1983 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1983 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 102nd season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; their 97th in the National League. This was their 14th season at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pirates finished second in the National League East with a record of 84–78.

1983 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Three Rivers Stadium (since 1970) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1] (since 1907)
Results
Record	84–78 (.519)
Divisional place	2nd
Other information
Owner(s)	John W. Galbreath Warner Communications
General manager(s)	Harding "Pete" Peterson
Manager(s)	Chuck Tanner
Local television	KDKA-TV (Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker, John Sanders) HSE (Steve Blass, Bob Prince, Willie Stargell)
Local radio	KDKA-AM (Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker)
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Regular season

Season standings

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Phillies	90	72	0.556	—	50–31	40–41
Pittsburgh Pirates	84	78	0.519	6	41–40	43–38
Montreal Expos	82	80	0.506	8	46–35	36–45
St. Louis Cardinals	79	83	0.488	11	44–37	35–46
Chicago Cubs	71	91	0.438	19	43–38	28–53
New York Mets	68	94	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	—	5–7	12–6	11–7	7–11	7–5	8–4	7–5	6–6	9–9	9–9	7–5
Chicago	7–5	—	4–8	5–7	6–6	7–11	9–9	5–13	9–9	5–7	4–8	10–8
Cincinnati	6–12	8–4	—	5–13	7–11	4–8	7–5	6–6	6–6	9–9	10–8	6–6
Houston	7–11	7–5	13–5	—	6–12	8–4	9–3	4–8	6–6	11–7	12–6	2–10
Los Angeles	11–7	6–6	11–7	12–6	—	7–5	7–5	11–1	6–6	6–12–1	5–13	9–3
Montreal	5–7	11–7	8–4	4–8	5–7	—	8–10	8–10–1	8–10	8–4	8–4	9–9
New York	4–8	9–9	5–7	3–9	5–7	10–8	—	6–12	9–9	6–6	5–7	6–12
Philadelphia	5-7	13–5	6–6	8–4	1–11	10–8–1	12–6	—	11–7	5–7	5–7	14–4
Pittsburgh	6–6	9–9	6–6	6–6	6–6	10–8	9–9	7–11	—	9–3	6–6	10–8
San Diego	9–9	7–5	9–9	7–11	12–6–1	4–8	6–6	7–5	3–9	—	11–7	6–6
San Francisco	9–9	8–4	8–10	6–12	13–5	4–8	7–5	7–5	6–6	7–11	—	4–8
St. Louis	5–7	8–10	6–6	10–2	3–9	9–9	12–6	4–14	8–10	6–6	8–4	—

