# 1983 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1983 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 101st season in the history of the franchise, and the 13th season for the Philadelphia Phillies at Veterans Stadium. The Phillies won the National League East title with a record of 90–72, by a margin of six games over the Pittsburgh Pirates. They defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers, three games to one in the NLCS, before losing the World Series to the Baltimore Orioles, four games to one. The Phillies celebrated their centennial in 1983, were managed by Pat Corrales (43–42) and Paul Owens (47–30), and played their home games at Veterans Stadium.

## Offseason

* November 4, 1982: Willie Montañez was released by the Phillies.
* December 9, 1982: Manny Trillo, Jay Baller, Julio Franco, George Vukovich, and Jerry Willard were traded by the Phillies to the Cleveland Indians for Von Hayes.
* December 14, 1982: Mike Krukow, Mark Davis, and Charles Penigar (minors) were traded by the Phillies to the San Francisco Giants for Joe Morgan and Al Holland.
* January 13, 1983: Rowland Office was released by the Phillies.
* January 31, 1983: Tony Pérez was signed as a free agent with the Phillies.
* March 1, 1983: Kiko Garcia was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.

## Wheeze Kids

The 1983 Phillies were nicknamed the "Wheeze Kids" because of the numerous veteran players on the team. The 1950 National League pennant winning Phillies had been nicknamed the "Whiz Kids" due to their youth; stars Richie Ashburn, Robin Roberts, Willie Jones, Del Ennis, and Granny Hamner were all 25 years old or younger. Prior to the 1983 season, the Phillies acquired Morgan, age 39 and Tony Pérez, age 40, to complement Pete Rose, age 41, and as Morgan told Sports Illustrated in March 1983, "...help win them a world championship." At the time, the Phillies also had Ron Reed, 40, Bill Robinson, 39, Steve Carlton, 38, and Tug McGraw, 38. Philadelphia Daily News sportswriter Stan Hochman gave them the Wheeze Kids nickname and it was quickly adopted and used by Phillies president Bill Giles. By the 1983 World Series, the moniker was commonly used to refer to the team.

## Regular season
### Season chronology

* April 13: Bo Díaz hit a walk off grand slam home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Phillies a 10–9 win over the New York Mets.
* May 1: On the 100th anniversary of their first game, the Phillies defeated the Houston Astros, 11–3, at Veterans Stadium. Tony Pérez drove in 5 runs. Johnny Enzmann, 93 years old and the then-living oldest former Phillies player threw out the first-pitch prior to the game.
* June 7: Steve Carlton temporarily passed Nolan Ryan as the all-time strikeout leader with 3,526 strikeouts to Ryan's 3,524.
* June 25: Kevin Gross was the winning pitcher in his major league debut. The Phillies defeated the Mets, 4–2, at Shea Stadium.
* July 17: The Phillies lost to the Cincinnati Reds, 5–2. It is the last game for manager Pat Corrales, who was fired despite the team being in first place in the National League East. He was replaced by Paul Owens.
* August 1: Steve Carlton struck out 12 batters in a 2–1 win over the Chicago Cubs. Joe Carter drove in the Cubs' run with his first major league hit.
* August 6: A single by Von Hayes scored Joe Morgan in the 11th inning, giving the Phillies a 1–0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. This put the Phillies back into first place, one-half game ahead of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
* August 26: The Phillies defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers, 4–1, at Veterans Stadium. It was their only win against the Dodgers all season.
* September 18: The Phillies took over first place for good with a 5–3 win over the Cardinals. Mike Schmidt drove in his 100th run of the season with a first-inning home run. Joe Lefebvre followed Schmidt with a home run of his own.
* September 23: Steve Carlton won his 300th career game, defeating his former team, the Cardinals.
* September 28: The Phillies became National League East champions with a 13–6 win over the Cubs at Wrigley Field. The clincher was also the 7000th victory for the Phillies in their history.

