1983 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1983 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1983

World Series Champions

Baltimore Orioles

Runner Up

Philadelphia Phillies

Most Valuable Players

AL: Cal Ripken NL: Dale Murphy

Cy Young Winners

AL: LaMarr Hoyt NL: John Denny

Rookies of the Year

AL: Ron Kittle NL: Darryl Strawberry

Managers of the Year

AL: Tony La Russa NL: Tom Lasorda

#1 Draft Pick

Tim Belcher (Minnesota Twins)

All-Star Game

Chicago,Illinois

Teams

Players

951

Attendance

45,540,338

Payroll

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1983 Major League Baseball Standings

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American League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	2	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	162	98	64	.605	--	799	652	147	Won World Series (Phillies)	2,042,071	10	Hank Peters	Joe Altobelli	Memorial Stadium
2	3	3	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	162	92	70	.568	6.0	789	679	110	dnq	1,829,636	13	Jim Campbell	Sparky Anderson	Tiger Stadium
3	4	4	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	162	91	71	.562	7.0	770	703	67	dnq	2,257,976	6	Bill Bergesch	Billy Martin	Yankee Stadium I
4	5	7	Toronto Blue Jays	T - S - R - L	162	89	73	.549	9.0	795	726	69	dnq	1,930,415	12	Pat Gillick	Bobby Cox	Exhibition Stadium
5	6	9	Milwaukee Brewers	T - S - R - L	162	87	75	.537	11.0	764	708	56	dnq	2,397,131	3	Harry Dalton	Harvey Kuenn	County Stadium
6	8	17	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	162	78	84	.481	20.0	724	775	-51	dnq	1,782,285	14	Haywood Sullivan	Ralph Houk	Fenway Park
7	13	23	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	162	70	92	.432	28.0	704	785	-81	dnq	768,941	26	Phil Seghi	Mike Ferraro, Pat Corrales	Cleveland Stadium
American League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	162	99	63	.611	--	800	650	150	Lost ALCS (Orioles)	2,132,821	7	Roland Hemond	Tony La Russa	Comiskey Park
2	7	15	Kansas City Royals	T - S - R - L	162	79	83	.488	20.0	696	767	-71	dnq	1,963,875	11	John Schuerholz	Dick Howser	Royals Stadium
3	9	18	Texas Rangers	T - S - R - L	162	77	85	.475	22.0	639	609	30	dnq	1,363,469	17	Joe Klein	Doug Rader	Arlington Stadium
4	10	19	Oakland Athletics	T - S - R - L	162	74	88	.457	25.0	708	782	-74	dnq	1,294,941	19	Sandy Alderson	Steve Boros	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
5	11	24	California Angels	T - S - R - L	162	70	92	.432	29.0	722	779	-57	dnq	2,555,016	2	Buzzie Bavasi	John McNamara	Anaheim Stadium
6	12	22	Minnesota Twins	T - S - R - L	162	70	92	.432	29.0	709	822	-113	dnq	858,939	24	Calvin Griffith	Billy Gardner	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
7	14	26	Seattle Mariners	T - S - R - L	162	60	102	.370	39.0	558	740	-182	dnq	813,537	25	Dan O'Brien	Del Crandall, Rene Lachemann	The Kingdome
National League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	6	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	162	90	72	.556	--	696	635	61	Lost World Series (Orioles)	2,128,339	8	Paul Owens	Pat Corrales, Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium
2	5	11	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	162	84	78	.519	6.0	659	648	11	dnq	1,225,916	21	Hardy Peterson	Chuck Tanner	Three Rivers Stadium
3	6	12	Montreal Expos	T - S - R - L	162	82	80	.506	8.0	677	646	31	dnq	2,320,651	4	John McHale	Bill Virdon	Olympic Stadium
4	8	14	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	162	79	83	.488	11.0	679	710	-31	dnq	2,317,914	5	Joe McDonald	Whitey Herzog	Busch Stadium II
5	11	21	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	162	71	91	.438	19.0	701	719	-18	dnq	1,479,717	16	Dallas Green	Lee Elia, Charlie Fox	Wrigley Field
6	12	25	New York Mets	T - S - R - L	162	68	94	.420	22.0	575	680	-105	dnq	1,112,774	23	Frank Cashen	Frank Howard, George Bamberger	Shea Stadium
National League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	162	91	71	.562	--	654	609	45	Lost NLCS (Phillies)	3,510,313	1	Al Campanis	Tom Lasorda	Dodger Stadium
2	3	8	Atlanta Braves	T - S - R - L	162	88	74	.543	3.0	746	640	106	dnq	2,119,935	9	John Mullen	Joe Torre	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
3	4	10	Houston Astros	T - S - R - L	162	85	77	.525	6.0	643	646	-3	dnq	1,351,962	18	Al Rosen	Bob Lillis	Astrodome
4	7	13	San Diego Padres	T - S - R - L	162	81	81	.500	10.0	653	653	0	dnq	1,539,815	15	Jack McKeon	Dick Williams	Jack Murphy Stadium
5	9	16	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	162	79	83	.488	12.0	687	697	-10	dnq	1,251,530	20	Tom Haller	Frank Robinson	Candlestick Park
6	10	20	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	162	74	88	.457	17.0	623	710	-87	dnq	1,190,419	22	Dick Wagner	Russ Nixon	Riverfront Stadium
26 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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