1983 Detroit Tigers season

1983 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Tom Monaghan
General manager(s) Jim Campbell
Manager(s) Sparky Anderson
Local television WDIV-TV
(George Kell, Al Kaline)
ONTV
(Larry Adderley, Hank Aguirre, Norm Cash)
Local radio WJR
(Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey)
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The 1983 Detroit Tigers finished in second place in the American League East with a record of 92-70 (.568), six games behind the Orioles. The Tigers outscored their opponents 789 to 679. The Tigers drew 1,829,636 fans to Tiger Stadium in 1983, ranking 8th of the 14 teams in the American League.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 98 64 0.605 — 50–31 48–33
Detroit Tigers 92 70 0.568 6 48–33 44–37
New York Yankees 91 71 0.562 7 51–30 40–41
Toronto Blue Jays 89 73 0.549 9 48–33 41–40
Milwaukee Brewers 87 75 0.537 11 52–29 35–46
Boston Red Sox 78 84 0.481 20 38–43 40–41
Cleveland Indians 70 92 0.432 28 36–45 34–47

Record vs. opponents

1983 American League Records

Sources:

Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore — 8–5 7–5 7–5 6–7 5–8 8–4 11–2 8–4 6–7 8–4 8–4 9–3 7–6
Boston 5–8 — 6–6 6–6 7–6 4–9 5–7 4–9 5–7 7–6 8–4 7–5 7–5 7–6
California 5–7 6–6 — 3–10 8–4 4–8 6–7 6–6 6–7 5–7 5–8 6–7 6–7 4–8
Chicago 5–7 6–6 10–3 — 8–4 8–4 9–4 4–8 8–5 8–4 8–5 12–1 8–5 5–7
Cleveland 7–6 6–7 4–8 4–8 — 5–8 7–5 3–10 6–6 6–7 7–5 8–4 3–9 4–9
Detroit 8–5 9–4 8–4 4–8 8–5 — 7–5 6–7 9–3 5–8 6–6 8–4 8–4 6–7
Kansas City 4–8 7–5 7–6 4–9 5–7 5–7 — 6–6 6–7 6–6 7–6 8–5 8–5–1 6–6
Milwaukee 2–11 9–4 6–6 8–4 10–3 7–6 6–6 — 8–4 4–9 6–6 5–7 8–4 8–5
Minnesota 4–8 7–5 7–6 5–8 6–6 3–9 7–6 4–8 — 4–8 4–9 9–4 5–8 5–7
New York 7–6 6–7 7–5 4–8 7–6 8–5 6–6 9–4 8–4 — 8–4 7–5 7–5 7–6
Oakland 4–8 4–8 8–5 5–8 5–7 6–6 6–7 6–6 9–4 4–8 — 9–4 2–11 6–6
Seattle 4–8 5–7 7–6 1–12 4–8 4–8 5–8 7–5 4–9 5–7 4–9 — 6–7 4–8
Texas 3–9 5–7 7–6 5–8 9–3 4–8 5–8–1 4–8 8–5 5–7 11–2 7–6 — 4–8
Toronto 6–7 6–7 8–4 7–5 9–4 7–6 6–6 5–8 7–5 6–7 6–6 8–4 8–4 —

Notable transactions

Roster

1983 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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 Lance Parrish 155 605 163 .269 27 114
1B Enos Cabell 121 392 122 .311 5 46
2B Lou Whitaker 161 643 206 .320 12 72
3B Tom Brookens 138 332 71 .214 6 32
SS Alan Trammell 142 505 161 .319 14 66
CF Chet Lemon 145 491 125 .255 24 69
RF Glenn Wilson 144 503 135 .268 11 65
LF Larry Herndon 153 603 182 .302 20 92
DH Kirk Gibson 128 401 91 .227 15 51

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
John Wockenfuss 92 245 66 .269 9 44
Rick Leach 99 242 60 .248 3 26
Johnny Grubb 57 134 34 .254 4 22
Wayne Krenchicki 59 133 37 .278 1 22
Marty Castillo 67 119 23 .193 2 16
Howard Johnson 27 66 14 .212 3 5
Julio González 12 21 3 .143 0 2
Sal Butera 4 5 1 .200 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dan Petry 38 266.3 19 11 3.92 122
Jack Morris 37 293.7 20 13 3.34 232
Milt Wilcox 26 186.0 11 10 3.97 101
Juan Berenguer 37 157.7 9 5 3.14 129
Glenn Abbott 7 46.7 2 1 1.93 11

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dave Rozema 29 105.0 8 3 3.43 63
Jerry Ujdur 11 34.0 0 4 7.15 13

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W= Wins; L= Losses; SV = Saves; GF = Games Finished; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV GF ERA SO
Aurelio López 57 9 8 18 46 2.81 90
Howard Bailey 33 5 5 0 15 4.88 21
Doug Bair 27 7 3 4 10 3.88 39
Dave Gumpert 26 0 2 2 17 2.64 14
Pat Underwood 4 0 0 0 2 8.71 2

Award winners and league leaders

Kirk Gibson

Larry Herndon

Chet Lemon

Aurelio López

Jack Morris

Lance Parrish

Dan Petry

Alan Trammell

Lou Whitaker

Milt Wilcox

Players ranking among top 100 all time at position

The following members of the 1983 Detroit Tigers are among the Top 100 of all time at their position, as ranked by The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract:

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Evansville Triplets American Association Gordon Mackenzie
AA Birmingham Barons Southern League Roy Majtyka
A Lakeland Tigers Florida State League Ted Brazell
Rookie Bristol Tigers Appalachian League Boots Day

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Birmingham

Notes

  1. ↑ Dave Revering at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Julio González at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Sal Butera at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Jeff Robinson at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ D. J. Dozier at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Wayne Krenchicki at Baseball Reference

References

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