1983 Cleveland Indians season

1983 Cleveland Indians
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkCleveland Municipal Stadium
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnersSteve O'Neill
General managersPhil Seghi
ManagersMike Ferraro, Pat Corrales
TelevisionWUAB
RadioWWWE
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The 1983 Cleveland Indians season was the 83rd for the franchise. It was the final season under the ownership of Steve O'Neill, who had owned the team since 1978. He died on August 29, 1983, with his estate owning the team until 1986.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 98 64 .605 — 50‍–‍31 48‍–‍33
Detroit Tigers 92 70 .568 6 48‍–‍33 44‍–‍37
New York Yankees 91 71 .562 7 51‍–‍30 40‍–‍41
Toronto Blue Jays 89 73 .549 9 48‍–‍33 41‍–‍40
Milwaukee Brewers 87 75 .537 11 52‍–‍29 35‍–‍46
Boston Red Sox 78 84 .481 20 38‍–‍43 40‍–‍41
Cleveland Indians 70 92 .432 28 36‍–‍45 34‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

1983 American League record

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

Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Starters
# Name Position
21 Mike Hargrove 1B
11 Toby Harrah 3B
26 Bake McBride RF
29 Andre Thornton DH
24 George Vukovich LF
8 Manny Trillo 2B
20 Rick Manning CF
9 Ron Hassey C
14 Julio Franco SS
43 Rick Sutcliffe P

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Roster

1983 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
Chris Bando 48 121 15 31 3 0 4 15 .256 0
Alan Bannister 117 377 51 100 25 4 5 45 .265 6
Carmelo Castillo 23 36 9 10 2 1 1 3 .278 1
Wil Culmer 7 19 0 2 0 0 0 1 .105 0
Miguel Dilone 32 68 15 13 3 1 0 7 .191 5
Jim Essian 48 93 11 19 4 0 2 11 .204 0
Mike Fischlin 95 225 31 47 5 2 2 23 .209 9
Julio Franco 149 560 68 153 24 8 8 80 .273 32
Mike Hargrove 134 469 57 134 21 4 3 57 .286 0
Toby Harrah 138 526 81 140 23 1 9 53 .266 16
Ron Hassey 117 341 48 92 21 0 6 42 .270 2
Rick Manning 50 194 20 54 6 0 1 10 .278 7
Bake McBride 70 230 21 67 8 1 1 18 .291 8
Karl Pagel 8 20 1 6 0 0 0 1 .300 0
Jack Perconte 14 26 1 7 1 0 0 0 .269 3
Broderick Perkins 79 184 23 50 10 0 0 24 .272 1
Kevin Rhomberg 12 21 2 10 0 0 0 2 .476 1
Pat Tabler 124 430 56 125 23 5 6 65 .291 2
Gorman Thomas 106 371 51 82 17 0 17 51 .221 8
Andre Thornton 141 508 78 143 27 1 17 77 .281 4
Manny Trillo 88 320 33 87 13 1 1 29 .272 1
Otto Velez 10 25 1 2 0 0 0 1 .080 0
George Vukovich 124 312 31 77 13 2 3 44 .247 3
Team Totals 162 5476 704 1451 249 31 86 659 .265 109

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K
Bud Anderson 1 6 4.08 39 1 7 68.1 64 34 31 32 32
Len Barker 8 13 5.11 24 24 0 149.1 150 92 85 52 105
Rich Barnes 1 1 6.94 4 2 0 11.1 18 10 9 10 2
Rick Behenna 0 2 4.15 5 4 0 26.0 22 13 12 14 9
Bert Blyleven 7 10 3.91 24 24 0 156.1 160 74 68 44 123
Tom Brennan 2 2 3.86 11 5 0 39.2 45 22 17 8 21
Ernie Camacho 0 1 5.06 4 0 0 5.1 5 3 3 2 2
Jamie Easterly 4 2 3.63 41 0 3 57.0 69 25 23 22 39
Juan Eichelberger 4 11 4.90 28 15 0 134.0 132 80 73 59 56
Ed Glynn 0 2 5.84 11 0 0 12.1 22 11 8 6 13
Neal Heaton 11 7 4.16 39 16 7 149.1 157 79 69 44 75
Mike Jeffcoat 1 3 3.31 11 2 0 32.2 32 13 12 13 9
Jerry Reed 0 0 7.17 7 0 0 21.1 26 19 17 9 11
Lary Sorensen 12 11 4.24 36 34 0 222.2 238 112 105 65 76
Dan Spillner 2 9 5.07 60 0 8 92.1 117 54 52 38 48
Rick Sutcliffe 17 11 4.29 36 35 0 243.1 251 131 116 102 160
Rick Waits 0 1 4.58 8 0 0 19.2 23 13 10 9 13
Team Totals 70 92 4.43 162 162 25 1441.2 1531 785 710 529 794

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Charleston Charlies International League Doc Edwards
AA Buffalo Bisons Eastern League Al Gallagher
A Waterloo Indians Midwest League Gomer Hodge
A-Short Season Batavia Trojans New York–Penn League Brian Doyle

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Notes

  1. ^ Broderick Perkins at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ a b Manny Trillo at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ Rick Manning at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ Pat Tabler at Baseball-Reference
  5. ^ Gorman Thomas dealt to Tribe
  6. ^ 1983 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
  7. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References