1983 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1983 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 101st season in the history of the franchise, and the 13th season for the Philadelphia Phillies at Veterans Stadium. The Phillies won the National League East title with a record of 90–72, by a margin of six games over the Pittsburgh Pirates. They defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers, three games to one in the NLCS, before losing the World Series to the Baltimore Orioles, four games to one. The Phillies celebrated their centennial in 1983, were managed by Pat Corrales (43–42) and Paul Owens (47–30), and played their home games at Veterans Stadium.

1983 Philadelphia Phillies
National League champions National League East champions
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Veterans Stadium
City	Philadelphia
Record	90–72 (.556)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Bill Giles
General managers	Paul Owens
Managers	Pat Corrales, Paul Owens
Television	WTAF PRISM
Radio	WCAU (Harry Kalas, Richie Ashburn, Andy Musser, Chris Wheeler)
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Offseason

• November 4, 1982: Willie Montañez was released by the Phillies.^[1]
• December 9, 1982: Manny Trillo, Jay Baller, Julio Franco, George Vukovich, and Jerry Willard were traded by the Phillies to the Cleveland Indians for Von Hayes.^[2]
• December 14, 1982: Mike Krukow, Mark Davis, and Charles Penigar (minors) were traded by the Phillies to the San Francisco Giants for Joe Morgan and Al Holland.^[3]
• January 13, 1983: Rowland Office was released by the Phillies.^[4]
• January 31, 1983: Tony Pérez was signed as a free agent with the Phillies.^[5]
• March 1, 1983: Kiko Garcia was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.^[6]

Wheeze Kids

The 1983 Phillies were nicknamed the "Wheeze Kids" because of the numerous veteran players on the team. The 1950 National League pennant winning Phillies had been nicknamed the "Whiz Kids" due to their youth; stars Richie Ashburn, Robin Roberts, Willie Jones, Del Ennis, and Granny Hamner were all 25 years old or younger. Prior to the 1983 season, the Phillies acquired Morgan, age 39 and Tony Pérez, age 40, to complement Pete Rose, age 41, and as Morgan told Sports Illustrated in March 1983, "...help win them a world championship."^[7] At the time, the Phillies also had Ron Reed, 40, Bill Robinson, 39, Steve Carlton, 38, and Tug McGraw, 38. Philadelphia Daily News sportswriter Stan Hochman gave them the Wheeze Kids nickname^[8] and it was quickly adopted and used by Phillies president Bill Giles. By the 1983 World Series, the moniker was commonly used to refer to the team.

Regular season

Season chronology

• April 13: Bo Díaz hit a walk off grand slam home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Phillies a 10–9 win over the New York Mets.
• May 1: On the 100th anniversary of their first game, the Phillies defeated the Houston Astros, 11–3, at Veterans Stadium. Tony Pérez drove in 5 runs. Johnny Enzmann, 93 years old and the then-living oldest former Phillies player threw out the first-pitch prior to the game.^[9]
• June 7: Steve Carlton temporarily passed Nolan Ryan as the all-time strikeout leader with 3,526 strikeouts to Ryan's 3,524.^[10]
• June 25: Kevin Gross was the winning pitcher in his major league debut. The Phillies defeated the Mets, 4–2, at Shea Stadium.
• July 17: The Phillies lost to the Cincinnati Reds, 5–2. It is the last game for manager Pat Corrales, who was fired despite the team being in first place in the National League East. He was replaced by Paul Owens.
• August 1: Steve Carlton struck out 12 batters in a 2–1 win over the Chicago Cubs. Joe Carter drove in the Cubs' run with his first major league hit.
• August 6: A single by Von Hayes scored Joe Morgan in the 11th inning, giving the Phillies a 1–0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. This put the Phillies back into first place, one-half game ahead of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
• August 26: The Phillies defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers, 4–1, at Veterans Stadium. It was their only win against the Dodgers all season.
• September 18: The Phillies took over first place for good with a 5–3 win over the Cardinals. Mike Schmidt drove in his 100th run of the season with a first-inning home run. Joe Lefebvre followed Schmidt with a home run of his own.
• September 23: Steve Carlton won his 300th career game, defeating his former team, the Cardinals.^[11]
• September 28: The Phillies became National League East champions with a 13–6 win over the Cubs at Wrigley Field. The clincher was also the 7000th victory for the Phillies in their history.

