1983 Detroit Tigers season
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| 1983 Detroit Tigers |
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| Owner(s) | Tom Monaghan |
| Manager(s) | Sparky Anderson |
| Local television | WDIV-TV (George Kell, Al Kaline) ON-TV (Norm Cash, Larry Adderley, Hank Aguirre) |
| Local radio | WJR (Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey) |
The 1983 Detroit Tigers finished in second place in the American League Eastern Division with a record of 92-70 (.568), six games behind the Orioles. The Tigers outscored their opponents 789 to 679. The Tigers drew 1,829,636 fans to Tiger Stadium in 1983, ranking 8th of the 14 teams in the American League.
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[edit] Season standings
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| Rank | Club | Wins | Losses | Win % | GB |
| 1st | Baltimore Orioles | 98 | 64 | .605 | -- |
| 2nd | Detroit Tigers | 92 | 70 | .568 | 6.0 |
| 3rd | New York Yankees | 91 | 71 | .562 | 7.0 |
| 4th | Toronto Blue Jays | 89 | 73 | .549 | 9.0 |
| 5th | Milwaukee Brewers | 87 | 75 | .537 | 11.0 |
| 6th | Boston Red Sox | 78 | 84 | .481 | 20.0 |
| 7th | Cleveland Indians | 70 | 92 | .432 | 28.0 |
[edit] Roster
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1983 Detroit Tigers roster
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[edit] Player stats
[edit] Batting
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 |
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| Lance Parrish | 155 | 605 | 163 | .269 | 27 | 114 |
| Enos Cabell | 121 | 392 | 122 | .311 | 5 | 46 |
| Lou Whitaker | 161 | 643 | 206 | .320 | 12 | 72 |
| Tom Brookens | 138 | 332 | 71 | .214 | 6 | 32 |
| Alan Trammell | 142 | 505 | 161 | .319 | 14 | 66 |
| Chet Lemon | 145 | 491 | 125 | .255 | 24 | 69 |
| Glenn Wilson | 144 | 503 | 135 | .268 | 11 | 65 |
| Larry Herndon | 153 | 603 | 182 | .302 | 20 | 92 |
| Kirk Gibson | 128 | 401 | 91 | .227 | 15 | 51 |
| John Wockenfuss | 92 | 245 | 66 | .269 | 9 | 44 |
| Rick Leach | 99 | 242 | 60 | .248 | 3 | 26 |
| Johnny Grubb | 57 | 134 | 34 | .254 | 4 | 22 |
| Wayne Krenchicki | 59 | 133 | 37 | .278 | 1 | 22 |
| Marty Castillo | 67 | 119 | 23 | .193 | 2 | 16 |
Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included
[edit] Pitching
[edit] Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Dan Petry | 38 | 266.3 | 19 | 11 | 3.92 | 122 |
| Jack Morris | 37 | 293.7 | 20 | 13 | 3.34 | 232 |
| Milt Wilcox | 26 | 186.0 | 11 | 10 | 3.97 | 101 |
| Juan Berenguer | 37 | 157.7 | 9 | 5 | 3.14 | 129 |
| Dave Rozema | 29 | 105.0 | 8 | 3 | 3.43 | 63 |
| Glenn Abbott | 7 | 46.7 | 2 | 1 | 1.93 | 11 |
[edit] Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W= Wins; L= Losses; SV = Saves; GF = Games Finished; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | GF | ERA | SO |
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| Aurelio Lopez | 57 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 46 | 2.81 | 90 |
| Howard Bailey | 33 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 4.88 | 21 |
| Doug Bair | 27 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3.88 | 39 |
| Dave Gumpert | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 2.64 | 14 |
[edit] Players ranking among top 100 all time at position
The following members of the 1983 Detroit Tigers are among the Top 100 of all time at their position, as ranked by The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract:
- Lance Parrish: 19th best catcher of all time
- Lou Whitaker: 13th best second baseman of all time
- Alan Trammell: 9th best shortstop of all time
- Kirk Gibson: 36th best left fielder of all time
[edit] Award winners and league leaders
- #2 in AL in triples (9)
- #10 in AL in Power/Speed Number (14.5)
- #2 in AL in triples (9)
- #8 in AL in hits (182)
- #10 in AL in at bats (603)
- #10 in AL in total bases (288)
- AL leader in times hit by pitch (20)
- AL All Star Team, pitcher
- AL leader in strikeouts (232)
- AL leader in innings pitched (293-2/3)
- AL leader in wild pitches (18)
- AL leader in batters faced (1204)
- #2 in AL in strikeouts per 9 innings pitched (7.11)
- #2 in AL in games started (37)
- #2 in AL in complete games (20)
- #2 in AL in strikeout to walk ratio (2.80)
- #4 in AL in wins (20)
- #4 in AL in walks plus hits per innings pitched (WHIP) (1.158)
- #4 in AL in hits allowed (257)
- #5 in AL in home runs allowed (30)
- AL Gold Glove Award, catcher
- AL Silver Slugger Award, catcher
- AL All Star Team, catcher
- AL leader in runners caught stealing (54)
- AL leader in sacrifice flies (13)
- Finished 9th in AL MVP voting
- #3 in doubles (42)
- #3 in AL in extra base hits (72)
- #4 in AL in RBIs (114)
- #6 in AL in outs (479)
- #8 in AL in total bases (292)
- #9 in AL in home runs (27)
- #9 in AL in at bats (605)
- #9 in AL in strikeouts (106)
- #9 in AL in times grounded into double plays (21)
- AL leader in games started (38)
- AL leader in home runs allowed (37)
- #2 in AL in earned runs allowed (116)
- #2 in AL in wild pitches (12)
- #3 in AL in innings pitched (266-1/3)
- #3 in AL in bases on balls allowed (99)
- #3 in AL in batters faced (1115)
- #5 in AL in wins (19)
- #5 in AL in hits allowed (256)
- AL Gold Glove Award, shortstop
- AL leader in sacrifice hits (15)
- Finished 15th in AL MVP voting
- #4 in AL in batting average (.319)
- #5 in AL in Power/Speed Number (19.1)
- #8 in AL in on base percentage (.385)
- #9 in AL in times caught stealing (10)
- AL Gold Glove Award, second baseman
- AL Silver Slugger Award, second baseman
- AL All Star Team, second baseman
- AL leader in games played at second base (160)
- Tiger of the Year Award, by Detroit baseball writers
- Finished 8th in AL MVP voting
- #2 in AL in plate appearances (720)
- #2 in AL in singles (148)
- #2 in AL in times on base (273)
- #3 in AL in batting average (.320)
- #3 in AL in hits (206)
- #3 in AL in at bats (643)
- #4 in AL in games (161)
- #5 in AL in runs created (114)
- #7 in AL in total bases (294)
- #7 in AL in doubles (40)
- #7 in AL in sacrifice flies (8)
- #9 in AL in times caught stealing (10)
- #4 in AL in wild pitches (10)
[edit] See also
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