1983 Philadelphia Phillies season

1983 Philadelphia Phillies
1983 Philadelphia Phillies
1983 National League Champions; 1983 NL East Champions
Division	Eastern Division
Ballpark	Veterans Stadium
City	Philadelphia
Owners	Bill Giles
Managers	Pat Corrales, Paul Owens
Television	WTAF; PRISM
Radio	WCAU; (Harry Kalas, Richie Ashburn, Andy Musser, Chris Wheeler)

The 1983 Philadelphia Phillies season involved the Phillies winning the National League East Division title with a record of 90–72, by a margin of six games over the Pittsburgh Pirates. As the Phillies were celebrating their centennial season, they defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers, three games to one in the National League Championship Series, before losing the World Series to the Baltimore Orioles, four games to one. The Phils were managed by Pat Corrales (43–42) and Paul Owens (47–30), as they played their home games at Veterans Stadium.

Offseason

November 4, 1982: Willie Montañez was released by the Phillies.^[1]
December 9, 1982: Manny Trillo, Jay Baller, Julio Franco, George Vukovich, and Jerry Willard were traded by the Phillies to the Cleveland Indians for Von Hayes.^[2]
December 14, 1982: Mike Krukow, Mark Davis, and Charles Penigar (minors) were traded by the Phillies to the San Francisco Giants for Joe Morgan and Al Holland.^[3]
January 13, 1983: Rowland Office was released by the Phillies.^[4]
January 31, 1983: Tony Pérez was signed as a free agent with the Phillies.^[5]
March 1, 1983: Kiko Garcia was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.^[6]

Wheeze Kids

The 1983 Phillies were nicknamed the "Wheeze Kids" because of the numerous veteran players on the team. The 1950 National League pennant winning Phillies had been nicknamed the "Whiz Kids" due to their youth; stars Richie Ashburn, Robin Roberts, Willie Jones, Del Ennis, and Granny Hamner were all 25-years old or younger. Prior to the 1983 season, the Phillies acquired Morgan, age 39 and Tony Pérez, age 40, to compliment Pete Rose, age 41, and as Morgan told Sports Illustrated in March 1983, "...help win them a world championship." ^[7] At the time, the Phillies also had Ron Reed, 40, Bill Robinson, 39, Steve Carlton, 38, and Tug McGraw, 38. Philadelphia Daily News sportswriter Stan Hochman gave them the Wheeze Kids nickname^[8] and it was quickly adopted and used by Phillies president Bill Giles. By the 1983 World Series, the moniker was commonly used to refer to the team.

Regular season

Season chronology

April 13: Bo Díaz hit an ultimate grand slam home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Phillies a 10–9 win over the New York Mets.
May 1: On the 100th anniversary of their first game, the Phillies defeated the Houston Astros, 11–3, at Veterans Stadium. Tony Pérez drove in 5 runs. Johnny Enzmann, 93 years old and the then-living oldest former Phillies player threw out the first-pitch prior to the game.^[9]
June 7: Steve Carlton temporarily passed Nolan Ryan as the all-time strikeout leader with 3,526 strikeouts to Ryan's 3,524.^[10]
June 25: Kevin Gross was the winning pitcher in his major league debut. The Phillies defeated the Mets, 4–2, at Shea Stadium.
July 17: The Phillies lost to the Cincinnati Reds, 5–2. It is the last game for manager Pat Corrales, who was fired despite the team being in first place in the National League East. He was replaced by Paul Owens.
August 1: Steve Carlton struck out 12 batters in a 2–1 win over the Chicago Cubs. Joe Carter drove in the Cubs' run with his first major league hit.
August 6: A single by Von Hayes scored Joe Morgan in the 11th inning, giving the Phillies a 1–0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. This put the Phillies back into first place, one-half game ahead of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
August 26: The Phillies defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers, 4–1, at Veterans Stadium. It was their only win against the Dodgers all season.
September 18: The Phillies took over first place for good with a 5–3 win over the Cardinals. Mike Schmidt drove in his 100th run of the season with a first-inning home run. Joe Lefebvre followed Schmidt with a home run of his own.
September 23: Steve Carlton won his 300th career game, defeating his former team, the Cardinals.^[11]
September 28: The Phillies became National League East champions with a 13–6 win over the Cubs at Wrigley Field. The clincher was also the 7000th victory for the Phillies in their history.

