1983 San Francisco Giants
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkCandlestick Park
CitySan Francisco, California
OwnersBob Lurie
General managersTom Haller
ManagersFrank Robinson
TelevisionKTVU
(Hank Greenwald, Gary Park)
RadioKNBR
(Hank Greenwald, David Glass)
SP Radio
(Tito Fuentes, Ramón Martínez)
Seasons

The 1983 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 101st season in Major League Baseball, their 26th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 24th at Candlestick Park. The team finished in fifth place in the National League West with a 79–83 record, 12 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 9171 0.562 — 48–32 43–39
Atlanta Braves 8874 0.543 3 46–34 42–40
Houston Astros 8577 0.525 6 46–36 39–41
San Diego Padres 8181 0.500 10 47–34 34–47
San Francisco Giants 7983 0.488 12 43–38 36–45
Cincinnati Reds 7488 0.457 17 36–45 38–43

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

Roster

1983 San Francisco Giants
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
CBob Brenly10428163.224734
1BDarrell Evans142523145.2773082
2BBrad Wellman8218239.214116
SSJohnny LeMaster141534128.240630
3BTom O'Malley135410106.259545
LFJeffrey Leonard139516144.2792187
CFChili Davis137486113.2331159
RFJack Clark135492132.2682066

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
Joel Youngblood124373109.2921753
Max Venable9422850.219627
Milt May6618647.247620
Duane Kuiper7217644.250014
Dave Bergman9014040.286624
John Rabb4010424.231114
Joe Pettini618616.18607
Chris Smith226722.328111
Dan Gladden186314.22219
Steve Nicosia153311.33306
Mike Vail18264.15403
Champ Summers29223.13603
Jeff Ransom6204.20013
Guy Sularz10202.10000
Rich Murray4102.20001
Wallace Johnson781.12501
Ron Pruitt110.00000

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
Fred Breining32202.211123.82117
Mike Krukow31184.111113.95136
Atlee Hammaker23172.11092.25127
Bill Laskey25148.113104.1981
Mark Davis20111.0643.4983
Scott Garrelts535.2222.5216

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
Andy McGaffigan43134.1394.2993
Renie Martin3794.1244.2043
Mark Calvert1837.1146.2714

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
Greg Minton73711223.5438
Gary Lavelle5674202.5968
Jim Barr535323.9847
Mike Chris70008.105
Randy Lerch71003.386
Pat Larkin50004.356
Brian Kingman30007.711

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Phoenix Giants Pacific Coast League Jack Mull
AA Shreveport Captains Texas League Duane Espy
A Fresno Giants California League Wendell Kim
A Clinton Giants Midwest League Bill Lachemann
Rookie Great Falls Giants Pioneer League Terry Christman

References

  1. ↑ Bill Bordley at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Alan Hargesheimer at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Mark Davis at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Joel Youngblood at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ "1983 San Francisco Giants Roster". Baseball Almanac, Inc. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  6. ↑ Brian Kingman at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Charlie Hayes at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Mike Aldrete at Baseball Reference
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