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1983 San Francisco Giants season

Field	Value
name	San Francisco Giants
season	1983
league	National League
division	West
ballpark	Candlestick Park
city	San Francisco, California
owners	Bob Lurie
general_managers	Tom Haller
managers	Frank Robinson
television	KTVU
(Hank Greenwald, Gary Park)
radio	KNBR
(Hank Greenwald, David Glass)
SP Radio
(Tito Fuentes, Ramón Martínez)

(Hank Greenwald, Gary Park) (Hank Greenwald, David Glass) SP Radio (Tito Fuentes, Ramón Martínez) |}}

The 1983 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 101st season in Major League Baseball, their 26th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 24th at Candlestick Park. The team finished in fifth place in the National League West with a 79–83 record, 12 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Offseason

October 15, 1982: Bill Bordley was released by the Giants.
October 15, 1982: Alan Hargesheimer was traded by the Giants to the Chicago Cubs for Herman Segelke.
December 14, 1982: Joe Morgan and Al Holland were traded by the Giants to the Philadelphia Phillies for Mike Krukow, Mark Davis, and Charles Penigar (minors).
February 7, 1983: Joel Youngblood was signed as a free agent by the Giants.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

Bob Brenly
Jack Clark
Chili Davis
Darrell Evans
Mike Krukow
Duane Kuiper
Johnnie LeMaster
Jeffrey Leonard
Tom O'Malley

Notable transactions

May 1, 1983: Brian Kingman was signed as a free agent by the Giants.
June 6, 1983: 1983 Major League Baseball draft
- Charlie Hayes was drafted by the Giants in the 4th round.
- Mike Aldrete was drafted by the Giants in the 7th round. Player signed June 22, 1983.

Roster

1983 San Francisco Giants
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	Bob Brenly	104	281	63	.224	7	34
1B	Darrell Evans	142	523	145	.277	30	82
2B	Brad Wellman	82	182	39	.214	1	16
SS	Johnny LeMaster	141	534	128	.240	6	30
3B	Tom O'Malley	135	410	106	.259	5	45
LF	Jeffrey Leonard	139	516	144	.279	21	87
CF	Chili Davis	137	486	113	.233	11	59
RF	Jack Clark	135	492	132	.268	20	66

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
	124	373	109	.292	17	53
Max Venable	94	228	50	.219	6	27
Milt May	66	186	47	.247	6	20
Duane Kuiper	72	176	44	.250	0	14
Dave Bergman	90	140	40	.286	6	24
	40	104	24	.231	1	14
Joe Pettini	61	86	16	.186	0	7
Chris Smith	22	67	22	.328	1	11
Dan Gladden	18	63	14	.222	1	9
Steve Nicosia	15	33	11	.333	0	6
Mike Vail	18	26	4	.154	0	3
Champ Summers	29	22	3	.136	0	3
Jeff Ransom	6	20	4	.200	1	3
Guy Sularz	10	20	2	.100	0	0
Rich Murray	4	10	2	.200	0	1
Wallace Johnson	7	8	1	.125	0	1
Ron Pruitt	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

	= Indicates league leader

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
Fred Breining	32	202.2	11	12	3.82	117
	31	184.1	11	11	3.95	136
Atlee Hammaker	23	172.1	10	9	2.25	127
Bill Laskey	25	148.1	13	10	4.19	81
	20	111.0	6	4	3.49	83
Scott Garrelts	5	35.2	2	2	2.52	16

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
Andy McGaffigan	43	134.1	3	9	4.29	93
Renie Martin	37	94.1	2	4	4.20	43
Mark Calvert	18	37.1	1	4	6.27	14

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
Greg Minton	73	7	11	22	3.54	38
Gary Lavelle	56	7	4	20	2.59	68
	53	5	3	2	3.98	47
Mike Chris	7	0	0	0	8.10	5
Randy Lerch	7	1	0	0	3.38	6
	5	0	0	0	4.35	6
Brian Kingman	3	0	0	0	7.71	1

Awards and honors

1983 Darrell Evans 1B, Willie Mac Award All-Star Game

Farm system

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bordlbi01.shtml Bill Bordley] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hargeal01.shtml Alan Hargesheimer] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/davisma01.shtml Mark Davis] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/y/youngjo02.shtml Joel Youngblood] at ''Baseball Reference''
"1983 San Francisco Giants Roster".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kingmbr01.shtml Brian Kingman] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hayesch01.shtml Charlie Hayes] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/aldremi01.shtml Mike Aldrete] at ''Baseball Reference''

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