1983 Cleveland Indians season

The 1983 Cleveland Indians season was the 83rd for the franchise. It was the final season under the ownership of Steve O'Neill, who had owned the team since 1978. He died on August 29, 1983, with his estate owning the team until 1986.

Offseason

November 18, 1982: Ed Whitson was traded by the Indians to the San Diego Padres for Broderick Perkins and Juan Eichelberger.
December 9, 1982: Von Hayes was traded by the Indians to the Philadelphia Phillies for Manny Trillo, Jay Baller, Julio Franco, George Vukovich, and Jerry Willard.
December 15, 1982: Rick Manning was signed as a free agent by the Indians.

Regular season

Notable transactions

April 1, 1983: Jerry Dybzinski was traded by the Indians to the Chicago White Sox for Pat Tabler.
June 6, 1983: Rick Manning and Rick Waits were traded by the Indians to the Milwaukee Brewers for Gorman Thomas, Ernie Camacho and Jamie Easterly.
August 17, 1983: Manny Trillo was traded by the Indians to the Montreal Expos for Don Carter and $300,000.

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
	48	121	15	31	3	0	4	15	.256	0
	117	377	51	100	25	4	5	45	.265	6
	23	36	9	10	2	1	1	3	.278	1
	7	19	0	2	0	0	0	1	.105	0
	32	68	15	13	3	1	0	7	.191	5
	48	93	11	19	4	0	2	11	.204	0
	95	225	31	47	5	2	2	23	.209	9
	149	560	68	153	24	8	8	80	.273	32
	134	469	57	134	21	4	3	57	.286	0
	138	526	81	140	23	1	9	53	.266	16
	117	341	48	92	21	0	6	42	.270	2
	50	194	20	54	6	0	1	10	.278	7
	70	230	21	67	8	1	1	18	.291	8
	8	20	1	6	0	0	0	1	.300	0
	14	26	1	7	1	0	0	0	.269	3
	79	184	23	50	10	0	0	24	.272	1
	12	21	2	10	0	0	0	2	.476	1
	124	430	56	125	23	5	6	65	.291	2
	106	371	51	82	17	0	17	51	.221	8
	141	508	78	143	27	1	17	77	.281	4
	88	320	33	87	13	1	1	29	.272	1
	10	25	1	2	0	0	0	1	.080	0
	124	312	31	77	13	2	3	44	.247	3
Team Totals	162	5476	704	1451	249	31	86	659	.265	109

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
	1	6	4.08	39	1	7	68.1	64	34	31	32	32
	8	13	5.11	24	24	0	149.1	150	92	85	52	105
	1	1	6.94	4	2	0	11.1	18	10	9	10	2
	0	2	4.15	5	4	0	26.0	22	13	12	14	9
	7	10	3.91	24	24	0	156.1	160	74	68	44	123
	2	2	3.86	11	5	0	39.2	45	22	17	8	21
	0	1	5.06	4	0	0	5.1	5	3	3	2	2
	4	2	3.63	41	0	3	57.0	69	25	23	22	39
	4	11	4.90	28	15	0	134.0	132	80	73	59	56
	0	2	5.84	11	0	0	12.1	22	11	8	6	13
	11	7	4.16	39	16	7	149.1	157	79	69	44	75
	1	3	3.31	11	2	0	32.2	32	13	12	13	9
	0	0	7.17	7	0	0	21.1	26	19	17	9	11
	12	11	4.24	36	34	0	222.2	238	112	105	65	76
	2	9	5.07	60	0	8	92.1	117	54	52	38	48
	17	11	4.29	36	35	0	243.1	251	131	116	102	160
	0	1	4.58	8	0	0	19.2	23	13	10	9	13
Team Totals	70	92	4.43	162	162	25	1441.2	1531	785	710	529	794

Awards and honors

'''All-Star Game'''