### Season standings

vteNL 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 recordvte 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* May 22, 1983: Dick Ruthven and Bill Johnson were traded by the Phillies to the Chicago Cubs for Willie Hernández.
* May 22, 1983: Sid Monge was traded by the Phillies to the San Diego Padres for Joe Lefebvre.
* June 17, 1983: Jim Rasmussen (minors) and Kelly Faulk (minors) were traded by the Phillies to the New York Yankees for Dave Wehrmeister.
* August 31, 1983: The Phillies traded players to be named later to the San Diego Padres for Sixto Lezcano and a player to be named later. The Phillies completed their part of the deal by sending Marty Decker, Ed Wojna, Lance McCullers, and Darren Burroughs (minors) to the Padres on September 20. The Padres completed their part of the deal by sending Steve Fireovid to the Phillies on October 11.

#### Draft picks

* June 6, 1983: 1983 Major League Baseball draft
** Ricky Jordan was drafted by the Phillies in the 1st round (22nd pick). Player signed June 28, 1983.
* June 6, 1983: Mike Henneman was drafted by the Phillies in the 2nd round of the Secondary Phase, but did not sign.

### Game log

1983 Game Log (Overall Record: 90–72–1) :
April (11–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 5@ Mets0–2Doug Sisk (1–0)Steve Carlton (0–1)None46,6870–1
2April 7@ Mets2–6Craig Swan (1–0)John Denny (0–1)Neil Allen (1)5,7300–2
3April 8@ Giants2–3Fred Breining (1–0)Larry Christenson (0–1)Greg Minton (1)13,6240–3
4April 9@ Giants5–4Sid Monge (1–0)Mike Krukow (0–2)Ron Reed (1)13,9371–3
5April 10@ Giants10–2Steve Carlton (1–1)Bill Laskey (0–2)None20,9882–3
6April 12Mets4–3 (10)Ron Reed (1–0)Neil Allen (0–1)None31,2363–3
7April 13Mets10–9Porfi Altamirano (1–0)Neil Allen (0–2)None20,2284–3
–April 15BravesPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 12 as a traditional double-header
8April 16Braves8–4Steve Carlton (2–1)Phil Niekro (0–1)None17,5575–3
9April 17Braves1–3Pascual Pérez (3–0)Ed Farmer (0–1)Gene Garber (2)27,5225–4
10April 18Cubs8–2John Denny (1–1)Paul Moskau (0–1)None13,8326–4
–April 19CubsPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 30 as a traditional double-header
11April 20Cubs2–0Steve Carlton (3–1)Chuck Rainey (0–3)None11,2717–4
12April 22@ Astros6–3Sid Monge (2–0)Nolan Ryan (1–1)Ron Reed (2)32,1308–4
13April 23@ Astros7–3John Denny (2–1)Joe Niekro (0–2)None22,7909–4
14April 24@ Astros2–3 (11)Mike Madden (1–0)Ron Reed (1–1)None9,3449–5
15April 26@ Braves4–10Pascual Pérez (4–0)Larry Christenson (0–2)Terry Forster (2)22,5119–6
16April 27@ Braves6–2Dick Ruthven (1–0)Phil Niekro (0–2)None20,34110–6
17April 29Astros3–6 (10)Frank LaCorte (2–2)Steve Carlton (3–2)Bill Dawley (1)30,06710–7
18April 30Astros8–0John Denny (3–1)Mike LaCoss (0–2)None24,84511–7 :
May (9–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
19May 1Astros11–3Larry Christenson (1–2)Bob Knepper (1–3)None27,96812–7
20May 2Reds2–5Ted Power (1–0)Dick Ruthven (1–1)None18,58712–8
21May 3Reds13–7Sid Monge (3–0)Frank Pastore (2–4)None18,63413–8
22May 4Reds9–4Steve Carlton (4–2)Rich Gale (3–1)None22,61914–8
