1983 Boston Red Sox season

{{Infobox baseball team season

| name = Boston Red Sox

| season = 1983

| misc =

| league = American League

| division = East

| ballpark = Fenway Park

| city = Boston

| record = 78–84 (.481)

| divisional_place = 6th

| owners = Buddy LeRoux, Haywood Sullivan, Jean Yawkey

| president = Jean Yawkey

| general_manager = Haywood Sullivan

| manager = Ralph Houk

| television = WSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Ned Martin, Bob Montgomery)

| radio = WPLM-FM 99.1
WPLM-AM 1390
(Ken Coleman, Joe Castiglione)

| espntn = bos

| brtn = BOS

}}

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.

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.{{cite web |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1983/06/20/the-fight-is-over-the-red-sox-not-in-them |title=The Fight is Over the Red Sox, Not in Them |last=Wulf |first=Steve |date=June 20, 1983 |website=Sports Illustrated |access-date=October 6, 2022 |quote=}} LeRoux ultimately lost in court the following June.

Offseason

November 1, 1982: Tony Pérez was released by the Red Sox.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/perezto01.shtml Tony Pérez] at Baseball Reference
December 6, 1982: Carney Lansford‚ Garry Hancock‚ and a minor leaguer (Jerry King) were traded by the Red Sox to the Oakland Athletics for Tony Armas and Jeff Newman.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/armasto01.shtml Tony Armas] at Baseball Reference
January 10, 1983: Josías Manzanillo was signed as an amateur free agent by the Red Sox.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/manzajo01.shtml Josías Manzanillo] at Baseball-Reference
January 11, 1983: Ellis Burks was drafted by the Red Sox in the 1st round of the January portion of the 1983 Major League Baseball draft. Burks signed on May 17.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/burksel01.shtml Ellis Burks] at Baseball-Reference
January 13, 1983: Mike Torrez was traded by the Red Sox to the New York Mets for a player to be named later. The Mets completed the deal by sending Mike Davis (minors) to the Red Sox on February 15.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/torremi01.shtml Mike Torrez] at Baseball-Reference
March 25, 1983: Brian Kingman was released by the Red Sox.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kingmbr01.shtml Brian Kingman] at Baseball-Reference

Regular season

rowspan=2\|Month	colspan=2\|Record	colspan=2\|Cumulative	colspan=2\|AL East	rowspan=2\|Ref.
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" \|+Record by month{{cite web \|url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1983/TBOS01983.htm \|title=The 1983 Boston Red Sox \|website=Retrosheet \|access-date=October 11, 2020}}
Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Position	GB
April	10	9	10	9	2nd (tie)	{{frac\|1\|2}}	{{Cite web \| url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1983/04301983.htm \| title=Events of Saturday, April 30, 1983 }}
May	16	11	26	20	2nd	{{frac\|1\|2}}	{{Cite web \| url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1983/05311983.htm \| title=Events of Tuesday, May 31, 1983 }}
June	11	16	37	36	5th	5	{{Cite web \| url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1983/06301983.htm \| title=Events of Thursday, June 30, 1983 }}
July	14	14	51	50	6th	9	{{Cite web \| url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1983/07311983.htm \| title=Events of Sunday, July 31, 1983 }}
August	12	19	63	69	6th	{{frac\|15\|1\|2}}	{{Cite web \| url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1983/08311983.htm \| title=Events of Wednesday, August 31, 1983 }}
September	14	14	77	83	6th	20	{{Cite web \| url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1983/09301983.htm \| title=Events of Friday, September 30, 1983 }}
October	1	1	78	84	6th	20	{{Cite web \| url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1983/10021983.htm \| title=Events of Sunday, October 2, 1983 }}

= Highlights =

Jim Rice led the American League in home runs (39) and total bases (344), and tied for the lead in RBIs (126) while hitting for a .305 batting average.
Wade Boggs led American League hitters with a .361 average and a .444 on-base percentage, finishing second in hits (210) and doubles (44).
Tony Armas may not have had enough hits to keep his average up (.218), but finished second in the league with 36 home runs and seventh with 107 RBI.
Carl Yastrzemski retired after 23 seasons, all with the Red Sox, one of the longest careers with one franchise in MLB history.

