1983 Chicago White Sox season

1983 Chicago White Sox
1983 Chicago White Sox
American League West Champions
Division	Western Division
Ballpark	Comiskey Park
City	Chicago
Owners	Jerry Reinsdorf
Managers	Tony La Russa
Television	WFLD; Sportsvision; (Don Drysdale, Early Wynn, Ken Harrelson, Lorn Brown)
Radio	WMAQ (AM); (Early Wynn, Joe McConnell, Lorn Brown)

The 1983 Chicago White Sox season was a season in American baseball. It involved the White Sox winning the American League West championship. It marked their first postseason appearance since the 1959 World Series. It was the city of Chicago's first baseball championship of any kind (division, league, or world), since the White Sox themselves reached the World Series twenty-four years earlier.

After the White Sox went through a winning streak around the All-Star break, Texas Rangers manager Doug Rader said the White Sox "...weren't playing well. They're winning ugly."^[1] This phrase became a rallying cry for the team, and they are often referred to as the "Winning Ugly" team (and their uniforms as the "Winning Ugly" uniforms).

Offseason

October 12, 1982: Sparky Lyle was released by the White Sox.^[2]
November 10, 1982: Casey Parsons was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.^[3]
January 11, 1983: Damon Berryhill was drafted by the White Sox in the 13th round of the 1983 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign.^[4]
January 25, 1983: Steve Trout and Warren Brusstar were traded by the White Sox to the Chicago Cubs for Scott Fletcher, Pat Tabler, Randy Martz, and Dick Tidrow.^[5]

Regular season

Ron Kittle won the American League Rookie of the Year Award and set a club record for most home runs by a rookie. He missed the American League home run title by 3 home runs and finished third in the league. He would rank in ninth place in the American League for runs batted in. Kittle would manage to lead the league in strikeouts with 150.

LaMarr Hoyt won the American League Cy Young Award while fellow pitcher Floyd Bannister finished second in the American League in strikeouts. He also won 13 of 14 games after the All-Star Break.

Opening Day lineup

Season standings

Template:1983 AL West Standings

Notable transactions

April 1, 1983: Pat Tabler was traded by the White Sox to the Cleveland Indians for Jerry Dybzinski.^[6]
June 6, 1983: Doug Drabek was drafted by the White Sox in the 11th round of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1983.^[7]
August 31, 1983: Aurelio Rodriguez was signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.^[8]

Roster

1983 Chicago White Sox

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

19 Greg Luzinski

Manager

10 Tony La Russa

Coaches

All-Star game

The 54th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL) was held on July 6, 1983, at Comiskey Park. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 13-3. The game occurred exactly 50 years to the date of the first All-Star game. The game is best remembered for Fred Lynn's third inning grand slam off of San Franciscos Atlee Hamiker. As of 2012, it is the only grand slam in All-Star Game history.

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Harold Baines, RF,CF	156	596	76	167	33	2	20	99	49	85	.280	7
Tony Bernazard, 2B	59	233	30	61	16	2	2	26	17	45	.262	2
Julio Cruz, 2B	99	334	47	84	9	4	1	40	29	44	.251	24
Miguel Diloné, CF	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1
Jerry Dybzinski, SS	127	256	30	59	10	1	1	32	18	29	.230	11
Carlton Fisk, C	138	488	85	141	26	4	26	86	46	88	.289	9
Scott Fletcher, SS,2B	114	262	42	62	16	5	3	31	29	22	.237	5
Lorenzo Gray, 3B	41	78	18	14	3	0	1	4	8	16	.179	1
Jerry Hairston, OF,DH	101	126	17	37	9	1	5	22	23	16	.294	0
Marc Hill, C	58	133	11	30	6	0	1	11	9	24	.226	0
Tim Hulett, 2B	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	1
Ron Kittle, LF	145	520	75	132	19	3	35	100	39	150	.254	8
Rusty Kuntz, CF	28	42	6	11	1	0	0	1	6	13	.262	1
Rudy Law, CF	141	501	95	142	20	7	3	34	42	36	.283	77
Vance Law, 3B	145	408	55	99	21	5	4	42	51	56	.243	3
Greg Luzinski, DH	144	502	73	128	26	1	32	95	70	117	.255	2
Chris Nyman, 1B,DH	21	28	12	8	0	0	2	4	4	7	.286	2
Tom Paciorek, 1B,OF	115	420	65	129	32	3	9	63	25	58	.307	6
Casey Parsons, OF	8	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	.200	0
Aurelio Rodriguez, 3B	22	20	1	4	1	0	1	1	0	3	.200	0
Joel Skinner, C	6	11	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	.273	0
Mike Squires, 1B	143	153	21	34	4	1	1	11	22	11	.222	3
Dave Stegman, OF	30	53	5	9	2	0	0	4	10	9	.170	0
Greg Walker, 1B,DH	118	307	32	83	16	3	10	55	58	57	.270	2
Team totals	162	5484	800	1439	270	42	157	762	527	888	.262	165