Game log

1983 Game Log: 84–78 (Home: 41–40; Away: 43–38)
April: 8–9 (Home: 3–7; Away: 5–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 5 @ Cardinals 7–1 Candelaria (1–0) Forsch — 43,509 1–0 2 April 7 @ Astros 3–2 Scurry (1–0) Knepper — 7,741 2–0 3 April 8 @ Astros 5–3 Scurry (2–0) DiPino Bibby (1) 10,862 3–0 4 April 9 @ Astros 1–0 McWilliams (1–0) Niekro — 13,856 4–0 5 April 10 @ Astros 10–8 Bibby (1–0) Solano Scurry (1) 7,668 5–0 6 April 12 Cardinals 3–4 (10) Sutter Bibby (1–1) Rasmussen 46,869 5–1 7 April 13 Cardinals 1–9 Andujar Tunnell (0–1) — 4,126 5–2 8 April 16 Cubs 5–6 Hernandez McWilliams (1–1) Smith 5,494 5–3 9 April 17 Cubs 7–0 Candelaria (2–0) Trout Rhoden (1) 14,285 6–3 10 April 20 @ Mets 0–6 Seaver McWilliams (1–2) — 6–4 11 April 20 @ Mets 5–7 Diaz Tekulve (0–1) Allen 4,041 6–5 12 April 22 Dodgers 2–4 Reuss Rhoden (0–1) Pena 8,846 6–6 13 April 23 Dodgers 2–3 Welch Candelaria (2–1) Howe 8,187 6–7 14 April 26 Giants 3–0 McWilliams (2–2) Breining — 7,103 7–7 15 April 27 Giants 2–3 Laskey Rhoden (0–2) Minton 5,267 7–8 16 April 30 Padres 4–8 Hawkins Candelaria (2–2) — 7–9 17 April 30 Padres 2–1 McWilliams (3–2) DeLeon Scurry (2) 19,593 8–9
May: 10–15 (Home: 5–5; Away: 5–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 18 May 2 @ Dodgers 5–1 Rhoden (1–2) Reuss — 39,765 9–9 19 May 3 @ Dodgers 4–5 Pena Bibby (1–2) Howe 34,624 9–10 20 May 4 @ Dodgers 2–3 Niedenfuer Sarmiento (0–1) — 35,757 9–11 21 May 6 @ Giants 1–2 McGaffigan Candelaria (2–3) Lavelle 16,476 9–12 22 May 7 @ Giants 1–5 Breining Rhoden (1–3) — 10,874 9–13 23 May 8 @ Giants 1–12 Laskey Bibby (1–3) — 19,123 9–14 24 May 9 @ Padres 5–3 (14) Sarmiento (1–1) Couchee — 17,885 10–14 25 May 10 @ Padres 1–4 Hawkins Scurry (2–1) — 9,965 10–15 26 May 12 Mets 6–2 Candelaria (3–3) Torrez — 7,944 11–15 27 May 13 Mets 2–1 Tekulve (1–1) Diaz — 11,000 12–15 28 May 14 Mets 2–6 Allen McWilliams (3–3) Orosco 8,931 12–16 29 May 16 Mets 4–11 Lynch Bibby (1–4) Swan 1,970 12–17 30 May 17 Reds 1–2 Soto Candelaria (3–4) — 5,207 12–18 31 May 18 Reds 2–1 Rhoden (2–3) Berenyi — 6,402 13–18 32 May 20 Astros 4–3 McWilliams (4–3) Knepper Tekulve (1) 13,643 14–18 33 May 21 Astros 4–6 LaCoss Niemann (0–1) DiPino 8,804 14–19 34 May 23 @ Braves 3–6 Falcone Rhoden (2–4) Moore 16,743 14–20 35 May 24 @ Braves 6–5 McWilliams (5–3) Camp — 17,447 15–20 36 May 25 @ Braves 0–6 McMurtry Bibby (1–5) — 15,034 15–21 37 May 26 @ Reds 6–4 Tunnell (1–1) Puleo Tekulve (2) 10,018 16–21 38 May 27 @ Reds 0–9 Soto Candelaria (3–5) — 13,224 16–22 39 May 28 @ Reds 3–4 Hayes Scurry (2–2) Scherrer 23,994 16–23 40 May 29 @ Reds 8–5 McWilliams (6–3) Scherrer Sarmiento (1) 13,394 17–23 41 May 30 Braves 8–6 Bibby (2–5) McMurtry Tekulve (3) 12,211 18–23 42 May 31 Braves 2–10 Niekro Tunnell (1–2) Bedrosian 5,262 18–24
