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1983 St. Louis Cardinals
1983 St. Louis Cardinals
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Busch Memorial Stadium
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	79–83 (.488)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	August "Gussie" Busch
General managers	Joe McDonald
Managers	Whitey Herzog
Television	KSDK
Radio	KMOX; (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Dan Kelly)

The St. Louis Cardinals 1983 season was a season in American baseball. It was the team's 102nd season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 92nd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 79–83 during the season and finished fourth in the National League East, eleven games behind the NL Champion Philadelphia Phillies. They were the first team in the Divisional play era to have a losing season one year after winning the World Series.

First baseman Keith Hernandez, shortstop Ozzie Smith, and outfielder Willie McGee won Gold Gloves this year, although Hernandez was traded to the New York Mets in mid-season.

Offseason

December 2, 1982: Julio González was released by the Cardinals.^[1]
December 14, 1982: Bobby Meacham was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Stan Javier to the New York Yankees for Steve Fincher (minors), Bob Helsom (minors) and Marty Mason (minors). ^[2]
February 16, 1983: Jamie Quirk was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.^[3]

Steve Carlton won his 300th game on September 23, 1983, against his former team, the St. Louis Cardinals.^[4]

1983 National League record v t e 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	—

June 15, 1983: Keith Hernandez was traded by the Cardinals to the New York Mets for Neil Allen and Rick Ownbey.^[5]
July 6, 1983: Jim Kaat was released by the Cardinals.^[6]
August 2, 1983: Eric Rasmussen was purchased from the Cardinals by the Kansas City Royals.^[7]

June 6, 1983: 1983 Major League Baseball draft
- Jim Lindeman was drafted by the Cardinals in the 1st round (24th pick).^[8]
- Tom Pagnozzi was drafted by the Cardinals in the 8th round. Player signed June 18, 1983.^[9]

1983 St. Louis Cardinals

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

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	Darrell Porter	145	443	116	.262	15	66
1B	George Hendrick	144	529	168	.318	18	97
2B	Tommy Herr	89	313	101	.323	2	31
SS	Ozzie Smith	159	552	134	.243	3	50
3B	Ken Oberkfell	151	488	143	.293	3	38
LF	Lonnie Smith	130	492	158	.321	8	45
CF	Willie McGee	147	601	172	.286	5	75
RF	David Green	146	422	120	.284	8	69

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
Andy Van Slyke	101	309	81	.262	8	38
Keith Hernandez	55	218	62	.284	3	26
Mike Ramsey	97	175	46	.263	1	16
Dane Iorg	58	116	31	.267	0	11
Floyd Rayford	56	104	22	.212	3	14
Steve Braun	78	92	25	.272	3	7
Glenn Brummer	45	87	24	.276	0	9
Jamie Quirk	48	86	18	.209	2	11
Bill Lyons	42	60	10	.167	0	3
Jeff Doyle	13	37	11	.297	0	2
Jim Adduci	10	20	1	.050	0	0
Rafael Santana	30	14	3	.214	0	2
Jimmy Sexton	6	9	1	.111	0	0
Orlando Sánchez	6	6	0	.000	0	0
Tito Landrum	6	5	1	.200	0	0
Gene Roof	6	3	0	.000	0	0

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Joaquín Andújar	39	225.0	6	16	4.16	125
John Stuper	40	198.0	12	11	3.68	81
Dave LaPoint	37	191.1	12	9	3.95	113
Bob Forsch	34	187.0	10	12	4.28	56
Neil Allen	25	121.2	10	6	3.70	74
Danny Cox	12	83.0	3	6	3.25	36

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
John Martin	26	66.1	3	1	3.53	29
Kevin Hagen	9	22.1	2	2	4.84	7

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Bruce Sutter	60	9	10	21	4.23	64
Jeff Lahti	53	3	3	0	3.16	26
Dave Von Ohlen	46	3	2	2	3.29	21
Dave Rucker	34	5	3	0	2.43	22
Doug Bair	26	1	1	1	3.03	21
Jim Kaat	24	0	0	0	3.89	19
Steve Baker	8	0	1	0	1.80	1
Ralph Citarella	6	0	0	0	1.64	4
Eric Rasmussen	6	0	0	1	11.74	6
Jeff Keener	4	0	0	0	8.31	4

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Louisville Redbirds	American Association	Jim Fregosi
AA	Arkansas Travelers	Texas League	Nick Leyva
A	St. Petersburg Cardinals	Florida State League	Jim Riggleman
A	Springfield Cardinals	Midwest League	Dave Bialas
A	Macon Redbirds	South Atlantic League	Lloyd Merritt
A-Short Season	Erie Cardinals	New York–Penn League	Joe Rigoli
Rookie	Johnson City Cardinals	Appalachian League	Rich Hacker