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1983 Los Angeles Dodgers season

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Owner(s)
  
Peter O'Malley

Manager(s)
  
Tommy Lasorda

General manager(s)
  
Al Campanis

Local television
  
KTTV (11) (Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter) ONTV (Geoff Witcher, Al Downing)

Local radio
  
KABC (Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter) KTNQ (Jaime Jarrín, René Cárdenas)

The 1983 Los Angeles Dodgers rebounded from being eliminated from the playoffs on the final day of the previous season to win their second National League Western Division title in three years, but lost in the National League Championship Series to the Philadelphia Phillies 3 games to 1.

Contents

Offseason

  • December 28, 1982: Acquired Pat Zachry from the New York Mets for Jorge Orta
  • January 20, 1983: Acquired Vance Lovelace and Dan Cataline from the Chicago Cubs for Ron Cey
  • March 28, 1983: Acquired Ivan Mesa from the Minnesota Twins for Tack Wilson
  • March 29, 1983: Acquired Steve Walker, Jody Johnston and cash from the New York Mets for Mark Bradley

    • Notable transactions

  • May 2, 1983: Tom Klawitter was released by the Dodgers.
  • May 9, 1983: Acquired Rafael Landestoy from the Cincinnati Reds for Brett Wise and John Franco
  • August 19, 1983: Dave Stewart, Ricky Wright and cash were traded by the Dodgers to the Texas Rangers for Rick Honeycutt.

    • Starters by position

    Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Other batters

    Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Starting pitchers

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

    Other pitchers

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

    Relief pitchers

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

    1983 National League Championship Series

    The National League West champion Dodgers faced the National League East champion Philadelphia Phillies in the 1983 NLCS and lost the series 3 games to 1. Noteworthy was that the Dodger had won 11 of 12 games against the Phillies during the regular season.

    Game 1

    October 4, Dodger Stadium

    Game 2

    October 5, Dodger Stadium

    Game 3

    October 7, Veterans Stadium

    Game 4

    October 8, Veterans Stadium

    Awards and honors

  • 1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  • Steve Sax starter
  • Pedro Guerrero reserve
  • Fernando Valenzuela reserve
  • Silver Slugger Award
  • Fernando Valenzuela
  • NL Pitcher of the Month
  • Burt Hooton (June 1983)
  • NL Player of the Month
  • Dusty Baker (July 1983)
  • NL Player of the Week
  • Dusty Baker (July 11–17)
  • Mike Marshall (Sep. 5–11)

    • Farm system

    Teams in BOLD won League Championships

    Major League Baseball Draft

    The Dodgers drafted 35 players in the June draft and 17 in the January draft. Of those, six players would eventually play in the Major Leagues. They received two extra picks in the 2nd round as compensation for losing free agents Steve Garvey and Terry Forster.

    The first round pick in the June draft was pitcher Erik Sonberg of Wichita State University. He played six seasons in the minors and was 19-38 with a 6.20 ERA in 107 games. None of this years signings amounted to much of anything in the Majors.

    References

    1983 Los Angeles Dodgers season Wikipedia
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