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Major League Baseball team season
1983 Los Angeles Dodgers
National League West Champions
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkDodger Stadium
CityLos Angeles
OwnersPeter O'Malley
General managersAl Campanis
ManagersTommy Lasorda
TelevisionKTTV (11)
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter
ONTV
Geoff Witcher, Al Downing
RadioKABC
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter
KTNQ
Jaime Jarrín, René Cárdenas
← 1982 Seasons 1984 →

The 1983 Los Angeles Dodgers rebounded from being eliminated from the playoffs on the final day of the previous season to win their second National League West title in three years, but lost in the NLCS to the Philadelphia Phillies 3 games to 1.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 91 71 .562 — 48‍–‍32 43‍–‍39
Atlanta Braves 88 74 .543 3 46‍–‍34 42‍–‍40
Houston Astros 85 77 .525 6 46‍–‍36 39‍–‍41
San Diego Padres 81 81 .500 10 47‍–‍34 34‍–‍47
San Francisco Giants 79 83 .488 12 43‍–‍38 36‍–‍45
Cincinnati Reds 74 88 .457 17 36‍–‍45 38‍–‍43

Record vs. opponents

1983 National League record
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 —


Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
Name Position
Steve Sax Second baseman
Ken Landreaux Center fielder
Dusty Baker Left fielder
Pedro Guerrero Third baseman
Greg Brock First baseman
Mike Marshall Right fielder
Bill Russell Shortstop
Steve Yeager Catcher
Fernando Valenzuela Starting pitcher

Roster

1983 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Notable transactions

Game log

Regular season

Legend
  Dodgers win
  Dodgers loss
  Postponement
  Clinched division
Bold Dodgers team member
1983 regular season game log: 91–71–1 (Home: 48–32; Away: 43–39–1)
April: 14–6 (Home: 6–3; Away: 8–3)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
May: 18–8 (Home: 9–5; Away: 9–3)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
June: 14–14 (Home: 9–9; Away: 5–5)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
52 June 7 @ Braves
53 June 8 @ Braves
54 June 9 @ Braves
59 June 14 Braves
60 June 15 Braves
61 June 16 Braves
July: 11–17 (Home: 5–5; Away: 6–12)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
— July 6 54th All-Star Game in Chicago, IL
August: 20–10 (Home: 12–4; Away: 8–6)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
107 August 5 Braves
108 August 6 Braves
109 August 7 Braves
113 August 12 @ Braves
114 August 13 @ Braves
115 August 14 @ Braves
September: 14–14–1 (Home: 7–4; Away: 7–10)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
141 September 9 Braves
142 September 10 Braves
143 September 11 Braves
153 September 23 @ Braves
154 September 24 @ Braves
155 September 25 @ Braves
October: 0–2 (Home: 0–2; Away: 0–0)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak

Postseason Game log

Legend
  Dodgers win
  Dodgers loss
Bold Dodgers team member
1983 Postseason game log: 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Away: 0–2)
NL Championship Series: vs. Philadelphia Phillies 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Away: 0–2)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Series Box/
Streak
1 October 4 5:20 p.m. PDT Phillies
2 October 5 5:20 p.m. PDT Phillies
3 October 7 12:05 p.m. PDT @ Phillies
4 October 8 5:20 p.m. PDT @ Phillies

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Steve Yeager 113 335 68 .203 15 41
1B Greg Brock 146 455 102 .224 20 66
2B Steve Sax 155 623 175 .281 5 41
SS Bill Russell 131 451 111 .246 1 30
3B Pedro Guerrero 160 584 174 .298 32 103
LF Dusty Baker 149 531 138 .260 15 73
CF Ken Landreaux 141 481 135 .281 17 66
RF Mike Marshall 140 465 132 .284 17 65

Other batters

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
Derrel Thomas 118 192 48 .250 2 8
Rick Monday 99 178 44 .247 6 20
Jack Fimple 54 148 37 .250 2 22
Ron Roenicke 81 145 32 .221 2 12
Dave Anderson 61 115 19 .165 1 2
Rafael Landestoy 64 64 11 .172 1 1
Candy Maldonado 42 62 12 .194 1 6
R.J. Reynolds 24 55 13 .236 2 11
José Morales 47 53 15 .283 3 8
Mike Scioscia 12 35 11 .314 1 7
Gilberto Reyes 19 31 5 .161 0 0
Germán Rivera 13 17 6 .353 0 0
Sid Bream 15 11 2 .182 0 2
Cecil Espy 20 11 3 .273 0 1
Dave Sax 7 8 0 .000 0 1
Alex Taveras 10 4 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Fernando Valenzuela 35 257.0 15 10 3.75 189
Jerry Reuss 32 223.1 12 11 2.94 143
Bob Welch 31 204.0 15 12 2.65 156

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Alejandro Peña 34 177.0 12 9 2.75 120
Burt Hooton 33 160.0 9 8 4.22 87
Rick Honeycutt 9 39.0 2 3 5.77 18
Sid Fernandez 2 6.0 0 1 6.00 9

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Steve Howe 46 4 7 18 1.44 52
Tom Niedenfuer 66 8 3 11 1.90 66
Dave Stewart 46 5 2 8 2.96 54
Joe Beckwith 42 3 4 1 3.55 50
Pat Zachry 40 6 1 0 2.49 36
Orel Hershiser 8 0 0 1 3.38 5
Rich Rodas 7 0 0 0 1.93 5
Ricky Wright 6 0 0 0 2.84 5
Larry White 4 0 0 0 1.29 5

1983 National League Championship Series

Main article: 1983 National League Championship Series

The National League West champion Dodgers faced the National League East champion Philadelphia Phillies in the 1983 NLCS and lost the series 3 games to 1. Noteworthy was that the Dodgers had won 11 of 12 games against the Phillies during the regular season.

