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1983 MLB Opening Day Lineups
Current Organizational Roster
World Series Champions
Baltimore Orioles
AL MVP
Cal Ripken
NL MVP
Dale Murphy
AL Cy Young
LaMarr Hoyt
NL Cy Young
John Denny
AL Rookie of the Year
Ron Kittle
NL Rookie of the Year
Darryl Strawberry
AL Manager of the Year
Tony La Russa
NL Manager of the Year
Tommy Lasorda
Teams
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1983 MLB Opening Day Lineups
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Opening day starting lineups for all MLB teams for the
1983
season.
Lineups
ATL
1.
Brett Butler
(cf)
2.
Rafael Ramirez
(ss)
3.
Claudell Washington
(rf)
4.
Dale Murphy
(lf)
5.
Bob Horner
(3b)
6.
Chris Chambliss
(1b)
7.
Glenn Hubbard
(2b)
8.
Bruce Benedict
(c)
9.
Phil Niekro
(p)
P.
Phil Niekro
(p)
BAL
1.
John Shelby
(cf)
2.
Dan Ford
(rf)
3.
Cal Ripken
(ss)
4.
Eddie Murray
(1b)
5.
Ken Singleton
(dh)
6.
Gary Roenicke
(lf)
7.
Rich Dauer
(2b)
8.
Leo Hernandez
(3b)
9.
Rick Dempsey
(c)
P.
Dennis Martinez
(p)
BOS
1.
Wade Boggs
(3b)
2.
Dwight Evans
(rf)
3.
Jim Rice
(lf)
4.
Tony Armas
(cf)
5.
Carl Yastrzemski
(dh)
6.
Dave Stapleton
(1b)
7.
Rich Gedman
(c)
8.
Glenn Hoffman
(ss)
9.
Julio Valdez
(2b)
P.
Dennis Eckersley
(p)
CAL
1.
Brian Downing
(lf)
2.
Bobby Clark
(rf)
3.
Daryl Sconiers
(1b)
4.
Reggie Jackson
(dh)
5.
Fred Lynn
(cf)
6.
Doug DeCinces
(3b)
7.
Bobby Grich
(2b)
8.
Tim Foli
(ss)
9.
Bob Boone
(c)
P.
Bruce Kison
(p)
CHA
1.
Rudy Law
(cf)
2.
Tony Bernazard
(2b)
3.
Harold Baines
(rf)
4.
Greg Luzinski
(dh)
5.
Greg Walker
(1b)
6.
Tom Paciorek
(lf)
7.
Carlton Fisk
(c)
8.
Vance Law
(3b)
9.
Scott Fletcher
(ss)
P.
LaMarr Hoyt
(p)
CHN
1.
Mel Hall
(lf)
2.
Ryne Sandberg
(2b)
3.
Bill Buckner
(1b)
4.
Leon Durham
(cf)
5.
Ron Cey
(3b)
6.
Keith Moreland
(rf)
7.
Jody Davis
(c)
8.
Larry Bowa
(ss)
9.
Fergie Jenkins
(p)
P.
Fergie Jenkins
(p)
CIN
1.
Gary Redus
(lf)
2.
Eddie Milner
(cf)
3.
Dave Concepcion
(ss)
4.
Johnny Bench
(3b)
5.
Dan Driessen
(1b)
6.
Ron Oester
(2b)
7.
Jeff Jones
(rf)
8.
Alex Trevino
(c)
9.
Mario Soto
(p)
P.
Mario Soto
(p)
CLE
1.
Mike Hargrove
(1b)
2.
Toby Harrah
(3b)
3.
Bake McBride
(rf)
4.
Andre Thornton
(dh)
5.
George Vukovich
(lf-rf)
6.
Manny Trillo
(2b)
7.
Rick Manning
(cf)
8.
Ron Hassey
(c)
9.
Julio Franco
(ss)
P.
Rick Sutcliffe
(p)
DET
1.
Lou Whitaker
(2b)
2.
Alan Trammell
(ss)
3.
Larry Herndon
(lf)
4.
Lance Parrish
(c)
5.
Chet Lemon
(cf)
6.
John Wockenfuss
(dh)
7.
Mike Ivie
(1b)
8.
Glenn Wilson
(rf)
9.
Tom Brookens
(3b)
P.
Jack Morris
(p)
HOU
1.
Omar Moreno
(cf)
2.
Bill Doran
(2b)
3.
Dickie Thon
(ss)
4.
Phil Garner
(3b)
5.
Jose Cruz
(lf)
6.
Ray Knight
(1b)
7.
Terry Puhl
(rf)
8.
Luis Pujols
(c)
9.
Joe Niekro
(p)
P.
Joe Niekro
(p)
KCA
1.
Willie Wilson
(lf)
2.
U.L. Washington
(ss)
3.
George Brett
(3b)
4.
Amos Otis
(cf)
5.
Hal McRae
(dh)
6.
Willie Aikens
(1b)
7.
Frank White
(2b)
8.
Jerry Martin
(rf)
9.
John Wathan
(c)
P.
Larry Gura
(p)
LAN
1.
Steve Sax
(2b)
2.
Ken Landreaux
(cf)
3.
Dusty Baker
(lf)
4.
Pedro Guerrero
(3b)
5.
Greg Brock
(1b)
6.
Mike Marshall
(rf)
7.
Bill Russell
(ss)
8.
Steve Yeager
(c)
9.
Fernando Valenzuela
(p)
P.
Fernando Valenzuela
(p)
MIL
1.
Paul Molitor
(3b)
2.
Robin Yount
(ss)
3.
