1983 New York Mets season

The New York Mets' 1983 season was the 22nd regular season for the Mets. They went 68–94 and finished in sixth place in the National League East. They were managed by George Bamberger and Frank Howard. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

1983 New York Mets
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Fred Wilpon and Nelson Doubleday, Jr.
General manager(s)Frank Cashen
Manager(s)George Bamberger, Frank Howard
Local televisionWOR-TV/SportsChannel New York
(Ralph Kiner, Steve Zabriskie, Tim McCarver, Bud Harrelson)
Local radioWHN
(Bob Murphy, Steve LaMar, Juan Alicea)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 9072 0.556 — 50–31 40–41
Pittsburgh Pirates 8478 0.519 6 41–40 43–38
Montreal Expos 8280 0.506 8 46–35 36–45
St. Louis Cardinals 7983 0.488 11 44–37 35–46
Chicago Cubs 7191 0.438 19 43–38 28–53
New York Mets 6894 0.420 22 41–41 27–53

Record vs. opponents
1983 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta—5–712–611–77–117–58–47–56–69–99–97–5
Chicago7–5—4–85–76–67–119–95–139–95–74–810–8
Cincinnati6–128–4—5–137–114–87–56–66–69–910–86–6
Houston7–117–513–5—6–128–49–34–86–611–712–62–10
Los Angeles 11–76–611–712–6—7–57–511–16–66–12–15–139–3
Montreal5–711–78–44–85–7—8–108–10–18–108–48–49–9
New York4–89–95–73–95–710–8—6–129–96–65–76–12
Philadelphia5-713–56–68–41–1110–8–112–6—11–75–75–714–4
Pittsburgh6–69–96–66–66–610–89–97–11—9–36–610–8
San Diego9–97–59–97–1112–6–14–86–67–53–9—11–76–6
San Francisco9–98–48–106–1213–54–87–57–56–67–11—4–8
St. Louis5–78–106–610–23–99–912–64–148–106–68–4—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster
1983 New York Mets roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

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
RFDarryl Strawberry122420108.2572674

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Danny Heep11525364.253821
Gary Rajsich113612.33313

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Tom Seaver342319143.55135
Mike Torrez39222.110174.3794
Ron Darling535.1132.8023

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Scott Holman35101173.7444
Neil Allen2154274.5032
Tom Gorman2549.1144.9330
Rick Ownbey1034.2134.6719

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Brent Gaff41006.104

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tidewater Tides International League Davey Johnson
AA Jackson Mets Texas League Bob Schaefer
A Lynchburg Mets Carolina League Sam Perlozzo
A Columbia Mets South Atlantic League John Tamargo
A-Short Season Little Falls Mets New York–Penn League Mike Cubbage
Rookie GCL Mets Gulf Coast League Vern Hoscheit

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tidewater, Lynchburg

Notes
  1. Danny Heep page at Baseball Reference
  2. Tom Seaver page at Baseball Reference
  3. Mike Torrez page at Baseball Reference
  4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/strawda01.shtml?redir
  5. http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1983&t=NYN
  6. Clint Hurdle page at Baseball Reference
  7. Stan Jefferson page at Baseball Reference
  8. Matt Williams page at Baseball Reference
  9. Keith Hernandez sent to Mets for Allen, Ownbey
  10. Kelvin Moore page at Baseball Reference

References
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