1983 World Series
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The 1983 World Series matched the American League champion Baltimore Orioles against the National League champion Philadelphia Phillies, with the Orioles winning four games to one.
"The I-95 Series",like the World Series two years later, also took its nickname from the Interstate that it took for the teams and fans to travel on--I-95 in this case.
Managers: Joe Altobelli (Baltimore), Paul Owens (Philadelphia)
Umpires: Marty Springstead (AL), Ed Vargo (NL), Al Clark (AL), Frank Pulli (NL), Steve Palermo (AL), Dutch Rennert (NL)
MVP: Rick Dempsey (Baltimore)
Television: ABC (Al Michaels, Howard Cosell and Earl Weaver announcing)
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[edit] Game 1
October 11, 1983 at Memorial Stadium (Philadelphia Phillies)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
Philadelphia Phillies 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 5 0
Baltimore Orioles 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1
PITCHERS: PHI - Denny, Holland (8)
BAL - McGregor, Stewart (9), T. Martinez (9)
WP - Denny
LP - McGregor
SAVE - Holland
HOME RUNS: PHI - Morgan, Maddox
BAL - Dwyer
ATTENDANCE: 52,204
[edit] Game 2
October 12, 1983 at Memorial Stadium (Baltimore Orioles)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
Philadelphia Phillies 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
Baltimore Orioles 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 X 4 9 1
PITCHERS: PHI - Hudson, Hernandez (5), Andersen (6), Reed (8)
BAL - Boddicker
WP - Boddicker
LP - Hudson
SAVE - none
HOME RUNS: PHI - none
BAL - Lowenstein
ATTENDANCE: 52,132
[edit] Game 3
October 14, 1983 at Veterans Stadium (Baltimore Orioles)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
Baltimore Orioles 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 6 1
Philadelphia Phillies 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 2
PITCHERS: BAL - Flanagan, Palmer (5), Stewart (7), T. Martinez (9)
PHI - Carlton, Holland (7)
WP - Palmer
LP - Carlton
SAVE - T. Martinez
HOME RUNS: BAL - Ford
PHI - Matthews, Morgan
ATTENDANCE: 65,792
[edit] Game 4
October 15, 1983 at Veterans Stadium (Baltimore Orioles)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
Baltimore Orioles 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 5 10 1
Philadelphia Phillies 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 4 10 0
PITCHERS: BAL - Davis, Stewart (6), T. Martinez (8)
PHI - Denny, Hernandez (6), Reed (6), Andersen (8)
WP - Davis
LP - Denny
SAVE - T. Martinez
HOME RUNS: BAL - none
PHI - none
ATTENDANCE: 66,947
[edit] Game 5
October 16, 1983 at Veterans Stadium (Baltimore Orioles)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
Baltimore Orioles 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 5 0
Philadelphia Phillies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
PITCHERS: BAL - McGregor
PHI - Hudson, Bystrom (5), Hernandez (6), Reed (9)
WP - McGregor
LP - Hudson
SAVE - none
HOME RUNS: BAL - Murray (2), Dempsey
PHI - none
ATTENDANCE: 67,064
- See also MLB.com's coverage of the fifth game
[edit] Quote of the series
| A liner and the Orioles are the World Champions! - Al Michaels calls the last out of the series when Garry Maddox lines out to a future legend named Cal Ripken, Jr. |
[edit] Trivia
- The top of the 7th inning of Game 1 was delayed due to ABC's Howard Cosell's interview with President Reagan. Some observers believe that the delay ultimately made Orioles pitcher Scott McGregor cold to the point of him giving up a decisive home run to Garry Maddox. McGregor would eventually redeem himself as he was the winning pitcher (in a complete game) in the clinching Game 5. Ronald Reagan's visit by the way, marked the 12th time that a Chief Executive had attended a World Series game.
- This was the last World Series that Bowie Kuhn presided over as commissioner.
- Former Orioles manager Earl Weaver served as a color commentator for ABC's World Series coverage (teaming with Al Michaels and Howard Cosell).
- The 1983 Phillies had the lowest overall batting average for a World Series team since the 1974 Oakland Athletics.
- The 1983 Philies were nicknamed the "Wheeze Kids" because they had four players who were at least 40 years old. Prior to the 1983 World Series, no team had ever had more than two.
- Joe Morgan, at the age of 40, hit a home run off Scott McGregor in Game 1 becoming the second-oldest man to hit a home run in the World Series. Enos Slaughter was just a few months older than Morgan when he hit one for the New York Yankees in 1956.
- The Orioles' loss in Game 1 marked the first time in six World Series that they had lost the first game.
- Steve Carlton became the first 300-game winner to pitch in a World Series in 55 years (Grover Cleveland Alexander was the last).
- Future Hall of Famers Eddie Murray and Cal Ripken, Jr. batted .161 with exactly one RBI between them through the first four games. Eddie Murray would go on to become the Game 5 hero with two titanic home runs, including the only two-run homer in the series.
- The crowd of 66,947 in Veterans Stadium, was the biggest for the World Series since Game 3 in New York in 1964.
- When the Phillies benched Pete Rose in favor of Tony Pérez in Game 3, it ended a streak in which Rose played every inning of his 59 previous postseason games.
- Pitcher Larry Andersen was the only person to play for the Phillies in the 1983 World Series and the 1993 World Series against Toronto.
- Jim Palmer's win in Game 3 made him the first and (as of September 2006) only pitcher to win a World Series game in three different decades.
- Jim Palmer is the only man to have played with the Orioles in each of their World Series appearances (1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1979, and 1983).
[edit] External links
- 1983 NLCS | Game 1
- 1983 World Series by Baseball Almanac
- History of the World Series - 1983
- 1983 Baltimore Orioles
- 1983 Philadelphia Phillies
- Looking Back: 1983 World Series, Part 1
- Looking Back: 1983 World Series, Part 2
- Looking Back: Phillies Beat LA in 1983 NLCS
- The Orioles All Pitched In
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