1983 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1983 throughout the world.

Champions

Major League Baseball

  League Championship Series World Series
                 
East  Baltimore Orioles 3  
West  Chicago White Sox 1  
    AL  Baltimore Orioles 4
  NL  Philadelphia Phillies 1
East  Philadelphia Phillies 3
West  Los Angeles Dodgers 1  

Other champions

Awards and honors

MLB statistical leaders

  American League National League
Type Name Stat Name Stat
AVG Wade Boggs BOS .361 Bill Madlock PIT .323
HR Jim Rice BOS 39 Mike Schmidt PHI 40
RBI Cecil Cooper MIL
Jim Rice BOS
126 Dale Murphy ATL 121
Wins LaMarr Hoyt CHW 24 John Denny PHI 19
ERA Rick Honeycutt TEX 2.42 Atlee Hammaker SFG 2.25

Major league baseball final standings

American League
Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
East Division
1st Baltimore Orioles 98   64 .605    --
2nd Detroit Tigers 92   70 .568   6
3rd New York Yankees 91   71 .562   7
4th Toronto Blue Jays 89   73 .549   9
5th Milwaukee Brewers 87   75 .537 11
6th Boston Red Sox 78   84 .481 20
7th Cleveland Indians 70   92 .432 28
West Division
1st Chicago White Sox 99   63 .611    --
2nd Kansas City Royals 79   83 .488 20
3rd Texas Rangers 77   85 .475 22
4th Oakland Athletics 74   88 .457 25
5th California Angels 70   92 .432 29
5th Minnesota Twins 70   92 .432 29
7th Seattle Mariners 60 102 .370 39

National League
Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
East Division
1st Philadelphia Phillies 90   72 .556    --
2nd Pittsburgh Pirates 84   78 .519   6
3rd Montreal Expos 82   80 .506   8
4th St. Louis Cardinals 79   83 .488 11
5th Chicago Cubs 71   91 .438 19
6th New York Mets 68   94 .420 22
West Division
1st Los Angeles Dodgers 91   71 .562    --
2nd Atlanta Braves 88   74 .543   3
3rd Houston Astros 85   77 .525   6
4th San Diego Padres 81   81 .500 10
5th San Francisco Giants 79   83 .488 12
6th Cincinnati Reds 74   88 .457 17

Events

Movies

Births

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Deaths

References

  1. "The Week (September 2–8)". Sports Illustrated. 1979-09-17.
  2. "The Cincinnati Reds today hired Vern Rapp". The New York Times. 1983-10-05.
  3. "Scorecard". Sports Illustrated. 1983-10-17.
  4. "Scott Skripko Minor League Stats". Retrieved 2009-11-11.
  5. "NFL Players' Boating Accident Stirs Memories of Anthony Latham". CNN. 2009-03-04.
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