1983 Los Angeles Dodgers | ||
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National League West Champions | ||
League | National League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Dodger Stadium | |
City | Los Angeles | |
Owners | Peter O'Malley | |
General managers | Al Campanis | |
Managers | Tommy Lasorda | |
Television | KTTV (11) Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter ONTV Geoff Witcher, Al Downing | |
Radio | KABC Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter KTNQ Jaime Jarrín, René Cárdenas | |
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The 1983 Los Angeles Dodgers rebounded from being eliminated from the playoffs on the final day of the previous season to win their second National League West title in three years, but lost in the NLCS to the Philadelphia Phillies 3 games to 1.
Offseason
- December 28, 1982: Acquired Pat Zachry from the New York Mets for Jorge Orta.
- January 20, 1983: Acquired Vance Lovelace and Dan Cataline from the Chicago Cubs for Ron Cey.
- March 28, 1983: Acquired Ivan Mesa from the Minnesota Twins for Tack Wilson.
- March 29, 1983: Acquired Steve Walker, Jody Johnston and cash from the New York Mets for Mark Bradley.
Regular season
Season standings
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Los Angeles Dodgers | 91 | 71 | .562 | — | 48–32 | 43–39 |
Atlanta Braves | 88 | 74 | .543 | 3 | 46–34 | 42–40 |
Houston Astros | 85 | 77 | .525 | 6 | 46–36 | 39–41 |
San Diego Padres | 81 | 81 | .500 | 10 | 47–34 | 34–47 |
San Francisco Giants | 79 | 83 | .488 | 12 | 43–38 | 36–45 |
Cincinnati Reds | 74 | 88 | .457 | 17 | 36–45 | 38–43 |
Record vs. opponents
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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 | — |
Opening Day lineup
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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Notable transactions
- May 2, 1983: Tom Klawitter was released by the Dodgers.[1]
- May 9, 1983: Acquired Rafael Landestoy from the Cincinnati Reds for Brett Wise and John Franco
- August 19, 1983: Dave Stewart, Ricky Wright and cash were traded by the Dodgers to the Texas Rangers for Rick Honeycutt.[2]
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
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Steve Yeager | 113 | 335 | 68 | .203 | 15 | 41 |
1B | Greg Brock | 146 | 455 | 102 | .224 | 20 | 66 |
2B | Steve Sax | 155 | 623 | 175 | .281 | 5 | 41 |
SS | Bill Russell | 131 | 451 | 111 | .246 | 1 | 30 |
3B | Pedro Guerrero | 160 | 584 | 174 | .298 | 32 | 103 |
LF | Dusty Baker | 149 | 531 | 138 | .260 | 15 | 73 |
CF | Ken Landreaux | 141 | 481 | 135 | .281 | 17 | 66 |
RF | Mike Marshall | 140 | 465 | 132 | .284 | 17 | 65 |
Other batters
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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Derrel Thomas | 118 | 192 | 48 | .250 | 2 | 8 |
Rick Monday | 99 | 178 | 44 | .247 | 6 | 20 |
Jack Fimple | 54 | 148 | 37 | .250 | 2 | 22 |
Ron Roenicke | 81 | 145 | 32 | .221 | 2 | 12 |
Dave Anderson | 61 | 115 | 19 | .165 | 1 | 2 |
Rafael Landestoy | 64 | 64 | 11 | .172 | 1 | 1 |
Candy Maldonado | 42 | 62 | 12 | .194 | 1 | 6 |
R.J. Reynolds | 24 | 55 | 13 | .236 | 2 | 11 |
José Morales | 47 | 53 | 15 | .283 | 3 | 8 |
Mike Scioscia | 12 | 35 | 11 | .314 | 1 | 7 |
Gilberto Reyes | 19 | 31 | 5 | .161 | 0 | 0 |
Germán Rivera | 13 | 17 | 6 | .353 | 0 | 0 |
Sid Bream | 15 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 2 |
Cecil Espy | 20 | 11 | 3 | .273 | 0 | 1 |
Dave Sax | 7 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
Alex Taveras | 10 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
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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Fernando Valenzuela | 35 | 257.0 | 15 | 10 | 3.75 | 189 |
Jerry Reuss | 32 | 223.1 | 12 | 11 | 2.94 | 143 |
Bob Welch | 31 | 204.0 | 15 | 12 | 2.65 | 156 |
Other pitchers
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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Alejandro Peña | 34 | 177.0 | 12 | 9 | 2.75 | 120 |
Burt Hooton | 33 | 160.0 | 9 | 8 | 4.22 | 87 |
Rick Honeycutt | 9 | 39.0 | 2 | 3 | 5.77 | 18 |
