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1983 Texas Rangers season

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Owner(s)
  
Eddie Chiles

Manager(s)
  
Doug Rader

General manager(s)
  
Joe Klein

Local television
  
KXAS-TV (Steve Busby, Merle Harmon)

Local radio
  
WBAP (Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz)

The Texas Rangers 1983 season involved the Rangers finishing 3rd in the American League West with a record of 77 wins and 85 losses.

Contents

Opening Day starters

  • Buddy Bell
  • Bucky Dent
  • Dave Hostetler
  • Pete O'Brien
  • Larry Parrish
  • Mike Richardt
  • Billy Sample
  • Mike Smithson
  • Jim Sundberg
  • George Wright

    • Notable transactions

  • August 19, 1983: Rick Honeycutt was traded by the Rangers to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Dave Stewart, a player to be named later and $200,000. The Dodgers completed by sending Ricky Wright to the Rangers on September 16.

    • 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

    Awards and honors

  • Buddy Bell, 3B, Gold Glove 1983

    • All-Star Game

    Team leaders

  • Larry Parrish, Home Runs, 26
  • Larry Parrish, RBI, 88
  • Billy Sample, Runs, 80
  • Billy Sample, Stolen bases, 44
  • Bill Stein, Batting average, .310
  • George Wright, Hits, 175

    • References

    1983 Texas Rangers season Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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