The 1983 Minnesota Twins season was the 23rd season for the Minnesota Twins franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their 2nd season at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome and the 83rd overall in the American League.

The Twins finished 70–92, tied for fifth in the American League West, and improved upon their dismal 60–102 record from 1982 by ten games. 858,939 fans attended Twins games, the third-lowest total in the American League.

Offseason January 12, 1983: Bob Veselic was traded by the Twins to the Houston Astros for Rick Lysander. January 31, 1983: Mike Hart was signed as a free agent by the Twins. March 25, 1983: Sal Butera was traded by the Twins to the Detroit Tigers for Stine Poole (minors) and cash. March 25, 1983: Pete Redfern was released by the Twins.

Regular season

Only one Twins player made the All-Star Game, outfielder Gary Ward.

Offense

Kent Hrbek hit .297 with 16 HR and 84 RBI. Gary Ward hit .278 with 19 HR and 88 RBI. Gary Gaetti hit 21 HR and 78 RBI. Tom Brunansky hit 28 HR and 82 RBI.

+ Team Leaders Statistic Player QuantityHR Tom Brunansky 28RBI Gary Ward 92BA Kent Hrbek .297Runs John Castino 83

Pitching

Starter Ken Schrom was 15–8. Reliever Ron Davis had 30 saves.

+ Team Leaders Statistic Player QuantityERA Ken Schrom 3.71Wins Ken Schrom 15Saves Ron Davis 30Strikeouts Frank Viola 127

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions May 12, 1983: Tom Klawitter was signed as a free agent by the Twins. June 6, 1983: Tim Belcher was drafted by the Twins in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1983 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.

Roster 1983 Minnesota Twins Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

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 Dave Engle 120 374 114 .305 8 43 1B Kent Hrbek 141 515 153 .297 16 84 2B John Castino 142 563 156 .277 11 57 SS Ron Washington 99 317 78 .246 4 26 3B Gary Gaetti 157 584 143 .245 21 78 LF Gary Ward 157 623 173 .278 19 88 CF Darrell Brown 91 309 84 .272 0 22 RF Tom Brunansky 151 542 123 .227 28 82 DH Randy Bush 124 373 93 .249 11 56

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 Hatcher 106 375 119 .317 9 47 Lenny Faedo 51 173 48 .277 1 18 Tim Laudner 62 168 31 .185 6 18 Bobby Mitchell 59 152 35 .230 1 15 Ray Smith 59 152 34 .224 0 8 Rusty Kuntz 31 100 19 .190 3 5 Houston Jiménez 36 86 15 .174 0 9 Scott Ullger 35 79 15 .190 0 5 Tim Teufel 21 78 24 .308 3 6 Greg Gagne 10 27 3 .111 0 3 Jim Eisenreich 2 7 2 .286 0 0 Tack Wilson 5 4 1 .250 0 1

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 Frank Viola 35 210.0 7 15 5.49 127 Ken Schrom 33 196.1 15 8 3.71 80 Albert Williams 36 193.1 11 14 4.14 68 Bobby Castillo 27 158.1 8 12 4.77 90 Brad Havens 16 80.1 5 8 8.18 40 Jay Pettibone 4 27.0 0 4 5.33 10

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 Pete Filson 26 90.0 4 1 3.40 49 Jack O'Connor 27 83.0 2 3 5.86 56 Bryan Oelkers 10 34.1 0 5 8.65 13

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 Ron Davis 66 5 8 30 3.34 84 Rick Lysander 61 5 12 3 3.38 58 Len Whitehouse 60 7 1 2 4.15 44 Mike Walters 23 1 1 2 4.12 21 Jim Lewis 6 0 0 0 6.50 8

Farm system

Notes

References

External links Player stats from www.baseball-reference.com Team info from www.baseball-almanac.com