1983 World Series
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Baltimore Orioles (98-64, AL) over Philadelphia Phillies (90-72, NL)
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The 1983 World Series matched the American League champion Baltimore Orioles against the National League champion Philadelphia Phillies, with the Orioles winning four games to one.
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[edit] Summary
The Philadelphia Phillies won the National League East division by 6 games over the Pittsburgh Pirates then defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers, three games to one, in the National League Championship Series. The Baltimore Orioles won the American League East division by 6 games over the Detroit Tigers then defeated the Chicago White Sox, three games to one, in the American League Championship Series.
In his first year with the Baltimore Orioles, Joe Altobelli, who last managed the San Francisco Giants from 1977-1979, would take over for Earl Weaver who retired to the broadcast booth after a 16 year managerial run from 1968-1982. Earl would come back briefly in 1985-1986 before retiring for good in favor of Cal Ripken Sr. in 1987. Altobelli was blessed with two future hall-of-famers, first-baseman Eddie Murray and shortstop Cal Ripken, Jr. Ripken (27,102, .318) and Murray (33, 111, .306) would finish 1st and 2nd in the MVP voting this year with Cal Jr out-pointing Steady Eddie, 322-290. A year from retirement, Ken Singleton settled into the DH role while the rest of the team were a corps of platoon players. These Orioles would finish 1st in team homeruns (168), 1st in OBP (.340) and 2nd in runs, doubles, and walks.
Age also caught up with Jim Palmer, probably the best pitcher in the history of the Baltimore Orioles, now 37. After winning 15 games in 1982, Palmer would start only 11 in '83 winning 5 against 4 losses. He would win one game in this World Series and would be released by the O's at the beginning of 1984 after struggling early. A younger staff headed by 18-game winner, Scott McGregor (18-7, 3.18) and 25 year-old, Mike Boddicker (16-8, 2.77) were flanked by 21 year-old, Storm Davis (13-7, 3.59) and veteran Mike Flanagan (12-4, 3.30). Dependable Tippy Martinez posted a career high with 21 saves while Sammy Stewart added 9 wins out of the bullpen as the O's pitching led the A.L. in shutouts (15) and was 2nd in wins (98) and ERA (3.63).
The Baltimore Orioles would face the Philadelphia Phillies who were appearing in the World Series for only their 4th time in team history.
The average team age of these 1983 "Wheeze Kid" Phils was 32 years, a contrast to the cast of the "Whiz Kid" 1950 Phillies who averaged 26 years. Wags in Philadelphia joked at the time that this older team even played in Veterans Stadium.
Joining 42 year-old 1st baseman Pete Rose were 1970's Cincinnati Reds teammates, 41 year-old 1st baseman Tony Perez and 39 year-old 2nd baseman Joe Morgan. But the real batting star on this team was 33 year-old Mike Schmidt who would have another MVP-type year with 40 homeruns and 109 RBIs. No other teammate would hit over 16 homeruns (Joe Morgan) or drive in over 64 runs (Bo Diaz).
Veteran pitcher, Steve Carlton had a mediocre year at 15-16 – his first losing season since 1973 when his record was 13-20. In his first full season with Philadelphia, John Denny, would win the Cy Young Award with a league leading 19-6 record, and a 2.37 ERA winning 13 of his last 14 decisions. Closer Al Holland would finish 2nd in the league with 25 saves and win the Rolaids Relief Award. Hanging around for their swan songs were relief pitchers, 40 year-old Ron Reed and 38 year-old Tug “Ya Gotta Believe” McGraw, who probably should-a, but wouldn’t see any World Series action.
The Orioles would win the American League East rather comfortably while the Phillies needed a 22-7 record in September to break open a close eastern divisional race over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Powered by Eddie Murray’s two homeruns, the Baltimore Orioles would quickly dispatch the Philadelphia Phillies in 5 games with manager Joe Altobelli winning the championship in his inaugural season with the O’s matching Earl Weaver who had only one World Series win in his 16 years piloting the team. Catcher Rick Dempsey won the Series MVP award on the strength of doubles that scored the go-ahead run of Game 2 and began the winning rally of Game 3, and then with a home run and double in the decisive game.
| Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance | Time of Game |
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| 1 | Phillies – 2, Orioles – 1 | October 11 | Memorial Stadium (Baltimore) | 52,204 | 2:22 |
| 2 | Phillies – 1, Orioles – 4 | October 12 | Memorial Stadium (Baltimore) | 52,132 | 2:27 |
| 3 | Orioles – 3, Phillies – 2 | October 14 | Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia) | 65,792 | 2:35 |
| 4 | Orioles – 5, Phillies – 4 | October 15 | Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia) | 66,947 | 2:50 |
| 5 | Orioles – 5, Phillies – 0 | October 16 | Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia) | 67,064 | 2:21 |
[edit] Matchups
[edit] Game 1
October 11, 1983 at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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Philadelphia Phillies 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 5 0
Baltimore Orioles 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1
PITCHERS: PHI - Denny, Holland (8)
BAL - McGregor, Stewart (9), T. Martinez (9)
WP - Denny
LP - McGregor
SAVE - Holland
HOME RUNS: PHI - Morgan, Maddox
BAL - Dwyer
ATTENDANCE: 52,204
[edit] Game 2
October 12, 1983 at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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Philadelphia Phillies 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
Baltimore Orioles 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 X 4 9 1
PITCHERS: PHI - Hudson, Hernandez (5), Andersen (6), Reed (8)
BAL - Boddicker
WP - Boddicker
LP - Hudson
SAVE - none
HOME RUNS: PHI - none
BAL - Lowenstein
ATTENDANCE: 52,132
[edit] Game 3
October 14, 1983 at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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Baltimore Orioles 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 6 1
Philadelphia Phillies 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 2
PITCHERS: BAL - Flanagan, Palmer (5), Stewart (7), T. Martinez (9)
PHI - Carlton, Holland (7)
WP - Palmer
LP - Carlton
SAVE - T. Martinez
HOME RUNS: BAL - Ford
PHI - Matthews, Morgan
ATTENDANCE: 65,792
[edit] Game 4
October 15, 1983 at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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Baltimore Orioles 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 5 10 1
Philadelphia Phillies 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 4 10 0
PITCHERS: BAL - Davis, Stewart (6), T. Martinez (8)
PHI - Denny, Hernandez (6), Reed (6), Andersen (8)
WP - Davis
LP - Denny
SAVE - T. Martinez
HOME RUNS: BAL - none
PHI - none
ATTENDANCE: 66,947
[edit] Game 5
October 16, 1983 at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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Baltimore Orioles 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 5 0
Philadelphia Phillies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
PITCHERS: BAL - McGregor
PHI - Hudson, Bystrom (5), Hernandez (6), Reed (9)
WP - McGregor
LP - Hudson
SAVE - none
HOME RUNS: BAL - Murray (2), Dempsey
PHI - none
ATTENDANCE: 67,064
- See also MLB.com's coverage of the fifth game
[edit] Composite Box
1983 World Series (4-1): Baltimore Orioles (A.L.) over Philadelphia Phillies (N.L.)
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| Baltimore Orioles | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 35 | 4 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 31 | 3 |
| Total Attendance: 304,139 Average Attendance: 60,690 | ||||||||||||
| Winning Player’s Share: – $65,488, Losing Player’s Share – $43,280 *Includes Playoffs and World Series | ||||||||||||
[edit] Trivia
- "The I-95 Series" - like the World Series two years later, also took its nickname from the Interstate that it took for the teams and fans to travel on--I-95 in this case.
- The top of the 7th inning of Game 1 was delayed due to ABC's Howard Cosell's interview with President Reagan. Some observers believe that the delay ultimately made Orioles pitcher Scott McGregor cold to the point of him giving up a decisive home run to Garry Maddox. McGregor would eventually redeem himself as he was the winning pitcher (in a complete game) in the clinching Game 5. Ronald Reagan's visit by the way marked the 12th time that a Chief Executive had attended a World Series game.
- This was the last World Series that Bowie Kuhn presided over as commissioner.
- Former Orioles manager Earl Weaver served as a color commentator for ABC's World Series coverage (teaming with Al Michaels and Howard Cosell).
- The 1983 Phillies had the lowest overall batting average (.195) for a World Series team since the 1974 Oakland Athletics.
- The 1983 Philies were nicknamed the "Wheeze Kids" because they had four players who were at least 40 years old. Prior to the 1983 World Series, no team had ever had more than two.
- Joe Morgan, at the age of 40, hit a home run off Scott McGregor in Game 1 becoming the second-oldest man to hit a home run in the World Series. Enos Slaughter was just a few months older than Morgan when he hit one for the New York Yankees in 1956.
- The Orioles' loss in Game 1 marked the first time in six World Series that they had lost the first game.
- Steve Carlton became the first 300-game winner to pitch in a World Series in 55 years (Grover Cleveland Alexander was the last).
- Future Hall of Famers Eddie Murray and Cal Ripken, Jr. batted .161 with exactly one RBI between them through the first four games. Eddie Murray would go on to become the Game 5 hero with two titanic home runs, including the only two-run homer in the series.
- The crowd of 66,947 in Veterans Stadium, was the biggest for the World Series since Game 3 in New York in 1964.
- When the Phillies benched Pete Rose in favor of Tony Pérez in Game 3, it ended a streak in which Rose played every inning of his 59 previous postseason games.
- Pitcher Larry Andersen was the only person to play for the Phillies in the 1983 World Series and the 1993 World Series against Toronto.
- Jim Palmer's win in Game 3 made him the first and (as of September 2006) only pitcher to win a World Series game in three different decades.
- Jim Palmer is the only man to have played with the Orioles in each of their World Series appearances (1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1979, and 1983).
[edit] Quote(s) of the Series
A liner and the Orioles are the World Champions! - Al Michaels calls the last out of the series when Garry Maddox lines out to a future legend named Cal Ripken, Jr.
[edit] Stats
[edit] Baltimore Orioles
[edit] Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In
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[edit] Pitching
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
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[edit] Philadelphia Phillies
[edit] Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In
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[edit] Pitching
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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[edit] Reference(s)
Neft, David S., and Richard M. Cohen. The World Series. 1st ed. New York: St Martins, 1990. (Neft and Cohen 398-401)
[edit] External links
- 1983 World Series at WorldSeries.com (MLB.com)
- 1983 World Series by Baseball Almanac
- The Orioles All Pitched In at SI.com
- History of the World Series - 1983 at SportingNews.com
- 1983 World Series box scores and play-by-play at Retrosheet.org
- Looking Back: 1983 World Series, Part 1 at phillies.theinsiders.com
- Looking Back: 1983 World Series, Part 2 at phillies.theinsiders.com
- Looking Back: Phillies Beat LA in 1983 NLCS at phillies.theinsiders.com
- 1983 Baltimore Orioles at baseballlibrary.com
- 1983 Philadelphia Phillies at baseballlibrary.com
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