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Contents

   



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1 Offseason  




2 Regular season  


2.1  Offense  




2.2  Pitching  




2.3  Season standings  




2.4  Record vs. opponents  




2.5  Notable transactions  




2.6  Roster  






3 Player stats  


3.1  Batting  


3.1.1  Starters by position  




3.1.2  Other batters  






3.2  Pitching  


3.2.1  Starting pitchers  




3.2.2  Other pitchers  




3.2.3  Relief pitchers  








4 Farm system  




5 Notes  




6 References  




7 External links  













1983 Minnesota Twins season






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1983 Minnesota Twins
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
CityMinneapolis, Minnesota
OwnersCalvin Griffith (majority owner, with Thelma Griffith Haynes)
General managersCalvin Griffith
ManagersBilly Gardner
TelevisionKMSP-TV
(Bob Kurtz, Larry Osterman)
Spectrum
(Pat Hughes, Dick Bremer)
Radio830 WCCO AM
(Herb Carneal, Ron Weber, Tim Moreland)
← 1982 Seasons 1984 →

The 1983 Minnesota Twins finished 70–92, tied for fifth in the American League West, and improved upon their dismal 60-102 record from 1982 by ten games. 858,939 fans attended Twins games, the third-lowest total in the American League.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Only one Twins player made the All-Star Game, outfielder Gary Ward.

Offense

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Team Leaders
Statistic Player Quantity
HR Tom Brunansky 28
RBI Gary Ward 92
BA Kent Hrbek .297
Runs John Castino 83

Pitching

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Starter Ken Schrom was 15-8. Reliever Ron Davis had 30 saves.

Team Leaders
Statistic Player Quantity
ERA Ken Schrom 3.71
Wins Ken Schrom 15
Saves Ron Davis 30
Strikeouts Frank Viola 127

Season standings

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    • AL West
    Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
    Chicago White Sox 99 63 .611 — 55‍–‍26 44‍–‍37
    Kansas City Royals 79 83 .488 20 45‍–‍36 34‍–‍47
    Texas Rangers 77 85 .475 22 44‍–‍37 33‍–‍48
    Oakland Athletics 74 88 .457 25 42‍–‍39 32‍–‍49
    California Angels 70 92 .432 29 35‍–‍46 35‍–‍46
    Minnesota Twins 70 92 .432 29 37‍–‍44 33‍–‍48
    Seattle Mariners 60 102 .370 39 30‍–‍51 30‍–‍51

    Record vs. opponents

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    1983 American League record
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    • 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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    Roster

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    1983 Minnesota Twins
    Roster
    Pitchers Catchers

    Infielders

    		Outfielders

    Other batters

    		Manager

    Coaches

    Player stats

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    Batting

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    Starters by position

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    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 Dave Engle 120 374 114 .305 8 43
    1B Kent Hrbek 141 515 153 .297 16 84
    2B John Castino 142 563 156 .277 11 57
    SS Ron Washington 99 317 78 .246 4 26
    3B Gary Gaetti 157 584 143 .245 21 78
    LF Gary Ward 157 623 173 .278 19 88
    CF Darrell Brown 91 309 84 .272 0 22
    RF Tom Brunansky 151 542 123 .227 28 82
    DH Randy Bush 124 373 93 .249 11 56

    Other batters

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    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
    Mickey Hatcher 106 375 119 .317 9 47
    Lenny Faedo 51 173 48 .277 1 18
    Tim Laudner 62 168 31 .185 6 18
    Bobby Mitchell 59 152 35 .230 1 15
    Ray Smith 59 152 34 .224 0 8
    Rusty Kuntz 31 100 19 .190 3 5
    Houston Jiménez 36 86 15 .174 0 9
    Scott Ullger 35 79 15 .190 0 5
    Tim Teufel 21 78 24 .308 3 6
    Greg Gagne 10 27 3 .111 0 3
    Jim Eisenreich 2 7 2 .286 0 0
    Tack Wilson 5 4 1 .250 0 1

    Pitching

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    Starting pitchers

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

    Player G IP W L ERA SO
    Frank Viola 35 210.0 7 15 5.49 127
    Ken Schrom 33 196.1 15 8 3.71 80
    Albert Williams 36 193.1 11 14 4.14 68
    Bobby Castillo 27 158.1 8 12 4.77 90
    Brad Havens 16 80.1 5 8 8.18 40
    Jay Pettibone 4 27.0 0 4 5.33 10

    Other pitchers

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

    Player G IP W L ERA SO
    Pete Filson 26 90.0 4 1 3.40 49
    Jack O'Connor 27 83.0 2 3 5.86 56
    Bryan Oelkers 10 34.1 0 5 8.65 13

    Relief pitchers

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

    Player G W L SV ERA SO
    Ron Davis 66 5 8 30 3.34 84
    Rick Lysander 61 5 12 3 3.38 58
    Len Whitehouse 60 7 1 2 4.15 44
    Mike Walters 23 1 1 2 4.12 21
    Jim Lewis 6 0 0 0 6.50 8

    Farm system

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    See also: Minor League Baseball
    Level Team League Manager
    AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Cal Ermer
    AA Orlando Twins Southern League Phil Roof
    A Visalia Oaks California League Harry Warner
    A Wisconsin Rapids Twins Midwest League Charlie Manuel
    Rookie Elizabethton Twins Appalachian League Fred Waters

    Notes

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    1. ^ Rick Lysander page at Baseball Reference[permanent dead link]
  • ^ Mike Hart page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ Sal Butera page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ Pete Redfern page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ Tom Klawitter page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ Tim Belcher page at Baseball Reference

    • References

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