1983 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1983 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Three Rivers Stadium (since 1970)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[1] (since 1907)
Results
Record	84–78 (.519)
Divisional place	2nd
Other information
Owner(s)	John W. Galbreath Warner Communications
General manager(s)	Harding "Pete" Peterson
Manager(s)	Chuck Tanner
Local television	KDKA-TV Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker, John Sanders HSE Bob Prince, Steve Blass, Willie Stargell
Local radio	KDKA Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker
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The 1983 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 102nd season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; their 97th in the National League. The Pirates finished second in the National League East with a record of 84–78.

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:
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	—

Game log

1983 Game Log: 84–78 (Home: 41–40; Away: 43–38)

April: 8–9 (Home: 3–7; Away: 5–2)

May: 10–15 (Home: 5–5; Away: 5–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
18	May 2	@ Dodgers	5–1	Rhoden (1–2)	Reuss	—	39,765	9–9
19	May 3	@ Dodgers	4–5	Pena	Bibby (1–2)	Howe	34,624	9–10
20	May 4	@ Dodgers	2–3	Niedenfuer	Sarmiento (0–1)	—	35,757	9–11
21	May 6	@ Giants	1–2	McGaffigan	Candelaria (2–3)	Lavelle	16,476	9–12
22	May 7	@ Giants	1–5	Breining	Rhoden (1–3)	—	10,874	9–13
23	May 8	@ Giants	1–12	Laskey	Bibby (1–3)	—	19,123	9–14
24	May 9	@ Padres	5–3 (14)	Sarmiento (1–1)	Couchee	—	17,885	10–14
25	May 10	@ Padres	1–4	Hawkins	Scurry (2–1)	—	9,965	10–15
26	May 12	Mets	6–2	Candelaria (3–3)	Torrez	—	7,944	11–15
27	May 13	Mets	2–1	Tekulve (1–1)	Diaz	—	11,000	12–15
28	May 14	Mets	2–6	Allen	McWilliams (3–3)	Orosco	8,931	12–16
29	May 16	Mets	4–11	Lynch	Bibby (1–4)	Swan	1,970	12–17
30	May 17	Reds	1–2	Soto	Candelaria (3–4)	—	5,207	12–18
31	May 18	Reds	2–1	Rhoden (2–3)	Berenyi	—	6,402	13–18
32	May 20	Astros	4–3	McWilliams (4–3)	Knepper	Tekulve (1)	13,643	14–18
33	May 21	Astros	4–6	LaCoss	Niemann (0–1)	DiPino	8,804	14–19
34	May 23	@ Braves	3–6	Falcone	Rhoden (2–4)	Moore	16,743	14–20
35	May 24	@ Braves	6–5	McWilliams (5–3)	Camp	—	17,447	15–20
36	May 25	@ Braves	0–6	McMurtry	Bibby (1–5)	—	15,034	15–21
37	May 26	@ Reds	6–4	Tunnell (1–1)	Puleo	Tekulve (2)	10,018	16–21
38	May 27	@ Reds	0–9	Soto	Candelaria (3–5)	—	13,224	16–22
39	May 28	@ Reds	3–4	Hayes	Scurry (2–2)	Scherrer	23,994	16–23
40	May 29	@ Reds	8–5	McWilliams (6–3)	Scherrer	Sarmiento (1)	13,394	17–23
41	May 30	Braves	8–6	Bibby (2–5)	McMurtry	Tekulve (3)	12,211	18–23
42	May 31	Braves	2–10	Niekro	Tunnell (1–2)	Bedrosian	5,262	18–24

