1983 Milwaukee Brewers season

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1983  Milwaukee Brewers
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Milwaukee County Stadium
City Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Owners Bud Selig
General managers Harry Dalton
Managers Harvey Kuenn
Television WVTV
(Steve Shannon, Mike Hegan)
Radio WTMJ (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Dwayne Mosley)
  1982 Seasons 1984  

The 1983 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 15th in franchise history and 14th in Milwaukee. As defending American League champions, they sought to return to the World Series. This season involved the Brewers finishing fifth in the American League East with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses, missing the playoffs for the first time since 1980.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 98640.60550–3148–33
Detroit Tigers 92700.568648–3344–37
New York Yankees 91710.562751–3040–41
Toronto Blue Jays 89730.549948–3341–40
Milwaukee Brewers 87750.5371152–2935–46
Boston Red Sox 78840.4812038–4340–41
Cleveland Indians 70920.4322836–4534–47

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

Roster

1983 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Ted Simmons 153600185.30813108
1B Cecil Cooper 160661203.30730126
2B Jim Gantner 161603170.2821174
SS Robin Yount 149578178.3081780
3B Paul Molitor 152613167.2721547
LF Ben Oglivie 125411115.2801366
CF Rick Manning 10837586.229333
RF Charlie Moore 151529150.284249
DH Roy Howell 6919454.278425

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Ned Yost 6119644.224628
Mark Brouhard 5618551.276723
Gorman Thomas 4616430.183518
Ed Romero 5914546.317118
Don Money 4311417.14918
Marshall Edwards 517422.29705
Bill Schroeder 237313.17837
Randy Ready 123715.40516
Rob Picciolo 14276.22201
Bob Skube 12255.20009
Dion James 11202.10001

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Mike Caldwell 32228.112114.5358
Don Sutton 31220.08134.08134
Moose Haas 25179.01333.2775
Bob McClure 24142.0994.5068
Chuck Porter 25134.0794.5076
Tom Candiotti 1055.2443.2321
Pete Vuckovich 314.2024.9110

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Bob Gibson 2780.2343.9046
Jerry Augustine 3464.1335.7440
Rick Waits 1030.0025.1020
Jaime Cocanower 530.0201.808

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Pete Ladd 4434252.5541
Jim Slaton 4614654.3338
Tom Tellmann 449482.8048
Jamie Easterly 120113.866
Andy Beene 10004.500

Awards and honors

Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of five minor league affiliates in 1983. [10] The Paintsville Brewers won the Appalachian League championship. [11]

LevelTeamLeagueManager
Triple-A Vancouver Canadians Pacific Coast League Dick Phillips and Tony Muser
Double-A El Paso Diablos Texas League Tony Muser and Lee Sigman
Class A Stockton Ports California League Terry Bevington
Class A Beloit Brewers Midwest League Tim Nordbrook
Rookie Paintsville Brewers Appalachian League Tom Gamboa

Notes

  1. Ernie Camacho at Baseball-Reference
  2. Bobby Thigpen at Baseball-Reference
  3. Jim Morris at Baseball-Reference
  4. Steve Lake at Baseball-Reference
  5. Dan Plesac at Baseball-Reference
  6. Joey Meyer at Baseball-Reference
  7. Gorman Thomas dealt to Tribe
  8. Danny Boone at Baseball-Reference
  9. "Sixto Lezacano: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  10. "1983 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  11. "Appalachian League Champions". Appalachian League. Major League Baseball. Archived from the original on December 31, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.

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