1983 Kansas City Royals season

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1983 Kansas City Royals
Major league affiliations
Location
1983 Information
Owner(s) Ewing Kauffman
Manager(s) Dick Howser
Local television WDAF-TV
(Denny Matthews, Denny Trease, Fred White)
Local radio WIBW (AM)
(Denny Matthews, Fred White)

The 1983 Kansas City Royals season involved the Royals finishing 2nd in the American League West with a record of 79 wins and 83 losses.

Contents

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

Team Wins Losses Win % GB
Chicago White Sox 99 63 .611 0
Kansas City Royals 79 83 .488 20.0
Texas Rangers 77 85 .475 22.0
Oakland Athletics 74 88 .457 25.0
California Angels 70 92 .432 29.0
Minnesota Twins 70 92 .432 29.0
Seattle Mariners 60 102 .370 39.0

[edit] Notable Transactions

  • February 5, 1983: Cecil Fielder was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Toronto Blue Jays for Leon Roberts. [1]

[edit] Pine Tar Game

The baseball bat used by Kansas City Royals third baseman George Brett in the Pine Tar Incident on July 24, 1983.
The baseball bat used by Kansas City Royals third baseman George Brett in the Pine Tar Incident on July 24, 1983.

The Pine Tar Game refers to a controversial incident that took place in an American League baseball game played between the Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees on July 24, 1983.

Playing at New York's Yankee Stadium, the Royals were trailing 4-3 with two outs in the top of the ninth and U. L. Washington on first base. In the on deck circle, George Brett was heard remarking to a teammate, "Watch this baby fly" as he shook his bat. He then came to the plate and connected off Yankee reliever Rich "Goose" Gossage for a two-run home run and a 5-4 lead. As Brett crossed the plate, New York manager Billy Martin approached home plate umpire Tim McClelland and requested that Brett's bat be examined. Earlier in the season, Martin and other members (most notably, third baseman Graig Nettles, who as a member of the Minnesota Twins, recalled a similar incident involving Thurman Munson) of the Yankees had noticed the amount of pine tar used by Brett, but Martin had chosen not to say anything until the home run.

With Brett watching from the dugout, McClelland and the rest of the umpiring crew inspected the bat. Measuring the bat against the width of home plate (which is 17 inches), they determined that the amount of pine tar on the bat's handle exceeded that allowed by Rule 1.10(b) of the Major League Baseball rule book, which read that "a bat may not be covered by such a substance more than 18 inches from the tip of the handle."

[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

[edit] Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

[edit] References

  1. ^ Cecil Fielder Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
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1983 MLB season by team
AL East
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California Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Seattle • Texas
NL East
NL West
1983 All-Star Game • 1983 World Series


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Kansas City Royals
Based in Kansas City, Missouri
The Franchise
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Culture
Important Figures
Team Hall of Fame
Retired Numbers
5 • 10 • 20 • 42
Minors
Key Personnel
Owner: David Glass • General Manager: Dayton Moore • Manager: Trey Hillman
Team Managers
World Series
Championships (1)
American League
Pennants (2)
Division Titles
Western: 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1980 • 1981 (second half) • 1984 • 1985 • Central: none • Wild Card: none