1983 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record78–84 (.481)
Divisional place6th (20 GB)
Other information
Owner(s)Buddy LeRoux, Haywood Sullivan, Jean Yawkey
General manager(s)Haywood Sullivan
Manager(s)Ralph Houk
Local televisionWSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Ned Martin, Bob Montgomery)
Local radioWPLM-FM 99.1
WPLM-AM 1390
(Ken Coleman, Joe Castiglione)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 1983 Boston Red Sox season was the 83rd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished sixth in the American League East with a record of 78 wins and 84 losses, 20 games behind the Baltimore Orioles, who went on to win the 1983 World Series. It was the Red Sox' first losing season since 1966.

Offseason

Regular season

Record by month[7]
Month Record Cumulative AL East Ref.
Won Lost Won Lost Position GB
April 10 9 10 9 2nd (tie) 1⁄2 [8]
May 16 11 26 20 2nd 1⁄2 [9]
June 11 16 37 36 5th 5 [10]
July 14 14 51 50 6th 9 [11]
August 12 19 63 69 6th 15+1⁄2 [12]
September 14 14 77 83 6th 20 [13]
October 1 1 78 84 6th 20 [14]

Highlights

Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 98 64 0.605 — 50–31 48–33
Detroit Tigers 92 70 0.568 6 48–33 44–37
New York Yankees 91 71 0.562 7 51–30 40–41
Toronto Blue Jays 89 73 0.549 9 48–33 41–40
Milwaukee Brewers 87 75 0.537 11 52–29 35–46
Boston Red Sox 78 84 0.481 20 38–43 40–41
Cleveland Indians 70 92 0.432 28 36–45 34–47

Record vs. opponents

1983 American League Records

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore — 8–5 7–5 7–5 6–7 5–8 8–4 11–2 8–4 6–7 8–4 8–4 9–3 7–6
Boston 5–8 — 6–6 6–6 7–6 4–9 5–7 4–9 5–7 7–6 8–4 7–5 7–5 7–6
California 5–7 6–6 — 3–10 8–4 4–8 6–7 6–6 6–7 5–7 5–8 6–7 6–7 4–8
Chicago 5–7 6–6 10–3 — 8–4 8–4 9–4 4–8 8–5 8–4 8–5 12–1 8–5 5–7
Cleveland 7–6 6–7 4–8 4–8 — 5–8 7–5 3–10 6–6 6–7 7–5 8–4 3–9 4–9
Detroit 8–5 9–4 8–4 4–8 8–5 — 7–5 6–7 9–3 5–8 6–6 8–4 8–4 6–7
Kansas City 4–8 7–5 7–6 4–9 5–7 5–7 — 6–6 6–7 6–6 7–6 8–5 8–5–1 6–6
Milwaukee 2–11 9–4 6–6 8–4 10–3 7–6 6–6 — 8–4 4–9 6–6 5–7 8–4 8–5
Minnesota 4–8 7–5 7–6 5–8 6–6 3–9 7–6 4–8 — 4–8 4–9 9–4 5–8 5–7
New York 7–6 6–7 7–5 4–8 7–6 8–5 6–6 9–4 8–4 — 8–4 7–5 7–5 7–6
Oakland 4–8 4–8 8–5 5–8 5–7 6–6 6–7 6–6 9–4 4–8 — 9–4 2–11 6–6
Seattle 4–8 5–7 7–6 1–12 4–8 4–8 5–8 7–5 4–9 5–7 4–9 — 6–7 4–8
Texas 3–9 5–7 7–6 5–8 9–3 4–8 5–8–1 4–8 8–5 5–7 11–2 7–6 — 4–8
Toronto 6–7 6–7 8–4 7–5 9–4 7–6 6–6 5–8 7–5 6–7 6–6 8–4 8–4 —


