1983 American League
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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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Central
Team W L WPct GB
Cleveland (A) 98 62 .613 --
Baltimore 89 71 .556 9
Minnesota 83 77 .519 15
Tampa Bay 79 81 .494 19
East
Team W L WPct GB
Indianapolis 91 69 .569 --
Detroit 90 70 .563 1
Boston (A) 74 86 .463 17
New York (A) 44 116 .275 47
West
Team W L WPct GB
Kansas City 88 72 .550 --
Seattle 86 74 .538 2
Oakland 86 74 .538 2
Toronto 70 90 .438 18
Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-0) Philadelphia Phillies over Indianapolis Hoosiers
AL League Series (4-3) Indianapolis Hoosiers over Cleveland (A) Indians
AL Divisional Series (4-1) Indianapolis Hoosiers over Kansas City Royals
AL Divisional Series (4-3) Cleveland (A) Indians over Detroit Tigers
League Batting Stats     Help
Team R/G R G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
DET 5.4 862 160 5584 1549 351 29 197 577 734 .277 .345 .456 .802
CLE 5.2 838 160 5626 1590 339 62 108 509 583 .283 .342 .423 .765
IND 5.1 822 160 5594 1509 305 35 152 549 658 .270 .335 .418 .753
BAL 4.9 781 160 5556 1470 250 32 151 660 909 .265 .343 .403 .745
KCR 4.7 759 160 5515 1442 221 30 178 545 1002 .261 .328 .409 .737
OAK 4.7 744 160 5539 1455 269 42 111 514 713 .263 .325 .387 .712
SEM 4.5 724 160 5575 1504 243 40 93 455 708 .270 .325 .378 .703
MIN 4.4 709 160 5605 1449 310 40 154 471 804 .259 .316 .411 .727
BOS 4.0 640 160 5604 1449 251 36 94 479 747 .259 .317 .367 .683
TOR 3.8 605 160 5512 1404 231 40 78 358 720 .255 .300 .354 .654
TAM 3.7 597 160 5466 1366 259 15 117 363 819 .250 .297 .367 .664
NYA 3.5 562 160 5480 1331 273 24 108 334 803 .243 .286 .361 .647
Totals 4.5 8643 1920 66656 17518 3302 425 1541 5814 9200 .263 .322 .394 .716
Average   720 160 5555 1460 275 35 128 484 767  
League Pitching Stats     Help
Team R/G R G ERA IP H H/G BB BB/G SO SO/G SV
TAM 3.9 620 160 3.60 1424.3 1442 9.0 343 2.1 635 4.0 41
CLE 4.0 638 160 3.73 1443.0 1405 8.8 368 2.3 770 4.8 53
SEM 4.1 660 160 3.72 1437.0 1426 8.9 463 2.9 733 4.6 44
TOR 4.3 680 160 3.89 1436.3 1425 8.9 512 3.2 761 4.8 39
IND 4.3 681 160 3.91 1436.0 1515 9.5 434 2.7 573 3.6 34
DET 4.4 698 160 3.91 1431.0 1375 8.6 440 2.8 825 5.2 44
KCR 4.4 705 160 4.02 1433.0 1524 9.5 367 2.3 702 4.4 43
BAL 4.4 706 160 3.90 1455.3 1441 9.0 516 3.2 931 5.8 51
BOS 4.5 718 160 4.11 1439.7 1460 9.1 513 3.2 777 4.9 42
MIN 4.6 732 160 4.03 1448.7 1512 9.5 474 3.0 628 3.9 44
OAK 4.7 746 160 4.34 1436.7 1393 8.7 667 4.2 881 5.5 36
NYA 5.5 875 160 5.19 1413.7 1528 9.6 662 4.1 764 4.8 28
Totals 4.4 8459 1920 4.03 17234.6 17446 9.1 5759 3.0 8980 4.7 499
Average   705 160   1436 1454   480   748   42
League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team ExpW ExpL Diff AS aAS BAW PAW RAW FAW PRF PHrF Attendance   Manager
DET 95 65 -5 6 15 0 0 0 9 1.01 1.20 2,087,071   Pie Traynor
CLE 100 60 -2 4 18 0 0 2 3 0.98 0.93 2,187,896   Shashank Misra
BOS 72 88 2 3 13 0 2 1 11 1.04 0.89 1,483,619   Brian Rodgers
MIN 78 82 5 3 11 7 0 1 12 0.94 0.95 2,227,632   Chris Kelsey
SEM 87 73 -1 3 14 1 1 5 12 0.93 0.81 2,275,529   Peter Fletcher
IND 94 66 -3 2 11 0 4 3 18 0.99 0.99 2,370,068  
