1983 IN BASEBALL

Champions

Major League Baseball

★ World Series: Baltimore Orioles over Philadelphia Phillies (4-1); Rick Dempsey, MVP

★ American League Championship Series MVP: Mike Boddicker

★ National League Championship Series MVP: Gary Matthews

★ All-Star Game, July 6 at Comiskey Park: American League, 13-3; Fred Lynn, MVP

Other champions

★ Caribbean World Series: Lobos de Arecibo (Puerto Rico)

★ College World Series: Texas

★ Japan Series: Seibu Lions over Yomiuri Giants (4-3)

★ Little League World Series: East Marietta National, Marietta, Georgia

Awards and honors

★ 'Most Valuable Player'

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★ Cal Ripken, Jr., Baltimore Orioles, SS (AL)

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★ Dale Murphy, Atlanta Braves, OF (NL)

★ 'Cy Young Award'

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★ LaMarr Hoyt, Chicago White Sox (AL)

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★ John Denny, Philadelphia Phillies (NL)

★ 'Rookie of the Year'

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★ Ron Kittle, Chicago White Sox, OF (AL)

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★ Darryl Strawberry, New York Mets, OF (NL)

★ 'Manager of the Year Award'

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★ Tony La Russa, Chicago White Sox (AL)

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★ Tommy Lasorda, Los Angeles Dodgers (NL)

MLB Statistical Leaders

	'American League'		'National League'
Type	Name	Stat	Name	Stat
AVG	Wade Boggs BOS	.361	Bill Madlock PIT	.323
HR	Jim Rice BOS	39	Mike Schmidt PHI	40
RBI	Cecil Cooper MIL Jim Rice BOS	126	Dale Murphy ATL	121
Wins	La Marr Hoyt CHW	24	John Denny PHI	19
ERA	Rick Honeycutt TEX	2.42	Atlee Hammaker SFG	2.25

Major League Baseball final standings

'American League'
'Rank'	'Club'	'Wins'	'Losses'	'Win %'	'GB'
'East Division'
1st	Baltimore Orioles	98	64	.605	--
2nd	Detroit Tigers	92	70	.568	6.0
3rd	New York Yankees	91	71	.562	7.0
4th	Toronto Blue Jays	89	73	.549	9.0
5th	Milwaukee Brewers	87	75	.537	11.0
6th	Boston Red Sox	78	84	.481	20.0
7th	Cleveland Indians	70	92	.432	28.0
'West Division'
1st	Chicago White Sox	99	63	.611	--
2nd	Kansas City Royals	79	83	.488	20.0
3rd	Texas Rangers	77	85	.475	22.0
4th	Oakland Athletics	74	88	.457	25.0
5th	California Angels	70	92	.432	29.0
5th	Minnesota Twins	70	92	.432	29.0
7th	Seattle Mariners	60	102	.370	39.0

'National League'
'Rank'	'Club'	'Wins'	'Losses'	'Win %'	'GB'
'East Division'
1st	Philadelphia Phillies	90	72	.556	--
2nd	Pittsburgh Pirates	84	78	.519	6.0
3rd	Montreal Expos	82	80	.506	8.0
4th	St. Louis Cardinals	79	83	.488	11.0
5th	Chicago Cubs	71	91	.438	19.0
6th	New York Mets	68	94	.420	22.0
'West Division'
1st	Los Angeles Dodgers	91	71	.562	--
2nd	Atlanta Braves	88	74	.543	3.0
3rd	Houston Astros	85	77	.525	6.0
4th	San Diego Padres	81	81	.500	10.0
5th	San Francisco Giants	79	83	.488	12.0
6th	Cincinnati Reds	74	88	.457	17.0

Events

★ January 12 - Brooks Robinson and Juan Marichal are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Robinson becomes the 14th player to be elected in his first year of eligibility.

★ April 27 - Nolan Ryan strikes out Brad Mills of the Montréal Expos. It is the 3,509th strikeout of Ryan's career, breaking the long time record established by Walter Johnson. Ryan will go on to break his own record 2,205 times before retireing.

★ May 1 - Robin Yount hits his 100th career home run.

