1983 Texas Rangers season

The Texas Rangers 1983 season involved the Rangers finishing 3rd in the American League West with a record of 77 wins and 85 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

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.^[1]

Roster

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

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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
• Bill Stein, Batting Average, .310
• George Wright, Hits, 175

Farm system

Notes

References

• 1983 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference
• 1983 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6. 

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