1983_Milwaukee_Brewers_season Knowpia

1983 Milwaukee Brewers
1983 Milwaukee Brewers
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Milwaukee County Stadium
City	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Owners	Bud Selig
General managers	Harry Dalton
Managers	Harvey Kuenn
Television	WVTV; (Steve Shannon, Mike Hegan)
Radio	WTMJ (AM) ; (Bob Uecker, Dwayne Mosley)

The 1983 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 15th in franchise history and 14th in Milwaukee. As defending American League champions, they sought to return to the World Series. This season involved the Brewers finishing fifth in the American League East with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses, missing the playoffs for the first time since 1980.

Offseason edit

December 19, 1982: Ernie Camacho was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.^[1]
January 11, 1983: 1983 Major League Baseball draft
- Bobby Thigpen was drafted by the Brewers in the 7th round, but did not sign.^[2]
- Jim Morris was drafted by the Brewers in the 1st round (4th pick) of the Secondary Phase.^[3]

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

v t e 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 edit

1983 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
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 edit

April 1, 1983: Steve Lake was traded by the Brewers to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later and cash. The Cubs completed the trade by sending Rich Buonantony (minors) to the Brewers on October 24.^[4]
June 6, 1983: 1983 Major League Baseball draft
- Dan Plesac was drafted by the Brewers in the 1st round (26th pick). Player signed June 8, 1983.^[5]
- Joey Meyer was drafted by the Brewers in the 5th round.^[6]
June 6, 1983: Gorman Thomas, Ernie Camacho and Jamie Easterly were traded by the Brewers to the Cleveland Indians for Rick Manning and Rick Waits.^[7]
July 15, 1983: Danny Boone was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.^[8]
August 31, 1983: Sixto Lezcano was traded by the San Diego Padres with a player to be named later to the Philadelphia Phillies for players to be named later. ^[9]

Roster edit

1983 Milwaukee Brewers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

13 Roy Howell
7 Don Money

Manager

32 Harvey Kuenn

Coaches

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

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	Ted Simmons	153	600	185	.308	13	108
1B	Cecil Cooper	160	661	203	.307	30	126
2B	Jim Gantner	161	603	170	.282	11	74
SS	Robin Yount	149	578	178	.308	17	80
3B	Paul Molitor	152	613	167	.272	15	47
LF	Ben Oglivie	125	411	115	.280	13	66
CF	Rick Manning	108	375	86	.229	3	33
RF	Charlie Moore	151	529	150	.284	2	49
DH	Roy Howell	69	194	54	.278	4	25

Other batters edit

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
Ned Yost	61	196	44	.224	6	28
Mark Brouhard	56	185	51	.276	7	23
Gorman Thomas	46	164	30	.183	5	18
Ed Romero	59	145	46	.317	1	18
Don Money	43	114	17	.149	1	8
Marshall Edwards	51	74	22	.297	0	5
Bill Schroeder	23	73	13	.178	3	7
Randy Ready	12	37	15	.405	1	6
Rob Picciolo	14	27	6	.222	0	1
Bob Skube	12	25	5	.200	0	9
Dion James	11	20	2	.100	0	1

Pitching edit

Starting pitchers edit

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mike Caldwell	32	228.1	12	11	4.53	58
Don Sutton	31	220.0	8	13	4.08	134
Moose Haas	25	179.0	13	3	3.27	75
Bob McClure	24	142.0	9	9	4.50	68
Chuck Porter	25	134.0	7	9	4.50	76
Tom Candiotti	10	55.2	4	4	3.23	21
Pete Vuckovich	3	14.2	0	2	4.91	10

Other pitchers edit