23May 6@ Expos5–2Ron Reed (2–1)Bryn Smith (0–1)None25,17815–8
24May 7@ Expos2–3Bill Gullickson (3–3)Porfi Altamirano (1–1)None25,19115–9
–May 8@ ExposPostponed (rain); Makeup: June 21 as a traditional double-header
25May 10@ Reds3–1Steve Carlton (5–2)Ted Power (1–1)None18,69416–9
26May 11@ Reds0–2Mario Soto (4–2)John Denny (3–2)None16,33716–10
27May 12@ Cubs3–6Chuck Rainey (3–3)Dick Ruthven (1–2)Bill Campbell (1)8,16216–11
28May 13@ Cubs2–10Steve Trout (2–5)Larry Christenson (1–3)None11,25416–12
–May 14@ CubsPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 16 as a traditional double-header
29May 15@ Cubs5–3 (10)Steve Carlton (6–2)Lee Smith (0–2)Ron Reed (3)19,46717–12
30May 17Giants2–1John Denny (4–2)Andy McGaffigan (2–4)Al Holland (1)21,12318–12
31May 18Giants1–8Mike Krukow (2–2)Dick Ruthven (1–3)Greg Minton (5)20,98718–13
32May 20Padres0–5Andy Hawkins (3–2)Steve Carlton (6–3)None26,60718–14
–May 21PadresPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 30 as a traditional double-header
–May 22PadresPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 29 as a traditional double-header
33May 23Dodgers0–2Fernando Valenzuela (5–2)John Denny (4–3)None24,24918–15
34May 24Dodgers0–3Alejandro Peña (5–1)Larry Christenson (1–4)None24,01618–16
35May 25Dodgers1–6Burt Hooton (2–2)Marty Bystrom (0–1)Dave Stewart (5)22,73518–17
36May 27Expos4–7Scott Sanderson (4–4)Steve Carlton (6–4)Jeff Reardon (5)25,57318–18
37May 28Expos5–3Willie Hernández (2–0)Jeff Reardon (2–2)None30,60819–18
38May 29Expos5–2Larry Christenson (2–4)Bill Gullickson (4–6)Al Holland (2)18,87520–18
39May 30@ Dodgers2–5Burt Hooton (3–2)Marty Bystrom (0–2)None42,18420–19
40May 31@ Dodgers1–4Jerry Reuss (6–3)Charles Hudson (0–1)None32,78420–20 :
June (14–15–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
41June 1@ Dodgers0–1Bob Welch (4–4)Steve Carlton (6–5)None39,31920–21
42June 2@ Padres1–4Dave Dravecky (8–3)Ed Farmer (0–2)None14,47420–22
43June 3@ Padres5–8Gary Lucas (2–3)Ed Farmer (0–3)None18,21120–23
44June 4@ Padres4–5John Montefusco (4–1)Marty Bystrom (0–3)Sid Monge (1)33,98220–24
45June 5@ Padres2–1Al Holland (1–0)Ed Whitson (0–3)None21,87621–24
46June 7Cardinals1–2Bob Forsch (4–4)Steve Carlton (6–6)None34,27421–25
47June 8Cardinals7–4Al Holland (2–0)Bruce Sutter (4–3)None23,53122–25
48June 9Cardinals6–5 (11)Ron Reed (3–1)Dave Von Ohlen (1–1)None27,76423–25
49June 10Pirates3–4 (12)Kent Tekulve (2–1)Ed Farmer (0–4)None31,09223–26
50June 11Pirates9–7Steve Carlton (7–6)Rod Scurry (2–4)Al Holland (3)34,82024–26
51June 12Pirates5–4 (11)Ron Reed (4–1)Rod Scurry (2–5)None37,15425–26
52June 13@ Cardinals6–2Marty Bystrom (1–3)Dave LaPoint (4–3)Willie Hernández (2)32,68626–26
53June 14@ Cardinals4–5Bruce Sutter (6–3)Porfi Altamirano (1–2)None28,81326–27
54June 15@ Cardinals6–7Kevin Hagen (1–0)Steve Carlton (7–7)Bruce Sutter (5)37,36826–28
55June 17@ Pirates1–2John Candelaria (5–6)John Denny (4–4)Kent Tekulve (6)19,81426–29
56June 18@ Pirates6–4Marty Bystrom (2–3)Rick Rhoden (3–7)None26,66227–29
57June 19@ Pirates14–2Charles Hudson (1–1)Larry McWilliams (7–5)None19,36928–29
