The 1983

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won the

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after finishing first in the

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with a record of 98 wins and 64 losses, The Orioles won the championship by beating the Philadelphia Philles, 4–1, in the

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. The season was the Orioles' first in nearly 15 years without manager

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, who retired after the Orioles missed the playoffs in the final game of the 1982 season. The Orioles replaced the future Hall of Famer Weaver with Joe Altobelli. The World Series victory was the Orioles' first championship since

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and their most recent to date. After many years the Orioles made the jump to cable television, with a separate broadcast team on their then first cable broadcaster, Super TV. They would move to Home Team Sports the following year.

Offseason

* October 19, 1982: RHP,

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was released by the Orioles. * November 13, 1982 Named Manager, Joe Altobelli * November 29, 1982 signed, LHP,

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as a free agent. * January 15, 1983: Catcher,

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was re-signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles. * February 3, 1983: Third Baseman
Aurelio Rodriguez
was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles. * February 23, 1983: Outfielder, John Lowenstein was re-signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles. * April 4, 1983 Pinch Hitter/Outfielder

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was released by the Orioles

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

* Rich Dauer *

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* Leo Hernández *

Dennis Martínez José Dennis Martínez Ortiz (born May 14, 1955), nicknamed "El Presidente" (The President), is a Nicaraguan professional baseball pitcher. Martínez played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles, Montreal Expos, Cleveland India ...

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* Cal Ripken Jr. * Gary Roenicke * John Shelby * Ken Singleton

Notable transactions

*June 13, 1983: Traded catcher/third baseman Floyd Rayford (playing for the Rochester Red Wings at the time of the trade) to the

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for a player to be named later * June 30, 1983:

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was purchased by the Orioles from the

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. * August 13, 1983: Aurelio Rodriguez was released by the Baltimore Orioles. * August 31, 1983: Acquired outfielder Tito Landrum from the

completing the Floyd Rayford trade.

Roster

An Overview of the Team

On April 3, 1983 the Baltimore Orioles left spring training with much the same team that fell just a game short of the playoffs the year before. Of the Orioles starting in th
1982 Opening Day lineup
only Lenn Sakata and Al Bumbry would lose their opening day spots in 1983.

was the last player cut during spring training, and on his way out of the clubhouse he predicted an Orioles championship, "The shame of it is," he told a '

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'' reporter, "the Orioles are going to win in it all this year, and Joe is going to do a tremendous job" Still, the team was an up-and-coming squad, in fact, no Oriole would be voted on to the All Star team's starting lineup. However, the team featured three future Hall of Famers: *

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who had won Rookie of the Year honors the year before completed his transition from third base to shortstop playing his first full season at his new position *Perennial All-Star

won a Silver Slugger Award and Gold Glove Award at first base *The aging

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started only 11 games but would come out of the bullpen for his final career victory in the World Series *During an August 24, 1983 game, Orioles pitcher

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picked off three Toronto Blue Jays baserunners in one inning. The baserunners were

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, Dave Collins and

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. While the Orioles fielded a team similar to the team fielded in 1982 Altobelli put his own mark on the squad by breaking camp with a four-man rotation which occasionally increased to five pitchers rather than the three man rotation preferred by Weaver.

Starting pitching

One significant difference between the 1982 Baltimore Orioles and the 1983 Baltimore Orioles was Altobelli's willingness to use different starting pitchers
Ten different
Orioles pitches would take the mound to start the game in 1983 whereas in 1982 onl
six players
got the starting nod.

Game log

Regular season

, -style=background:#fbb , , 1, , April 4 , , Royals , , 2–7 , , Gura (1–0) , , Martínez (0–1) , , — , , 51,889 , , 0–1 , , L1 , -style=background:#bfb , , 2, , April 6 , , Royals , , 11–1 , , Flanagan (1–0) , , Leonard (0–1) , , — , , 7,904 , , 1–1 , , W1 , -style=background:#bbb , , --, , April 7 , , Royals , , colspan=8, ''Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 19'' , -style=background:#fbb , , 3, , April 9 , , @ Indians , , 4–8 , , Sutcliffe (2–0) , , Stewart (0–1) , , Spillner (2) , , 52,150 , , 1–2 , , L1 , -style=background:#bfb , , 4, , April 10 , , @ Indians , , 13–2 , , Martínez (1–1) , ,

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(0–1) , , — , , 10,721 , , 2–2 , , W1 , -style=background:#bfb , , 5, , April 12 , , @ White Sox , , 10–8 , , Stewart (1–1) , , Lamp (1–1) , , — , , 38,306 , , 3–2 , , W2 , -style=background:#fbb , , 6, , April 14 , , @ White Sox , , 11–12 , , Barojas (1–0) , , Welchel (0–1) , , Hickey (2) , , 13,622 , , 3–3 , , L1 , -style=background:#bbb , , --, , April 15 , , Indians , , colspan=8, ''Postponed (rain); Makeup: April 16'' , -style=background:#bfb , , 7, , April 16 , , Indians , , 2–0 , ,

