1983 California Angels season

{{Infobox baseball team season

| name = California Angels

| season = 1983

| misc =

| league = American League

| division = West

| ballpark = Anaheim Stadium

| city = Anaheim, California

| owners = Gene Autry

| general_managers = Buzzie Bavasi

| managers = John McNamara

| television = KTLA

| radio = KMPC
(Ron Fairly, Bob Starr, Joe Buttitta, Allan Elconin)
KLVE
(Antonio Gonzalez, Ulpiano Cos Villa)

|}}

The 1983 California Angels season was the 23rd season of the California Angels franchise in the American League, the 18th in Anaheim, and their 18th season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished in fifth place in the American League west with a record of 70 wins and 92 losses.

Offseason

January 21, 1983: Ellis Valentine was signed as a free agent by the Angels.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/valenel01.shtml Ellis Valentine] at Baseball Reference

Regular season

= Season standings =

= Record vs. opponents =

= Roster =

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colspan="10" style="background-color: #CE2029; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" \| 1983 California Angels
colspan="10" style="background-color:#333366; color: white; text-align: center;" \| Roster
valign="top" \| Pitchers {{MLBplayer\|48\|Curt Brown}} {{MLBplayer\|36\|Steve Brown}} {{MLBplayer\|23\|Doug Corbett}} {{MLBplayer\|16\|John Curtis}} {{MLBplayer\|43\|Ken Forsch}} {{MLBplayer\|30\|Dave Goltz}} {{MLBplayer\|41\|Andy Hassler}} {{MLBplayer\|35\|Tommy John}} {{MLBplayer\|24\|Bruce Kison}} {{MLBplayer\|33\|Bob Lacey}} {{MLBplayer\|27\|Byron McLaughlin}} {{MLBplayer\|40\|Luis Sánchez}} {{MLBplayer\|42\|Rick Steirer}} {{MLBplayer\|35\|Bill Travers}} {{MLBplayer\|39\|Mike Witt}} {{MLBplayer\|38\|Geoff Zahn}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Catchers {{MLBplayer\| 8\|Bob Boone}} {{MLBplayer\|13\|Joe Ferguson}} {{MLBplayer\|34\|Jerry Narron}} {{MLBplayer\| 3\|Mike O'Berry}} Infielders {{MLBplayer\|48,31\|Ricky Adams}} {{MLBplayer\| 7\|Rick Burleson}} {{MLBplayer\|29\|Rod Carew}} {{MLBplayer\|11\|Doug DeCinces}} {{MLBplayer\|10\|Tim Foli}} {{MLBplayer\| 4\|Bobby Grich}} {{MLBplayer\|15\|Ron Jackson}} {{MLBplayer\|28\|Steve Lubratich}} {{MLBplayer\|30\|Dick Schofield}} {{MLBplayer\| 6\|Daryl Sconiers}} {{MLBplayer\| 9\|Rob Wilfong}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Outfielders {{MLBplayer\|12\|Juan Beníquez}} {{MLBplayer\|37\|Mike Brown}} {{MLBplayer\|32\|Bobby Clark}} {{MLBplayer\| 5\|Brian Downing}} {{MLBplayer\|19\|Fred Lynn}} {{MLBplayer\|20\|Gary Pettis}} {{MLBplayer\|17\|Ellis Valentine}} Other batters {{MLBplayer\|44\|Reggie Jackson}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Manager {{MLBplayer\| 2\|John McNamara}} Coaches {{MLBplayer\|49\|Bob Clear}} {{MLBplayer\|18\|Preston Gómez}} {{MLBplayer\| 1\|Bobby Knoop}} {{MLBplayer\|47\|Tom Morgan}} {{MLBplayer\|50\|Jimmie Reese}}

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colspan="10" style="background-color: #CE2029; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" | 1983 California Angels

colspan="10" style="background-color:#333366; 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