Season standings

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NL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Phillies	90	72	.556	—	50‍–‍31	40‍–‍41
Pittsburgh Pirates	84	78	.519	6	41‍–‍40	43‍–‍38
Montreal Expos	82	80	.506	8	46‍–‍35	36‍–‍45
St. Louis Cardinals	79	83	.488	11	44‍–‍37	35‍–‍46
Chicago Cubs	71	91	.438	19	43‍–‍38	28‍–‍53
New York Mets	68	94	.420	22	41‍–‍41	27‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

1983 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MTL	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	—

Notable transactions

• May 22, 1983: Dick Ruthven and Bill Johnson were traded by the Phillies to the Chicago Cubs for Willie Hernández.^[12]
• May 22, 1983: Sid Monge was traded by the Phillies to the San Diego Padres for Joe Lefebvre.^[13]
• June 17, 1983: Jim Rasmussen (minors) and Kelly Faulk (minors) were traded by the Phillies to the New York Yankees for Dave Wehrmeister.^[14]
• August 31, 1983: The Phillies traded players to be named later to the San Diego Padres for Sixto Lezcano and a player to be named later. The Phillies completed their part of the deal by sending Marty Decker, Ed Wojna, Lance McCullers, and Darren Burroughs (minors) to the Padres on September 20. The Padres completed their part of the deal by sending Steve Fireovid to the Phillies on October 11.^[15]

Draft picks

• June 6, 1983: 1983 Major League Baseball draft
  • Ricky Jordan was drafted by the Phillies in the 1st round (22nd pick). Player signed June 28, 1983.^[16]
• June 6, 1983: Mike Henneman was drafted by the Phillies in the 2nd round of the Secondary Phase, but did not sign.^[17]

