The 1983

San Diego Padres The San Diego Padres are an American professional baseball team based in San Diego. The Padres compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Founded in 1969, the club has won two NL penna ...

season was the 15th season in franchise history. The team finished with an 81–81 record, their second year in a row finishing 81-81. They scored 653 runs and allowed 653 runs for a

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of zero, becoming only the second team (after the 1922 Chicago White Sox) with a .500

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and a zero run differential.

Offseason

* November 3, 1982: Dave Edwards was released by the Padres. * November 18, 1982:

Broderick Perkins Broderick Phillip Perkins (born November 23, 1954) is an American former professional baseball player. He played all or parts of seven seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1978 until 1984, for the San Diego Padres and Cleveland Indians, primaril ...

and

Juan Eichelberger Juan Tyrone Eichelberger (born October 21, 1953) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. He graduated from Balboa High School of San Francisco, California, in 1971, played collegiately at the University of California, Berkeley and pi ...

were traded by the Padres to the

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for

Ed Whitson Eddie Lee Whitson (born May 19, 1955) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He batted and threw right-handed. Pittsburgh Pirates Whitson was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the sixth round of the 1974 Major League Baseball draft out o ...

. * December 21, 1982:

Steve Garvey Steven Patrick Garvey (born December 22, 1948) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres from 1969 to 1987. Garvey was the National ...

was signed as a free agent by the Padres.

Regular season

* In 1983,

set a National League record with 1207 consecutive games played. The streak lasted from September 3, 1975, to July 29, 1983. The streak ended when he broke his thumb in a collision at home plate against the

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Opening Day starters

*Juan Bonilla *Dave Dravecky *Steve Garvey *Ruppert Jones *Terry Kennedy *Sixto Lezcano *Gene Richards *Luis Salazar *Garry Templeton

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

* April 19, 1983: Bobby Brown was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres. * May 4, 1983:

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was purchased from the Padres by the

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. * May 22, 1983:

Joe Lefebvre Joseph Henry Lefebvre ( ; born February 22, 1956) is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played all or parts of six seasons in Major League Baseball with the New York Yankees (1980), San Diego Padres (1981–83) and Phila ...

was traded by the Padres to the

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for

Sid Monge Isidro Monge Pedroza (born April 11, 1951) is a Mexican retired Major League Baseball relief pitcher who pitched from 1975 to 1984. He played for the California Angels, Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers, all of the American League and the Ph ...

. * August 31, 1983:

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and a player to be named later were traded by the Padres to the

for players to be named later. The Phillies completed their part of the deal by sending

Marty Decker Dee Martin Decker (born June 7, 1957) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who appeared in four games for the San Diego Padres in . He batted and threw right-handed. Early life Decker was born in Upland, California. He attended Placer High S ...

Ed Wojna Edward David Wojna (pronounced Wo-hee-na) (born August 20, 1960) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played parts of four seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the San Diego Padres and Cleveland Indians. Wojna is of Pol ...

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, and Darren Burroughs (minors) to the Padres on September 20. The Padres completed their part of the deal by sending

Steve Fireovid Stephen John Fireovid (born June 6, 1957), is an American former professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago White Sox, Seattle Mariners, and Texas Rangers, in ...

to the Phillies on October 11.

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''

Award winners

1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game The 1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 54th edition of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July&n ...

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: BeaumontJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

External links

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