Cecil Cooper
(1b)
4.
Ted Simmons
(c)
5.
Ben Oglivie
(lf)
6.
Gorman Thomas
(cf)
7.
Roy Howell
(dh)
8.
Charlie Moore
(rf)
9.
Jim Gantner
(2b)
P.
Don Sutton
(p)
MIN
1.
Jim Eisenreich
(cf)
2.
John Castino
(2b)
3.
Gary Ward
(lf)
4.
Kent Hrbek
(1b)
5.
Tom Brunansky
(rf)
6.
Gary Gaetti
(3b)
7.
Randy Bush
(dh)
8.
Tim Laudner
(c)
9.
Lenny Faedo
(ss)
P.
Brad Havens
(p)
MON
1.
Tim Raines
(lf)
2.
Bryan Little
(ss)
3.
Andre Dawson
(cf)
4.
Al Oliver
(1b)
5.
Gary Carter
(c)
6.
Tim Wallach
(3b)
7.
Warren Cromartie
(rf)
8.
Doug Flynn
(2b)
9.
Steve Rogers
(p)
P.
Steve Rogers
(p)
NYA
1.
Willie Randolph
(2b)
2.
Roy Smalley
(ss)
3.
Dave Winfield
(lf)
4.
Steve Kemp
(rf)
5.
Don Baylor
(dh)
6.
Ken Griffey
(1b)
7.
Graig Nettles
(3b)
8.
Jerry Mumphrey
(cf)
9.
Butch Wynegar
(c)
P.
Ron Guidry
(p)
NYN
1.
Mookie Wilson
(cf)
2.
Bob Bailor
(ss)
3.
Dave Kingman
(1b)
4.
George Foster
(lf)
5.
Hubie Brooks
(3b)
6.
Mike Howard
(rf)
7.
Brian Giles
(2b)
8.
Ron Hodges
(c)
9.
Tom Seaver
(p)
P.
Tom Seaver
(p)
OAK
1.
Rickey Henderson
(lf)
2.
Mike Davis
(rf)
3.
Carney Lansford
(3b)
4.
Dwayne Murphy
(cf)
5.
Jeff Burroughs
(dh)
6.
Kelvin Moore
(1b)
7.
Dave Lopes
(2b)
8.
Bob Kearney
(c)
9.
Tony Phillips
(ss)
P.
Rick Langford
(p)
PHI
1.
Pete Rose
(rf)
2.
Joe Morgan
(2b)
3.
Gary Matthews
(lf)
4.
Mike Schmidt
(3b)
5.
Tony Perez
(1b)
6.
Bo Diaz
(c)
7.
Ivan DeJesus
(ss)
8.
Bob Dernier
(cf)
9.
Steve Carlton
(p)
P.
Steve Carlton
(p)
PIT
1.
Lee Lacy
(lf)
2.
Lee Mazzilli
(cf)
3.
Bill Madlock
(3b)
4.
Jason Thompson
(1b)
5.
Dave Parker
(rf)
6.
Johnny Ray
(2b)
7.
Tony Pena
(c)
8.
Dale Berra
(ss)
9.
John Candelaria
(p)
P.
John Candelaria
(p)
SDN
1.
Gene Richards
(lf)
2.
Juan Bonilla
(2b)
3.
Steve Garvey
(1b)
4.
Terry Kennedy
(c)
5.
Sixto Lezcano
(rf)
6.
Ruppert Jones
(cf)
7.
Garry Templeton
(ss)
8.
Luis Salazar
(3b)
9.
Tim Lollar
(p)
P.
Tim Lollar
(p)
SEA
1.
Steve Henderson
(lf)
2.
Manny Castillo
(3b)
3.
Al Cowens
(rf)
4.
Richie Zisk
(dh)
5.
Dave Henderson
(cf)
6.
Pat Putnam
(1b)
7.
Todd Cruz
(ss)
8.
Bud Bulling
(c)
9.
Julio Cruz
(2b)
P.
Gaylord Perry
(p)
SFN
1.
Johnnie LeMaster
(ss)
2.
Duane Kuiper
(2b)
3.
Chili Davis
(cf)
4.
Jack Clark
(rf)
5.
Jeff Leonard
(lf)
6.
Darrell Evans
(1b)
7.
Bob Brenly
(c)
8.
Tom O'Malley
(3b)
9.
Renie Martin
(p)
P.
Mike Krukow
(p)
SLN
1.
Lonnie Smith
(lf)
2.
Ozzie Smith
(ss)
3.
Keith Hernandez
(1b)
4.
George Hendrick
(rf)
5.
David Green
(cf)
6.
Darrell Porter
(c)
7.
Ken Oberkfell
(3b)
8.
Mike Ramsey
(2b)
9.
Bob Forsch
(p)
P.
Bob Forsch
(p)
TEX
1.
Billy Sample
(lf)
2.
Mike Richardt
(2b)
3.
Buddy Bell
(3b)
4.
Dave Hostetler
(dh)
5.
Larry Parrish
(rf)
6.
Pete O'Brien
(1b)
7.
Jim Sundberg
(c)
8.
George Wright
(cf)
9.
Bucky Dent
(ss)
P.
Mike Smithson
(p)
TOR
1.
Damaso Garcia
(2b)
2.
Dave Collins
(lf)
3.
Willie Upshaw
(1b)
4.
Cliff Johnson
(dh)
5.
Jesse Barfield
(rf)
6.
Ernie Whitt
(c)
7.
Lloyd Moseby
(cf)
8.
Rance Mulliniks
(3b)
9.
Alfredo Griffin
(ss)
P.
Dave Stieb
(p)