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1983 Baltimore Orioles season

FieldValue
nameBaltimore Orioles
season1983
miscWorld Series champions
American League champions
American League East champions
leagueAmerican League
divisionEast Division
ballparkMemorial Stadium
cityBaltimore
record98–64 (.605)
divisional_place1st
ownersEdward Bennett Williams
general_managersHank Peters
managersJoe Altobelli
televisionWMAR-TV
(Chuck Thompson, Brooks Robinson)
Super TV
(Rex Barney,Ted Patterson)
radioWFBR
(Jon Miller, Tom Marr)

American League champions American League East champions (Chuck Thompson, Brooks Robinson) Super TV (Rex Barney,Ted Patterson) (Jon Miller, Tom Marr)| The 1983 Baltimore Orioles won the Major League Baseball World Series after finishing first in the American League East with a record of 98 wins and 64 losses, The Orioles won the championship by beating the Philadelphia Philles, 4–1, in the 1983 World Series. The season was the Orioles' first in nearly 15 years without manager Earl Weaver, who retired after the Orioles missed the playoffs in the final game of the 1982 season. The Orioles replaced the future Hall of Famer Weaver with Joe Altobelli.

As of the 2025 season, this is the most recent time the Orioles won a World Series, as well as their most recent World Series appearance.

After many years the Orioles made the jump to cable television, with a separate broadcast team on their then first cable broadcaster, Super TV. They would move to Home Team Sports the following year.

Offseason

  • October 19, 1982: RHP, Don Stanhouse was released by the Orioles.
  • November 13, 1982 Named Manager, Joe Altobelli
  • November 29, 1982 signed, LHP, Dan Morogiello as a free agent.
  • January 15, 1983: Catcher, Joe Nolan was re-signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
  • February 3, 1983: Third Baseman, Aurelio Rodriguez was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
  • February 23, 1983: Outfielder, John Lowenstein was re-signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
  • April 4, 1983 Pinch Hitter/Outfielder Terry Crowley was released by the Orioles

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

  • Rich Dauer
  • Rick Dempsey
  • Dan Ford
  • Leo Hernández
  • Dennis Martínez
  • Eddie Murray
  • Cal Ripken Jr.
  • Gary Roenicke
  • John Shelby
  • Ken Singleton

Notable transactions

  • June 13, 1983: Traded catcher/third baseman Floyd Rayford (playing for the Rochester Red Wings at the time of the trade) to the St. Louis Cardinals for a player to be named later
  • June 30, 1983: Todd Cruz was purchased by the Orioles from the Seattle Mariners.
  • August 13, 1983: Aurelio Rodriguez was released by the Baltimore Orioles.
  • August 31, 1983: Acquired outfielder Tito Landrum from the St. Louis Cardinals completing the Floyd Rayford trade.

Roster

An Overview of the Team

On April 3, 1983, the Baltimore Orioles left spring training with much the same team that fell just a game short of the playoffs the year before. Of the Orioles starting in the 1982 Opening Day lineup only Lenn Sakata and Al Bumbry would lose their opening day spots in 1983. Terry Crowley was the last player cut during spring training, and on his way out of the clubhouse he predicted an Orioles championship, "The shame of it is," he told a ''Sun reporter, "the Orioles are going to win in it all this year, and Joe is going to do a tremendous job" Still, the team was an up-and-coming squad, in fact, no Oriole would be voted on to the All Star team's starting lineup. However, the team featured three future Hall of Famers:

  • Cal Ripken who had won Rookie of the Year honors the year before completed his transition from third base to shortstop playing his first full season at his new position
  • Perennial All-Star Eddie Murray won a Silver Slugger Award and Gold Glove Award at first base
  • The aging Jim Palmer started only 11 games but would come out of the bullpen for his final career victory in the World Series
  • During an August 24, 1983 game, Orioles pitcher Tippy Martinez picked off three Toronto Blue Jays baserunners in one inning. The baserunners were Barry Bonnell, Dave Collins and Willie Upshaw.

While the Orioles fielded a team similar to the team fielded in 1982 Altobelli put his own mark on the squad by breaking camp with a four-man rotation which occasionally increased to five pitchers rather than the three man rotation preferred by Weaver.

