1983 Baltimore Orioles
Record: 89-71
Finish: 2nd in AL Central Division
Runs Scored: 781
Runs Allowed: 706
Exp W-L: 87-73
 
Ballpark: Camden Yards
Attendance: 2,174,951
Manager: Matt Ida II

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 88-49, 2nd in the American League
AA: 81-56, 1st in the American League
A: 67-70, 5th in the American League
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
2B #Bump Wills 30 153 636 107 200 22 10 14 73 72 20 77 74 .314 .390 .447 .836 113.6 27.3 5.4
3B  Mike Schmidt 33 155 526 87 128 30 3 25 85 8 5 145 146 .243 .410 .454 .865 105.8 25.1 2.9
RF  Lonnie Smith 27 151 571 69 139 24 7 13 79 54 14 60 77 .243 .321 .378 .699 74.4 11.4 3.1
1B #Chili Davis 23 151 557 82 160 24 0 15 85 1 1 77 85 .287 .374 .411 .785 84.9 18.5 2.6
RF  Dave Winfield 31 151 559 77 140 24 2 19 92 4 3 55 100 .250 .317 .403 .720 71.0 12.2 2.6
SS  Dave Rosello 33 156 536 64 155 19 1 8 60 3 3 44 80 .289 .339 .373 .712 69.4 12.1 6.5
C *Joe Lefebvre 27 137 518 66 111 26 2 9 67 12 7 56 99 .214 .293 .324 .617 49.8 3.6 5.7
1B *Jerry Turner 29 118 456 54 108 22 0 10 57 5 2 29 59 .237 .282 .351 .633 45.4 5.2 0.0
CF *John Hale 29 132 424 67 122 24 1 19 63 0 1 49 74 .288 .362 .483 .845 68.4 15.2 3.3
1B  Sixto Lezcano 29 89 200 26 54 8 2 8 30 0 3 29 32 .270 .365 .450 .815 29.1 5.9 0.2
CF #Paul Householder 24 64 205 26 58 7 3 3 24 2 3 14 33 .283 .332 .390 .722 25.3 4.5 1.3
SS  Rich Dauer 30 40 131 17 39 10 0 1 13 3 2 7 5 .298 .329 .397 .726 16.3 3.1 1.2
C *Ernie Whitt 31 34 97 12 21 4 0 2 12 0 0 8 33 .216 .274 .320 .593 8.6 0.4 1.2
1B  Lamar Johnson 32 34 72 10 17 2 0 1 6 0 0 6 7 .236 .295 .306 .600 6.2 0.4 0.2
RF  Dick Davis 29 14 34 6 8 3 1 2 4 0 0 0 2 .235 .257 .559 .816 5.1 1.0 0.2
SS #Tony Bernazard 26 5 16 4 5 1 0 1 2 0 1 3 0 .313 .421 .563 .984 3.4 0.7 0.1
C  Rick Cerone 29 4 15 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 .267 .353 .467 .820 2.2 0.4 0.2
SS  Bill Almon 30 25 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.5 0.3 0.1
  Team Totals 29.0 1613 5556 781 1470 250 32 151 753 165 65 660 909 .265 .344 .403 .746 779.4 147.0 36.8
  Rank among 12 AL teams 7 4 5 9 8 5 4 3 9 1 11 5 1 6 4 2  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Dennis Leonard 32 13 13 .500 35 35 0 247.0 241 115 19 84 158 4.19 9.6
 Jay Howell 27 13 12 .520 34 34 0 241.7 242 101 19 59 141 3.76 11.7
 Tom Johnson 32 9 13 .409 33 33 0 222.3 237 112 18 85 137 4.53 6.7
 Bill Caudill 26 10 3 .769 24 24 0 158.3 127 52 15 46 125 2.96 12.2
 Jim Kern 34 4 5 .444 29 17 1 117.7 122 61 11 62 89 4.67 3.6
 Tommy Boggs 27 11 6 .647 84 0 13 111.0 119 43 11 21 61 3.49 9.8
*Dave Righetti 24 8 7 .533 63 5 34 97.7 70 28 1 56 61 2.58 15.7
 John Pacella 26 9 3 .750 31 4 0 75.0 79 40 2 43 47 4.80 3.1
 John Fulgham 27 3 2 .600 11 8 0 69.0 83 34 10 14 44 4.43 2.7
 Bill Atkinson 28 3 4 .429 34 0 2 56.3 61 19 4 14 29 3.04 4.0
 Gil Patterson 27 6 3 .667 43 0 1 56.0 51 21 4 30 35 3.38 4.2
 Steve Mura 28 0 0 .000 2 0 0 5.7 9 5 0 2 4 7.95 0.0
Team Totals 28.2 89 71 .556 423 160 51 1457.6 1441 631 114 516 931 3.90 83.1
Rank among 12 AL teams 4 4 2 4 1 6 6 7 10 1 5  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 37.2
J.Lefebvre 1189.0 131 133 777 70 11 0 .987 32.4
E.Whitt 233.7 25 32 163 15 2 0 .989 42.1
R.Cerone 35.0 4 4 24 3 0 0 1.000 50.0
Team Total 1457.7 160 169 964 88 13 0 .988 33.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.72
C.Davis 1310.0 147 150 1546 129 19 125 .989 11.51
L.Johnson 113.0 11 22 147 10 4 15 .975 12.50
D.Davis 17.0 2 3 21 1 0 2 1.000 11.65
J.Turner 13.3 0 4 19 0 0 1 1.000 12.83
E.Whitt 3.3 0 3 3 0 0 1 1.000 8.11
D.Rosello 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1457.7 160 183 1737 140 23 144 .988 11.59
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 5.90
B.Wills 1348.7 147 151 283 559 17 107 .980 5.62
R.Dauer 83.0 10 10 15 39 1 10 .982 5.86
T.Bernazard 22.0 3 3 4 8 1 3 .923 4.91
M.Schmidt 4.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1457.7 160 166 302 608 19 120 .980 5.62
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 2.90
M.Schmidt 1311.0 144 148 94 294 27 29 .935 2.66
R.Dauer 124.0 14 16 8 19 0 0 1.000 1.96
T.Bernazard 15.0 2 2 1 5 1 0 .857 3.60
B.Almon 5.0 0 3 0 1 1 0 .500 1.80
D.Rosello 2.7 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.7 160 170 103 319 30 29 .934 2.61
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.31