Game log

1983 Game Log (Overall Record: 90–72–1)
April (11–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 5 @ Mets 0–2 Doug Sisk (1–0) Steve Carlton (0–1) None 46,687 0–1 2 April 7 @ Mets 2–6 Craig Swan (1–0) John Denny (0–1) Neil Allen (1) 5,730 0–2 3 April 8 @ Giants 2–3 Fred Breining (1–0) Larry Christenson (0–1) Greg Minton (1) 13,624 0–3 4 April 9 @ Giants 5–4 Sid Monge (1–0) Mike Krukow (0–2) Ron Reed (1) 13,937 1–3 5 April 10 @ Giants 10–2 Steve Carlton (1–1) Bill Laskey (0–2) None 20,988 2–3 6 April 12 Mets 4–3 (10) Ron Reed (1–0) Neil Allen (0–1) None 31,236 3–3 7 April 13 Mets 10–9 Porfi Altamirano (1–0) Neil Allen (0–2) None 20,228 4–3 – April 15 Braves Postponed (rain); Makeup: July 12 as a traditional double-header 8 April 16 Braves 8–4 Steve Carlton (2–1) Phil Niekro (0–1) None 17,557 5–3 9 April 17 Braves 1–3 Pascual Pérez (3–0) Ed Farmer (0–1) Gene Garber (2) 27,522 5–4 10 April 18 Cubs 8–2 John Denny (1–1) Paul Moskau (0–1) None 13,832 6–4 – April 19 Cubs Postponed (rain); Makeup: July 30 as a traditional double-header 11 April 20 Cubs 2–0 Steve Carlton (3–1) Chuck Rainey (0–3) None 11,271 7–4 12 April 22 @ Astros 6–3 Sid Monge (2–0) Nolan Ryan (1–1) Ron Reed (2) 32,130 8–4 13 April 23 @ Astros 7–3 John Denny (2–1) Joe Niekro (0–2) None 22,790 9–4 14 April 24 @ Astros 2–3 (11) Mike Madden (1–0) Ron Reed (1–1) None 9,344 9–5 15 April 26 @ Braves 4–10 Pascual Pérez (4–0) Larry Christenson (0–2) Terry Forster (2) 22,511 9–6 16 April 27 @ Braves 6–2 Dick Ruthven (1–0) Phil Niekro (0–2) None 20,341 10–6 17 April 29 Astros 3–6 (10) Frank LaCorte (2–2) Steve Carlton (3–2) Bill Dawley (1) 30,067 10–7 18 April 30 Astros 8–0 John Denny (3–1) Mike LaCoss (0–2) None 24,845 11–7
May (9–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 19 May 1 Astros 11–3 Larry Christenson (1–2) Bob Knepper (1–3) None 27,968 12–7 20 May 2 Reds 2–5 Ted Power (1–0) Dick Ruthven (1–1) None 18,587 12–8 21 May 3 Reds 13–7 Sid Monge (3–0) Frank Pastore (2–4) None 18,634 13–8 22 May 4 Reds 9–4 Steve Carlton (4–2) Rich Gale (3–1) None 22,619 14–8 23 May 6 @ Expos 5–2 Ron Reed (2–1) Bryn Smith (0–1) None 25,178 15–8 24 May 7 @ Expos 2–3 Bill Gullickson (3–3) Porfi Altamirano (1–1) None 25,191 15–9 – May 8 @ Expos Postponed (rain); Makeup: June 21 as a traditional double-header 25 May 10 @ Reds 3–1 Steve Carlton (5–2) Ted Power (1–1) None 18,694 16–9 26 May 11 @ Reds 0–2 Mario Soto (4–2) John Denny (3–2) None 16,337 16–10 27 May 12 @ Cubs 3–6 Chuck Rainey (3–3) Dick Ruthven (1–2) Bill Campbell (1) 8,162 16–11 28 May 13 @ Cubs 2–10 Steve Trout (2–5) Larry Christenson (1–3) None 11,254 16–12 – May 14 @ Cubs Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 16 as a traditional double-header 29 May 15 @ Cubs 5–3 (10) Steve Carlton (6–2) Lee Smith (0–2) Ron Reed (3) 19,467 17–12 30 May 17 Giants 2–1 John Denny (4–2) Andy McGaffigan (2–4) Al Holland (1) 21,123 18–12 31 May 18 Giants 1–8 Mike Krukow (2–2) Dick Ruthven (1–3) Greg Minton (5) 20,987 18–13 32 May 20 Padres 0–5 Andy Hawkins (3–2) Steve Carlton (6–3) None 26,607 18–14 – May 21 Padres Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 30 as a traditional double-header – May 22 Padres Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 29 as a traditional double-header 33 May 23 Dodgers 0–2 Fernando Valenzuela (5–2) John Denny (4–3) None 24,249 18–15 34 May 24 Dodgers 0–3 Alejandro Peña (5–1) Larry Christenson (1–4) None 24,016 18–16 35 May 25 Dodgers 1–6 Burt Hooton (2–2) Marty Bystrom (0–1) Dave Stewart (5) 22,735 18–17 36 May 27 Expos 4–7 Scott Sanderson (4–4) Steve Carlton (6–4) Jeff Reardon (5) 25,573 18–18 37 May 28 Expos 5–3 Willie Hernández (2–0) Jeff Reardon (2–2) None 30,608 19–18 38 May 29 Expos 5–2 Larry Christenson (2–4) Bill Gullickson (4–6) Al Holland (2) 18,875 20–18 39 May 30 @ Dodgers 2–5 Burt Hooton (3–2) Marty Bystrom (0–2) None 42,184 20–19 40 May 31 @ Dodgers 1–4 Jerry Reuss (6–3) Charles Hudson (0–1) None 32,784 20–20
