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 Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters Buddy Bell Bucky Dent Dave Hostetler Pete O'Brien Larry Parrish Mike Richardt Billy Sample Mike Smithson Jim Sundberg George Wright

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.Dave Stewart at Baseball Reference

Roster 1983 Texas Rangers roster 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 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

Farm system

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.'Rangers Rout A's 16–4 in 15-Inning Marathon'; The Greenville News, July 5, 1983, p. 18

Notes

References 1983 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference 1983 Texas Rangers at Baseball Almanac