= Season standings =

= Record vs. opponents =

= Notable transactions =

June 6, 1983: In the 1983 Major League Baseball draft, the Red Sox drafted Roger Clemens in the 1st round (19th pick) and John Mitchell in the 7th round.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/clemero02.shtml Roger Clemens] at Baseball-Reference[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mitchjo02.shtml John Mitchell] at Baseball-Reference

= 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:{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1983/B04050BOS1983.htm |title=Toronto Blue Jays 7, Boston Red Sox 1 |website=Retrosheet |date=April 5, 1983 |access-date=October 11, 2020}}

= Roster =

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colspan="10" style="background-color: #0d2b56; color: white; text-align: center;" \| Roster
valign="top" \| Pitchers {{MLBplayer\|45\|Luis Aponte}} {{MLBplayer\|42\|Doug Bird}} {{MLBplayer\|23\|Oil Can Boyd}} {{MLBplayer\|27\|Mike Brown}} {{MLBplayer\|25\|Mark Clear}} {{MLBplayer\|43\|Dennis Eckersley}} {{MLBplayer\|47\|Bruce Hurst}} {{MLBplayer\|48\|John Henry Johnson}} {{MLBplayer\|49\|Al Nipper}} {{MLBplayer\|19\|Bob Ojeda}} {{MLBplayer\|46\|Bob Stanley}} {{MLBplayer\|30\|John Tudor}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \|Catchers {{MLBplayer\|39\|Gary Allenson}} {{MLBplayer\|10\|Rich Gedman}} {{MLBplayer\| 5\|Jeff Newman}} Infielders {{MLBplayer\|17\|Marty Barrett}} {{MLBplayer\|26\|Wade Boggs}} {{MLBplayer\|41\|Jackie Gutiérrez}} {{MLBplayer\|18\|Glenn Hoffman}} {{MLBplayer\|22\|Ed Jurak}} {{MLBplayer\| 2\|Jerry Remy}} {{MLBplayer\|11\|Dave Stapleton}} {{MLBplayer\|12\|Julio Valdez}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Outfielders {{MLBplayer\|20\|Tony Armas}} {{MLBplayer\|24\|Dwight Evans}} {{MLBplayer\|12\|Lee Graham}} {{MLBplayer\| 3\|Rick Miller}} {{MLBplayer\|51\|Reid Nichols}} {{MLBplayer\|14\|Jim Rice}} {{MLBplayer\| 1\|Chico Walker}} Other batters {{MLBplayer\| 8\|Carl Yastrzemski}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Manager {{MLBplayer\|35\|Ralph Houk}} Coaches {{MLBplayer\|32\|Tommy Harper}} (First base) {{MLBplayer\|33\|Walt Hriniak}} (Bullpen) {{MLBplayer\| 6\|Johnny Pesky}} (Hitting) {{MLBplayer\|34\|Lee Stange}} (Pitching) {{MLBplayer\|36\|Eddie Yost}} (Third base)

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colspan="10" style="background-color: #ba313c; color: white; text-align: center;" |1983 Boston Red Sox

colspan="10" style="background-color: #0d2b56; color: white; text-align: center;" | Roster

valign="top" | Pitchers

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" |Catchers

Infielders

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Outfielders

Other batters

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Manager

Coaches

{{MLBplayer|32|Tommy Harper}} (First base)

{{MLBplayer|33|Walt Hriniak}} (Bullpen)

{{MLBplayer| 6|Johnny Pesky}} (Hitting)

{{MLBplayer|34|Lee Stange}} (Pitching)

{{MLBplayer|36|Eddie Yost}} (Third base)

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

bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="20%"\|Player !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|G !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|AB !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|R !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|H !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|2B !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|3B !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|HR !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|RBI !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|SB !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|BB !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|AVG !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|SLG
class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
Jim Rice	155	626	90	191	34	1	39	126	0	52	.305	.550
Jerry Remy	146	592	73	163	16	5	0	43	11	40	.275	.319
Wade Boggs	153	582	100	210	44	7	5	74	3	92	.361	.486
Tony Armas	145	574	77	125	23	2	36	107	0	29	.218	.453
Dave Stapleton	151	542	54	134	31	1	10	66	1	40	.247	.363
Glenn Hoffman	143	473	56	123	24	1	4	41	1	30	.260	.340
Dwight Evans	126	470	74	112	19	4	22	58	3	70	.238	.436
Carl Yastrzemski	119	380	38	101	24	0	10	56	0	54	.266	.408
Reid Nichols	100	274	35	78	22	1	6	22	7	26	.285	.438
Rick Miller	104	262	41	75	10	2	2	21	3	28	.286	.363
Gary Allenson	84	230	19	53	11	0	3	30	0	27	.230	.317
Rich Gedman	81	204	21	60	16	1	2	18	0	15	.294	.412
Ed Jurak	75	159	19	44	8	4	0	18	1	18	.277	.377
Jeff Newman	59	132	11	25	4	0	3	7	0	10	.189	.288
Marty Barrett	33	44	7	10	1	1	0	2	0	3	.227	.295
Julio Valdez	12	25	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.120	.120
Jackie Gutiérrez	5	10	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.300	.300
Lee Graham	5	6	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000
Chico Walker	4	5	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	.400	1.200
Team Totals	162	5590	724	1512	287	32	142	691	30	536	.270	.409