June: 14–15 (Home: 7–5; Away: 7–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 43 June 1 Braves 3–6 Perez Candelaria (3–6) Garber 6,255 18–25 44 June 2 @ Cubs 2–3 Trout Rhoden (2–5) Smith 6,589 18–26 45 June 3 @ Cubs 3–9 Ruthven Scurry (2–3) — 6,213 18–27 46 June 4 @ Cubs 2–5 Jenkins Bibby (2–6) Campbell 30,110 18–28 47 June 5 @ Cubs 1–3 Lefferts Tunnell (1–3) Smith 22,649 18–29 48 June 7 @ Expos 3–2 Candelaria (4–6) Lea Tekulve (4) 31,730 19–29 49 June 8 @ Expos 4–5 Gullickson Rhoden (2–6) Reardon 16,200 19–30 50 June 9 @ Expos 6–3 McWilliams (7–3) Rogers — 34,313 20–30 51 June 10 @ Phillies 4–3 (12) Tekulve (2–1) Farmer — 31,092 21–30 52 June 11 @ Phillies 7–9 Carlton Scurry (2–4) Holland 34,820 21–31 53 June 12 @ Phillies 4–5 (11) Reed Scurry (2–5) — 37,154 21–32 54 June 13 Expos 4–3 Rhoden (3–6) Gullickson Tekulve (5) 8,229 22–32 55 June 14 Expos 3–7 Rogers McWilliams (7–4) Reardon 9,588 22–33 56 June 15 Expos 4–7 Burris Bibby (2–7) Reardon 11,809 22–34 57 June 17 Phillies 2–1 Candelaria (5–6) Denny Tekulve (6) 19,814 23–34 58 June 18 Phillies 4–6 Bystrom Rhoden (3–7) — 26,662 23–35 59 June 19 Phillies 2–14 Hudson McWilliams (7–5) — 19,369 23–36 60 June 20 Cubs 5–4 (10) Tekulve (3–1) Campbell — 24–36 61 June 20 Cubs 6–5 (13) Robinson (1–0) Campbell — 5,839 25–36 62 June 21 Cubs 8–4 Rhoden (4–7) Noles — 6,363 26–36 63 June 22 Cubs 5–2 Candelaria (6–6) Rainey Guante (1) 8,666 27–36 64 June 23 Cubs 5–2 McWilliams (8–5) Trout — 8,296 28–36 65 June 24 @ Cardinals 8–2 Bibby (3–7) LaPoint Sarmiento (2) 39,475 29–36 66 June 25 @ Cardinals 10–3 Tunnell (2–3) Hagen — 29,567 30–36 67 June 26 @ Cardinals 5–0 Rhoden (5–7) Allen — 32,306 31–36 68 June 27 @ Cardinals 6–1 Guante (1–0) Andujar — 23,286 32–36 69 June 28 @ Cubs 7–8 (11) Lefferts Tekulve (3–2) — 11,832 32–37 70 June 29 @ Cubs 0–5 Ruthven Bibby (3–8) — 28,504 32–38 71 June 30 @ Cubs 3–4 Smith Sarmiento (1–2) — 17,261 32–39
July: 22–10 (Home: 10–7; Away: 12–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 72 July 1 Cardinals 6–13 Andujar Robinson (1–1) — 26,019 32–40 73 July 2 Cardinals 3–1 Candelaria (7–6) LaPoint — 27,446 33–40 74 July 3 Cardinals 3–4 Forsch Sarmiento (1–3) Sutter 14,469 33–41 75 July 4 Cardinals 7–2 Rhoden (6–7) Hagen — 34–41 76 July 4 Cardinals 4–11 Allen Bibby (3–9) — 22,185 34–42 77 July 8 @ Dodgers 4–3 Candelaria (8–6) Reuss Tekulve (7) 41,397 35–42 78 July 9 @ Dodgers 3–0 McWilliams (9–5) Pena — 46,046 36–42 79 July 10 @ Dodgers 3–10 Hooton Rhoden (6–8) Howe 42,480 36–43 80 July 11 @ Giants 3–2 Sarmiento (2–3) Breining Scurry (3) 18,429 37–43 81 July 12 @ Giants 6–2 Tunnell (3–3) Laskey Guante (2) 7,789 38–43 82 July 13 @ Giants 7–6 Sarmiento (3–3) Minton Tekulve (8) 14,316 39–43 83 July 14 @ Padres 8–6 Guante (2–0) Montefusco Bibby (2) 17,001 40–43 84 July 15 @ Padres 