1983 Los Angeles Dodgers season

The 1983 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 94th season for the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), their 26th season in Los Angeles, California, and their 22nd season playing their home games at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers rebounded from being eliminated from the playoffs on the final day of the previous season to win their second National League West title in three years, but lost in the NLCS to the Philadelphia Phillies 3 games to 1.

1983 Los Angeles Dodgers
National League West Champions
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkDodger Stadium
CityLos Angeles
Record91–71–1 (.561)
Divisional place1st
OwnerPeter O'Malley
General managersAl Campanis
ManagersTommy Lasorda
TelevisionKTTV (11)
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter
ONTV
Geoff Witcher, Al Downing
RadioKABC
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter
KTNQ
Jaime Jarrín, René Cárdenas
 1982
1984 

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 9171 .562 4832 4339
Atlanta Braves 8874 .543 3 4634 4240
Houston Astros 8577 .525 6 4636 3941
San Diego Padres 8181 .500 10 4734 3447
San Francisco Giants 7983 .488 12 4338 3645
Cincinnati Reds 7488 .457 17 3645 3843

Record vs. opponents

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Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta5–712–611–77–117–58–47–56–69–99–97–5
Chicago7–54–85–76–67–119–95–139–95–74–810–8
Cincinnati6–128–45–137–114–87–56–66–69–910–86–6
Houston7–117–513–56–128–49–34–86–611–712–62–10
Los Angeles11–76–611–712–67–57–511–16–66–12–15–139–3
Montreal5–711–78–44–85–78–108–10–18–108–48–49–9
New York4–89–95–73–95–710–86–129–96–65–76–12
Philadelphia5-713–56–68–41–1110–8–112–611–75–75–714–4
Pittsburgh6–69–96–66–66–610–89–97–119–36–610–8
San Diego9–97–59–97–1112–6–14–86–67–53–911–76–6
San Francisco9–98–48–106–1213–54–87–57–56–67–114–8
St. Louis5–78–106–610–23–99–912–64–148–106–68–4

Opening Day lineup

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Roster

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1983 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Notable transactions

