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1983 Los Angeles Dodgers season

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1983 Los Angeles Dodgers
National League West Champions
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkDodger Stadium
CityLos Angeles
OwnersPeter O'Malley
General managersAl Campanis
ManagersTommy Lasorda
TelevisionKTTV (11)
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter
ONTV
Geoff Witcher, Al Downing
RadioKABC
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter
KTNQ
Jaime Jarrín, René Cárdenas
← 1982 Seasons 1984 →

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

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Regular season

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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

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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

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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

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1983 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Notable transactions

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Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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

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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

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Starting pitchers

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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

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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

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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

Game log

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1983 Game Log (91–71)
April (14–6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
May (18–8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
June (14–14)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
July (11–17)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
July 6 54th All-Star Game National League vs. American League (Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois)
August (20–10)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
September (14–14)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
October (0–2)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Dodgers team member

1983 National League Championship Series

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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

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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: PHIMike Schmidt (1)

Game 2

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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: PHIGary Matthews (1)

Game 3

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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: LADMike Marshall (1); PHIGary Matthews (2)

Game 4

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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: LADDusty Baker (1); PHIGary Matthews (3), Sixto Lezcano (1)

Postseason game log

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1983 Postseason Game Log: (1–3)
National League Championship Series (1–3)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record

Awards and honors

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Farm system

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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

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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.

Notes

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References

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