4–2 Tekulve (4–2) Thurmond — 15,601 41–43 85 July 16 @ Padres 3–2 Robinson (2–1) Whitson Tekulve (9) 26,414 42–43 86 July 17 @ Padres 4–3 Tunnell (4–3) Show Tekulve (10) 17,897 43–43 87 July 19 Dodgers 4–1 Candelaria (9–6) Reuss Scurry (4) 44–43 88 July 19 Dodgers 2–3 (11) Howe Sarmiento (3–4) Niedenfuer 31,304 44–44 89 July 20 Dodgers 7–3 Rhoden (7–8) Hooton — 16,561 45–44 90 July 21 Dodgers 5–4 Tekulve (5–2) Howe — 16,351 46–44 91 July 22 Giants 3–5 Barr Scurry (2–6) Minton 23,834 46–45 92 July 23 Giants 5–2 DeLeon (1–0) Martin Scurry (5) 14,585 47–45 93 July 24 Giants 3–1 Scurry (3–6) Krukow Tekulve (11) 48–45 94 July 24 Giants 5–8 (11) Minton Scurry (3–7) McGaffigan 39,660 48–46 95 July 25 Padres 6–3 Rhoden (8–8) Dravecky Guante (3) 12,161 49–46 96 July 26 Padres 1–6 Thurmond Robinson (2–2) DeLeon 49–47 97 July 26 Padres 10–5 Tunnell (5–3) Whitson — 20,660 50–47 98 July 27 Padres 10–1 DeLeon (2–0) Show — 18,793 51–47 99 July 28 @ Mets 6–2 McWilliams (10–5) Swan Scurry (6) 12,233 52–47 100 July 29 @ Mets 2–1 Candelaria (10–6) Seaver Guante (4) 14,306 53–47 101 July 30 @ Mets 6–3 Scurry (4–7) Lynch Sarmiento (3) 17,721 54–47 102 July 31 @ Mets 6–7 (12) Orosco Bibby (3–10) — 54–48 103 July 31 @ Mets 0–1 (12) Orosco Sarmiento (3–5) — 17,591 54–49
August: 14–14 (Home: 8–11; Away: 6–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 104 August 2 Phillies 10–3 McWilliams (11–5) Gross — 25,130 55–49 105 August 3 Phillies 7–2 Candelaria (11–6) Bystrom Tekulve (12) 23,070 56–49 106 August 4 Phillies 1–5 Hudson Rhoden (8–9) Holland 20,574 56–50 107 August 5 Expos 1–7 Gullickson DeLeon (2–1) — 33,089 56–51 108 August 6 Expos 3–7 Smith Tunnell (5–4) — 24,561 56–52 109 August 7 Expos 0–6 Rogers McWilliams (11–6) — 29,187 56–53 110 August 8 @ Phillies 5–14 Hudson Candelaria (11–7) — 38,080 56–54 111 August 9 @ Phillies 3–1 Tekulve (6–2) Holland — 37,719 57–54 112 August 10 @ Phillies 2–4 Carlton DeLeon (2–2) Holland 38,705 57–55 113 August 12 @ Expos 6–3 McWilliams (12–6) Rogers Guante (5) 45,862 58–55 114 August 13 @ Expos 2–0 Candelaria (12–7) Smith Tekulve (13) 38,658 59–55 115 August 14 @ Expos 5–3 Rhoden (9–9) Schatzeder Tekulve (14) 50,062 60–55 116 August 15 Mets 4–2 DeLeon (3–2) Torrez Tekulve (15) 15,053 61–55 117 August 16 Mets 3–1 Tunnell (6–4) Swan Guante (6) 12,061 62–55 118 August 18 Reds 5–6 Hume Tekulve (6–3) Hayes 18,007 62–56 119 August 19 Reds 1–2 Soto Rhoden (9–10) — 15,995 62–57 120 August 20 Reds 4–0 DeLeon (4–2) Berenyi — 44,481 63–57 121 August 21 Reds 4–6 Scherrer Guante (2–1) — 24,635 63–58 122 August 23 Astros 5–6 Ruhle Tekulve (6–4) DiPino 63–59 123 August 23 Astros 1–2 Niekro Tunnell (6–5) Dawley 17,484 63–60 124 August 24 Astros 4–10 Madden Rhoden (9–11) LaCoss 14,279 63–61 125 August 25 Astros 5–3 DeLeon (5–2) Knepper Scurry (7) 11,019 64–61 126 August 26 Braves 9–1 McWilliams (13–6) Perez — 23,772 65–61 127 August 27 Braves 2–0 Tunnell (7–5) Dayley — 22,811 66–61 128 August 28 Braves 1–2 Falcone Candelaria (12–8) Forster 26,193 66–62 129 August 29 @ Reds 2–1 Rhoden (10–11) Soto Tekulve (16) 11,173 67–62 130 August 30 @ Reds 5–3 DeLeon (6–2) Russell Tekulve (17) 10,160 68–62 131 August 31 @ Astros 1–4 Niekro Scurry (4–8) — 12,347 68–63
September: 15–14 (Home: 8–5; Away: 7–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 132 September 1 @ Astros 0–3 Ryan Guante (2–2) DiPino 7,645 68–64 133 September 2 @ Braves 4–1 Candelaria (13–8) Dayley Tekulve (18) 23,998 69–64 134 September 3 @ Braves 6–2 Bibby (4–10) Bedrosian Guante (7) 31,233 70–64 135 September 4 @ Braves 5–6 Forster Bibby (4–11) Bedrosian 24,610 70–65 136 September 5 @ Cardinals 4–7 LaPoint Scurry (4–9) — 70–66 137 September 5 @ Cardinals 6–7 (10) Allen Guante (2–3) — 39,687 70–67 138 September 6 @ Cardinals 5–0 Tunnell (8–5) Stuper — 23,604 71–67 139 September 7 @ Cardinals 2–5 Cox Rhoden (10–12) Sutter 25,981 71–68 140 September 9 Phillies 3–4 (13) Hernandez Bibby (4–12) — 24,304 71–69 141 September 10 Phillies 6–5 (10) Tekulve (7–4) Holland — 26,246 72–69 142 September 11 Phillies 3–5 Reed Guante (2–4) — 19,130 72–70 143 September 12 Cardinals 7–5 Tunnell (9–5) Cox Sarmiento (4) 10,458 73–70 144 September 13 Cardinals 6–0 Rhoden (11–12) Andujar — 9,771 74–70 145 September 14 Cubs 6–3 Candelaria (14–8) Trout — 16,329 75–70 146 September 15 Cubs 8–4 McWilliams (14–6) Rainey — 7,943 76–70 147 September 16 Expos 9–0 DeLeon (7–2) Lea — 13,057 77–70 148 September 17 Expos 5–4 (13) Bibby (5–12) Dixon — 29,748 78–70 149 September 18 Expos 2–5 Sanderson Rhoden (11–13) James 25,738 78–71 150 September 19 @ Mets 4–5 (10) Diaz Tekulve (7–5) — 6,381 78–72 151 September 20 @ Mets 4–0 McWilliams (15–6) Lynch — 3,112 79–72 152 September 21 @ Cubs 6–7 Jenkins Guante (2–5) Smith 3,029 79–73 153 September 22 @ Cubs 8–2 Tunnell (10–5) Reuschel — 3,426 80–73 154 September 23 @ Expos 10–1 Rhoden (12–13) Sanderson — 37,115 81–73 155 September 24 @ Expos 1–0 Candelaria (15–8) Smith Guante (8) 43,359 82–73 156 September 25 @ Expos 3–5 Gullickson McWilliams (15–7) Reardon 37,602 82–74 157 September 27 Mets 3–4 Torrez DeLeon (7–3) Sisk 10,913 82–75 158 September 28 Mets 2–4 Darling Tunnell (10–6) — 8,672 82–76 159 September 29 Mets 4–2 Rhoden (13–13) Holman Guante (9) 7,677 83–76 160 September 30 @ Phillies 1–2 Denny McWilliams (15–8) Holland 26,685 83–77
October: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 161 October 1 @ Phillies 3–5 Altamirano Guante (2–6) Carman 34,763 83–78 162 October 2 @ Phillies 4–0 Tunnell (11–6) Hudson — 33,284 84–78
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Pirates team member