Season standings

v t e NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Phillies	90	72	0.556	—	50–31	40–41
Pittsburgh Pirates	84	78	0.519	6	41–40	43–38
Montreal Expos	82	80	0.506	8	46–35	36–45
St. Louis Cardinals	79	83	0.488	11	44–37	35–46
Chicago Cubs	71	91	0.438	19	43–38	28–53
New York Mets	68	94	0.420	22	41–41	27–53

Notable transactions

May 22, 1983: Dick Ruthven and Bill Johnson were traded by the Phillies to the Chicago Cubs for Willie Hernández.^[12]
May 22, 1983: Sid Monge was traded by the Phillies to the San Diego Padres for Joe Lefebvre.^[13]
June 17, 1983: Jim Rasmussen (minors) and Kelly Faulk (minors) were traded by the Phillies to the New York Yankees for Dave Wehrmeister.^[14]
August 31, 1983: The Phillies traded players to be named later to the San Diego Padres for Sixto Lezcano and a player to be named later. The Phillies completed their part of the deal by sending Marty Decker, Ed Wojna, Lance McCullers, and Darren Burroughs (minors) to the Padres on September 20. The Padres completed their part of the deal by sending Steve Fireovid to the Phillies on October 11.^[15]

Draft picks

June 6, 1983: 1983 Major League Baseball Draft
- Ricky Jordan was drafted by the Phillies in the 1st round (22nd pick). Player signed June 28, 1983.^[16]
June 6, 1983: Mike Henneman was drafted by the Phillies in the 2nd round of the Secondary Phase, but did not sign.^[17]

Game log

Legend
	Phillies win
	Phillies loss
	Phillies tie
	Postponement
Bold	Phillies team member

1983 Game Log^[18]
Overall Record: 90–72–1

April (11–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 5	@ Mets	0–2	Doug Sisk (1–0)	Steve Carlton (0–1)	None	46,687	0–1
2	April 7	@ Mets	2–6	Craig Swan (1–0)	John Denny (0–1)	Neil Allen (1)	5,730	0–2
3	April 8	@ Giants	2–3	Fred Breining (1–0)	Larry Christenson (0–1)	Greg Minton (1)	13,624	0–3
4	April 9	@ Giants	5–4	Sid Monge (1–0)	Mike Krukow (0–2)	Ron Reed (1)	13,937	1–3
5	April 10	@ Giants	10–2	Steve Carlton (1–1)	Bill Laskey (0–2)	None	20,988	2–3
6	April 12	Mets	4–3 (10)	Ron Reed (1–0)	Neil Allen (0–1)	None	31,236	3–3
7	April 13	Mets	10–9	Porfi Altamirano (1–0)	Neil Allen (0–2)	None	20,228	4–3
–	April 15	Braves	Postponed (rain); Makeup: July 12 as a traditional double-header
8	April 16	Braves	8–4	Steve Carlton (2–1)	Phil Niekro (0–1)	None	17,557	5–3
9	April 17	Braves	1–3	Pascual Pérez (3–0)	Ed Farmer (0–1)	Gene Garber (2)	27,522	5–4
10	April 18	Cubs	8–2	John Denny (1–1)	Paul Moskau (0–1)	None	13,832	6–4
–	April 19	Cubs	Postponed (rain); Makeup: July 30 as a traditional double-header
11	April 20	Cubs	2–0	Steve Carlton (3–1)	Chuck Rainey (0–3)	None	11,271	7–4
12	April 22	@ Astros	6–3	Sid Monge (2–0)	Nolan Ryan (1–1)	Ron Reed (2)	32,130	8–4
13	April 23	@ Astros	7–3	John Denny (2–1)	Joe Niekro (0–2)	None	22,790	9–4
14	April 24	@ Astros	2–3 (11)	Mike Madden (1–0)	Ron Reed (1–1)	None	9,344	9–5
15	April 26	@ Braves	4–10	Pascual Pérez (4–0)	Larry Christenson (0–2)	Terry Forster (2)	22,511	9–6
16	April 27	@ Braves	6–2	Dick Ruthven (1–0)	Phil Niekro (0–2)	None	20,341	10–6
17	April 29	Astros	3–6 (10)	Frank LaCorte (2–2)	Steve Carlton (3–2)	Bill Dawley (1)	30,067	10–7
18	April 30	Astros	8–0	John Denny (3–1)	Mike LaCoss (0–2)	None	24,845	11–7

