# 1983 Chicago White Sox season

The 1983 Chicago White Sox season was a season in American baseball. It involved the White Sox winning the American League West championship on September 17. It marked their first postseason appearance since the 1959 World Series. It was the city of Chicago's first baseball championship of any kind (division, league, or world), since the White Sox themselves reached the World Series twenty-four years earlier.
After the White Sox went through a winning streak around the All-Star break, Texas Rangers manager Doug Rader said the White Sox "...weren't playing well. They're winning ugly." This phrase became a rallying cry for the team, and they are often referred to as the "winning ugly" team (and their uniforms as the "winning ugly" uniforms).

## Offseason

* October 12, 1982: Sparky Lyle was released by the White Sox.
* November 10, 1982: Casey Parsons was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.
* January 11, 1983: Damon Berryhill was drafted by the White Sox in the 13th round of the 1983 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign.
* January 25, 1983: Steve Trout and Warren Brusstar were traded by the White Sox to the Chicago Cubs for Scott Fletcher, Pat Tabler, Randy Martz, and Dick Tidrow.

## Regular season

Ron Kittle won the American League Rookie of the Year Award and set a club record for most home runs by a rookie. He missed the American League home run title by 3 home runs and finished third in the league. He would rank in ninth place in the American League for runs batted in. Kittle would manage to lead the league in strikeouts with 150.
LaMarr Hoyt won the American League Cy Young Award while fellow pitcher Floyd Bannister finished second in the American League in strikeouts. He also won 13 of 14 games after the All-Star Break.
Tony LaRussa was named American League Manager of the Year.

### Opening Day lineup

* Rudy Law, CF
* Tony Bernazard, 2B
* Harold Baines, RF
* Greg Luzinski, DH
* Greg Walker, 1B
* Tom Paciorek, LF
* Carlton Fisk, C
* Vance Law, 3B
* Scott Fletcher, SS
* LaMarr Hoyt, P

### Season standings

vteAL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago White Sox | 99 | 63 | .611 | — | 55‍–‍26 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Kansas City Royals | 79 | 83 | .488 | 20 | 45‍–‍36 | 34‍–‍47 |
| Texas Rangers | 77 | 85 | .475 | 22 | 44‍–‍37 | 33‍–‍48 |
| Oakland Athletics | 74 | 88 | .457 | 25 | 42‍–‍39 | 32‍–‍49 |
| California Angels | 70 | 92 | .432 | 29 | 35‍–‍46 | 35‍–‍46 |
| Minnesota Twins | 70 | 92 | .432 | 29 | 37‍–‍44 | 33‍–‍48 |
| Seattle Mariners | 60 | 102 | .370 | 39 | 30‍–‍51 | 30‍–‍51 |

### Record vs. opponents

1983 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
| Baltimore | — | 8–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 11–2 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 7–6 |
| Boston | 5–8 | — | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 7–6 |
| California | 5–7 | 6–6 | — | 3–10 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 4–8 |
| Chicago | 5–7 | 6–6 | 10–3 | — | 8–4 | 8–4 | 9–4 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 8–4 | 8–5 | 12–1 | 8–5 | 5–7 |
| Cleveland | 7–6 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 4–8 | — | 5–8 | 7–5 | 3–10 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 3–9 | 4–9 |
| Detroit | 8–5 | 9–4 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 8–5 | — | 7–5 | 6–7 | 9–3 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 6–7 |
| Kansas City | 4–8 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 5–7 | — | 6–6 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 8–5–1 | 6–6 |
| Milwaukee | 2–11 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 10–3 | 7–6 | 6–6 | — | 8–4 | 4–9 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 8–5 |
| Minnesota | 4–8 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 7–6 | 4–8 | — | 4–8 | 4–9 | 9–4 | 5–8 | 5–7 |
| New York | 7–6 | 6–7 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 8–4 | — | 8–4 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 7–6 |
| Oakland | 4–8 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 4–8 | — | 9–4 | 2–11 | 6–6 |
| Seattle | 4–8 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 1–12 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 4–9 | — | 6–7 | 4–8 |
| Texas | 3–9 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 5–8 | 9–3 | 4–8 | 5–8–1 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 11–2 | 7–6 | — | 4–8 |
| Toronto | 6–7 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 9–4 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 8–4 | — |

### Notable transactions

* April 1, 1983: Pat Tabler was traded by the White Sox to the Cleveland Indians for Jerry Dybzinski.
* June 6, 1983: Doug Drabek was drafted by the White Sox in the 11th round of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1983.
* August 31, 1983: Aurelio Rodriguez was signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox.

