# 1983 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1983 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 102nd season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; their 97th in the National League. This was their 14th season at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pirates finished second in the National League East with a record of 84–78.

## Regular season
### 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 | — |

### Game log

1983 Game Log: 84–78 (Home: 41–40; Away: 43–38) :
April: 8–9 (Home: 3–7; Away: 5–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 5@ Cardinals7–1Candelaria (1–0)Forsch—43,5091–0
2April 7@ Astros3–2Scurry (1–0)Knepper—7,7412–0
3April 8@ Astros5–3Scurry (2–0)DiPinoBibby (1)10,8623–0
4April 9@ Astros1–0McWilliams (1–0)Niekro—13,8564–0
5April 10@ Astros10–8Bibby (1–0)SolanoScurry (1)7,6685–0
6April 12Cardinals3–4 (10)SutterBibby (1–1)Rasmussen46,8695–1
7April 13Cardinals1–9AndujarTunnell (0–1)—4,1265–2
8April 16Cubs5–6HernandezMcWilliams (1–1)Smith5,4945–3
9April 17Cubs7–0Candelaria (2–0)TroutRhoden (1)14,2856–3
10April 20@ Mets0–6SeaverMcWilliams (1–2)—6–4
11April 20@ Mets5–7DiazTekulve (0–1)Allen4,0416–5
12April 22Dodgers2–4ReussRhoden (0–1)Pena8,8466–6
13April 23Dodgers2–3WelchCandelaria (2–1)Howe8,1876–7
14April 26Giants3–0McWilliams (2–2)Breining—7,1037–7
15April 27Giants2–3LaskeyRhoden (0–2)Minton5,2677–8
16April 30Padres4–8HawkinsCandelaria (2–2)—7–9
17April 30Padres2–1McWilliams (3–2)DeLeonScurry (2)19,5938–9 :
May: 10–15 (Home: 5–5; Away: 5–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
18May 2@ Dodgers5–1Rhoden (1–2)Reuss—39,7659–9
19May 3@ Dodgers4–5PenaBibby (1–2)Howe34,6249–10
20May 4@ Dodgers2–3NiedenfuerSarmiento (0–1)—35,7579–11
21May 6@ Giants1–2McGaffiganCandelaria (2–3)Lavelle16,4769–12
22May 7@ Giants1–5BreiningRhoden (1–3)—10,8749–13
23May 8@ Giants1–12LaskeyBibby (1–3)—19,1239–14
24May 9@ Padres5–3 (14)Sarmiento (1–1)Couchee—17,88510–14
25May 10@ Padres1–4HawkinsScurry (2–1)—9,96510–15
26May 12Mets6–2Candelaria (3–3)Torrez—7,94411–15
27May 13Mets2–1Tekulve (1–1)Diaz—11,00012–15
28May 14Mets2–6AllenMcWilliams (3–3)Orosco8,93112–16
29May 16Mets4–11LynchBibby (1–4)Swan1,97012–17
30May 17Reds1–2SotoCandelaria (3–4)—5,20712–18
31May 18Reds2–1Rhoden (2–3)Berenyi—6,40213–18
32May 20Astros4–3McWilliams (4–3)KnepperTekulve (1)13,64314–18
33May 21Astros4–6LaCossNiemann (0–1)DiPino8,80414–19
34May 23@ Braves3–6FalconeRhoden (2–4)Moore16,74314–20
35May 24@ Braves6–5McWilliams (5–3)Camp—17,44715–20
36May 25@ Braves0–6McMurtryBibby (1–5)—15,03415–21
37May 26@ Reds6–4Tunnell (1–1)PuleoTekulve (2)10,01816–21
38May 27@ Reds0–9SotoCandelaria (3–5)—13,22416–22
39May 28@ Reds3–4HayesScurry (2–2)Scherrer23,99416–23
40May 29@ Reds8–5McWilliams (6–3)ScherrerSarmiento (1)13,39417–23
41May 30Braves8–6Bibby (2–5)McMurtryTekulve (3)12,21118–23
42May 31Braves2–10NiekroTunnell (1–2)Bedrosian5,26218–24 :
June: 14–15 (Home: 7–5; Away: 7–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
43June 1Braves3–6PerezCandelaria (3–6)Garber6,25518–25
44June 2@ Cubs2–3TroutRhoden (2–5)Smith6,58918–26
45June 3@ Cubs3–9RuthvenScurry (2–3)—6,21318–27
46June 4@ Cubs2–5JenkinsBibby (2–6)Campbell30,11018–28
47June 5@ Cubs1–3LeffertsTunnell (1–3)Smith22,64918–29
48June 7@ Expos3–2Candelaria (4–6)LeaTekulve (4)31,73019–29
49June 8@ Expos4–5GullicksonRhoden (2–6)Reardon16,20019–30
50June 9@ Expos6–3McWilliams (7–3)Rogers—34,31320–30