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Juan Agosto	2	2	4.10	39	0	7	41.2	41	20	19	2	12	29
Floyd Bannister	16	10	3.35	34	34	0	217.1	191	88	81	19	74	193
Salome Barojas	3	3	2.47	52	0	12	87.1	70	24	24	2	34	38
Britt Burns	10	11	3.58	29	26	0	173.2	165	79	69	14	57	115
Richard Dotson	22	7	3.23	35	35	0	240.0	209	92	86	19	107	137
Kevin Hickey	1	2	5.23	23	0	5	20.2	23	14	12	5	13	8
Guy Hoffman	1	0	7.50	11	0	0	6.0	14	5	5	1	2	2
LaMarr Hoyt	24	10	3.66	36	36	0	260.2	236	115	106	27	35	148
Al Jones	0	0	3.86	2	0	0	2.1	3	1	1	0	2	2
Jim Kern	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0.2	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jerry Koosman	11	7	4.77	37	24	2	169.2	176	96	90	19	55	90
Dennis Lamp	7	7	3.71	49	5	15	116.1	123	52	48	6	36	44
Randy Martz	0	0	3.60	1	1	0	5.0	4	2	2	0	4	1
Steve Mura	0	0	4.38	6	0	0	12.1	13	11	6	1	6	4
Dick Tidrow	2	4	4.22	50	1	7	91.2	86	50	43	13	42	66
Team totals	99	63	3.67	162	162	48	1445.1	1355	650	589	128	479	877

American League Championship Series

Summary

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Chicago - 2, Baltimore - 1	October 5	Memorial Stadium	51,289
2	Chicago - 0, Baltimore - 4	October 6	Memorial Stadium	52,347
3	Baltimore - 11, Chicago - 1	October 7	Comiskey Park	46,635
4	Baltimore - 3, Chicago - 0	October 8	Comiskey Park	45,477

Game One

October 5, Memorial Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	7	0
Baltimore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	1
W: LaMarr Hoyt (1-0) L: Scott McGregor (0-1)
HRs: None

Playing in their first postseason game since the 1959 World Series, the White Sox jumped out to a 1-0 series lead behind a complete-game victory by Hoyt, the American League Cy Young Award winner.

Game Two

October 6, Memorial Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2
Baltimore	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	X	4	6	0
W: Mike Boddicker (1-0) L: Floyd Bannister (0-1)
HRs: BAL – Gary Roenicke (1)

Game Three

October 7, Comiskey Park

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Baltimore	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	11	8	1
Chicago	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	1
W: Mike Flanagan (1-0) L: Richard Dotson (0-1) SV: Sammy Stewart (1)
HRs: BAL – Eddie Murray (1)

Game Four

October 8, Comiskey Park

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Baltimore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	9	0
Chicago	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
W: Tippy Martinez (1-0) L: Britt Burns (0-1)
HRs: BAL – Tito Landrum (1)

Award winners

LaMarr Hoyt, American League Cy Young Award
Ron Kittle, American League Rookie of the Year Award
Tony La Russa, American League Manager of the Year Award
Tony La Russa, Associated Press AL Manager of the Year
Roland Hemond, Executive of the Year

All-Star Game

Ron Kittle, reserve

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Denver Bears	American Association	Jim Mahoney
AA	Glens Falls White Sox	Eastern League	Adrian Garrett
A	Appleton Foxes	Midwest League	John Boles
Short-Season A	Niagara Falls Sox	New York–Penn League	Fred Nelson
Rookie	GCL White Sox	Gulf Coast League	Steve Dillard

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Denver, Appleton

Notes

^ Evans, Sean. "The 25 Greatest Moments in White Sox History". Complex.com. Complex Media. Retrieved June 15, 2014.
^ Sparky Lyle page at Baseball Reference
^ Casey Parsons page at Baseball Reference
^ Damon Berryhill page at Baseball Reference
^ Steve Trout page at Baseball Reference
^ Pat Tabler page at Baseball Reference
^ Doug Drabek page at Baseball Reference
^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rodriau01.shtml

References

Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
1983 Chicago White Sox team page at Baseball Reference
1983 Chicago White Sox team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

Preceded by California Angels 1982	AL West Championship Season 1983	Succeeded by Kansas City Royals 1984

[1] Evans, Sean. "The 25 Greatest Moments in White Sox History". Complex.com. Complex Media. Retrieved June 15, 2014.

[2] Sparky Lyle page at Baseball Reference

[3] Casey Parsons page at Baseball Reference

[4] Damon Berryhill page at Baseball Reference

[5] Steve Trout page at Baseball Reference

[6] Pat Tabler page at Baseball Reference

[7] Doug Drabek page at Baseball Reference

[8] ttp://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rodriau01.shtml

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