BAL 87 73 2 1 11 2 0 3 3 0.93 0.85 2,174,951   Matt Ida II
KCR 85 75 3 1 16 1 0 1 21 1.00 1.21 2,389,313   Ricky Sanford
OAK 80 80 6 1 11 1 0 0 15 1.02 0.86 1,722,993   Marwan Najdawi
TOR 71 89 -1 1 10 0 1 1 3 1.14 1.06 556,768   Chuck Glidden
NYA 49 111 -5 0 4 0 1 1 3 1.02 0.94 1,237,901   Jason Spiegel
TAM 77 83 2 0 7 0 1 1 12 0.91 0.88 1,496,444   Alex Baxter
League Win Shares     Help
Team Total Offensive Pitching Fielding C 1B 2B 3B SS OF
CLE 294 154.90 95.03 44.03 6.85 2.96 9.41 4.63 7.84 12.36
IND 273 148.48 85.86 38.61 5.38 2.53 6.81 4.63 10.27 9.01
DET 270 154.80 80.45 34.71 7.94 3.22 2.97 4.62 5.47 10.50
BAL 267 147.04 83.10 36.82 7.10 2.89 5.86 3.21 7.12 10.66
KCR 264 137.94 88.72 37.30 8.91 2.67 6.92 4.45 6.01 8.36
SEM 258 128.26 84.07 45.63 5.67 3.21 6.98 6.35 9.63 13.80
OAK 258 136.16 78.57 43.23 4.58 3.19 6.95 5.22 2.93 20.36
MIN 249 130.38 79.35 39.24 8.81 2.14 6.37 4.28 6.07 11.58
TAM 237 90.87 99.52 46.58 11.16 2.26 8.60 5.90 8.59 10.08
BOS 222 92.13 87.29 42.54 8.07 3.72 4.65 5.79 5.91 14.40
TOR 210 66.51 97.16 46.30 7.60 2.45 7.59 4.24 9.46 14.97
NYA 132 66.39 39.78 25.79 5.98 2.78 2.80 3.39 5.25 5.61
League Award Winners
Silver Slugger: Jack Clark MIN .309, 50 HR, 129 RBI
Platinum Arm: Rick Mahler IND 18-13, 3.09, 265.3 IP, 97 K
Bronze Rookie: Ken Dayley BOS 7-14, 3.88, 227.3 IP, 132 K
 
Gold Glove Winners
 
P Ray Corbin KCR 1.000, 12 PO, 32 A, 0 E
C Biff Pocoroba DET .987, 708 PO, 67 A, 10 E
40.7% (44-108) Runners Thrown Out
1B Dave Revering TAM .992, 1682 PO, 107 A, 14 E
2B Tim Teufel TAM .985, 296 PO, 595 A, 14 E
3B Ron Cash BOS .970, 92 PO, 366 A, 14 E
SS Dave Stapleton IND .980, 232 PO, 592 A, 17 E
LF Jim Rice MIN 1.000, 335 PO, 4 A, 0 E
CF Jerry Mumphrey MIN .990, 381 PO, 5 A, 4 E
RF Dane Iorg MIN 1.000, 312 PO, 7 A, 0 E
League Batting Leaderboards     Help
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.
Batting Average
BostockCLE.357
MaySEM.322
HernandezDET.318
WillsBAL.314
ParkerDET.311
On-Base Pct
ClarkMIN.438
SchmidtBAL.410
BostockCLE.400
MaySEM.397
TenaceOAK.391
Slugging Pct
ClarkMIN.669
MurrayIND.581
HornerDET.550
MilnerIND.543
ParkerDET.529
OPS
ClarkMIN1.107
MurrayIND.961
MilnerIND.906
HornerDET.900
ParkerDET.883
XR
ClarkMIN142.1
MurrayIND117.4
WillsBAL113.6
SchmidtBAL105.8
MilnerIND103.6
Games
LandreauxTOR158
ReveringTAM156
RiceMIN156
RoselloBAL156
ValentineSEM156
At-Bats
DiloneKCR653
WillsBAL636
ValentineSEM620
WhitakerDET620
StapletonIND611
Runs
MurrayIND116
ClarkMIN111
WillsBAL107
RainesOAK105
MilnerIND100
Hits
WillsBAL200
DiloneKCR185
WhitakerDET185
StapletonIND183
AuerbachTAM181
Total Bases
ClarkMIN351
MurrayIND338
HornerDET312
MilnerIND309
ParkerDET308
Singles
WillsBAL154
DiloneKCR153
AuerbachTAM146
CashBOS139
BostockCLE135
Doubles
StapletonIND53
HernandezDET48
BrettCLE46
CedenoCLE43
MolitorIND42
Triples
RainesOAK14
BernhardtTOR10
CedenoCLE10
WillsBAL10
BrettCLE9
Homeruns
ClarkMIN50
MurrayIND41
GambleKCR37
HornerDET37
ParrishOAK35
RBIs
ClarkMIN129
MilnerIND126
ParkerDET120
HornerDET113
BrettCLE112
Stolen Bases
DiloneKCR78
ScottSEM78
WillsBAL72
RainesOAK66
HallTOR59
Caught Stealing
DiloneKCR37
RainesOAK32
ScottSEM27
WillsBAL20
HallTOR19
Walks
SchmidtBAL145
ClarkMIN123
VelezCLE102
TenaceOAK99
ThompsonDET91
Strikeouts
SchmidtBAL146
LuzinskiKCR127