June (14–15–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 41 June 1 @ Dodgers 0–1 Bob Welch (4–4) Steve Carlton (6–5) None 39,319 20–21 42 June 2 @ Padres 1–4 Dave Dravecky (8–3) Ed Farmer (0–2) None 14,474 20–22 43 June 3 @ Padres 5–8 Gary Lucas (2–3) Ed Farmer (0–3) None 18,211 20–23 44 June 4 @ Padres 4–5 John Montefusco (4–1) Marty Bystrom (0–3) Sid Monge (1) 33,982 20–24 45 June 5 @ Padres 2–1 Al Holland (1–0) Ed Whitson (0–3) None 21,876 21–24 46 June 7 Cardinals 1–2 Bob Forsch (4–4) Steve Carlton (6–6) None 34,274 21–25 47 June 8 Cardinals 7–4 Al Holland (2–0) Bruce Sutter (4–3) None 23,531 22–25 48 June 9 Cardinals 6–5 (11) Ron Reed (3–1) Dave Von Ohlen (1–1) None 27,764 23–25 49 June 10 Pirates 3–4 (12) Kent Tekulve (2–1) Ed Farmer (0–4) None 31,092 23–26 50 June 11 Pirates 9–7 Steve Carlton (7–6) Rod Scurry (2–4) Al Holland (3) 34,820 24–26 51 June 12 Pirates 5–4 (11) Ron Reed (4–1) Rod Scurry (2–5) None 37,154 25–26 52 June 13 @ Cardinals 6–2 Marty Bystrom (1–3) Dave LaPoint (4–3) Willie Hernández (2) 32,686 26–26 53 June 14 @ Cardinals 4–5 Bruce Sutter (6–3) Porfi Altamirano (1–2) None 28,813 26–27 54 June 15 @ Cardinals 6–7 Kevin Hagen (1–0) Steve Carlton (7–7) Bruce Sutter (5) 37,368 26–28 55 June 17 @ Pirates 1–2 John Candelaria (5–6) John Denny (4–4) Kent Tekulve (6) 19,814 26–29 56 June 18 @ Pirates 6–4 Marty Bystrom (2–3) Rick Rhoden (3–7) None 26,662 27–29 57 June 19 @ Pirates 14–2 Charles Hudson (1–1) Larry McWilliams (7–5) None 19,369 28–29 58 June 20 @ Expos 0–5 Ray Burris (3–2) Steve Carlton (7–8) None 24,171 28–30 59 June 21 (1) @ Expos 8–1 John Denny (5–4) Scott Sanderson (4–5) Willie Hernández (3) see 2nd game 29–30 60 June 21 (2) @ Expos 4–5 (12) Jeff Reardon (3–4) Porfi Altamirano (1–3) None 38,222 29–31 61 June 22 @ Expos 0–4 Charlie Lea (5–3) Marty Bystrom (2–4) None 24,607 29–32 62 June 23 @ Expos 3–4 Bill Gullickson (7–8) Charles Hudson (1–2) Jeff Reardon (11) 31,069 29–33 63 June 24 @ Mets 6–3 Steve Carlton (8–8) Craig Swan (1–4) Al Holland (4) 20,093 30–33 64 June 25 @ Mets 4–2 Kevin Gross (1–0) Walt Terrell (1–1) Willie Hernández (4) 24,551 31–33 65 June 26 (1) @ Mets 8–4 Tug McGraw (1–0) Tom Seaver (5–7) Al Holland (5) see 2nd game 32–33 66 June 26 (2) @ Mets 1–5 Mike Torrez (5–8) Ed Farmer (0–5) None 37,922 32–34 67 June 28 Expos 5–5 (11) None None None 32,181 32–34–1 68 June 29 (1) Expos 2–5 Steve Rogers (11–3) Steve Carlton (8–9) None see 2nd game 32–35–1 69 June 29 (2) Expos 3–2 Charles Hudson (2–2) Scott Sanderson (4–6) Al Holland (6) 32,141 33–35–1 70 June 30 Expos 3–1 Kevin Gross (2–0) Ray Burris (3–3) Willie Hernández (5) 35,393 34–35–1
July (17–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 71 July 1 Mets 5–1 John Denny (6–4) Tom Seaver (5–8) None 26,987 35–35–1 72 July 2 (1) Mets 6–5 Al Holland (3–0) Jesse Orosco (4–4) None see 2nd game 36–35–1 73 July 2 (2) Mets 3–4 Ed Lynch (6–3) Ed Farmer (0–6) Doug Sisk (7) 40,045 36–36–1 74 July 3 Mets 6–4 Willie Hernández (3–0) Doug Sisk (2–2) None 32,962 37–36–1 75 July 4 Mets 4–0 Steve Carlton (9–9) Walt Terrell (1–3) None 52,710 38–36–1 – July 6 1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Comiskey Park in Chicago 76 July 8 @ Reds 1–3 Joe Price (7–5) John Denny (6–5) Bill Scherrer (6) 23,711 38–37–1 77 July 9 @ Reds 1–2 Tom Hume (1–3) Willie Hernández (3–1) None 32,511 38–38–1 78 July 10 @ Reds 2–0 Marty Bystrom (3–4) Mario Soto (9–8) Al Holland (7) 21,923 39–38–1 79 July 11 @ Reds 11–7 (11) Al Holland (4–0) Tom Hume (1–4) None 17,113 40–38–1 80 July 12 (1) Braves 4–1 John Denny (7–5) Ken Dayley (2–1) Al Holland (8) see 2nd game 41–38–1 81 July 12 (2) Braves 7–6 Willie Hernández (4–1) Steve Bedrosian (5–3) None 32,491 42–38–1 82 July 13 Braves 2–5 Craig McMurtry (10–5) Steve Carlton (9–10) None 27,762 42–39–1 83 July 14 Braves 2–5 Steve Bedrosian (6–3) Willie