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
Record vs. opponents
Game log
Roster
Opening Day lineup
Player stats
;Batting
| Player | | | | | | |
| 130 | 473 | 153 | 0.323 | 12 | 68 |
| 115 | 381 | 117 | 0.307 | 10 | 54 |
| 66 | 158 | 48 | 0.304 | 6 | 25 |
| 108 | 288 | 87 | 0.302 | 4 | 13 |
| 151 | 542 | 163 | 0.301 | 15 | 70 |
| 32 | 60 | 17 | 0.283 | 3 | 11 |
| 151 | 576 | 163 | 0.283 | 5 | 53 |
| 144 | 552 | 154 | 0.279 | 12 | 69 |
| 78 | 162 | 43 | 0.265 | 5 | 26 |
| 152 | 517 | 134 | 0.259 | 18 | 76 |
| 161 | 537 | 135 | 0.251 | 10 | 52 |
| 7 | 12 | 3 | 0.250 | 0 | 0 |
| 103 | 366 | 89 | 0.243 | 7 | 26 |
| 109 | 246 | 59 | 0.240 | 5 | 24 |
| 61 | 131 | 29 | 0.221 | 7 | 20 |
| 7 | 11 | 2 | 0.182 | 0 | 1 |
| 53 | 62 | 11 | 0.177 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | 13 | 2 | 0.154 | 1 | 3 |
| 36 | 86 | 13 | 0.151 | 0 | 5 |
| 33 | 65 | 9 | 0.138 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | 46 | 6 | 0.130 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 8 | 1 | 0.125 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | 58 | 7 | 0.121 | 0 | 3 |
| 35 | 79 | 9 | 0.114 | 0 | 4 |
| 29 | 18 | 2 | 0.111 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | 22 | 2 | 0.091 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 34 | 2 | 0.059 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | 10 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | 5 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | 8 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
;Pitching
| Player | | | | | | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 76 | 99 | 7 | 5 | 1.64 | 52 |
| 15 | 108 | 7 | 3 | 2.83 | 118 |
| 52 | | 3 | 5 | 2.99 | 49 |
| 36 | | 13 | 13 | 3.09 | 153 |
| 33 | | 15 | 8 | 3.23 | 157 |
| 35 | 238 | 15 | 8 | 3.25 | 199 |
| 49 | | 2 | 6 | 3.32 | 82 |
| 35 | | 11 | 6 | 3.65 | 95 |
| 9 | | 2 | 2 | 4.46 | 28 |
| 61 | 68 | 4 | 9 | 5.56 | 67 |
| 29 | 78 | 5 | 12 | 6.69 | 44 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 5 |
| 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | 3 |
| 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
| 8 | | 0 | 1 | 9.22 | 8 |
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, Bubba Holland, Jose Rivera 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, but did not sign the player.
- January 11, 1983 – Drafted Tim Drummond in the 12th round of the 1983 amateur draft.
- 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. 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.
- June 11, 1983 – Signed Félix Fermín as an amateur free agent.
- June 14, 1983 – Traded Arthur Ray 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.
- September 7, 1983 – Traded Randy Niemann to the Chicago White Sox. Received Mike Maitland and Miguel Diloné.
Farm system