ThompsonDET126
GambleKCR123
LefloreTOR121
 
League Pitching Leaderboards     Help
ERA
WilcoxOAK2.46
LeachCLE2.90
PerezTAM2.94
KobelCLE3.04
ReussIND3.04
Wins
LeachCLE 19
DragoMIN 18
MahlerIND 18
OjedaBOS 18
BurrisMIN 16
Losses
FireovidNYA 21
McCattyNYA 19
PorterTAM 18
SarmientoTOR 17
HalickiKCR 16
Winning Pct
WilcoxOAK.778
LeachCLE.731
LeeKCR.722
CampCLE.688
BurrisMIN.667
Saves
RuckerTAM 38
SutterBOS 36
BedrosianTOR 34
RighettiBAL 34
OroscoDET 29
Games Pitched
MooreKCR 86
BoggsBAL 84
GlynnSEM 80
MaddenOAK 76
BerenyiOAK 75
Games Started
DixonSEM 37
HalickiKCR 37
DragoMIN 36
EichhornTAM 36
SarmientoTOR 36
Complete Games
DresslerSEM 17
PorterTAM 13
RuthvenDET 13
HoytTAM 11
MahlerIND 11
Shutouts
MahlerIND 4
CowleyOAK 3
KobelCLE 3
SotoBOS 3
WilcoxOAK 3
Innings Pitched
HalickiKCR272.3
RuthvenDET271.0
MahlerIND265.3
DragoMIN259.7
EichhornTAM253.3
Hits Allowed
HalickiKCR 285
RuthvenDET 270
SlaybackIND 265
DresslerSEM 264
DixonSEM 262
Homeruns Allowed
DixonSEM 36
HalickiKCR 33
MartinezDET 31
SlaybackIND 29
SmithsonMIN 26
Strikeouts
MartinezDET 199
LeonardBAL 158
SotoBOS 158
YoungTOR 152
BeardOAK 145
Walks Allowed
MartinezDET 109
YoungTOR 101
ParrottOAK 99
ScurryNYA 97
SotoBOS 97
Walks per 9IP
HausmanDET0.9
SorensenIND1.2
LauzeriqueKCR1.3
DresslerSEM1.5
KobelCLE1.7
Hits per 9IP
MartinezDET7.4
WilcoxOAK7.6
WilkinsOAK7.7
KobelCLE7.8
CowleyOAK8.0
Strikeouts per 9IP
MartinezDET7.6
WilkinsOAK7.3
WilcoxOAK6.5
BeardOAK6.2
YoungTOR6.0
WHiP
KobelCLE1.05
WilcoxOAK1.08
LauzeriqueKCR1.10
PerezTAM1.12
LeachCLE1.14
OAVG
MartinezDET.222
WilcoxOAK.224
WilkinsOAK.229
CowleyOAK.232
KobelCLE.234
OOBP
WilcoxOAK.271
KobelCLE.272
LauzeriqueKCR.280
PerezTAM.284
HausmanDET.287
OSLG
WilcoxOAK.302
MahlerIND.321
ReussIND.328
DragoMIN.329
LeachCLE.332
OOPS
WilcoxOAK.572
DragoMIN.618
MahlerIND.619
LeachCLE.620
PerezTAM.626
   
League All-Stars
Juan Bernhardt Lyman Bostock George Brett
Jack Clark Tom Dixon Dick Drago
Keith Hernandez Bob Horner Al Hrabosky
Kevin Kobel George Lauzerique Terry Leach
Rick Mahler Tippy Martinez Milt May
Eddie Murray Dave Parker Biff Pocoroba
Tim Raines Jim Rice Dave Righetti
Bruce Sutter Dickie Thon Lou Whitaker
Jerry White  
League Top Salaries
Rank    Name Team Salary  
1.    Mike Schmidt BAL $ 18,500,000  
2.    Rick Reuschel NYA $ 17,777,780  
3.    Milt Wilcox OAK $ 17,500,000  
4.    Larry Parrish OAK $ 15,500,000  
5.    Otto Velez CLE $ 11,000,000  
  Cesar Cedeno CLE $ 11,000,000  
7.    Jason Thompson DET $ 10,025,000  
8.    Garry Maddox SEM $ 10,000,000  
  Eddie Murray IND $ 10,000,000  
10.    Bill Slayback IND $ 9,840,000  
11.    Dave Parker DET $ 9,500,000  
12.    Jack Clark MIN $ 7,635,714  
13.    Milt May SEM $ 7,500,000  
14.    Jerry Reuss IND $ 7,200,000  
15.    Balor Moore KCR $ 7,120,000  
16.    Bernie Carbo KCR $ 7,070,707  
17.    Richie Zisk IND $ 7,000,000  
18.    John Milner IND $ 6,990,000  
19.    Lyman Bostock CLE $ 6,800,000  
20.    Dennis Eckersley BOS $ 6,500,000  
  Tippy Martinez DET $ 6,500,000  
22.    Johnny Bench KCR $ 6,400,000  
23.    George Lauzerique KCR $ 6,300,000  
24.    Gene Tenace OAK $ 6,006,068  
25.    Ellis Valentine SEM $ 6,000,000  
  Dennis Lamp MIN $ 6,000,000  
  Mike McQueen CLE $ 6,000,000  
  Jose Cruz TOR $ 6,000,000