1983 Los Angeles Dodgers season

1983 Los Angeles Dodgers
1983 Los Angeles Dodgers
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

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

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NL West
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1983 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
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


Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Steve Sax	Second baseman
Ken Landreaux	Center fielder
Dusty Baker	Left fielder
Pedro Guerrero	Third baseman
Greg Brock	First baseman
Mike Marshall	Right fielder
Bill Russell	Shortstop
Steve Yeager	Catcher
Fernando Valenzuela	Starting pitcher

Roster

1983 Los Angeles Dodgers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

2 Tommy Lasorda

Coaches

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]

Game log

Regular season

Legend
	Dodgers win
	Dodgers loss
	Postponement
	Clinched division
Bold	Dodgers team member

1983 regular season game log: 91–71–1 (Home: 48–32; Away: 43–39–1)^[3]

April: 14–6 (Home: 6–3; Away: 8–3)

#	Date	Time (PT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak

May: 18–8 (Home: 9–5; Away: 9–3)

#	Date	Time (PT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak

June: 14–14 (Home: 9–9; Away: 5–5)

#	Date	Opponent
52	June 7	@ Braves
53	June 8	@ Braves
54	June 9	@ Braves
59	June 14	Braves
60	June 15	Braves
61	June 16	Braves

July: 11–17 (Home: 5–5; Away: 6–12)

#	Date	Time (PT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
—	July 6		54th All-Star Game in Chicago, IL

August: 20–10 (Home: 12–4; Away: 8–6)

#	Date	Opponent
107	August 5	Braves
108	August 6	Braves
109	August 7	Braves
113	August 12	@ Braves
114	August 13	@ Braves
115	August 14	@ Braves

September: 14–14–1 (Home: 7–4; Away: 7–10)

#	Date	Opponent
141	September 9	Braves
142	September 10	Braves
143	September 11	Braves
153	September 23	@ Braves
154	September 24	@ Braves
155	September 25	@ Braves

October: 0–2 (Home: 0–2; Away: 0–0)

#	Date	Time (PT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak

Postseason Game log

Legend
	Dodgers win
	Dodgers loss
Bold	Dodgers team member

1983 Postseason game log: 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Away: 0–2)

NL Championship Series: vs. Philadelphia Phillies 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Away: 0–2)^[4]

#	Date	Time (PT)	Opponent
1	October 4	5:20 p.m. PDT	Phillies
2	October 5	5:20 p.m. PDT	Phillies
3	October 7	12:05 p.m. PDT	@ Phillies
4	October 8	5:20 p.m. PDT	@ Phillies

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
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
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
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
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
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

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
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
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
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
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)

Awards and honors

1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
- Steve Sax starter
- Pedro Guerrero reserve
- Fernando Valenzuela reserve
Silver Slugger Award
- Fernando Valenzuela
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

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Albuquerque Dukes	Pacific Coast League	Del Crandall Terry Collins
AA	San Antonio Dodgers	Texas League	Terry Collins Rick Ollar Dave Wallace
High A	Lodi Dodgers	California League	Don LeJohn
High A	Vero Beach Dodgers	Florida State League	Stan Wasiak
Rookie	Lethbridge Dodgers	Pioneer League	Gail Henley
Rookie	Gulf Coast Dodgers	Gulf Coast League	Gary LaRocque

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.

1983 Draft Picks

January draft

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Round	Name	Position	School	Signed	Career span	Highest level
1	Derek Lee	RHP	Sacramento City College	Yes	1983–1984	A
2	Todd Cobbs	RHP	Vincennes University	Yes	1983–1985	A
3	Patrick Sullivan	C	Sacramento City College	No Blue Jays-1985	1985	Rookie
4	Mark Tindall	LHP	Sinclair Community College	No Expos-1983	1983–1984	A-
5	Victor Marin	RHP	Chaffey College	No
6	Randy Hamrick	LHP	Spartanburg Methodist College	Yes	1983–1985	A
7	John Partridge	RHP	Alvin Community College	No
8	Rob Leary	RHP	College of San Mateo	No Expos-1986	1986–1990	AAA
9	Kenneth Boone	RHP	Citrus College	No
10	Theodore Parker	OF	Spartanburg Methodist College	No Cardinals-1986	1986–1987	A
11	Scott Campbell	OF	Citrus College	No Royals-1983	1983	Rookie
12	Mark Reynolds	OF	Austin Community College	Yes	1983–1986	AA
13	Wayne Kirby	OF	Newport News Apprentice School	Yes	1983–2001	MLB
14	Karl Ciamaichelo	SS		Yes	1983	Rookie
15	Gerald Robinson	C		No