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Legend
 Dodgers win
 Dodgers loss
 Postponement
 Clinched division
BoldDodgers team member
1983 regular season game log: 91–71–1 (Home: 50–31; Away: 45–35–1)[3]
April: 14–6 (Home: 6–3; Away: 8–3)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox
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1April 5@ AstrosW 16–71–0W1
2April 6@ AstrosW 4–22–0W2
3April 8ExposL 3–82–1L1
4April 9ExposL 2–72–2L2
5April 10ExposW 3–03–2W1
6April 11AstrosW 4–3 (11)4–2W2
7April 12AstrosW 3–15–2W3
8April 13AstrosW 5–3 (14)6–2W4
9April 15PadresW 6–27–2W5
10April 16PadresW 8–58–2W6
11April 17PadresL 1–98–3L1
14April 22@ PiratesW 4–210–4W1
15April 23@ PiratesW 3–211–4W2
April 2410:35 a.m. PDT@ PiratesPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 19
16April 25@ CardinalsW 8–012–4W3
17April 26@ CardinalsW 3–113–4W4
18April 27@ CardinalsL 6–713–5L1
May: 18–8 (Home: 9–5; Away: 9–3)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox
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22May 2PiratesL 1–515–7L1
23May 3PiratesW 5–416–7W1
24May 4PiratesW 3–217–7W2
25May 6CardinalsW 16–1018–7W3
26May 7CardinalsW 5–319–7W4
27May 8CardinalsW 6–420–7W5
30May 12@ PadresW 4–322–8W1
31May 13@ PadresL 4–622–9L1
32May 14@ PadresW 4–123–9W1
33May 15@ PadresW 3–224–9W2
34May 17@ ExposL 2–3 (15)24–10L1
35May 18@ ExposW 13–325–10W1
38May 23@ PhilliesW 2–027–11W2
39May 24@ PhilliesW 3–028–11W3
40May 25@ PhilliesW 6–129–11W4
45May 30PhilliesW 5–231–14W1
46May 31PhilliesW 4–132–14W2
June: 14–14 (Home: 9–9; Away: 5–5)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox
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47June 1PhilliesW 1–033–14W3
52June 7@ BravesL 1–435–17L2
53June 8@ BravesW 11–536–17W1
54June 9@ BravesW 4–237–17W2
59June 14BravesW 4–340–19W2
60June 15BravesL 2–340–20L1
61June 16BravesW 6–141–20W1
65June 20PadresL 1–443–22L1
66June 21PadresL 0–243–23L2
67June 22PadresL 2–543–24L3
68June 23PadresL 5–743–25L4
69June 24AstrosW 7–244–25W1
70June 25AstrosW 2–1 (11)45–25W2
71June 26AstrosL 7–945–26L1
72June 28@ PadresW 9–546–26W1
73June 29@ PadresL 2–1346–27L1
74June 30@ PadresL 6–746–28L2
July: 11–17 (Home: 5–5; Away: 6–12)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox
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75July 1@ AstrosW 5–2 (10)47–28W1
76July 2@ AstrosL 1–347–29L1
77July 2@ AstrosL 1–847–30L2
78July 2@ AstrosL 4–547–31L3
July 65:30 p.m. PDT54th All-Star GameNational League vs. American League (Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois)
79July 8PiratesL 3–447–32L4
80July 9PiratesL 0–347–33L5
81July 10PiratesW 10–348–33W1
82July 11CardinalsW 7–649–33W2
83July 12CardinalsW 3–150–33W3
84July 13CardinalsL 5–650–34L1
89 (1)July 19@ PiratesL 1–452–37L2
90 (2)July 19@ PiratesW 3–2 (11)53–37W1
91July 20@ PiratesL 3–753–38L1
92July 21@ PiratesL 4–553–39L2
93July 22@ CardinalsW 9–454–39W1
94July 23@ CardinalsW 10–555–39W2
95July 24@ CardinalsL 0–355–40L1
August: 20–10 (Home: 12–4; Away: 8–6)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox
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107August 5BravesW 2–160–47W1
108August 6BravesW 4–261–47W2
109August 7BravesL 2–561–48L1
113August 12@ BravesW 5–363–50W2
114August 13@ BravesL 7–863–51W1
115August 14@ BravesW 5–464–51L1
119August 19PhilliesW 3–067–52W3
120August 20PhilliesW 4–368–52W4
121August 21PhilliesW 6–069–52W5
122August 22ExposW 4–170–52W6
123August 23ExposW 6–371–52W7
124August 24ExposW 3–272–52W8
125August 26@ PhilliesL 1–472–53L1
126August 27@ PhilliesW 6–173–53W1
127August 28@ PhilliesW 8–374–53W2
September: 14–14–1 (Home: 7–4; Away: 7–10–1)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox
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133September 1@ ExposL 3–877–56L2
134September 2@ ExposW 4–178–56W1
135September 3@ ExposW 4–078–56W2
136September 4@ ExposL 2–3 (12)79–57L1
137September 5PadresL 2–579–58L2
138September 6PadresL 3–879–59L3
141September 9BravesW 3–282–59W3
142September 10BravesL 3–6 (10)82–60L1
143September 11BravesW 7–683–60W1
144September 13@ AstrosW 5–184–60W2
146September 15@ AstrosW 6–085–61W1
150September 19AstrosW 9–286–64W1
151September 20AstrosL 2–1586–65L1
152September 21AstrosW 2–187–65W1
153September 23@ BravesW 11–288–65W2
154September 24@ BravesL 2–388–66L1
155September 25@ BravesL 1–788–67L2
158 (1)September 29@ PadresL 1–790–68L1
159 (2)September 29@ PadresL 1–490–69L2
October: 0–2 (Home: 0–2; Away: 0–0)
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Detailed records

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National League
OpponentHomeAwayTotalPct.Runs scoredRuns allowed
NL East
Chicago Cubs3–33–36–6.5004357
Montreal Expos4–23–37–5.5834939
Philadelphia Phillies6–05–111–1.9174915
Pittsburgh Pirates3–33–36–6.5004043
St. Louis Cardinals5–14–29–3.7507850
21–918–1239–21.650259204
NL West
Atlanta Braves6–35–411–7.6118067
Houston Astros7–25–412–6.6678569
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Diego Padres2–74–56–12.3336699
San Francisco Giants3–62–75–13.2785175
18–1816–2034–38.472282310

