| 1983 American League Championship Series | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 5–8 | |||||||||
| MVP | Mike Boddicker (Baltimore) | |||||||||
| Umpires | Jim McKean Durwood Merrill Nick Bremigan Jim Evans Dave Phillips (crew chief) Mike Reilly | |||||||||
| Broadcast | ||||||||||
| Television | NBC WMAR-TV (Orioles broadcast) WFLD-TV (White Sox' broadcast) | |||||||||
| TV announcers | NBC: Bob Costas and Tony Kubek WMAR-TV: Chuck Thompson and Brooks Robinson WFLD-TV: Don Drysdale and Ken Harrelson | |||||||||
| Radio | CBS WFBR 1300-AM Baltimore, MD (Orioles broadcast) WMAQ (White Sox' broadcast) | |||||||||
| Radio announcers | CBS: Ernie Harwell and Curt Gowdy WFBR: Jon Miller and Tom Marr WMAQ: Early Wynn, Joe McConnell and Lorn Brown | |||||||||
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The 1983 American League Championship Series was played between the Chicago White Sox and the Baltimore Orioles from October 5 to 8.
The Orioles won the series three games to one. Although the White Sox took Game 1 by a score of 2–1, the Orioles came back to win the last three games of the series. The Orioles went on to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies in five games in the 1983 World Series. In the regular season the White Sox won the West Division by 20 games with a 99–63 record. The Orioles won the East Division by six games with a 98–64 record.