1983 Milwaukee Brewers season

March 2026 November 2013 Milwaukee Brewers 1983 American League East Milwaukee County Stadium Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States 87 75 y 5th Bud Selig Harry Dalton Harvey Kuenn WVTV(Steve Shannon, Mike Hegan) WTMJ (AM) (Bob Uecker, Dwayne Mosley) The 1983 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 15th in franchise history and 14th in Milwaukee. As defending American League champions, they sought to return to the World Series. This season involved the Brewers finishing fifth in the American League East with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses, missing the playoffs for the first time since 1980. Offseason December 19, 1982: Ernie Camacho was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.Ernie Camacho at Baseball-Reference January 11, 1983: 1983 Major League Baseball draft Bobby Thigpen was drafted by the Brewers in the 7th round, but did not sign.Bobby Thigpen at Baseball-Reference Jim Morris was drafted by the Brewers in the 1st round (4th pick) of the Secondary Phase.Jim Morris at Baseball-Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents MIL Notable transactions April 1, 1983: Steve Lake was traded by the Brewers to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later and cash. The Cubs completed the trade by sending Rich Buonantony (minors) to the Brewers on October 24.Steve Lake at Baseball-Reference June 6, 1983: 1983 Major League Baseball draft Dan Plesac was drafted by the Brewers in the 1st round (26th pick). Player signed June 8, 1983.Dan Plesac at Baseball-Reference Joey Meyer was drafted by the Brewers in the 5th round.Joey Meyer at Baseball-Reference June 6, 1983: Gorman Thomas, Ernie Camacho and Jamie Easterly were traded by the Brewers to the Cleveland Indians for Rick Manning and Rick Waits.Gorman Thomas dealt to Tribe July 15, 1983: Danny Boone was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.Danny Boone at Baseball-Reference August 31, 1983: Sixto Lezcano was traded by the San Diego Padres with a player to be named later to the Philadelphia Phillies for players to be named later.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lezcasi01.shtml Sixto Lezacano: Career Statistics Baseball Reference 14 March 2018 Roster 1983 Milwaukee Brewers Roster Pitchers 46 Jerry Augustine 26 Andy Beene 48 Mike Caldwell 49 Tom Candiotti 28 Jamie Easterly 40 Bob Gibson 30 Moose Haas 27 Pete Ladd 10 Bob McClure 43 Chuck Porter 41 Jim Slaton 20,21 Don Sutton 42 Tom Tellmann 50 Pete Vuckovich 36 Rick Waits Catchers 21 Bill Schroeder 23 Ted Simmons  5 Ned Yost Infielders 15 Cecil Cooper 17 Jim Gantner  4 Paul Molitor  8 Rob Picciolo  2 Randy Ready 11 Ed Romero 19 Robin Yount Outfielders 29 Mark Brouhard 16 Marshall Edwards 14 Dion James 28 Rick Manning 22 Charlie Moore 24 Ben Oglivie 26 Bob Skube 20 Gorman Thomas Other batters 13 Roy Howell  7 Don Money Manager 32 Harvey Kuenn Coaches 45 Pat Dobson  1 Dave Garcia 12 Larry Haney 18 Ron Hansen 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 Ted Simmons 153 600 185 .308 13 108 1B Cecil Cooper 160 661 203 .307 30 126 2B Jim Gantner 161 603 170 .282 11 74 SS Robin Yount 149 578 178 .308 17 80 3B Paul Molitor 152 613 167 .272 15 47 LF Ben Oglivie 125 411 115 .280 13 66 CF Rick Manning 108 375 86 .229 3 33 RF Charlie Moore 151 529 150 .284 2 49 DH Roy Howell 69 194 54 .278 4 25 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 Ned Yost 61 196 44 .224 6 28 Mark Brouhard 56 185 51 .276 7 23 Gorman Thomas 46 164 30 .183 5 18 Ed Romero 59 145 46 .317 1 18 Don Money 43 114 17 .149 1 8 Marshall Edwards 51 74 22 .297 0 5 Bill Schroeder 23 73 13 .178 3 7 Randy Ready 12 37 15 .405 1 6 Rob Picciolo 14 27 6 .222 0 1 Bob Skube 12 25 5 .200 0 9 Dion James 11 20 2 .100 0 1 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 Mike Caldwell 32 228.1 12 11 4.53 58 Don Sutton 31 220.0 8 13 4.08 134 Moose Haas 25 179.0 13 3 3.27 75 Bob McClure 24 142.0 9 9 4.50 68 Chuck Porter Chuck Porter (baseball) 25 134.0 7 9 4.50 76 Tom Candiotti 10 55.2 4 4 3.23 21 Pete Vuckovich 3 14.2 0 2 4.91 10 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 Bob Gibson 27 80.2 3 4 3.90 46 Jerry Augustine 34 64.1 3 3 5.74 40 Rick Waits 10 30.0 0 2 5.10 20 Jaime Cocanower 5 30.0 2 0 1.80 8 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 Pete Ladd 44 3 4 25 2.55 41 Jim Slaton 46 14 6 5 4.33 38 Tom Tellmann 44 9 4 8 2.80 48 Jamie Easterly 12 0 1 1 3.86 6 Andy Beene 1 0 0 0 4.50 0 Awards and honors Cecil Cooper, Roberto Clemente Award Farm system Minor League Baseball The Brewers' farm system consisted of five minor league affiliates in 1983.https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/affiliate.cgi?id=MIL&year=1983 1983 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates Baseball-Reference Sports Reference December 30, 2020 The Paintsville Brewers won the Appalachian League championship.https://www.mlb.com/appalachian-league/champions Appalachian League Champions Appalachian League Major League Baseball December 31, 2020 live https://web.archive.org/web/20201231155339/https://www.mlb.com/appalachian-league/champions December 31, 2020 Triple-A Vancouver Canadians Pacific Coast League Dick Phillips and Tony Muser Double-A El Paso Diablos Texas League Tony Muser and Lee Sigman Class A Stockton Ports California League Terry Bevington Class A Beloit Brewers Midwest League Tim Nordbrook Rookie Paintsville Brewers Appalachian League Tom Gamboa Notes 2 References 1983 Milwaukee Brewers team at Baseball-Reference 1983 Milwaukee Brewers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Milwaukee Brewers seasons Milwaukee Brewers season Mil