1983 Baltimore Orioles season

1983 Baltimore Orioles
World Series Champions
American League Champions
American League East Champions
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkMemorial Stadium
CityBaltimore
Record98–64 (.605)
Divisional place1st
OwnersEdward Bennett Williams
General managersHank Peters
ManagersJoe Altobelli
TelevisionWMAR-TV
(Chuck Thompson, Brooks Robinson)
Super TV
(Rex Barney,Ted Patterson)
RadioWFBR
(Jon Miller, Tom Marr)
← 1982 Seasons 1984 →

The 1983 Baltimore Orioles won the Major League Baseball World Series after finishing first in the American League East with a record of 98 wins and 64 losses, The Orioles won the championship by beating the Philadelphia Philles, 4–1, in the 1983 World Series.[1] The season was the Orioles' first in nearly 15 years without manager Earl Weaver, who retired after the Orioles missed the playoffs in the final game of the 1982 season.[2] The Orioles replaced the future Hall of Famer[3] Weaver[4] with Joe Altobelli. The World Series victory was the Orioles' first championship since 1970 and their most recent to date.[5]

After many years the Orioles made the jump to cable television, with a separate broadcast team on their then first cable broadcaster, Super TV. They would move to Home Team Sports the following year.

  1. ^ "1983 World Series - Baltimore Orioles over Philadelphia Phillies (4-1)".
  2. ^ "Orioles' Spell Is Broken: Brewers Win AL East - The Washington Post". The Washington Post.
  3. ^ "Earl Weaver 1996 Hall of Fame Induction Speech". January 6, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2023 – via www.youtube.com.
  4. ^ "Weaver, Earl | Baseball Hall of Fame". baseballhall.org. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
  5. ^ "The Story of the 1983 Baltimore Orioles". March 11, 2014.