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Contents

   



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1 Regular season  


1.1  Season standings  




1.2  Record vs. opponents  




1.3  Opening Day starters  




1.4  Notable transactions  




1.5  Roster  






2 Player stats  


2.1  Batting  


2.1.1  Starters by position  




2.1.2  Other batters  






2.2  Pitching  


2.2.1  Starting pitchers  




2.2.2  Other pitchers  




2.2.3  Relief pitchers  








3 Awards and honors  


3.1  Team leaders  






4 Farm system  




5 Notable events  




6 Notes  




7 References  













1983 Texas Rangers season






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1983 Texas Rangers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkArlington Stadium
CityArlington, Texas
OwnersEddie Chiles
General managersJoe Klein
ManagersDoug Rader
TelevisionKXAS-TV
(Steve Busby, Merle Harmon)
RadioWBAP
(Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz)
← 1982 Seasons 1984 →

The Texas Rangers 1983 season involved the Rangers finishing third in the American League West with a record of 77 wins and 85 losses. The Rangers did break a Major League Baseball record for the most runs ever scored by one team during a single extra inning.

Regular season[edit]

Season standings[edit]

  • t
  • e
    • 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[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 —


    Opening Day starters[edit]

    Notable transactions[edit]

    Roster[edit]

    1983 Texas Rangers roster
    Roster
    Pitchers Catchers

    Infielders

    		Outfielders

    Other batters

    		Manager

    Coaches

    Player stats[edit]

    Batting[edit]

    Starters by position[edit]

    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 Jim Sundberg 131 378 76 .201 2 28
    1B Pete O'Brien 154 524 124 .237 8 53
    2B Wayne Tolleson 134 470 122 .260 3 20
    3B Buddy Bell 156 618 171 .277 14 66
    SS Bucky Dent 131 417 99 .237 2 34
    LF Billy Sample 147 554 152 .274 12 57
    CF George Wright 162 634 175 .276 18 80
    RF Larry Parrish 145 555 151 .272 26 88
    DH Dave Hostetler 94 304 67 .220 11 46

    Other batters[edit]

    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 Rivers 96 309 88 .285 1 20
    Bill Stein 78 232 72 .310 2 33
    Bob Johnson 72 175 37 .211 5 16
    Larry Biitner 66 116 32 .276 0 18
    Jim Anderson 50 102 22 .216 0 6
    Mike Richardt 22 83 13 .157 1 7
    Bobby Jones 41 72 16 .222 1 11
    Curt Wilkerson 16 35 6 .171 0 1
    Tom Dunbar 12 24 6 .250 0 3
    Donnie Scott 2 4 0 .000 0 0
    Mark Wagner 2 2 0 .000 0 0
    Nick Capra 8 2 0 .000 0 0

    Pitching[edit]

    Starting pitchers[edit]

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

    Player G IP W L ERA SO
    Charlie Hough 34 252.0 15 13 3.18 152
    Mike Smithson 33 223.1 10 14 3.91 135
    Danny Darwin 28 183.0 8 13 3.49 92
    Rick Honeycutt 25 174.2 14 8 2.42 56
    Frank Tanana 29 159.1 7 9 3.16 108
    Dave Stewart 8 59.0 5 2 2.14 24

    Other pitchers[edit]

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

    Player G IP W L ERA SO
    John Butcher 38 123.0 6 6 3.51 58
    Jon Matlack 25 73.1 2 4 4.66 38
    Al Lachowicz 2 8.0 0 1 2.25 8

    Relief pitchers[edit]

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

    Player G W L SV ERA SO
    Odell Jones 42 3 6 10 3.09 50
    Dave Schmidt 31 3 3 2 3.88 29
    Dave Tobik 27 2 1 9 3.68 30
    Víctor Cruz 17 1 3 5 1.44 18
    Tom Henke 8 1 0 1 3.38 17
    Mike Mason 5 0 2 0 5.91 9
    Ricky Wright 1 0 0 0 0.00 2

    Awards and honors[edit]

    All-Star Game

    Team leaders[edit]

    Farm system[edit]

    See also: Minor League Baseball
    Level Team League Manager
    AAA Oklahoma City 89ers American Association Tom Burgess
    AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Marty Scott
    A Burlington Rangers Midwest League Orlando Gómez
    A-Short Season Tri-City Triplets Northwest League Dave Oliver
    Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Andy Hancock

    Notable events[edit]

    Notes[edit]

    1. ^ Dave StewartatBaseball Reference
  • ^ 'Rangers Rout A's 16–4 in 15-Inning Marathon'; The Greenville News, July 5, 1983, p. 18

    • References[edit]


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