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1983 Chicago White Sox season

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1983 Chicago White Sox
American League West champions
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkComiskey Park
CityChicago
Record99–63 (.611)
Divisional place1st
OwnersJerry Reinsdorf
General managersRoland Hemond
ManagersTony La Russa
TelevisionWFLD–TV 32
Sportsvision
(Don Drysdale, Early Wynn, Ken Harrelson, Lorn Brown, Joe McConnell, Ken Wilson)
RadioWMAQ–AM 670
(Early Wynn, Joe McConnell, Lorn Brown)
← 1982
1984 →

The 1983 Chicago White Sox season was a season in American baseball. It involved the White Sox winning the American League West championship on September 17. It marked their first postseason appearance since the 1959 World Series. It was the city of Chicago's first baseball championship of any kind (division, league, or world), since the White Sox themselves reached the World Series twenty-four years earlier.

After the White Sox went through a winning streak around the All-Star break, Texas Rangers manager Doug Rader said the White Sox "...weren't playing well. They're winning ugly."[1] This phrase became a rallying cry for the team, and they are often referred to as the "winning ugly" team (and their uniforms as the "winning ugly" uniforms).

Offseason

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Regular season

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Ron Kittle won the American League Rookie of the Year Award and set a club record for most home runs by a rookie. He missed the American League home run title by 3 home runs and finished third in the league. He would rank in ninth place in the American League for runs batted in. Kittle would manage to lead the league in strikeouts with 150.

LaMarr Hoyt won the American League Cy Young Award while fellow pitcher Floyd Bannister finished second in the American League in strikeouts. He also won 13 of 14 games after the All-Star Break.

Tony LaRussa was named American League Manager of the Year.

Opening Day lineup

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Season standings

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AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 9963 .611 — 55‍–‍26 44‍–‍37
Kansas City Royals 7983 .488 20 45‍–‍36 34‍–‍47
Texas Rangers 7785 .475 22 44‍–‍37 33‍–‍48
Oakland Athletics 7488 .457 25 42‍–‍39 32‍–‍49
California Angels 7092 .432 29 35‍–‍46 35‍–‍46
Minnesota Twins 7092 .432 29 37‍–‍44 33‍–‍48
Seattle Mariners 60102 .370 39 30‍–‍51 30‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

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1983 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —8–57–57–56–75–88–411–28–46–78–48–49–37–6
Boston 5–8—6–66–67–64–95–74–95–77–68–47–57–57–6
California 5–76–6—3–108–44–86–76–66–75–75–86–76–74–8
Chicago 5–76–610–3—8–48–49–44–88–58–48–512–18–55–7
Cleveland 7–66–74–84–8—5–87–53–106–66–77–58–43–94–9
Detroit 8–59–48–44–88–5—7–56–79–35–86–68–48–46–7
Kansas City 4–87–57–64–95–75–7—6–66–76–67–68–58–5–16–6
Milwaukee 2–119–46–68–410–37–66–6—8–44–96–65–78–48–5
Minnesota 4–87–57–65–86–63–97–64–8—4–84–99–45–85–7
New York 7–66–77–54–87–68–56–69–48–4—8–47–57–57–6
Oakland 4–84–88–55–85–76–66–76–69–44–8—9–42–116–6
Seattle 4–85–77–61–124–84–85–87–54–95–74–9—6–74–8
Texas 3–95–77–65–89–34–85–8–14–88–55–711–27–6—4–8
Toronto 6–76–78–47–59–47–66–65–87–56–76–68–48–4—

Notable transactions

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Roster

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1983 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Game log