Hernández (4–2) Terry Forster (9) 26,784 42–40–1 84 July 15 Reds 2–3 Mario Soto (10–8) Charles Hudson (2–3) None 27,797 42–41–1 85 July 16 Reds 9–3 John Denny (8–5) Bruce Berenyi (4–10) None 29,209 43–41–1 86 July 17 Reds 2–5 Frank Pastore (4–8) Kevin Gross (2–1) None 38,519 43–42–1 87 July 18 Astros 2–8 Joe Niekro (8–7) Steve Carlton (9–11) None 23,024 43–43–1 88 July 19 Astros 3–7 Bob Knepper (4–9) Marty Bystrom (3–5) Frank DiPino (10) 23,851 43–44–1 89 July 20 Astros 10–3 Charles Hudson (3–3) Mike Scott (4–5) None 21,052 44–44–1 90 July 21 @ Braves 10–6 John Denny (9–5) Rick Camp (7–8) None 29,316 45–44–1 91 July 22 @ Braves 1–6 Craig McMurtry (11–5) Kevin Gross (2–2) None 40,481 45–45–1 92 July 23 @ Braves 5–6 Rick Camp (8–8) Willie Hernández (4–3) None 36,501 45–46–1 93 July 24 @ Braves 4–12 Pascual Pérez (11–2) Marty Bystrom (3–6) None 29,406 45–47–1 94 July 26 @ Astros 1–0 Charles Hudson (4–3) Nolan Ryan (9–4) Al Holland (9) 25,954 46–47–1 95 July 27 @ Astros 3–1 John Denny (10–5) Joe Niekro (8–8) Willie Hernández (6) 18,781 47–47–1 96 July 28 @ Astros 6–5 Ron Reed (5–1) Mike LaCoss (4–7) Al Holland (10) 19,948 48–47–1 97 July 29 Cubs 3–2 Al Holland (5–0) Lee Smith (4–6) None 32,445 49–47–1 98 July 30 (1) Cubs 3–4 Bill Campbell (3–6) Willie Hernández (4–4) Lee Smith (15) see 2nd game 49–48–1 99 July 30 (2) Cubs 4–3 Charles Hudson (5–3) Steve Trout (8–9) Al Holland (11) 44,332 50–48–1 100 July 31 Cubs 5–2 John Denny (11–5) Dick Ruthven (7–9) Willie Hernández (7) 36,011 51–48–1
August (16–16) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 101 August 1 Cubs 2–1 Steve Carlton (10–11) Bill Campbell (3–7) None 27,739 52–48–1 102 August 2 @ Pirates 3–10 Larry McWilliams (11–5) Kevin Gross (2–3) None 25,130 52–49–1 103 August 3 @ Pirates 2–7 John Candelaria (11–6) Marty Bystrom (3–7) Kent Tekulve (12) 23,070 52–50–1 104 August 4 @ Pirates 5–1 Charles Hudson (6–3) Rick Rhoden (8–9) Al Holland (12) 20,574 53–50–1 105 August 5 @ Cardinals 10–7 John Denny (12–5) John Stuper (7–8) Ron Reed (4) 32,903 54–50–1 106 August 6 @ Cardinals 1–0 (11) Al Holland (6–0) Bruce Sutter (8–7) None 42,469 55–50–1 107 August 7 @ Cardinals 5–2 Marty Bystrom (4–7) Neil Allen (7–11) Ron Reed (5) 46,373 56–50–1 108 August 8 Pirates 14–5 Charles Hudson (7–3) John Candelaria (11–7) None 38,080 57–50–1 109 August 9 Pirates 1–3 Kent Tekulve (6–2) Al Holland (6–1) None 37,719 57–51–1 110 August 10 Pirates 4–2 Steve Carlton (11–11) José DeLeón (2–2) Al Holland (13) 38,705 58–51–1 111 August 12 Cardinals 5–2 Marty Bystrom (5–7) Neil Allen (7–12) Willie Hernández (8) 33,521 59–51–1 112 August 13 Cardinals 2–6 Dave LaPoint (10–7) Charles Hudson (7–4) None 40,541 59–52–1 113 August 14 Cardinals 5–1 John Denny (13–5) Bob Forsch (7–11) None 42,787 60–52–1 114 August 15 @ Cubs 5–0 Steve Carlton (12–11) Steve Trout (9–10) None 23,361 61–52–1 115 August 16 (1) @ Cubs 1–10 Dick Ruthven (9–9) Marty Bystrom (5–8) None see 2nd game 61–53–1 116 August 16 (2) @ Cubs 6–2 Willie Hernández (5–4) Mike Proly (1–5) Al Holland (14) 28,124 62–53–1 117 August 17 @ Padres 4–5 Eric Show (12–8) Charles Hudson (7–5) Gary Lucas (13) 14,657 62–54–1 118 August 18 @ Padres 4–2 (10) Al Holland (7–1) Gary Lucas (4–7) Ron Reed (6) 9,755 63–54–1 119 August 19 @ Dodgers 0–3 Alejandro Peña (10–6) Steve Carlton (12–12) None 45,633 63–55–1 120 August 20 @ Dodgers 3–4 Fernando Valenzuela (13–6) Marty Bystrom (5–9) Steve Howe (15) 48,986 63–56–1 121 August 21 @ Dodgers 0–6 Rick Honeycutt (15–8) Kevin Gross (2–4) None 42,946 63–57–1 122 August 22 @ Giants 5–11 Bill Laskey (13–10) Charles Hudson (7–6) Gary Lavelle (15) 16,048 63–58–1 123 August 23 @ Giants 1–3 Mike Krukow (9–7) Al Holland (7–2) Greg Minton (15) 6,885 63–59–1 124 August 24 @ Giants 3–5 Renie Martin (2–4) Steve Carlton (12–13) None 14,317 63–60–1 125 August 26 Dodgers 4–1 Kevin Gross (3–4) Fernando Valenzuela (13–7) Al Holland (15) 40,427 