June: 14–15 (Home: 7–5; Away: 7–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
43	June 1	Braves	3–6	Perez	Candelaria (3–6)	Garber	6,255	18–25
44	June 2	@ Cubs	2–3	Trout	Rhoden (2–5)	Smith	6,589	18–26
45	June 3	@ Cubs	3–9	Ruthven	Scurry (2–3)	—	6,213	18–27
46	June 4	@ Cubs	2–5	Jenkins	Bibby (2–6)	Campbell	30,110	18–28
47	June 5	@ Cubs	1–3	Lefferts	Tunnell (1–3)	Smith	22,649	18–29
48	June 7	@ Expos	3–2	Candelaria (4–6)	Lea	Tekulve (4)	31,730	19–29
49	June 8	@ Expos	4–5	Gullickson	Rhoden (2–6)	Reardon	16,200	19–30
50	June 9	@ Expos	6–3	McWilliams (7–3)	Rogers	—	34,313	20–30
51	June 10	@ Phillies	4–3 (12)	Tekulve (2–1)	Farmer	—	31,092	21–30
52	June 11	@ Phillies	7–9	Carlton	Scurry (2–4)	Holland	34,820	21–31
53	June 12	@ Phillies	4–5 (11)	Reed	Scurry (2–5)	—	37,154	21–32
54	June 13	Expos	4–3	Rhoden (3–6)	Gullickson	Tekulve (5)	8,229	22–32
55	June 14	Expos	3–7	Rogers	McWilliams (7–4)	Reardon	9,588	22–33
56	June 15	Expos	4–7	Burris	Bibby (2–7)	Reardon	11,809	22–34
57	June 17	Phillies	2–1	Candelaria (5–6)	Denny	Tekulve (6)	19,814	23–34
58	June 18	Phillies	4–6	Bystrom	Rhoden (3–7)	—	26,662	23–35
59	June 19	Phillies	2–14	Hudson	McWilliams (7–5)	—	19,369	23–36
60	June 20	Cubs	5–4 (10)	Tekulve (3–1)	Campbell	—		24–36
61	June 20	Cubs	6–5 (13)	Robinson (1–0)	Campbell	—	5,839	25–36
62	June 21	Cubs	8–4	Rhoden (4–7)	Noles	—	6,363	26–36
63	June 22	Cubs	5–2	Candelaria (6–6)	Rainey	Guante (1)	8,666	27–36
64	June 23	Cubs	5–2	McWilliams (8–5)	Trout	—	8,296	28–36
65	June 24	@ Cardinals	8–2	Bibby (3–7)	LaPoint	Sarmiento (2)	39,475	29–36
66	June 25	@ Cardinals	10–3	Tunnell (2–3)	Hagen	—	29,567	30–36
67	June 26	@ Cardinals	5–0	Rhoden (5–7)	Allen	—	32,306	31–36
68	June 27	@ Cardinals	6–1	Guante (1–0)	Andujar	—	23,286	32–36
69	June 28	@ Cubs	7–8 (11)	Lefferts	Tekulve (3–2)	—	11,832	32–37
70	June 29	@ Cubs	0–5	Ruthven	Bibby (3–8)	—	28,504	32–38
71	June 30	@ Cubs	3–4	Smith	Sarmiento (1–2)	—	17,261	32–39