May (9–13)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
19	May 1	Astros	11–3	Larry Christenson (1–2)	Bob Knepper (1–3)	None	27,968	12–7
20	May 2	Reds	2–5	Ted Power (1–0)	Dick Ruthven (1–1)	None	18,587	12–8
21	May 3	Reds	13–7	Sid Monge (3–0)	Frank Pastore (2–4)	None	18,634	13–8
22	May 4	Reds	9–4	Steve Carlton (4–2)	Rich Gale (3–1)	None	22,619	14–8
23	May 6	@ Expos	5–2	Ron Reed (2–1)	Bryn Smith (0–1)	None	25,178	15–8
24	May 7	@ Expos	2–3	Bill Gullickson (3–3)	Porfi Altamirano (1–1)	None	25,191	15–9
–	May 8	@ Expos	Postponed (rain); Makeup: June 21 as a traditional double-header
25	May 10	@ Reds	3–1	Steve Carlton (5–2)	Ted Power (1–1)	None	18,694	16–9
26	May 11	@ Reds	0–2	Mario Soto (4–2)	John Denny (3–2)	None	16,337	16–10
27	May 12	@ Cubs	3–6	Chuck Rainey (3–3)	Dick Ruthven (1–2)	Bill Campbell (1)	8,162	16–11
28	May 13	@ Cubs	2–10	Steve Trout (2–5)	Larry Christenson (1–3)	None	11,254	16–12
–	May 14	@ Cubs	Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 16 as a traditional double-header
29	May 15	@ Cubs	5–3 (10)	Steve Carlton (6–2)	Lee Smith (0–2)	Ron Reed (3)	19,467	17–12
30	May 17	Giants	2–1	John Denny (4–2)	Andy McGaffigan (2–4)	Al Holland (1)	21,123	18–12
31	May 18	Giants	1–8	Mike Krukow (2–2)	Dick Ruthven (1–3)	Greg Minton (5)	20,987	18–13
32	May 20	Padres	0–5	Andy Hawkins (3–2)	Steve Carlton (6–3)	None	26,607	18–14
–	May 21	Padres	Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 30 as a traditional double-header
–	May 22	Padres	Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 29 as a traditional double-header
33	May 23	Dodgers	0–2	Fernando Valenzuela (5–2)	John Denny (4–3)	None	24,249	18–15
34	May 24	Dodgers	0–3	Alejandro Peña (5–1)	Larry Christenson (1–4)	None	24,016	18–16
35	May 25	Dodgers	1–6	Burt Hooton (2–2)	Marty Bystrom (0–1)	Dave Stewart (5)	22,735	18–17
36	May 27	Expos	4–7	Scott Sanderson (4–4)	Steve Carlton (6–4)	Jeff Reardon (5)	25,573	18–18
37	May 28	Expos	5–3	Willie Hernández (2–0)	Jeff Reardon (2–2)	None	30,608	19–18
38	May 29	Expos	5–2	Larry Christenson (2–4)	Bill Gullickson (4–6)	Al Holland (2)	18,875	20–18
39	May 30	@ Dodgers	2–5	Burt Hooton (3–2)	Marty Bystrom (0–2)	None	42,184	20–19
40	May 31	@ Dodgers	1–4	Jerry Reuss (6–3)	Charles Hudson (0–1)	None	32,784	20–20

