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1983 Chicago Cubs (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1982/1984)
71-91, Finished 5th in NL Eastern Division
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Scored 701 runs, Allowed 719 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-83
Managed by Lee Elia and Charlie Fox

Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,479,717 (7th of 12)
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Batting - 104, Pitching - 104
  (one-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 101
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1983 Stats / Schedule / Transactions (1982/1984) / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

November 1, 1982

Ken Kravec granted Free Agency.

November 3, 1982

Traded Mike King (minors) to the Kansas City Royals. Received Jim Wright.

November 10, 1982

Bump Wills granted Free Agency.

November 29, 1982

Purchased Jay Loviglio from the Chicago White Sox.

December 9, 1982

Traded Steve Henderson to the Seattle Mariners. Received Rich Bordi.

December 10, 1982

Signed Wayne Nordhagen as a free agent.

Traded Doug Bird to the Boston Red Sox. Received Chuck Rainey.

Traded Ty Waller to the Chicago White Sox. Received Reggie Patterson.

January 11, 1983

Drafted Dave Martinez in the 3rd round of the 1983 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). Player signed January 13, 1983.

January 14, 1983

Signed Paul Moskau as a free agent.

January 19, 1983

Traded Vance Lovelace and Dan Cataline (minors) to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Ron Cey.

January 25, 1983

Traded Scott Fletcher, Pat Tabler, Randy Martz, and Dick Tidrow to the Chicago White Sox. Received Steve Trout and Warren Brusstar.

February 7, 1983

Traded Butch Benton to the Montreal Expos. Received Jerry Manuel.

February 15, 1983

Purchased Sandy Wihtol from the Cleveland Indians.

March 20, 1983

Released Allen Ripley.

March 27, 1983

Returned Sandy Wihtol to the Cleveland Indians following previous purchase.

March 30, 1983

Purchased Thad Bosley from the Oakland Athletics.

April 1, 1983 (Standings)

Traded a player to be named later and cash to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Steve Lake. The Chicago Cubs sent Rich Buonantony (minors) (October 24, 1983) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

April 2, 1983 (Standings)

Traded Bob Schilling (minors) and Craig Weissman (minors) to the New York Mets. Received Tom Veryzer.

May 22, 1983 (Standings)

Traded Willie Hernandez to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Dick Ruthven and Bill Johnson.

June 6, 1983 (Standings)

Drafted Rich Amaral in the 2nd round of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1983.

Drafted Steve Engel in the 5th round of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1983.

Drafted Jacob Brumfield in the 7th round of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1983.

Drafted Mike Capel in the 13th round of the 1983 amateur draft.

Drafted Jeff King in the 23rd round of the 1983 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

June 9, 1983 (Standings)

Released Wayne Nordhagen.

June 28, 1983 (Standings)

Signed Rick Reuschel as a free agent.

August 1, 1983 (Standings)

Released Junior Kennedy.

August 8, 1983 (Standings)

Released Paul Moskau.

September 26, 1983 (Standings)

Traded Jim Adamczak (minors) and Mitch Cook (minors) to the New York Mets. Received Terry Leach.

September 30, 1983 (Standings)

Selected Mike Chris off waivers from the San Francisco Giants.

Released Jerry Morales.

October 15, 1983 (Standings)

Scot Thompson granted Free Agency.

November 20, 1983

Jay Loviglio granted Free Agency.

December 5, 1983

Drafted Johnny Abrego from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1983 rule 5 draft.

December 7, 1983

As part of a 3-team trade, traded Carmelo Martinez, Craig Lefferts, and Fritzie Connally to the San Diego Padres. Received Scott Sanderson from the Montreal Expos. In addition, the San Diego Padres sent Gary Lucas to the Montreal Expos and the Montreal Expos sent Al Newman to the San Diego Padres.

January 5, 1984

Signed Richie Hebner as a free agent.

January 17, 1984

Drafted Damon Berryhill in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft. Player signed June 2, 1984.

March 19, 1984

Released Fergie Jenkins.

March 23, 1984

Released Mike Chris.

March 26, 1984

Traded a player to be named later and Stan Kyles (minors) to the Oakland Athletics. Received Tim Stoddard. The Chicago Cubs sent Stan Boderick (minors) (March 31, 1984) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.

Traded Bill Campbell and Mike Diaz to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Gary Matthews, Bob Dernier, and Porfi Altamirano.

March 31, 1984

Traded Alan Hargesheimer to the Kansas City Royals. Received Don Werner and Derek Botelho.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

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