1983 San Francisco Giants season explained

San Francisco Giants
Season:	1983
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Candlestick Park
City:	San Francisco, California
Owners:	Bob Lurie
General Managers:	Tom Haller
Managers:	Frank Robinson
Television:	KTVU (Hank Greenwald, Gary Park)
Radio:	KNBR (Hank Greenwald, David Glass) SP Radio (Tito Fuentes, Ramón Martínez)

The 1983 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 101st season in Major League Baseball, their 26th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 24th at Candlestick Park. The team finished in fifth place in the National League West with a 79–83 record, 12 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Offseason

October 15, 1982: Bill Bordley was released by the Giants.^[1]
October 15, 1982: Alan Hargesheimer was traded by the Giants to the Chicago Cubs for Herman Segelke.^[2]
December 14, 1982: Joe Morgan and Al Holland were traded by the Giants to the Philadelphia Phillies for Mike Krukow, Mark Davis, and Charles Penigar (minors).^[3]
February 7, 1983: Joel Youngblood was signed as a free agent by the Giants.^[4]

May 1, 1983: Brian Kingman was signed as a free agent by the Giants.^[6]
June 6, 1983: 1983 Major League Baseball draft
- Charlie Hayes was drafted by the Giants in the 4th round.^[7]
- Mike Aldrete was drafted by the Giants in the 7th round. Player signed June 22, 1983.^[8]

1983 San Francisco Giants

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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	104	281	63	.224	7	34
1B	142	523	145	.277	30	82
2B	82	182	39	.214	1	16
SS	141	534	128	.240	6	30
3B	135	410	106	.259	5	45
LF	139	516	144	.279	21	87
CF	137	486	113	.233	11	59
RF	135	492	132	.268	20	66

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
124	373	109	.292	17	53
94	228	50	.219	6	27
66	186	47	.247	6	20
72	176	44	.250	0	14
90	140	40	.286	6	24
40	104	24	.231	1	14
61	86	16	.186	0	7
22	67	22	.328	1	11
18	63	14	.222	1	9
15	33	11	.333	0	6
18	26	4	.154	0	3
29	22	3	.136	0	3
6	20	4	.200	1	3
10	20	2	.100	0	0
4	10	2	.200	0	1
7	8	1	.125	0	1
1	1	0	.000	0	0

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
32	202.2	11	12	3.82	117
31	184.1	11	11	3.95	136
23	172.1	10	9	2.25	127
25	148.1	13	10	4.19	81
20	111.0	6	4	3.49	83
5	35.2	2	2	2.52	16

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
43	134.1	3	9	4.29	93
37	94.1	2	4	4.20	43
18	37.1	1	4	6.27	14

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
73	7	11	22	3.54	38
56	7	4	20	2.59	68
53	5	3	2	3.98	47
7	0	0	0	8.10	5
7	1	0	0	3.38	6
5	0	0	0	4.35	6
3	0	0	0	7.71	1