee 2–119–46–68–410–37–66–68–44–96–65–78–48–5
Minnesota 4–87–57–65–86–63–97–64–84–84–99–45–85–7
New York 7–66–77–54–87–68–56–69–48–48–47–57–57–6
Oakland 4–84–88–55–85–76–66–76–69–44–89–42–116–6
Seattle 4–85–77–61–124–84–85–87–54–95–74–96–74–8
Texas 3–95–77–65–89–34–85–8–14–88–55–711–27–64–8
Toronto 6–76–78–47–59–47–66–65–87–56–76–68–48–4

Notable transactions

Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Starters
#NamePosition
21 Mike Hargrove 1B
11 Toby Harrah 3B
26 Bake McBride RF
29 Andre Thornton DH
24 George Vukovich LF
8 Manny Trillo 2B
20 Rick Manning CF
9 Ron Hassey C
14 Julio Franco SS
43 Rick Sutcliffe P

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Roster

1983 Cleveland Indians
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGSB
Chris Bando 48121153130415.2560
Alan Bannister 11737751100254545.2656
Carmelo Castillo 23369102113.2781
Wil Culmer 719020001.1050
Miguel Dilone 326815133107.1915
Jim Essian 4893111940211.2040
Mike Fischlin 95225314752223.2099
Julio Franco 14956068153248880.27332
Mike Hargrove 13446957134214357.2860
Toby Harrah 13852681140231953.26616
Ron Hassey 1173414892210642.2702
Rick Manning 50194205460110.2787
Bake McBride 70230216781118.2918
Karl Pagel 820160001.3000
Jack Perconte 1426171000.2693
Broderick Perkins 791842350100024.2721
Kevin Rhomberg 12212100002.4761
Pat Tabler 12443056125235665.2912
Gorman Thomas 10637151821701751.2218
Andre Thornton 141508781432711777.2814
Manny Trillo 883203387131129.2721
Otto Velez 1025120001.0800
George Vukovich 1243123177132344.2473
Team Totals162547670414512493186659.265109

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBK
Bud Anderson 164.08391768.16434313232
Len Barker 8135.1124240149.1150928552105
Rich Barnes 116.9442011.118109102
Rick Behenna 024.1554026.0221312149
Bert Blyleven 7103.9124240156.1160746844123
Tom Brennan 223.86115039.2452217821
Ernie Camacho 015.064005.153322
Jamie Easterly 423.63410357.06925232239
Juan Eichelberger 4114.9028150134.013280735956
Ed Glynn 025.84110012.122118613
Neal Heaton 1174.1639167149.115779694475
Mike Jeffcoat 133.31112032.2321312139
Jerry Reed 007.1770021.1261917911
Lary Sorensen 12114.2436340222.22381121056576
Dan Spillner 295.07600892.111754523848
Rick Sutcliffe 17114.2936350243.1251131116102160
Rick Waits 014.5880019.2231310913
Team Totals70924.43162162251441.21531785710529794

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Charleston Charlies International League Doc Edwards
AA Buffalo Bisons Eastern League Al Gallagher
A Waterloo Indians Midwest League Gomer Hodge
A-Short Season Batavia Trojans New York–Penn League Brian Doyle

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Notes

  1. Broderick Perkins at Baseball-Reference
  2. 1 2 Manny Trillo at Baseball-Reference
  3. Rick Manning at Baseball-Reference
  4. Pat Tabler at Baseball-Reference
  5. Gorman Thomas dealt to Tribe
  6. 1983 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
  7. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References