1983 San Diego Padres season

The 1983 San Diego Padres season was the 15th season in franchise history. The team finished with an 81–81 record, excluding a tied game that was not included in the standings. They scored 653 runs and allowed 653 runs for a run differential of zero.[1]

1983 San Diego Padres
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Ray Kroc
General manager(s)Jack McKeon
Manager(s)Dick Williams
Local televisionKFMB-TV
Local radioKFMB (AM)
(Dave Campbell, Jerry Coleman, Ted Leitner, Bob Chandler)
XEXX
(Gustavo Lopez, Mario Thomas Zapiain)
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Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters
  • Juan Bonilla
  • Dave Dravecky
  • Steve Garvey
  • Ruppert Jones
  • Terry Kennedy
  • Sixto Lezcano
  • Gene Richards
  • Luis Salazar
  • Garry Templeton[5]

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 9171 0.562 — 48–32 43–39
Atlanta Braves 8874 0.543 3 46–34 42–40
Houston Astros 8577 0.525 6 46–36 39–41
San Diego Padres 8181 0.500 10 47–34 34–47
San Francisco Giants 7983 0.488 12 43–38 36–45
Cincinnati Reds 7488 0.457 17 36–45 38–43

Record vs. opponents
1983 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta—5–712–611–77–117–58–47–56–69–99–97–5
Chicago7–5—4–85–76–67–119–95–139–95–74–810–8
Cincinnati6–128–4—5–137–114–87–56–66–69–910–86–6
Houston7–117–513–5—6–128–49–34–86–611–712–62–10
Los Angeles 11–76–611–712–6—7–57–511–16–66–12–15–139–3
Montreal5–711–78–44–85–7—8–108–10–18–108–48–49–9
New York4–89–95–73–95–710–8—6–129–96–65–76–12
Philadelphia5-713–56–68–41–1110–8–112–6—11–75–75–714–4
Pittsburgh6–69–96–66–66–610–89–97–11—9–36–610–8
San Diego9–97–59–97–1112–6–14–86–67–53–9—11–76–6
San Francisco9–98–48–106–1213–54–87–57–56–67–11—4–8
St. Louis5–78–106–610–23–99–912–64–148–106–68–4—

Notable transactions

Roster
1983 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
1BSteve Garvey100388114.2941459
SSGarry Templeton126460121.263340
LFBobby Brown5722560.267522
RFSixto Lezcano9731774.233849

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Tony Gwynn8630494.309137
Kevin McReynolds3914031.221414
Mario Ramírez5510721.196012
Doug Gwosdz39556.10914
Joe Lefebvre18205.25001
Gerry Davis5155.33301

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Eric Show3520115124.17120
Andy Hawkins21120572.9359

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ed Whitson31144.1574.3081
Greg Booker611.2017.715

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Luis DeLeón6366132.6890
Marty Decker40002.089
Steve Fireovid30001.801

Award winners

1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Las Vegas Stars Pacific Coast League Harry Dunlop and Bob Cluck
AA Beaumont Golden Gators Texas League Jack Maloof
A Reno Padres California League Jim Skaalen
A Salem Redbirds Carolina League Steve Smith
A Miami Marlins Florida State League Jim Breazeale
A-Short Season Spokane Indians Northwest League Ed Olsen

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Beaumont[10]

References
  1. "1983 Baseball Standings". MLB.com. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
  2. Dave Edwards at Baseball-Reference
  3. Broderick Perkins at Baseball-Reference
  4. Steve Garvey at Baseball-Reference
  5. http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1983&t=SDN
  6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brownbo04.shtml
  7. Chris Welsh at Baseball-Reference
  8. Joe Lefebvre at Baseball-Reference
  9. Steve Fireovid at Baseball-Reference
  10. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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