Roster

1983 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers 26 Jim Bibby 45 John Candelaria 25 José DeLeón 47 Cecilio Guante 49 Larry McWilliams 46 Randy Niemann 28 Bob Owchinko 58 Alfonso Pulido 29 Rick Rhoden 43 Don Robinson 38 Manny Sarmiento 19 Rod Scurry 27 Kent Tekulve 34 Dave Tomlin 22 Lee Tunnell 41,59 Jim Winn		Catchers 14 Milt May 16 Steve Nicosia 36 Junior Ortiz  6 Tony Peña Infielders 37 Rafael Belliard  4 Dale Berra 10 Richie Hebner  5 Bill Madlock  2 Jim Morrison  3 Johnny Ray 18 Gene Tenace 30 Jason Thompson 15 Ron Wotus		Outfielders 46 Miguel Diloné 24 Mike Easler 51 Doug Frobel 12 Brian Harper 17 Lee Lacy 11 Lee Mazzilli 16 Joe Orsulak 39 Dave Parker 36 Marvell Wynne		Manager  7 Chuck Tanner Coaches 31 Harvey Haddix (pitching) 23 Grant Jackson (bullpen) 32 Joe Lonnett (third base) 42 Alex Monchak (first base) 48 Bob Skinner (hitting)

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Lee Lacy	LF
Lee Mazzilli	CF
Bill Madlock	3B
Jason Thompson	1B
Dave Parker	RF
Johnny Ray	2B
Tony Peña	C
Dale Berra	SS
John Candelaria	SP

Player stats

Batting

Regular Season[2] Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI B. Madlock 130 473 153 0.323 12 68 M. Easler 115 381 117 0.307 10 54 J. Morrison 66 158 48 0.304 6 25 L. Lacy 108 288 87 0.302 4 13 T. Peña 151 542 163 0.301 15 70 D. Frobel 32 60 17 0.283 3 11 J. Ray 151 576 163 0.283 5 53 D. Parker 144 552 154 0.279 12 69 R. Hebner 78 162 43 0.265 5 26 J. Thompson 152 517 134 0.259 18 76 D. Berra 161 537 135 0.251 10 52 M. May 7 12 3 0.250 0 0 M. Wynne 103 366 89 0.243 7 26 L. Mazzilli 109 246 59 0.240 5 24 B. Harper 61 131 29 0.221 7 20 J. Orsulak 7 11 2 0.182 0 1 G. Tenace 53 62 11 0.177 0 6 D. Robinson 10 13 2 0.154 1 3 R. Rhoden 36 86 13 0.151 0 5 J. Candelaria 33 65 9 0.138 0 2 S. Nicosia 21 46 6 0.130 1 1 J. Ortiz 5 8 1 0.125 0 0 L. Tunnell 35 58 7 0.121 0 3 L. McWilliams 35 79 9 0.114 0 4 J. Bibby 29 18 2 0.111 0 0 C. Guante 49 22 2 0.091 0 0 J. DeLeón 15 34 2 0.059 0 0 R. Belliard 4 1 0 0.000 0 0 R. Niemann 8 1 0 0.000 0 0 M. Sarmiento 52 10 0 0.000 0 0 R. Scurry 61 5 0 0.000 0 0 K. Tekulve 76 8 0 0.000 0 0 R. Wotus 5 3 0 0.000 0 0 M. Diloné 7 0 0 — 0 0 B. Owchinko 1 0 0 — 0 0 A. Pulido 1 0 0 — 0 0 D. Tomlin 5 0 0 — 0 0 J. Winn 7 0 0 — 0 0

