1983 Milwaukee Brewers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkMilwaukee County Stadium
CityMilwaukee, Wisconsin
OwnersBud Selig
General managersHarry Dalton
ManagersHarvey Kuenn
TelevisionWVTV
(Steve Shannon, Mike Hegan)
RadioWTMJ (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Dwayne Mosley)
Seasons

The 1983 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 15th in franchise history and 14th in Milwaukee. As defending American League champions, they sought to return to the World Series. This season involved the Brewers finishing fifth in the American League East with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses, missing the playoffs for the first time since 1980.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 9864 0.605 — 50–31 48–33
Detroit Tigers 9270 0.568 6 48–33 44–37
New York Yankees 9171 0.562 7 51–30 40–41
Toronto Blue Jays 8973 0.549 9 48–33 41–40
Milwaukee Brewers 8775 0.537 11 52–29 35–46
Boston Red Sox 7884 0.481 20 38–43 40–41
Cleveland Indians 7092 0.432 28 36–45 34–47

Record vs. opponents

1983 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —8–57–57–56–75–88–411–28–46–78–48–49–37–6
Boston 5–8—6–66–67–64–95–74–95–77–68–47–57–57–6
California 5–76–6—3–108–44–86–76–66–75–75–86–76–74–8
Chicago 5–76–610–3—8–48–49–44–88–58–48–512–18–55–7
Cleveland 7–66–74–84–8—5–87–53–106–66–77–58–43–94–9
Detroit 8–59–48–44–88–5—7–56–79–35–86–68–48–46–7
Kansas City 4–87–57–64–95–75–7—6–66–76–67–68–58–5–16–6
Milwaukee 2–119–46–68–410–37–66–6—8–44–96–65–78–48–5
Minnesota 4–87–57–65–86–63–97–64–8—4–84–99–45–85–7
New York 7–66–77–54–87–68–56–69–48–4—8–47–57–57–6
Oakland 4–84–88–55–85–76–66–76–69–44–8—9–42–116–6
Seattle 4–85–77–61–124–84–85–87–54–95–74–9—6–74–8
Texas 3–95–77–65–89–34–85–8–14–88–55–711–27–6—4–8
Toronto 6–76–78–47–59–47–66–65–87–56–76–68–48–4—

Notable transactions

Roster

1983 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
CTed Simmons153600185.30813108
1BCecil Cooper160661203.30730126
2BJim Gantner161603170.2821174
SSRobin Yount149578178.3081780
3BPaul Molitor152613167.2721547
LFBen Oglivie125411115.2801366
CFRick Manning10837586.229333
RFCharlie Moore151529150.284249
DHRoy Howell6919454.278425

Other batters

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
Ned Yost6119644.224628
Mark Brouhard5618551.276723
Gorman Thomas4616430.183518
Ed Romero5914546.317118
Don Money4311417.14918
Marshall Edwards517422.29705
Bill Schroeder237313.17837
Randy Ready123715.40516
Rob Picciolo14276.22201
Bob Skube12255.20009
Dion James11202.10001

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike Caldwell32228.112114.5358
Don Sutton31220.08134.08134
Moose Haas25179.01333.2775
Bob McClure24142.0994.5068
Chuck Porter25134.0794.5076
Tom Candiotti1055.2443.2321
Pete Vuckovich314.2024.9110

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bob Gibson2780.2343.9046
Jerry Augustine3464.1335.7440
Rick Waits1030.0025.1020
Jaime Cocanower530.0201.808

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Pete Ladd4434252.5541
Jim Slaton4614654.3338
Tom Tellmann449482.8048
Jamie Easterly120113.866
Andy Beene10004.500

Awards and honors

Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of five minor league affiliates in 1983.[10] The Paintsville Brewers won the Appalachian League championship.[11]

Level Team League Manager
Triple-A Vancouver Canadians Pacific Coast League Dick Phillips and Tony Muser
Double-A El Paso Diablos Texas League Tony Muser and Lee Sigman
Class A Stockton Ports California League Terry Bevington
Class A Beloit Brewers Midwest League Tim Nordbrook
Rookie Paintsville Brewers Appalachian League Tom Gamboa

Notes

  1. ↑ Ernie Camacho at Baseball-Reference
  2. ↑ Bobby Thigpen at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ Jim Morris at Baseball-Reference
  4. ↑ Steve Lake at Baseball-Reference
  5. ↑ Dan Plesac at Baseball-Reference
  6. ↑ Joey Meyer at Baseball-Reference
  7. ↑ Gorman Thomas dealt to Tribe
  8. ↑ Danny Boone at Baseball-Reference
  9. ↑ "Sixto Lezacano: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  10. ↑ "1983 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Appalachian League Champions". Appalachian League. Major League Baseball. Archived from the original on December 31, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.

References

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