Source:[https://baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1983-batting.shtml]

=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

bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="20%"\|Player !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|W !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|L !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|ERA !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|G !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|GS !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|SV !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|IP !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|H !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|R !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|ER !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|BB !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"\|SO
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John Tudor	13	12	4.09	34	34	0	242.0	236	122	110	81	136
Bruce Hurst	12	12	4.09	33	32	0	211.1	241	102	96	62	115
Dennis Eckersley	9	13	5.61	28	28	0	176.1	223	119	110	39	77
Bob Ojeda	12	7	4.04	29	28	0	173.2	173	85	78	73	94
Bob Stanley	8	10	2.85	64	0	33	145.1	145	56	46	38	65
Mike Brown	6	6	4.67	19	18	0	104.0	110	62	54	43	35
Oil Can Boyd	4	8	3.28	15	13	0	98.2	103	46	36	23	43
Mark Clear	4	5	6.28	48	0	4	96.0	101	71	67	68	81
Doug Bird	1	4	6.65	22	6	1	67.2	91	52	50	16	33
Luis Aponte	5	4	3.63	34	0	3	62.0	74	28	25	23	32
John Henry Johnson	3	2	3.71	34	1	1	53.1	58	28	22	20	51
Al Nipper	1	1	2.25	3	2	0	16.0	17	4	4	7	5
Team Totals	78	84	4.34	162	162	42	1446.1	1572	775	697	493	767

Source:[https://baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1983-pitching.shtml]

Statistical leaders

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Category	Player	Statistic
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
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:{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1983.shtml |title=1983 Boston Red Sox Statistics |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=October 13, 2020}}

= Batting =

Abbr.	Category	Player	Statistic
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
G	Games played	Jim Rice	155
PA	Plate appearances	Jim Rice	689
AB	At bats	Jim Rice	626
R	Runs scored	Wade Boggs	100
H	Hits	Wade Boggs	210
2B	Doubles	Wade Boggs	44
3B	Triples	Wade Boggs	7
HR	Home runs	Jim Rice	39
RBI	Runs batted in	Jim Rice	126
SB	Stolen bases	Jerry Remy	11
CS	Caught stealing	Reid Nichols	5
BB	Base on balls	Wade Boggs	92
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 Boggs	150
TB	Total bases	Jim Rice	344
GIDP	Grounded into double play	Jim Rice	31
HBP	Hit by pitch	Jim Rice	6
SH	Sacrifice hits	Jerry Remy	12
SF	Sacrifice flies	Dave Stapleton	8
IBB	Intentional base on balls	Carl Yastrzemski	11

Source:

= Pitching =

Abbr.	Category	Player	Statistic
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
W	Wins	John Tudor	13
L	Losses	Dennis Eckersley	13
W-L %	Winning percentage	Bob Ojeda	.632 (12–7)
ERA	Earned run average	Bob Ojeda	4.04
G	Games pitched	Bob Stanley	64
GS	Games started	John Tudor	34
GF	Games finished	Bob Stanley	53
CG	Complete games	John Tudor	7
rowspan=2\|SHO	rowspan=2\|Shutouts	Bruce Hurst	rowspan=2\|2
John Tudor
SV	Saves	Bob Stanley	33
IP	Innings pitched	John Tudor	242
SO	Strikeouts	John Tudor	136
WHIP	Walks plus hits per inning pitched	John Tudor	1.310

Source:

Awards and honors

;Awards

;Accomplishments

Jim Rice, American League Leader Home Runs (39)
Jim Rice, American League Leader RBIs (126)

All-Star Game

Jim Rice, starting LF
Bob Stanley, reserve P
Carl Yastrzemski, reserve DH

Farm system

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

{{MLB Farm System|level16=AAA|team16=Pawtucket Red Sox|league16=International League|manager16=Tony Torchia

|level17=AA |team17=New Britain Red Sox|league17=Eastern League|manager17=Rac Slider

|level18=A |team18=Winston-Salem Red Sox|league18=Carolina League|manager18=Bill Slack

|level19=A |team19=Winter Haven Red Sox|league19=Florida State League|manager19=Tom Kotchman

|level20=A-Short Season|team20=Elmira Suns|league20=New York–Penn League|manager20=Dick Berardino

}}

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: New Britain

Source:Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/bostonredsoxmedi1983bost/page/80/mode/2up |title=Boston Red Sox Media Guide |date=1983 |page=81 |accessdate=March 14, 2021 |via=Wayback Machine}}

References

External links

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1983.shtml 1983 Boston Red Sox team] at Baseball-Reference
[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1983&t=BOS 1983 Boston Red Sox season] at baseball-almanac.com

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