July: 22–10 (Home: 10–7; Away: 12–3)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
72	July 1	Cardinals	6–13	Andujar	Robinson (1–1)	—	26,019	32–40
73	July 2	Cardinals	3–1	Candelaria (7–6)	LaPoint	—	27,446	33–40
74	July 3	Cardinals	3–4	Forsch	Sarmiento (1–3)	Sutter	14,469	33–41
75	July 4	Cardinals	7–2	Rhoden (6–7)	Hagen	—		34–41
76	July 4	Cardinals	4–11	Allen	Bibby (3–9)	—	22,185	34–42
77	July 8	@ Dodgers	4–3	Candelaria (8–6)	Reuss	Tekulve (7)	41,397	35–42
78	July 9	@ Dodgers	3–0	McWilliams (9–5)	Pena	—	46,046	36–42
79	July 10	@ Dodgers	3–10	Hooton	Rhoden (6–8)	Howe	42,480	36–43
80	July 11	@ Giants	3–2	Sarmiento (2–3)	Breining	Scurry (3)	18,429	37–43
81	July 12	@ Giants	6–2	Tunnell (3–3)	Laskey	Guante (2)	7,789	38–43
82	July 13	@ Giants	7–6	Sarmiento (3–3)	Minton	Tekulve (8)	14,316	39–43
83	July 14	@ Padres	8–6	Guante (2–0)	Montefusco	Bibby (2)	17,001	40–43
84	July 15	@ Padres	4–2	Tekulve (4–2)	Thurmond	—	15,601	41–43
85	July 16	@ Padres	3–2	Robinson (2–1)	Whitson	Tekulve (9)	26,414	42–43
86	July 17	@ Padres	4–3	Tunnell (4–3)	Show	Tekulve (10)	17,897	43–43
87	July 19	Dodgers	4–1	Candelaria (9–6)	Reuss	Scurry (4)		44–43
88	July 19	Dodgers	2–3 (11)	Howe	Sarmiento (3–4)	Niedenfuer	31,304	44–44
89	July 20	Dodgers	7–3	Rhoden (7–8)	Hooton	—	16,561	45–44
90	July 21	Dodgers	5–4	Tekulve (5–2)	Howe	—	16,351	46–44
91	July 22	Giants	3–5	Barr	Scurry (2–6)	Minton	23,834	46–45
92	July 23	Giants	5–2	DeLeon (1–0)	Martin	Scurry (5)	14,585	47–45
93	July 24	Giants	3–1	Scurry (3–6)	Krukow	Tekulve (11)		48–45
94	July 24	Giants	5–8 (11)	Minton	Scurry (3–7)	McGaffigan	39,660	48–46
95	July 25	Padres	6–3	Rhoden (8–8)	Dravecky	Guante (3)	12,161	49–46
96	July 26	Padres	1–6	Thurmond	Robinson (2–2)	DeLeon		49–47
97	July 26	Padres	10–5	Tunnell (5–3)	Whitson	—	20,660	50–47
98	July 27	Padres	10–1	DeLeon (2–0)	Show	—	18,793	51–47
99	July 28	@ Mets	6–2	McWilliams (10–5)	Swan	Scurry (6)	12,233	52–47
100	July 29	@ Mets	2–1	Candelaria (10–6)	Seaver	Guante (4)	14,306	53–47
101	July 30	@ Mets	6–3	Scurry (4–7)	Lynch	Sarmiento (3)	17,721	54–47
102	July 31	@ Mets	6–7 (12)	Orosco	Bibby (3–10)	—		54–48
103	July 31	@ Mets	0–1 (12)	Orosco	Sarmiento (3–5)	—	17,591	54–49

