1983 Chicago Cubs
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Other information
Owner(s)Tribune Company
General manager(s)Dallas Green
Manager(s)Lee Elia (before August 22), Charlie Fox (after August 22)
Local televisionWGN-TV
(Harry Caray, Steve Stone, Milo Hamilton)
Local radioWGN
(Milo Hamilton, Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau, Harry Caray)
StatsESPN.com
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The 1983 Chicago Cubs season was the 112th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 108th in the National League and the 68th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League East with a record of 71–91.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 90 72 0.556 — 50–31 40–41
Pittsburgh Pirates 84 78 0.519 6 41–40 43–38
Montreal Expos 82 80 0.506 8 46–35 36–45
St. Louis Cardinals 79 83 0.488 11 44–37 35–46
Chicago Cubs 71 91 0.438 19 43–38 28–53
New York Mets 68 94 0.420 22 41–41 27–53

Record vs. opponents

1983 National League Records

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta — 5–7 12–6 11–7 7–11 7–5 8–4 7–5 6–6 9–9 9–9 7–5
Chicago 7–5 — 4–8 5–7 6–6 7–11 9–9 5–13 9–9 5–7 4–8 10–8
Cincinnati 6–12 8–4 — 5–13 7–11 4–8 7–5 6–6 6–6 9–9 10–8 6–6
Houston 7–11 7–5 13–5 — 6–12 8–4 9–3 4–8 6–6 11–7 12–6 2–10
Los Angeles 11–7 6–6 11–7 12–6 — 7–5 7–5 11–1 6–6 6–12–1 5–13 9–3
Montreal 5–7 11–7 8–4 4–8 5–7 — 8–10 8–10–1 8–10 8–4 8–4 9–9
New York 4–8 9–9 5–7 3–9 5–7 10–8 — 6–12 9–9 6–6 5–7 6–12
Philadelphia 5-7 13–5 6–6 8–4 1–11 10–8–1 12–6 — 11–7 5–7 5–7 14–4
Pittsburgh 6–6 9–9 6–6 6–6 6–6 10–8 9–9 7–11 — 9–3 6–6 10–8
San Diego 9–9 7–5 9–9 7–11 12–6–1 4–8 6–6 7–5 3–9 — 11–7 6–6
San Francisco 9–9 8–4 8–10 6–12 13–5 4–8 7–5 7–5 6–6 7–11 — 4–8
St. Louis 5–7 8–10 6–6 10–2 3–9 9–9 12–6 4–14 8–10 6–6 8–4 —


Notable transactions

Draft picks

Roster

1983 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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 Jody Davis 151 510 138 .271 24 84
1B Bill Buckner 153 626 175 .280 16 66
2B Ryne Sandberg 158 633 165 .261 8 48
SS Larry Bowa 147 499 133 .267 2 43
3B Ron Cey 159 581 160 .275 24 90
LF Leon Durham 100 337 87 .258 12 55
CF Mel Hall 112 410 116 .283 17 56
RF Keith Moreland 154 533 161 .302 16 70

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
Gary Woods 93 190 46 .242 4 22
Jay Johnstone 86 140 36 .257 6 22
Carmelo Martínez 29 89 23 .258 6 16
Tom Veryzer 59 88 18 .205 1 3
Scot Thompson 53 88 17 .193 0 10
Jerry Morales 63 87 17 .195 0 11
Steve Lake 38 85 22 .259 1 7
Thad Bosley 43 72 21 .292 2 12
Joe Carter 23 51 9 .176 0 1
Wayne Nordhagen 21 35 5 .143 0 4
Dan Rohn 23 31 12 .387 0 6
Dave Owen 16 22 2 .091 0 2
Junior Kennedy 17 22 3 .136 0 3
Tom Grant 16 20 3 .150 0 2
Fritzie Connally 8 10 1 .100 0 0
Mike Diaz 6 7 2 .286 0 1
Jay Loviglio 1 1 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
Chuck Rainey 34 191.0 14 13 4.48 84
Steve Trout 34 180.0 10 14 4.65 80
Ferguson Jenkins 33 167.1 6 9 4.30 96
Dick Ruthven 25 149.1 12 9 4.10 73
Dickie Noles 24 116.1 5 10 4.72 59
Rick Reuschel 4 20.2 1 1 3.92 9

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
Paul Moskau 8 32.0 3 2 6.75 16
Reggie Patterson 5 18.2 1 2 4.82 10
Don Schulze 4 14.0 0 1 7.07 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
Bill Campbell 82 6 8 8 4.49 97
Lee Smith 66 4 10 29 1.65 91
Mike Proly 60 1 5 1 3.58 31
Warren Brusstar 59 3 1 1 2.35 46
Craig Lefferts 56 3 4 1 3.13 60
Rich Bordi 11 0 2 1 4.97 20
Willie Hernández 11 1 0 1 3.20 18
Bill Johnson 10 1 0 0 4.38 4
Alan Hargesheimer 5 0 0 0 9.00 5

Awards and honors

Records

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Iowa Cubs American Association Jim Napier
AA Midland Cubs Texas League Tom Harmon
A Salinas Spurs California League George Enright
A Quad Cities Cubs Midwest League Larry Cox
A-Short Season Geneva Cubs New York–Penn League Tony Franklin
Rookie Pikeville Cubs Appalachian League Jim Fairey

Notes

  1. ^ Alan Hargesheimer at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Rich Bordi at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ a b c Wayne Nordhagen at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ Steve Trout at Baseball-Reference
  5. ^ Jerry Manuel at Baseball-Reference
  6. ^ Steve Lake at Baseball-Reference
  7. ^ Willie Hernández at Baseball-Reference
  8. ^ Rick Reuschel at Baseball-Reference
  9. ^ Rich Amaral at Baseball-Reference
  10. ^ Jacob Brumfield at Baseball-Reference
  11. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.47, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0

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