June (14–15–1)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
41	June 1	@ Dodgers	0–1	Bob Welch (4–4)	Steve Carlton (6–5)	None	39,319	20–21
42	June 2	@ Padres	1–4	Dave Dravecky (8–3)	Ed Farmer (0–2)	None	14,474	20–22
43	June 3	@ Padres	5–8	Gary Lucas (2–3)	Ed Farmer (0–3)	None	18,211	20–23
44	June 4	@ Padres	4–5	John Montefusco (4–1)	Marty Bystrom (0–3)	Sid Monge (1)	33,982	20–24
45	June 5	@ Padres	2–1	Al Holland (1–0)	Ed Whitson (0–3)	None	21,876	21–24
46	June 7	Cardinals	1–2	Bob Forsch (4–4)	Steve Carlton (6–6)	None	34,274	21–25
47	June 8	Cardinals	7–4	Al Holland (2–0)	Bruce Sutter (4–3)	None	23,531	22–25
48	June 9	Cardinals	6–5 (11)	Ron Reed (3–1)	Dave Von Ohlen (1–1)	None	27,764	23–25
49	June 10	Pirates	3–4 (12)	Kent Tekulve (2–1)	Ed Farmer (0–4)	None	31,092	23–26
50	June 11	Pirates	9–7	Steve Carlton (7–6)	Rod Scurry (2–4)	Al Holland (3)	34,820	24–26
51	June 12	Pirates	5–4 (11)	Ron Reed (4–1)	Rod Scurry (2–5)	None	37,154	25–26
52	June 13	@ Cardinals	6–2	Marty Bystrom (1–3)	Dave LaPoint (4–3)	Willie Hernández (2)	32,686	26–26
53	June 14	@ Cardinals	4–5	Bruce Sutter (6–3)	Porfi Altamirano (1–2)	None	28,813	26–27
54	June 15	@ Cardinals	6–7	Kevin Hagen (1–0)	Steve Carlton (7–7)	Bruce Sutter (5)	37,368	26–28
55	June 17	@ Pirates	1–2	John Candelaria (5–6)	John Denny (4–4)	Kent Tekulve (6)	19,814	26–29
56	June 18	@ Pirates	6–4	Marty Bystrom (2–3)	Rick Rhoden (3–7)	None	26,662	27–29
57	June 19	@ Pirates	14–2	Charles Hudson (1–1)	Larry McWilliams (7–5)	None	19,369	28–29
58	June 20	@ Expos	0–5	Ray Burris (3–2)	Steve Carlton (7–8)	None	24,171	28–30
59	June 21 (1)	@ Expos	8–1	John Denny (5–4)	Scott Sanderson (4–5)	Willie Hernández (3)	see 2nd game	29–30
60	June 21 (2)	@ Expos	4–5 (12)	Jeff Reardon (3–4)	Porfi Altamirano (1–3)	None	38,222	29–31
61	June 22	@ Expos	0–4	Charlie Lea (5–3)	Marty Bystrom (2–4)	None	24,607	29–32
62	June 23	@ Expos	3–4	Bill Gullickson (7–8)	Charles Hudson (1–2)	Jeff Reardon (11)	31,069	29–33
63	June 24	@ Mets	6–3	Steve Carlton (8–8)	Craig Swan (1–4)	Al Holland (4)	20,093	30–33
64	June 25	@ Mets	4–2	Kevin Gross (1–0)	Walt Terrell (1–1)	Willie Hernández (4)	24,551	31–33
65	June 26 (1)	@ Mets	8–4	Tug McGraw (1–0)	Tom Seaver (5–7)	Al Holland (5)	see 2nd game	32–33
66	June 26 (2)	@ Mets	1–5	Mike Torrez (5–8)	Ed Farmer (0–5)	None	37,922	32–34
67	June 28	Expos	5–5 (11)	None	None	None	32,181	32–34–1
68	June 29 (1)	Expos	2–5	Steve Rogers (11–3)	Steve Carlton (8–9)	None	see 2nd game	32–35–1
69	June 29 (2)	Expos	3–2	Charles Hudson (2–2)	Scott Sanderson (4–6)	Al Holland (6)	32,141	33–35–1
70	June 30	Expos	3–1	Kevin Gross (2–0)	Ray Burris (3–3)	Willie Hernández (5)	35,393	34–35–1

July (17–13)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
71	July 1	Mets	5–1	John Denny (6–4)	Tom Seaver (5–8)	None	26,987	35–35–1
72	July 2 (1)	Mets	6–5	Al Holland (3–0)	Jesse Orosco (4–4)	None	see 2nd game	36–35–1
73	July 2 (2)	Mets	3–4	Ed Lynch (6–3)	Ed Farmer (0–6)	Doug Sisk (7)	40,045	36–36–1
74	July 3	Mets	6–4	Willie Hernández (3–0)	Doug Sisk (2–2)	None	32,962	37–36–1
75	July 4	Mets	4–0	Steve Carlton (9–9)	Walt Terrell (1–3)	None	52,710	38–36–1
–	July 6	1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Comiskey Park in Chicago
76	July 8	@ Reds	1–3	Joe Price (7–5)	John Denny (6–5)	Bill Scherrer (6)	23,711	38–37–1
77	July 9	@ Reds	1–2	Tom Hume (1–3)	Willie Hernández (3–1)	None	32,511	38–38–1
78	July 10	@ Reds	2–0	Marty Bystrom (3–4)	Mario Soto (9–8)	Al Holland (7)	21,923	39–38–1
79	July 11	@ Reds	11–7 (11)	Al Holland (4–0)	Tom Hume (1–4)	None	17,113	40–38–1
80	July 12 (1)	Braves	4–1	John Denny (7–5)	Ken Dayley (2–1)	Al Holland (8)	see 2nd game	41–38–1
81	July 12 (2)	Braves	7–6	Willie Hernández (4–1)	Steve Bedrosian (5–3)	None	32,491	42–38–1
82	July 13	Braves	2–5	Craig McMurtry (10–5)	Steve Carlton (9–10)	None	27,762	42–39–1
83	July 14	Braves	2–5	Steve Bedrosian (6–3)	Willie Hernández (4–2)	Terry Forster (9)	26,784	42–40–1
84	July 15	Reds	2–3	Mario Soto (10–8)	Charles Hudson (2–3)	None	27,797	42–41–1
85	July 16	Reds	9–3	John Denny (8–5)	Bruce Berenyi (4–10)	None	29,209	43–41–1
86	July 17	Reds	2–5	Frank Pastore (4–8)	Kevin Gross (2–1)	None	38,519	43–42–1
87	July 18	Astros	2–8	Joe Niekro (8–7)	Steve Carlton (9–11)	None	23,024	43–43–1
88	July 19	Astros	3–7	Bob Knepper (4–9)	Marty Bystrom (3–5)	Frank DiPino (10)	23,851	43–44–1
89	July 20	Astros	10–3	Charles Hudson (3–3)	Mike Scott (4–5)	None	21,052	44–44–1
90	July 21	@ Braves	10–6	John Denny (9–5)	Rick Camp (7–8)	None	29,316	45–44–1
91	July 22	@ Braves	1–6	Craig McMurtry (11–5)	Kevin Gross (2–2)	None	40,481	45–45–1
92	July 23	@ Braves	5–6	Rick Camp (8–8)	Willie Hernández (4–3)	None	36,501	45–46–1
93	July 24	@ Braves	4–12	Pascual Pérez (11–2)	Marty Bystrom (3–6)	None	29,406	45–47–1
94	July 26	@ Astros	1–0	Charles Hudson (4–3)	Nolan Ryan (9–4)	Al Holland (9)	25,954	46–47–1
95	July 27	@ Astros	3–1	John Denny (10–5)	Joe Niekro (8–8)	Willie Hernández (6)	18,781	47–47–1
96	July 28	@ Astros	6–5	Ron Reed (5–1)	Mike LaCoss (4–7)	Al Holland (10)	19,948	48–47–1
97	July 29	Cubs	3–2	Al Holland (5–0)	Lee Smith (4–6)	None	32,445	49–47–1
98	July 30 (1)	Cubs	3–4	Bill Campbell (3–6)	Willie Hernández (4–4)	Lee Smith (15)	see 2nd game	49–48–1
99	July 30 (2)	Cubs	4–3	Charles Hudson (5–3)	Steve Trout (8–9)	Al Holland (11)	44,332	50–48–1
100	July 31	Cubs	5–2	John Denny (11–5)	Dick Ruthven (7–9)	Willie Hernández (7)	36,011	51–48–1