Pitching

Regular Season[3] Player G IP W L ERA SO B. Owchinko 1 0 0 0 — 0 K. Tekulve 76 99 7 5 1.64 52 J. DeLeón 15 108 7 3 2.83 118 M. Sarmiento 52 84​^1⁄3 3 5 2.99 49 R. Rhoden 36 244​^1⁄3 13 13 3.09 153 J. Candelaria 33 197​^2⁄3 15 8 3.23 157 L. McWilliams 35 238 15 8 3.25 199 C. Guante 49 100​^1⁄3 2 6 3.32 82 L. Tunnell 35 177​^2⁄3 11 6 3.65 95 D. Robinson 9 36​^1⁄3 2 2 4.46 28 R. Scurry 61 68 4 9 5.56 67 J. Bibby 29 78 5 12 6.69 44 D. Tomlin 5 4 0 0 6.75 5 J. Winn 7 11 0 0 7.36 3 A. Pulido 1 2 0 0 9.00 1 R. Niemann 8 13​^2⁄3 0 1 9.22 8

Awards and honors

1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Bill Madlock, 3B, Reserve

Transactions

• October 4, 1982 – Released Grant Jackson.
• October 4, 1982 – Released Paul Moskau.
• October 20, 1982 – Bob Long granted Free Agency.
• November 10, 1982 – Omar Moreno granted Free Agency.
• December 1, 1982 – Signed Gene Tenace as a free agent.
• December 3, 1982 – Signed Jose Lind as an amateur free agent.
• December 6, 1982 – Odell Jones drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1982 rule 5 draft.
• December 22, 1982 – Traded Jerry Aubin (minors), Bubba Holland (minors), Jose Rivera (minors) and Tim Burke to the New York Yankees. Received Lee Mazzilli.
• January, 1982 – Signed Randy Jones as a free agent.
• January, 1982 – Jim Smith sent to the Chicago White Sox in an unknown transaction.
• January 11, 1983 – Drafted Rich Sauveur in the 11th round of the 1983 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
• January 11, 1983 – Drafted Tim Drummond in the 12th round of the 1983 amateur draft (January).
• January 28, 1983 – Signed Nino Espinosa as a free agent.
• March 8, 1983 – Signed Tom Hausman as a free agent.
• March 27, 1983 – Released Randy Jones.
• March 28, 1983 – Released Ross Baumgarten.
• March 28, 1983 – Released Dick Davis.
• March 28, 1983 – Released John Milner.
• May 2, 1983 – Signed Bob Owchinko as a free agent.
• June 6, 1983 – Drafted Stan Fansler in the 2nd round of the 1983 amateur draft.
• June 6, 1983 – Drafted Rich Sauveur in the 5th round of the 1983 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed June 8, 1983.
• June 6, 1983 – Drafted John Smiley in the 12th round of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1983.
• June 6, 1983 – Drafted Steve Carter in the 21st round of the 1983 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
• June 8, 1983 – Traded Steve Farr to the Cleveland Indians. Received John Malkin (minors).
• June 11, 1983 – Signed Félix Fermín as an amateur free agent.
• June 14, 1983 – Traded Arthur Ray (minors) and Junior Ortiz to the New York Mets. Received Steve Senteney and Marvell Wynne.
• August 2, 1983 – Purchased Dave Tomlin from the Montreal Expos.
• August 19, 1983 – Traded Steve Nicosia to the San Francisco Giants. Received Milt May and cash.
• August 29, 1983 – Signed Jose Melendez as an amateur free agent.
• September 1, 1983 – Purchased Alfonso Pulido from Mexico City Reds (Mexican).
• September 7, 1983 – Traded Randy Niemann to the Chicago White Sox. Received Mike Maitland (minors) and Miguel Diloné.

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Hawaii Islanders	Pacific Coast League	Tom Trebelhorn
AA	Lynn Pirates	Eastern League	Tommy Sandt
A	Alexandria Dukes	Carolina League	Johnny Lipon
A	Greenwood Pirates	South Atlantic League	Joe Frisina
A-Short Season	Watertown Pirates	New York–Penn League	Bill Bryk
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Woody Huyke

Notes

1. From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
2. "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
3. "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

References

• 1983 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
• 1983 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.