1983 Milwaukee Brewers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkMilwaukee County Stadium
CityMilwaukee, Wisconsin
OwnersBud Selig
General managersHarry Dalton
ManagersHarvey Kuenn
TelevisionWVTV
(Steve Shannon, Mike Hegan)
RadioWTMJ (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Dwayne Mosley)
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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

Regular season

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 record

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

Roster

1983 Milwaukee Brewers
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 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 Paul Molitor 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
Gorman Thomas 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
Don Sutton 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
Chuck Porter 25 134.0 7 9 4.50 76
Tom Candiotti 10 55.2 4 4 3.23 21
Pete Vuckovich 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
Pete Ladd 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
Jamie Easterly 12 0 1 1 3.86 6
Andy Beene 1 0 0 0 4.50 0

Awards and honors

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

The Brewers' farm system consisted of five minor league affiliates in 1983.[10] The Paintsville Brewers won the Appalachian League championship.[11]

Level Team League Manager
Triple-A Vancouver Canadians Pacific Coast League Dick Phillips and Tony Muser
Double-A El Paso Diablos Texas League Tony Muser and Lee Sigman
Class A Stockton Ports California League Terry Bevington
Class A Beloit Brewers Midwest League Tim Nordbrook
Rookie Paintsville Brewers Appalachian League Tom Gamboa

Notes

  1. ^ Ernie Camacho at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Bobby Thigpen at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ Jim Morris at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ Steve Lake at Baseball-Reference
  5. ^ Dan Plesac at Baseball-Reference
  6. ^ Joey Meyer at Baseball-Reference
  7. ^ Gorman Thomas dealt to Tribe
  8. ^ Danny Boone at Baseball-Reference
  9. ^ "Sixto Lezacano: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  10. ^ "1983 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  11. ^ "Appalachian League Champions". Appalachian League. Major League Baseball. Archived from the original on December 31, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.

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