The Eighties Club
The Politics and Pop Culture of the 1980s
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MLB 1983
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MLB 1983
 1983 World Series
(10.11.83-10.16.83)
Baltimore Orioles (4) vs Philadelphia Phillies (1)
Game 1 (Baltimore): Phillies 2 (Denny), Orioles 1 (McGregor)
Game 2 (Baltimore): Orioles 4 (Boddicker), Phillies 2 (Hudson)
Game 3 (Philadelphia): Orioles 3 (Palmer), Phillies 2 (Carlton)
Game 4 (Philadelphia): Orioles 5 (Davis), Phillies 4 (Denny)
Game 5 (Philadelphia): Orioles 5 (McGregor), Phillies 0 (Hudson)
Series Summary: They called themselves the "Wheeze Kids" -- the Philadelphia Phillies club that consisted of aging veterans like Pete Rose (42), Tony Perez (41), Steve Carlton (38) and Gary Maddox (34). By comparison, the Phillies' starting pitcher for Game 1, John Denny, was a youngster at 30 -- and a youngster who would win the National League Cy Young award. Denny pitched a masterful 7 2/3 innings, and the game was tied 1-1 going into the eighth. But after a five-minute delay for a television interview of President Ronald Reagan, who was on hand for the series opener, Gary Maddox hit a long ball off O's pitcher Scott McGregor, and Philadelphia had a 2-1 victory. Game 2 was the battle of the rookie pitchers, with Mike Boddicker, the Orioles hurler, throwing a three-hitter, and Philadelphia's Charles Hudson pitching scoreless ball until the fifth, when he allowed three runs. Baltimore tied the series 1-1 with its 4-1 win. In Game 3, 300-game winner Carlton was pitching strongly into the sixth inning; with his Phillies up 2-1, Carlton got the first two Baltimore hitters out. Then Rick Dempsey hit a double, scampered to third on a wild pitch, and scored the tying run on a pinch single by Benny Ayala. Ayala scored on a Dan Ford grounder and the O's had a 3-2 lead that they maintained. The Orioles were again behind midway through Game 4, but changed a 3-2 deficit to a 5-4 victory thanks to some clutch pinch hitting. In Game 5, O's slugger Eddie Murray unloaded with two homers, Dempsey added another one, while McGregor pitched a masterful five-hitter, and Baltimore won their third championship -- their first in 13 years. The Phillies had only seven earned runs in the entire series, while Orioles catcher Rick Dempsey (the MVP), set a five-game series record for most base hits.
MVP: Baltimore's Rick Dempsey (.385, 4 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI)
  The All-Star Game
 AL 13, NL 3
7.6.83
Comiskey Park
Attendance: 43,801
MVP: Fred Lynn
AL All Stars
Bob Boone (California), George Brett (Kansas City), Rod Carew (California), Cecil Cooper (Milwaukee), Doug DeCinces (California), Ron Guidry (New York), Rickey Henderson (Oakland), Rick Honeycutt (Texas), Reggie Jackson (California), Ron Kittle (Chicago), Aurelio Lopez (Detroit), Fred Lynn (California), Tippy Martinez (Baltimore), Eddie Murray (Baltimore), Ben Ogilvie (Milwaukee), Lance Parrish (Detroit), Dan Quisenberry (Kansas City), Jim Rice (Boston), Cal Ripken, Jr. (Baltimore), Ted Simmons (Milwaukee), Bob Stanley (Boston), Dave Stieb (Toronto), Rick Sutcliffe (Cleveland), Manny Trillo (Cleveland), Gary Ward (Minnesota), Lou Whitaker (Detroit), Willie Wilson (Kansas City), Dave Winfield (New York), Carl Yastrzemski (Boston), Matt Young (Seattle), Robin Yount (Milwaukee)
NL All Stars
Johnny Bench (Cincinnati), Bruce Benedict (Atlanta), Gary Carter (Montreal), Bill Dawley (Houston), Andre Dawson (Montreal), Dave Dravecky (San Diego), Leon Durham (Chicago), Darrell Evans (San Francisco), Pedro Guerrero (Los Angeles), Atlee Hammaker (San Francisco), George Hendrick (St. Louis), Glenn Hubbard (Atlanta), Terry Kennedy (San Diego), Gary Lavelle (San Francisco), Bill Madlock (Pittsburgh), Willie McGee (St. Louis), Dale Murphy (Atlanta), Al Oliver (Montreal), Jesse Orosco (New York), Pascual Perez (Atlanta), Tim Raines (Montreal), Steve Rogers (Montreal), Steve Sax (Los Angeles), Mike Schmidt (Philadelphia), Lee Smith (Chicago), Ozzie Smith (St. Louis), Mario Soto (Cincinnati), Dickie Thon (Houston), Fernando Valenzuela (Los Angeles)
George Burns sang "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" standing on the Comiskey grass, and Mayor Harold Washington gushed after meeting Luke Appling. But when it comes to the 1983 All-Star Game, there are two factions.
