1983 Texas Rangers season

The Texas Rangers 1983 season involved the Rangers finishing third in the American League West with a record of 77 wins and 85 losses. The Rangers did break a Major League Baseball record for the most runs ever scored by one team during a single extra inning.

1983 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersEddie Chiles
General managersJoe Klein
ManagersDoug Rader
Local televisionKXAS-TV
(Steve Busby, Merle Harmon)
Local radioWBAP
(Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz)
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Regular season

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 9963 0.611 — 55–26 44–37
Kansas City Royals 7983 0.488 20 45–36 34–47
Texas Rangers 7785 0.475 22 44–37 33–48
Oakland Athletics 7488 0.457 25 42–39 32–49
California Angels 7092 0.432 29 35–46 35–46
Minnesota Twins 7092 0.432 29 37–44 33–48
Seattle Mariners 60102 0.370 39 30–51 30–51

Record vs. opponents
1983 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —8–57–57–56–75–88–411–28–46–78–48–49–37–6
Boston 5–8—6–66–67–64–95–74–95–77–68–47–57–57–6
California 5–76–6—3–108–44–86–76–66–75–75–86–76–74–8
Chicago 5–76–610–3—8–48–49–44–88–58–48–512–18–55–7
Cleveland 7–66–74–84–8—5–87–53–106–66–77–58–43–94–9
Detroit 8–59–48–44–88–5—7–56–79–35–86–68–48–46–7
Kansas City 4–87–57–64–95–75–7—6–66–76–67–68–58–5–16–6
Milwaukee 2–119–46–68–410–37–66–6—8–44–96–65–78–48–5
Minnesota 4–87–57–65–86–63–97–64–8—4–84–99–45–85–7
New York 7–66–77–54–87–68–56–69–48–4—8–47–57–57–6
Oakland 4–84–88–55–85–76–66–76–69–44–8—9–42–116–6
Seattle 4–85–77–61–124–84–85–87–54–95–74–9—6–74–8
Texas 3–95–77–65–89–34–85–8–14–88–55–711–27–6—4–8
Toronto 6–76–78–47–59–47–66–65–87–56–76–68–48–4—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster
1983 Texas Rangers roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 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
CJim Sundberg13137876.201228
1BPete O'Brien154524124.237853
2BWayne Tolleson134470122.260320
3BBuddy Bell156618171.2771466
SSBucky Dent13141799.237234
LFBilly Sample147554152.2741257
CFGeorge Wright162634175.2761880
RFLarry Parrish145555151.2722688
DHDave Hostetler9430467.2201146

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Mickey Rivers9630988.285120
Bill Stein7823272.310233
Bob Johnson7217537.211516
Larry Biitner6611632.276018
Jim Anderson5010222.21606
Mike Richardt228313.15717
Bobby Jones417216.222111
Curt Wilkerson16356.17101
Tom Dunbar12246.25003
Donnie Scott240.00000
Mark Wagner220.00000
Nick Capra820.00000

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Charlie Hough34252.015133.18152
Mike Smithson33223.110143.91135
Danny Darwin28183.08133.4992
Rick Honeycutt25174.21482.4256
Frank Tanana29159.1793.16108
Dave Stewart859.0522.1424

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
John Butcher38123.0663.5158
Jon Matlack2573.1244.6638
Al Lachowicz28.0012.258

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Odell Jones4236103.0950
Dave Schmidt313323.8829
Dave Tobik272193.6830
Víctor Cruz171351.4418
Tom Henke81013.3817
Mike Mason50205.919
Ricky Wright10000.002

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Team leaders

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Oklahoma City 89ers American Association Tom Burgess
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Marty Scott
A Burlington Rangers Midwest League Orlando Gómez
A-Short Season Tri-City Triplets Northwest League Dave Oliver
Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Andy Hancock

Notable events
  • July 3 — The Rangers score twelve runs in the fifteenth inning to defeat the Oakland Athletics 16–4, in the process breaking the MLB record for most runs scored during one single extra inning, previously held by the 1928 New York Yankees.[2]

Notes
  1. Dave Stewart at Baseball Reference
  2. 'Rangers Rout A's 16–4 in 15-Inning Marathon'; The Greenville News, July 5, 1983, p. 18

References
  • 1983 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference
  • 1983 Texas Rangers at Baseball Almanac
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.
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