58June 20@ Expos0–5Ray Burris (3–2)Steve Carlton (7–8)None24,17128–30
59June 21 (1)@ Expos8–1John Denny (5–4)Scott Sanderson (4–5)Willie Hernández (3)see 2nd game29–30
60June 21 (2)@ Expos4–5 (12)Jeff Reardon (3–4)Porfi Altamirano (1–3)None38,22229–31
61June 22@ Expos0–4Charlie Lea (5–3)Marty Bystrom (2–4)None24,60729–32
62June 23@ Expos3–4Bill Gullickson (7–8)Charles Hudson (1–2)Jeff Reardon (11)31,06929–33
63June 24@ Mets6–3Steve Carlton (8–8)Craig Swan (1–4)Al Holland (4)20,09330–33
64June 25@ Mets4–2Kevin Gross (1–0)Walt Terrell (1–1)Willie Hernández (4)24,55131–33
65June 26 (1)@ Mets8–4Tug McGraw (1–0)Tom Seaver (5–7)Al Holland (5)see 2nd game32–33
66June 26 (2)@ Mets1–5Mike Torrez (5–8)Ed Farmer (0–5)None37,92232–34
67June 28Expos5–5 (11)NoneNoneNone32,18132–34–1
68June 29 (1)Expos2–5Steve Rogers (11–3)Steve Carlton (8–9)Nonesee 2nd game32–35–1
69June 29 (2)Expos3–2Charles Hudson (2–2)Scott Sanderson (4–6)Al Holland (6)32,14133–35–1
70June 30Expos3–1Kevin Gross (2–0)Ray Burris (3–3)Willie Hernández (5)35,39334–35–1 :
July (17–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
71July 1Mets5–1John Denny (6–4)Tom Seaver (5–8)None26,98735–35–1
72July 2 (1)Mets6–5Al Holland (3–0)Jesse Orosco (4–4)Nonesee 2nd game36–35–1
73July 2 (2)Mets3–4Ed Lynch (6–3)Ed Farmer (0–6)Doug Sisk (7)40,04536–36–1
74July 3Mets6–4Willie Hernández (3–0)Doug Sisk (2–2)None32,96237–36–1
75July 4Mets4–0Steve Carlton (9–9)Walt Terrell (1–3)None52,71038–36–1
–July 61983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Comiskey Park in Chicago
76July 8@ Reds1–3Joe Price (7–5)John Denny (6–5)Bill Scherrer (6)23,71138–37–1
77July 9@ Reds1–2Tom Hume (1–3)Willie Hernández (3–1)None32,51138–38–1
78July 10@ Reds2–0Marty Bystrom (3–4)Mario Soto (9–8)Al Holland (7)21,92339–38–1
79July 11@ Reds11–7 (11)Al Holland (4–0)Tom Hume (1–4)None17,11340–38–1
80July 12 (1)Braves4–1John Denny (7–5)Ken Dayley (2–1)Al Holland (8)see 2nd game41–38–1
81July 12 (2)Braves7–6Willie Hernández (4–1)Steve Bedrosian (5–3)None32,49142–38–1
82July 13Braves2–5Craig McMurtry (10–5)Steve Carlton (9–10)None27,76242–39–1
83July 14Braves2–5Steve Bedrosian (6–3)Willie Hernández (4–2)Terry Forster (9)26,78442–40–1
84July 15Reds2–3Mario Soto (10–8)Charles Hudson (2–3)None27,79742–41–1
85July 16Reds9–3John Denny (8–5)Bruce Berenyi (4–10)None29,20943–41–1
86July 17Reds2–5Frank Pastore (4–8)Kevin Gross (2–1)None38,51943–42–1
87July 18Astros2–8Joe Niekro (8–7)Steve Carlton (9–11)None23,02443–43–1
88July 19Astros3–7Bob Knepper (4–9)Marty Bystrom (3–5)Frank DiPino (10)23,85143–44–1
89July 20Astros10–3Charles Hudson (3–3)Mike Scott (4–5)None21,05244–44–1
90July 21@ Braves10–6John Denny (9–5)Rick Camp (7–8)None29,31645–44–1
91July 22@ Braves1–6Craig McMurtry (11–5)Kevin Gross (2–2)None40,48145–45–1
92July 23@ Braves5–6Rick Camp (8–8)Willie Hernández (4–3)None36,50145–46–1
93July 24@ Braves4–12Pascual Pérez (11–2)Marty Bystrom (3–6)None29,40645–47–1
94July 26@ Astros1–0Charles Hudson (4–3)Nolan Ryan (9–4)Al Holland (9)25,95446–47–1
95July 27@ Astros3–1John Denny (10–5)Joe Niekro (8–8)Willie Hernández (6)18,78147–47–1