64–60–1 126 August 27 Dodgers 1–6 Rick Honeycutt (16–8) Charles Hudson (7–7) None 43,482 64–61–1 127 August 28 Dodgers 3–8 Jerry Reuss (9–10) John Denny (13–6) None 34,442 64–62–1 128 August 29 (1) Padres 5–6 Luis DeLeón (4–5) Steve Carlton (12–14) None see 2nd game 64–63–1 129 August 29 (2) Padres 8–6 Steve Comer (1–0) Sid Monge (5–2) Al Holland (16) 25,789 65–63–1 130 August 30 (1) Padres 6–0 Kevin Gross (4–4) Andy Hawkins (3–6) None see 2nd game 66–63–1 131 August 30 (2) Padres 5–7 Ed Whitson (3–7) Tug McGraw (1–1) Luis DeLeón (12) 27,790 66–64–1 132 August 31 Padres 4–3 Al Holland (8–2) Elías Sosa (1–3) None 21,547 67–64–1
September (22–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 133 September 1 Giants 4–2 Tony Ghelfi (1–0) Atlee Hammaker (10–8) Al Holland (17) 16,022 68–64–1 134 September 2 Giants 5–3 Ron Reed (6–1) Gary Lavelle (6–4) None 22,916 69–64–1 135 September 3 Giants 4–5 Mike Krukow (10–8) Steve Carlton (12–15) Greg Minton (17) 26,529 69–65–1 136 September 4 Giants 4–10 Andy McGaffigan (3–9) Kevin Gross (4–5) Greg Minton (18) 24,385 69–66–1 137 September 5 @ Mets 5–6 Jesse Orosco (13–5) Al Holland (8–3) None 8,474 69–67–1 138 September 6 @ Mets 2–0 Tug McGraw (2–1) Ron Darling (0–1) Al Holland (18) 8,863 70–67–1 139 September 7 @ Mets 6–1 John Denny (14–6) Walt Terrell (6–7) None 8,791 71–67–1 140 September 9 @ Pirates 4–3 (13) Willie Hernández (6–4) Jim Bibby (4–12) None 24,304 72–67–1 141 September 10 @ Pirates 5–6 (10) Kent Tekulve (7–4) Al Holland (8–4) None 26,246 72–68–1 142 September 11 @ Pirates 5–3 Ron Reed (7–1) Cecilio Guante (2–4) None 19,130 73–68–1 143 September 12 Mets 2–1 John Denny (15–6) Ron Darling (0–2) Al Holland (19) 10,257 74–68–1 144 September 13 Mets 1–5 Walt Terrell (7–7) Tony Ghelfi (1–1) None 15,635 74–69–1 145 September 14 (1) Expos 9–5 Steve Carlton (13–15) Bryn Smith (4–10) None see 2nd game 75–69–1 146 September 14 (2) Expos 5–0 Marty Bystrom (6–9) Ray Burris (4–7) None 30,731 76–69–1 147 September 15 Expos 1–4 Bill Gullickson (15–11) Kevin Gross (4–6) Bob James (4) 25,047 76–70–1 148 September 16 Cardinals 3–2 (13) Willie Hernández (7–4) Steve Baker (3–4) None 30,069 77–70–1 149 September 17 Cardinals 4–1 John Denny (16–6) Danny Cox (2–5) Al Holland (20) 23,467 78–70–1 150 September 18 Cardinals 5–3 Steve Carlton (14–15) Joaquín Andújar (6–15) Al Holland (21) 30,915 79–70–1 151 September 19 Cubs 7–6 Ron Reed (8–1) Lee Smith (4–10) Al Holland (22) 21,289 80–70–1 152 September 20 Cubs 8–5 Willie Hernández (8–4) Reggie Patterson (0–1) Ron Reed (7) 20,312 81–70–1 – September 21 @ Expos Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 22 as a traditional double-header 153 September 22 (1) @ Expos 9–7 John Denny (17–6) Charlie Lea (15–10) Al Holland (23) see 2nd game 82–70–1 154 September 22 (2) @ Expos 7–1 Charles Hudson (8–7) Steve Rogers (17–11) None 47,364 83–70–1 155 September 23 @ Cardinals 6–2 Steve Carlton (15–15) Joaquín Andújar (6–16) None 27,266 84–70–1 156 September 24 @ Cardinals 9–6 Ron Reed (9–1) Bruce Sutter (9–10) None 27,441 85–70–1 157 September 25 @ Cardinals 6–5 (10) Larry Andersen (1–0) Jeff Lahti (3–3) Al Holland (24) 20,029 86–70–1 158 September 26 @ Cubs 5–2 John Denny (18–6) Chuck Rainey (14–12) Ron Reed (8) 3,137 87–70–1 159 September 27 @ Cubs 0–3 Steve Trout (10–14) Steve Carlton (15–16) Lee Smith (29) 6,593 87–71–1 160 September 28 @ Cubs 13–6 Willie Hernández (9–4) Dick Ruthven (13–12) None 7,680 88–71–1 161 September 30 Pirates 2–1 John Denny (19–6) Larry McWilliams (15–8) Al Holland (25) 26,685 89–71–1
October (1–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 162 October 1 Pirates 5–3 Porfi Altamirano (2–3) Cecilio Guante (2–6) Don Carman (1) 34,763 90–71–1 163 October 2 Pirates 0–4 Lee Tunnell (11–6) Charles Hudson (8–8) None 33,284 90–72–1
Phillies win   Phillies loss   Phillies tie   Postponement Bold: Phillies team member Source:[18]