August (16–16)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
101	August 1	Cubs	2–1	Steve Carlton (10–11)	Bill Campbell (3–7)	None	27,739	52–48–1
102	August 2	@ Pirates	3–10	Larry McWilliams (11–5)	Kevin Gross (2–3)	None	25,130	52–49–1
103	August 3	@ Pirates	2–7	John Candelaria (11–6)	Marty Bystrom (3–7)	Kent Tekulve (12)	23,070	52–50–1
104	August 4	@ Pirates	5–1	Charles Hudson (6–3)	Rick Rhoden (8–9)	Al Holland (12)	20,574	53–50–1
105	August 5	@ Cardinals	10–7	John Denny (12–5)	John Stuper (7–8)	Ron Reed (4)	32,903	54–50–1
106	August 6	@ Cardinals	1–0 (11)	Al Holland (6–0)	Bruce Sutter (8–7)	None	42,469	55–50–1
107	August 7	@ Cardinals	5–2	Marty Bystrom (4–7)	Neil Allen (7–11)	Ron Reed (5)	46,373	56–50–1
108	August 8	Pirates	14–5	Charles Hudson (7–3)	John Candelaria (11–7)	None	38,080	57–50–1
109	August 9	Pirates	1–3	Kent Tekulve (6–2)	Al Holland (6–1)	None	37,719	57–51–1
110	August 10	Pirates	4–2	Steve Carlton (11–11)	José DeLeón (2–2)	Al Holland (13)	38,705	58–51–1
111	August 12	Cardinals	5–2	Marty Bystrom (5–7)	Neil Allen (7–12)	Willie Hernández (8)	33,521	59–51–1
112	August 13	Cardinals	2–6	Dave LaPoint (10–7)	Charles Hudson (7–4)	None	40,541	59–52–1
113	August 14	Cardinals	5–1	John Denny (13–5)	Bob Forsch (7–11)	None	42,787	60–52–1
114	August 15	@ Cubs	5–0	Steve Carlton (12–11)	Steve Trout (9–10)	None	23,361	61–52–1
115	August 16 (1)	@ Cubs	1–10	Dick Ruthven (9–9)	Marty Bystrom (5–8)	None	see 2nd game	61–53–1
116	August 16 (2)	@ Cubs	6–2	Willie Hernández (5–4)	Mike Proly (1–5)	Al Holland (14)	28,124	62–53–1
117	August 17	@ Padres	4–5	Eric Show (12–8)	Charles Hudson (7–5)	Gary Lucas (13)	14,657	62–54–1
118	August 18	@ Padres	4–2 (10)	Al Holland (7–1)	Gary Lucas (4–7)	Ron Reed (6)	9,755	63–54–1
119	August 19	@ Dodgers	0–3	Alejandro Peña (10–6)	Steve Carlton (12–12)	None	45,633	63–55–1
120	August 20	@ Dodgers	3–4	Fernando Valenzuela (13–6)	Marty Bystrom (5–9)	Steve Howe (15)	48,986	63–56–1
121	August 21	@ Dodgers	0–6	Rick Honeycutt (15–8)	Kevin Gross (2–4)	None	42,946	63–57–1
122	August 22	@ Giants	5–11	Bill Laskey (13–10)	Charles Hudson (7–6)	Gary Lavelle (15)	16,048	63–58–1
123	August 23	@ Giants	1–3	Mike Krukow (9–7)	Al Holland (7–2)	Greg Minton (15)	6,885	63–59–1
124	August 24	@ Giants	3–5	Renie Martin (2–4)	Steve Carlton (12–13)	None	14,317	63–60–1
125	August 26	Dodgers	4–1	Kevin Gross (3–4)	Fernando Valenzuela (13–7)	Al Holland (15)	40,427	64–60–1
126	August 27	Dodgers	1–6	Rick Honeycutt (16–8)	Charles Hudson (7–7)	None	43,482	64–61–1
127	August 28	Dodgers	3–8	Jerry Reuss (9–10)	John Denny (13–6)	None	34,442	64–62–1
128	August 29 (1)	Padres	5–6	Luis DeLeón (4–5)	Steve Carlton (12–14)	None	see 2nd game	64–63–1
129	August 29 (2)	Padres	8–6	Steve Comer (1–0)	Sid Monge (5–2)	Al Holland (16)	25,789	65–63–1
130	August 30 (1)	Padres	6–0	Kevin Gross (4–4)	Andy Hawkins (3–6)	None	see 2nd game	66–63–1
131	August 30 (2)	Padres	5–7	Ed Whitson (3–7)	Tug McGraw (1–1)	Luis DeLeón (12)	27,790	66–64–1
132	August 31	Padres	4–3	Al Holland (8–2)	Elías Sosa (1–3)	None	21,547	67–64–1

