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1983 Milwaukee Brewers season

Field	Value
name	Milwaukee Brewers
season	1983
league	American League
division	East
ballpark	Milwaukee County Stadium
city	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
record
divisional_place	5th
owners	Bud Selig
general_managers	Harry Dalton
managers	Harvey Kuenn
television	WVTV
(Steve Shannon, Mike Hegan)
radio	WTMJ (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Dwayne Mosley)

(Steve Shannon, Mike Hegan) (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

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

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

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.
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.
- Joey Meyer was drafted by the Brewers in the 5th round.
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.
July 15, 1983: Danny Boone was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.
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.

Roster

1983 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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		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

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
	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

Starting pitchers

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
	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
	25	134.0	7	9	4.50	76
Tom Candiotti	10	55.2	4	4	3.23	21
	3	14.2	0	2	4.91	10

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bob Gibson	27	80.2	3	4	3.90	46
Jerry Augustine	34	64.1	3	3	5.74	40
Rick Waits	10	30.0	0	2	5.10	20
Jaime Cocanower	5	30.0	2	0	1.80	8

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	44	3	4	25	2.55	41
Jim Slaton	46	14	6	5	4.33	38
Tom Tellmann	44	9	4	8	2.80	48
	12	0	1	1	3.86	6
Andy Beene	1	0	0	0	4.50	0

Awards and honors

Cecil Cooper, Roberto Clemente Award

Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of five minor league affiliates in 1983. The Paintsville Brewers won the Appalachian League championship.

Notes

References

1983 Milwaukee Brewers team at Baseball-Reference
1983 Milwaukee Brewers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/camacer01.shtml Ernie Camacho] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/thigpbo01.shtml Bobby Thigpen] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/morrija03.shtml Jim Morris] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lakest01.shtml Steve Lake] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/plesada01.shtml Dan Plesac] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/meyerjo01.shtml Joey Meyer] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1908&dat=19830607&id=u6EfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ytUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2103,5479870&hl=en Gorman Thomas dealt to Tribe]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/booneda02.shtml Danny Boone] at ''Baseball-Reference''
"Sixto Lezacano: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference.
"1983 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Sports Reference.
"Appalachian League Champions". Major League Baseball.

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