January Secondary phase

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Round	Name	Position	School	Signed	Career span	Highest level
1	Dennis Woods	OF	Spartanburg Methodist College	No
2	Rodney McCray	OF	West Los Angeles College	No Padres-1984	1984–1993	MLB

June draft

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Round	Name	Position	School	Signed	Career span	Highest level
1	Erik Sonberg	LHP	Wichita State University	Yes	1983–1989	AAA
2	Michael Cherry	RHP	The Citadel	Yes	1983–1986	AA
2	Robert Hamilton	RHP	Northeast High School	Yes	1983–1987	AA
2	Luis Lopez	C	Lafayette High School	Yes	1984–2004	MLB
3	Mitchell Moran	OF	University of Texas–Pan American	Yes	1983–1985	A
4	Bert Flores	OF	Mt. Whitney High School	Yes	1983–1986	A
5	Richard Thurman	RHP	Pepperdine University	Yes	1983	A
6	Scott May	RHP	University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point	Yes	1983–1995	MLB
7	Timothy Zaploski	3B	Boulder City High School	Yes	1983–1985	A-
8	Dave Eichborn	RHP	University of Miami	No
9	Curtis Campbell	C	Gardena High School	Yes	1983–1984	Rookie
10	Chuck Bartlett	C	Mississippi State University	Yes	1983–1984	A
11	Joe Karmeris	3B	Reavis High School	Yes	1983–1985	A
12	Samuel Dotson	C	University of Memphis	Yes	1983	Rookie
13	Kenneth Harvey	2B	University of Richmond	Yes	1983–1987	AA
14	Barry Wohler	LHP	University of Minnesota	Yes	1984–1988	AA
15	Richard Ross	3B	North Park University	No
16	Steven Shields	RHP	California State University, Los Angeles	Yes	1983–1985	A
17	Michael Blair	C	Jacksonville State University	Yes	1983–1984	A
18	Fred LaGroue	RHP	Holy Cross High School	No
19	Christopher Chapman	OF	Southern University and A&M College	Yes	1983–1987	AA
20	Mark Stevens	OF	Citrus College	No
21	Shawn Gilbert	SS	Agua Fria High School	No Twins-1987	1987–2003	MLB
22	Mike Fetters	RHP	ʻIolani School	No Angels-1986	1986–2004	MLB
23	Robert Rowen	LHP	Lassen College	Yes	1983–1988	AA
24	Vincent Beringhele	OF	University of California, Los Angeles	Yes	1983–1985	A
25	John Rexrode	RHP	Dallas Baptist University	Yes	1983–1984	A
26	Scott Parrish	RHP	Clemson University	No Athletics-1984	1984–1985	A-
27	Dale Hamrick	3B	Spartanburg Methodist College	No Braves-1984	1984	Rookie
28	Fernando Fernández	3B	Lennox High School	No
29	Kevin Monk	1B	Fremont High School	No
30	Daniel Kapea	LHP	Waipahu High School	No Brewers-1988	1988	Rookie

June secondary phase

^[8]

Round	Name	Position	School	Signed	Career span	Highest level
1	Jon Leake	3B	Sacramento City College	No Brewers-1985	1985–1989	A
2	Terence Guzman	LHP	Ferrum College	No
3	Tim Criswell	RHP	Georgia Perimeter College	Yes	1983–1987	AA

Notes

^ Tom Klawitter page at Baseball Reference
^ Dave Stewart page at Baseball Reference
^ "1983 Los Angeles Dodgers Schedule & Results". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
^ "1983 National League Championship Series". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
^ 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

References

External links

[1] Tom Klawitter page at Baseball Reference

[2] Dave Stewart page at Baseball Reference

[3] "1983 Los Angeles Dodgers Schedule & Results". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 3, 2024.

[4] "1983 National League Championship Series". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 3, 2024.

[5] 1983 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase

[6] 1983 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase

[7] 1983 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft

[8] 1983 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase

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