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1983 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	St. Louis Cardinals
season	1983
image	St Louis Cardinals Cap Insignia.svg
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)

Note

the Major League Baseball team

(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Dan Kelly) The 1983 St. Louis Cardinals season was a season in American baseball. It was the Cardinals' 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.
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).
February 16, 1983: Jamie Quirk was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.

Regular season

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

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day Lineup

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27	Lonnie Smith	LF
1	Ozzie Smith	SS
37	Keith Hernandez	1B
25	George Hendrick	RF
22	David Green	CF
15	Darrell Porter	C
10	Ken Oberkfell	3B
5	Mike Ramsey	2B
31	Bob Forsch	P

Notable transactions

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

Draft picks

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

Roster

1983 St. Louis Cardinals
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	Darrell Porter	145	443	116	.262	15	66
1B		144	529	168	.318	18	97
2B	Tommy Herr	89	313	101	.323	2	31
SS		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		147	601	172	.286	5	75
RF		146	422	120	.284	8	69

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
Andy Van Slyke	101	309	81	.262	8	38
	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
	78	92	25	.272	3	7
Glenn Brummer	45	87	24	.276	0	9
	48	86	18	.209	2	11
	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

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
	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
	34	187.0	10	12	4.28	56
	25	121.2	10	6	3.70	74
Danny Cox	12	83.0	3	6	3.25	36

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
John Martin	26	66.1	3	1	3.53	29
Kevin Hagen	9	22.1	2	2	4.84	7

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
Bruce Sutter	60	9	10	21	4.23	64
Jeff Lahti	53	3	3	0	3.16	26
	46	3	2	2	3.29	21
Dave Rucker	34	5	3	0	2.43	22
	26	1	1	1	3.03	21
Jim Kaat	24	0	0	0	3.89	19
	8	0	1	0	1.80	1
Ralph Citarella	6	0	0	0	1.64	4
	6	0	0	1	11.74	6
Jeff Keener	4	0	0	0	8.31	4

Farm system

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gonzaju02.shtml Julio González] at ''Baseball Reference''
"Bobby Beacham: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference.
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/q/quirkja01.shtml Jamie Quirk] at ''Baseball Reference''
[http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/carltst01.php Steve Carlton. The Baseball Page]
https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SLN/SLN198304050.shtml
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hernake01.shtml Keith Hernandez] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kaatji01.shtml Jim Kaat] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rasmuer01.shtml Eric Rasmussen] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lindeji01.shtml Jim Lindeman] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pagnoto01.shtml Tom Pagnozzi] at ''Baseball Reference''

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