51June 10@ Phillies4–3 (12)Tekulve (2–1)Farmer—31,09221–30
52June 11@ Phillies7–9CarltonScurry (2–4)Holland34,82021–31
53June 12@ Phillies4–5 (11)ReedScurry (2–5)—37,15421–32
54June 13Expos4–3Rhoden (3–6)GullicksonTekulve (5)8,22922–32
55June 14Expos3–7RogersMcWilliams (7–4)Reardon9,58822–33
56June 15Expos4–7BurrisBibby (2–7)Reardon11,80922–34
57June 17Phillies2–1Candelaria (5–6)DennyTekulve (6)19,81423–34
58June 18Phillies4–6BystromRhoden (3–7)—26,66223–35
59June 19Phillies2–14HudsonMcWilliams (7–5)—19,36923–36
60June 20Cubs5–4 (10)Tekulve (3–1)Campbell—24–36
61June 20Cubs6–5 (13)Robinson (1–0)Campbell—5,83925–36
62June 21Cubs8–4Rhoden (4–7)Noles—6,36326–36
63June 22Cubs5–2Candelaria (6–6)RaineyGuante (1)8,66627–36
64June 23Cubs5–2McWilliams (8–5)Trout—8,29628–36
65June 24@ Cardinals8–2Bibby (3–7)LaPointSarmiento (2)39,47529–36
66June 25@ Cardinals10–3Tunnell (2–3)Hagen—29,56730–36
67June 26@ Cardinals5–0Rhoden (5–7)Allen—32,30631–36
68June 27@ Cardinals6–1Guante (1–0)Andujar—23,28632–36
69June 28@ Cubs7–8 (11)LeffertsTekulve (3–2)—11,83232–37
70June 29@ Cubs0–5RuthvenBibby (3–8)—28,50432–38
71June 30@ Cubs3–4SmithSarmiento (1–2)—17,26132–39 :
July: 22–10 (Home: 10–7; Away: 12–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
72July 1Cardinals6–13AndujarRobinson (1–1)—26,01932–40
73July 2Cardinals3–1Candelaria (7–6)LaPoint—27,44633–40
74July 3Cardinals3–4ForschSarmiento (1–3)Sutter14,46933–41
75July 4Cardinals7–2Rhoden (6–7)Hagen—34–41
76July 4Cardinals4–11AllenBibby (3–9)—22,18534–42
77July 8@ Dodgers4–3Candelaria (8–6)ReussTekulve (7)41,39735–42
78July 9@ Dodgers3–0McWilliams (9–5)Pena—46,04636–42
79July 10@ Dodgers3–10HootonRhoden (6–8)Howe42,48036–43
80July 11@ Giants3–2Sarmiento (2–3)BreiningScurry (3)18,42937–43
81July 12@ Giants6–2Tunnell (3–3)LaskeyGuante (2)7,78938–43
82July 13@ Giants7–6Sarmiento (3–3)MintonTekulve (8)14,31639–43
83July 14@ Padres8–6Guante (2–0)MontefuscoBibby (2)17,00140–43
84July 15@ Padres4–2Tekulve (4–2)Thurmond—15,60141–43
85July 16@ Padres3–2Robinson (2–1)WhitsonTekulve (9)26,41442–43
86July 17@ Padres4–3Tunnell (4–3)ShowTekulve (10)17,89743–43
87July 19Dodgers4–1Candelaria (9–6)ReussScurry (4)44–43
88July 19Dodgers2–3 (11)HoweSarmiento (3–4)Niedenfuer31,30444–44
89July 20Dodgers7–3Rhoden (7–8)Hooton—16,56145–44
90July 21Dodgers5–4Tekulve (5–2)Howe—16,35146–44
91July 22Giants3–5BarrScurry (2–6)Minton23,83446–45
92July 23Giants5–2DeLeon (1–0)MartinScurry (5)14,58547–45
93July 24Giants3–1Scurry (3–6)KrukowTekulve (11)48–45
94July 24Giants5–8 (11)MintonScurry (3–7)McGaffigan39,66048–46
95July 25Padres6–3Rhoden (8–8)DraveckyGuante (3)12,16149–46
96July 26Padres1–6ThurmondRobinson (2–2)DeLeon49–47
97July 26Padres10–5Tunnell (5–3)Whitson—20,66050–47
98July 27Padres10–1DeLeon (2–0)Show—18,79351–47
99July 28@ Mets6–2McWilliams (10–5)SwanScurry (6)12,23352–47
100July 29@ Mets2–1Candelaria (10–6)SeaverGuante (4)14,30653–47
101July 30@ Mets6–3Scurry (4–7)LynchSarmiento (3)17,72154–47
102July 31@ Mets6–7 (12)OroscoBibby (3–10)—54–48
103July 31@ Mets0–1 (12)OroscoSarmiento (3–5)—17,59154–49 :
August: 14–14 (Home: 8–11; Away: 6–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
104August 2Phillies10–3McWilliams (11–5)Gross—25,13055–49
105August 3Phillies7–2Candelaria (11–6)BystromTekulve (12)23,07056–49
106August 4Phillies1–5HudsonRhoden (8–9)Holland20,57456–50
107August 5Expos1–7GullicksonDeLeon (2–1)—33,08956–51
108August 6Expos3–7SmithTunnell (5–4)—24,56156–52