September (22–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
133	September 1	Giants	4–2	Tony Ghelfi (1–0)	Atlee Hammaker (10–8)	Al Holland (17)	16,022	68–64–1
134	September 2	Giants	5–3	Ron Reed (6–1)	Gary Lavelle (6–4)	None	22,916	69–64–1
135	September 3	Giants	4–5	Mike Krukow (10–8)	Steve Carlton (12–15)	Greg Minton (17)	26,529	69–65–1
136	September 4	Giants	4–10	Andy McGaffigan (3–9)	Kevin Gross (4–5)	Greg Minton (18)	24,385	69–66–1
137	September 5	@ Mets	5–6	Jesse Orosco (13–5)	Al Holland (8–3)	None	8,474	69–67–1
138	September 6	@ Mets	2–0	Tug McGraw (2–1)	Ron Darling (0–1)	Al Holland (18)	8,863	70–67–1
139	September 7	@ Mets	6–1	John Denny (14–6)	Walt Terrell (6–7)	None	8,791	71–67–1
140	September 9	@ Pirates	4–3 (13)	Willie Hernández (6–4)	Jim Bibby (4–12)	None	24,304	72–67–1
141	September 10	@ Pirates	5–6 (10)	Kent Tekulve (7–4)	Al Holland (8–4)	None	26,246	72–68–1
142	September 11	@ Pirates	5–3	Ron Reed (7–1)	Cecilio Guante (2–4)	None	19,130	73–68–1
143	September 12	Mets	2–1	John Denny (15–6)	Ron Darling (0–2)	Al Holland (19)	10,257	74–68–1
144	September 13	Mets	1–5	Walt Terrell (7–7)	Tony Ghelfi (1–1)	None	15,635	74–69–1
145	September 14 (1)	Expos	9–5	Steve Carlton (13–15)	Bryn Smith (4–10)	None	see 2nd game	75–69–1
146	September 14 (2)	Expos	5–0	Marty Bystrom (6–9)	Ray Burris (4–7)	None	30,731	76–69–1
147	September 15	Expos	1–4	Bill Gullickson (15–11)	Kevin Gross (4–6)	Bob James (4)	25,047	76–70–1
148	September 16	Cardinals	3–2 (13)	Willie Hernández (7–4)	Steve Baker (3–4)	None	30,069	77–70–1
149	September 17	Cardinals	4–1	John Denny (16–6)	Danny Cox (2–5)	Al Holland (20)	23,467	78–70–1
150	September 18	Cardinals	5–3	Steve Carlton (14–15)	Joaquín Andújar (6–15)	Al Holland (21)	30,915	79–70–1
151	September 19	Cubs	7–6	Ron Reed (8–1)	Lee Smith (4–10)	Al Holland (22)	21,289	80–70–1
152	September 20	Cubs	8–5	Willie Hernández (8–4)	Reggie Patterson (0–1)	Ron Reed (7)	20,312	81–70–1
–	September 21	@ Expos	Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 22 as a traditional double-header
153	September 22 (1)	@ Expos	9–7	John Denny (17–6)	Charlie Lea (15–10)	Al Holland (23)	see 2nd game	82–70–1
154	September 22 (2)	@ Expos	7–1	Charles Hudson (8–7)	Steve Rogers (17–11)	None	47,364	83–70–1
155	September 23	@ Cardinals	6–2	Steve Carlton (15–15)	Joaquín Andújar (6–16)	None	27,266	84–70–1
156	September 24	@ Cardinals	9–6	Ron Reed (9–1)	Bruce Sutter (9–10)	None	27,441	85–70–1
157	September 25	@ Cardinals	6–5 (10)	Larry Andersen (1–0)	Jeff Lahti (3–3)	Al Holland (24)	20,029	86–70–1
158	September 26	@ Cubs	5–2	John Denny (18–6)	Chuck Rainey (14–12)	Ron Reed (8)	3,137	87–70–1
159	September 27	@ Cubs	0–3	Steve Trout (10–14)	Steve Carlton (15–16)	Lee Smith (29)	6,593	87–71–1
160	September 28	@ Cubs	13–6	Willie Hernández (9–4)	Dick Ruthven (13–12)	None	7,680	88–71–1
161	September 30	Pirates	2–1	John Denny (19–6)	Larry McWilliams (15–8)	Al Holland (25)	26,685	89–71–1