August: 14–14 (Home: 8–11; Away: 6–3)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
104	August 2	Phillies	10–3	McWilliams (11–5)	Gross	—	25,130	55–49
105	August 3	Phillies	7–2	Candelaria (11–6)	Bystrom	Tekulve (12)	23,070	56–49
106	August 4	Phillies	1–5	Hudson	Rhoden (8–9)	Holland	20,574	56–50
107	August 5	Expos	1–7	Gullickson	DeLeon (2–1)	—	33,089	56–51
108	August 6	Expos	3–7	Smith	Tunnell (5–4)	—	24,561	56–52
109	August 7	Expos	0–6	Rogers	McWilliams (11–6)	—	29,187	56–53
110	August 8	@ Phillies	5–14	Hudson	Candelaria (11–7)	—	38,080	56–54
111	August 9	@ Phillies	3–1	Tekulve (6–2)	Holland	—	37,719	57–54
112	August 10	@ Phillies	2–4	Carlton	DeLeon (2–2)	Holland	38,705	57–55
113	August 12	@ Expos	6–3	McWilliams (12–6)	Rogers	Guante (5)	45,862	58–55
114	August 13	@ Expos	2–0	Candelaria (12–7)	Smith	Tekulve (13)	38,658	59–55
115	August 14	@ Expos	5–3	Rhoden (9–9)	Schatzeder	Tekulve (14)	50,062	60–55
116	August 15	Mets	4–2	DeLeon (3–2)	Torrez	Tekulve (15)	15,053	61–55
117	August 16	Mets	3–1	Tunnell (6–4)	Swan	Guante (6)	12,061	62–55
118	August 18	Reds	5–6	Hume	Tekulve (6–3)	Hayes	18,007	62–56
119	August 19	Reds	1–2	Soto	Rhoden (9–10)	—	15,995	62–57
120	August 20	Reds	4–0	DeLeon (4–2)	Berenyi	—	44,481	63–57
121	August 21	Reds	4–6	Scherrer	Guante (2–1)	—	24,635	63–58
122	August 23	Astros	5–6	Ruhle	Tekulve (6–4)	DiPino		63–59
123	August 23	Astros	1–2	Niekro	Tunnell (6–5)	Dawley	17,484	63–60
124	August 24	Astros	4–10	Madden	Rhoden (9–11)	LaCoss	14,279	63–61
125	August 25	Astros	5–3	DeLeon (5–2)	Knepper	Scurry (7)	11,019	64–61
126	August 26	Braves	9–1	McWilliams (13–6)	Perez	—	23,772	65–61
127	August 27	Braves	2–0	Tunnell (7–5)	Dayley	—	22,811	66–61
128	August 28	Braves	1–2	Falcone	Candelaria (12–8)	Forster	26,193	66–62
129	August 29	@ Reds	2–1	Rhoden (10–11)	Soto	Tekulve (16)	11,173	67–62
130	August 30	@ Reds	5–3	DeLeon (6–2)	Russell	Tekulve (17)	10,160	68–62
131	August 31	@ Astros	1–4	Niekro	Scurry (4–8)	—	12,347	68–63

September: 15–14 (Home: 8–5; Away: 7–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