96July 28@ Astros6–5Ron Reed (5–1)Mike LaCoss (4–7)Al Holland (10)19,94848–47–1
97July 29Cubs3–2Al Holland (5–0)Lee Smith (4–6)None32,44549–47–1
98July 30 (1)Cubs3–4Bill Campbell (3–6)Willie Hernández (4–4)Lee Smith (15)see 2nd game49–48–1
99July 30 (2)Cubs4–3Charles Hudson (5–3)Steve Trout (8–9)Al Holland (11)44,33250–48–1
100July 31Cubs5–2John Denny (11–5)Dick Ruthven (7–9)Willie Hernández (7)36,01151–48–1 :
August (16–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
101August 1Cubs2–1Steve Carlton (10–11)Bill Campbell (3–7)None27,73952–48–1
102August 2@ Pirates3–10Larry McWilliams (11–5)Kevin Gross (2–3)None25,13052–49–1
103August 3@ Pirates2–7John Candelaria (11–6)Marty Bystrom (3–7)Kent Tekulve (12)23,07052–50–1
104August 4@ Pirates5–1Charles Hudson (6–3)Rick Rhoden (8–9)Al Holland (12)20,57453–50–1
105August 5@ Cardinals10–7John Denny (12–5)John Stuper (7–8)Ron Reed (4)32,90354–50–1
106August 6@ Cardinals1–0 (11)Al Holland (6–0)Bruce Sutter (8–7)None42,46955–50–1
107August 7@ Cardinals5–2Marty Bystrom (4–7)Neil Allen (7–11)Ron Reed (5)46,37356–50–1
108August 8Pirates14–5Charles Hudson (7–3)John Candelaria (11–7)None38,08057–50–1
109August 9Pirates1–3Kent Tekulve (6–2)Al Holland (6–1)None37,71957–51–1
110August 10Pirates4–2Steve Carlton (11–11)José DeLeón (2–2)Al Holland (13)38,70558–51–1
111August 12Cardinals5–2Marty Bystrom (5–7)Neil Allen (7–12)Willie Hernández (8)33,52159–51–1
112August 13Cardinals2–6Dave LaPoint (10–7)Charles Hudson (7–4)None40,54159–52–1
113August 14Cardinals5–1John Denny (13–5)Bob Forsch (7–11)None42,78760–52–1
114August 15@ Cubs5–0Steve Carlton (12–11)Steve Trout (9–10)None23,36161–52–1
115August 16 (1)@ Cubs1–10Dick Ruthven (9–9)Marty Bystrom (5–8)Nonesee 2nd game61–53–1
116August 16 (2)@ Cubs6–2Willie Hernández (5–4)Mike Proly (1–5)Al Holland (14)28,12462–53–1
117August 17@ Padres4–5Eric Show (12–8)Charles Hudson (7–5)Gary Lucas (13)14,65762–54–1
118August 18@ Padres4–2 (10)Al Holland (7–1)Gary Lucas (4–7)Ron Reed (6)9,75563–54–1
119August 19@ Dodgers0–3Alejandro Peña (10–6)Steve Carlton (12–12)None45,63363–55–1
120August 20@ Dodgers3–4Fernando Valenzuela (13–6)Marty Bystrom (5–9)Steve Howe (15)48,98663–56–1
121August 21@ Dodgers0–6Rick Honeycutt (15–8)Kevin Gross (2–4)None42,94663–57–1
122August 22@ Giants5–11Bill Laskey (13–10)Charles Hudson (7–6)Gary Lavelle (15)16,04863–58–1
123August 23@ Giants1–3Mike Krukow (9–7)Al Holland (7–2)Greg Minton (15)6,88563–59–1
124August 24@ Giants3–5Renie Martin (2–4)Steve Carlton (12–13)None14,31763–60–1
125August 26Dodgers4–1Kevin Gross (3–4)Fernando Valenzuela (13–7)Al Holland (15)40,42764–60–1
126August 27Dodgers1–6Rick Honeycutt (16–8)Charles Hudson (7–7)None43,48264–61–1
127August 28Dodgers3–8Jerry Reuss (9–10)John Denny (13–6)None34,44264–62–1
128August 29 (1)Padres5–6Luis DeLeón (4–5)Steve Carlton (12–14)Nonesee 2nd game64–63–1
129August 29 (2)Padres8–6Steve Comer (1–0)Sid Monge (5–2)Al Holland (16)25,78965–63–1
130August 30 (1)Padres6–0Kevin Gross (4–4)Andy Hawkins (3–6)Nonesee 2nd game66–63–1
131August 30 (2)Padres5–7Ed Whitson (3–7)Tug McGraw (1–1)Luis DeLeón (12)27,79066–64–1