Chicago fans will remember the eighth-inning showdown between White Sox rookie Ron Kittle and Cubs closer Lee Smith. The rest of the baseball world will remember Giants pitcher Atlee Hammaker's complete unraveling.
Only in Chicago would the Kittle-Smith confrontation draw such a roar from the crowd. Comiskey got even louder when Kittle struck out.
"I was so nervous," Kittle said that night, "that the bat felt about eight inches long in my hands. I was so nervous I just didn't want to trip on the top step of the dugout, coming out."
No, the only man who tripped was Hammaker, the young Giants star whose third-inning flop followed him for the rest of his career.
The American League rallied for seven runs--helped by Fred Lynn's grand slam--off Hammaker en route to a 13-3 victory.Hammaker entered with a league-best 1.70 ERA and left with a lousy legacy.
-- Chris deLuca, Chicago Sun-Times
Individual Leaders -1983
Highlights of 1983
American League
 In a game between the New York Yankees and the Kansas City Royals, George Brett hit a two-run homer that would have put the Royals ahead 5-4, except that home plate umpire Tim McClelland called Brett out for having more than eighteen inches of pine tar on his bat. Royals coach Dick Howser protested, and the game was postponed. In the end, the Royals prevailed 5-4, but the "Great Pine Tar Incident" became part of baseball lore.The Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago White Sox played the longest nine-inning game in AL history -- four hours and eleven minutes. The Brewers won, 12-9.National League
Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Fernando Valenzuela set a major league record when he won a million-dollar-a-year contract in arbitration.The San Diego Padres and the San Francisco Giants played a 16-13 game in Candlestick Park -- the highest-scoring opening day game in a half century.Nolan Ryan broke Walter Johnson's all-time career strikeout record, set in 1927, with 3,357, only to have that mark topped by Steve Carlton, with 3,511.and...
Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays were both ordered to terminate all associations with major league baseball after both became involved with legalized gambling.Steve Howe was fined $53,867 -- the largest fine ever levied against a major league player to date -- for games missed due to his efforts to battle drug addiction. New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner was fined $50,000 for making derogatory remarks about major league umpires.AL
Pitching: Complete Games--New York (47).....Earned Run Average--Texas (3.31).....Fewest Hits Allowed--Detroit (1,318).....Fewest Home Runs Allowed--Texas (97).....Fewest Walks Allowed--Chicago (447).....Saves--Kansas City (49)..... Shutouts--Baltimore (15).....Strikeouts--Seattle (910)
Hitting: Bases on Balls--Cleveland (605).....Batting Average--Toronto (.277) .....Doubles--Boston (287).....Hits--Milwaukee (1,556).....Home Runs--Baltimore (168).....On-Base Percentage--Baltimore (.343).....Runs--Chicago (800)..... Slugging Average--Toronto (.436).....Stolen Bases--Oakland (235).....Triples--Toronto (58)
NL
Pitching: Complete Games--Montreal (38).....ERA--Los Angeles (3.11)..... Fewest Hits Allowed--Houston (1,276).....Fewest Home Runs Allowed--Houston (94) .....Fewest Walks Allowed--Philadelphia (464).....Saves--TIE, Atlanta & Houston (48).....Shutouts--Montreal (15).....Strikeouts--Philadelphia (1,092)
Hitting: Bases on Balls--Philadelphia (640).....Batting Average--Atlanta (.272)..... Doubles--Montreal (297).....Hits--St. Louis (1,496).....Home Runs--Los Angeles (146).....On-Base Percentage--Atlanta (.344).....Runs--Atlanta (746).....Slugging Average--Chicago (.401).....Stolen Bases--St. Louis (207).....Triples--St. Louis (63)
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