132	September 1	@ Astros	0–3	Ryan	Guante (2–2)	DiPino	7,645	68–64
133	September 2	@ Braves	4–1	Candelaria (13–8)	Dayley	Tekulve (18)	23,998	69–64
134	September 3	@ Braves	6–2	Bibby (4–10)	Bedrosian	Guante (7)	31,233	70–64
135	September 4	@ Braves	5–6	Forster	Bibby (4–11)	Bedrosian	24,610	70–65
136	September 5	@ Cardinals	4–7	LaPoint	Scurry (4–9)	—		70–66
137	September 5	@ Cardinals	6–7 (10)	Allen	Guante (2–3)	—	39,687	70–67
138	September 6	@ Cardinals	5–0	Tunnell (8–5)	Stuper	—	23,604	71–67
139	September 7	@ Cardinals	2–5	Cox	Rhoden (10–12)	Sutter	25,981	71–68
140	September 9	Phillies	3–4 (13)	Hernandez	Bibby (4–12)	—	24,304	71–69
141	September 10	Phillies	6–5 (10)	Tekulve (7–4)	Holland	—	26,246	72–69
142	September 11	Phillies	3–5	Reed	Guante (2–4)	—	19,130	72–70
143	September 12	Cardinals	7–5	Tunnell (9–5)	Cox	Sarmiento (4)	10,458	73–70
144	September 13	Cardinals	6–0	Rhoden (11–12)	Andujar	—	9,771	74–70
145	September 14	Cubs	6–3	Candelaria (14–8)	Trout	—	16,329	75–70
146	September 15	Cubs	8–4	McWilliams (14–6)	Rainey	—	7,943	76–70
147	September 16	Expos	9–0	DeLeon (7–2)	Lea	—	13,057	77–70
148	September 17	Expos	5–4 (13)	Bibby (5–12)	Dixon	—	29,748	78–70
149	September 18	Expos	2–5	Sanderson	Rhoden (11–13)	James	25,738	78–71
150	September 19	@ Mets	4–5 (10)	Diaz	Tekulve (7–5)	—	6,381	78–72
151	September 20	@ Mets	4–0	McWilliams (15–6)	Lynch	—	3,112	79–72
152	September 21	@ Cubs	6–7	Jenkins	Guante (2–5)	Smith	3,029	79–73
153	September 22	@ Cubs	8–2	Tunnell (10–5)	Reuschel	—	3,426	80–73
154	September 23	@ Expos	10–1	Rhoden (12–13)	Sanderson	—	37,115	81–73
155	September 24	@ Expos	1–0	Candelaria (15–8)	Smith	Guante (8)	43,359	82–73
156	September 25	@ Expos	3–5	Gullickson	McWilliams (15–7)	Reardon	37,602	82–74
157	September 27	Mets	3–4	Torrez	DeLeon (7–3)	Sisk	10,913	82–75
158	September 28	Mets	2–4	Darling	Tunnell (10–6)	—	8,672	82–76
159	September 29	Mets	4–2	Rhoden (13–13)	Holman	Guante (9)	7,677	83–76
160	September 30	@ Phillies	1–2	Denny	McWilliams (15–8)	Holland	26,685	83–77

October: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–1)

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Roster

1983 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

26 Jim Bibby

45 John Candelaria

25 José DeLeón

47 Cecilio Guante

49 Larry McWilliams

46 Randy Niemann

28 Bob Owchinko

58 Alfonso Pulido

29 Rick Rhoden

43 Don Robinson

38 Manny Sarmiento

19 Rod Scurry

27 Kent Tekulve

34 Dave Tomlin

22 Lee Tunnell

41,59 Jim Winn

Catchers

14 Milt May

16 Steve Nicosia

36 Junior Ortiz

6 Tony Peña

Infielders

37 Rafael Belliard

4 Dale Berra

10 Richie Hebner

5 Bill Madlock

2 Jim Morrison

3 Johnny Ray

18 Gene Tenace

30 Jason Thompson

15 Ron Wotus

Outfielders

24 Mike Easler

51 Doug Frobel

12 Brian Harper

17 Lee Lacy

11 Lee Mazzilli

16 Joe Orsulak

39 Dave Parker

36 Marvell Wynne

Other batters

46 Miguel Diloné

Manager

7 Chuck Tanner

Coaches

31 Harvey Haddix (pitching)

23 Grant Jackson (bullpen)

32 Joe Lonnett (third base)

42 Alex Monchak (first base)

48 Bob Skinner (hitting)

Opening Day lineup

LF – Lee Lacy

CF – Lee Mazzilli

3B – Bill Madlock

1B – Jason Thompson

RF – Dave Parker

2B – Johnny Ray

C – Tony Peña

SS – Dale Berra

P – John Candelaria

Player stats

Batting

Regular Season^[2]
Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Madlock, B.B. Madlock	130	473	153	0.323	12	68
Easler, M.M. Easler	115	381	117	0.307	10	54
Morrison, J.J. Morrison	66	158	48	0.304	6	25
Lacy, L.L. Lacy	108	288	87	0.302	4	13
Peña, T.T. Peña	151	542	163	0.301	15	70
Frobel, D.D. Frobel	32	60	17	0.283	3	11
Ray, J.J. Ray	151	576	163	0.283	5	53
Parker, D.D. Parker	144	552	154	0.279	12	69
Hebner, R.R. Hebner	78	162	43	0.265	5	26
Thompson, J.J. Thompson	152	517	134	0.259	18	76
Berra, D.D. Berra	161	537	135	0.251	10	52
May, M.M. May	7	12	3	0.250	0	0
Wynne, M.M. Wynne	103	366	89	0.243	7	26
Mazzilli, L.L. Mazzilli	109	246	59	0.240	5	24
Harper, B.B. Harper	61	131	29	0.221	7	20
Orsulak, J.J. Orsulak	7	11	2	0.182	0	1
Tenace, G.G. Tenace	53	62	11	0.177	0	6
Robinson, D.D. Robinson	10	13	2	0.154	1	3
Rhoden, R.R. Rhoden	36	86	13	0.151	0	5
Candelaria, J.J. Candelaria	33	65	9	0.138	0	2
Nicosia, S.S. Nicosia	21	46	6	0.130	1	1
Ortiz, J.J. Ortiz	5	8	1	0.125	0	0
Tunnell, L.L. Tunnell	35	58	7	0.121	0	3
McWilliams, L.L. McWilliams	35	79	9	0.114	0	4
Bibby, J.J. Bibby	29	18	2	0.111	0	0
Guante, C.C. Guante	49	22	2	0.091	0	0
DeLeón, J.J. DeLeón	15	34	2	0.059	0	0
Belliard, R.R. Belliard	4	1	0	0.000	0	0
Niemann, R.R. Niemann	8	1	0	0.000	0	0
Sarmiento, M.M. Sarmiento	52	10	0	0.000	0	0
Scurry, R.R. Scurry	61	5	0	0.000	0	0
Tekulve, K.K. Tekulve	76	8	0	0.000	0	0
Wotus, R.R. Wotus	5	3	0	0.000	0	0
Diloné, M.M. Diloné	7	0	0	—	0	0
Owchinko, B.B. Owchinko	1	0	0	—	0	0
Pulido, A.A. Pulido	1	0	0	—	0	0
Tomlin, D.D. Tomlin	5	0	0	—	0	0
Winn, J.J. Winn	7	0	0	—	0	0

Pitching

Regular Season^[3]
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Owchinko, B.B. Owchinko	1	0	0	0	—	0
Tekulve, K.K. Tekulve	76	99	7	5	1.64	52
DeLeón, J.J. DeLeón	15	108	7	3	2.83	118
Sarmiento, M.M. Sarmiento	52	84.333333333333 !84¹⁄₃	3	5	2.99	49
Rhoden, R.R. Rhoden	36	244.33333333333 !244¹⁄₃	13	13	3.09	153
Candelaria, J.J. Candelaria	33	197.66666666667 !197²⁄₃	15	8	3.23	157
McWilliams, L.L. McWilliams	35	238	15	8	3.25	199
Guante, C.C. Guante	49	100.33333333333 !100¹⁄₃	2	6	3.32	82
Tunnell, L.L. Tunnell	35	177.66666666667 !177²⁄₃	11	6	3.65	95
Robinson, D.D. Robinson	9	36.333333333333 !36¹⁄₃	2	2	4.46	28
Scurry, R.R. Scurry	61	68	4	9	5.56	67
Bibby, J.J. Bibby	29	78	5	12	6.69	44
Tomlin, D.D. Tomlin	5	4	0	0	6.75	5
Winn, J.J. Winn	7	11	0	0	7.36	3
Pulido, A.A. Pulido	1	2	0	0	9.00	1
Niemann, R.R. Niemann	8	13.666666666667 !13²⁄₃	0	1	9.22	8

Awards and honors

1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Bill Madlock, 3B, Reserve

Transactions

October 4, 1982 – Released Grant Jackson.
October 4, 1982 – Released Paul Moskau.
October 20, 1982 – Bob Long granted Free Agency.
November 10, 1982 – Omar Moreno granted Free Agency.
December 1, 1982 – Signed Gene Tenace as a free agent.
December 3, 1982 – Signed Jose Lind as an amateur free agent.
December 6, 1982 – Odell Jones drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1982 rule 5 draft.
December 22, 1982 – Traded Jerry Aubin (minors), Bubba Holland (minors), Jose Rivera (minors) and Tim Burke to the New York Yankees. Received Lee Mazzilli.
January, 1982 – Signed Randy Jones as a free agent.
January, 1982 – Jim Smith sent to the Chicago White Sox in an unknown transaction.
January 11, 1983 – Drafted Rich Sauveur in the 11th round of the 1983 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
January 11, 1983 – Drafted Tim Drummond in the 12th round of the 1983 amateur draft (January).
January 28, 1983 – Signed Nino Espinosa as a free agent.
March 8, 1983 – Signed Tom Hausman as a free agent.
March 27, 1983 – Released Randy Jones.
March 28, 1983 – Released Ross Baumgarten.
March 28, 1983 – Released Dick Davis.
March 28, 1983 – Released John Milner.
May 2, 1983 – Signed Bob Owchinko as a free agent.
June 6, 1983 – Drafted Stan Fansler in the 2nd round of the 1983 amateur draft.
June 6, 1983 – Drafted Rich Sauveur in the 5th round of the 1983 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed June 8, 1983.
June 6, 1983 – Drafted John Smiley in the 12th round of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1983.
June 6, 1983 – Drafted Steve Carter in the 21st round of the 1983 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
June 8, 1983 – Traded Steve Farr to the Cleveland Indians. Received John Malkin (minors).
June 11, 1983 – Signed Félix Fermín as an amateur free agent.
June 14, 1983 – Traded Arthur Ray (minors) and Junior Ortiz to the New York Mets. Received Steve Senteney and Marvell Wynne.
August 2, 1983 – Purchased Dave Tomlin from the Montreal Expos.
August 19, 1983 – Traded Steve Nicosia to the San Francisco Giants. Received Milt May and cash.
August 29, 1983 – Signed Jose Melendez as an amateur free agent.
September 1, 1983 – Purchased Alfonso Pulido from Mexico City Reds (Mexican).
September 7, 1983 – Traded Randy Niemann to the Chicago White Sox. Received Mike Maitland (minors) and Miguel Diloné.

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Hawaii Islanders	Pacific Coast League	Tom Trebelhorn
AA	Lynn Pirates	Eastern League	Tommy Sandt
A	Alexandria Dukes	Carolina League	Johnny Lipon
A	Greenwood Pirates	South Atlantic League	Joe Frisina
A-Short Season	Watertown Pirates	New York–Penn League	Bill Bryk
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Woody Huyke

Notes

↑ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
↑ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
↑ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

References

1983 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
1983 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

1983 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1983 MLB draft 1983 All-Star Game 1983 World Series

Pittsburgh Pirates

Formerly the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Founded in 1882
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Whittington Park; Riverside Park; Fogel Field; Barrs Field; Rickwood Field; Whittington Park; Perris Hill Park; Tech Field; Perris Hill Park; McCulloch Park; Perris Hill Park; Flamingo Field; Gilmore Field; Gran Stadium; Jaycee Park; Terry Park; Pirate City/McKechnie Field

Culture

Lore

Pittsburgh Allegheny
Pirates' lore
Wagner donates uniforms
Lou Bierbauer
Temple Cup
Chronicle-Telegraph Cup
Pittsburgh Stars
Homer in the Gloamin'
1960 Game 7
1985 drug trials
Francisco Cabrera game
National League Wild Card Games
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015

Rivalries

Philadelphia Phillies

Minors

AAA: Indianapolis Indians
AA: Altoona Curve
A Adv.: Bradenton Marauders
A: West Virginia Power
Short A: West Virginia Black Bears
Rookie Adv.: Bristol Pirates
Rookie: GCL Pirates; DSL Pirates
All-time: Minor league affiliate history

World Series
Championships (5)

1909
1925
1960
1971
1979

League pennants (9)

American Association: none
National League: 1901; 1902; 1903; 1909; 1925; 1927; 1960; 1971; 1979

Division titles (9)

East: 1970; 1971; 1972; 1974; 1975; 1979; 1990; 1991; 1992
Central: none

Wild Card berths (3)

Media

Seasons (136)

1880s	1880 · 1881 · 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889

1890s	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899

1900s	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909

1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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