October (1–1)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
162	October 1	Pirates	5–3	Porfi Altamirano (2–3)	Cecilio Guante (2–6)	Don Carman (1)	34,763	90–71–1
163	October 2	Pirates	0–4	Lee Tunnell (11–6)	Charles Hudson (8–8)	None	33,284	90–72–1

Roster

1983 Philadelphia Phillies

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

26 Bob Molinaro

Manager

5 Pat Corrales
5 Paul Owens

Coaches

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	Bo Díaz	136	471	111	.236	15	64
1B	Pete Rose	151	493	121	.245	0	45
2B	Joe Morgan	123	404	93	.230	16	59
3B	Mike Schmidt	154	534	136	.255	40	109
SS	Iván DeJesús	158	497	126	.254	4	45
LF	Gary Matthews	132	446	115	.258	10	50
CF	Garry Maddox	97	324	89	.275	4	32
RF	Von Hayes	124	351	93	.265	6	32

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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
Joe Lefebvre	101	258	80	.310	8	38
Tony Pérez	91	253	61	.241	6	43
Greg Gross	136	245	74	.302	0	29
Bob Dernier	122	221	51	.231	1	15
Ozzie Virgil	55	140	30	.214	6	23
Kiko Garcia	84	118	34	.288	2	9
Len Matuszek	28	80	22	.275	4	16
Larry Milbourne	41	66	16	.242	0	4
Juan Samuel	18	65	18	.277	2	5
Sixto Lezcano	18	39	11	.282	0	7
Bob Molinaro	19	18	2	.111	1	3
Steve Jeltz	13	8	1	.125	0	1
Bill Robinson	10	7	1	.143	0	2
Alejandro Sánchez	8	7	2	.286	0	2
Luis Aguayo	2	4	1	.250	0	0
Jeff Stone	9	4	3	.750	0	3
Darren Daulton	2	3	1	.333	0	0
Tim Corcoran	3	0	0	——	0	0

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Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Steve Carlton	37	283.2	15	16	3.11	275
Kevin Gross	17	96	4	6	3.56	66

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Al Holland	68	8	4	25	2.26	100
Porfi Altamirano	31	2	3	0	3.70	24
Larry Andersen	17	1	0	0	2.39	14
Ed Farmer	12	0	6	0	6.08	16

Post-season

National League Championship Series

Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Philadelphia Phillies

Phillies win the Series, 3–1

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Philadelphia – 1, Los Angeles – 0	October 4	Dodger Stadium	49,963
2	Philadelphia – 1, Los Angeles – 4	October 5	Dodger Stadium	55,967
3	Los Angeles – 2, Philadelphia – 7	October 7	Veterans Stadium	53,490
4	Los Angeles – 2, Philadelphia – 7	October 8	Veterans Stadium	64,494