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(0–2) , , Martinez (1) , , N/A , , 4–3 , , W1 , -style=background:#fbb , , 8, , April 16 , , Indians , , 4–7 , , Heaton (1–0) , , Martínez (1–2) , , Spillner (4) , , 10,016 , , 4–4 , , L1 , -style=background:#bfb , , 9, , April 17 , , Indians , , 6–1 , , Flanagan (2–0) , , Blyleven (0–3) , , — , , 36,430 , , 5–4 , , W1 , -style=background:#bfb , , 10, , April 18 , , Indians , , 4–1 , ,

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(1–0) , , Barker (2–1) , , — , , 9,610 , , 6–4 , , W2 , - , -style=background:#bbb , , --, , May 16 , , White Sox , , colspan=8, ''Postponed (rain); Makeup: May 17'' , -style=background:#bfb , , 33, , May 17 , , White Sox , , 7–2 , , Stoddard (2–0) , , Hoyt (2–6) , , — , , N/A , , 20–13 , , W1 , -style=background:#bfb , , 34, , May 17 , , White Sox , , 5–0 , , Boddicker (1–0) , , Lamp (3–3) , , — , , 14,314 , , 21–13 , , W2 , -style=background:#bfb , , 35, , May 18 , , White Sox , , 1–0 , , Martinez (2–1) , , Dotson (4–4) , , — , , 12,582 , , 22–13 , , W3 , -style=background:#fbb , , 43, , May 26 , , @ Royals , , 2–8 , , Renko (4–3) , , Boddicker (1–2) , , — , , 26,131 , , 23–20 , , L7 , -style=background:#bfb , , 44, , May 27 , , @ Royals , , 7–4 , , Davis (3–1) , , Gura (4–6) , , Martinez (5) , , 23,675 , , 24–20 , , W1 , -style=background:#bfb , , 45, , May 28 , , @ Royals , , 1–0 , ,

(5–3) , , Armstrong (2–2) , , — , , 29,616 , , 25–20 , , W2 , -style=background:#fbb , , 46, , May 29 , , @ Royals , , 0–4 , , Splittorff (2–1) , , Martínez (3–9) , , Quisenberry (11) , , 29,035 , , 25–21 , , L1 , - , -style=background:#bbb , , --, , June 14 , , @ Brewers , , colspan=8, ''Postponed (rain); Makeup: June 16'' , -style=background:#bbb , , --, , June 20 , ,

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, , colspan=8, ''Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 21'' , -style=background:#bbbfff , , --, , July 6 , , colspan="9", 54th All-Star Game in Chicago, IL , - , -style=background:#fbb , , 100, , August 2 , , @ Indians , , 1–3 , , Blyleven (7–9) , , Martínez (6–13) , ,

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(3) , , N/A , , 59–41 , , L1 , -style=background:#fbb , , 101, , August 2 , , @ Indians , , 3–4 , , Brennan (1–1) , , Ramirez (4–2) , ,

(4) , , 17,286 , , 59–42 , , L2 , -style=background:#bfb , , 102, , August 3 , , @ Indians , , 8–2 , , Davis (10–4) , , Sutcliffe (12–7) , , — , , 8,549 , , 60–42 , , W1 , -style=background:#bfb , , 103, , August 4 , , @ Indians , , 4–3 (10) , ,

(14–4) , ,

(0–3) , , Martinez (11) , , 6,368 , , 61–42 , , W2 , -style=background:#bfb , , 104, , August 5 , , White Sox , , 5–4 , , Boddicker (8–5) , , Lamp (5–7) , , — , , 39,544 , , 62–42 , , W3 , -style=background:#fbb , , 105, , August 6 , , White Sox , , 4–6 , , Bannister (9–9) , , Martínez (6–14) , , Barojas (10) , , 32,769 , , 62–43 , , L1 , -style=background:#fbb , , 106, , August 7 , , White Sox , , 3–4 , , Hoyt (14–10) , , Flanagan (6–1) , , Lamp (8) , , 24,384 , , 62–44 , , L2 , -style=background:#fbb , , 107, , August 8 , , Indians , , 4–9 , , Sutcliffe (13–7) , , Davis (10–5) , , — , , 24,324 , , 62–45 , , L3 , -style=background:#fbb , , 108, , August 9 , , Indians , , 3–4 , , Heaton (6–4) , ,

(14–5) , , — , , 24,324 , , 62–46 , , L4 , -style=background:#fbb , , 109, , August 10 , , Indians , , 3–4 , ,