132August 31Padres4–3Al Holland (8–2)Elías Sosa (1–3)None21,54767–64–1 :
September (22–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
133September 1Giants4–2Tony Ghelfi (1–0)Atlee Hammaker (10–8)Al Holland (17)16,02268–64–1
134September 2Giants5–3Ron Reed (6–1)Gary Lavelle (6–4)None22,91669–64–1
135September 3Giants4–5Mike Krukow (10–8)Steve Carlton (12–15)Greg Minton (17)26,52969–65–1
136September 4Giants4–10Andy McGaffigan (3–9)Kevin Gross (4–5)Greg Minton (18)24,38569–66–1
137September 5@ Mets5–6Jesse Orosco (13–5)Al Holland (8–3)None8,47469–67–1
138September 6@ Mets2–0Tug McGraw (2–1)Ron Darling (0–1)Al Holland (18)8,86370–67–1
139September 7@ Mets6–1John Denny (14–6)Walt Terrell (6–7)None8,79171–67–1
140September 9@ Pirates4–3 (13)Willie Hernández (6–4)Jim Bibby (4–12)None24,30472–67–1
141September 10@ Pirates5–6 (10)Kent Tekulve (7–4)Al Holland (8–4)None26,24672–68–1
142September 11@ Pirates5–3Ron Reed (7–1)Cecilio Guante (2–4)None19,13073–68–1
143September 12Mets2–1John Denny (15–6)Ron Darling (0–2)Al Holland (19)10,25774–68–1
144September 13Mets1–5Walt Terrell (7–7)Tony Ghelfi (1–1)None15,63574–69–1
145September 14 (1)Expos9–5Steve Carlton (13–15)Bryn Smith (4–10)Nonesee 2nd game75–69–1
146September 14 (2)Expos5–0Marty Bystrom (6–9)Ray Burris (4–7)None30,73176–69–1
147September 15Expos1–4Bill Gullickson (15–11)Kevin Gross (4–6)Bob James (4)25,04776–70–1
148September 16Cardinals3–2 (13)Willie Hernández (7–4)Steve Baker (3–4)None30,06977–70–1
149September 17Cardinals4–1John Denny (16–6)Danny Cox (2–5)Al Holland (20)23,46778–70–1
150September 18Cardinals5–3Steve Carlton (14–15)Joaquín Andújar (6–15)Al Holland (21)30,91579–70–1
151September 19Cubs7–6Ron Reed (8–1)Lee Smith (4–10)Al Holland (22)21,28980–70–1
152September 20Cubs8–5Willie Hernández (8–4)Reggie Patterson (0–1)Ron Reed (7)20,31281–70–1
–September 21@ ExposPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 22 as a traditional double-header
153September 22 (1)@ Expos9–7John Denny (17–6)Charlie Lea (15–10)Al Holland (23)see 2nd game82–70–1
154September 22 (2)@ Expos7–1Charles Hudson (8–7)Steve Rogers (17–11)None47,36483–70–1
155September 23@ Cardinals6–2Steve Carlton (15–15)Joaquín Andújar (6–16)None27,26684–70–1
156September 24@ Cardinals9–6Ron Reed (9–1)Bruce Sutter (9–10)None27,44185–70–1
157September 25@ Cardinals6–5 (10)Larry Andersen (1–0)Jeff Lahti (3–3)Al Holland (24)20,02986–70–1
158September 26@ Cubs5–2John Denny (18–6)Chuck Rainey (14–12)Ron Reed (8)3,13787–70–1
159September 27@ Cubs0–3Steve Trout (10–14)Steve Carlton (15–16)Lee Smith (29)6,59387–71–1
160September 28@ Cubs13–6Willie Hernández (9–4)Dick Ruthven (13–12)None7,68088–71–1
161September 30Pirates2–1John Denny (19–6)Larry McWilliams (15–8)Al Holland (25)26,68589–71–1 :
October (1–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
162October 1Pirates5–3Porfi Altamirano (2–3)Cecilio Guante (2–6)Don Carman (1)34,76390–71–1
163October 2Pirates0–4Lee Tunnell (11–6)Charles Hudson (8–8)None33,28490–72–1 :
Phillies win  Phillies loss  Phillies tie   PostponementBold: Phillies team member Source: :

