1983 San Diego Padres season explained

San Diego Padres
Season:	1983
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Jack Murphy Stadium
City:	San Diego
Divisional Place:	4th
General Managers:	Jack McKeon
Managers:	Dick Williams
Television:	KFMB-TV
Radio:	KFMB (AM) (Dave Campbell, Jerry Coleman, Ted Leitner, Bob Chandler) XEXX (Gustavo Lopez, Mario Thomas Zapiain)

The 1983 San Diego Padres season was the 15th season in franchise history. The team finished with an 81–81 record, their second year in a row finishing 81–81. They scored 653 runs and allowed 653 runs for a run differential of zero,^[1] becoming only the second team (after the 1922 Chicago White Sox) with a .500 winning percentage and a zero run differential.^[2]

This was the final season under the ownership of Ray Kroc, as he died on January 14, 1984. Ownership of the Padres would pass to Kroc's widow Joan, who would continue to own the team until 1990.

Offseason

November 3, 1982: Dave Edwards was released by the Padres.^[3]
November 18, 1982: Broderick Perkins and Juan Eichelberger were traded by the Padres to the Cleveland Indians for Ed Whitson.^[4]
December 21, 1982: Steve Garvey was signed as a free agent by the Padres.^[5]

Regular season

In 1983, Steve Garvey set a National League record with 1207 consecutive games played. The streak lasted from September 3, 1975, to July 29, 1983. The streak ended when he broke his thumb in a collision at home plate against the Atlanta Braves.

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

April 19, 1983: Bobby Brown was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.^[7]
May 4, 1983: Chris Welsh was purchased from the Padres by the Montreal Expos.^[8]
May 22, 1983: Joe Lefebvre was traded by the Padres to the Philadelphia Phillies for Sid Monge.^[9]
August 31, 1983: Sixto Lezcano and a player to be named later were traded by the Padres to the Philadelphia Phillies for players to be named later. The Phillies completed their part of the deal by sending Marty Decker, Ed Wojna, Lance McCullers, and Darren Burroughs (minors) to the Padres on September 20. The Padres completed their part of the deal by sending Steve Fireovid to the Phillies on October 11.^[10]

Roster

1983 San Diego Padres
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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	149	549	156	.284	17	98
1B	100	388	114	.294	14	59
2B	152	556	132	.237	4	45
SS	126	460	121	.263	3	40
3B	134	481	124	.258	14	45
LF	57	225	60	.267	5	22
CF	133	335	78	.233	12	49
RF	97	317	74	.233	8	49

Other batters

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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
144	503	139	.276	0	22
86	304	94	.309	1	37
95	233	64	.275	3	22
92	214	50	.234	3	19
74	156	38	.244	2	24
39	140	31	.221	4	14
55	107	21	.196	0	12
39	55	6	.109	1	4
23	42	9	.214	0	3
25	23	3	.130	0	0
18	20	5	.250	0	1
7	16	7	.438	0	4
5	15	5	.333	0	1
7	12	2	.167	0	0
12	8	2	.250	1	2

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
35	201.0	15	12	4.17	120
28	183.2	14	10	3.58	74
30	175.2	7	12	4.61	135
21	120.0	5	7	2.93	59
21	115.1	7	3	2.65	49

Other pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
31	144.1	5	7	4.30	81
31	95.1	9	4	3.30	52
7	14.1	0	1	2.51	5
4	13.2	0	0	1.98	13
6	11.2	0	1	7.71	5

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
62	5	8	17	2.87	60
63	6	6	13	2.68	90
47	7	3	7	3.15	32
41	1	4	1	4.35	45
15	0	2	1	3.18	15
8	0	1	0	5.14	5
4	0	0	0	2.08	9
3	0	0	0	1.80	1

Award winners

1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

External links

1983 San Diego Padres team at Baseball-Reference
1983 San Diego Padres at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

Web site: 1983 Baseball Standings. MLB.com. September 21, 2018.
Web site: Sarah. Langs. What does a true .500 team look like?. MLB.com. June 22, 2020. April 23, 2021.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/e/edwarda01.shtml Dave Edwards
https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/perkibr01.shtml Broderick Perkins
https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/garvest01.shtml Steve Garvey
Web site: 1983 San Diego Padres Roster by Baseball Almanac.
Web site: Bobby Brown Stats.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/welshch01.shtml Chris Welsh
https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lefebjo01.shtml Joe Lefebvre
https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fireost01.shtml Steve Fireovid
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007