1983 Texas Rangers season

The 1983 Texas Rangers season was the 23rd of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 12th in Arlington as the Rangers, and the 12th season at Arlington Stadium. The Rangers finished third in the American League West with a record of 77 wins and 85 losses. The Rangers did break a Major League Baseball record for the most runs ever scored by one team during a single extra inning.

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

August 19, 1983: Rick Honeycutt was traded by the Rangers to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Dave Stewart, a player to be named later and $200,000. The Dodgers completed by sending Ricky Wright to the Rangers on September 16.

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	Jim Sundberg	131	378	76	.201	2	28
1B	Pete O'Brien	154	524	124	.237	8	53
2B	Wayne Tolleson	134	470	122	.260	3	20
3B		156	618	171	.277	14	66
SS		131	417	99	.237	2	34
LF		147	554	152	.274	12	57
CF	George Wright	162	634	175	.276	18	80
RF	Larry Parrish	145	555	151	.272	26	88
DH	Dave Hostetler	94	304	67	.220	11	46

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
Mickey Rivers	96	309	88	.285	1	20
Bill Stein	78	232	72	.310	2	33
Bob Johnson	72	175	37	.211	5	16
Larry Biitner	66	116	32	.276	0	18
Jim Anderson	50	102	22	.216	0	6
	22	83	13	.157	1	7
	41	72	16	.222	1	11
Curt Wilkerson	16	35	6	.171	0	1
Tom Dunbar	12	24	6	.250	0	3
Donnie Scott	2	4	0	.000	0	0
Mark Wagner	2	2	0	.000	0	0
Nick Capra	8	2	0	.000	0	0

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
Charlie Hough	34	252.0	15	13	3.18	152
Mike Smithson	33	223.1	10	14	3.91	135
Danny Darwin	28	183.0	8	13	3.49	92
Rick Honeycutt	25	174.2	14	8	2.42	56
Frank Tanana	29	159.1	7	9	3.16	108
Dave Stewart	8	59.0	5	2	2.14	24

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
	38	123.0	6	6	3.51	58
Jon Matlack	25	73.1	2	4	4.66	38
Al Lachowicz	2	8.0	0	1	2.25	8

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
Odell Jones	42	3	6	10	3.09	50
Dave Schmidt	31	3	3	2	3.88	29
Dave Tobik	27	2	1	9	3.68	30
	17	1	3	5	1.44	18
Tom Henke	8	1	0	1	3.38	17
Mike Mason	5	0	2	0	5.91	9
Ricky Wright	1	0	0	0	0.00	2

Awards and honors

Buddy Bell, 3B, Gold Glove 1983

'''All-Star Game'''

Team leaders

Larry Parrish, Home Runs, 26
Larry Parrish, RBI, 88
Billy Sample, Runs, 80
Billy Sample, Stolen bases, 44
Buddy Bell, Batting average,.277
George Wright, Hits, 175

Notable events

July 3 — The Rangers score twelve runs in the fifteenth inning to defeat the Oakland Athletics 16–4, in the process breaking the MLB record for most runs scored during one single extra inning, previously held by the 1928 New York Yankees.