1983 San Francisco Giants season

1983 San Francisco Giants
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)
Seasons

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]

Regular season

Season standings

• v
• t
• e

NL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	91	71	.562	—	48‍–‍32	43‍–‍39
Atlanta Braves	88	74	.543	3	46‍–‍34	42‍–‍40
Houston Astros	85	77	.525	6	46‍–‍36	39‍–‍41
San Diego Padres	81	81	.500	10	47‍–‍34	34‍–‍47
San Francisco Giants	79	83	.488	12	43‍–‍38	36‍–‍45
Cincinnati Reds	74	88	.457	17	36‍–‍45	38‍–‍43

Record vs. opponents

1983 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	5–7	12–6	11–7	7–11	7–5	8–4	7–5	6–6	9–9	9–9	7–5
Chicago	7–5	—	4–8	5–7	6–6	7–11	9–9	5–13	9–9	5–7	4–8	10–8
Cincinnati	6–12	8–4	—	5–13	7–11	4–8	7–5	6–6	6–6	9–9	10–8	6–6
Houston	7–11	7–5	13–5	—	6–12	8–4	9–3	4–8	6–6	11–7	12–6	2–10
Los Angeles	11–7	6–6	11–7	12–6	—	7–5	7–5	11–1	6–6	6–12–1	5–13	9–3
Montreal	5–7	11–7	8–4	4–8	5–7	—	8–10	8–10–1	8–10	8–4	8–4	9–9
New York	4–8	9–9	5–7	3–9	5–7	10–8	—	6–12	9–9	6–6	5–7	6–12
Philadelphia	5-7	13–5	6–6	8–4	1–11	10–8–1	12–6	—	11–7	5–7	5–7	14–4
Pittsburgh	6–6	9–9	6–6	6–6	6–6	10–8	9–9	7–11	—	9–3	6–6	10–8
San Diego	9–9	7–5	9–9	7–11	12–6–1	4–8	6–6	7–5	3–9	—	11–7	6–6
San Francisco	9–9	8–4	8–10	6–12	13–5	4–8	7–5	7–5	6–6	7–11	—	4–8
St. Louis	5–7	8–10	6–6	10–2	3–9	9–9	12–6	4–14	8–10	6–6	8–4	—

Opening Day starters

• Bob Brenly
• Jack Clark
• Chili Davis
• Darrell Evans
• Mike Krukow
• Duane Kuiper
• Johnnie LeMaster
• Jeffrey Leonard
• Tom O'Malley[5]

Notable transactions

• 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]

Roster

1983 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers 33 Jim Barr 48 Fred Breining 32 Mark Calvert 31 Mike Chris 13 Mark Davis 50 Scott Garrelts 14 Atlee Hammaker 25 Brian Kingman 39 Mike Krukow 25 Pat Larkin 19 Bill Laskey 29 Randy Lerch 17 Renie Martin 28 Andy McGaffigan 38 Greg Minton		Catchers 15 Bob Brenly  7 Milt May  7 Steve Nicosia  5 John Rabb 37 Jeff Ransom Infielders 16 Dave Bergman 41 Darrell Evans 5,32 Wallace Johnson 18 Duane Kuiper 10 Johnnie LeMaster 25 Rich Murray 35 Tom O'Malley  2 Joe Pettini 31,32 Chris Smith 32 Mike Vail 36 Brad Wellman  8 Joel Youngblood		Outfielders 22 Jack Clark 30 Chili Davis 25 Dan Gladden 26 Jeffrey Leonard  6 Champ Summers 49 Max Venable Other batters 34 Ron Pruitt		Manager 20 Frank Robinson Coaches  9 Don Buford (First Base) 12 Jim Davenport (Third Base) 36 Tommy McCraw (Hitting)  3 Danny Ozark (Third Base) 23 Herm Starrette (Pitching) 42 John VanOrnum (Bullpen)

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	Bob Brenly	104	281	63	.224	7	34
1B	Darrell Evans	142	523	145	.277	30	82
2B	Brad Wellman	82	182	39	.214	1	16
SS	Johnny LeMaster	141	534	128	.240	6	30
3B	Tom O'Malley	135	410	106	.259	5	45
LF	Jeffrey Leonard	139	516	144	.279	21	87
CF	Chili Davis	137	486	113	.233	11	59
RF	Jack Clark	135	492	132	.268	20	66

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
Joel Youngblood	124	373	109	.292	17	53
Max Venable	94	228	50	.219	6	27
Milt May	66	186	47	.247	6	20
Duane Kuiper	72	176	44	.250	0	14
Dave Bergman	90	140	40	.286	6	24
John Rabb	40	104	24	.231	1	14
Joe Pettini	61	86	16	.186	0	7
Chris Smith	22	67	22	.328	1	11
Dan Gladden	18	63	14	.222	1	9
Steve Nicosia	15	33	11	.333	0	6
Mike Vail	18	26	4	.154	0	3
Champ Summers	29	22	3	.136	0	3
Jeff Ransom	6	20	4	.200	1	3
Guy Sularz	10	20	2	.100	0	0
Rich Murray	4	10	2	.200	0	1
Wallace Johnson	7	8	1	.125	0	1
Ron Pruitt	1	1	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
Fred Breining	32	202.2	11	12	3.82	117
Mike Krukow	31	184.1	11	11	3.95	136
Atlee Hammaker	23	172.1	10	9	2.25	127
Bill Laskey	25	148.1	13	10	4.19	81
Mark Davis	20	111.0	6	4	3.49	83
Scott Garrelts	5	35.2	2	2	2.52	16

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
Andy McGaffigan	43	134.1	3	9	4.29	93
Renie Martin	37	94.1	2	4	4.20	43
Mark Calvert	18	37.1	1	4	6.27	14

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
Greg Minton	73	7	11	22	3.54	38
Gary Lavelle	56	7	4	20	2.59	68
Jim Barr	53	5	3	2	3.98	47
Mike Chris	7	0	0	0	8.10	5
Randy Lerch	7	1	0	0	3.38	6
Pat Larkin	5	0	0	0	4.35	6
Brian Kingman	3	0	0	0	7.71	1

Awards and honors

• 1983 Darrell Evans 1B, Willie Mac Award

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Phoenix Giants	Pacific Coast League	Jack Mull
AA	Shreveport Captains	Texas League	Duane Espy
A	Fresno Giants	California League	Wendell Kim
A	Clinton Giants	Midwest League	Bill Lachemann
Rookie	Great Falls Giants	Pioneer League	Terry Christman

References

1. Bill Bordley at Baseball Reference
2. Alan Hargesheimer at Baseball Reference
3. Mark Davis at Baseball Reference
4. Joel Youngblood at Baseball Reference
5. "1983 San Francisco Giants Roster". Baseball Almanac, Inc. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
6. Brian Kingman at Baseball Reference
7. Charlie Hayes at Baseball Reference
8. Mike Aldrete at Baseball Reference

External links

• 1983 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Reference
• 1983 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Almanac