Postseason game log

Legend
	Phillies win
	Phillies loss
	Postponement
Bold	Phillies team member

1983 Postseason Game Log^[18]
Overall Record: 4–5

National League Championship Series (3–1)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	October 4	@ Dodgers	1–0	Steve Carlton (1–0)	Jerry Reuss (0–1)	Al Holland (1)	49,963	1–0
2	October 5	@ Dodgers	1–4	Fernando Valenzuela (1–0)	John Denny (0–1)	Tom Niedenfuer (1)	55,967	1–1
3	October 7	Dodgers	7–2	Charles Hudson (1–0)	Bob Welch (0–1)	None	53,490	2–1
4	October 8	Dodgers	7–2	Steve Carlton (2–0)	Jerry Reuss (0–2)	None	64,494	3–1

World Series (1–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
5	October 11	@ Orioles	2–1	John Denny (1–1)	Scott McGregor (0–2)	Al Holland (2)	52,204	1–0
6	October 12	@ Orioles	1–4	Mike Boddicker (2–0)	Charles Hudson (1–1)	None	52,132	1–1
7	October 14	Orioles	2–3	Jim Palmer (1–0)	Steve Carlton (2–1)	Tippy Martinez (1)	65,792	1–2
8	October 15	Orioles	4–5	Storm Davis (1–0)	John Denny (1–2)	Tippy Martinez (2)	66,947	1–3
9	October 16	Orioles	0–5	Scott McGregor (1–2)	Charles Hudson (1–2)	None	67,064	1–4

World Series

AL Baltimore Orioles (4) vs. NL Philadelphia Phillies (1)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance	Time of Game
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

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Portland Beavers	Pacific Coast League	John Felske
AA	Reading Phillies	Eastern League	Bill Dancy
A	Peninsula Pilots	Carolina League	Tony Taylor
A	Spartanburg Spinners	South Atlantic League	Roly de Armas
Short-Season A	Bend Phillies	Northwest League	Jay Ward
Rookie	Helena Phillies	Pioneer League	Ron Smith

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Portland

Notes

^ Willie Montañez page at Baseball Reference
^ Manny Trillo page at Baseball Reference
^ Mike Krukow page at Baseball Reference
^ Rowland Office page at Baseball Reference
^ Tony Pérez page at Baseball Reference
^ Kiko Garcia page at Baseball Reference
^ Steve Wulf (March 14, 1983). "In Philadelphia, They're The Wheeze Kids". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
^ Stan Hochman (December 21, 2010). "One nickname for Phillies' aces rises to top". Philadelphia Daily News. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
^ "Phillies begin 100-year celebration". Gettsyburg Times. May 3, 1983. p. 11. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
^ Box Score of Game played on Tuesday, June 7, 1983 at Veteran's Stadium
^ Steve Carlton | The Baseball Page
^ Willie Hernández page at Baseball Reference
^ Joe Lefebvre page at Baseball Reference
^ Dave Wehrmeister page at Baseball Reference
^ Steve Fireovid page at Baseball Reference
^ Ricky Jordan page at Baseball Reference
^ Mike Henneman page at Baseball Reference
^ ^a ^b "1983 Philadelphia Phillies Schedule, Box Scores and Splits". Baseball-Reference.com.
^ ^a ^b 1983 Philadelphia Phillies Statistics and Roster - Baseball-Reference.com

References

[1] Willie Montañez page at Baseball Reference

[2] Manny Trillo page at Baseball Reference

[3] Mike Krukow page at Baseball Reference

[4] Rowland Office page at Baseball Reference

[5] Tony Pérez page at Baseball Reference

[6] Kiko Garcia page at Baseball Reference

[7] Steve Wulf (March 14, 1983). "In Philadelphia, They're The Wheeze Kids". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 21, 2010.

[8] Stan Hochman (December 21, 2010). "One nickname for Phillies' aces rises to top". Philadelphia Daily News. Retrieved December 21, 2010.

[9] "Phillies begin 100-year celebration". Gettsyburg Times. May 3, 1983. p. 11. Retrieved December 21, 2010.

[10] Box Score of Game played on Tuesday, June 7, 1983 at Veteran's Stadium

[11] Steve Carlton | The Baseball Page

[12] Willie Hernández page at Baseball Reference

[13] Joe Lefebvre page at Baseball Reference

[14] Dave Wehrmeister page at Baseball Reference

[15] Steve Fireovid page at Baseball Reference

[16] Ricky Jordan page at Baseball Reference

[17] Mike Henneman page at Baseball Reference

[1983stats-18] "1983 Philadelphia Phillies Schedule, Box Scores and Splits". Baseball-Reference.com.

[autogenerated1-19] 1983 Philadelphia Phillies Statistics and Roster - Baseball-Reference.com

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