Notable transactions

Opening Day lineup

26 Wade Boggs 3B
24 Dwight Evans RF
14 Jim Rice LF
20 Tony Armas CF
  8 Carl Yastrzemski DH
11 Dave Stapleton 1B
10 Rich Gedman C
18 Glenn Hoffman SS
12 Julio Valdez 2B
43 Dennis Eckersley     P

Source:[17]

Roster

1983 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Statistical leaders

Wade Boggs
Wade Boggs
Category Player Statistic
Youngest player Oil Can Boyd
Rich Gedman
Lee Graham
Jackie Gutiérrez		 23
Oldest player Carl Yastrzemski 43
Wins Above Replacement Wade Boggs 7.8

Source:[18]

Batting

Abbr. Category Player Statistic
G Games played Jim Rice 155
PA Plate appearances Jim Rice 689
AB At bats Jim Rice 626
R Runs scored Wade Boggs 100
H Hits Wade Boggs 210
2B Doubles Wade Boggs 44
3B Triples Wade Boggs 7
HR Home runs Jim Rice 39
RBI Runs batted in Jim Rice 126
SB Stolen bases Jerry Remy 11
CS Caught stealing Reid Nichols 5
BB Base on balls Wade Boggs 92
SO Strikeouts Tony Armas 131
BA Batting average Wade Boggs .361
OBP On-base percentage Wade Boggs .444
SLG Slugging percentage Jim Rice .550
OPS On-base plus slugging Wade Boggs .931
OPS+ Adjusted OPS Wade Boggs 150
TB Total bases Jim Rice 344
GIDP Grounded into double play Jim Rice 31
HBP Hit by pitch Jim Rice 6
SH Sacrifice hits Jerry Remy 12
SF Sacrifice flies Dave Stapleton 8
IBB Intentional base on balls Carl Yastrzemski 11

Source:[18]

Pitching

Abbr. Category Player Statistic
W Wins John Tudor 13
L Losses Dennis Eckersley 13
W-L % Winning percentage Bob Ojeda .632 (12–7)
ERA Earned run average Bob Stanley 2.85
G Games pitched Bob Stanley 64
GS Games started John Tudor 34
GF Games finished Bob Stanley 53
CG Complete games John Tudor 7
SHO Shutouts Bruce Hurst 2
John Tudor
SV Saves Bob Stanley 33
IP Innings pitched John Tudor 242
SO Strikeouts John Tudor 136
WHIP Walks plus hits per inning pitched Bob Stanley 1.259

Source:[18]

Awards and honors

Awards
Accomplishments

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

The New Britain Red Sox replaced the Bristol Red Sox as a Double-A affiliate.

Level Team League Manager
AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Tony Torchia
AA New Britain Red Sox Eastern League Rac Slider
A Winston-Salem Red Sox Carolina League Bill Slack
A Winter Haven Red Sox Florida State League Tom Kotchman
A-Short Season Elmira Suns New York–Penn League Dick Berardino

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: New Britain
Source:[19][20]

References

  1. ^ Tony Pérez at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Tony Armas at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Josías Manzanillo at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ Ellis Burks at Baseball-Reference
  5. ^ Mike Torrez at Baseball-Reference
  6. ^ Brian Kingman at Baseball-Reference
  7. ^ "The 1983 Boston Red Sox". Retrosheet. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  8. ^ "Events of Saturday, April 30, 1983".
  9. ^ "Events of Tuesday, May 31, 1983".
  10. ^ "Events of Thursday, June 30, 1983".
  11. ^ "Events of Sunday, July 31, 1983".
  12. ^ "Events of Wednesday, August 31, 1983".
  13. ^ "Events of Friday, September 30, 1983".
  14. ^ "Events of Sunday, October 2, 1983".
  15. ^ Roger Clemens at Baseball-Reference
  16. ^ John Mitchell at Baseball-Reference
  17. ^ "Toronto Blue Jays 7, Boston Red Sox 1". Retrosheet. April 5, 1983. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  18. ^ a b c "1983 Boston Red Sox Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  19. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  20. ^ Boston Red Sox Media Guide. 1983. p. 81. Retrieved March 14, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.

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