109August 7Expos0–6RogersMcWilliams (11–6)—29,18756–53
110August 8@ Phillies5–14HudsonCandelaria (11–7)—38,08056–54
111August 9@ Phillies3–1Tekulve (6–2)Holland—37,71957–54
112August 10@ Phillies2–4CarltonDeLeon (2–2)Holland38,70557–55
113August 12@ Expos6–3McWilliams (12–6)RogersGuante (5)45,86258–55
114August 13@ Expos2–0Candelaria (12–7)SmithTekulve (13)38,65859–55
115August 14@ Expos5–3Rhoden (9–9)SchatzederTekulve (14)50,06260–55
116August 15Mets4–2DeLeon (3–2)TorrezTekulve (15)15,05361–55
117August 16Mets3–1Tunnell (6–4)SwanGuante (6)12,06162–55
118August 18Reds5–6HumeTekulve (6–3)Hayes18,00762–56
119August 19Reds1–2SotoRhoden (9–10)—15,99562–57
120August 20Reds4–0DeLeon (4–2)Berenyi—44,48163–57
121August 21Reds4–6ScherrerGuante (2–1)—24,63563–58
122August 23Astros5–6RuhleTekulve (6–4)DiPino63–59
123August 23Astros1–2NiekroTunnell (6–5)Dawley17,48463–60
124August 24Astros4–10MaddenRhoden (9–11)LaCoss14,27963–61
125August 25Astros5–3DeLeon (5–2)KnepperScurry (7)11,01964–61
126August 26Braves9–1McWilliams (13–6)Perez—23,77265–61
127August 27Braves2–0Tunnell (7–5)Dayley—22,81166–61
128August 28Braves1–2FalconeCandelaria (12–8)Forster26,19366–62
129August 29@ Reds2–1Rhoden (10–11)SotoTekulve (16)11,17367–62
130August 30@ Reds5–3DeLeon (6–2)RussellTekulve (17)10,16068–62
131August 31@ Astros1–4NiekroScurry (4–8)—12,34768–63 :
September: 15–14 (Home: 8–5; Away: 7–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
132September 1@ Astros0–3RyanGuante (2–2)DiPino7,64568–64
133September 2@ Braves4–1Candelaria (13–8)DayleyTekulve (18)23,99869–64
134September 3@ Braves6–2Bibby (4–10)BedrosianGuante (7)31,23370–64
135September 4@ Braves5–6ForsterBibby (4–11)Bedrosian24,61070–65
136September 5@ Cardinals4–7LaPointScurry (4–9)—70–66
137September 5@ Cardinals6–7 (10)AllenGuante (2–3)—39,68770–67
138September 6@ Cardinals5–0Tunnell (8–5)Stuper—23,60471–67
139September 7@ Cardinals2–5CoxRhoden (10–12)Sutter25,98171–68
140September 9Phillies3–4 (13)HernandezBibby (4–12)—24,30471–69
141September 10Phillies6–5 (10)Tekulve (7–4)Holland—26,24672–69
142September 11Phillies3–5ReedGuante (2–4)—19,13072–70
143September 12Cardinals7–5Tunnell (9–5)CoxSarmiento (4)10,45873–70
144September 13Cardinals6–0Rhoden (11–12)Andujar—9,77174–70
145September 14Cubs6–3Candelaria (14–8)Trout—16,32975–70
146September 15Cubs8–4McWilliams (14–6)Rainey—7,94376–70
147September 16Expos9–0DeLeon (7–2)Lea—13,05777–70
148September 17Expos5–4 (13)Bibby (5–12)Dixon—29,74878–70
149September 18Expos2–5SandersonRhoden (11–13)James25,73878–71
150September 19@ Mets4–5 (10)DiazTekulve (7–5)—6,38178–72
151September 20@ Mets4–0McWilliams (15–6)Lynch—3,11279–72
152September 21@ Cubs6–7JenkinsGuante (2–5)Smith3,02979–73
153September 22@ Cubs8–2Tunnell (10–5)Reuschel—3,42680–73
154September 23@ Expos10–1Rhoden (12–13)Sanderson—37,11581–73
155September 24@ Expos1–0Candelaria (15–8)SmithGuante (8)43,35982–73
156September 25@ Expos3–5GullicksonMcWilliams (15–7)Reardon37,60282–74
157September 27Mets3–4TorrezDeLeon (7–3)Sisk10,91382–75
158September 28Mets2–4DarlingTunnell (10–6)—8,67282–76
159September 29Mets4–2Rhoden (13–13)HolmanGuante (9)7,67783–76
160September 30@ Phillies1–2DennyMcWilliams (15–8)Holland26,68583–77 :
October: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
161October 1@ Phillies3–5AltamiranoGuante (2–6)Carman34,76383–78
162October 2@ Phillies4–0Tunnell (11–6)Hudson—33,28484–78 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Pirates team member :

