1983 San Diego Padres season

The 1983 San Diego Padres season was the 15th season in franchise history. The team finished with an 81–81 record, their second year in a row finishing 81–81. They scored 653 runs and allowed 653 runs for a run differential of zero, becoming only the second team with a.500 winning percentage and a zero run differential.
This was the final season under the ownership of Ray Kroc, as he died on January 14, 1984. Ownership of the Padres would pass to Kroc's widow Joan, who would continue to own the team until 1990.

Offseason

November 3, 1982: Dave Edwards was released by the Padres.
November 18, 1982: Broderick Perkins and Juan Eichelberger were traded by the Padres to the Cleveland Indians for Ed Whitson.
December 21, 1982: Steve Garvey was signed as a free agent by the Padres.

Regular season

In 1983, Steve Garvey set a National League record with 1207 consecutive games played. The streak lasted from September 3, 1975, to July 29, 1983. The streak ended when he broke his thumb in a collision at home plate against the Atlanta Braves.

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

April 19, 1983: Bobby Brown was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.
May 4, 1983: Chris Welsh was purchased from the Padres by the Montreal Expos.
May 22, 1983: Joe Lefebvre was traded by the Padres to the Philadelphia Phillies for Sid Monge.
August 31, 1983: Sixto Lezcano and a player to be named later were traded by the Padres to the Philadelphia Phillies for players to be named later. The Phillies completed their part of the deal by sending Marty Decker, Ed Wojna, Lance McCullers, and Darren Burroughs to the Padres on September 20. The Padres completed their part of the deal by sending Steve Fireovid to the Phillies on October 11.

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Terry Kennedy	149	549	156	.284	17	98
1B		100	388	114	.294	14	59
2B	Juan Bonilla	152	556	132	.237	4	45
SS		126	460	121	.263	3	40
3B	Luis Salazar	134	481	124	.258	14	45
LF		57	225	60	.267	5	22
CF	Ruppert Jones	133	335	78	.233	12	49
RF		97	317	74	.233	8	49

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
Alan Wiggins	144	503	139	.276	0	22
	86	304	94	.309	1	37
Gene Richards	95	233	64	.275	3	22
Tim Flannery	92	214	50	.234	3	19
Kurt Bevacqua	74	156	38	.244	2	24
	39	140	31	.221	4	14
	55	107	21	.196	0	12
	39	55	6	.109	1	4
Bruce Bochy	23	42	9	.214	0	3
Jerry Turner	25	23	3	.130	0	0
	18	20	5	.250	0	1
George Hinshaw	7	16	7	.438	0	4
	5	15	5	.333	0	1
Edwin Rodríguez	7	12	2	.167	0	0
Jody Lansford	12	8	2	.250	1	2

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
	35	201.0	15	12	4.17	120
Dave Dravecky	28	183.2	14	10	3.58	74
Tim Lollar	30	175.2	7	12	4.61	135
	21	120.0	5	7	2.93	59
Mark Thurmond	21	115.1	7	3	2.65	49

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
	31	144.1	5	7	4.30	81
John Montefusco	31	95.1	9	4	3.30	52
Chris Welsh	7	14.1	0	1	2.51	5
Dennis Rasmussen	4	13.2	0	0	1.98	13
	6	11.2	0	1	7.71	5

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
Gary Lucas	62	5	8	17	2.87	60
	63	6	6	13	2.68	90
Sid Monge	47	7	3	7	3.15	32
Elias Sosa	41	1	4	1	4.35	45
Floyd Chiffer	15	0	2	1	3.18	15
Mike Couchee	8	0	1	0	5.14	5
	4	0	0	0	2.08	9
	3	0	0	0	1.80	1

Award winners

'''1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game'''

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Beaumont