1983 New York Mets season - Misplaced Pages

The 1983 New York Mets season was the 22nd regular season for the Mets. They went 68–94 and finished in sixth place in the National League East. They were managed by George Bamberger and Frank Howard. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

Offseason

December 10, 1982: Mike Scott was traded by the Mets to the Houston Astros for Danny Heep.
December 16, 1982: Charlie Puleo, Lloyd McClendon, and Jason Felice (minors) were traded by the Mets to the Cincinnati Reds for Tom Seaver.
January 13, 1983: The Mets traded a player to be named later to the Boston Red Sox for Mike Torrez. The Mets completed the deal by sending Mike Davis (minors) to the Red Sox on February 15.

Regular season

May 6, 1983: Darryl Strawberry made his major league debut.

Season standings

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NL East
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Phillies	90	72	.556	—	50‍–‍31	40‍–‍41
Pittsburgh Pirates	84	78	.519	6	41‍–‍40	43‍–‍38
Montreal Expos	82	80	.506	8	46‍–‍35	36‍–‍45
St. Louis Cardinals	79	83	.488	11	44‍–‍37	35‍–‍46
Chicago Cubs	71	91	.438	19	43‍–‍38	28‍–‍53
New York Mets	68	94	.420	22	41‍–‍41	27‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

1983 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	5–7	12–6	11–7	7–11	7–5	8–4	7–5	6–6	9–9	9–9	7–5
Chicago	7–5	—	4–8	5–7	6–6	7–11	9–9	5–13	9–9	5–7	4–8	10–8
Cincinnati	6–12	8–4	—	5–13	7–11	4–8	7–5	6–6	6–6	9–9	10–8	6–6
Houston	7–11	7–5	13–5	—	6–12	8–4	9–3	4–8	6–6	11–7	12–6	2–10
Los Angeles	11–7	6–6	11–7	12–6	—	7–5	7–5	11–1	6–6	6–12–1	5–13	9–3
Montreal	5–7	11–7	8–4	4–8	5–7	—	8–10	8–10–1	8–10	8–4	8–4	9–9
New York	4–8	9–9	5–7	3–9	5–7	10–8	—	6–12	9–9	6–6	5–7	6–12
Philadelphia	5-7	13–5	6–6	8–4	1–11	10–8–1	12–6	—	11–7	5–7	5–7	14–4
Pittsburgh	6–6	9–9	6–6	6–6	6–6	10–8	9–9	7–11	—	9–3	6–6	10–8
San Diego	9–9	7–5	9–9	7–11	12–6–1	4–8	6–6	7–5	3–9	—	11–7	6–6
San Francisco	9–9	8–4	8–10	6–12	13–5	4–8	7–5	7–5	6–6	7–11	—	4–8
St. Louis	5–7	8–10	6–6	10–2	3–9	9–9	12–6	4–14	8–10	6–6	8–4	—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

April 7, 1983: Clint Hurdle was signed as a free agent by the Mets.
June 6, 1983: 1983 Major League Baseball Draft
- Stan Jefferson was drafted by the Mets in the 1st round (20th pick).
- Matt Williams was drafted by the Mets in the 27th round, but did not sign.
June 15, 1983: Neil Allen and Rick Ownbey were traded by the Mets to the St. Louis Cardinals for Keith Hernandez.
July 22, 1983: Scott Dye (minors) was traded by the Mets to the Oakland Athletics for Kelvin Moore.

Roster

1983 New York Mets roster
Roster
Pitchers 13 Neil Allen 44 Ron Darling 32 Carlos Diaz 45 Brent Gaff 29 Tom Gorman 28 Scott Holman 38 Tim Leary 36 Ed Lynch 47 Jesse Orosco 20 Rick Ownbey 41 Tom Seaver 39 Doug Sisk 27 Craig Swan 49 Walt Terrell 30 Mike Torrez		Catchers 11 Mike Bishop 20 Mike Fitzgerald 42 Ron Hodges 34 Junior Ortiz 8 Ronn Reynolds Infielders 11 Tucker Ashford 6 Wally Backman 4 Bob Bailor 7 Hubie Brooks 19 Ron Gardenhire 23 Brian Giles 17 Keith Hernandez 33 Clint Hurdle 22 Mike Jorgensen 26 Dave Kingman 2 José Oquendo 21 Gary Rajsich 10 Rusty Staub		Outfielders 9 Mark Bradley 15 George Foster 25 Danny Heep 5 Mike Howard 18 Darryl Strawberry 1 Mookie Wilson Other batters 12 John Stearns		Manager 31 George Bamberger 55 Frank Howard Coaches 56 Gene Dusan 51 Jim Frey 55 Frank Howard 54 Bill Monbouquette 53 Bobby Valentine

