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.

Umpires: Marty Springstead (AL), Ed Vargo (NL), Al Clark (AL), Frank Pulli (NL), Steve Palermo (AL), Dutch Rennert (NL)

MVP: Rick Dempsey, Baltimore

Contents

1 Game 1 2 Game 2 3 Game 3 4 Game 4 5 Game 5 1 Trivia 1.1 External links

Game 1

 October 11, 1983 at Memorial Stadium (Baltimore Orioles)

                                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

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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

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Game 3

 October 14, 1983 at Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia Phillies)

                                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

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Game 4

 October 15, 1983 at Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia Phillies)

                                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

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Game 5

 See also MLB.com's coverage

 October 16, 1983 at Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia Phillies)

                                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

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Trivia

• The top of the 7th inning of Game 1 was delayed due to ABC's Howard Cosell's interview with President Ronald Reagan. Some observers believe that 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, visit 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.

• 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 40 years of age or over. Prior to the 1983 World Series team has ever had more than two of those going in. Speaking of which, Joe Morgan, who at the age of 40, became the second-oldest man to hit a home run in the World Series (for which he did off of Scott McGregor in Game 1—Enos Slaughter was just a few months older 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 & Cal Ripken Jr. batted .161 with exactly one RBI between themm during the World Series.

• The crowd of 66,947 in Veterans Stadium, was the biggest for the World Series Series since Game 3 in New York in 1964.

• When the Phillies benched Pete Rose in favor of Tony Perez in Game 3, it ended a streak in which Rose played every inning of his 59 previous postseason games.

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
• Orioles All Pitched In