★ June 24 - Don Sutton of the Milwaukee Brewers records his 3000th career strikeout.

★ July 4 - Left-handed pitcher Dave Righetti throws the Yankees' first no-hitter since Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series, handcuffing the Boston Red Sox 4–0 before a holiday crowd of 41,077 at Yankee Stadium. It's the first no-hitter by a Yankee left-handed pitcher since George Mogridge in 1917.

★ July 6 - In the 50th anniversary All-Star Game at Chicago's Comiskey Park, the American League routs the National League 13–3 for its first win since 1971. The AL breaks the game open with seven runs in the 4th inning, highlighted by Fred Lynn's grand slam — the first ever in an All-Star competition. It is Lynn's 4th All-Star homer, tying him with Ted Williams for the AL record.

★ July 24 - In the game now known as the Pine Tar Game, George Brett hits an apparent go-ahead 2-run home run off of Goose Gossage in the ninth inning of a game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. However, Yankees manager Billy Martin challenges that Brett's bat had more than the 18 inches of pine tar allowed, and home plate umpire Tim McClelland upholds Martin's challenge. After being called out and having the home run nullified, Brett goes ballistic and charges out of the dugout after McClelland. The AL president's office later upholds the Kansas City Royals protest, restoring the home run, and the game is completed on August 18, with the Royals winning 5-4.

★ July 29 - Steve Garvey, first baseman for the San Diego Padres dislocates his thumb, and ends his streak of 1,207 consecutive games played. It is still the National League record for consecutive games played.

★ September 17 - The Chicago White Sox defeat the Seattle Mariners 4-3 at olde Comiskey Park, clinching their first division title. It secures their first post season birth since 1959, and the last the team would have at olde Comiskey.

★ September 23 - Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies records his 300th career win; a 6-2 defeat of the St. Louis Cardinals at olde Busch Stadium.

★ October 16 - Eddie Murray slams a pair of home runs and Scott McGregor pitches a five-hitter as the Baltimore Orioles beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5–0 and win the 1983 World Series in Game Five. Baltimore catcher Rick Dempsey, who hit .385 with four doubles and a home run, is the Series MVP.

★ November 17 - Three current Kansas City Royals players (Willie Wilson, Willie Aikens, Jerry Martin, and former Royal Vida Blue are convicted of attempting to purchase cocaine, and sentence to short prison terms. It is a foreshadowing of the coming drug scandal that will rock the sport throughout the 1980s.

Movies

★ ''Tiger Town'' (TV)

Births

Deaths

★ January 9 - Stan Spence, 67, four-time All-Star outfielder who played for the Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators and St. Louis Browns

★ January 26 - Chet Laabs, 70, All-Star outfielder for the St. Louis Browns who hit two home runs in 1944's final game to clinch the Browns' only pennant

★ February 9 - Jackie Hayes, 76, second baseman for the Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox

★ March 30 - Joe Cicero, 72, outfielder for the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Athletics

★ April 12 - Carl Morton, 39, pitcher with the Montréal Expos and Atlanta Braves who was the NL Rookie of the Year in 1970

★ April 17 - Dutch Leonard, 74, 5-time All-Star pitcher who employed the knuckleball in earning 191 wins over 20 seasons

★ April 25 - Carlos Paula, 55, first black player in Washington Senators history

★ July 7 - Vic Wertz, 58, All-Star right fielder and first baseman for five AL teams who had five 100-RBI seasons, but was best remembered for the fly ball caught spectacularly by Willie Mays in the 1954 World Series

★ August 16 - Earl Averill, 81, Hall of Fame center fielder for the Cleveland Indians who batted .318 lifetime and had five 100-RBI seasons; his line drive off Dizzy Dean's foot in the 1937 All-Star game led to the end of Dean's career

★ October 18 - Willie Jones, 58, All-Star third baseman for the Phillies who led the NL in fielding five times and in putouts seven times

★ November 15 - Charlie Grimm, 85, first baseman and manager of the Chicago Cubs who batted .300 five times and led the Cubs to three NL pennants

★ November 18 - Hilton Smith, 76, pitcher for the Negro Leagues' Kansas City Monarchs who was known for his outstanding curveball

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