1983_Chicago_White_Sox_season

1983 Chicago White Sox season

1983 Chicago White Sox season

Major League Baseball team season


The 1983 Chicago White Sox season was a season in American baseball. It involved the White Sox winning the American League West championship on September 17. It marked their first postseason appearance since the 1959 World Series. It was the city of Chicago's first baseball championship of any kind (division, league, or world), since the White Sox themselves reached the World Series twenty-four years earlier.

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After the White Sox went through a winning streak around the All-Star break, Texas Rangers manager Doug Rader said the White Sox "...weren't playing well. They're winning ugly."[1] This phrase became a rallying cry for the team, and they are often referred to as the "winning ugly" team (and their uniforms as the "winning ugly" uniforms).

Offseason

Regular season

Ron Kittle won the American League Rookie of the Year Award and set a club record for most home runs by a rookie. He missed the American League home run title by 3 home runs and finished third in the league. He would rank in ninth place in the American League for runs batted in. Kittle would manage to lead the league in strikeouts with 150.

LaMarr Hoyt won the American League Cy Young Award while fellow pitcher Floyd Bannister finished second in the American League in strikeouts. He also won 13 of 14 games after the All-Star Break.

Tony LaRussa was named American League Manager of the Year.

Opening Day lineup

Season standings

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Record vs. opponents

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Notable transactions

Roster

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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

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Postseason

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All-Star game

The 54th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL) was held on July 6, 1983, at Comiskey Park. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 13–3. The game occurred exactly 50 years to the date of the first All-Star game. The game is best remembered for Fred Lynn's third-inning grand slam off of San Francisco's Atlee Hammaker. As of 2021, it is the only grand slam in All-Star Game history.

Player stats

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Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

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Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

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American League Championship Series

Summary

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Game One

October 5, Memorial Stadium

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Playing in their first postseason game since the 1959 World Series, the White Sox jumped out to a 1–0 series lead behind a complete-game victory by Hoyt, the American League Cy Young Award winner.

Game Two

October 6, Memorial Stadium

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Game Three

October 7, Comiskey Park

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Game Four

October 8, Comiskey Park

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Award winners

  • LaMarr Hoyt, American League Cy Young Award
  • Ron Kittle, American League Rookie of the Year Award
  • Tony La Russa, American League Manager of the Year Award
  • Tony La Russa, Associated Press AL Manager of the Year
  • Roland Hemond, Executive of the Year

All-Star Game

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Denver, Appleton


Notes

  1. Evans, Sean. "The 25 Greatest Moments in White Sox History". Complex.com. Complex Media. Retrieved June 15, 2014.

References


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