Roster

1983 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers 30 Porfi Altamirano 47 Larry Andersen 50 Marty Bystrom 32 Steve Carlton 39 Don Carman 38 Larry Christenson 44 Steve Comer 40 John Denny 22 Ed Farmer 35 Tony Ghelfi 46 Kevin Gross 48 Willie Hernández 19 Al Holland 49 Charles Hudson 45 Tug McGraw 49 Sid Monge 42 Ron Reed 44 Dick Ruthven		Catchers 10 Darren Daulton  6 Bo Díaz 17 Ozzie Virgil Infielders 33 Luis Aguayo 28 Tim Corcoran 11 Iván DeJesús 18 Kiko Garcia 15 Steve Jeltz 12 Len Matuszek 15 Larry Milbourne  8 Joe Morgan 24 Tony Pérez 28 Bill Robinson 14 Pete Rose 16 Juan Samuel 20 Mike Schmidt		Outfielders 29 Bob Dernier 21 Greg Gross  9 Von Hayes 23 Joe Lefebvre 43,28 Sixto Lezcano 31 Garry Maddox 34 Gary Matthews 27 Alejandro Sánchez 26 Jeff Stone Other batters 26 Bob Molinaro		Manager  5 Pat Corrales  5 Paul Owens Coaches  4 Dave Bristol  2 Deron Johnson  3 Claude Osteen 25 Mike Ryan  7 Bobby Wine

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

= Indicates league leader

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Bo Díaz	136	471	111	.236	15	64
1B	Pete Rose	151	493	121	.245	0	45
2B	Joe Morgan	123	404	93	.230	16	59
3B	Mike Schmidt	154	534	136	.255	40	109
SS	Iván DeJesús	158	497	126	.254	4	45
LF	Gary Matthews	132	446	115	.258	10	50
CF	Garry Maddox	97	324	89	.275	4	32
RF	Von Hayes	124	351	93	.265	6	32

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Other batters

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
Joe Lefebvre	101	258	80	.310	8	38
Tony Pérez	91	253	61	.241	6	43
Greg Gross	136	245	74	.302	0	29
Bob Dernier	122	221	51	.231	1	15
Ozzie Virgil	55	140	30	.214	6	23
Kiko Garcia	84	118	34	.288	2	9
Len Matuszek	28	80	22	.275	4	16
Larry Milbourne	41	66	16	.242	0	4
Juan Samuel	18	65	18	.277	2	5
Sixto Lezcano	18	39	11	.282	0	7
Bob Molinaro	19	18	2	.111	1	3
Steve Jeltz	13	8	1	.125	0	1
Bill Robinson	10	7	1	.143	0	2
Alejandro Sánchez	8	7	2	.286	0	2
Luis Aguayo	2	4	1	.250	0	0
Jeff Stone	9	4	3	.750	0	3
Darren Daulton	2	3	1	.333	0	0
Tim Corcoran	3	0	0	----	0	0