Starting pitching

One significant difference between the 1982 Baltimore Orioles and the 1983 Baltimore Orioles was Altobelli's willingness to use different starting pitchers. Ten different, Orioles pitchers would take the mound to start a game in 1983 whereas in 1982 only six players got the starting nod.

1983 Baltimore Orioles roster
**Roster**
**Pitchers**

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

= Indicates league leader

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB= Stolen bases

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1B156582115178.306331115
2B14045949108.2355411
3B812211646.2083273
SS162663121211.318271020
LF1223105287.28115602
CF12437863104.27533112
RF10340763114.2809559
DH15150752140.27618840

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB= Stolen bases

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1153234584.26019642
642032150.2466261
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731842551.2775240
661342334.2543128
471041223.2214130
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Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

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36260.01873.184586
34200.11373.5964125
27179.01682.7752120
32153.07165.534571
20125.11243.303150
1476.2544.231934
1157.0443.473020

Other pitchers

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

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721.2112.9167
39.2005.5947

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

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Postseason

ALCS

Main article: 1983 American League Championship Series

Summary

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1
2
3
4

World Series

Main article: 1983 World Series

GameScoreDateLocationAttendanceTime of Game
1**Phillies – 2**, Orioles – 1October 11Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)52,2042:22
2Phillies – 1, **Orioles – 4**October 12Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)52,1322:27
3**Orioles – 3**, Phillies – 2October 14Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia)65,7922:35
4**Orioles – 5**, Phillies – 4October 15Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia)66,9472:50
5**Orioles – 5**, Phillies – 0October 16Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia)67,0642:21

Awards and honors

  • Mike Boddicker, ALCS Most Valuable Player
  • Rick Dempsey, Babe Ruth Award
  • Rick Dempsey – World Series Most Valuable Player
  • Eddie Murray, Silver Slugger Award
  • Cal Ripken Jr., American League Most Valuable Player

All-Star Game

League leaders

  • Cal Ripken Jr. – American League Leader in At-Bats (663)
  • Cal Ripken Jr. – American League Leader in Hits (211)
  • Cal Ripken Jr. – American League Leader Runs Scored (121)
  • Cal Ripken Jr. – American League Leader Doubles (47)

Farm system

Notes

References

References

  1. "1983 World Series - Baltimore Orioles over Philadelphia Phillies (4-1)".
  2. "Orioles' Spell Is Broken: Brewers Win AL East - The Washington Post". [[The Washington Post]].
  3. "Earl Weaver 1996 Hall of Fame Induction Speech".
  4. "Weaver, Earl | Baseball Hall of Fame".
  5. (March 11, 2014). "The Story of the 1983 Baltimore Orioles".
  6. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stanhdo01.shtml Don Stanhouse] at ''Baseball-Reference''
  7. "Altobelli to Manage O's" November 11, 1982 The Evening Sun (Baltimore, MD) p.33
  8. "1983 Major League Baseball Transactions".
  9. "Joe Nolan Stats - Baseball-Reference.com".
  10. "Aurelio Rodriguez Stats - Baseball-Reference.com".
  11. "1983 Baltimore Orioles Trades and Transactions".
  12. [https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/trades.php?p=crowlte01 Baseball Almanac]
  13. "1983 Baltimore Orioles Roster".
  14. "Floyd Rayford Trades and Transactions by Baseball Almanac".
  15. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cruzto02.shtml Todd Curz] at ''Baseball-Reference''
  16. "Tito Landrum Trades and Transactions by Baseball Almanac".
  17. "1983 Major League Baseball Opening Day Lineups".
  18. ''Class Marks the departure of the 'Crow', [[The Baltimore Sun]] April 4, 1983 p.21''
  19. "1983 All-Star Game Box Score, July 6".
  20. "Cal Ripken, Jr. Awards by Baseball Almanac".
  21. "Eddie Murray Awards by Baseball Almanac".
  22. "Jim Palmer Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More".
  23. 100 Things Orioles Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, Dan Connolly, Triumph Books, Chicago, 2015, ISBN 978-1-62937-041-5, p.188
  24. 'The Evening Sun, "Orioles Ready for a Change of Pace" April 1, 1983, C6
  25. "1983 Baltimore Orioles Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com".
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