1983 Chicago Cubs season

1983 Chicago Cubs
1983 Chicago Cubs
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Wrigley Field
City	Chicago
Owners	Tribune Company
General managers	Dallas Green
Managers	Lee Elia (before August 22), Charlie Fox (after August 22)
Television	WGN-TV; (Harry Caray, Steve Stone, Milo Hamilton)
Radio	WGN; (Milo Hamilton, Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau, Harry Caray)
Stats	ESPN.com; Baseball Reference

The 1983 Chicago Cubs season was the 112th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 108th in the National League and the 68th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League East with a record of 71–91.

Offseason

October 15, 1982: Herman Segelke was traded by the Cubs to the San Francisco Giants for Alan Hargesheimer.^[1]
December 9, 1982: Steve Henderson was traded by the Cubs to the Seattle Mariners for Rich Bordi.^[2]
December 10, 1982: Wayne Nordhagen was signed as a free agent by the Cubs.^[3]
January 19, 1983: Dan Cataline and Vance Lovelace were traded by the Cubs to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Ron Cey.^[3]
January 25, 1983: Scott Fletcher, Pat Tabler, Randy Martz, and Dick Tidrow were traded by the Cubs to the Chicago White Sox for Steve Trout and Warren Brusstar.^[4]
February 7, 1983: Butch Benton was traded by the Cubs to the Montreal Expos for Jerry Manuel.^[5]

Regular season

Season standings

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NL East
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Phillies	90	72	.556	—	50‍–‍31	40‍–‍41
Pittsburgh Pirates	84	78	.519	6	41‍–‍40	43‍–‍38
Montreal Expos	82	80	.506	8	46‍–‍35	36‍–‍45
St. Louis Cardinals	79	83	.488	11	44‍–‍37	35‍–‍46
Chicago Cubs	71	91	.438	19	43‍–‍38	28‍–‍53
New York Mets	68	94	.420	22	41‍–‍41	27‍–‍53

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	—

Notable transactions

April 1, 1983: The Cubs traded a player to be named later and cash to the Milwaukee Brewers for Steve Lake. The Cubs completed the deal by sending Rich Buonantony (minors) to the Brewers on October 24.^[6]
May 22, 1983: Willie Hernández was traded by the Cubs to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dick Ruthven and Bill Johnson.^[7]
June 9, 1983: Wayne Nordhagen was released by the Cubs.^[3]
June 28, 1983: Rick Reuschel was signed as a free agent by the Cubs.^[8]

Draft picks

June 6, 1983: 1983 Major League Baseball draft
- Rich Amaral was drafted by the Cubs in the 2nd round. Player signed June 10, 1983.^[9]
- Jacob Brumfield was drafted by the Cubs in the 7th round. Player signed June 9, 1983.^[10]

Roster

1983 Chicago Cubs

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

17 Jay Loviglio

Manager

4 Lee Elia
4 Charlie Fox

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	Jody Davis	151	510	138	.271	24	84
1B	Bill Buckner	153	626	175	.280	16	66
2B	Ryne Sandberg	158	633	165	.261	8	48
SS	Larry Bowa	147	499	133	.267	2	43
3B	Ron Cey	159	581	160	.275	24	90
LF	Leon Durham	100	337	87	.258	12	55
CF	Mel Hall	112	410	116	.283	17	56
RF	Keith Moreland	154	533	161	.302	16	70

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
Gary Woods	93	190	46	.242	4	22
Jay Johnstone	86	140	36	.257	6	22
Carmelo Martínez	29	89	23	.258	6	16
Tom Veryzer	59	88	18	.205	1	3
Scot Thompson	53	88	17	.193	0	10
Jerry Morales	63	87	17	.195	0	11
Steve Lake	38	85	22	.259	1	7
Thad Bosley	43	72	21	.292	2	12
Joe Carter	23	51	9	.176	0	1
Wayne Nordhagen	21	35	5	.143	0	4
Dan Rohn	23	31	12	.387	0	6
Dave Owen	16	22	2	.091	0	2
Junior Kennedy	17	22	3	.136	0	3
Tom Grant	16	20	3	.150	0	2
Fritzie Connally	8	10	1	.100	0	0
Mike Diaz	6	7	2	.286	0	1
Jay Loviglio	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
Chuck Rainey	34	191.0	14	13	4.48	84
Steve Trout	34	180.0	10	14	4.65	80
Ferguson Jenkins	33	167.1	6	9	4.30	96
Dick Ruthven	25	149.1	12	9	4.10	73
Dickie Noles	24	116.1	5	10	4.72	59
Rick Reuschel	4	20.2	1	1	3.92	9

Other pitchers