1983 New York Mets roster

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

12 John Stearns

Manager

31 George Bamberger
55 Frank Howard

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	Ron Hodges	110	250	65	.260	0	21
1B	Keith Hernandez	95	320	98	.306	9	37
2B	Brian Giles	145	400	98	.245	2	27
SS	José Oquendo	120	328	70	.213	1	17
3B	Hubie Brooks	150	586	147	.251	5	58
LF	George Foster	157	601	145	.241	28	90
CF	Mookie Wilson	152	638	176	.276	7	51
RF	Darryl Strawberry	122	420	108	.257	26	74

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
Bob Bailor	118	340	85	.250	1	30
Danny Heep	115	253	64	.253	8	21
Dave Kingman	100	248	49	.198	13	29
Junior Ortiz	68	185	47	.254	0	12
Rusty Staub	104	115	34	.296	3	28
Mark Bradley	73	104	21	.202	3	5
Ronn Reynolds	24	66	13	.197	0	2
Tucker Ashford	35	56	10	.179	0	2
Wally Backman	26	42	7	.167	0	3
Gary Rajsich	11	36	12	.333	1	3
Clint Hurdle	13	33	6	.182	0	2
Ron Gardenhire	17	32	2	.063	0	1
Mike Jorgensen	38	24	6	.250	1	3
Mike Fitzgerald	8	20	2	.100	1	2
Mike Bishop	3	8	1	.125	0	0
Mike Howard	1	3	1	.333	0	1
John Stearns	4	0	0	----	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
Tom Seaver	34	231.0	9	14	3.55	135
Mike Torrez	39	222.1	10	17	4.37	94
Ed Lynch	30	174.2	10	10	4.28	44
Walt Terrell	21	133.2	8	8	3.57	59
Ron Darling	5	35.1	1	3	2.80	23
Tim Leary	2	10.2	1	1	3.38	9

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
Scott Holman	35	101.0	1	7	3.74	44
Craig Swan	27	96.1	2	8	5.51	43
Neil Allen	21	54.0	2	7	4.50	32
Tom Gorman	25	49.1	1	4	4.93	30
Rick Ownbey	10	34.2	1	3	4.67	19

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
Jesse Orosco	62	13	7	17	1.47	84
Doug Sisk	67	5	4	11	2.24	33
Carlos Diaz	54	3	1	2	2.05	64
Brent Gaff	4	1	0	0	6.10	4

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Jesse Orosco, Pitcher

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tidewater Tides	International League	Davey Johnson
AA	Jackson Mets	Texas League	Bob Schaefer
A	Lynchburg Mets	Carolina League	Sam Perlozzo
A	Columbia Mets	South Atlantic League	John Tamargo
A-Short Season	Little Falls Mets	New York–Penn League	Mike Cubbage
Rookie	GCL Mets	Gulf Coast League	Vern Hoscheit

Notes

References

1983 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto
AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

New York Mets

Established in 1962
Based in Queens, New York

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Al Lang Stadium; Clover Park

Culture

Books	Can't Anybody Here Play This Game? Sometimes You See It Coming
Movies	Game 6 Frequency Mathematically Alive The Odd Couple
Music	"Let's Go Mets Go" "Lazy Mary" "Meet the Mets" "Narco" "New York Groove" "Ode to the Mets" "OMG"
TV show episodes	"The Boyfriend" (Seinfeld episode) "A Leela of Her Own" (Futurama episode)
Notable people	Alex Anthony Jane Jarvis George Kalinsky Michael Sergio Sign Man Cow-Bell Man

Lore

Rivalries

Key personnel

Owner: Steve Cohen
President of Baseball Operations: David Stearns
General manager: Vacant
Manager: Carlos Mendoza

World Series
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Division titles (6)

Wild Card (5)

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