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26 teams in AL, NL · 2109 regular-season games · 1983-04-04 to 1983-10-02 · attendance 45,540,338

◀ 1982 1984 ▶

World Series champion

Baltimore Orioles

MVP

Cal Ripken AL
Dale Murphy NL

Cy Young

LaMarr Hoyt AL
John Denny NL

Rookie of the Year

Ron Kittle AL
Darryl Strawberry NL

All-Star Game

1983-07-06 at Comiskey Park I

Hall of Fame class of 1983

Brooks Robinson, George Kell, Juan Marichal, Walter Alston

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
League Championship	Philadelphia Phillies 3–1 Los Angeles Dodgers	4
League Championship	Baltimore Orioles 3–1 Chicago White Sox	4
World Series	Baltimore Orioles 4–1 Philadelphia Phillies	5

Standings

AL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Baltimore Orioles	98	64	.605	—	652	2,042,071	Joe Altobelli	World Series Division
2	Detroit Tigers	92	70	.568	6	679	1,829,636	Sparky Anderson
3	New York Yankees	91	71	.562	7	703	2,257,976	Billy Martin
4	Toronto Blue Jays	89	73	.549	9	726	1,930,415	Bobby Cox
5	Milwaukee Brewers	87	75	.537	11	708	2,397,131	Harvey Kuenn
6	Boston Red Sox	78	84	.481	20	775	1,782,285	Ralph Houk
7	Cleveland Indians	70	92	.432	28	785	768,941	Mike Ferraro, Pat Corrales

AL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Chicago White Sox	99	63	.611	—	650	2,132,821	Tony LaRussa	Division
2	Kansas City Royals	79	83	.488	20	767	1,963,875	Dick Howser
3	Texas Rangers	77	85	.475	22	609	1,363,469	Doug Rader
4	Oakland Athletics	74	88	.457	25	782	1,294,941	Steve Boros
5	California Angels	70	92	.432	29	779	2,555,016	John McNamara
5	Minnesota Twins	70	92	.432	29	822	858,939	Billy Gardner
7	Seattle Mariners	60	102	.370	39	740	813,537	Rene Lachemann, Del Crandall

NL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Philadelphia Phillies	90	72	.556	—	635	2,128,339	Pat Corrales, Paul Owens	Pennant Division
2	Pittsburgh Pirates	84	78	.519	6	648	1,225,916	Chuck Tanner
3	Montreal Expos	82	80	.506	8	646	2,320,651	Bill Virdon
4	St. Louis Cardinals	79	83	.488	11	710	2,317,914	Whitey Herzog
5	Chicago Cubs	71	91	.438	19	719	1,479,717	Lee Elia, Charlie Fox
6	New York Mets	68	94	.420	22	680	1,112,774	George Bamberger, Frank Howard

NL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Los Angeles Dodgers	91	71	.562	—	609	3,510,313	Tom Lasorda	Division
2	Atlanta Braves	88	74	.543	3	640	2,119,935	Joe Torre
3	Houston Astros	85	77	.525	6	646	1,351,962	Bob Lillis
4	San Diego Padres	81	81	.500	10	653	1,539,815	Dick Williams
5	San Francisco Giants	79	83	.488	12	697	1,251,530	Frank Robinson
6	Cincinnati Reds	74	88	.457	17	710	1,190,419	Russ Nixon

Leaders

AL

RBI

AVG

ERA

NL

RBI

AVG

ERA

No-hitters

Dave Righetti, New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox, 1983-07-04
Bob Forsch, St. Louis Cardinals vs. Montreal Expos, 1983-09-26
Mike Warren, Oakland Athletics vs. Chicago White Sox, 1983-09-29

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