1983 Los Angeles Dodgers season

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1983 Los Angeles Dodgers 1983 NL West Champions
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1890) Western Division (Since 1969)
Location
Dodger Stadium (Since 1962) Los Angeles, California (Since 1958)
1983 Information
Owner(s)	Peter O'Malley
General Manager(s)	Al Campanis
Manager(s)	Tommy Lasorda
Local television	KTTV (11)
Local radio	KABC Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter KTNQ Jaime Jarrin, Rene Cardenas

The 1983 Los Angeles Dodgers won the National League Western Division but lost in the National League Championship Series to the Philadelphia Phillies 3-1.

Contents 1 Season standings 2 1983 Roster 3 Starting Pitchers stats 4 Relief Pitchers stats 5 Batting Stats 6 1983 National League Championship Series 6.1 Game 1 6.2 Game 2 6.3 Game 3 6.4 Game 4 7 1983 Awards 8 1983 Transactions 9 1983 Minor League Teams 10 External links

[edit] Season standings

NL West	W	L	GB	Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers	91	71	--	.562
Atlanta Braves	88	74	3.0	.543
Houston Astros	85	77	6.0	.525
San Diego Padres	81	81	10.0	.500
San Francisco Giants	79	83	12.0	.488
Cincinnati Reds	74	88	17.0	.457

[edit] 1983 Roster

Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Steve Sax	Second Baseman
Ken Landreaux	Centerfielder
Dusty Baker	Leftfielder
Pedro Guerrero	Third Baseman
Greg Brock	First Baseman
Mike Marshall	Rightfielder
Bill Russell	Shortstop
Steve Yeager	Catcher
Fernando Valenzuela	Starting Pitcher

1983 Los Angeles Dodgers roster v • d • e
Roster
Starting Pitchers 50 Sid Fernandez 23,40 Rick Honeycutt 46 Burt Hooton 26 Alejandro Peña 41 Jerry Reuss 34 Fernando Valenzuela 35 Bob Welch Relief Pitchers 27 Joe Beckwith 55 Orel Hershiser 57 Steve Howe (CL) 49 Tom Niedenfuer 56 Rich Rodas 48 Dave Stewart 47 Larry White 21 Ricky Wright 38 Pat Zachry		Catchers 31 Jack Fimple 15 Gilberto Reyes 22 Dave Sax 14 Mike Scioscia  7 Steve Yeager Infielders 10,62 Dave Anderson  9 Greg Brock 33 Sid Bream 28 Pedro Guerrero 17 Rafael Landestoy 43 José Morales 25 Germán Rivera 18 Bill Russell  3 Steve Sax 37 Alex Taveras		Outfielders 12 Dusty Baker 52 Cecil Espy 44 Ken Landreaux 20 Candy Maldonado  5 Mike Marshall 16 Rick Monday 23 R.J. Reynolds 40 Ron Roenicke 30 Derrel Thomas		Manager  2 Tommy Lasorda Coaches  8 Joey Amalfitano 54 Monty Basgall 58 Mark Cresse 11 Manny Mota 29 Ron Perranoski

[edit] Starting Pitchers stats

Name	G	GS	IP	W/L	ERA	BB	SO	CG

[edit] Relief Pitchers stats

Name	G	GS	IP	W/L	ERA	BB	SO	SV

[edit] Batting Stats

Name	Pos	G	AB	Avg.	R	H	HR	RBI	SB

[edit] 1983 National League Championship Series

The Dodgers faced the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1983 NLCS and lost the series 3 games to 1.

[edit] Game 1

October 4, Dodger Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Philadelphia	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1
Los Angeles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
W: Steve Carlton (1-0)  L: Jerry Reuss (0-1)  SV: Al Holland (1)
HRs: PHI – Mike Schmidt (1)

[edit] Game 2

October 5, Dodger Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Philadelphia	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	2
Los Angeles	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	X	4	6	1
W: Fernando Valenzuela (1-0)  L: John Denny (0-1)  SV: Tom Niedenfuer (1)
HRs: PHI – Gary Matthews (1)

[edit] Game 3

October 7, Veterans Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0
Philadelphia	0	2	1	1	2	0	1	0	X	7	9	1
W: Charles Hudson (1-0)  L: Bob Welch (0-1)
HRs: LAD – Mike Marshall (1); PHI – Gary Matthews (2)

[edit] Game 4

October 8, Veterans Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	10	0
Philadelphia	3	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	X	7	13	1
W: Steve Carlton (2-0)  L: Jerry Reuss (0-2)
HRs: LAD – Dusty Baker (1); PHI – Gary Matthews (3), Sixto Lezcano (1)

[edit] 1983 Awards

• 1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  • Steve Sax starter
  • Pedro Guerrero reserve
  • Fernando Valenzuela reserve
• Silver Slugger Award
  • Fernando Valenzuela
• NL Pitcher of the Month
  • Burt Hooton (June 1983)
• NL Player of the Month
  • Dusty Baker (July 1983)
• NL Player of the Week
  • Dusty Baker (July 11-17)
  • Mike Marshall (Sep. 5-11)

[edit] 1983 Transactions

• December 28: Acquired Pat Zachry from the New York Mets for Jorge Orta
• January 20: Acquired Vance Lovelace and Dan Cataline from the Chicago Cubs for Ron Cey
• March 28: Acquired Ivan Mesa from the Minnesota Twins for Tack Wilson
• March 29: Acquired Steve Walker, Jody Johnston and cash from the New York Mets for Mark Bradley
• May 9: Acquired Rafael Landestoy from the Cincinnati Reds for Brett Wise and John Franco
• August 19: Acquired Rick Honeycutt from the Texas Rangers for Dave Stewart, Ricky Wright and cash

[edit] 1983 Minor League Teams

• AAA: Albuquerque Dukes (managed by Del Crandall/Terry Collins) - Pacific Coast League
• AA: San Antonio Dodgers (managed by Terry Collins/Rick Ollar/Dave Wallace) - Texas League
• A: Lodi Dodgers (managed by Don LeJohn) - California League
• A: Vero Beach Dodgers (managed by Stan Wasiak) - Florida State League - LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
• Rookie: Lethbridge Dodgers (managed by Gail Henley) - Pioneer League
• Rookie: Gulf Coast Dodgers (managed by Gary LaRocque) - Gulf Coast League - LEAGUE CHAMPIONS

[edit] External links

• 1983 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform
• Los Angeles Dodgers official web site
• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

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Preceded by Atlanta Braves 1982

NL West Championship Season 1983

Succeeded by San Diego Padres 1984