## Roster
### Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters :
| # | Name | Position |
| 17 | Lee Lacy | LF |
| 11 | Lee Mazzilli | CF |
| 5 | Bill Madlock | 3B |
| 30 | Jason Thompson | 1B |
| 39 | Dave Parker | RF |
| 3 | Johnny Ray | 2B |
| 6 | Tony Peña | C |
| 4 | Dale Berra | SS |
| 45 | John Candelaria | SP |

## Player stats
### Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Regular Season :
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| B. Madlock | 130 | 473 | 153 | 0.323 | 12 | 68 |
| M. Easler | 115 | 381 | 117 | 0.307 | 10 | 54 |
| J. Morrison | 66 | 158 | 48 | 0.304 | 6 | 25 |
| L. Lacy | 108 | 288 | 87 | 0.302 | 4 | 13 |
| T. Peña | 151 | 542 | 163 | 0.301 | 15 | 70 |
| D. Frobel | 32 | 60 | 17 | 0.283 | 3 | 11 |
| J. Ray | 151 | 576 | 163 | 0.283 | 5 | 53 |
| D. Parker | 144 | 552 | 154 | 0.279 | 12 | 69 |
| R. Hebner | 78 | 162 | 43 | 0.265 | 5 | 26 |
| J. Thompson | 152 | 517 | 134 | 0.259 | 18 | 76 |
| D. Berra | 161 | 537 | 135 | 0.251 | 10 | 52 |
| M. May | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0.250 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Wynne | 103 | 366 | 89 | 0.243 | 7 | 26 |
| L. Mazzilli | 109 | 246 | 59 | 0.240 | 5 | 24 |
| B. Harper | 61 | 131 | 29 | 0.221 | 7 | 20 |
| J. Orsulak | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0.182 | 0 | 1 |
| G. Tenace | 53 | 62 | 11 | 0.177 | 0 | 6 |
| D. Robinson | 10 | 13 | 2 | 0.154 | 1 | 3 |
| R. Rhoden | 36 | 86 | 13 | 0.151 | 0 | 5 |
| J. Candelaria | 33 | 65 | 9 | 0.138 | 0 | 2 |
| S. Nicosia | 21 | 46 | 6 | 0.130 | 1 | 1 |
| J. Ortiz | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0.125 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Tunnell | 35 | 58 | 7 | 0.121 | 0 | 3 |
| L. McWilliams | 35 | 79 | 9 | 0.114 | 0 | 4 |
| J. Bibby | 29 | 18 | 2 | 0.111 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Guante | 49 | 22 | 2 | 0.091 | 0 | 0 |
| J. DeLeón | 15 | 34 | 2 | 0.059 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Belliard | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Niemann | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Sarmiento | 52 | 10 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Scurry | 61 | 5 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Tekulve | 76 | 8 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Wotus | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Diloné | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| B. Owchinko | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| A. Pulido | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| D. Tomlin | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| J. Winn | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5,531 | 1,460 | 0.264 | 121 | 612 |

### Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Regular Season :
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| B. Owchinko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | inf | 0 |
| K. Tekulve | 76 | 99 | 7 | 5 | 1.64 | 52 |
| J. DeLeón | 15 | 108 | 7 | 3 | 2.83 | 118 |
| M. Sarmiento | 52 | 841⁄3 | 3 | 5 | 2.99 | 49 |
| R. Rhoden | 36 | 2441⁄3 | 13 | 13 | 3.09 | 153 |
| J. Candelaria | 33 | 1972⁄3 | 15 | 8 | 3.23 | 157 |
| L. McWilliams | 35 | 238 | 15 | 8 | 3.25 | 199 |
| C. Guante | 49 | 1001⁄3 | 2 | 6 | 3.32 | 82 |
| L. Tunnell | 35 | 1772⁄3 | 11 | 6 | 3.65 | 95 |
| D. Robinson | 9 | 361⁄3 | 2 | 2 | 4.46 | 28 |
| R. Scurry | 61 | 68 | 4 | 9 | 5.56 | 67 |
| J. Bibby | 29 | 78 | 5 | 12 | 6.69 | 44 |
| D. Tomlin | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 5 |
| J. Winn | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | 3 |
| A. Pulido | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
| R. Niemann | 8 | 132⁄3 | 0 | 1 | 9.22 | 8 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 14621⁄3 | 84 | 78 | 3.55 | 1,061 |

## Awards and honors

1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
* Bill Madlock, 3B, reserve

## Transactions

* October 4, 1982 – Released Grant Jackson.
* October 4, 1982 – Released Paul Moskau.
* October 20, 1982 – Bob Long granted free agency.
* November 10, 1982 – Omar Moreno granted free agency.
* December 1, 1982 – Signed Gene Tenace as a free agent.
* December 3, 1982 – Signed Jose Lind as an amateur free agent.
* December 6, 1982 – Odell Jones drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1982 rule 5 draft.
* December 22, 1982 – Traded Jerry Aubin (minors), Bubba Holland (minors), Jose Rivera (minors) and Tim Burke to the New York Yankees. Received Lee Mazzilli.
* January, 1982 – Signed Randy Jones as a free agent.
* January, 1982 – Jim Smith sent to the Chicago White Sox in an unknown transaction.
* January 11, 1983 – Drafted Rich Sauveur in the 11th round of the 1983 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
* January 11, 1983 – Drafted Tim Drummond in the 12th round of the 1983 amateur draft (January).
* January 28, 1983 – Signed Nino Espinosa as a free agent.
* March 8, 1983 – Signed Tom Hausman as a free agent.
* March 27, 1983 – Released Randy Jones.
* March 28, 1983 – Released Ross Baumgarten.
* March 28, 1983 – Released Dick Davis.
* March 28, 1983 – Released John Milner.
* May 2, 1983 – Signed Bob Owchinko as a free agent.
* June 6, 1983 – Drafted Stan Fansler in the 2nd round of the 1983 amateur draft.
* June 6, 1983 – Drafted Rich Sauveur in the 5th round of the 1983 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed June 8, 1983.
* June 6, 1983 – Drafted John Smiley in the 12th round of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1983.
* June 6, 1983 – Drafted Steve Carter in the 21st round of the 1983 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
* June 8, 1983 – Traded Steve Farr to the Cleveland Indians. Received John Malkin (minors).
* June 11, 1983 – Signed Félix Fermín as an amateur free agent.
* June 14, 1983 – Traded Arthur Ray (minors) and Junior Ortiz to the New York Mets. Received Steve Senteney and Marvell Wynne.
* August 2, 1983 – Purchased Dave Tomlin from the Montreal Expos.
* August 19, 1983 – Traded Steve Nicosia to the San Francisco Giants. Received Milt May and cash.
* August 29, 1983 – Signed Jose Melendez as an amateur free agent.
* September 1, 1983 – Purchased Alfonso Pulido from Mexico City Reds (Mexican).
* September 7, 1983 – Traded Randy Niemann to the Chicago White Sox. Received Mike Maitland (minors) and Miguel Diloné.

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Hawaii Islanders | Pacific Coast League | Tom Trebelhorn |
| AA | Lynn Pirates | Eastern League | Tommy Sandt |
| A | Alexandria Dukes | Carolina League | Johnny Lipon |
| A | Greenwood Pirates | South Atlantic League | Joe Frisina |
| A-Short Season | Watertown Pirates | New York–Penn League | Bill Bryk |
| Rookie | GCL Pirates | Gulf Coast League | Woody Huyke |