Sid Fernandez | 2 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.00 | 9 |
Relief pitchers
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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Steve Howe | 46 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 1.44 | 52 |
Tom Niedenfuer | 66 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 1.90 | 66 |
Dave Stewart | 46 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2.96 | 54 |
Joe Beckwith | 42 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3.55 | 50 |
Pat Zachry | 40 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2.49 | 36 |
Orel Hershiser | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.38 | 5 |
Rich Rodas | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.93 | 5 |
Ricky Wright | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.84 | 5 |
Larry White | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.29 | 5 |
Game log
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement Bold = Dodgers team member |
1983 National League Championship Series
The National League West champion Dodgers faced the National League East champion Philadelphia Phillies in the 1983 NLCS and lost the series 3 games to 1. Noteworthy was that the Dodgers had won 11 of 12 games against the Phillies during the regular season.
Game 1
October 4, Dodger Stadium
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Philadelphia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
W: Steve Carlton (1-0) L: Jerry Reuss (0-1) SV: Al Holland (1) | ||||||||||||
HRs: PHI – Mike Schmidt (1) |
Game 2
October 5, Dodger Stadium
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Philadelphia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
Los Angeles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 | 6 | 1 |
W: Fernando Valenzuela (1-0) L: John Denny (0-1) SV: Tom Niedenfuer (1) | ||||||||||||
HRs: PHI – Gary Matthews (1) |
Game 3
October 7, Veterans Stadium
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Philadelphia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 7 | 9 | 1 |
W: Charles Hudson (1-0) L: Bob Welch (0-1) | ||||||||||||
HRs: LAD – Mike Marshall (1); PHI – Gary Matthews (2) |
Game 4
October 8, Veterans Stadium
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
Philadelphia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 | 13 | 1 |
W: Steve Carlton (2-0) L: Jerry Reuss (0-2) | ||||||||||||
HRs: LAD – Dusty Baker (1); PHI – Gary Matthews (3), Sixto Lezcano (1) |
Postseason game log
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National League Championship Series (1–3)
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Awards and honors
- 1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
- Steve Sax starter
- Pedro Guerrero reserve
- Fernando Valenzuela reserve
- Silver Slugger Award
- NL Pitcher of the Month
- Burt Hooton (June 1983)
- NL Player of the Month
- Dusty Baker (July 1983)
- NL Player of the Week
- Dusty Baker (July 11–17)
- Mike Marshall (Sep. 5–11)
Farm system
Teams in BOLD won League Championships
Major League Baseball Draft
The Dodgers drafted 35 players in the June draft and 17 in the January draft. Of those, six players would eventually play in the Major Leagues. They received two extra picks in the 2nd round as compensation for losing free agents Steve Garvey and Terry Forster.
The first round pick in the June draft was pitcher Erik Sonberg of Wichita State University. He played six seasons in the minors and was 19-38 with a 6.20 ERA in 107 games. None of this years signings amounted to much of anything in the Majors.
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January draft
January Secondary phase
June draft
June secondary phase
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Notes
- ^ Tom Klawitter page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Dave Stewart page at Baseball Reference
- ^ 1983 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase
- ^ 1983 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase
- ^ 1983 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
- ^ 1983 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase