1983 Boston Red Sox season

The 1983 Boston Red Sox season was the 83rd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished sixth in the American League East with a record of 78 wins and 84 losses, 20 games behind the Baltimore Orioles, who went on to win the 1983 World Series. It was the Red Sox' first losing season since 1966.

1983 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record78–84 (.481)
Divisional place6th (20 GB)
Other information
Owner(s)Buddy LeRoux, Haywood Sullivan, Jean Yawkey
General manager(s)Haywood Sullivan
Manager(s)Ralph Houk
Local televisionWSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Ned Martin, Bob Montgomery)
Local radioWPLM-FM 99.1
WPLM-AM 1390
(Ken Coleman, Joe Castiglione)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason

Regular season
Record by month[7]
MonthRecordCumulativeAL EastRef.
WonLostWonLostPositionGB
April1091092nd (tie)​1⁄2[8]
May161126202nd​1⁄2[9]
June111637365th5[10]
July141451506th9[11]
August121963696th​15 1⁄2[12]
September141477836th20[13]
October1178846th20[14]

Highlights

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 9864 0.605 — 50–31 48–33
Detroit Tigers 9270 0.568 6 48–33 44–37
New York Yankees 9171 0.562 7 51–30 40–41
Toronto Blue Jays 8973 0.549 9 48–33 41–40
Milwaukee Brewers 8775 0.537 11 52–29 35–46
Boston Red Sox 7884 0.481 20 38–43 40–41
Cleveland Indians 7092 0.432 28 36–45 34–47

Record vs. opponents
1983 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —8–57–57–56–75–88–411–28–46–78–48–49–37–6
Boston 5–8—6–66–67–64–95–74–95–77–68–47–57–57–6
California 5–76–6—3–108–44–86–76–66–75–75–86–76–74–8
Chicago 5–76–610–3—8–48–49–44–88–58–48–512–18–55–7
Cleveland 7–66–74–84–8—5–87–53–106–66–77–58–43–94–9
Detroit 8–59–48–44–88–5—7–56–79–35–86–68–48–46–7
Kansas City 4–87–57–64–95–75–7—6–66–76–67–68–58–5–16–6
Milwaukee 2–119–46–68–410–37–66–6—8–44–96–65–78–48–5
Minnesota 4–87–57–65–86–63–97–64–8—4–84–99–45–85–7
New York 7–66–77–54–87–68–56–69–48–4—8–47–57–57–6
Oakland 4–84–88–55–85–76–66–76–69–44–8—9–42–116–6
Seattle 4–85–77–61–124–84–85–87–54–95–74–9—6–74–8
Texas 3–95–77–65–89–34–85–8–14–88–55–711–27–6—4–8
Toronto 6–76–78–47–59–47–66–65–87–56–76–68–48–4—

Notable transactions

Opening Day lineup
26Wade Boggs3B
24Dwight EvansRF
14Jim RiceLF
20Tony ArmasCF
  8Carl YastrzemskiDH
11Dave Stapleton1B
10Rich GedmanC
18Glenn HoffmanSS
12Julio Valdez2B
43Dennis Eckersley    P

Source: [17]

Roster
1983 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Statistical leaders
Wade Boggs
CategoryPlayerStatistic
Youngest playerOil Can Boyd
Rich Gedman
Lee Graham
Jackie Gutiérrez		23
Oldest playerCarl Yastrzemski43
Wins Above ReplacementWade Boggs7.8

Source:[18]

Batting
Abbr.CategoryPlayerStatistic
GGames playedJim Rice155
PAPlate appearancesJim Rice689
ABAt batsJim Rice626
RRuns scoredWade Boggs100
HHitsWade Boggs210
2BDoublesWade Boggs44
3BTriplesWade Boggs7
HRHome runsJim Rice39
RBIRuns batted inJim Rice126
SBStolen basesJerry Remy11
CSCaught stealingReid Nichols5
BBBase on ballsWade Boggs92
SOStrikeoutsTony Armas131
BABatting averageWade Boggs.361
OBPOn-base percentageWade Boggs.444
SLGSlugging percentageJim Rice.550
OPSOn-base plus sluggingWade Boggs.931
OPS+Adjusted OPSWade Boggs150
TBTotal basesJim Rice344
GIDPGrounded into double playJim Rice31
HBPHit by pitchJim Rice6
SHSacrifice hitsJerry Remy12
SFSacrifice fliesDave Stapleton8
IBBIntentional base on ballsCarl Yastrzemski11

Source:[18]

Pitching
Abbr.CategoryPlayerStatistic
WWinsJohn Tudor13
LLossesDennis Eckersley13
W-L %Winning percentageBob Ojeda.632 (12–7)
ERAEarned run averageBob Stanley2.85
GGames pitchedBob Stanley64
GSGames startedJohn Tudor34
GFGames finishedBob Stanley53
CGComplete gamesJohn Tudor7
SHOShutoutsBruce Hurst2
John Tudor
SVSavesBob Stanley33
IPInnings pitchedJohn Tudor242
SOStrikeoutsJohn Tudor136
WHIPWalks plus hits per inning pitchedBob Stanley1.259

Source:[18]

Awards and honors
Awards
Accomplishments
  • Jim Rice, American League Leader Home Runs (39)
  • Jim Rice, American League Leader RBIs (126)

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Tony Torchia
AA New Britain Red Sox Eastern League Rac Slider
A Winston-Salem Red Sox Carolina League Bill Slack
A Winter Haven Red Sox Florida State League Tom Kotchman
A-Short Season Elmira Suns New York–Penn League Dick Berardino

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: New Britain

Source:[19]

References
  1. Tony Pérez at Baseball Reference
  2. Tony Armas at Baseball Reference
  3. Josías Manzanillo at Baseball-Reference
  4. Ellis Burks at Baseball-Reference
  5. Mike Torrez at Baseball-Reference
  6. Brian Kingman at Baseball-Reference
  7. "The 1983 Boston Red Sox". Retrosheet. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  8. https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1983/04301983.htm
  9. https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1983/05311983.htm
  10. https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1983/06301983.htm
  11. https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1983/07311983.htm
  12. https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1983/08311983.htm
  13. https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1983/09301983.htm
  14. https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1983/10021983.htm
  15. Roger Clemens at Baseball-Reference
  16. John Mitchell at Baseball-Reference
  17. "Toronto Blue Jays 7, Boston Red Sox 1". Retrosheet. April 5, 1983. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  18. "1983 Boston Red Sox Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  19. Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
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