Postseason Game log

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1983 Postseason game log: 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Away: 0–2)
NL Chsmpionship Series vs. Philadelphia Phillies 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Away: 0–2)[4]
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceSeriesBox/
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1October 45:20 p.m. PDTPhilliesL 0–1Carlton (1–0)Reuss (0–1)Holland (1)2:1755,524PHI 1–0L1
2October 55:20 p.m. PDTPhilliesW 4–1Valenzuela (1–0)Denny (0–1)Niedenfuer (1)2:4455,967TIE 1–1W1
3October 712:05 p.m. PDT@ PhilliesL 2–7Hudson (1–0)Welch (0–1)2:5153,490PHI 2–1L1
4October 85:20 p.m. PDT@ PhilliesL 2–7Carlton (2–0)Reuss (0–2)2:5064,494PHI 3–1L2

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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
CSteve Yeager11333568.2031541
1BGreg Brock146455102.2242066
2BSteve Sax155623175.281541
SSBill Russell131451111.246130
3BPedro Guerrero160584174.29832103
LFDusty Baker149531138.2601573
CFKen Landreaux141481135.2811766
RFMike Marshall140465132.2841765

Other batters

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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
Derrel Thomas11819248.25028
Rick Monday9917844.247620
Jack Fimple5414837.250222
Ron Roenicke8114532.221212
Dave Anderson6111519.16512
Rafael Landestoy646411.17211
Candy Maldonado426212.19416
R.J. Reynolds245513.236211
José Morales475315.28338
Mike Scioscia123511.31417
Gilberto Reyes19315.16100
Germán Rivera13176.35300
Sid Bream15112.18202
Cecil Espy20113.27301
Dave Sax780.00001
Alex Taveras1040.00000

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Fernando Valenzuela35257.015103.75189
Jerry Reuss32223.112112.94143
Bob Welch31204.015122.65156

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Alejandro Peña34177.01292.75120
Burt Hooton33160.0984.2287
Rick Honeycutt939.0235.7718
Sid Fernandez26.0016.009

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Steve Howe4647181.4452
Tom Niedenfuer6683111.9066
Dave Stewart465282.9654
Joe Beckwith423413.5550
Pat Zachry406102.4936
Orel Hershiser80013.385
Rich Rodas70001.935
Ricky Wright60002.845
Larry White40001.295

1983 National League Championship Series

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The National League West champion Dodgers faced the National League East champion Philadelphia Phillies in the 1983 NLCS and lost the series 3 games to 1. Noteworthy was that the Dodgers had won 11 of 12 games against the Phillies during the regular season.

Game 1

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October 4, Dodger Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Philadelphia 100 000 000 151
Los Angeles 000 000 000 070
W: Steve Carlton (1–0)  L: Jerry Reuss (0–1)  SV: Al Holland (1)
HRs: PHIMike Schmidt (1)

Game 2

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October 5, Dodger Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Philadelphia 010 000 000 172
Los Angeles 100 020 01X 461
W: Fernando Valenzuela (1–0)  L: John Denny (0–1)  SV: Tom Niedenfuer (1)
HRs: PHIGary Matthews (1)

Game 3

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October 7, Veterans Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles 000 200 000 240
Philadelphia 021 120 10X 791
W: Charles Hudson (1–0)  L: Bob Welch (0–1)  
HRs: LADMike Marshall (1); PHIGary Matthews (2)

Game 4

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October 8, Veterans Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles 000 100 010 2100
Philadelphia 300 022 00X 7131
W: Steve Carlton (2–0)  L: Jerry Reuss (0–2)  
HRs: LADDusty Baker (1); PHIGary Matthews (3), Sixto Lezcano (1)

Postseason game log

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1983 Postseason Game Log: (1–3)
National League Championship Series (1–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord

Awards and honors

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Farm system

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Major League Baseball draft

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The Dodgers drafted 35 players in the June draft and 17 in the January draft. Of those, six players would eventually play in the Major Leagues. They received two extra picks in the 2nd round as compensation for losing free agents Steve Garvey and Terry Forster.

The first-round pick in the June draft was pitcher Erik Sonberg of Wichita State University. He played six seasons in the minors and was 19–38 with a 6.20 ERA in 107 games. None of this years signings amounted to much of anything in the Majors.

Notes

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  1. Tom Klawitter page at Baseball Reference
  2. Dave Stewart page at Baseball Reference
  3. "1983 Los Angeles Dodgers schedule and results". Baseball Reference. Retrieved September 10, 2025.
  4. "1983 National League Championship Series". Baseball Reference. Retrieved September 10, 2025.
  5. 1983 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase
  6. 1983 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase
  7. 1983 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
  8. 1983 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase

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