The 1983 Major League Baseball season ended with the Baltimore Orioles defeating the Philadelphia Phillies in the fifth game of the World Series. Rick Dempsey was named MVP of the Series. The All-Star Game was held on July 6 at Comiskey Park; the American League won by a score of 13–3, with California Angels outfielder Fred Lynn being named MVP.
1983 MLB season | |
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League | Major League Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | April 4 – October 16, 1983 |
Number of games | 162 |
Number of teams | 26 |
TV partner(s) | ABC, NBC, USA |
Draft | |
Top draft pick | Tim Belcher |
Picked by | Minnesota Twins |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | AL: Cal Ripken Jr. (BAL) NL: Dale Murphy (ATL) |
Postseason | |
AL champions | Baltimore Orioles |
AL runners-up | Chicago White Sox |
NL champions | Philadelphia Phillies |
NL runners-up | Los Angeles Dodgers |
World Series | |
Champions | Baltimore Orioles |
Runners-up | Philadelphia Phillies |
World Series MVP | Rick Dempsey (BAL) |
Month | American League | National League |
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April | George Brett | Terry Kennedy |
May | Rod Carew | Darrell Evans |
June | Lou Whitaker | Andre Dawson |
July | Cecil Cooper | Dusty Baker |
August | Lloyd Moseby | Mel Hall |
September | Cal Ripken Jr. | Dale Murphy |
Month | American League | National League |
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April | Rick Honeycutt | Pascual Pérez |
May | Dave Stieb | Bill Laskey |
June | Charlie Hough | Burt Hooton |
July | Scott McGregor | Joe Price |
August | Jack Morris | Jesse Orosco |
September | Richard Dotson | John Denny |
Statistic | American League | National League | ||
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AVG | Wade Boggs BOS | .361 | Bill Madlock PIT | .323 |
HR | Jim Rice BOS | 39 | Mike Schmidt PHI | 40 |
RBI | Cecil Cooper MIL Jim Rice BOS |
126 | Dale Murphy ATL | 121 |
Wins | LaMarr Hoyt CWS | 24 | John Denny PHI | 19 |
ERA | Rick Honeycutt TEX | 2.42 | Atlee Hammaker SF | 2.25 |
SO | Jack Morris DET | 232 | Steve Carlton PHI | 275 |
SV | Dan Quisenberry KC | 45 | Lee Smith CHC | 29 |
SB | Rickey Henderson OAK | 108 | Tim Raines MTL | 90 |
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League Championship Series (ALCS, NLCS) | World Series | ||||||||
East | Baltimore | 3 | |||||||
West | Chicago White Sox | 1 | |||||||
AL | Baltimore | 4 | |||||||
NL | Philadelphia | 1 | |||||||
East | Philadelphia | 3 | |||||||
West | Los Angeles | 1 |
Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game |
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Los Angeles Dodgers[1] | 91 | 3.4% | 3,510,313 | -2.7% | 43,879 |
California Angels[2] | 70 | -24.7% | 2,555,016 | -9.0% | 31,543 |
Milwaukee Brewers[3] | 87 | -8.4% | 2,397,131 | 21.1% | 29,594 |
Montreal Expos[4] | 82 | -4.7% | 2,320,651 | 0.1% | 28,650 |
St. Louis Cardinals[5] | 79 | -14.1% | 2,317,914 | 9.8% | 28,616 |
New York Yankees[6] | 91 | 15.2% | 2,257,976 | 10.6% | 27,876 |
Chicago White Sox[7] | 99 | 13.8% | 2,132,821 | 36.0% | 26,331 |
Philadelphia Phillies[8] | 90 | 1.1% | 2,128,339 | -10.4% | 25,955 |
Atlanta Braves[9] | 88 | -1.1% | 2,119,935 | 17.6% | 26,499 |
Baltimore Orioles[10] | 98 | 4.3% | 2,042,071 | 26.6% | 25,211 |
Kansas City Royals[11] | 79 | -12.2% | 1,963,875 | -14.0% | 23,950 |
Toronto Blue Jays[12] | 89 | 14.1% | 1,930,415 | 51.3% | 23,832 |
Detroit Tigers[13] | 92 | 10.8% | 1,829,636 | 11.8% | 22,588 |
Boston Red Sox[14] | 78 | -12.4% | 1,782,285 | -8.6% | 22,004 |
San Diego Padres[15] | 81 | 0.0% | 1,539,815 | -4.2% | 18,778 |
Chicago Cubs[16] | 71 | -2.7% | 1,479,717 | 18.4% | 18,268 |
Texas Rangers[17] | 77 | 20.3% | 1,363,469 | 18.1% | 16,833 |
Houston Astros[18] | 85 | 10.4% | 1,351,962 | -13.3% | 16,487 |
Oakland Athletics[19] | 74 | 8.8% | 1,294,941 | -25.4% | 15,987 |
San Francisco Giants[20] | 79 | -9.2% | 1,251,530 | 4.2% | 15,451 |
Pittsburgh Pirates[21] | 84 | 0.0% | 1,225,916 | 19.7% | 15,135 |
Cincinnati Reds[22] | 74 | 21.3% | 1,190,419 | -10.3% | 14,697 |
New York Mets[23] | 68 | 4.6% | 1,112,774 | -15.9% | 13,570 |
Minnesota Twins[24] | 70 | 16.7% | 858,939 | -6.8% | 10,604 |
Seattle Mariners[25] | 60 | -21.1% | 813,537 | -24.0% | 10,044 |
Cleveland Indians[26] | 70 | -10.3% | 768,941 | -26.3% | 9,493 |
This was the last season of USA Network Thursday Night Baseball, as MLB decided to only renew the contracts with ABC and NBC.[27][28][29]
Network | Day of week | Announcers |
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ABC | Monday nights Sunday afternoons |
Al Michaels, Howard Cosell, Earl Weaver, Don Drysdale, Steve Stone |
NBC | Saturday afternoons | Vin Scully, Joe Garagiola, Bob Costas, Tony Kubek |
USA | Thursday nights | Eddie Doucette, Nelson Briles, Monte Moore, Wes Parker |