1983 Minnesota Twins
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
CityMinneapolis, Minnesota
OwnersCalvin Griffith (majority owner, with Thelma Griffith Haynes)
General managersCalvin Griffith
ManagersBilly Gardner
TelevisionKMSP-TV
(Bob Kurtz, Larry Osterman)
Spectrum
(Pat Hughes, Dick Bremer)
Radio830 WCCO AM
(Herb Carneal, Ron Weber, Tim Moreland)
Seasons

The 1983 Minnesota Twins finished 70–92, tied for fifth in the American League West, and improved upon their dismal 60-102 record from 1982 by ten games. 858,939 fans attended Twins games, the third-lowest total in the American League.

Offseason

Regular season

Only one Twins player made the All-Star Game, outfielder Gary Ward.

Offense

Team Leaders
StatisticPlayerQuantity
HRTom Brunansky28
RBIGary Ward92
BAKent Hrbek.297
RunsJohn Castino83

Pitching

Starter Ken Schrom was 15-8. Reliever Ron Davis had 30 saves.

Team Leaders
StatisticPlayerQuantity
ERAKen Schrom3.71
WinsKen Schrom15
SavesRon Davis30
StrikeoutsFrank Viola127

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 9963 0.611 — 55–26 44–37
Kansas City Royals 7983 0.488 20 45–36 34–47
Texas Rangers 7785 0.475 22 44–37 33–48
Oakland Athletics 7488 0.457 25 42–39 32–49
California Angels 7092 0.432 29 35–46 35–46
Minnesota Twins 7092 0.432 29 37–44 33–48
Seattle Mariners 60102 0.370 39 30–51 30–51

Record vs. opponents

1983 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —8–57–57–56–75–88–411–28–46–78–48–49–37–6
Boston 5–8—6–66–67–64–95–74–95–77–68–47–57–57–6
California 5–76–6—3–108–44–86–76–66–75–75–86–76–74–8
Chicago 5–76–610–3—8–48–49–44–88–58–48–512–18–55–7
Cleveland 7–66–74–84–8—5–87–53–106–66–77–58–43–94–9
Detroit 8–59–48–44–88–5—7–56–79–35–86–68–48–46–7
Kansas City 4–87–57–64–95–75–7—6–66–76–67–68–58–5–16–6
Milwaukee 2–119–46–68–410–37–66–6—8–44–96–65–78–48–5
Minnesota 4–87–57–65–86–63–97–64–8—4–84–99–45–85–7
New York 7–66–77–54–87–68–56–69–48–4—8–47–57–57–6
Oakland 4–84–88–55–85–76–66–76–69–44–8—9–42–116–6
Seattle 4–85–77–61–124–84–85–87–54–95–74–9—6–74–8
Texas 3–95–77–65–89–34–85–8–14–88–55–711–27–6—4–8
Toronto 6–76–78–47–59–47–66–65–87–56–76–68–48–4—

Notable transactions

Roster

1983 Minnesota Twins
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
CDave Engle120374114.305843
1BKent Hrbek141515153.2971684
2BJohn Castino142563156.2771157
SSRon Washington9931778.246426
3BGary Gaetti157584143.2452178
LFGary Ward157623173.2781988
CFDarrell Brown9130984.272022
RFTom Brunansky151542123.2272882
DHRandy Bush12437393.2491156

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
Mickey Hatcher106375119.317947
Lenny Faedo5117348.277118
Tim Laudner6216831.185618
Bobby Mitchell5915235.230115
Ray Smith5915234.22408
Rusty Kuntz3110019.19035
Houston Jiménez368615.17409
Scott Ullger357915.19005
Tim Teufel217824.30836
Greg Gagne10273.11103
Jim Eisenreich272.28600
Tack Wilson541.25001

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
Frank Viola35210.07155.49127
Ken Schrom33196.11583.7180
Albert Williams36193.111144.1468
Bobby Castillo27158.18124.7790
Brad Havens1680.1588.1840
Jay Pettibone427.0045.3310

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
Pete Filson2690.0413.4049
Jack O'Connor2783.0235.8656
Bryan Oelkers1034.1058.6513

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
Ron Davis6658303.3484
Rick Lysander6151233.3858
Len Whitehouse607124.1544
Mike Walters231124.1221
Jim Lewis60006.508

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Cal Ermer
AA Orlando Twins Southern League Phil Roof
A Visalia Oaks California League Harry Warner
A Wisconsin Rapids Twins Midwest League Charlie Manuel
Rookie Elizabethton Twins Appalachian League Fred Waters

Notes

  1. ↑ Rick Lysander page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Mike Hart page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Sal Butera page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Pete Redfern page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Tom Klawitter page at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Tim Belcher page at Baseball Reference

References

  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
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