1983 Boston Red Sox season

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1983  Boston Red Sox
League American League
Division Eastern Division
Ballpark Fenway Park
City Boston
Record78–84 (.481)
Divisional place6th (20 GB)
Owners Buddy LeRoux, Haywood Sullivan, Jean Yawkey
President Jean Yawkey
General managers Haywood Sullivan
Managers Ralph Houk
Television WSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Ned Martin, Bob Montgomery)
Radio WPLM-FM 99.1
WPLM-AM 1390
(Ken Coleman, Joe Castiglione)
Stats ESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 1983 Boston Red Sox season was the 83rd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished sixth in the American League East with a record of 78 wins and 84 losses, 20 games behind the Baltimore Orioles, who went on to win the 1983 World Series. It was the Red Sox' first losing season since 1966.

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On June 6, general partner Buddy LeRoux attempted to replace general manager Haywood Sullivan with former general manager Dick O'Connell, leading to protracted legal proceedings between LeRoux and the team's other two general partners, Sullivan and Jean Yawkey. [1] LeRoux ultimately lost in court the following June.

Offseason

Regular season

Record by month [8]
MonthRecordCumulative AL East Ref.
WonLostWonLostPosition GB
April1091092nd (tie)1⁄2 [9]
May161126202nd1⁄2 [10]
June111637365th5 [11]
July141451506th9 [12]
August121963696th15+1⁄2 [13]
September141477836th20 [14]
October1178846th20 [15]

Highlights

Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 98640.605—50–3148–33
Detroit Tigers 92700.568648–3344–37
New York Yankees 91710.562751–3040–41
Toronto Blue Jays 89730.549948–3341–40
Milwaukee Brewers 87750.5371152–2935–46
Boston Red Sox 78840.4812038–4340–41
Cleveland Indians 70920.4322836–4534–47

Record vs. opponents

1983 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
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

Opening Day lineup

26 Wade Boggs 3B
24 Dwight Evans RF
14 Jim Rice LF
20 Tony Armas CF
  8 Carl Yastrzemski DH
11 Dave Stapleton 1B
10 Rich Gedman C
18 Glenn Hoffman SS
12 Julio Valdez 2B
43 Dennis Eckersley   P

Source: [18]

Roster

1983 Boston Red Sox
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBISBBBAVGSLG
Jim Rice 1556269019134139126052.305.550
Jerry Remy 146592731631650431140.275.319
Wade Boggs 153582100210447574392.361.486
Tony Armas 1455747712523236107029.218.453
Dave Stapleton 151542541343111066140.247.363
Glenn Hoffman 14347356123241441130.260.340
Dwight Evans 126470741121942258370.238.436
Carl Yastrzemski 119380381012401056054.266.408
Reid Nichols 1002743578221622726.285.438
Rick Miller 1042624175102221328.286.363
Gary Allenson 842301953110330027.230.317
Rich Gedman 812042160161218015.294.412
Ed Jurak 75159194484018118.277.377
Jeff Newman 5913211254037010.189.288
Marty Barrett 3344710110203.227.295
Julio Valdez 122533000001.120.120
Jackie Gutiérrez 51023000001.300.300
Lee Graham 5620000100.000.000
Chico Walker 4522020100.4001.200
Team Totals162559072415122873214269130536.270.409

Source:

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBSO
John Tudor 13124.0934340242.023612211081136
Bruce Hurst 12124.0933320211.12411029662115
Dennis Eckersley 9135.6128280176.12231191103977
Bob Ojeda 1274.0429280173.217385787394
Bob Stanley 8102.8564033145.114556463865
Mike Brown 664.6719180104.011062544335
Oil Can Boyd 483.281513098.210346362343
Mark Clear 456.28480496.010171676881
Doug Bird 146.65226167.29152501633
Luis Aponte 543.63340362.07428252332
John Henry Johnson 323.71341153.15828222051
Al Nipper 112.2532016.0174475
Team Totals78844.34162162421446.11572775697493767

Source:

Statistical leaders

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Wade Boggs
CategoryPlayerStatistic
Youngest player Oil Can Boyd
Rich Gedman
Lee Graham
Jackie Gutiérrez 		23
Oldest player Carl Yastrzemski 43
Wins Above Replacement Wade Boggs 7.8

Source: [19]

Batting

Abbr.CategoryPlayerStatistic
G Games played Jim Rice 155
PA Plate appearances Jim Rice689
AB At bats Jim Rice626
R Runs scored Wade Boggs 100
H Hits Wade Boggs210
2B Doubles Wade Boggs44
3B Triples Wade Boggs7
HR Home runs Jim Rice39
RBI Runs batted in Jim Rice126
SB Stolen bases Jerry Remy 11
CS Caught stealing Reid Nichols 5
BB Base on balls Wade Boggs92
SO Strikeouts Tony Armas 131
BA Batting average Wade Boggs.361
OBP On-base percentage Wade Boggs.444
SLG Slugging percentage Jim Rice.550
OPS On-base plus slugging Wade Boggs.931
OPS+ Adjusted OPS Wade Boggs150
TB Total bases Jim Rice344
GIDP Grounded into double play Jim Rice31
HBP Hit by pitch Jim Rice6
SH Sacrifice hits Jerry Remy12
SF Sacrifice flies Dave Stapleton 8
IBB Intentional base on balls Carl Yastrzemski 11

Source: [19]

Pitching

Abbr.CategoryPlayerStatistic
W Wins John Tudor 13
L Losses Dennis Eckersley 13
W-L % Winning percentage Bob Ojeda .632 (12–7)
ERA Earned run average Bob Ojeda4.04
GGames pitchedBob Stanley64
GSGames startedJohn Tudor34
GFGames finishedBob Stanley53
CG Complete games John Tudor7
SHO Shutouts Bruce Hurst 2
John Tudor
SV Saves Bob Stanley33
IP Innings pitched John Tudor242
SO Strikeouts John Tudor136
WHIP Walks plus hits per inning pitched John Tudor1.310

Source: [19]

Awards and honors

Awards
Accomplishments

All-Star Game

Farm system

The New Britain Red Sox replaced the Bristol Red Sox as a Double-A affiliate.

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Tony Torchia
AA New Britain Red Sox Eastern League Rac Slider
A Winston-Salem Red Sox Carolina League Bill Slack
A Winter Haven Red Sox Florida State League Tom Kotchman
A-Short Season Elmira Suns New York–Penn League Dick Berardino

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: New Britain
Source: [20] [21]

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  2. ↑ Tony Pérez at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Tony Armas at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Josías Manzanillo at Baseball-Reference
  5. ↑ Ellis Burks at Baseball-Reference
  6. ↑ Mike Torrez at Baseball-Reference
  7. ↑ Brian Kingman at Baseball-Reference
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  9. ↑ "Events of Saturday, April 30, 1983".
  10. ↑ "Events of Tuesday, May 31, 1983".
  11. ↑ "Events of Thursday, June 30, 1983".
  12. ↑ "Events of Sunday, July 31, 1983".
  13. ↑ "Events of Wednesday, August 31, 1983".
  14. ↑ "Events of Friday, September 30, 1983".
  15. ↑ "Events of Sunday, October 2, 1983".
  16. ↑ Roger Clemens at Baseball-Reference
  17. ↑ John Mitchell at Baseball-Reference
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