1983 St. Louis Cardinals
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkBusch Memorial Stadium
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record79–83 (.488)
Divisional place4th
OwnersAugust "Gussie" Busch
General managersJoe McDonald
ManagersWhitey Herzog
TelevisionKSDK
RadioKMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Dan Kelly)
Seasons

The St. Louis Cardinals 1983 season was a season in American baseball. It was the team's 102nd season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 92nd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 79–83 during the season and finished fourth in the National League East, eleven games behind the NL Champion Philadelphia Phillies. They were the first team in the Divisional play era to have a losing season one year after winning the World Series.

First baseman Keith Hernandez, shortstop Ozzie Smith, and outfielder Willie McGee won Gold Gloves this year, although Hernandez was traded to the New York Mets in mid-season.

Offseason

  • December 2, 1982: Julio González was released by the Cardinals.[1]
  • December 14, 1982: Bobby Meacham was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Stan Javier to the New York Yankees for Steve Fincher (minors), Bob Helsom (minors) and Marty Mason (minors). [2]
  • February 16, 1983: Jamie Quirk was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.[3]

Regular season

  • Steve Carlton won his 300th game on September 23, 1983, against his former team, the St. Louis Cardinals.[4]

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 9072 0.556 — 50–31 40–41
Pittsburgh Pirates 8478 0.519 6 41–40 43–38
Montreal Expos 8280 0.506 8 46–35 36–45
St. Louis Cardinals 7983 0.488 11 44–37 35–46
Chicago Cubs 7191 0.438 19 43–38 28–53
New York Mets 6894 0.420 22 41–41 27–53

Record vs. opponents

1983 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta—5–712–611–77–117–58–47–56–69–99–97–5
Chicago7–5—4–85–76–67–119–95–139–95–74–810–8
Cincinnati6–128–4—5–137–114–87–56–66–69–910–86–6
Houston7–117–513–5—6–128–49–34–86–611–712–62–10
Los Angeles 11–76–611–712–6—7–57–511–16–66–12–15–139–3
Montreal5–711–78–44–85–7—8–108–10–18–108–48–49–9
New York4–89–95–73–95–710–8—6–129–96–65–76–12
Philadelphia5-713–56–68–41–1110–8–112–6—11–75–75–714–4
Pittsburgh6–69–96–66–66–610–89–97–11—9–36–610–8
San Diego9–97–59–97–1112–6–14–86–67–53–9—11–76–6
San Francisco9–98–48–106–1213–54–87–57–56–67–11—4–8
St. Louis5–78–106–610–23–99–912–64–148–106–68–4—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Draft picks

Roster

1983 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders 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
CDarrell Porter145443116.2621566
1BGeorge Hendrick144529168.3181897
2BTommy Herr89313101.323231
SSOzzie Smith159552134.243350
3BKen Oberkfell151488143.293338
LFLonnie Smith130492158.321845
CFWillie McGee147601172.286575
RFDavid Green146422120.284869

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
Andy Van Slyke10130981.262838
Keith Hernandez5521862.284326
Mike Ramsey9717546.263116
Dane Iorg5811631.267011
Floyd Rayford5610422.212314
Steve Braun789225.27237
Glenn Brummer458724.27609
Jamie Quirk488618.209211
Bill Lyons426010.16703
Jeff Doyle133711.29702
Jim Adduci10201.05000
Rafael Santana30143.21402
Jimmy Sexton691.11100
Orlando Sánchez660.00000
Tito Landrum651.20000
Gene Roof630.00000

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
Joaquín Andújar39225.06164.16125
John Stuper40198.012113.6881
Dave LaPoint37191.11293.95113
Bob Forsch34187.010124.2856
Neil Allen25121.21063.7074
Danny Cox1283.0363.2536

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
John Martin2666.1313.5329
Kevin Hagen922.1224.847

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
Bruce Sutter60910214.2364
Jeff Lahti533303.1626
Dave Von Ohlen463223.2921
Dave Rucker345302.4322
Doug Bair261113.0321
Jim Kaat240003.8919
Steve Baker80101.801
Ralph Citarella60001.644
Eric Rasmussen600111.746
Jeff Keener40008.314

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Louisville Redbirds American Association Jim Fregosi
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League Nick Leyva
A St. Petersburg Cardinals Florida State League Jim Riggleman
A Springfield Cardinals Midwest League Dave Bialas
A Macon Redbirds South Atlantic League Lloyd Merritt
A-Short Season Erie Cardinals New York–Penn League Joe Rigoli
Rookie Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Rich Hacker

References

  1. ↑ Julio González at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ "Bobby Beacham: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  3. ↑ Jamie Quirk at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Steve Carlton | The Baseball Page
  5. ↑ Keith Hernandez at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Jim Kaat at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Eric Rasmussen at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Jim Lindeman at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Tom Pagnozzi at Baseball Reference
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