(6–9) , , Boddicker (8–6) , , — , , 18,294 , , 62–47 , , L5 , -style=background:#fbb , , 110, , August 11 , , @ White Sox , , 3–9 , , Bannister (10–9) , , Ramirez (4–3) , , — , , 31,810 , , 62–48 , , L6 , -style=background:#fbb , , 111, , August 12 , , @ White Sox , , 1–2 , , Hoyt (15–10) , , Flanagan (6–2) , , — , , 45,588 , , 62–49 , , L7 , -style=background:#bfb , , 112, , August 13 , , @ White Sox , , 5–2 , , Stewart (5–3) , , Koosman (8–5) , , Martinez (12) , , 36,232 , , 63–49 , , W1 , -style=background:#bfb , , 113, , August 14 , , @ White Sox , , 2–1 , ,

(15–5) , , Dotson (12–7) , , Stoddard (5) , , 37,846 , , 64–49 , , W2 , -style=background:#bfb , , 117, , August 19 , , Royals , , 5–4 , , Stewart (6–3) , , Quisenberry (5–2) , , — , , N/A , , 67–50 , , W2 , -style=background:#bfb , , 118, , August 19 , , Royals , , 3–1 , , Martinez (6–3) , ,

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(1–2) , , — , , 35,582 , , 68–50 , , W3 , -style=background:#bfb , , 119, , August 20 , , Royals , , 6–1 , , Boddicker (10–6) , , Gura (10–15) , , Martinez (13) , , 23,069 , , 69–50 , , W4 , -style=background:#fbb , , 120, , August 21 , , Royals , , 3–8 , , Bud Black, Black (7–4) , ,

(2–3) , , Quisenberry (34) , , 29,044 , , 69–51 , , L1 , -style=background:#bfb , , 127, , August 29 , , @ Royals , , 9–2 , ,

(16–5) , ,

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(6–13) , , — , , 20,367 , , 75–52 , , W6 , -style=background:#bfb , , 128, , August 30 , , @ Royals , , 12–4 , , Davis (11–5) , ,

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(2–3) , , — , , 15,769 , , 76–52 , , W7 , - , -style=background:#bbb , , --, , September 12 , , @ 1983 Boston Red Sox season, Red Sox , , colspan=8, ''Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 13'' , - , - style="text-align:center;" , Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Orioles team member

Postseason

, - bgcolor=#ffcccc , 1 , , October 5 , , White Sox , , 1–2 , , Hoyt (1–0) , ,

(0–1) , , — , , Memorial Stadium , , 51,289 , , 0–1 , - bgcolor=#ccffcc , 2 , , October 6 , , White Sox , , 4–0 , , Boddicker (1–0) , , Bannister (0–1) , , — , , Memorial Stadium , , 52,347 , , 1–1 , - bgcolor=#ccffcc , 3 , , October 7 , , @ White Sox , , 11–1 , , Flanagan (1–0) , , Dotson (0–1) , , Stewart (1) , , Comiskey Park , , 46,635 , , 2–1 , - bgcolor=#ccffcc , 4 , , October 8 , , @ White Sox , , 3–0 (10) , , Martinez (1–0) , , Burns (0–1) , , — , , Comiskey Park , , 45,577 , , 3–1 , - bgcolor=#ffcccc , 1 , , October 11 , ,

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(1) , , Memorial Stadium , , 52,204 , , 0–1 , - bgcolor=#ccffcc , 2 , , October 12 , ,

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, , 3–2 , ,

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, , 5–4 , , Davis (1–0) , , Denny (1–1) , , Martinez (2) , , Veterans Stadium , , 66,947 , , 3–1 , - bgcolor=#ccffcc , 5 , , October 16 , , @

, , 5–0 , ,

(1–1) , , Hudson (0–2) , , — , , Veterans Stadium , , 67,064 , , 4–1

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Other batters

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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Other pitchers

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

Relief pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts''

Postseason

ALCS

Summary

World Series

Awards and honors

* Mike Boddicker, ALCS Most Valuable Player * Rick Dempsey,

Babe Ruth Award The Babe Ruth Award is given annually to the Major League Baseball (MLB) player with the best performance in the postseason. The award, created in honor of Babe Ruth, was first awarded in 1949 to New York Yankee pitcher, Joe Page, the MVP of the W ...

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* Cal Ripken Jr., American League Most Valuable Player

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League leaders

* Cal Ripken Jr. – American League Leader in At-Bats (663) * Cal Ripken Jr. – American League Leader in Hits (211) * Cal Ripken Jr. – American League Leader Runs Scored (121) * Cal Ripken Jr. – American League Leader Doubles (47)

Farm system

Notes

References

*
1983 Baltimore Orioles team
at ''Baseball-Reference''
1983 Baltimore Orioles season
at baseball-almanac.com

External links

Baltimore Orioles 1983 Schedule
at MLB.com {{Baltimore Orioles Baltimore Orioles seasons Baltimore Orioles season American League East champion seasons American League champion seasons World Series champion seasons