The 1983 California Angels season was the 23rd season of the California Angels franchise in the American League, the 18th in Anaheim, and their 18th season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished in fifth place in the American League west with a record of 70 wins and 92 losses.
Offseason January 21, 1983: Ellis Valentine was signed as a free agent by the Angels.Ellis Valentine at Baseball Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1983 California Angels Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches
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 Boone 142 468 120 .256 9 52 1B Rod Carew 129 472 160 .339 2 44 2B Bobby Grich 120 387 113 .292 16 62 SS Tim Foli 88 330 83 .252 2 29 3B Doug DeCinces 95 370 104 .281 18 65 LF Brian Downing 113 403 99 .246 19 53 CF Fred Lynn 117 437 119 .272 22 74 RF 86 271 65 .240 13 43 DH 116 397 77 .194 14 49
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 Ron Jackson 102 348 80 .230 8 39 92 315 96 .305 3 34 106 314 86 .274 8 46 Bobby Clark 76 212 49 .231 5 21 Rob Wilfong 65 177 45 .254 2 17 Steve Lubratich 57 156 34 .218 0 7 Rick Burleson 33 119 34 .286 0 11 Ricky Adams 58 112 28 .250 2 6 Mike Brown 31 104 24 .231 3 9 Gary Pettis 22 85 25 .294 3 6 Mike O'Berry 26 60 10 .167 1 5 Dick Schofield 21 54 11 .204 3 4 Joe Ferguson 12 27 2 .074 0 2 Jerry Narron 10 22 3 .136 1 4
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 Tommy John 34 234.2 11 13 4.33 65 Ken Forsch 31 219.1 11 12 4.06 81 Geoff Zahn 29 203.0 9 11 3.33 81
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 Mike Witt 43 154.0 7 14 4.91 77 Bruce Kison 26 126.2 11 5 4.05 83 Dave Goltz 15 63.2 0 6 6.22 27 Rick Steirer 19 61.2 3 2 4.82 25 Byron McLaughlin 16 55.2 2 4 5.17 45 Steve Brown 12 46.0 2 3 3.52 23 10 42.2 0 3 5.91 24
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 Luis Sánchez 56 10 8 7 3.66 49 Andy Hassler 42 0 5 4 5.45 20 John Curtis 37 1 2 5 3.80 36 Doug Corbett 11 1 1 0 3.63 18 10 1 1 0 7.31 7 Bob Lacey 8 1 2 0 5.19 7
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Redwood
Notes
References
External links 1983 California Angels at Baseball Reference 1983 California Angels at Baseball Almanac