1983 in baseball

Year in baseball
this year = 1983

Champions

Major League Baseball

*World Series: Baltimore Orioles over Philadelphia Phillies (4-1); Rick Dempsey, MVP

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*American League Championship Series MVP: Mike Boddicker
*National League Championship Series MVP: Gary Matthews
*All-Star Game, July 6 at Comiskey Park: American League, 13-3; Fred Lynn, MVP

Other champions

*Caribbean World Series: Lobos de Arecibo (Puerto Rico)
*College World Series: Texas
*Japan Series: Seibu Lions over Yomiuri Giants (4-3)
*Little League World Series: East Marietta National, Marietta, Georgia

Awards and honors

*Most Valuable Player
**Cal Ripken, Jr., Baltimore Orioles, SS (AL)
**Dale Murphy, Atlanta Braves, OF (NL)
*Cy Young Award
**LaMarr Hoyt, Chicago White Sox (AL)
**John Denny, Philadelphia Phillies (NL)
*Rookie of the Year
**Ron Kittle, Chicago White Sox, OF (AL)
**Darryl Strawberry, New York Mets, OF (NL)
*Manager of the Year Award
**Tony La Russa, Chicago White Sox (AL)
**Tommy Lasorda, Los Angeles Dodgers (NL)

MLB Statistical Leaders

Major League Baseball final standings

Events

*January 12 - Brooks Robinson and Juan Marichal are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Robinson becomes the 14th player to be elected in his first year of eligibility.

*April 27 - Nolan Ryan strikes out Brad Mills of the Montréal Expos. It is the 3,509th strikeout of Ryan's career, breaking the long time record established by Walter Johnson. Ryan will go on to break his own record 2,205 times before retireing.

*May 1 - Robin Yount hits his 100th career home run.

*May 6 - Darryl Strawberry makes his Major league debut.

*June 15 - The New York Mets acquire first baseman Keith Hernandez from the St. Louis Cardinals for pitchers Neil Allen and Rick Ownbey.

*June 24 - Don Sutton of the Milwaukee Brewers records his 3000th career strikeout.

*July 4 - Left-handed pitcher Dave Righetti throws the Yankees' first no-hitter since Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series, handcuffing the Boston Red Sox 4–0 before a holiday crowd of 41,077 at Yankee Stadium. It's the first no-hitter by a Yankee left-handed pitcher since George Mogridge in 1917.

*July 6 - In the 50th anniversary All-Star Game at Chicago's Comiskey Park, the American League routs the National League 13–3 for its first win since 1971. The AL breaks the game open with seven runs in the 4th inning, highlighted by Fred Lynn's grand slam — the first ever in an All-Star competition. It is Lynn's 4th All-Star homer, tying him with Ted Williams for the AL record.

*July 24 - In the game now known as the Pine Tar Game, George Brett hits an apparent go-ahead 2-run home run off of Goose Gossage in the ninth inning of a game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. However, Yankees manager Billy Martin challenges that Brett's bat had more than the 18 inches of pine tar allowed, and home plate umpire Tim McClelland upholds Martin's challenge. After being called out and having the home run nullified, Brett goes ballistic and charges out of the dugout after McClelland. The AL president's office later upholds the Kansas City Royals protest, restoring the home run, and the game is completed on August 18, with the Royals winning 5-4.

*July 29 - Steve Garvey, first baseman for the San Diego Padres dislocates his thumb, and ends his streak of 1,207 consecutive games played. It is still the National League record for consecutive games played.

*August 6 - Kansas City Royals starter Eric Rasmussen tosses a 4-0 shutout against the Boston Red Sox in his first ever start in the American League. Having already shutout the San Diego Padres in his major league debut for the St. Louis Cardinals on July 21, by|1975, Rasmussen becomes the only major league pitcher to ever pitch a shutout in his first National League start and his first American League start.

*September 17 - The Chicago White Sox defeat the Seattle Mariners 4-3 at olde Comiskey Park, clinching their first division title. It secures their first post season birth since 1959, and the last the team would have at olde Comiskey.

*September 23 - Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies records his 300th career win; a 6-2 defeat of the St. Louis Cardinals at olde Busch Stadium.

*September 26 - Bob Forsch of the St. Louis Cardinals no-hits the Montreal Expos 3-0 at Busch Memorial Stadium. The no-hitter is the second of his career; he had pitched his first in by|1978.

*September 28 - The Philadelphia Phillies clinch the National League East championship with the 7000th win in their history, 13-6, over the Chicago Cubs.

*September 29 - Rookie Mike Warren of the Oakland Athletics no-hits the Chicago White Sox 3-0 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.