D.Rosello 1334.7 148 153 205 569 43 89 .947 5.22
R.Dauer 115.0 12 14 13 53 2 7 .971 5.17
B.Almon 8.0 0 4 3 3 0 0 1.000 6.75
Team Total 1457.7 160 171 221 625 45 96 .949 5.22
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.96
D.Winfield 1304.0 144 150 239 9 10 2 .961 1.71
P.Householder 86.0 10 10 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.78
D.Davis 31.0 4 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.32
J.Hale 18.0 2 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.50
S.Lezcano 6.3 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.84
B.Almon 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
L.Smith 4.3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
J.Lefebvre 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1457.7 160 173 276 9 10 2 .966 1.76
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 2.62
J.Hale 1024.3 117 122 250 8 0 3 1.000 2.27
P.Householder 357.7 41 42 82 0 0 0 1.000 2.06
S.Lezcano 40.7 0 25 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.88
D.Davis 25.0 2 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.16
B.Almon 5.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Davis 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Rosello 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1457.7 160 199 353 8 0 3 1.000 2.23
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.04
L.Smith 1318.3 144 147 272 3 1 2 .996 1.88
P.Householder 71.0 9 9 16 1 0 0 1.000 2.15
J.Hale 49.0 6 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
D.Davis 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
S.Lezcano 6.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
D.Winfield 4.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.7 160 167 299 4 1 2 .997 1.87
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.03
D.Leonard 247.0 35 35 20 36 2 1 .966 2.04
J.Howell 241.7 34 34 29 32 3 1 .953 2.27
T.Johnson 222.3 33 33 11 26 0 2 1.000 1.50
B.Caudill 158.3 24 24 12 24 0 1 1.000 2.05
J.Kern 117.7 17 29 8 15 1 3 .958 1.76
T.Boggs 111.0 0 84 7 21 0 2 1.000 2.27
D.Righetti 97.7 5 63 4 21 0 2 1.000 2.30
J.Pacella 75.0 4 31 10 18 0 1 1.000 3.36
J.Fulgham 69.0 8 11 7 10 0 1 1.000 2.22
B.Atkinson 56.3 0 34 1 8 0 1 1.000 1.44
G.Patterson 56.0 0 43 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.29
S.Mura 5.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.6 160 423 111 217 6 15 .982 2.03
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Wills .314
On-Base Pct Schmidt .410
Slugging Pct Hale .458
OPS Schmidt .865
XR Wills 113.6
Games Rosello 156
At-Bats Wills 636
Runs Wills 107
Hits Wills 200
Total Bases Wills 284
Singles Wills 154
Doubles Schmidt 30
Triples Wills 10
Homeruns Schmidt 25
RBIs Winfield 92
Stolen Bases Wills 72
Caught Stealing Wills 20
Walks Schmidt 145
Strikeouts Schmidt 146
ERA Howell 3.76
Wins Howell, Leonard 13
Losses Johnson, Leonard 13
Winning Pct Boggs .647
Saves Righetti 34
Games Pitched Boggs 84
Games Started Leonard 35
Complete Games Leonard 5
Shutouts Leonard 2
Innings Pitched Leonard 247.0
Hits Allowed Howell 242
Homeruns Allowed Howell, Leonard 19
Strikeouts Leonard 158
Walks Allowed Johnson 85
Walks per 9IP Howell 2.2
Hits per 9IP Leonard 8.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Leonard 5.8
WHiP Howell 1.25
OAVG Leonard .252
OOBP Howell .302
OSLG Leonard .364
OOPS Leonard .678
Team All-Stars
Dave Righetti
Player Salaries
Mike Schmidt $ 18,500,000
Tom Johnson $ 5,000,065
Bill Caudill $ 4,250,000
Bump Wills $ 4,200,000
Jay Howell $ 3,528,571
Dennis Leonard $ 3,000,003
Dave Winfield $ 3,000,000
Dave Rosello $ 2,840,000
Jerry Turner $ 2,200,000
Lonnie Smith $ 2,150,000
Gil Patterson $ 1,742,857
John Fulgham $ 1,478,571
John Hale $ 1,388,571
Jim Kern $ 1,300,034
Ernie Whitt $ 1,000,000
Lamar Johnson $ 796,000
Sixto Lezcano $ 750,000
Dick Davis $ 300,000
Bill Atkinson $ 300,000
Tony Bernazard $ 300,000
Tommy Boggs $ 300,000
Rick Cerone $ 300,000
Chili Davis $ 300,000
Joe Lefebvre $ 300,000
Dave Righetti $ 300,000
John Pacella $ 300,000
Paul Householder $ 300,000
Steve Mura $ 300,000
Bill Almon $ 300,000
Rich Dauer $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Traded Billy North Philadelphia Willie Crawford
2/23 Signed     Jim Kern
3/4 Traded Willie Crawford
Tim Flannery
Bob Johnson
Boston (N) Mike Beard
$3,320,187
4/3 Signed     Lamar Johnson
4/3 Signed     Ernie Whitt