1983 Chicago Cubs season

The 1983 Chicago Cubs season was the 112th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 108th in the National League and the 68th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League East with a record of 71–91.

1983 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Tribune Company
General manager(s)Dallas Green
Manager(s)Lee Elia (before August 22), Charlie Fox (after August 22)
Local televisionWGN-TV
(Harry Caray, Steve Stone, Milo Hamilton)
Local radioWGN
(Milo Hamilton, Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau, Harry Caray)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 9072 0.556 — 50–31 40–41
Pittsburgh Pirates 8478 0.519 6 41–40 43–38
Montreal Expos 8280 0.506 8 46–35 36–45
St. Louis Cardinals 7983 0.488 11 44–37 35–46
Chicago Cubs 7191 0.438 19 43–38 28–53
New York Mets 6894 0.420 22 41–41 27–53

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

Draft picks

Roster
1983 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CJody Davis151510138.2712484

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
Steve Lake388522.25917
Wayne Nordhagen21355.14304
Mike Diaz672.28601

Pitching

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
Chuck Rainey3419114134.4884
Steve Trout3418010144.6580
Ferguson Jenkins33167.1694.3096
Dick Ruthven25149.11294.1073
Rick Reuschel420.2113.929

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
Don Schulze414017.078

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
Bill Campbell826884.4997
Warren Brusstar593112.3546
Rich Bordi110214.9720
Willie Hernández111013.2018
Bill Johnson101004.384
Alan Hargesheimer50009.005

Awards and honors

Records
  • Bill Buckner, National League record (since broken), Most Assists in One Season (161)[11]

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Iowa Cubs American Association Jim Napier
AA Midland Cubs Texas League Tom Harmon
A Salinas Spurs California League George Enright
A Quad Cities Cubs Midwest League Larry Cox
A-Short Season Geneva Cubs New York–Penn League Tony Franklin
Rookie Pikeville Cubs Appalachian League Jim Fairey

Notes
  1. Alan Hargesheimer at Baseball-Reference
  2. Rich Bordi at Baseball-Reference
  3. Wayne Nordhagen at Baseball-Reference
  4. Steve Trout at Baseball-Reference
  5. Jerry Manuel at Baseball-Reference
  6. Steve Lake at Baseball-Reference
  7. Willie Hernández at Baseball-Reference
  8. Rick Reuschel at Baseball-Reference
  9. Rich Amaral at Baseball-Reference
  10. Jacob Brumfield at Baseball-Reference
  11. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.47, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0

References
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