Player stats

= Batting =

== Starters by position ==

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| Pos ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| C	Bob Boone	142	468	120	.256	9	52
align=center \| 1B	Rod Carew	129	472	160	.339	2	44
align=center \| 2B	Bobby Grich	120	387	113	.292	16	62
align=center \| SS	Tim Foli	88	330	83	.252	2	29
align=center \| 3B	Doug DeCinces	95	370	104	.281	18	65
align=center \| LF	Brian Downing	113	403	99	.246	19	53
align=center \| CF	Fred Lynn	117	437	119	.272	22	74
align=center \| RF	{{sortname\|Ellis\|Valentine}}	86	271	65	.240	13	43
align="center" \| DH	{{sortname\|Reggie\|Jackson}}	116	397	77	.194	14	49

== Other batters ==

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Ron Jackson	102	348	80	.230	8	39
align=center \| {{sortname\|Juan\|Beníquez}}	92	315	96	.305	3	34
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Daryl\|Sconiers}}	106	314	86	.274	8	46
align="center" \| Bobby Clark	76	212	49	.231	5	21
align=center \| Rob Wilfong	65	177	45	.254	2	17
align=center \| Steve Lubratich	57	156	34	.218	0	7
align=center \| Rick Burleson	33	119	34	.286	0	11
align=center \| Ricky Adams	58	112	28	.250	2	6
align=center \| Mike Brown	31	104	24	.231	3	9
align=center \| Gary Pettis	22	85	25	.294	3	6
align=center \| Mike O'Berry	26	60	10	.167	1	5
align=center \| Dick Schofield	21	54	11	.204	3	4
align=center \| Joe Ferguson	12	27	2	.074	0	2
align=center \| Jerry Narron	10	22	3	.136	1	4

= Pitching =

== Starting pitchers ==

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Tommy John	34	234.2	11	13	4.33	65
align=center \| Ken Forsch	31	219.1	11	12	4.06	81
align=center \| Geoff Zahn	29	203.0	9	11	3.33	81

== Other pitchers ==

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Mike Witt	43	154.0	7	14	4.91	77
align=center \| Bruce Kison	26	126.2	11	5	4.05	83
align=center \| Dave Goltz	15	63.2	0	6	6.22	27
align=center \| Rick Steirer	19	61.2	3	2	4.82	25
align=center \| Byron McLaughlin	16	55.2	2	4	5.17	45
align=center \| Steve Brown	12	46.0	2	3	3.52	23
align=center \| {{sortname\|Bill\|Travers\|Bill Travers (baseball)}}	10	42.2	0	3	5.91	24
align="center"

== Relief pitchers ==

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SV ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Luis Sánchez	56	10	8	7	3.66	49
align=center \| Andy Hassler	42	0	5	4	5.45	20
align=center \| John Curtis	37	1	2	5	3.80	36
align=center \| Doug Corbett	11	1	1	0	3.63	18
align=center \| {{sortname\|Curt\|Brown\|Curt Brown (baseball)}}	10	1	1	0	7.31	7
align="center" \| Bob Lacey	8	1	2	0	5.19	7

Farm system

{{MLB Farm System|level16=AAA|team16=Edmonton Trappers|league16=Pacific Coast League|manager16=Moose Stubing

|level17=AA |team17=Nashua Angels|league17=Eastern League|manager17=Winston Llenas

|level18=A |team18=Redwood Pioneers|league18=California League|manager18=Jack Lind

|level19=A |team19=Peoria Suns|league19=Midwest League|manager19=Joe Coleman

|level20=A-Short Season|team20=Salem Angels|league20=Northwest League|manager20=Joe Maddon

}}

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Redwood

Notes

References

{{Cite book| editor1-last=Johnson| editor1-first=Lloyd| editor2-last=Wolff| editor2-first=Miles| title=The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball| edition=2nd| location=Durham, North Carolina| publisher=Baseball America| year=1997| isbn=978-0-9637189-8-3}}

External links

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CAL/1983.shtml 1983 California Angels] at Baseball Reference
[http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1983&t=CAL 1983 California Angels ] at Baseball Almanac

{{succession box

| title = California Angels seasons

| years = 1983

| before = 1982

| after = 1984

}}

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