### Roster
## Game log
### Regular season

Legend :
| | White Sox win |
| | White Sox loss |
| | Postponement |
| | Clinched division |
| Bold | White Sox team member |
1983 regular season game log: 99–63 (Home: 55–26; Away: 44–37) :
April: 8–10 (Home: 4–3; Away: 4–7)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
6April 12OriolesL 8–1038,3062–4L1
7April 14OriolesW 12–1113,6223–4W1 :
May: 12–15 (Home: 8–7; Away: 4–8)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
—May 16@ OriolesPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: May 17)
31May 17 (1)@ OriolesL 2–7–13–18L1
32May 17 (2)@ OriolesL 0–514,31413–19L2
33May 18@ OriolesL 0–112,58213–20L3 :
June: 18–10 (Home: 12–5; Away: 6–7)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak :
July: 15–13 (Home: 7–6; Away: 8–7)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
—July 67:40 p.m. CDT54th All-Star Game in Chicago, IL :
August: 22–9 (Home: 10–4; Away: 12–5)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
106August 5@ OriolesL 4–539,54456–50L1
107August 6@ OriolesW 6–432,76957–50W1
108August 7@ OriolesW 4–324,38458–50W2
112August 11OriolesW 9–331,81061–51W2
113August 12OriolesW 2–145,58862–51W3
114August 13OriolesL 2–536,32362–52L1
115August 14OriolesL 1–237,84662–53L2 :
September: 22–6 (Home: 14–1; Away: 8–5)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak :
October: 2–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–0)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak :

### Postseason Game log

Legend :
| | White Sox win |
| | White Sox loss |
| Bold | White Sox team member |
1983 Postseason game log: 1–3 (Home: 0–2; Away: 1–1) :
AL Championship Series vs. Baltimore Orioles 1–3 (Home: 0–2; Away: 1–1)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceSeriesBox/ Streak
1October 52:05 p.m. CDT@ OriolesW 2–151,289CHA 1–0W1
2October 67:20 p.m. CDT@ OriolesL 0–452,347Tie 1–1L1
3October 77:20 p.m. CDTOriolesL 1–1146,635BAL 2–1L2
4October 812:05 p.m. CDTOriolesL 0–3 (10)45,477BAL 3–1L3 :

## All-Star game

The 54th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL) was held on July 6, 1983, at Comiskey Park. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 13–3. The game occurred exactly 50 years to the date of the first All-Star game. The game is best remembered for Fred Lynn's third-inning grand slam off of San Francisco's Atlee Hammaker. As of 2024, it is the only grand slam in All-Star Game history.

## Player stats

* = Indicates team leader

### Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
| Harold Baines, RF,CF | 156 | 596 | 76 | 167 | 33 | 2 | 20 | 99 | 49 | 85 | .280 | 7 |
| Tony Bernazard, 2B | 59 | 233 | 30 | 61 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 45 | .262 | 2 |
| Julio Cruz, 2B | 99 | 334 | 47 | 84 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 29 | 44 | .251 | 24 |
| Miguel Diloné, CF | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 |
| Jerry Dybzinski, SS | 127 | 256 | 30 | 59 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 18 | 29 | .230 | 11 |
| Carlton Fisk, C | 138 | 488 | 85 | 141 | 26 | 4 | 26 | 86 | 46 | 88 | .289 | 9 |
| Scott Fletcher, SS,2B | 114 | 262 | 42 | 62 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 29 | 22 | .237 | 5 |
| Lorenzo Gray, 3B | 41 | 78 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | .179 | 1 |
| Jerry Hairston, OF,DH | 101 | 126 | 17 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 16 | .294 | 0 |
| Marc Hill, C | 58 | 133 | 11 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 24 | .226 | 0 |
| Tim Hulett, 2B | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | 1 |
| Ron Kittle, LF | 145 | 520 | 75 | 132 | 19 | 3 | 35 | 100 | 39 | 150 | .254 | 8 |
| Rusty Kuntz, CF | 28 | 42 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 13 | .262 | 1 |
| Rudy Law, CF | 141 | 501 | 95 | 142 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 42 | 36 | .283 | 77 |
| Vance Law, 3B | 145 | 408 | 55 | 99 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 51 | 56 | .243 | 3 |
| Greg Luzinski, DH | 144 | 502 | 73 | 128 | 26 | 1 | 32 | 95 | 70 | 117 | .255 | 2 |
| Chris Nyman, 1B,DH | 21 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | .286 | 2 |
| Tom Paciorek, 1B,OF | 115 | 420 | 65 | 129 | 32 | 3 | 9 | 63 | 25 | 58 | .307 | 6 |
| Casey Parsons, OF | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .200 | 0 |
| Aurelio Rodriguez, 3B | 22 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .200 | 0 |
| Joel Skinner, C | 6 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .273 | 0 |
| Mike Squires, 1B | 143 | 153 | 21 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 11 | .222 | 3 |
| Dave Stegman, OF | 30 | 53 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | .170 | 0 |
| Greg Walker, 1B,DH | 118 | 307 | 32 | 83 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 55 | 58 | 57 | .270 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5484 | 800 | 1439 | 270 | 42 | 157 | 762 | 527 | 888 | .262 | 165 |

### Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K |
| Juan Agosto | 2 | 2 | 4.10 | 39 | 0 | 7 | 41.2 | 41 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 12 | 29 |
| Floyd Bannister | 16 | 10 | 3.35 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 217.1 | 191 | 88 | 81 | 19 | 74 | 193 |
| Salome Barojas | 3 | 3 | 2.47 | 52 | 0 | 12 | 87.1 | 70 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 34 | 38 |
| Britt Burns | 10 | 11 | 3.58 | 29 | 26 | 0 | 173.2 | 165 | 79 | 69 | 14 | 57 | 115 |
| Richard Dotson | 22 | 7 | 3.23 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 240.0 | 209 | 92 | 86 | 19 | 107 | 137 |
| Kevin Hickey | 1 | 2 | 5.23 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 20.2 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 8 |
| Guy Hoffman | 1 | 0 | 7.50 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| LaMarr Hoyt | 24 | 10 | 3.66 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 260.2 | 236 | 115 | 106 | 27 | 35 | 148 |
| Al Jones | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jim Kern | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Koosman | 11 | 7 | 4.77 | 37 | 24 | 2 | 169.2 | 176 | 96 | 90 | 19 | 55 | 90 |
| Dennis Lamp | 7 | 7 | 3.71 | 49 | 5 | 15 | 116.1 | 123 | 52 | 48 | 6 | 36 | 44 |
| Randy Martz | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Steve Mura | 0 | 0 | 4.38 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Dick Tidrow | 2 | 4 | 4.22 | 50 | 1 | 7 | 91.2 | 86 | 50 | 43 | 13 | 42 | 66 |
| Team Totals | 99 | 63 | 3.67 | 162 | 162 | 48 | 1445.1 | 1355 | 650 | 589 | 128 | 479 | 877 |

## American League Championship Series
### Summary

| Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
| 1 | Chicago – 2, Baltimore – 1 | October 5 | Memorial Stadium | 51,289 |
| 2 | Chicago – 0, Baltimore – 4 | October 6 | Memorial Stadium | 52,347 |
| 3 | Baltimore – 11, Chicago – 1 | October 7 | Comiskey Park | 46,635 |
| 4 | Baltimore – 3, Chicago – 0 | October 8 | Comiskey Park | 45,477 |

#### Game One

October 5, Memorial Stadium
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Chicago | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Baltimore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| W: LaMarr Hoyt (1-0) L: Scott McGregor (0-1) |||||||||||||
| HRs: None |||||||||||||
Playing in their first postseason game since the 1959 World Series, the White Sox jumped out to a 1–0 series lead behind a complete-game victory by Hoyt, the American League Cy Young Award winner.

#### Game Two

October 6, Memorial Stadium
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Chicago | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Baltimore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| W: Mike Boddicker (1-0) L: Floyd Bannister (0-1) |||||||||||||
| HRs: BAL – Gary Roenicke (1) |||||||||||||

#### Game Three

October 7, Comiskey Park
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Baltimore | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 1 |
| Chicago | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| W: Mike Flanagan (1-0) L: Richard Dotson (0-1) SV: Sammy Stewart (1) |||||||||||||
| HRs: BAL – Eddie Murray (1) |||||||||||||

#### Game Four

October 8, Comiskey Park
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
| Baltimore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Chicago | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| W: Tippy Martinez (1-0) L: Britt Burns (0-1) ||||||||||||||
| HRs: BAL – Tito Landrum (1) ||||||||||||||

## Award winners

* LaMarr Hoyt, American League Cy Young Award
* Ron Kittle, American League Rookie of the Year Award
* Tony La Russa, American League Manager of the Year Award
* Tony La Russa, Associated Press AL Manager of the Year
* Roland Hemond, Executive of the Year
All-Star Game
* Ron Kittle, reserve

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Denver Bears | American Association | Jim Mahoney |
| AA | Glens Falls White Sox | Eastern League | Adrian Garrett |
| A | Appleton Foxes | Midwest League | John Boles |
| A-Short Season | Niagara Falls Sox | New York–Penn League | Fred Nelson |
| Rookie | GCL White Sox | Gulf Coast League | Steve Dillard |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Denver, Appleton