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1 Offseason  




2 Regular season  


2.1  Highlights  




2.2  Season standings  




2.3  Record vs. opponents  




2.4  Notable transactions  




2.5  Opening Day lineup  




2.6  Roster  






3 Player stats  


3.1  Batting  




3.2  Pitching  






4 Statistical leaders  


4.1  Batting  




4.2  Pitching  






5 Awards and honors  




6 Farm system  




7 References  




8 External links  













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1983 Boston Red Sox
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston
Record78–84 (.481)
Divisional place6th (20GB)
OwnersBuddy LeRoux, Haywood Sullivan, Jean Yawkey
PresidentJean Yawkey
General managerHaywood Sullivan
ManagerRalph Houk
TelevisionWSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Ned Martin, Bob Montgomery)
RadioWPLM-FM 99.1
WPLM-AM 1390
(Ken Coleman, Joe Castiglione)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
← 1982 Seasons 1984 →

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.

On June 6, general partner Buddy LeRoux attempted to replace general manager Haywood Sullivan with former general manager Dick O'Connell, leading to protracted legal proceedings between LeRoux and the team's other two general partners, Sullivan and Jean Yawkey.[1] LeRoux ultimately lost in court the following June.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Record by month[8]
Month Record Cumulative AL East Ref.
Won Lost Won Lost Position GB
April 10 9 10 9 2nd (tie) 1⁄2 [9]
May 16 11 26 20 2nd 1⁄2 [10]
June 11 16 37 36 5th 5 [11]
July 14 14 51 50 6th 9 [12]
August 12 19 63 69 6th 15+1⁄2 [13]
September 14 14 77 83 6th 20 [14]
October 1 1 78 84 6th 20 [15]

Highlights

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Season standings

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  • t
  • e
    • AL East
    Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
    Baltimore Orioles 98 64 .605 — 50‍–‍31 48‍–‍33
    Detroit Tigers 92 70 .568 6 48‍–‍33 44‍–‍37
    New York Yankees 91 71 .562 7 51‍–‍30 40‍–‍41
    Toronto Blue Jays 89 73 .549 9 48‍–‍33 41‍–‍40
    Milwaukee Brewers 87 75 .537 11 52‍–‍29 35‍–‍46
    Boston Red Sox 78 84 .481 20 38‍–‍43 40‍–‍41
    Cleveland Indians 70 92 .432 28 36‍–‍45 34‍–‍47

    Record vs. opponents

    [edit]
    1983 American League record
  • t
  • e

    • Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
    Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
    Baltimore — 8–5 7–5 7–5 6–7 5–8 8–4 11–2 8–4 6–7 8–4 8–4 9–3 7–6
    Boston 5–8 — 6–6 6–6 7–6 4–9 5–7 4–9 5–7 7–6 8–4 7–5 7–5 7–6
    California 5–7 6–6 — 3–10 8–4 4–8 6–7 6–6 6–7 5–7 5–8 6–7 6–7 4–8
    Chicago 5–7 6–6 10–3 — 8–4 8–4 9–4 4–8 8–5 8–4 8–5 12–1 8–5 5–7
    Cleveland 7–6 6–7 4–8 4–8 — 5–8 7–5 3–10 6–6 6–7 7–5 8–4 3–9 4–9
    Detroit 8–5 9–4 8–4 4–8 8–5 — 7–5 6–7 9–3 5–8 6–6 8–4 8–4 6–7
    Kansas City 4–8 7–5 7–6 4–9 5–7 5–7 — 6–6 6–7 6–6 7–6 8–5 8–5–1 6–6
    Milwaukee 2–11 9–4 6–6 8–4 10–3 7–6 6–6 — 8–4 4–9 6–6 5–7 8–4 8–5
    Minnesota 4–8 7–5 7–6 5–8 6–6 3–9 7–6 4–8 — 4–8 4–9 9–4 5–8 5–7
    New York 7–6 6–7 7–5 4–8 7–6 8–5 6–6 9–4 8–4 — 8–4 7–5 7–5 7–6
    Oakland 4–8 4–8 8–5 5–8 5–7 6–6 6–7 6–6 9–4 4–8 — 9–4 2–11 6–6
    Seattle 4–8 5–7 7–6 1–12 4–8 4–8 5–8 7–5 4–9 5–7 4–9 — 6–7 4–8
    Texas 3–9 5–7 7–6 5–8 9–3 4–8 5–8–1 4–8 8–5 5–7 11–2 7–6 — 4–8
    Toronto 6–7 6–7 8–4 7–5 9–4 7–6 6–6 5–8 7–5 6–7 6–6 8–4 8–4 —