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Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Steve Carlton	37	283.2	15	16	3.11	275
John Denny	36	242.2	19	6	2.37	139
Charles Hudson	26	169.1	8	8	3.35	101
Marty Bystrom	24	119.1	6	9	4.60	87
Kevin Gross	17	96.0	4	6	3.56	66

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Larry Christenson	9	48.1	2	4	3.91	44
Dick Ruthven	7	33.2	1	3	5.61	26
Tony Ghelfi	3	14.1	1	1	3.14	14
Steve Comer	3	8.2	1	0	5.19	1

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Al Holland	68	8	4	25	2.26	100
Ron Reed	61	9	1	8	3.48	73
Willie Hernández	63	8	4	7	3.29	75
Tug McGraw	34	2	1	0	3.56	30
Porfi Altamirano	31	2	3	0	3.70	24
Sid Monge	14	3	0	0	6.94	7
Larry Andersen	17	1	0	0	2.39	14
Ed Farmer	12	0	6	0	6.08	16
Don Carman	1	0	0	1	0.00	0

Post-season

The Phillies post-season roster had nine players 30 years of age or over and three rookies, Charlie Hudson, Kevin Gross, and Juan Samuel. The Dodgers entered the series as favorites after winning 11 of 12 games against the Phillies in the regular season. The Dodgers had shut out the Phillies five times, allowed only 15 runs total, and held Phillies hitters to a .187 batting average.

National League Championship Series

Main article: 1983 National League Championship Series

Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Philadelphia Phillies

Phillies win the Series, 3–1

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Philadelphia – 1, Los Angeles – 0	October 4	Dodger Stadium	49,963
2	Philadelphia – 1, Los Angeles – 4	October 5	Dodger Stadium	55,967
3	Los Angeles – 2, Philadelphia – 7	October 7	Veterans Stadium	53,490
4	Los Angeles – 2, Philadelphia – 7	October 8	Veterans Stadium	64,494

Postseason game log

1983 Postseason Game Log (Overall Record: 4–5)
National League Championship Series (3–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 October 4 @ Dodgers 1–0 Steve Carlton (1–0) Jerry Reuss (0–1) Al Holland (1) 49,963 1–0 2 October 5 @ Dodgers 1–4 Fernando Valenzuela (1–0) John Denny (0–1) Tom Niedenfuer (1) 55,967 1–1 3 October 7 Dodgers 7–2 Charles Hudson (1–0) Bob Welch (0–1) None 53,490 2–1 4 October 8 Dodgers 7–2 Steve Carlton (2–0) Jerry Reuss (0–2) None 64,494 3–1
World Series (1–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 5 October 11 @ Orioles W 2–1 John Denny (1–1) Scott McGregor (0–2) Al Holland (2) 52,204 1–0 6 October 12 @ Orioles L 1–4 Mike Boddicker (2–0) Charles Hudson (1–1) None 52,132 1–1 7 October 14 Orioles L 2–3 Jim Palmer (1–0) Steve Carlton (2–1) Tippy Martinez (1) 65,792 1–2 8 October 15 Orioles L 4–5 Storm Davis (1–0) John Denny (1–2) Tippy Martinez (2) 66,947 1–3 9 October 16 Orioles L 0–5 Scott McGregor (1–2) Charles Hudson (1–2) None 67,064 1–4
Phillies win   Phillies loss   Postponement Bold: Phillies team member Source:[18]

World Series

See also: 1983 World Series

AL Baltimore Orioles (4) vs. NL Philadelphia Phillies (1)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance	Time of Game
1	Phillies – 2, Orioles – 1	October 11	Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)	52,204	2:22
2	Phillies – 1, Orioles – 4	October 12	Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)	52,132	2:27
3	Orioles – 3, Phillies – 2	October 14	Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia)	65,792	2:35
4	Orioles – 5, Phillies – 4	October 15	Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia)	66,947	2:50
5	Orioles – 5, Phillies – 0	October 16	Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia)	67,064	2:21

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Portland Beavers	Pacific Coast League	John Felske
AA	Reading Phillies	Eastern League	Bill Dancy
A	Peninsula Pilots	Carolina League	Tony Taylor
A	Spartanburg Spinners	South Atlantic League	Roly de Armas
A-Short Season	Bend Phillies	Northwest League	Jay Ward
Rookie	Helena Phillies	Pioneer League	Ron Smith

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Portland