1983 Cincinnati Reds season explained

Cincinnati Reds
Season:	1983
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Riverfront Stadium
City:	Cincinnati
Record:	74–88 (.457)
Divisional Place:	6th
Owners:	William & James Williams
General Managers:	Dick Wagner, Bob Howsam
Managers:	Russ Nixon
Television:	WLWT (Ray Lane, Ken Wilson, Dick Carlson)
Radio:	WLW (Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)

The Cincinnati Reds' 1983 season was a season in American baseball. It consisted of the Cincinnati Reds attempting to win the National League West. It was Johnny Bench's last season as a Red.

Offseason

• October 15, 1982: Ted Power was acquired by the Reds from the Los Angeles Dodgers for Mike Ramsey and cash.
• November 15, 1982: Clint Hurdle was released by the Reds.^[1]
• December 16, 1982: Tom Seaver was traded by the Reds to the New York Mets for Charlie Puleo, Lloyd McClendon, and Jason Felice (minors).^[2]
• January 11, 1983: Tracy Jones was drafted by the Reds in the 1st round (1st pick) of the secondary phase of the 1983 Major League Baseball Draft.^[3]
• January 20, 1983: Danny Tartabull was chosen from the Reds by the Seattle Mariners as a free agent compensation pick.^[4]
• March 31, 1983: Bill Dawley and Tony Walker were traded by the Reds to the Houston Astros for Alan Knicely.^[5]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• May 9, 1983: Rafael Landestoy was traded by the Reds to the Los Angeles Dodgers for John Franco and Brett Wise (minors).^[6]
• June 6, 1983: 1983 Major League Baseball Draft
  • Chris Sabo was drafted by the Reds in the 2nd round.^[7]
  • Joe Oliver was drafted by the Reds in the 2nd round.^[8]
• June 30, 1983: Wayne Krenchicki was traded by the Reds to the Detroit Tigers for Pat Underwood.^[9]
• September 27, 1983: Greg Harris was selected off waivers from the Reds by the Montreal Expos.^[10]

Roster

1983 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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
C		109	298	71	.238	9	38
1B		122	386	107	.277	12	57
2B		157	549	145	.264	11	58
SS		143	528	123	.233	1	47
3B		85	302	80	.265	12	46
LF		125	453	112	.247	17	51
CF		146	502	131	.261	9	33
RF		98	332	77	.232	9	39

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
	123	380	97	.255	6	43
	110	310	79	.255	12	54
	109	225	53	.236	2	29
	74	167	36	.216	1	13
	56	120	30	.250	0	7
	59	98	22	.224	2	10
	68	98	20	.204	0	9
	51	77	21	.273	0	11
	16	44	10	.227	0	5
	18	36	2	.056	0	1
	15	34	7	.206	1	4
	9	17	1	.059	0	1
	7	5	0	.000	0	0

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
	34	273.2	17	13	2.70	242
	32	186.1	9	14	3.86	151
	36	184.1	9	12	4.88	93
	21	144.0	10	6	2.88	83
	27	143.2	6	12	4.89	71
	10	68.1	4	5	3.03	40

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
	49	111.0	5	6	4.54	57
	33	89.2	4	6	5.82	53

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
	73	2	3	10	2.74	57
	60	4	6	7	6.49	44
	48	3	5	9	4.77	34
	5	0	0	0	2.16	5
	4	1	0	0	2.45	3
	1	0	0	0	27.00	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Billings^[11]

References

• 1983 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hurdlcl01.shtml Clint Hurdle page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/seaveto01.shtml Tom Seaver page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jonestr01.shtml Tracy Jones page at Baseball Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tartada01.shtml Danny Tartabull page at Baseball Reference
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kniceal01.shtml Alan Knicely page at Baseball Reference
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/francjo01.shtml John Franco page at Baseball Reference
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/saboch01.shtml Chris Sabo page at Baseball Reference
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/olivejo01.shtml Joe Oliver page at Baseball Reference
9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/krencwa01.shtml Wayne Krenchicki page at Baseball Reference
10. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/harrigr01.shtml Greg Harris page at Baseball Reference
11. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007