1983 Boston Red Sox season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Boston Red Sox
season = 1983
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = Eastern Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Fenway Park
y4 = 1912
city = Boston, Massachusetts
y5 = 1901
owners = JRY Trust, Buddy LeRoux, Haywood Sullivan
managers = Ralph Houk
television = WSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Ned Martin, Bob Montgomery)
radio = WPLM-FM 99.1
(Ken Coleman, Joe Castiglione)|The by|1983 Boston Red Sox season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Red Sox finishing 6th in the American League East with a record of 78 wins and 84 losses.

Offseason

*November 1, 1982: Tony Pérez was released by the Boston Red Sox. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/perezto01.shtm Tony Pérez page at Baseball Reference] ]
*December 6, 1982: Carney Lansford‚ Garry Hancock‚ and a minor leaguer (Jerry King) were traded by the Red Sox to the Oakland Athletics for Tony Armas and Jeff Newman. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/armasto01.shtm Tony Armas page at Baseball Reference] ]
*January 11, 1983: Ellis Burks was drafted by the Red Sox in the 1st round of the January portion of the 1983 Major League Baseball Draft. Burks signed on May 17. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/burksel01.shtml Ellis Burks page at Baseball Reference] ]
*January 13, 1983: Mike Torrez was traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Mets for a player to be named later. The New York Mets sent Mike Davis (minors) (February 15, 1983) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/torremi01.shtml]
*March 25, 1983: Brian Kingman was released by the Red Sox. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kingmbr01.shtml Brian Kingman page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular season

Highlights

*Jim Rice led American League in home runs (39) and total bases (344), and tied for lead in RBI (126) while hitting a .305 batting average.
*Wade Boggs led AL hitters with a .361 average and a .444 on base percentage, ending second in hits (210) and doubles (44).
*Tony Armas may not have had enough hits to keep his average up (.218), but finished second in the league with 36 home runs and seventh with 107 RBI.

eason standings

Notable transactions

* June 6, 1983: 1983 Major League Baseball Draft
**Roger Clemens was drafted by the Red Sox in the 1st round (19th pick). Clemens signed on June 21. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/clemero02.shtml Roger Clemens page at Baseball Reference] ]
**John Mitchell was drafted by the Red Sox in the 7th round. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mitchjo02.shtml John Mitchell page at Baseball Reference] ]

Opening Day Line Up

Other batters

Relief pitchers

Awards and Honors

* Jim Rice, OF, American League Leader Home Runs (39)
* Jim Rice, OF, American League Leader RBIs (126)All-Star Game
* Jim Rice (Starting LF)
* Bob Stanley
* Carl Yastrzemski

Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball," 2nd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007]

* Class AAA: Pawtucket Red Sox (International League; Tony Torchia, manager)
* Class AA: New Britain Red Sox (Eastern League; Rac Slider, manager) — LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class A: Winston-Salem Red Sox (Carolina League; Bill Slack, manager)
* Class A: Winter Haven Red Sox (Florida State League; Tom Kotchman, manager)
* Class SS-A: Elmira Suns (New York-Penn League; Dick Berardino, manager)

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1983.shtml 1983 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1983&t=BOS 1983 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com]