1983 Texas Rangers season

The 1983 Texas Rangers season was the 23rd of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 12th in Arlington as the Rangers, and the 12th season at Arlington Stadium. The Rangers finished third in the American League West with a record of 77 wins and 85 losses. The Rangers did break a Major League Baseball record for the most runs ever scored by one team during a single extra inning.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

• Buddy Bell
• Bucky Dent
• Dave Hostetler
• Pete O'Brien
• Larry Parrish
• Mike Richardt
• Billy Sample
• Mike Smithson
• Jim Sundberg
• George Wright

Notable transactions

• August 19, 1983: Rick Honeycutt was traded by the Rangers to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Dave Stewart, a player to be named later and $200,000. The Dodgers completed by sending Ricky Wright to the Rangers on September 16.

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

Awards and honors

• Buddy Bell, 3B, Gold Glove 1983

All-Star Game

Team leaders

• Larry Parrish, Home Runs, 26
• Larry Parrish, RBI, 88
• Billy Sample, Runs, 80
• Billy Sample, Stolen bases, 44
• Buddy Bell, Batting average, .277
• George Wright, Hits, 175

Farm system

Notable events

• July 3 — The Rangers score twelve runs in the fifteenth inning to defeat the Oakland Athletics 16–4, in the process breaking the MLB record for most runs scored during one single extra inning, previously held by the 1928 New York Yankees.

Notes

References

• 1983 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference
• 1983 Texas Rangers at Baseball Almanac