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Regular season

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Legend
 White Sox win
 White Sox loss
 Postponement
 Clinched division
BoldWhite Sox team member
1983 regular season game log: 99–63 (Home: 55–26; Away: 44–37)[9]
April: 8–10 (Home: 4–3; Away: 4–7)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
6April 121:15 p.m. CSTOriolesL 8–10Stewart (1–1)Lamp (1–1)—3:0938,3062–4L1
7April 141:15 p.m. CSTOriolesW 12–11Barojas (1–0)Welchel (0–1)Hickey (2)3:5613,6223–4W1
May: 12–15 (Home: 8–7; Away: 4–8)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
—May 166:35 p.m. CDT@ OriolesPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: May 17)
31 (1)May 174:35 p.m. CDT@ OriolesL 2–7Stoddard (2–0)Hoyt (2–6)—2:36—13–18L1
32 (2)May 177:41 p.m. CDT@ OriolesL 0–5Boddicker (1–0)Lamp (3–3)—2:2414,31413–19L2
33May 186:35 p.m. CDT@ OriolesL 0–1T Martinez (2–1)Dotson (4–4)—2:2112,58213–20L3
June: 18–10 (Home: 12–5; Away: 6–7)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
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July: 15–13 (Home: 7–6; Away: 8–7)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
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—July 67:40 p.m. CDT54th All-Star Game in Chicago, IL
August: 22–9 (Home: 10–4; Away: 12–5)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
106August 56:35 p.m. CDT@ OriolesL 4–5Boddicker (8–5)Lamp (5–7)—3:1639,54456–50L1
107August 66:35 p.m. CDT@ OriolesW 6–4Bannister (9–9)D Martínez (6–14)Barojas (10)3:2632,76957–50W1
108August 71:05 p.m. CDT@ OriolesW 4–3Hoyt (14–10)Flanagan (6–1)Lamp (8)2:2724,38458–50W2
112August 117:30 p.m. CDTOriolesW 9–3Bannister (10–9)Ramirez (4–3)—3:3431,81061–51W2
113August 127:30 p.m. CDTOriolesW 2–1Hoyt (15–10)Flanagan (6–2)—2:4145,58862–51W3
114August 137:30 p.m. CDTOriolesL 2–5Stewart (5–3)Koosman (8–5)T Martinez (12)2:2736,32362–52L1
115August 141:15 p.m. CDTOriolesL 1–2McGregor (15–5)Dotson (12–7)Stoddard (5)2:5137,84662–53L2
September: 22–6 (Home: 14–1; Away: 8–5)
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October: 2–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–0)
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Detailed records

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Postseason Game log

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Legend
 White Sox win
 White Sox loss
BoldWhite Sox team member
1983 Postseason game log: 1–3 (Home: 0–2; Away: 1–1)
AL Championship Series vs. Baltimore Orioles 1–3 (Home: 0–2; Away: 1–1)[10]
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceSeriesBox/
Streak
1October 52:05 p.m. CDT@ OriolesW 2–1Hoyt (1–0)McGregor (0–1)—2:3851,289CHA 1–0W1
2October 67:20 p.m. CDT@ OriolesL 0–4Boddicker (1–0)Bannister (0–1)—2:5152,347Tied 1–1L1
3October 77:20 p.m. CDTOriolesL 1–11Flanagan (1–0)Dotson (0–1)Stewart (1)2:5846,635BAL 2–1L2
4October 812:05 p.m. CDTOriolesL 0–3 (10)T Martinez (1–0)Burns (0–1)—3:4145,477BAL 3–1L3

All-Star game

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The 54th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL) was held on July 6, 1983, at Comiskey Park. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 13–3. The game occurred exactly 50 years to the date of the first All-Star game. The game is best remembered for Fred Lynn's third-inning grand slam off of San Francisco's Atlee Hammaker. As of 2024, it is the only grand slam in All-Star Game history.

Player stats

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= Indicates team leader

Batting

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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
Harold Baines, RF, CF 156 596 76 167 33 2 20 99 49 85 .280 7
Tony Bernazard, 2B 59 233 30 61 16 2 2 26 17 45 .262 2
Julio Cruz, 2B 99 334 47 84 9 4 1 40 29 44 .251 24
Miguel Diloné, CF 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1
Jerry Dybzinski, SS 127 256 30 59 10 1 1 32 18 29 .230 11
Carlton Fisk, C 138 488 85 141 26 4 26 86 46 88 .289 9
Scott Fletcher, SS, 2B 114 262 42 62 16 5 3 31 29 22 .237 5
Lorenzo Gray, 3B 41 78 18 14 3 0 1 4 8 16 .179 1
Jerry Hairston, OF, DH 101 126 17 37 9 1 5 22 23 16 .294 0
Marc Hill, C 58 133 11 30 6 0 1 11 9 24 .226 0
Tim Hulett, 2B 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 1
Ron Kittle, LF 145 520 75 132 19 3 35 100 39 150 .254 8
Rusty Kuntz, CF 28 42 6 11 1 0 0 1 6 13 .262 1
Rudy Law, CF 141 501 95 142 20 7 3 34 42 36 .283 77
Vance Law, 3B 145 408 55 99 21 5 4 42 51 56 .243 3
Greg Luzinski, DH 144 502 73 128 26 1 32 95 70 117 .255 2
Chris Nyman, 1B, DH 21 28 12 8 0 0 2 4 4 7 .286 2
Tom Paciorek, 1B, OF 115 420 65 129 32 3 9 63 25 58 .307 6
Casey Parsons, OF 8 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 .200 0
Aurelio Rodriguez, 3B 22 20 1 4 1 0 1 1 0 3 .200 0
Joel Skinner, C 6 11 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .273 0
Mike Squires, 1B 143 153 21 34 4 1 1 11 22 11 .222 3
Dave Stegman, OF 30 53 5 9 2 0 0 4 10 9 .170 0
Greg Walker, 1B, DH 118 307 32 83 16 3 10 55 58 57 .270 2
Team totals 162 5484 800 1439 270 42 157 762 527 888 .262 165