### Roster
## Player stats

* = Indicates team leader

### 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 | Bo Díaz | 136 | 471 | 111 | .236 | 15 | 64 |
| 1B | Pete Rose | 151 | 493 | 121 | .245 | 0 | 45 |
| 2B | Joe Morgan | 123 | 404 | 93 | .230 | 16 | 59 |
| 3B | Mike Schmidt | 154 | 534 | 136 | .255 | 40 | 109 |
| SS | Iván DeJesús | 158 | 497 | 126 | .254 | 4 | 45 |
| LF | Gary Matthews | 132 | 446 | 115 | .258 | 10 | 50 |
| CF | Garry Maddox | 97 | 324 | 89 | .275 | 4 | 32 |
| RF | Von Hayes | 124 | 351 | 93 | .265 | 6 | 32 |

#### 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 |
| Joe Lefebvre | 101 | 258 | 80 | .310 | 8 | 38 |
| Tony Pérez | 91 | 253 | 61 | .241 | 6 | 43 |
| Greg Gross | 136 | 245 | 74 | .302 | 0 | 29 |
| Bob Dernier | 122 | 221 | 51 | .231 | 1 | 15 |
| Ozzie Virgil | 55 | 140 | 30 | .214 | 6 | 23 |
| Kiko Garcia | 84 | 118 | 34 | .288 | 2 | 9 |
| Len Matuszek | 28 | 80 | 22 | .275 | 4 | 16 |
| Larry Milbourne | 41 | 66 | 16 | .242 | 0 | 4 |
| Juan Samuel | 18 | 65 | 18 | .277 | 2 | 5 |
| Sixto Lezcano | 18 | 39 | 11 | .282 | 0 | 7 |
| Bob Molinaro | 19 | 18 | 2 | .111 | 1 | 3 |
| Steve Jeltz | 13 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Robinson | 10 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 2 |
| Alejandro Sánchez | 8 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 2 |
| Luis Aguayo | 2 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Stone | 9 | 4 | 3 | .750 | 0 | 3 |
| Darren Daulton | 2 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Corcoran | 3 | 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 |
| Steve Carlton | 37 | 283.2 | 15 | 16 | 3.11 | 275 |
| John Denny | 36 | 242.2 | 19 | 6 | 2.37 | 139 |
| Charles Hudson | 26 | 169.1 | 8 | 8 | 3.35 | 101 |
| Marty Bystrom | 24 | 119.1 | 6 | 9 | 4.60 | 87 |
| Kevin Gross | 17 | 96.0 | 4 | 6 | 3.56 | 66 |