    Notable transactions

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    Opening Day lineup

    [edit]
    26 Wade Boggs 3B
    24 Dwight Evans RF
    14 Jim Rice LF
    20 Tony Armas CF
     8 Carl Yastrzemski DH
    11 Dave Stapleton 1B
    10 Rich Gedman C
    18 Glenn Hoffman SS
    12 Julio Valdez 2B
    43 Dennis Eckersley     P

    Source:[18]

    Roster

    [edit]
    1983 Boston Red Sox
    Roster
    Pitchers Catchers

    Infielders

    		Outfielders

    Other batters

    		Manager

    Coaches

    Player stats

    [edit]

    Batting

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    Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

    Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB AVG SLG
    Jim Rice 155 626 90 191 34 1 39 126 0 52 .305 .550
    Jerry Remy 146 592 73 163 16 5 0 43 11 40 .275 .319
    Wade Boggs 153 582 100 210 44 7 5 74 3 92 .361 .486
    Tony Armas 145 574 77 125 23 2 36 107 0 29 .218 .453
    Dave Stapleton 151 542 54 134 31 1 10 66 1 40 .247 .363
    Glenn Hoffman 143 473 56 123 24 1 4 41 1 30 .260 .340
    Dwight Evans 126 470 74 112 19 4 22 58 3 70 .238 .436
    Carl Yastrzemski 119 380 38 101 24 0 10 56 0 54 .266 .408
    Reid Nichols 100 274 35 78 22 1 6 22 7 26 .285 .438
    Rick Miller 104 262 41 75 10 2 2 21 3 28 .286 .363
    Gary Allenson 84 230 19 53 11 0 3 30 0 27 .230 .317
    Rich Gedman 81 204 21 60 16 1 2 18 0 15 .294 .412
    Ed Jurak 75 159 19 44 8 4 0 18 1 18 .277 .377
    Jeff Newman 59 132 11 25 4 0 3 7 0 10 .189 .288
    Marty Barrett 33 44 7 10 1 1 0 2 0 3 .227 .295
    Julio Valdez 12 25 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .120 .120
    Jackie Gutiérrez 5 10 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .300 .300
    Lee Graham 5 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000
    Chico Walker 4 5 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 .400 1.200
    Team Totals 162 5590 724 1512 287 32 142 691 30 536 .270 .409

    Source:[15]

    Pitching

    [edit]

    Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

    Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO
    John Tudor 13 12 4.09 34 34 0 242.0 236 122 110 81 136
    Bruce Hurst 12 12 4.09 33 32 0 211.1 241 102 96 62 115
    Dennis Eckersley 9 13 5.61 28 28 0 176.1 223 119 110 39 77
    Bob Ojeda 12 7 4.04 29 28 0 173.2 173 85 78 73 94
    Bob Stanley 8 10 2.85 64 0 33 145.1 145 56 46 38 65
    Mike Brown 6 6 4.67 19 18 0 104.0 110 62 54 43 35
    Oil Can Boyd 4 8 3.28 15 13 0 98.2 103 46 36 23 43
    Mark Clear 4 5 6.28 48 0 4 96.0 101 71 67 68 81
    Doug Bird 1 4 6.65 22 6 1 67.2 91 52 50 16 33
    Luis Aponte 5 4 3.63 34 0 3 62.0 74 28 25 23 32
    John Henry Johnson 3 2 3.71 34 1 1 53.1 58 28 22 20 51
    Al Nipper 1 1 2.25 3 2 0 16.0 17 4 4 7 5
    Team Totals 78 84 4.34 162 162 42 1446.1 1572 775 697 493 767