Pitching

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Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K
Juan Agosto 2 2 4.10 39 0 7 41.2 41 20 19 2 12 29
Floyd Bannister 16 10 3.35 34 34 0 217.1 191 88 81 19 74 193
Salome Barojas 3 3 2.47 52 0 12 87.1 70 24 24 2 34 38
Britt Burns 10 11 3.58 29 26 0 173.2 165 79 69 14 57 115
Richard Dotson 22 7 3.23 35 35 0 240.0 209 92 86 19 107 137
Kevin Hickey 1 2 5.23 23 0 5 20.2 23 14 12 5 13 8
Guy Hoffman 1 0 7.50 11 0 0 6.0 14 5 5 1 2 2
LaMarr Hoyt 24 10 3.66 36 36 0 260.2 236 115 106 27 35 148
Al Jones 0 0 3.86 2 0 0 2.1 3 1 1 0 2 2
Jim Kern 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.2 1 1 0 0 0 0
Jerry Koosman 11 7 4.77 37 24 2 169.2 176 96 90 19 55 90
Dennis Lamp 7 7 3.71 49 5 15 116.1 123 52 48 6 36 44
Randy Martz 0 0 3.60 1 1 0 5.0 4 2 2 0 4 1
Steve Mura 0 0 4.38 6 0 0 12.1 13 11 6 1 6 4
Dick Tidrow 2 4 4.22 50 1 7 91.2 86 50 43 13 42 66
Team totals 99 63 3.67 162 162 48 1445.1 1355 650 589 128 479 877

American League Championship Series

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Summary

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GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Chicago – 2, Baltimore – 1October 5Memorial Stadium51,289
2Chicago – 0, Baltimore – 4October 6Memorial Stadium52,347
3Baltimore – 11, Chicago – 1October 7Comiskey Park46,635
4Baltimore – 3, Chicago – 0October 8Comiskey Park45,477

Game One

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October 5, Memorial Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago 001 001 000 270
Baltimore 000 000 001 151
W: LaMarr Hoyt (1–0)  L: Scott McGregor (0–1)  
HRs: None

Playing in their first postseason game since the 1959 World Series, the White Sox jumped out to a 1–0 series lead behind a complete-game victory by Hoyt, the American League Cy Young Award winner.

Game Two

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October 6, Memorial Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago 000 000 000 052
Baltimore 010 102 00X 460
W: Mike Boddicker (1–0)  L: Floyd Bannister (0–1)  
HRs: BAL – Gary Roenicke (1)

Game Three

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October 7, Comiskey Park

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Baltimore 310 020 014 1181
Chicago 010 000 000 161
W: Mike Flanagan (1–0)  L: Richard Dotson (0–1)  SV: Sammy Stewart (1)
HRs: BAL – Eddie Murray (1)

Game Four

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October 8, Comiskey Park

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Baltimore 000 000 000 3 390
Chicago 000 000 000 0 0100
W: Tippy Martinez (1–0)   L: Britt Burns (0–1)  
HRs: BAL – Tito Landrum (1)

Award winners

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  • LaMarr Hoyt, American League Cy Young Award
  • Ron Kittle, American League Rookie of the Year Award
  • Tony La Russa, American League Manager of the Year Award
  • Tony La Russa, Associated Press AL Manager of the Year
  • Roland Hemond, Executive of the Year

All-Star Game

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Denver Bears American Association Jim Mahoney
AA Glens Falls White Sox Eastern League Adrian Garrett
A Appleton Foxes Midwest League John Boles
A-Short Season Niagara Falls Sox New York–Penn League Fred Nelson
Rookie GCL White Sox Gulf Coast League Steve Dillard

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Denver, Appleton

References

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  1. ↑ Evans, Sean (April 24, 2012). "The 25 Greatest Moments in White Sox History". Complex.com. Complex Media. Retrieved June 15, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Sparky Lyle Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball Reference. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Casey Parsons Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball Reference. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Damon Berryhill Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball Reference. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Steve Trout Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball Reference. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Pat Tabler Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball Reference. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Doug Drabek Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball Reference. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Aurelio Rodríguez Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball Reference. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
  9. ↑ "1983 Chicago White Sox Schedule & Results". Baseball Reference. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
  10. ↑ "1983 American League Championship Series". Baseball Reference. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
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