#### 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 |
| Larry Christenson | 9 | 48.1 | 2 | 4 | 3.91 | 44 |
| Dick Ruthven | 7 | 33.2 | 1 | 3 | 5.61 | 26 |
| Tony Ghelfi | 3 | 14.1 | 1 | 1 | 3.14 | 14 |
| Steve Comer | 3 | 8.2 | 1 | 0 | 5.19 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Al Holland | 68 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 2.26 | 100 |
| Ron Reed | 61 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 3.48 | 73 |
| Willie Hernández | 63 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3.29 | 75 |
| Tug McGraw | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.56 | 30 |
| Porfi Altamirano | 31 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3.70 | 24 |
| Sid Monge | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.94 | 7 |
| Larry Andersen | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.39 | 14 |
| Ed Farmer | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6.08 | 16 |
| Don Carman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 |

## Post-season

The Phillies post-season roster had nine players 30 years of age or over and three rookies, Charlie Hudson, Kevin Gross, and Juan Samuel. The Dodgers entered the series as favorites after winning 11 of 12 games against the Phillies in the regular season. The Dodgers had shut out the Phillies five times, allowed only 15 runs total, and held Phillies hitters to a .187 batting average.

### National League Championship Series

Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Philadelphia Phillies
Phillies win the Series, 3–1
| Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
| 1 | Philadelphia – 1, Los Angeles – 0 | October 4 | Dodger Stadium | 49,963 |
| 2 | Philadelphia – 1, Los Angeles – 4 | October 5 | Dodger Stadium | 55,967 |
| 3 | Los Angeles – 2, Philadelphia – 7 | October 7 | Veterans Stadium | 53,490 |
| 4 | Los Angeles – 2, Philadelphia – 7 | October 8 | Veterans Stadium | 64,494 |

### Postseason game log

1983 Postseason Game Log (Overall Record: 4–5) :
National League Championship Series (3–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 4@ Dodgers1–0Steve Carlton (1–0)Jerry Reuss (0–1)Al Holland (1)49,9631–0
2October 5@ Dodgers1–4Fernando Valenzuela (1–0)John Denny (0–1)Tom Niedenfuer (1)55,9671–1
3October 7Dodgers7–2Charles Hudson (1–0)Bob Welch (0–1)None53,4902–1
4October 8Dodgers7–2Steve Carlton (2–0)Jerry Reuss (0–2)None64,4943–1 :
World Series (1–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
5October 11@ OriolesW 2–1John Denny (1–1)Scott McGregor (0–2)Al Holland (2)52,2041–0
6October 12@ OriolesL 1–4Mike Boddicker (2–0)Charles Hudson (1–1)None52,1321–1
7October 14OriolesL 2–3Jim Palmer (1–0)Steve Carlton (2–1)Tippy Martinez (1)65,7921–2
8October 15OriolesL 4–5Storm Davis (1–0)John Denny (1–2)Tippy Martinez (2)66,9471–3
9October 16OriolesL 0–5Scott McGregor (1–2)Charles Hudson (1–2)None67,0641–4 :
Phillies win  Phillies loss  PostponementBold: Phillies team member Source: :

### World Series

AL Baltimore Orioles (4) vs. NL Philadelphia Phillies (1) :
| Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance | Time of Game |
| 1 | Phillies – 2, Orioles – 1 | October 11 | Memorial Stadium (Baltimore) | 52,204 | 2:22 |
| 2 | Phillies – 1, Orioles – 4 | October 12 | Memorial Stadium (Baltimore) | 52,132 | 2:27 |
| 3 | Orioles – 3, Phillies – 2 | October 14 | Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia) | 65,792 | 2:35 |
| 4 | Orioles – 5, Phillies – 4 | October 15 | Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia) | 66,947 | 2:50 |
| 5 | Orioles – 5, Phillies – 0 | October 16 | Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia) | 67,064 | 2:21 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Portland Beavers | Pacific Coast League | John Felske |
| AA | Reading Phillies | Eastern League | Bill Dancy |
| A | Peninsula Pilots | Carolina League | Tony Taylor |
| A | Spartanburg Spinners | South Atlantic League | Roly de Armas |
| A-Short Season | Bend Phillies | Northwest League | Jay Ward |
| Rookie | Helena Phillies | Pioneer League | Ron Smith |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Portland