    Source:[16]

    Statistical leaders

    [edit]
    Wade Boggs
    Category Player Statistic
    Youngest player Oil Can Boyd
    Rich Gedman
    Lee Graham
    Jackie Gutiérrez    		 23
    Oldest player Carl Yastrzemski 43
    Wins Above Replacement Wade Boggs 7.8

    Source:[19]

    Batting

    [edit]
    Abbr. Category Player Statistic
    G Games played Jim Rice 155
    PA Plate appearances Jim Rice 689
    AB At bats Jim Rice 626
    R Runs scored Wade Boggs 100
    H Hits Wade Boggs 210
    2B Doubles Wade Boggs 44
    3B Triples Wade Boggs 7
    HR Home runs Jim Rice 39
    RBI Runs batted in Jim Rice 126
    SB Stolen bases Jerry Remy 11
    CS Caught stealing Reid Nichols 5
    BB Base on balls Wade Boggs 92
    SO Strikeouts Tony Armas 131
    BA Batting average Wade Boggs .361
    OBP On-base percentage Wade Boggs .444
    SLG Slugging percentage Jim Rice .550
    OPS On-base plus slugging Wade Boggs .931
    OPS+ Adjusted OPS Wade Boggs 150
    TB Total bases Jim Rice 344
    GIDP Grounded into double play Jim Rice 31
    HBP Hit by pitch Jim Rice 6
    SH Sacrifice hits Jerry Remy 12
    SF Sacrifice flies Dave Stapleton 8
    IBB Intentional base on balls Carl Yastrzemski 11

    Source:[19]

    Pitching

    [edit]
    Abbr. Category Player Statistic
    W Wins John Tudor 13
    L Losses Dennis Eckersley 13
    W-L % Winning percentage Bob Ojeda .632 (12–7)
    ERA Earned run average Bob Ojeda 4.04
    G Games pitched Bob Stanley 64
    GS Games started John Tudor 34
    GF Games finished Bob Stanley 53
    CG Complete games John Tudor 7
    SHO Shutouts Bruce Hurst 2
    John Tudor
    SV Saves Bob Stanley 33
    IP Innings pitched John Tudor 242
    SO Strikeouts John Tudor 136
    WHIP Walks plus hits per inning pitched John Tudor 1.310

    Source:[19]

    Awards and honors

    [edit]
    Awards
    Accomplishments

    All-Star Game

    Farm system

    [edit]
    See also: Minor League Baseball

    The New Britain Red Sox replaced the Bristol Red Sox as a Double-A affiliate.

    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:[20][21]

    References

    [edit]
    1. ^ Wulf, Steve (June 20, 1983). "The Fight is Over the Red Sox, Not in Them". vault.si.com. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
  • ^ Tony PérezatBaseball Reference
  • ^ Tony ArmasatBaseball Reference
  • ^ Josías ManzanilloatBaseball-Reference
  • ^ Ellis BurksatBaseball-Reference
  • ^ Mike TorrezatBaseball-Reference
  • ^ Brian KingmanatBaseball-Reference
  • ^ "The 1983 Boston Red Sox". Retrosheet. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  • ^ "Events of Saturday, April 30, 1983".
  • ^ "Events of Tuesday, May 31, 1983".
  • ^ "Events of Thursday, June 30, 1983".
  • ^ "Events of Sunday, July 31, 1983".
  • ^ "Events of Wednesday, August 31, 1983".
  • ^ "Events of Friday, September 30, 1983".
  • ^ "Events of Sunday, October 2, 1983".
  • ^ Roger ClemensatBaseball-Reference
  • ^ John MitchellatBaseball-Reference
  • ^ "Toronto Blue Jays 7, Boston Red Sox 1". Retrosheet. April 5, 1983. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  • ^ a b c "1983 Boston Red Sox Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  • ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  • ^ Boston Red Sox Media Guide. 1983. p. 81. Retrieved March 14, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.
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