1983 Texas Rangers season

March 2026 November 2013 Texas Rangers 1983 American League West Arlington Stadium Arlington, Texas Eddie Chiles Joe Klein Doug Rader KXAS-TV(Steve Busby, Merle Harmon) WBAP(Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz) The 1983 Texas Rangers season was the 23rd of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 12th in Arlington as the Rangers, and the 12th season at Arlington Stadium. The Rangers finished third in the American League West with a record of 77 wins and 85 losses. The Rangers did break a Major League Baseball record for the most runs ever scored by one team during a single extra inning. Regular season Season standings Texas Rangers Record vs. opponents TEX Opening Day starters Buddy Bell Bucky Dent Dave Hostetler Pete O'Brien Larry Parrish Mike Richardt Billy Sample Mike Smithson Jim Sundberg George Wright Notable transactions August 19, 1983: Rick Honeycutt was traded by the Rangers to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Dave Stewart, a player to be named later and $200,000. The Dodgers completed by sending Ricky Wright to the Rangers on September 16.Dave Stewart at Baseball Reference Roster 1983 Texas Rangers roster Roster Pitchers 29 John Butcher 23 Víctor Cruz 44 Danny Darwin 35 Tom Henke 40 Rick Honeycutt 49 Charlie Hough 21 Odell Jones 51 Al Lachowicz 16 Mike Mason 32 Jon Matlack 24 Dave Schmidt 48 Mike Smithson 31 Dave Stewart 28 Frank Tanana 41 Dave Tobik 38 Ricky Wright Catchers  8 Bob Johnson 43 Donnie Scott 10 Jim Sundberg Infielders 46 Jim Anderson 25 Buddy Bell 14 Larry Biittner  7 Bucky Dent  9 Pete O'Brien  2 Mike Richardt  1 Bill Stein  3 Wayne Tolleson 30 Mark Wagner 19 Curtis Wilkerson Outfielders  4 Nick Capra 13 Tom Dunbar  6 Bobby Jones 15 Larry Parrish  5 Billy Sample 26 George Wright Other batters 12 Dave Hostetler 17 Mickey Rivers Manager 11 Doug Rader Coaches 37 Rich Donnelly 23 Glenn Ezell 22 Merv Rettenmund 52 Dick Such 42 Wayne Terwilliger 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 Jim Sundberg 131 378 76 .201 2 28 1B Pete O'Brien 154 524 124 .237 8 53 2B Wayne Tolleson 134 470 122 .260 3 20 3B Buddy Bell 156 618 171 .277 14 66 SS Bucky Dent 131 417 99 .237 2 34 LF Billy Sample 147 554 152 .274 12 57 CF George Wright 162 634 175 .276 18 80 RF Larry Parrish 145 555 151 .272 26 88 DH Dave Hostetler 94 304 67 .220 11 46 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 Mickey Rivers 96 309 88 .285 1 20 Bill Stein 78 232 72 .310 2 33 Bob Johnson 72 175 37 .211 5 16 Larry Biitner 66 116 32 .276 0 18 Jim Anderson 50 102 22 .216 0 6 Mike Richardt 22 83 13 .157 1 7 Bobby Jones Bobby Jones (outfielder) 41 72 16 .222 1 11 Curt Wilkerson 16 35 6 .171 0 1 Tom Dunbar 12 24 6 .250 0 3 Donnie Scott 2 4 0 .000 0 0 Mark Wagner 2 2 0 .000 0 0 Nick Capra 8 2 0 .000 0 0 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 Charlie Hough 34 252.0 15 13 3.18 152 Mike Smithson 33 223.1 10 14 3.91 135 Danny Darwin 28 183.0 8 13 3.49 92 Rick Honeycutt 25 174.2 14 8 2.42 56 Frank Tanana 29 159.1 7 9 3.16 108 Dave Stewart 8 59.0 5 2 2.14 24 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 John Butcher John Butcher (baseball) 38 123.0 6 6 3.51 58 Jon Matlack 25 73.1 2 4 4.66 38 Al Lachowicz 2 8.0 0 1 2.25 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 Odell Jones 42 3 6 10 3.09 50 Dave Schmidt 31 3 3 2 3.88 29 Dave Tobik 27 2 1 9 3.68 30 Víctor Cruz Víctor Cruz (baseball) 17 1 3 5 1.44 18 Tom Henke 8 1 0 1 3.38 17 Mike Mason 5 0 2 0 5.91 9 Ricky Wright 1 0 0 0 0.00 2 Awards and honors Buddy Bell, 3B, Gold Glove 1983 All-Star Game Team leaders Larry Parrish, Home Runs, 26 Larry Parrish, RBI, 88 Billy Sample, Runs, 80 Billy Sample, Stolen bases, 44 Buddy Bell, Batting average, .277 George Wright, Hits, 175 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Oklahoma City 89ers American Association Tom Burgess AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Marty Scott A Burlington Rangers Midwest League Orlando Gómez A-Short Season Tri-City Triplets Northwest League Dave Oliver Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Andy Hancock Notable events July 3 — The Rangers score twelve runs in the fifteenth inning to defeat the Oakland Athletics 16–4, in the process breaking the MLB record for most runs scored during one single extra inning, previously held by the 1928 New York Yankees.'Rangers Rout A's 16–4 in 15-Inning Marathon'; The Greenville News, July 5, 1983, p. 18 Notes 2 References 1983 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference 1983 Texas Rangers at Baseball Almanac Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 3rd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 2007 978-1-932391-17-6 Category:Texas Rangers seasons Texas Rangers season Category:1983 in sports in Texas