*October 16 - Eddie Murray slams a pair of home runs and Scott McGregor pitches a five-hitter as the Baltimore Orioles beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5–0 and win the 1983 World Series in Game Five. Baltimore catcher Rick Dempsey, who hit .385 with four doubles and a home run, is the Series MVP.

*November 17 - Three current Kansas City Royals players (Willie Wilson, Willie Aikens, Jerry Martin) and former Royal Vida Blue are convicted of attempting to purchase cocaine, and sentence to short prison terms. It is a foreshadowing of the coming drug scandal that will rock the sport throughout the 1980s.

Movies

*"Tiger Town" (TV)

Births

January-March

*January 7 - Edwin Encarnación
*January 9 - Brandon Boggs
*January 9 - Freddy Dolsi
*January 10 - Ervin Santana
*January 13 - Andrew Sisco
*January 16 - Eider Torres
*January 20 - Matt Albers
*January 20 - Geovany Soto
*January 26 - Ryan Rowland-Smith
*January 27 - Gavin Floyd
*January 27 - Mike Zagurski
*January 28 - Elizardo Ramírez
*February 2 - Ronny Cedeño
*February 2 - Jason Vargas
*February 4 - William Bergolla
*February 7 - Scott Feldman
*February 8 - Burke Badenhop
*February 8 - Chase Wright
*February 8 - Mauro Zárate
*February 14 - Callix Crabbe
*February 15 - Russell Martin
*February 16 - Ramón Troncoso
*February 20 - José Morales
*February 20 - Justin Verlander
*February 21 - Franklin Gutiérrez
*February 22 - Casey Kotchman
*February 23 - Edgar González
*February 25 - Jay Marshall
*February 26 - José Reyes
*February 28 - Tug Hulett
*February 28 - Jeff Niemann
*March 2 - Glen Perkins
*March 4 - Sergio Romo
*March 7 - Drew Macias
*March 7 - Taylor Tankersley
*March 8 - Chris Lambert
*March 8 - Mark Worrell
*March 9 - Willy Aybar
*March 10 - Donnie Murphy
*March 10 - Steven Shell
*March 16 - Stephen Drew
*March 16 - Brandon League
*March 18 - Andy Sonnanstine
*March 24 - Chad Gaudin
*March 24 - Devon Lowery
*March 30 - Davis Romero
*March 31 - Jeff Mathis

April-June

*April 6 - Bronson Sardinha
*April 8 - Chris Iannetta
*April 8 - Eric Patterson
*April 8 - Bobby Wilson
*April 11 - Zack Segovia
*April 13 - Steven Pearce
*April 13 - Hunter Pence
*April 14 - Jeff Fiorentino
*April 14 - Adam Russell
*April 18 - Miguel Cabrera
*April 18 - Alberto González
*April 18 - Mike Parisi
*April 19 - Alberto Callaspo
*April 19 - Zach Duke
*April 19 - Joe Mauer
*April 19 - Curtis Thigpen
*April 23 - Fernando Pérez
*April 24 - Daniel Barone
*April 25 - J.P. Howell
*April 25 - Garrett Mock
*May 12 - Evan Meek
*May 13 - Zach Jackson
*May 13 - Clay Timpner
*May 15 - Clint Sammons
*May 16 - George Kottaras
*May 16 - Steven Register
*May 17 - Jeremy Sowers
*May 20 - Adam Rosales
*May 28 - Cory Wade
*May 30 - Jae Kuk Ryu
*June 2 - Josh Geer
*June 4 - Cla Meredith
*June 5 - Bill Bray
*June 7 - Mark Lowe
*June 7 - Doug Mathis
*June 9 - Danny Richar
*June 10 - Matt Chico
*June 10 - Radhames Liz
*June 11 - José Reyes
*June 17 - David Pauley
*June 20 - Kendry Morales
*June 27 - Jim Johnson