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)

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)

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)

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)

Awards and honors

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Albuquerque Dukes Pacific Coast League Del Crandall
Terry Collins
AA San Antonio Dodgers Texas League Terry Collins
Rick Ollar
Dave Wallace
High A Lodi Dodgers California League Don LeJohn
High A Vero Beach Dodgers Florida State League Stan Wasiak
Rookie Lethbridge Dodgers Pioneer League Gail Henley
Rookie Gulf Coast Dodgers Gulf Coast League Gary LaRocque

Teams in BOLD won League Championships

Major League Baseball Draft

Main article: 1983 Major League Baseball Draft

The Dodgers drafted 35 players in the June draft and 17 in the January draft. Of those, six players would eventually play in the Major Leagues. They received two extra picks in the 2nd round as compensation for losing free agents Steve Garvey and Terry Forster.

The first round pick in the June draft was pitcher Erik Sonberg of Wichita State University. He played six seasons in the minors and was 19-38 with a 6.20 ERA in 107 games. None of this years signings amounted to much of anything in the Majors.

1983 Draft Picks

January draft

Round Name Position School Signed Career span Highest level
1 Derek Lee RHP Sacramento City College Yes 1983–1984 A
2 Todd Cobbs RHP Vincennes University Yes 1983–1985 A
3 Patrick Sullivan C Sacramento City College No
Blue Jays-1985 		1985 Rookie
4 Mark Tindall LHP Sinclair Community College No
Expos-1983 		1983–1984 A-
5 Victor Marin RHP Chaffey College No
6 Randy Hamrick LHP Spartanburg Methodist College Yes 1983–1985 A
7 John Partridge RHP Alvin Community College No
8 Rob Leary RHP College of San Mateo No
Expos-1986 		1986–1990 AAA
9 Kenneth Boone RHP Citrus College No
10 Theodore Parker OF Spartanburg Methodist College No
Cardinals-1986 		1986–1987 A
11 Scott Campbell OF Citrus College No
Royals-1983 		1983 Rookie
12 Mark Reynolds OF Austin Community College Yes 1983–1986 AA
13 Wayne Kirby OF Newport News Apprentice School Yes 1983–2001 MLB
14 Karl Ciamaichelo SS Yes 1983 Rookie
15 Gerald Robinson C No

January Secondary phase

Round Name Position School Signed Career span Highest level
1 Dennis Woods OF Spartanburg Methodist College No
2 Rodney McCray OF West Los Angeles College No
Padres-1984 		1984–1993 MLB

June draft

Round Name Position School Signed Career span Highest level
1 Erik Sonberg LHP Wichita State University Yes 1983–1989 AAA
2 Michael Cherry RHP The Citadel Yes 1983–1986 AA
2 Robert Hamilton RHP Northeast High School Yes 1983–1987 AA
2 Luis Lopez C Lafayette High School Yes 1984–2004 MLB
3 Mitchell Moran OF University of Texas–Pan American Yes 1983–1985 A
4 Bert Flores OF Mt. Whitney High School Yes 1983–1986 A
5 Richard Thurman RHP Pepperdine University Yes 1983 A
6 Scott May RHP University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point Yes 1983–1995 MLB
7 Timothy Zaploski 3B Boulder City High School Yes 1983–1985 A-
8 Dave Eichborn RHP University of Miami No
9 Curtis Campbell C Gardena High School Yes 1983–1984 Rookie
10 Chuck Bartlett C Mississippi State University Yes 1983–1984 A
11 Joe Karmeris 3B Reavis High School Yes 1983–1985 A
12 Samuel Dotson C University of Memphis Yes 1983 Rookie
13 Kenneth Harvey 2B University of Richmond Yes 1983–1987 AA
14 Barry Wohler LHP University of Minnesota Yes 1984–1988 AA
15 Richard Ross 3B North Park University No
16 Steven Shields RHP California State University, Los Angeles Yes 1983–1985 A
17 Michael Blair C Jacksonville State University Yes 1983–1984 A
18 Fred LaGroue RHP Holy Cross High School No
19 Christopher Chapman OF Southern University and A&M College Yes 1983–1987 AA
20 Mark Stevens OF Citrus College No
21 Shawn Gilbert SS Agua Fria High School No
Twins-1987 		1987–2003 MLB
22 Mike Fetters RHP ʻIolani School No
Angels-1986 		1986–2004 MLB
23 Robert Rowen LHP Lassen College Yes 1983–1988 AA
24 Vincent Beringhele OF University of California, Los Angeles Yes 1983–1985 A
25 John Rexrode RHP Dallas Baptist University Yes 1983–1984 A
26 Scott Parrish RHP Clemson University No
Athletics-1984 		1984–1985 A-
27 Dale Hamrick 3B Spartanburg Methodist College No
Braves-1984 		1984 Rookie
28 Fernando Fernández 3B Lennox High School No
29 Kevin Monk 1B Fremont High School No
30 Daniel Kapea LHP Waipahu High School No
Brewers-1988 		1988 Rookie

June secondary phase

Round Name Position School Signed Career span Highest level
1 Jon Leake 3B Sacramento City College No
Brewers-1985 		1985–1989 A
2 Terence Guzman LHP Ferrum College No
3 Tim Criswell RHP Georgia Perimeter College Yes 1983–1987 AA

Notes

  1. Tom Klawitter page at Baseball Reference
  2. Dave Stewart page at Baseball Reference
  3. "1983 Los Angeles Dodgers Schedule & Results". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
  4. "1983 National League Championship Series". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
  5. 1983 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase
  6. 1983 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase
  7. 1983 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
  8. 1983 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase

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