July-September

*July 3 - Edinson Vólquez
*July 5 - Marco Estrada
*July 7 - Brandon McCarthy
*July 7 - Luke Montz
*July 7 - R.J. Swindle
*July 8 - John Bowker
*July 9 - Miguel Montero
*July 12 - Howie Kendrick
*July 14 - Juan Gutiérrez
*July 17 - Adam Lind
*July 19 - Tim Dillard
*July 22 - Rob Johnson
*July 31 - René Rivera
*August 2 - Huston Street
*August 3 - Mark Reynolds
*August 13 - Dallas Braden
*August 14 - Leo Núñez
*August 17 - Dustin Pedroia
*August 20 - Lance Broadway
*August 21 - Jesse Chavez
*August 21 - Jeff Clement
*August 24 - Brett Gardner
*August 27 - Billy Buckner
*August 30 - Michael Ekstrom
*August 30 - Chris Getz
*September 3 - Matt Capps
*September 5 - Chris Young
*September 6 - Jerry Blevins
*September 8 - Nick Hundley
*September 9- Kyle Davies
*September 9 - Edwin Jackson
*September 9 - Alex Romero
*September 10 - Joey Votto
*September 11 - Jacoby Ellsbury
*September 12 - Clayton Richard
*September 13 - Andy LaRoche
*September 15 - Luke Hochevar
*September 16 - Brandon Moss
*September 18 - Brent Lillibridge
*September 19 - Joey Devine
*September 19 - Charlie Haeger
*September 19 - John Jaso
*September 20 - Ángel Sánchez
*September 24 - Travis Ishikawa
*September 25 - Miguel Pérez
*September 26 - Scott Lewis

October-December

*October 4 - Kurt Suzuki
*October 5 - Felipe Paulino
*October 7 - Ryan Rohlinger
*October 9 - Jason Pridie
*October 13 - Chris Seddon
*October 14 - Alberto Arias
*October 17 - Mitch Talbot
*October 18 - Garrett Olson
*October 21 - Zack Greinke
*October 21 - Andy Marte
*October 26 - Francisco Liriano
*October 27 - Brent Clevlen
*October 27 - Martin Prado
*October 29 - Dana Eveland
*October 31 - Luis Mendoza
*November 5 - Juan Morillo
*November 6 - Justin Maxwell
*November 11 - Matt Garza
*November 12 - Charlie Morton
*November 14 - Clete Thomas
*November 15 - Craig Hansen
*November 17 - Ryan Braun
*November 17 - Nick Markakis
*November 17 - Scott Moore
*November 18 - Travis Buck
*November 23 - Wes Bankston
*November 24 - José López
*November 28 - Carlos Villanueva
*December 7 - Fausto Carmona
*December 10 - Brandon Jones
*December 12 - Gregor Blanco
*December 21 - Taylor Teagarden
*December 22 - Greg Smith
*December 23 - Hanley Ramírez
*December 27 - Cole Hamels

Deaths

*January 9 - Stan Spence, 67, four-time All-Star outfielder who played for the Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators and St. Louis Browns
*January 26 - Chet Laabs, 70, All-Star outfielder for the St. Louis Browns who hit two home runs in 1944's final game to clinch the Browns' only pennant
*February 3 - Trader Horne, 83, relief pitcher for the 1929 Chicago Cubs
*February 9 - Jackie Hayes, 76, second baseman for the Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox
*March 3 - Jennings Poindexter, 72, pitcher for the Red Sox and Cardinals in the 1930s
*March 30 - Joe Cicero, 72, outfielder for the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Athletics
*April 9 - Bill Kennedy, 62, pitcher for the Indians, Browns, White Sox, Red Sox and Redlegs from 1948 to 1957
*April 11 - Mike Menosky, 88, outfielder for the Pittsburgh Rebels, Washington Senators and Boston Red Sox between 1914 and 1923
*April 12 - Carl Morton, 39, pitcher with the Montréal Expos and Atlanta Braves who was the NL Rookie of the Year in 1970
*April 17 - Dutch Leonard, 74, 5-time All-Star pitcher who employed the knuckleball in earning 191 wins over 20 seasons
*April 18 - Woody Rich, 77, pitcher for the Red Sox and Braves Boston teams between 1939 and 1944
*April 25 - Carlos Paula, 55, first black player in Washington Senators history
*July 7 - Vic Wertz, 58, All-Star right fielder and first baseman for five AL teams who had five 100-RBI seasons, but was best remembered for the fly ball caught spectacularly by Willie Mays in the 1954 World Series
*August 16 - Earl Averill, 81, Hall of Fame center fielder for the Cleveland Indians who batted .318 lifetime and had five 100-RBI seasons; his line drive off Dizzy Dean's foot in the 1937 All-Star game led to the end of Dean's career
*October 18 - Willie Jones, 58, All-Star third baseman for the Phillies who led the NL in fielding five times and in putouts seven times
*November 2 - Hal Wiltse, 80, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox (1926-28), St. Louis Browns (1928) and Philadelphia Phillies (1931)
*November 15 - Charlie Grimm, 85, first baseman and manager of the Chicago Cubs who batted .300 five times and led the Cubs to three NL pennants
*November 18 - Hilton Smith, 76, pitcher for the Negro Leagues' Kansas City Monarchs who was known for his outstanding curveball
*November 30 - Bill Evans, 69, relief pitcher for the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox between 1949 and 1951